The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-01-09

of its inconvenience.
VEAL CUrbETs.-Take some veal, a
piece of the fllet or the next slice off
the legs, and cut into pieces a little lar
ger than a crown piece, and less than a
quarter of an inch thick, beat them out
rather thin and trim them nicely. Egg
and bread crumb them, and sauce them
in butter. Fry some slices of ham or
bacon, and place them on your dish al
ternately with the veal outlets, and
pour round sauce, tomato, or any other
sauce which may be approved of.
GREEN CURRANTS, BOTTLED.-Cur-
rants are quite an improvement to
gooseberries in pies, and alone form a
very nice fruit pie. Strip from the
stems, and allow n pound of sugar to
three of the fruit, and do not fill the
vessel more than two-thirds full. Put
on the back of the stove until the sugar
melts and the Juice starts, then set in a
hotter place, and after boiling a few
minutes, fill the jars and seal immedi-
ately do not remove the kettle from
the stove, but fill one jar at a time, and
seal while boiling hot.
An IMPERIAL THERMoMETER.-Profes-
SUI dlIultIl Oh Naples, has recently
completed a very ingenious and elabor-
ate registering thermometer for the pri-
yate'use of the impress of Russia. The
instrument is of metal, and is provided
with bells, which gave a signal when
ever any considerable change of the
surrounding temperature occurs. 1t is
said to be so sensitive that the Indicator
is in a state of almost perpetual motion.
Suitable devices show the extreme range
of temperature during given periods of
time. The apparatus is placed in the
imperial travelling carriage.
PREPARING AMMONIA SAITs.-Bo-
brownicki. of Paris, proposes to pre-
pare ammonia salts from the ammonia
liquor of gas works by acidifying and
then treating it with fuoride of silicon,
chloride of silicon, hydro-fuor silicic
acid, or an alkaline s~ilicate. The sill
con compounds carry down the sus-
pended bodies and those in solution,
and hold them in a solid or half solid
form. BObrownicki calls the precipitate
n silicOid. 1t furnishes the crude mate
rial for preparing ammonia salts in the
usual manner.
APPLE WNE.-The following is high
" commended as a recipe for a home
AudtAC N4AC 4AOlA ablACo q. OLANg DOulOl5
of brown sugar, one pound of sulphate
of lime, put into pure sweet CT
der from the press, enoUghto fill a forty
gallon barrel. Leave the bung out
fOrty-eight hours. then bung it up and
cave a small vent until fermentation
wholly ceases. 1t should be kept in a
cool place. When it has ceased to fer
ment it is ready for use. The longer
it stands the better it is.
OYSTER MUADuEs. Dried oysters"
having been included among the articles
imported, as published by the Bureau
of Statistics, an inquiry made by a
Boston firm as to their origin has clio
tied from the chief the following expla-
nation "Dried oysters " are imported
into San Francisco, chiefly from China,
although a few come from Mexico.
They are taken from the shell and
dried in the sun, without the use of any
salt or chemical preparation, and are
imported in wooden boxes containing
one hundred pounds each. They are
consumed mostly by the Chinese resi-
dents on the Pacific coast, only a small
proportion being used by the Mexicans.
PUMPKIN PIE.-Cut the pumpkin into
thin slices, and boil until tender in as
little water as possible !; watch carefully
that.it does not scOrch drain off all
the water, putting the ~stew-rau on a
warm part of the stove, that it may dry
of the moisture, for ten or fifteen min
utes. Mash and rub through a sieve,
adding, while warm, n small piece of
butter. To every quart of the pump
kin, after MASKING, add one quart of
new milk and o u eggs, the yelks and
whites beaten separately. White sugar
to taste, and cinnamon and nutmeg as
desired a very little brandy is a great
improvement. The oven they are baked
in must be hot, or they will not brown.
1t is as we'll to heat the batter scalding
hot before pouring into the pie-dishes.
PorATo CRooUETTEs.-Take a quart
of potatoes. Peel, boil and mash mix
with them the yolks of four eggs, two
ounces of milk; set on the fire, stir for
two minutes, spread ina dish TO get cold,
or leave over night, if designed for
breakfast, in which case a little milk
may be added to moisten their dryness
mix thoroughly, divide into tablespoon
parts, shape them, roll in bread crumbs,
dip into beaten eggs, Cthe whites) roll
in bread crumbs again, and fry in hot
fat. Take off when done, drain, dish
and serve Immediately. When they are
shaped fiat, they are "crOquettes a la
duchesse." Any kind of croquettes
properly made is very nice, even when
made simpler than these directions.
Some use the inside of baked potatoes.
LEMON JELLY.-To make two quarts
of jelly, take a package, which is two
ounces, of gelatine, n and a half
pounds of sugar, the Juice of five lem
Ons, some orange peel or slick of CHINA
mon, or other lavoring if you wish it,
and soak all together for an hour in a
pint of water add to this, after the
gelatine is thoroughly soaked, three
pints of boiling water, and stir it until
it is all dissolved, and then strain it
through a fine strainer. 1t is better to
make the Jelly the day before it is to be
used, and in warm weather use a little
less water. Be sure that the gelatine is |
perfectly soaked before pouring on the
boiling water, wen though it should
take a longer time than above stated.
NEW ELECTRIC LIGHr.-M. Ladiguin
has recently invented a new plan for
electric illumination, which is quite
simple, and which, it is believed, may
be ad~vantageously used for lighting
mines, as there is no danger of its
causing the explosions incident to such
localities. 1t consists in n bit of char
coal or other pool conductor attached
to a wire communicating with a mag
neto-electric machine. The charcoal is
inclosed in a glass tube in which the air
is replaced by a gas which will not com
bine with the carbon when the same is
brought to a high temperature. The
tube is sealed, and the machine set in
motion by a small steam engine or other
motor, when the charcoal gradually be-
comes incandescent, emitting a pleasant
and quite brilliant light, the intensity
of which, it is said, may be graduated
at Will.
SPIcED BEEF.-Take eight or ten
pounds of the thin flank ; remove any
skin, gristle, or bones rub it over with