Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-12-09
uo.r. FARM AND GARDEN.

.sy he improved by Trying IN THIS
dish n,a az some small bits of salt pork on
Esy isi,e. when very hot lay pieces OF
me large as you can cut, with the
spPis ermssst. upon the griddle. They
skin ~ II. laid singly, like griddle-cakes.
mus. - - TOO fast; when well Drowned,
looA rem sprinkle with salt, and when
turn s.t.,ugh arrange on plate. They
saske 4 tempting dish.
Woufh glue is made by dissolving,
az, the aid of heat. pure glue, as parch-
-, cine or gelatine, with about a
msn r,er or one-t hirdof its weight of coarse,
9 uI sugar, in as small a quantity OF
mg :,;,,g water as possible: This, when
Do-factly LIQUID, should be cast into thin
30 80 n, fat surface very slightly oiled,
IA a. ii cools cut up into pieces OF aeon
s.an;ent size. When required for use
,sa;s,en one end A piece kept in the
aesk or workbox is exceedingly con-
yenient.
Most people in cleaning. lamp chin
,evs use either brush made OF bristles
.,r;sted into wire, or rag on the point
q scissors. Both of these are bad; for
r;thout great care the wire or scissors VIII
latch the glass as diamond does, which
asder the expansive power OF heat soon
sreaks. as all scratched glass will. If you
rant a neat little thing that costs nothing
and will save half your glass, tie piece
az soft sponge the size OF your chimney to
apine stick.
"A Cracked Wheat Pudding Take
one quart of unskimmed milk, add to IL
one Gill of cracked wheat, uncooked, and
one eiiI Of sugar and small piece OF
s,ick cinnamon. Place it in an oven OF
medium heat. When about half done
stir in the crust already formed and leave
Il to form another, which will be suffi-
GENTLY brown. Try when il Is done by
tasting grain of the wheat, which must
he yery soft. This, when cold, makes a
delicious creamy pudding. A handful oil
raisins is an addition.
Best Apple Pie. fake deep dish, the
size of a soup plate, fill il heaping with
peeled tart apples, cored and quartered !;
nour over ii one teacup of molasses and
three great spoonfuls of sugar, dredge
over this considerable quantity OF -four,
enough to thicken the strip good deal.
Cover it with a crust made of cream, II
you have it; If not, common dough with
butter worked in, or plain pie-crust, lap
ping the edge over the dish and pinching
il down tight, to keep the strip from run
ming out. Bake about an hour and a
half Make several at once, as they will
keep well.
Mrs. Upper, the great queen OF bees,
gives the following seasonable advice:
AFTER your bees are put away for the
winter let them alone. To those who
winter them out of doors we can only say
be sure that they have plenty OF honey in
the hive, while at the same time they have
empty comb In which TO cluster. Ii will
require much more honey tor those left
out of doors and they should, by all means,
be sheltered from the rays of the sun upon
the entrances. This is more dangerous
than cold or snow, as II tempts the bees to
activity in weather too chilly for them TO
fy. We have all seen bee-hives covered
with snow bank for weeks without in
Jury. Whether bees are in houses, Gel
lars or out of doors, quilt, carpet or
mat over the tops of the frames is great
protection, worth many times the cost and
trouble.n
But, though insoluble in pure water,
carbonate of lime is slightly soluble in
water WI ich is already charged with car
bonic acid; and as all rain-water brings
down carbonic acid from the air IL is capa-
BILE of taking up carbonate Of lime from
the soils and rocks through which it fill
tiers; and il thus happens that all springs
and rivers that rise IN localities in which
there is any kind of calcareous rock be-
come more or less charged with carbonate
Of lime kept in solution by an excess of
carbonic acid. This Is what gives the pc
nn1ior no aNta IA. tra which ia known
as hardness !" and water hard enough
TO curdle soap may be converted into a
very soft water las the late Prof Clark,
Of Aberdeen, showed) by the simple addi-
ton of lime water, which by combining
with the excess OF carbonic acid causes the
precipitation of all the lime in solution in
the form of insoluble carbonate, which
gradually settles TO the bottom, leaving the
water clear" A Piece IF Limestone" IN
Popular Science Monthly.
An exchange gives the following
recipe for the Queen of All Puddings:"
Soak teacup of tapioca and teaspoon
full of salt in three tumbleriuls of warm
mot hot) water for an hour or two, till
softened. Take away the skin and cores
of apples without dividing them, put them
in the dish, with sugar IN the holes, and
spice If the apples are without flavor, not
otherwise Add cup of water and bake
till the apples are softened, turning them
to prevent drying, and then pour over the
tapioca and bake long time, till all looks
a brownish yellow. Eat with a hard
sauce. Do not fail to bake long time.
This can be extensively varied by mixing
chopped apples, or ounces, or oranges,
or peaches, or any kind OF berries with
the tapioca, and then sugar must be added
according to the acid of the fruit, though
some would prefer it omitted when the
sauce Is used. The beauty may be in
creased by cover of sugar beaten into
the whites of eggs and then turned to a
yellow i'm the oven. Several such pud-
dings can be made at once, kept in cool
place, and. when wanted, warmed over;
many relish it better when very cold.
Sage can be used instead of tapioca.