Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-04-11
Farm. Garden and Household.
Housekeeper., pepartment.

MUFFIN REoPE.-Two eggs, one
quart of flour, O pint of sweet milk,
two ounces of butter, a gill of yeast, a
teaspoonful of salt.
IcNG.-Into the white of an egg.
beaten till very light, stir six table,
spooasfuls of powdered sugar, and
spread over the cake while warm.
MILK SrANs.-Milk stains on serge
dresses may be removed by stepping
the part in warm water.
NICE DISH FOR THE SIoK.-To one
teacup of cream take four rolled or
grated crackers, one teaspoonful of
white sugar, the white of one egg
beaten to a broth, with teaspoonful
of jelly of any kind.
LEMON JELLY.-Two cups of sugar
yolks of three eggs juice of two
lemons. Cook till thickened by setting
In boiling water, and then add the
well-beaten whites of three eggs; spread
between layers of the cake, and trim
off the rough edges.
PUDDING SAUoE.-One half teacup of
butter, one and half teacups of
sugar, and one pint of strawberries
mashed till Juicy. Canned berries may
be substituted for fresh ones) Beat
the butter and sugar to o cream, then
stir in the berries.
Snow PUDDING. one-half
box of gelatine in one pint of cold
water. After it is thoroughly dissolved
add one pint of warm water, two cups
of sugar, juice of two lemons. Let
it cool, then put in the whites of three
eggs well beaten. Serve cold with
sugar and cream.
BUTTERMmK YEAST POWDERS.
quart of fresh buttermilk made up with
corn meal to stiff batter, with a tea
cupful of yeast. Let it rise; then add
enough flour to make it a stiff dough.
Put it on dishes or boards to dry in the
shade. Rap it1p, and keep it in bag.
To one quart of -four put one table
spoonful of yeast powder.
Sort GINGERBREAD. - Six cups of
flour, two cups of sugar, two cups of
milk, two cups of butter, two cups of
molasses, four eggs, one tablespoonful
OF baking powder. Melt the butter and
molasses together, mix in the sugar,
ginger, milk and eggs in the above
order, and stir in the -four, and lastly
the baking powder. Dissolve one tea
spoonful of soda in the milk if sour.
SPONGE CAKE.-Beat briskly together
for fifteen minutes, one pound of fine
white sugar and the yolks of twelve
eggs, then stir into this the grated rind
and juice of one lemon, the whites of
twelve eggs beaten to a stiff froth, half
a saltspoonful of salt, and lastly, stir
in three-quarters of pound of sifted
flour, stir well, and bake in quick
oven. These proportions will make
three good-sized loaves.-
QUEEN OF PUDDINas. together
one quart of milk, one pint of bread
crumbs, five tablespoonfuls of sugar,
the yolks of three eggs we'll beaten,
and one tablespoonful of butter. After
baking, spread over the top a thin
layer of any kind of jelly or preserves.
Have ready the whites of the eggs,
beaten to a stiff froth, and spread over
on top of the fruit, then bake to light
brown. May be served cold with sugar
and cream, or warm with sauce.
To Paint Kitchen Floor.
Paint mixed in the usual manner is
never satisfactory. Linseed oil colored
with ochre is not effective, because the
oil does not hold the small splinters,
the floor wears, and after few applica-
tons the oil will not penetrate as it
should do. -s. -.
[ will give you my method. Select O
satisfactory color q prefer dark gray,
as it does not show the dust, and thin
with one-half Japan varnish and one
half boiled linseed oil, more of the var
nish if any change is made. The japan
gives hard, glossy finish, and holds
in place small splinters and checks.
Then give one coat of the mixture, and
after the floor has done shrinking (say
in the course of Year,, clean out the
cracks and imperfect places and fillwith
mixture of putty and litharge. When
this hardens, sandpaper and finish with
two coats of the paint. You will then
have a solid, hard, glossy floor, free
from cracks that are filled with lint and
wet dirt every time it is washed, and
one that can be easily kept clean.
rr~ r.r.B Fastur1nS Meadows
A correspondent of the Vermont
Farmer writes: I do not believe in
feeding meadows in the fall, (and nc
one does in the spring. With mowers
we can better afford to feed the second
crop in the barn, where the manure
can be better preserved, and where
there will be no danger of the cattle
feeding too close, pulling up the grass
by the roots, or treading up the ground,
which they are veryapt to do, especially
where it is newly seeded. I want to
get my haying done SO early that the
second crop of clover will be in bios.
som, SO can have it cut before any
severe frost, which is earlier than most
men are ready to turn their stock in
that gives time for another crop tc
come up sufficient to protect the roots
through our freezing winters. top
dress to some extent.