Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-04-16
RECIPES, ETC.

The addition of small quantity of
boric acid to milk retards the separation
Of cream, and the milk does not become
sour for several days. Beer, also, to which
boric acid has been added, does not so
quickly become hard.
Water Cake-Take four cups of
sifted flour, two cups of white sugar, halt
cup of butter, two eggs and one cup of
water Turn the water over the butter !:
stir the sugar into it. Add the eggs well
beaten. Dissolve a small teaspoonful of
saleratus in a little boiling water: stir it
in; mix two small teaspoonfuls of cream
of tartar with the -four. Nutmeg, lemon
or mace for t1avoring.
-Crackers-Seven cups of sifted -four.
three-quarters of a cup OF fresh lard or
butter, one teaspoonful of salt, two tea
spoOnfuls OF cream of tartar, half the
quantity of saleratus, one pint of sweet
milk. Rub butter into the flour; dissolve
the soda in the milk; add cream of tartar
to the flour; mix both; roll very thin;
pound for fifteen minutes with a heavy
roller. Roll thin, cut in round cakes and
prick with a fork. Bake quickly. and
put in warm place for two or three hours,
to cure q. e., become brittle Excellent to
eat with coffee, tea or milk.-DGisy Ege,
bright.
Keeping Cheese After Being Gut
A cheese, after being cut, keeps best bv
placing in a wooden box with wire screens
placed in the sides and over the top, thus
keeping out all foreign substances, but
not excluding the air A damp cloth
spread over the surface where it has been
cut will keep the cheese from drying, and
no fears need be entertained about mold
penetrating the interstices. By all means
do not roll up the cheese in cloths and
keep it from a circulation of air, if you
wish to retain its flavor and have it i'm
prove with age.
"A correspondent of the Field says
Zone day l noticed a flock of eleven
pure Creve Ceur chickens, very bad with
what is called gapes. | remarked TO the
man who had them in charge that he
would not have many chickens out OF
that lot. 'Oh, never mind said he, /
have got cure for them from neighbor-
ing woman, which is a common half
penny tallow candle melted and mixed
! into quart of oatmeal stir-abOut' The
remedy was resorted to, and the Creve
C@urs have every one recovered and
grown into finely-developed chickens. /
have since tried this cure with invariable
success on Brahmas, Dorkings, etc.
Eggs Poached in Balls.-Put three
pints of boiling water into a stew-pan
set it on hot stove of Goals; stir the
water with a stick until it runs rapidly
around; then, having broken an egg into
cup-taking care not to break the yolk
drop itinto the whirling water; continue
to stir 1t until the egg is cooked; then
take into dish with skinner and SET
it over a pot Of boiling water; boil one al
time until you have enough. These will
remain soft for long time. Or, put some
hot water in frying-pan; break in the
eggs; let it set over the fire, without boil
ing, until they are done; then serve on
toast.
Improved Mucilage Ordinary mu,
cilage, made from gum Arabic, does not
fix paper to wood or pasteboard, or to
metallic surfaces. These disadvantages
are overcome by adding solution of sui.
plate Of aluminium, made up in ten times
its quantity Of water Ten grains OF
aluminium sufphate are sufficient for 25C
grains of mucilage. Prepared in this way
it will not become moldy. Again, &C.
cording to Hirschberg, a few drops OF
strong sulphuric acid are added to the
gum solution, and the precipitated sui
phate Of lime allowed to settle. Solutions
prepared in this way a year and halt
ago have neither become moldy nor lost
their adhesive pOwer.-BoSt0n Journal OF
Chemistry.