Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-01-16
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Unless fruit is packed solid it never
carries ell-there must be considerable
pressure to prevent rafting.
Cup Cake.-One cup of butter, two
cups Of sugar, three cups of flour, four eggs,
half nutmeg, one cup of raisins.
Delicate Cake.-One cup white SUI
gar, five tablespoons butter, whites of six
eggs, one tea-cup sweet milk, two tea
spoons cream tartar, one of soda, and
lemon extract.
"A Cement.-A good fre-proof and
waterproof cement is little carriage oil
varnish rubbed upon the edges of broken
china, with cancels hair brush. This
can hardly be seen and if thoroughly
dried is most excellent.
FILTER for Cistern Water.-Perforate
the bottom of wooden box with number
of small holes; place inside piece of
flannel, cover with coarsely powdered
charcoal, over this coarse river sand, and
on this small pieces of sandstone.
Apple Tapioca.-Core some tart APP
Piles, fill up the opening with butter and
sugar, and strew some sugar around
them; pour one dessert spoonful of dry
tapioca to each apple; pour some water
around nearly up to the top of the apples.
Bake and serve with cream.
-Ramakins.-Mix teaspoonfui of flour
with two ounces of melted butter, two
ounces of grated cheese, two tablespoonful
of cream and two well-beaten eggs. Stir
all together, and bake in small tins for a
quarter of an hour. A little Cayenne pep
per may be added if liked.
Stuffed Cabbage.-Take large fresh
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place with stuffing made of cooked chick
en- or veal, chopped very fine and highly
seasoned, rolled into balls with yolk of
egg. Then tie the cabbage firmly together,
and boil in a covered kettle for two hours.
1t makes a very delicious dish, and it is
often useful for using small pieces of cold
meat.
Economical Use of Nutmegs.-If a
person begins to crate a nutmeg at the
stalk end, it will prove hollow through
out; whereas the same nutmeg, grated at
the other end, would have proved sound
and solid to the last. This circumstance
may thus be accounted for: The center
OF nutmeg consists of a number of fibres
issuing from the stalk and it's continual
ton through the center of the fruit, the
other ends of which fbers, though closely
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not adhere to it. When the stalk is
grated away, these fibers, having lost
their hold, gradually drop out in success
sion, and the hollow continues through
the whole nut. By beginning at the con-
trary end the fibers above mentioned are
grated off at their core end, with the sur
rounding fruit, and do not drop out and
cause hole.
How to Iron Linen.-A Hearth and
Home correspondent says linen that is
placed Immediately after being ironed near
the stove or in the hot sun, is sitter when
dry than if it is permitted to dry slowly. 1t
is good plan to lay collars and small arti-
Giles on a waiter and set them on kettle
or other support on the stove, till they are
quite dry. Sometimes the iron will stick
in manner perfectly unaccountable; if
it is rubbed on board on which fine salt
has been sprinkled, and then passed over a
brown paper with wax in its folds, the
sticking propensities will be checked A
bowl of clear water and clean old linen
cloth, are useful to remove any specks the
linen may acquire before Or while being
ironed.