The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-06-04
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POWDERED chalk added to common glue
strengthens it.
MACCARooNs.-1p pound sugar, pound
blanched and pounded almonds, whites of
3 eggs; sprinkle sugar on paper; drop in
little cakes.
DIR. DANvERNE recommends the use of
lime water to relieve the burning sensation
produced by the sting of wasps and bees.
This remedy is frequently at hand when
ammonia is not to be had.
To cure a felon prevention is better than
cure. When a soreness is felt, immerse
the finger in a basin of ashes and cold
water: set it on the stove while cold, and
stir it continually without taking it out
till the I've is so hot that it cannot be borne
any longer. If the soreness is not gone in
half an hour, repeatit.
CALF's-FEET JELLY.-Wash and prepare
one set of feet, place them in quarts of
water and let them simmer gently 3 hours.
At the expiration of this time take them
out and pour the liquid into a vessel to
cool. When cold, remove every particle
of fat, replace the jelly in the preserving
kettle and add pound of loaf-sugar, the
rind and Juice of lemons; when the
sugar has dissolved, beat 2 eggs with their
shells i'll | gill of water, which pour into
the kettle and boil minutes, or until per-
fectly clear; then add l gill of Madeira
wine and strain through flannel bag into
any form you like.
CHERRY OR DAMAsCENE RoLL.-BOiled
pastry should be prepared with as much
care as that meant for baking, the proper
| tons of butter, lard, and flour the same,
viz, 2pound to a quart, if you wish the
pastry rich. For family consisting of
from eight to ten members l quart is a
large enough quantity CT flour to give out.
Stew the cherries, or whatever fruit you
design, with little sugar; roll out the
pastry into thin sheet-the thinner the
better; spread over a thick layer of the
fruit, and then, commencing at one side.
roll carefully until all the fruit is inclosed
within the paste; pinch together at the
ends, and tie up in a strong cotton cloth !;
then drop into pot of boiling water. The
MOrellO or sour red cluster cherry is the
best for this purpose, or some other fruit
possessing acidity. To be served with
sweet wine sauce.
BOILED WHEAT.-EXcellent dishes for
breakfast, dinner or supper can be made
from unground wheat boiled. The fresh
est and cleanest wheat, with the plumpest
kernels, should be selected. The white
and the amber-colOred wheats cook the
most readily, and they are also preferable
on account of having thinner skin. Time
is saved, in picking it over, TO have it first
run through a smut machine and then
washed, though the cooking over is indis-
pensable. Put it to boil with five or six
parts water to one of wheat, by measure.
Cover close, and after it begins to boil set
it where it will barely simmer. Cook it
four or five hours, or until the kernels
mash readily between the thumb and fin
ger. Hard wheat of any kind will re-
quire still more time, and some kinds may
be cooked all day without softening.
When done it should be even full of water
or juice, which thickens and becomes
gelatinOus on cooking. Salt and send to
the table warm, to eat with meats and
vegetables at dinner. 1t can also be eaten
by itself, trimmed with sugar or butter, or
both, or sirup, or milk. It molds nicely,
and may be served cold at breakfast or
supper, or it may be steamed up and
served hot at breakfast. The long cook
ing it requires, of course precludes its be-
ing served fresh at that meal. After it has
once cooled, however, it cannot be made
so soft and liquid as at first by any sub
sequent cooking. Like other starch,
when it once sets it loses its liquidity.