Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-02-19
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Chestnut Cream. Pound twenty-five
roasted chestnuts in mortar with little
milk; then put the paste SO made into a
stew-pan with the yolks of two eggs, half
| pint of milk, two ounces of butter, ana
| four ounces of powdered sugar; when 1t
has boiled little while strain it, put 1t
| into dish or glass for the table, and let
| it cool.
Barley Gruel.-Wash four tablespoon
fuls of pearl-barley; boil 1t in two quarts
of water, with stick of cinnamon ana
pinch of salt in it, until reduced to one
quart Strain through sieve; add a tea
cup of milk, and boil for ten minutes.
Serve with sugar and nutmeg if relished.
| This will keep on the ice two or three
| days.
-Maccaroni. This is a very suitable
winter dish and is prepared as follows:
Break into pieces an inch long the best
| Italian maccaroni; stew till 1t is SOFT,
| then lay in dish with alternate layers OF
butter and cheese, cut into small pieces:
Add pepper and salt to taste, cup OF
milk, and bake in moderate oven until
it is well Drowned.
--Mush and Fried Mush.-Stir corn
meal into boiling water till sufficiently
thick. Add salt; keep stirring it TO pre-
vent it being lumpy. II should boil near.
| ly one hour. Pour it out into pans, and
when cold it makes a wholesome and
! good dessert, if sliced and tried. Eat 1t
with sugar and cream, or butter and mo-
lasses.
Friction of the body is one of the
| gentlest and most useful kinds of exercise,
either by the hand, piece OF flannel, a
tolerably coarse towel, or flesh brush.
Friction cleans the skin, promotes per-
spiration and increases the war nth and
energy of the body. In rubbing the stom-
ach, perform the operation in circular
direction, as that is most favorable to the
course of the intestines and their natural
| action.
Snow Pudding.-Pour one pint boil
| ing water on half box of gelatipe, add
| the juice of one lemon, and two cups of
sugar. When nearly cold, strain, add the
whites of three eggs beaten to 2 froth,
| then beat the whole well togethersand put
| in glass dish Take the yolks of these
| three eggs, one pint of milk, one teaspoon
| corn starch, flavor with vanilla, and cook
as you always do soft custard; pour it
| round the jellied part, or serve separately,
as you prefer.
To Color Cotton Red.-Take muriate
| of tin two-thirds ola teacup; add sufficient
water to cover the goods well. Bring to
boiling heat, putting in the goods one
hour and stirring often. Take out the
goods and empty the kettle and put in
clean water with Nicaragua wood, one
pound, sleeping for half an hour at hand
heat; then put in the goods and increase
the heat for one hour, not bringing 1t to a
boil at all. Air the goods and dip as be-
fore. Wash without soap.
Cure for Chilbains.-Bathe the feet
| for half an hour in water as hot as can be
borne add hot water after the feet have
| been in few moments, as they will bear
more than at first. Let the water be at
least as hot when the feet are removed as
when put in. This draws the infiamma-
ton out and allays the itching which is
so very painful. Dry with a cloth; then
battle well with hemlock oil (which can
be got at any druggists at a trifing cost
dry it in by the fire. Repeat the applica.
ton three or four nights If needed. Care
should be taken not to chill the feet i'm
mediately.
| Save the tea leaves for a few days
then steep them in a tin pail or pan for
half an hour, strain through sieve and
use the tea to wash all vanished paint
1t requires very little "elbow polish" as
the tea acts as a strong detergent, cleans.
ing the paint from all impurities, and
making the varnish equal to new. II
cleans window sashes and oil-cloths; in.
deed, any vanished surface is improved by
its application. 1t washes window panes
and mirrors much better than water, and
is excellent for cleaning black walnut
picture and looking-glass frames. 1t will
not do to wash unvarnished paint with it.
Whiting is unequaled for cleaning white
paint. Take asmall quantity on damp
flannel, rub lightly over the surface, and
you will be surprised at its effects.