Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-26

fence, that is seven feet ten inches
high, aud fowl.tight. Wires should be
left somewhat slack, as Interviewing
laths will take it up.
Helpful Hints for Housewives.
SURPRISE CAKE.--Onc egg, ono cup
OF sugar, onc-half cup shortening, ono
cup of sour milk, tcaspoonful soda.
Season to taste.
WASHING Liquor FOR COARSE AHr1
Giles OR FLooRs.- lime, half Il
pound; soda, ono pound water, six |
quarts. Boil two hours, let it settle,
and strain.
To TELL COOP EGGS III you wish to
he certain that your eggs ore good and
fresh, put them in water. Ii the bntts
turn up they arc fresh. This is M in
falliblo rulo to distinguish good egg
from a bad one.
TOMATO SoUp.-Boil ono pint canned
tomatoes for twenty minutes in one
pint water; then add one pint milk
very gradually, that it may not c,1r,llc;
season as for oyster soup, and serve
with hot crackers or squares Of toasted
bread.
KEEPING HoNEY.-To keep honey all
the year round, let it run through
! line sieve to separate 1t from particles
OF wax ; then boil it gently in nh Garth
en vessel, skim Off tho foam which
gathers on top and cool it in jurs. After
covering these tightly, set them away
in cool cellar.
| CLEANING Stoves. lustre,
when mixed with turpentine and np-
Piled III the usual manner, is blacker,
more glossy anu moro durable than
when mixed with any other liquid.
Tho turpcntlne prevents rust, and
when put on an old rusty stove will
make 1t look as we'll us new.
Corn BREAD.-To all who do not
already use this recipe we will give it.
as we think it the way to make corn
bread. Take two pints of sweet milk.
two'thirds of cup of molasses, two
cups of flour and four of meal add
nearly teaspoonful of soda. Bake
slowly two hours, SO the crust will he
tender when taken out.
BATTER PUDD1NG.-One pint milk:
four eggs; two even cups flour; one
teaspoonful salt; pinch Of soda. Bake
in buttered dish three-quarters of an
hour. Eat hot with rice sauce. Or,
you may boil in buttered tin or
Toured bag-fouring very tlickly.
Boil two DEMONSTRATING care the boil
ing does not cease for a moment until
the pudding is done.
| QUAK1Na Plum PuDD1Na.-Take
slices OF light bread, spread thin with
butter, and lay in a pudding-dish layers
OF this bread and raisins till within an
inch OF the top. Add five eggs we'll
beaten and quart of milk, and pour
over the pudding. Salt and spice to
taste. Bake it twenty or twenty-five
minutes, and eat with liquid sauce
Before using the raisins boil them in q
little water and put it all in.
SHAKE Your CARPETS. Wool carpets
should be taken up and shaken once a
year, and II the room is a common one,
twice or more. Whenever a CARPET is
taken up it should be examined, and
II any places are burned or worn they
should be carefully darned with the
rawlings to match. A carpet can he
saved very much by guarding the en-
trance doors with mats, etc., especial
~ the door leading from the kitchen.
ORANGE PM.-Two eggs, l great
spoonful of butter, ! cup of sugar, 2
spoonsful cornstarch, juice and grated
peel OF one orange. Cream the butter
and sugar, at the same time stirring in
the cornstarch. Turn into this one Gun
OF hot water. When cool stir in the
beaten yolks and orange. Beat tie
whites to q stiff mcringue with three
spoonfuls powdered sugar. When the
pie is done, take it from the oven lust
long enough to spread the meringue
over the top, and set back for three
minutes.
A Coop APPLE DuMp11Ne.-Peel and
core the apples and put them in a two
quart basin. Make a crust of either
sour cream and soda or with baking
powder, the same as for rich biscuits.
Put water enough to cook the apples,
and cover with crust. Put an over.
tapping cover over the basin and cook
on top OF the stove, or bake in the oven
ii you prefer. A sauce made Of butter,
sugar, water, and nutmeg, or lemon, is
excellent, as is also sweet cream where
the apples are not acid. Twenty-Five
minutes is long enough to cook ordi
nary apples. This is sometimes called
a "Brother Jonathan" Peach cobblcrs
arc made similarly, with peaches instead
OF apples, and are best with cream fol-
sauce.