Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-10-16
RECIPES, ETC.

Ribbons OF any kind should he
washed in cold suds and not rinsed.
A bit of glue dissolved in skim milk
and water will restore old rusty Grape.
TO Keep Ants from Safes.-Move the
safe from the wall, and tie strings, satu-
rated with coal oil, around the legs.
An eminent chemist, after careful in
vestigation, has decided that pastures
MANFRED by city sewage are poisonous;
that they affect the milk of the COWS and
plant the seeds of typhoid fever in the
systems of those who use the milk.
In removing ink-spots from delicate
colors, when oxalic acid or chloride of
lime cannot be used without injury to the
color, a concentrated solution of sodium
pyrophosphate is recommended
Snow Pudding.-Pour one pint of boil
ing water over one-half box Of Cox's gel
atlne, add two cups Of sugar, the Juice of
two lemons, and when nearly cold, strain
it. Beat with it the whites of three eggs,
twenty minutes or longer. Make a soft
custard with the yolks Of the eggs, a pint
of milk, little sugar, and fifteen drops
of vanilla or lemon. Pour the custard
over the pudding when eaten.
The Best Way of Roasting Chest
nuts.-In the south Of France chestnuts
are first put into pan of cold water,
placed on the fire, and boiled until nearly
soft. They are then taken out, each
chestnut receiving small slit on the rind
with knife, after which they are put
into large flat pan (an ordinary frying
pan would dol and tossed over glowing
fire until they become dry and mealy-
Daetettc Reto,naer.
Steamed Pudding-Two eggs; sugar
one cup; saleratus one teaspoon; a little
salt; dried whortlc berries, curran,s,
ralslns, or other fruit one cup; and flour
Beat the eggs and stir in the sugar: dis
solve the saleratus in the milk, and mix
flour, rather thicker than for cake; put in
to a two-quart pan and set in the stes er,
and steam an hour and half, and ] INK
1t will crack open on the back--if not, try
again. 1t is worth the trouble, especially
II you have plenty of sweetened cream.
DIR. Adam Smith, in paper read be-
tore the London Society of Arts, recon-
mends the use Of tea in the following cases: :
After full meal, when the system is
oppressed; for the corpulent and the old :;
tor hot climate, and especially for those
who, living there, eat freely or drink milk
or alcohol; III cases of suspended ANNA
tlon; tor soldiers who, in time of peace
take too much food in relation to the
waste proceeding in the body; for soldiers
and others marching in hot climates, for
then, by promoting evaporation and cool
ing the body, 1t prevents in degree the
effects of too much food, as of too great
heat.
oysters Fried-Select the largest and
plumpest, drain, and spread on a cloth to
"A absorb a q lII,1nr. i,rlt III
yolks of two or three eggs; dip in an
oyster, then into rolled cracker, again in
to the egg, and then in cracker. Have
the butter perfectly hot, and enough in
the dripping pan to cover the oysters,
just as in frying doughnuts of tritters
Lay them in one at a time; when brown,
turn and brown the other side. Cooked
in this manner they are less greasy than
where there is only fat enough to fry
them in the ordinary way.
TO Hull Corn.--Onc quart Of strong
I've, prepared by pouring warm water
upon peck or more Of ashes; add two
quarts of boiling water to ii, and put in
the corn; let it boil until the hulls begin
to start, which you can determine by
taking out few kernels and washing
them in cold water. Skim out all the
corn; rinse it in two or three waters; put
it into cold water, and let it boil up; turn
OFT that water 50 as to extract all the lye
I'LL up with boiling water, and cook for
four hours slowly; add salt to your taste :;
let 1t boil half an hour more, and serve
1t must cook q great while to be palata:
BILE.
-Arresting decay in DEMONSTRATIONS
plans for arresting decay in potatoes, after
digging, have from time to time been
made public, such as busting with quick
lime, gypsum, charcoal dust, etc. Pref
Church, of Chichester, England, the emf
nent agricultural chemist, announces that
sulphate of lime appears to exercise a
very remarkable influence in arresting the
spread of decay in potatoes affected by
the potato disease. In one experiment
the salt was busted over some tubers, par
italy decayed from this cause, as they
were being slowed away. Some months
atterward the potatoes were found to have
suffered no further injury. A similar trial
with powdered lime proved to be much
less etiective.-RurMN eU Yorker