The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-18
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CAYENNE pepper is death to bed-6ugs.
Dust the bedsteads, crevices and nlches
well with the condiment.
BAKED FLOUR PUDDNG.-l quart OF
milk, eggs, Il tablespoonfuls OF hour,
little salt. This recipe makes a capital
steamed pudding. Steam it one hour.
CocoANUT CAKE.-l cup butter, cups
sugar. cups OF flour, whites OF eggs l
cup sweet milk. teaspoons baking-pow-
der. Bake in tins; whites OF ) eggs
with sugar, l teacup cocoanut.
A GOOD remedy to remove warts Is
tincture of cantharides, with few drops
of iodine. Apply to the warts with
small brush three or four times day. In
a short time they will disappear.
LAMB STEw.-Take hall shoulder OF
lamb, boil it in two quarts OF water lot
two hours. Then put in potatoes, onions
turnips. cut in quarters, salt and pepper
TO the taste. Ten minutes before serving
put in the dumplings.
WooD charcoal is an excellent absorbent
of the dlsagreeable flavor OF garlic III mix.
Every spring drop piece three or 1our
inches long and two inches thick into each
pan of milk, or into the pitcher In winch
milk for table use may be kept.
LEAKING teats have been closed by the
application of collOdiOn to the teat lmme-
diately aftel milking. To apply 1t wipe
the teat perfectly dry, and with a small
brush or camel's-hair pencil paint the end
of the feat over with three or four coats OF
| the cOllodion. 1t dries instantly. and con-
tracing as it dries. closes the orifice. Col
lodon is gun-cOtton dissolved in ether.
ORANGE CAKE.-1 cup butter, ? cups
sugar, cup sweet milk, 81 cups flour, |!
teaspOonfuls baking-pOwder, . eggs (leav-
| ing out the whites of three for trostlng)
and the juice of l orange. Bake III Jelly
tins. Between layers spread an icing
made Of the three whites, and sugar
enough to make stiff; add juice OF
orange and grated or chopped rinds of tn,
2 oranges 8 oranges make , cakes.
PHILADELPHIA COTTAGE CHEEsE.-Takt
one or more quarts of sour milk, put 1t IL
a warm place and let it remain until the
whey separates from the curd; then pour
it in a three-cornered bag, hang it up anC
let it drain until every particle of whey
has dropped from it; then turn 1t out ant
mash with a spoon, add milk or cream
with salt or sugar as preferred. This Is
healthful and delicious addition TO the
! breakfast or tea table i'll summer.
BAKED FIsH.-Small fish, which art
usually fried, because of The difficulty o
cooking them in any other way, may b.
baked as follows: Stew ans strain canned
tomatoes. and add an equal measure o
fine wheat-meal bread crumbs, or enough
to make it keep its shape when placed on
dish. This may be saited and seasoned witt
minced onion and thyme, or not, accord
inc to taste. Then lay it half an inch deeI
on pie-plates. and in shapes to correspond
with the size of the fish. and lay fish wei
washed and cleaned on each, and bake in
moderate oven until tender. Serve witt
tomato sauce. This mixture of tomatOe
and bread crumbs can be used as stuttin;
for larger baked fish.
To IMPROVE the appearance OF furniture
take soft sponge wet with clean cole
water and wash over the article, Thel
take a soft chamOis skin and wipe clean
: Dry the skin as well as you can by wiring
inc it in your hands, and wipe the waite
off the furniture. being careful to wip
only one way. Never use dry chamOi
on varnish work. If the varniSh is detacet
and shows white marks, take linseed OF
and turpentine in equal parts; shake wei
in vial, and apply very small quantit,
on a soft rag until the color is restored
then with a clean soft rag wipe the mix
ture off In deeply carved work the dus
cannot be removed with sponge. Use
stiff-haired paint brush instead Of a sponge
For unpublished furniture linseed Oil Is tn
best; rub in thoroughly.