The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-21
USEFUL RECIPES.


of sugar, one Of molasses, half cup of
ginger, one teaspoonful of soda mix
stiff
Cider Cake.-Two pounds flour, half
pound butter, one pound sugar, teaspoon
| full saleratus, dissolved in one pint Of
cider; fruit and spice to taste.
Railroad Cake "A pint of flour, three
eggs, one tablespoonful cream of tartar,
half teaspoonful soda, tablespoonful
butter, teaspoOnful sugar bake the bat
ter in a square tin twenty minutes.
Barns apply layer of common salt
ia position few hours with simple
wrapper. The smarting disappears al
most Immediately, and the sore gets well
with incredible rapidity.
Lrk-To extract ink from cotton, silk
and wooden goods, saturate the spots with
spirits of turpentine, and let it remain
several hours then rub it between the
hands. 1t will crumble away, without
inIuring either the color or the texture
of the article
To Cook Onions-BoiI tillnearly done,
pour off the water and put in milk
enough to cover them, with a small piece
of butter; season with pepper and salt
Just before taking off, stir in a teaspoon
full of flour to thicken them, and after
they boil up once, remove Immediately.
Pork-To make salt pork fresh place
the slices in pan of sour milk, soak over
night, and in the morning wash them with
cold water; fry as usual, and you will
have fresh pork for breakfast! Pork
may also be treshened by boiling in sour
or sweet milk, without previously soak
ing it.
Ginger Beer. -One cup Of ginger, one
pint of molasses, one pail and a half Of
water, and a cup Of lively yeast In
warm weather scald the ginger with two
quarts of hot water, and the rest cold.
The yeast put in when slightly warm.
L should be put in jars or bottles, and
securely corked. 1t is pleasant and live
Iy, and will keep several weeks.
Corded Blackberry cordial is made
as follows: To one quart of blackberry
juice, add one pound Of white sugar, one
tablespoonful Of cloves, one of allspice,
one of cinnamon and one nutmeg. Boil
all together fifteen minutes; add a wine
glass full of brandy or good whisky
bottle while hot and cork tight and seal
one dose is wineglass full for an adult;
half for child.
Tomatoes. following method of
preparing tomatoes for the table, we are
assured, by one who has made the exper-
iment, is superior to anything yet dis
covered for the preparation of that excel
lent vegetable. Take good ripe tomatoes
cut them in slices, and sprinkle over
them finely pulverized white sugar then
add claret wine, sufficient to cover them.
Cream Beer.-It is an effervescine
drink, but far pleasanter than soda water,
lnasmuch rs you do not have to drink for
your life to get your moneys worth, the
efervescence being much slower Two
ounces tartaric acid, two pounds white
sugar, the juice of one lemon, three pints
of water. Boil together five minutes
when nearl y cold add the whites of three
eggs we'll beaten, with half cup of flour
and half an ounce of essence of winter
green. Bottle and keep in a cool place.
Take two tahlespoonfuls of this syrup for
a tumbler of water, and add one quarter
of teaspoontnl Of soda.
10 Drive Ascay Mosquitoes. The
Monthly Mirror for July, journal de-
voted to free thought in medicine, sci
ence and general literature, has the
following recipe, which many may have
the opportunity to try: Camphor is
recommended as valuable for the expul-
sion of mosquitoes from a house. 1t is
used as follows; Take of gum camphor
a piece about one-third the size of hens
egg, and evaporate it by placing it in a
tin vessel and holding it over a lamp
taking care that it does not ignite; the |
smoke will soon fiji the room and expel |
the mosquitoes, and not one will be found |
In the room next morning, even though |
the windows are left open all night.
Flow deep, rotate your crops, and rest