The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-10
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CoRNMEAL PUDDNG.-2 pints meal,
pint grated bread, OF molasses, l OF
brown sugar, of sour milk.
BROWN BREAD cups OF Graham
flour, cup cornmeal, cup of molasses, ,
cups of sour milk. , teaspoonfuls of soda,
little salt. Put into a pan, steam three
hours, and bake half an hour.
REMEDY FOR CRoUP.-Half a teaspoon
full of pulverized alum in little molasses.
Ii is a simple remedy, one almost always
at hand, and one dose seldom fails to give
relief. If it should, repeat it after one
hour.
LAMB STEw.-Take half a shoulder of
lamb, boil it in quarts of water for
hours. Then put in potatoes, onions, tur-
nps, cnt in quarters; salt and pepper to
the taste. Ten minutes before serving put
in the dumplings.
CRACKER DESsERT.-Choose whole
soda crackers, and lay each upon a separ-
ate small plate. Pour upon it enough
boiling water to soak it well, and leave
none upon the plate; cover with dress
| ing of sweatened cream, with a spoonful
of Jelly in the center if you choose, or dip
upon it a portion of nice fruit, canned,
stewed, or fresh as is convenient.
FLANNEL RoLLs.-1 cup of sweet milk,
whites of eggs, Z cup butter, flour to
make thick batter, cup of yeast, 2 table
spOonfuls of sugar. Raise over night
add the butter and eggs in the morning
work in some flour, making a Timber
dough; form into rolls, and after the see
Ond rising bake.
MORN PREvENTIvE.-The following
recipe for keeping moths out of clothing
| is a favOrite in some families: Mix PIN
of alcohol, the same quantity of spirits Of
turpentine and ounces of camphOr
Keep in stone bottle and shake before
using. The cloths or furs are to be
wrapped in linen and crumpled-up
pieces of blotting-paper dipped in the
liquid are to be placed in the box with
them, so that it smells strong. This re,
quires renewing once year.
WASHING PowDER.-In Belgium ant
Holland linen is prepared beautifully, be
cause the washerwOmen use refined bOraN
instead of soda. as a washing powder
One large handful of boraX is used TO every
10 gallons of water, and the saving of sOaI
is said to be One-half. For laces and cam
brics an extra quantity is used. Bora1
does not iniure the linen, and SottenS th'
hardest water. a teaspOOnful OF D0ral
added to an ordinary kettle of hard water
in which it is allowed to boil, will etfectu
ally soften the water.
CATsUP,-1 peck of ripe tomatoes. Gu
a slit in each one to allow the juice to es
cape, and put in porcelain kettle over
slow fire, letting them boil until the pull
is dissolved; when cool enough, pres
through a cOlander; then, if it is desiret
free of seeds and very smooth. through
hair sieve. Return to the fire, and add
ounce of salt, ounce of mace, table
spOonfuls of celery seed (either put in
bag, to be taken out when done cooking
or thrown in to be left; mix smooth.
with a scant cupful of vinegar, l table
spoonful of black pepper, the same G
powdered cloves, and of ground mus
tard. allowing it to boil five or six hours
stirring well and often the last two; IT
move the mace and pour into a stone iai
Let it stand on the cellar floor, closely coy
cred twenty-fOur hours. Add a pint {
strong vinegar, bottle, cork and sea
Keep in a cool, dry place.