The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-01-15

fine, after cutting open and clearing of
seeds and stems about a peck of large,
smooth, green tomatoes, sliced about
half an inch thick one-fourth pound
each of ground cloves and cinnamon
half pint of whole mustard seed, and
small teacupful of salt. The cabbage,
peppers, salt and spices mix intimately
and then put in jars or a tub-frst a
thin layer of cabbage, ETC., and then one
of tomatoes, and thus alternately, top
ping off with the cabbage and peppers.
Over the whole pour boiling hot cider
vinegar sufficient to thoroughly saturate
the same and let it stand even with the
top of the pickle. Cover tight and leave
to stand till cool, then set away. It is
fit to eat in two days.
BATCH OF RECIPES.
Potato iSa;Gd.-Cut q dozen cold
boiled potatoes in thin slices and mix
them thoroughly with a little onion
chopped very fine, a teaspoonful of
salad oil or melted butter, a chopped
apple, bit of parsley and half a gill
of vinegar. This makes a nice relish
for tea or lunch.
Kerosene oil for Fllr7a5tawe.-Kero-
sene oil is the best furniture oil it
cleanses, adds a polish and preserves
from the ravages of insects.
Cundy.-TWo cupfuIs of sugar, two
large tablespoonfuls of vinegar and half
a cupfuI of water. Boil together and
add vanilla or lemon for flavor. It
must be worked before it is very cold.
Chocolate for the 8icE.-When an in
valid uses chocolate, it should be made
in the ordinary way and then suffered
/ to stand until cold. The oily parts
/ collected on the surface should be taken
/ off. Then boil the liquid again, and
/ add sugar and milk, as usual.
To Make Hair CttrE.-The method
employed by professional workers in
/ hair is as follows: Wet the hair to be
curled, wrap it smoothly around cylin-
drical stick or tube of proper size, tie
/ it in place, then put it in water and boil
j it two or three hours, remove it from the
/ boiler, wrap it carefully in a newspaper
and bake it in a moderate oven for an
hour. Thus treated, it will stay In curl
! permanently.
Baltimore Corn Bread.-One quart
/ of milk, one pint Indian meal, three
/ eggs, one quarter pound butter. Boil
/ the milk, and with it scald the Indian
meal; stir in gradually the meal and
/ butter when cold add the eggs. Bake
in square tins, and half an inch thick OF
butter when put in pans. An excellent
recipe.
Rice Pancakes.-BoiI half a pound
of rice to Jelly. When cold, mix it In
a pint of cream, four eggs, little salt
and nutmeg. Stir in eight ounces oil
butter, just warmed, and add as much
-four as will make the batter thick
enough. Fry in as little lard as
possible.
Castor oil for CoTns.-The Southern
Medical Record says that castor oil ap-
! piled to the corn, after pairing closely,
each night before going to bed, softens
the corn and it becomes as the other
flesh.
Borar Soap for Bleaching Clothes.-
One ounce borax, eight quarts water,
three pounds of soap. Put the bOraz
in the water and let it boil. After il
boils add the soap in small slices.
Apple CasStard.-Stew three pints OF
apples, mash, and add four eggs, well
beaten, one-qUarter of a pound of but
ter, sugar to taste, and nutmeg bake
on crust.
COfee.-Never boil coffee. The rea-
son is that not only the better part (the
exhilazating) escapes, but that the ex-
tractive properties, which, if largely
used, are unhealthy, are alone present.
Bring up to the boiling point, but do
not boil it. You thus get sufficient of
the extractive matter to give body, re
tanning all the volatile, healthy and
relishing properties.
To Mend ChinaaUare.- a very
thick solution eff gum-Arabic, and stir
it into plaster of Paris until the mixture
is of a proper consistency. Apply it
with brush to the fractured edges of
the chinaware and stick them together.
In a few days it will be impossible to
break the article in the same place. The
whiteness of the cement renders IT
tlOubly valuable.