Richland beacon., 1873-06-28
FIELD AND FAMILY.

RICE CAKE--Take six eggs, with their
weight in fine sugar and In Dutter a.so'
and half their weight of flour of rice,
half of wheaton flour. Throw in the rlAe
afar the flour: add the butter, ana Dake
the cake about an hour and ten minutes.
Give any flavor that is liked. Rice cakes
for breakfast are made simply OF hour
and rice. mixed in the usual way, with
little milk.
Corn MEAL FRITTERs.--Take two ana
a half cups of sour milk, one and hall
Guns cream. three eggs, lIttle
salt. heapirg teaspoon soda. MIX wltn
one-third -four, and two-thirds corn meal,
thick enough to just drop from spoon:
Drop by the spoonful INTO not
lard. They require a longer time TO Try
than dOughnuts.
RuuBARB PUDDING.-Line your pud-
dino dish with slices of bread and butter,
cover with cut ND rhub1rb, stewed with
smear. then slices of bread and butter,
and so alternately until your dish Is full.
having the. rhubarb and sugar on top.
Pour i'm half a cup of water, cover with a
plate. and bake half an hour. Eat 1t warm,
not hot.
Ported FIsH.-Cu, fish of twelve
inches in length into four equal parts, run
n little salt on the ends of each piece, and
place them in an earthen pot, ana whole
spices and cider vinegar enough to cover.
Tie on paper cover ana place an eartheii
cover over this 10 keep in all the steam;
set in a moderate oven for three hours.
Fish cooked in this way is delicious, and
will keep for two weeks.
SALT PoRK.-FOr the benefit of those
who are obliged TO use salt pork, the FOL
lowing plan improves ii wonderfully
Cut as many slices as will be required fol
breakfast the evening previous and soak
till morning in sweet milk and water
Then rinse till the water il Gear and fry
Ii is very nearly as good as fresh pork
For change rolling it in corn meal is
good imitation of fresh fish.
HARD SOAP.-Take five pounds of soda
ash, dissolve i'm three gallons of soft water
Take two and a half pounds Of lime, anC
slake with boiling water. When the sods
ash comes to boil pour over it the lime
and stir well; when settled, pour OIL tn,
clear lye. Take ten pounds OF grease, add
the I've and let it boil. Pour more boiling
water over the lime and stir well. Wher
settled add to the grease until you have
ten gallons. While making, if the lyt
settles TO the bottom, add more weak ly,
or water. Boil from two to four hours
When I'D cut in bars.
CARE OF A CANARY BIRD.-Ilang the
cage where the drafts do not strike the
bird. Give canary and rape seed, pie MY
of fresh water. cuttle-tis bone, and clear
gravel on the bottom of the cage often
Also. give the birds fresh water to battle
in every day. After they have bathed
remove the dish. which should be shallow
The room should not be Overheated. A
little pepper. occasionally, regulates them
Do not give them cake or sugar. Wher
moulting feed them on rape seed slightly
mOistened. Hard boiled eggs and crack
ers grated are excellent. Bad seed vii
kill birds. Cabbage and sweet apples art
good for them, and now an then an egg
SOUP WITH New CARROTS.-Clean ant
slice half dozen carrots, four onions
two turnips, a small plant of celery, ant
two leeks, which you put in saucepan
with small piece of butter; set on fire
stir now and then until they begin to turn
yellowish: add then broth or water enough
TO cover the whole well, and simmer fol
about two hours. Turn the whole into {
cOlander, and mash it through; put bach
on the fire. add salt and pepper to taste
also broth or water if it be too thick; sim
mer for a few minutes; put few slices O
toasted bread i'm a soup dish, turn the con
tents of tie saucepan over, cover the disl
for two or three minutes, and serve. 1t i!
called soupe la Crecy.
SOUPE OR PORTAGE PRINTANIER.-
Clean and cut in decor use vegetabl,
cutter-abOut six carrots, as many tur
nips and leeks, and blanch them ten min
utes in boiling water and salt; take of
and drain; put the whole in saucepan
with a dozen small onions whole
a dozen small red radishes, the eatable
part of dozen asparagus, half pint o.
green peas, head of lettuce, the leave.
of which should be broken in pieces
about half an inch long; cover
the whole with broth or water (brOtf
is better,) add salt and pepper to taste
and about tablespoonful Of sugar; sim
mer until the whole is well cooked, an(
serve. A handful of chopped chervil may
be added a minute or two before serving
if at hand. This is a most excellent soup
especially if made with broth. 1t is alSC
called potage a Ia paysanne, or soup ID
jardiniere.
Observation-Disclosures seem to have
nearly gone out of fashion. Perhaps the
perfect failure of the multicaulis specula
ton Disguised people with every thing
that bore the name of mulberry. At al
events, we see trees much less frequently
now than formerly. The Persian, or, as
it is more generally called, the English, is
fine favored fruit, and is worth growing
wherever the climate will allow. Down.
ing's Everbearing is a Seeding of the
multicaulis, and remains long time in
bearing, although it does not give very
large amount of fruit at once. The fruit
is much esteemed by many for cooking
Hicks everbearing is Kentucky seed.
ling, and though better bearer than the
Downing, its fruit is inferior to that in
quality. This tree is valued at the South
for planting in poultry yards. 1t is a
rapid grower, spreads widely, and makes
a dense shade, while its abundant fruit
furnishes food to the fowls. A new
variety is mentioned in the French jour.
rails, which originated in Hungary, and
is called Mo,74s alba Feggrernekiana.
Though the name is long, the tree is not,
as it grows about six feet high, and is
spoken of as dwarf of remarkable
beauty.
Wonders of OrthOgraphy.