Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-06-14
FIELD AND FAMILY.

SWEET SAUCE.-TWO cups of sugar dis
solved in one half pint of boiling water:
two :ableSpOonfuls OF flour worked smooth
into one teacup of water. Stir into the
boiling sugar, with piece of butter the
size of an egg. two tablespoonful of good
vinegar or brandy, and a little cinnamon
or nutmeg.
SPONGE FLOUR BISCUIT.--Sitt the flour
and salt in pan; heat the milk and lard
together; pour the milk and yeast into
the flour; make stiff dough when risen;
grease a pan: drop the batter on in large
tablespOohfuls; let them stand where they
will Re merely warm mo mOre), then bake
in a quick oven: eat at once.
LOUISE PUDDING.-SiX eggs, six spoon
fuls of flour, three quarters of pound oi
sugar, two spOonfuls of butter creamed
with part of the flour, gill of wine, hall
Il tca-spoOntul OF mace ground up fine,
/ half pint of cream. and a pint of milk.
Baked in deep dish without lining of
pastry. and eaten without sauce.
HASTY SHORT CAKE.-MiX with lump
of flour lump of butter the size of an
egg; rub well with two teaSpQOnfuls OF
cream of tartar In the flour powder fine
ore teaspOonful OF saleratus. Add one
cup of cold water. Make stiff batter ;
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If you use sour or buttermilk, YOU don't
need cream OF tartar nor aS much butter.
Ii is much nicer made of the buttermllk.
RosE INsECTs.-If any one is DESTROYS
of keeping their rose bushes free from the
small, green vermin that frequently infest
them, the following remedy will BE- found
a most ctlectual one: To three gallons OF
soft water add one peck of SCOT snd one
quart of unslacked lime: stir it well. let II
stand for twcnty-four hOus. and when the
SCOT rises to the surface, skim it off. | 81
syringe for applying it.-Scienc6 u
Health.
PARIS GREEN FOR VINEs.-It is not
generally known that Paris green mixed
in the proportion of one part by measure
To twenty-five parts of flour, will kill the
striped bug from off cucumbers. SquaShcS.
muSk-melons and other vines. except
water-meons. the leaves Of which latte;
are sometimes spotted if the mixture be
used strongly. Ii may be busted on from
slazy bag or dredging box. Usually toe
much of the powder is cast on; the slight
est possible quantity evenly distributed is
sufficient. and it should be applied in the
morning while the dew lies on the plants.
PREVENTIVE OF IIAvEN.-The Farmer,
Home Journal recommends. as a proven
tive of " haven or foot in cattle, result
ing from immOderate eating of young
clover. to which all cattle are subject or
being first turned into clover pasture, that
they be fed each morning with a small
sheaf of oats. In case an animal is at
tackled. the Journal says but two means OF
relief are available. The one is TO plunge
knife into the paunch at its most pro
truding point in front of the hip. the
other is to place a gag of wood OF the
size of the wrist. in the mouth Of the ami
NAL and cOnfine it there with a string
: tied TO one end. passing over the heao
back of the horns, and fastened securely
to the other end it may be described Il,
being a big bit in the animals mouth, Sc
cured by a rope head stall.
The English Swans have been discuss
ing the potato, and give certain recon-
mendatiOns with respect to the manner o
cooking it that are of value. Everybody
may not know that the potato belongs Il
: the same family as the deadly nightshade
and partakes to some extent of the poison
Gus properties of its near relative, illus
: trating the proverb. Blood will tell.
Potatoes should be boiled in saucepan
: half full of water, boiling, and not in on,
filled with hot water. Steam is thus en-
: gendered, and the potatoes are steamed
: instead of boiled, whereby the pOisOnOu
element which the potato has i'm common
, with other solonG is neutralized. The II,
, of the saucepan should tit closely. Whel
: the potatoes are boiled the steam SHOULD
} evapOrate before they are eaten. They
should not be fried i'm butter, as the poi
) sOnOus matter is thus retained, to the sc
riOus prejudice of the stomach. William
, Goblet was wont to describe the potat,
, rs the accursed roOt;' but as it still
, constitutes the chief food of labOrers. i
should be cooked properly.