American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-04-11
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

"A genuine corn-pone Is made thusly
Corn meal and water mixed to a rather
stiff batter, sailed to taste, and baked well
in a hot oven.
Corn meal cakes for a morning dish
One quart sour milk two or three eggs
teaspoonful of saleratus, not heaped ;
two level full of salt. Mix thick with
corn meal, and fry after steak, or in lard.
Light Corn Bread.-Scald one quart
white corn meal with one quart hot water
then add half cup molasses, one teaspoon
full salt and one quart cold water. Stir
well, and add one quart meal, half pint
yeast. Let rise in warm place for ten
hours, then stir well, put in the skillet
and bake by the fireplace four hours. If
you haven't hop yeast add half pint salt
rising yeast before putting to bake.
"A Nice Omelet-Beat two eggs,
yolks and whites together, in a bowl,
until very light. In cup put one table
spoonful of corn starch; add slowly a
half tesspoonful of milk new milk is
best; when well stirred and smooth, pour
this over the eggs, and beat them all well
together for a few minutes; little
chopped parsley can be added if wished.
Cook as other omelets. In making any
kind of omelet, salt and pepper should
not be added until sent to table; and to
have them perfectly light and tender the
ingredients must be well and quickly
beaten with the fork.
Remedy for Sore Throat-Take one
large red pepper, such as are grown for
family use; steep in half a pint of water,
after which strain in quart of mOlasses,
adding little vinegar; boil all together
to thin syrup; use this whenever the
throat feels dry or disagreeable; if it be
in dead of night it will soothe the throat
land not irritate) and warm it up well. II
sharper than can be borne in the mouth,
put it back near the palate with a spoon
and swallow; apply outwardly thin
slice of salt pork, warming it up well in
vinegar and pepper; apply as hot as can
be borne on the thrOat.-Medacdt Journal.
Give Them Cold Water-It is very
doubtful if there is a single possible dis
ease in which the patient should not have
cold water dd libitum. Oh, how the babes
often suffer for cold water. A nursing
babe is given, no mater how thirsty, moth
ing but milk. The little lips are dry and
and the little tongue SO parched
it can scarcely nurse, and yet it has moth
ing but milk to assuage its craving thirst
Try it yourself, mother, when you have a
fever, and we are sure that ever after,
when your darling is dying with thirst,
the teaspoon and tumbler of cold water
will be in constant use.-Erchange.
Cream Pies.-Make the crust as usual
and spread on the tins. For each pie
take one-half cup pulverized sugar and
nearly as much of sifted flour; rub to-
gefher dry and spread over the crust. Ut
is quite essential that the -four and sugar
should be well mixed before uniting with
the cream, as it prevents all possibility of
lumps.) Pour over it one cup of sour
cream and a, few spoonfuls of sour or
milk; stir gently into the flour
and sugar. Crate over a little nutmeg
and bake in quick oven. 1t is better to
place an iron CRATE in the oven under the
pies as they are liable to run over" if
too hot on the bottom. These pies are al
ways in good demand: Ifsweet cream is
used, no milk should be added. They
should always be eaten fresh, but are
good cold or warm.
The Journal of the Farm offers few
good suggestions upon kitchens. 1t
that the housewife, instead of
wearing out her muscle and her temper
floors, should resort to the SIM
pie expedient of painting. All that is
necessary is two quarts of oil, three
pounds of ochre and one pint of japan,
which will paint floor twelve BY eight
cen feet. The time taken to clean a
painted floor and the labor saved are
equal to ten times the cost The writer
also suggests another convenience, viz: A
good sized sink, five or six feet long by
two and half wide, at the back; at the
Top of this sink should be a shelf for
lamps, vases, etc., under it q place for
and at the ends two pumps
one for hard and the other for soft water