The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-02-20


Corn BREAD.-Take four cups of
sour milk, one of these partly filled
with cream one egg, a little salt, two
even teaspoonfuls pulverized soda; mix
the soda with a very little corn meal,
and stir all together, till it fOams then
add corn meal till thin batter is OBJ
tanned, and pour into hot tins, oiled, an
inch deep, and bake in a quick oven.
Pork PUDDING.-One cup chopped
pork, one cup of molasses with one tea
spoon soda stirred into it, one cup of
raisins three-fourths cup of sweet milk,
all kinds of spices, -four enough to
make stiff batter, steam four hours.
For sauce, take one cup of white SUI
gar, put into one cup of boiling water
and pour upon two well-beaten eggs,
flavor with lemon and add a small piece
of butter
HoMINY CAKE.-Mix with cold hon.
inv an equal amount of white flour
until perfectly smooth add a teaspoon
full of salt, and thin off with butter
milk, into pan of which a teaspoonfuI
of soda has been dissolved; when of the
consistency of griddle-cakes, add
dessert spoonful of melted butter, and
bake as usual with maple syrup they
are delicious, and the absence of eggs
viii not be missed.
RICE PUDDING.-Take one teacupful
of soft, boiled rice, one tablespoonful
of butter, mixed in the rice while hot
add one quart of sweet milk, one tea
cup of sugar, the yolks of five eggs,
season with lemon; bake until done
Beat the whites of the five eggs to
stiff froth, ard stir in it five heaping
tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar
spread over the custard return to the
oven, and bake delicate brown.
SUGAR BIsCUT.-Dissolve one tea
cupful of white sugar in a quart of new
milk, then stir in a pint of lively yeast,
with slfted flour enough to make stiff
sponge let it rise until very light, then
work into sponge three-quarters of
pound of melted butter, with sifted
Hour enough to make a stiff dough
work the dough thoroughly, cut into
biscuits, let them stand on buttered tins
to rise; sift sugar upon each, and bake
in quick oven.
DELICATE PUDDING.-One u.art of
milk while boiling, stir in one pint of
flour after 1t is sifted, six eggs, six
tablespoonfuls of white sugar, one ia
bic spoonful of butter, the grated peel
and juice of two lemons. All the in !
gradients must be we'll beaten together
before they are stirred into the milk
stir one way without stopping till it has
boiled for minute or two take it of !
and turn into your pudding dish. It is
to be eaten cold, with sugar and cream |
if you like.
A New DYE.-A decoction of Usage |
orange wood is said to yield beautiful |
and very permanent yellow dye, and |
this decOction, carefully evaporated, |
forms a bright yellow extract called au- |
rantine, which may be used in impart- |
ing its color to fabrics. The wood of |
the Usage orange is also rich IN tannin. |
and experiments made in Texas show |
that hides are tanned quicker with this
wood than with oak bark The seed |
yields bland oil which may be substi-
tuted in many cases for olive oil. !
Sour RECIPE.-Put four pounds of |
fresh beef in six quarts of cold water |
let it boil slowly for five or six hours
CRATE or finely slice one large or two |
small carrots slice two or three onions. |
one turnip and two potatoes salt and |
black pepper to taste add onC-quarter |
of red pepper, one tablespoonful of sum-
mer savOry ; let these ingredients boil |
slowly together for nearly two hours. |
just before taking up for the table mix |
a tablespoonful of flour in a little |
cold water stir into the soup, letting it |
boil up twice, and your soup is DONE
CHOCOLATE CREAM CUsrARD.-Set on |
to boil a quart of new milk. Mix with |
half cup of cold milk, two ounces of |
grated sweet chocolate, pour some of |
the boiling milk TO it, and then pour |
back into the pan of boiling milk, stir
ring all the time. When heated though, |
and just before coming to the boiling |
point, add the yolks of six eggs, which |
have been beaten with cup of pow |
dered white sugar. When these are |
blended, add three whites beaten with |
a little extract of vanilla, reserving the |
three other whites for frosting. This |
is enough for ten cups.
REMEDY FOR DAMP WALLs.-Coat |
the part of the wall affected by the |
damp, and for some distance around it, |
with knotting compositiOn-the same |
article as used by the builders for !
printing knots in wool 1t should be |
applied upon the bare plester, aud, |
however damp this may be, the compO- |
sition, from its rapidly drying prop |
crty, will in few minutes become a
very tough coating or skin. Two coats |
should be given, which will prove quite |
impermeable to damp, and upon which
the most delicate papers may be put |
Immediately without fear of injury
COMMERCE WITH SOUTH AMERICA. In |
1867 Brazil opened the Amazon to the |
commerce of the world, Peru follow
ing her example in 1868. There are
now three monthly lines of steamers
from Para to Havre, Liverpool and New
York. Within twenty-five years Para
has arisen from nothing to n populous /
city of 20, 600 inhabitants. The Amazon !
is now nlvigated by British company
which has absorbed the Brazilian and !
Peruvian steamers, and is constructing
ten new ones for the same trade upon
the Mersey, of various burthens, from
367 to 75l tons. Such rapid growth of
commerce could not be stimulated in a
wilderness without the presence of the
greatest natural facilities.