Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-01-15
Farm, Garden and Household.
Domestic Receipts.

Domestic Receipts.
Pound CAKE.-One pound -four, one
pound of sugar, one pound of butter,
eight eggs. Beat well, and bake till
done.
KNOX GINGER CAKEs.-Five cups OF
-four, four eggs, one cup OF sugar, one
of butter, one of sour milk, half-cup Of
molasses, one tablespoonful Of soda.
Roll and bake.
EVE PUDpNG.-Six ounces of finely
grated bread, six ounces of currants, six
ounces of sugar, six eggs, six apples,
some lemon peel and nutmeg; let it boil
t. rec hours.
LEMON JELLY.-Take paper of gela-
tine and let it soak in pint Of warm
water an hour, then add quart of
boiling water and the juice of tive lem
ons, and pint and half OF sugar.
PLAIN DoUGHNUTs. pint of rich
buttermilk, one heaping teaspoonful of
soda, half that quantity Of salt, three
tablespoonfuls of melted lard, -four to
knead with.
GINGERBREAD NUTs.-Rub one-quar-
ter of pound of butter in one pound
of -four, half pound of sugar, one
ounce ginger, peel of one lemon and
three eggs. Work it well and bake in
small cakes, rolled out.
CLEANING STovEs.-Stove luster,
when mixed with turpentine and ap-
piled in the usual manner, is blacker,
more glossy, and more durable than
when mixed with any other liquid. The
turpentine prevents rust, and when put
on an old rusty stove will make it look
as good as new.
AUNT NELLIE's PUDDING. - Half q
pound of the best suet, half a pound of
grated bread crumbs, half pound of
beaten white sugar, three eggs well
beaten and strained, the grated rind
and juice of large lemon stick
mold with raisins, pour in the mix
ture, boil two hours.
SMALL PUFFs.-One pint of -four, q
piece of butter the size of an egg, two
teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar, one
teaspoonful of soda, and mix with cold
water to the consistency of stiff bat
ter. This is sufficient for four cups.
Steam twenty minutes. To be eaten
with sweetened cream.
LEMON PUDDING. - Weight of two
eggs in butter, which beat to. cream,
same weight of flour, same of pounded
white sugar, the grated rind and juice
: Of two lemons bake half an hour in q
small flat pie dish, with rim Of paste
round the edge; serve with sifted
sugar on the top, and send up very hot.
SoFr G1NaERBREAD.-Melted butter
half coffeecupful, molasses two cups.
one egg, one tablespoonful of ginger,
coffeecupful of sour milk, two heaping
teaspoons of soda added, the last before
baking, and -four to make stiff batter.
Bake at once in an oven with steady
heat. No cake burns as easy as molss-
ses cake.
Corn BREAD. TO pint Of corn meal
scalded, add half pint of flour, tea
spoonful of sugar, two eggs, well beat
en-, a pint of sour milk, a teaspoonful
of soda dissolved in boiling water beat
it well, and boil three-quarters Of an
hour, in moderately heated oven.
PUMPKIN PMs.-Choose the best
pumpkins that can be found. Take out
the seeds, cut the rind carefully away,
and then cut the pumpkin into thin and
narrow bits. Stew over moderate fire
in little water, just enough to keep
the mass from burning, until soft. Turn
off the water if any remains, and let
the pumpkin steam over q slow fire
about ten minutes. When sufficiently
cooled, strain through sieve. Sweeten
the pumpkin with sugar and little
molasses. The sugar and eggs should
be beaten together. The favoring re.
quires ginger, the grated rind of q
lemon, or nutmeg and salt. To one
quart of pumpkin add one quart of
milk, and four eggs for ordinary rich
ness. Heat the pumpkin scalding hot
before putting it upon the crust to bake,
otherwise the crust will be soaked.
Bake in very hot oven.
About Sick Animals.
Nearly all sick animals become so by
improper feeding, in the first place.
In nine cases out of ten the digestion is
wrong. Charcoal is the most efficient
and rapid corrective. 1t will cure in q
majority of cases if properly admins
tered. An example of its use: The
hired man came in with the intelligence
that one of the finest COWS was very
sick, and kind neighbor proposed the
usual drugs and poisons. The owner,
being i'll, and unable to examine the
COW, concluded that the trouble came
from overeating, and ordered teacup-
full of pulverized charcoal given in
water. It was mixed, placed in Junk
bottle, the head held upward, and the
water and charcoal poured downward.
In five minutes improvement was visi'
BILE, and in few hours the animal was
in the pasture quietly eating grass. An.
otherinstance OF equal success occurred
with young heifer which had become
badly bloated by eating green apples
after hard wind. The bloat was SO
severe that the sides were almost as
hard as a barrel. The old remedy,
saleratus, was tried for correcting the
acidlty. But theattempt to put it down
always caused coughing, and it did Lit.
tie good. Half teacupful of fresh
powdered charcoal was next given, and
in a few hours all appearance of bloat
had gone, and the heifer was well.-
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