Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-09-30

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GRAHAM MUFFINs.-One quart OF sour
milk, one-half cup Of melted butter, three
eggs-two will do-a little sugar or mo-
lasses, one teaspoonful of saleratus and
Graham flour enough to make stiff bat
ter Bake III hot oven about twenty
minutes.
DELICIOUS APPLE PUDDING.-Pare and
chop six large apples, butter a pudding.
dish, put in layer half an inch thick of
grated bread, add bits of butter then
layer of chopped apples, with sugar and
nutmeg; repeat till the dish is full, pour
over it teacup of cold water and bake
TOMATO MARMALADE.-To two pounds
Of tomatoes allow two pounds of sugar
and the juice and grated rind of one
lemon. Scald and skin the tomatoes, add
the sugar and boil slowly for an hour,
stirring and skimming; add the grated
lemon and boil half an hour, or till it is
thick, smooth mass.
TOMATO CATsUP.-To half a bushel of
skinned tomatoes add one quart best vim
egar, one pound Of salt, one-quarter
pound OF black pepper, two ounces cayenne
pepper, one-quarter Lound Of allspice, six
onions (omit at pleasure), one ounce of
cloves and two pounds of brown sugar.
Boil this mass for three hours, stirring it
constantly. When cool, strain it through
a fine sieve or coarse cloth, bottle and
seal.
TOMATO HoNEY.-To each pound of to-
mato allow the grated peel of a lemon and
six fresh peach-leayes. Boil them slowly
till they are all to pieces, then squeeze
them through bag. To each pound of
liquid allow a pound Of sugar and the
juice of one lemon. Boil them together
half an hour, or until they become thick
jelly. Then put them into glasses and lay
double tissue-paper over the top. 1t will
scarcely be distinguished from real honey.
THE following rule for boiling fruit
in cans Will doubtless prove useful; The
first figure after the name Of the fruit re-
fers to time Of boiling in minutes, the
second to ounces Of sugar to the quart
Cherries, ), g; raspberries, 6, 4; black
berries, s, s gooseberries, s, 8; currants,
s, s; grapes, 10, S; plulns, 10, s; peaches
(whole) 10, 4; peaches halves), s, 4;
pears (whole), 30, s; crab apples, 35, 8;
ounces (sliced), 10, 10; tomatoes, 80,
none; beans and peas, three to four hours.
Scientific 4me1jcan.
a PLEASANT KITCHEN. - Considering
that SO many women Of the middle classes
are obliged TO pass great portion of their
time in the kitchen, why not make it an
attractive apartment rather than stow it
away in the basement, or in some dark
corner OF the house, as is now too fire.
quently done? Most houses display pleas
ant sittingrooms; but if we Judge of the
conycnicnces and general pleasantness Of
the kitchen by the rooms in the front of
the house we find, in many instances, we
utterly fail in our COnieCtures. To make
little show in cOmpany-rOoms, how
many actual kitchen comforts are denied
in many households! 1t is surely better to
begin our house furnishing at the kitchen,
and work toward the front as we are able
Let the kitchen closet be we'll stocked,
even though the parlOr suffers little
Surely the health ofthe household ana the
comfort OF the women folks should be
placed above all other considerations
Oh5O fulmer.