Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-01-01
RECIPES. EiJ.


cups of sugar three cups offiour, four eggs
half nutmeg, one cup of raisins.
Hardening Wood for Pulleys.-After
a wooden pulley is turned and rubbed
smooth, boil it for about eight minutes in
olive oil; then allow itto dry, after which
it will ultimately become almost rs hard
as copper.
Filter for Cistern Water-Periorate
the bottom OF wooden box with number
Of small holes; place inside a piece OF
flannel cover with coarscly p"w-ered
charcoal, over this coarse river sand, and
on this small pieces OF sandstone.
-Ramakins-Mix a teaspoontui iiour
with two ounces of melted butter, two
ounces Ofgrated cheese, two tablespoontuls
Of cream and two Wellbeaten eggs. STIR
all together, and bake in small tins for a
quarter Of an hour. 4 little Cayenne pep
per may be added if liked
-Dlayonnaise Dressing.-A nice dress
ing for chicken or lobster salad is made
thus: Break the yolks of three raweggs into
"a salad bowl, add little salt and white
pepper; stir it with a wooden spoon with
the right hand, while with the left you
add, very slowly, about half pint Of pure
salad.o poured from the bottle held in
the left hand. Beat it for twenty minutes
and add pepper and salt to your taste,
Beat the white of two eggs to stiff troth
and stir rapidly into the dressing. Now
add about two large spuonfuls Of vinegar,
more or less, according to its strength,
and blend all thoroughly together until it
is as smooth as glass; ifnot so, add few
drops of cold water to mingle the whole
mixture.
How to Iron Lnen.--A He01b and
HoWe 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 slow l. 1t
is a good plan to lay collars and small arti-
cles on waiter, and set them on kettle
or other support on the stove, till they are
quite dry. Something's the iron will stick
in manner perfectly unaccountable; if
it is rubbed on Il 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 a clean old linen
cloth, are useful to remove any specks the
linen may acquire before or while being
irOned.
-Soused Pigs Feet.-Take halfa dozen
feet, tablespoonful of salt, pint of vim
egar, a little of the water in which the
feet were boiled, little allspice and
mace, and a few cloves and peppers
Scald the feet and scrape them clean; if
the coverings of the toes do not come off
easily, SINCE them in hot embers until
they are loose, then take them Oft; then
put the feet into a pot of warm but not
boiling water, with little salt. Let THEM
boil gently till, by turning fork in the
flesh, it will easily break and the bones
are all loosened Take off the scum as it
rises. When they are done take them out
Of the water and lay them in vinegar
enough to cover them, adding to it a little
Of the water in which they were boiled.
Add whole pepper and allspice with
cloves ard mace. Cover closely in jar
Soused feet may be eaten cold or they
may be split in two, dipped in flour and
fried in hot lard and nicely Drowned.
Banking up cellars, to exclude frost,
can never be done so az to present an
ornamental appearance, and it is com
monty very repulsive. A neat substitute
may be made by placing a lining of
boards (Which may be thin Iath boards, or
any thicker kind inside the cellar, uppo.
site the undcrpinning or part exposed
and three inches from it, with board
bottom, fthiS is now filled with saw.
dust, ChaiG or coal ashes, it will form
better protection against frost than any
banking that can be given. The boards
are easily nailed into place, against
short pieces of plank or small scantling,
secured to the joistS above, and extending
down as far as the uudcrpinmg goes.