The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-21
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BEEF PATTIEs.-Chop fine rare roast
beef, season with pepper, salt, and little
onion. Make plain paste cut into shape
like an apple puff, fill with the mince, and
bake quickly.
To STOP THE Flow OF BLooD.-There
is no better use to make of fine-cut tobacco
than to bind it upon a fresh wound, ana
nothing will stop the flow of blood quicker.
CocoANUr PIE.-Beat together eggs
and tablespoonful of sugar; add grated
cOcoanut: stir in / quart of milk. Line
plate with pie-crust and bake in a quick
oven.
ORANGE PIE.-Take peeled oranges, cut
them in slices, place the bottom of the pie
on the plate, lay the slices on the crust,
! spread thin layer of sugar over them,
and bake in quick oven.
POP Corn PUDDNG.-Soak quarts of
| freshly-popped corn in pints of sweet
milk, over night. When ready to bake,
add well-beaten eggs, little salt, ana
sugar to taste. Bake like custard pud-
ding.
FRENCH CAKE.-3 eggs, u cups OF flour,
l cup of sugar, l teaspOonful OF baking
powder. , tablespOonfuls of cold water !;
bake in two pe-pans, split while hot, and
spread between the following custard:
pint sweet milk, tablespoonful of corn
starch dissolved in a bit of the milk, egg
well beaten; when it comes to boil add
cup of sugar, / cup of butter. Lemon
to suit the taste.
To Cook RICE.-The following is the
method recommended by the French
Academy for cooking rice during the siege
of Paris: Take one cup of rice and one
fourth of a cup of water in saucepan,
cover, and place over good fire; after an
hour the water will be evaporated, and the
rice cooked tender, but dry, with grains
| distinct, not in paste. Sufficient salt should
be added. in the first place, and care should
be taken not to disturb the rice while cook
ing. BY adding little butter, and allow
ing the rice to dry little more over gen
tie fire, a more delicate dish Is prepared.
The Boston Medical Journal says that rice
cooked in this manner, which IS the same
as that EMPLOYED in the East Indies, bears
the same relation to the indigestible paste
of the New England kitchen as does bread
to boiled flour.
UTILIZING FRUIT CANS.-When it is con-
sidered how many hundreds OF thousands
of tin cans are used for the preservation oil
all KINDS Oh Tie llutI HtStt'lDlCS anu II ''i'
and thrown away when the contents are
exhausted, it becomes an important
economical question, can the castaways be
reclaimed for any valuable purpose! by
punching holes in the bottom they may be
used as flower-pOts. But perhaps better
use would be to convert them into niue
homes for that class of birds who make
their nests in hollOws-the bluebird, wren
English sparrow, etc.-by having pro
iecting strip of tin sOldered on the end OPP
posite the mouth, with holes punched IL
the end or ends of the strip, so that tho
cans may be nailed lengthwise to trees OIL
sides of buildings. If so bright as &c
frighten the birds, they may be painted IL
dull colors, or wrapped in brown paper OIL
cloth until occupied. Thus many thou
sands of homes may be made more cheer
full by songs of birds, and lawns, gardens
vines. etc, be relieved of worms. vii
agricultural and other papers give currency
to the suggestion if apprOved.-N Z. Oh
serUer.