Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-04
RECIPES, ETC.

Lemon and Orange Peel.-Dry thor
oughly, pound or grind IN a hand-mill;
sift, bottle and cork. Excellent for fla
vOring.
ST. PAUL seems to have held cremation
among the higher Christian virtues, as
witness: And though | bestow all my
goods to feed the poor, and though l gl0e
my body to be burned, and have not charity,
it profteth me nothing."-I. Corinthians,
riit. chap, Sd Uerse.
Mountain Dew Pudding. Three
crackers pounded or rolled fine, pint of
milk, yolks of two eggs; bake half an
hour; beat whites of two eggs to a stiff
froth, add one cup sugar, pinch of salt;
flavor with lemon, pour over the pud-
ding, and set in oven and delicately
brown.
Variety Pickle.-One gallon of cab
bage finely chopped; half pint green pep
pers; half gallon green tomatoes; one
quart onions Chopped fine and the juice
drained from them; four tablespoonful
mustard; two Of ginger; one of cloves :;
two of tumeric; one ounce celery seed :;
two pounds sugar; little salt, and half
gallon good cider vinegar. Mix well and
boil twenty minutes. Anything like snaps
or cucumbers can be chopped in before
boiling.
Apple Bread-Weigh one pound of
fresh, juicy apples; peel, core and stew
a porcelain kettle or stone jar placed ip-
side kettle of boiling water; mix IL
pulp with two pounds of the best flour
put in the same quantity of yeast you
would use for common bread and as
much water as will make it a fine,
smooth dough; put it into a pan and
place it in warm place to rise, and let
it remain for twelve hours at least. Form
it into rather long-shaped loaves, and bake
in quick oven.
-Glycerine for Preserving Fruit.-We
learn through a German journal, says the
Journal of AppI5ed Chemistry, that in order
to preserve fresh fruits it is only necessary
to heat them, if not perfectly ripe, in
water almost to boiling, drain nearly dry,
and cover with warm concentrated
glycerine If the fruit is perfectly ripe,
heating in water is unnecessary. 1t is
also advised to pour off the glycerine after
standing for some time and add fresh con-
centrated glycerine. The glycerine poured
off may be concentrated on water bath
and used a second time. Ordinary
glycerine is often impure, but only that
which is perfectly pure and colOrless,
with a clean, sweet taste and a specific
gravity of 1875, should be employed.
New Method of FiluatiOn.-Prof.
Chas. A. Seeley has invented a new method
OF filtration. At the bottom OF an open glass
tube, say an inch in diameter, he places a
piece of filtering paper, and over this a
piece of India muslin, which is secured
around the tube bV a rubber ring, The
tube is filled with the liquid to be filtered
and is closed at the top with rubber
stopper through which runs a piece of
rubber piping. The tube is connected
with TWO bottles so arranged that the
water in the upper one flows down into
the lower one, forcing out the air, which
in turn runs through the rubber pipe,
forcing out the liquid through the filter
ing material. The arrangement is ex-
ceedingly ingenious, and by this means a
liquid may be filtered in one-fourth of the
time which the operation takes by the old
method.