American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-07-18
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Minute Pudding.-One quart of
sweet milk, a little salt; let it come to Il
boil, then Stir in good wheat flour; let it
boil five minutes; keep stirring to pre-
vent burning. For the sauce take pint
of new milk, piece of butter size of an
egg two tablespoonfuls sugar, a little
nutmeg; make it hot but do not boil; eat
very soon.
Sugar Cake-Half pound of but.
ter, half pound of sugar, one pound of
flour, three eggs, and milk enough for Il
dough. Beat the butter and sugar to-
gcther, whisk the eggs light and add
them, stir in the milk and flour alter
nately so as to form Il dough Roll the
dough out cut in cakes, and bake in a
moderate oven.
Snow Balls.-Beat the whites of ten
eggs till very dry, then add very grad
ually one pound of pulverized sugar and
then add two or three drops of the
essence of lemon. Have ready some
white paper and with spoon drop the
mixture in balls upon the paper. Set
them in a moderate oven and when tinged
with brown take them out.
The Connda Fnymer says: A few
simple rules in the arrangement of flower
beds will materially enhance the effect
produced: 1. Avoid placing rosc-colored
next to scarlet, orange, or violet. :. DO
not place orange next to yellow, nor blue
next to violet. 3. White relieves any
color, but do not place it next to yellow.
4. Orange goes well with blue, and vel
low with violet j. Rose color and purple
always go well together.
To Press Flowers. two
boards 12x1S inches and large lot of
old newspapers folded and cut to the
size of the boards. Lay upon the floor
one of the boards and on it place two or
three of the newspapers Now lay on
the plant to be pressed, add another
newspaper and then the next plant, and
so ON till all the specimens in hand have
been disposed of. On top of all place
the other board, upon which place Il
weight of not less than sixty pounds
The papers between the plants should be
changed at least once day for fresh
ones, so that the plants may dry as rapid
" as possible. Care should be taken not
to remove the plant from the press until
it is Thoroughly dry. 1T is more con
venicnt, especially with the delicate
plants, to place them in the press be-
tween single fold of soft brown wrap
ping paper, as the plant can be left in
this fold till dry, and the specimen may
be transferred to fresh papers without
danger or injury. Very tieshy, succulent
plants can best be dried by immersing
them in boiling water before putting them
into the press.
decentralization green currants
and gooscbcrries and the ripe summer
fruits come on, the rhubarb begins to be
neglected. Often the large succulcnt
stalks grow and decay in the garden,
which might be put to better use. A new
and excellent use for them is in making
"A summer drink after the following fash
ion: Pull the stalks and dress them, and
put to stew after the usual fashion. AS
soon as they begin to boil, drain off the
water closely and put by the latter to
cool. To this add an equal amount of
water, if liked and sweeten to the taste,
and you will have most refreshing
drink, quite as wholesome as the pie
plant stems used in any other way. 1t is
Il vcritable adc,'' not Il wine, called after
Rheum," the genuine name of the plant,
and is pleasantcr to many than lemonade.
1t may be improved by tlavoring with
pineapple juice. The rhubarb left can
have as much water added as was taken
away, and then when stewcd for sauce
be as sour as most people care for, and it
will besides not require so much sugar
1t may also be canned for future use
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