Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-03
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Keeping Honey.-TO keep honey all
the year round, let it run through fine
sieve to separate it from particles of wax
then boil it gently in an earthen vessel,
skim off the foam which gathers on top,
and cool it in jars. After covering these
tightly, set them away in cool cellar.
Lady Fingers.-One cup of butter
two of sugar, three of flour, four eggs
mix the sugar and butter, then the eggs
and flour; roll it out in fine sugar, in
pieces three inches long and one wide
give it curl and bake 1t.
-Vanity.-Break two eggs into pint
of flour; stir the eggs and flour together
until the paste can be rolled without stick
ing, adding more -four if needed; roll very
thin and work the dough over good
many times. Cut in square form, then
cut Sits inside the square about half an
inch apart, twist them, then drop into
heated lard and fry half minute.
Floating Island.-Take three eggs
three teacups of sweet milk, three table
spoons sugar; separate the whites OF the
eggs from the yolks, add the milk, then
the sugar; put on the stove TO COOK, sur
ring it constantly until it begins to thick
ell (uO uOt lcI IL UOli VI ~ Will SuAuiNJ
beat the whites to stiff froth and just be
fore taking it off the stove slip the white:
on the custard and dip it up through tt
cook it; season with lemon or nutmeg.
A Good Apple Dumpling.-Peel ant
core the apples and put them in two
quart basin. Make a crust of either soul
cream and soda or with baking powder
the same as for rice biscuits. Put watel
enough to cook the apples, and cover will
the crust. Put an overlapping cover ovel
the basin and cook on top of the stove, OF
bake in the oven if you prefer. A sauce
made of butter, sugar, water, and nutmeg
or lemon, is excellent, as is also swee
cream where the apples are not acid
| Twenty-Five minutes is long enough t.
cook ordinary apples. This is sometime
called a Brother Jonathan" Peacl
cobblers are made similarly with peache
instead of apples, and are best with cream
| for sauce.
Turkey Raising-The Poultry Wort,
| gives the following sound paragraph
| Farmers who live in sparsely settled dis
tricts, Astounding in large dry pastures
can afford to give the time of "a faithful
and intelligent lad the whole summe
through, to be devoted exclusively to rails
ing turkeys. The young broods must b.
watched as constantly as the shepher'
watches sheep in region infested b.
wolves. Every night, or during the da..
on approach of rain, they must be driver
to roomy shed with a tight roof Tn
mother birds and the young can be sool
trained to being driven as easily as COW
are driven to pasture. Give good forag
ground, and keep out of rain and dew
and success is almost certain.
Rye and Indian Griddle Cakes.-Tak
one coffee-cup of rye flour and one O
Indian meal, and one handful of whea
flour; mix well together, and stir i
enough sour milk to make a thin batter
perhaps cup and half of it would b
enough Add half teaspoOnful OF sal
and one egg mix all up smooth. Whe
the griddle iron is hot, take an even tea
spoonful of saleratus turn two tablespoon
fuls of boiling water over it, and when
is in foam stir it into the batter. Mi
well together and cook directly. 1t
we'll to pound your saleratus finely in
mortar, and keep it in wide mouthe
bottle, always ready for use, and neve
take too much. 1t is an article OF whic
but very little is required.