River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-10

Take two pounds Of lean beef, one
pound oi scrae veal, aud one pound ~
fore quarter 81 mutton put them,
with ten peppercorns and a spoonful ul
salt, into five quarts ot water, and boil
slowly for five hours. Strain and set
away 20 cool skim of an the fat, and
If there be- any lett lay clean bit of
blottng paper ON the broth when Int.
tie warm, and il will absorb all the
grease.
Soup or broth made If different
meats is more strengthening rs we'll as
better favored, hut IL should be per.
tectly free from all fat il prepared tor
inyahds.
How TO Cock A TCBNm.-I will ask
the reader 70 cook two turnips IN two
different ways. The FIRST is to be peeled
aud sliced aud left 20 SOAK IN cold wa
ter Tor an hour or more. The slices
are TO Toe boiled until quite tender, and
then are TO bc drained and nicely
mashed with batter. This is the most
common way OF cooking, aud It has the
dement Of Washing out the gum and
the sugar, aud the other fine consti-
tueuts of the root, and consequently
the flavor is very much reduced. The
other root IS to be washed quite clean /,
but II Is not 20 ho peeled, or cut, or
soaked. Boil il whole, in its Jacket. -
II will take twice as long to cook as the
one that WIS cut. When, by trying 1t
with fork, you find it quite tender,
take il up, peal it, press 1t moderately,
AID mash it with butter. You will be
surprised AZ the difference. Instead of
being, as perhaps you will expect,
4" strong" crank, y or "a bitter, il will
be deliciously full favored, aud will
contain all the uouushment that was in
il before it was cooked. GWdeHcr's
Magazine.
REMEDIES FOR Burns. Tar gives i'm
mediate relief from pain, as 1t excludes
the air from the burned surface. Lin
seed oil iunboiled) applied with Il
feather also allays the burning SO
does finely car1ed wool laid thick upon
the wound. Arnica liueture diluted
with water is good for a burn. An ex-
cellent liniment for burns and scalds is
made by filling a two-ounce vial third
full Of strong lime water, and the re-
naming two-thirds with sweet oil.
This should be shaken well before ap-
plying. A correspondent gives her
remedy for burns as follows Spread
unsalted lard on a cloth and sprinkle
thlckly with black pepper and apply,
and the effect is magical.
PANCAKES FOR BREAKFAsr. Tie Ru-
ural New Yorker treats the science of
making buckWheat cakes elaboratelv !.
The night before the pancakes are to
be served for breakfast make the u atter
in this wise For a family OF eight per
sons, take about three quarts Of water
warm one hali-cup Of sweet
milk and q teaspOonlul of salt. Into
this stir one large yeast cake, pre-
viously soaked In q little water or half
a cupful of soft yeast, a teaspoonful of
corn meal, and sufficient buckwheat
-four TO make Il stiff batter. For con-
we use a SIX quart tin pail
with "a cover--not an old, rusty affair,
but either new one, o. one kept so
bright with soap aud sand that it can
not impart any unpleasant taste to the
cakes. This pail, with its contents
thoroughly mixed Just before bedtime,
is placed near the stove, or where ii
viii not be very cold during the night.
BY daylight, the batter should nearly
fill the pail, though it should not run
over it, as, like good bread, it requires
close attention, and should be used at
the right stage of lightness. When tho
griddle is nearly ready for use, dissolve
an even teaspoOnful of soda, which
stir into the batter, and some tastes
would like the addition of another tea
spoonful of salt.
Now about the griddle and greaser
Nearly all the soapstone griddles of
our acquaintance are humbugs, and
the cakes cooked thereon forget TO be
crispy and brown, so we adhere to the
iron gsiddle. Not much
smoke need arise from it if there Is a
right understanding between it and the
cook, who should use only a small
quantity of butter. applied with
cloth tied to a stick or the tines of a
steel fork. This is much better than
slice of pork, and the difference in ex-
pense is triiing; as in our family not
more than a pound of butter is used
for frying cakes during the winter
A large coffeecupfui of the batter
should I've reserved, aud emptied inn
mediately into an carmen dish, COW
cred and set in a cool place, where it
will not freeze, until it is wanted again
at night for mixing with new supply,
which will not require a yeast cake. A
teaspoonful of sugar stirred into this
reserve when it is set away will arrest
fermentation, and after the first morn
ing little more soda is required each
time; but our own is to use only Just
enough 10 counteract the acidity
Some housekeepers add all the cold
cakes left in the morning to the next
batch, but we think one or two is an
while more would make
the cakes sticky and liable to brown
too much. Pancakes, like good PEG.
pie, may fall from their best estate
aud whenever the batter becomes sour
and much fermented tits all used, aud
we proceed as at FIRST, thus starting il
anew quite often. Experienced cooks
will not need these directions, but wc
trust they VIII aid some young house
keeper
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