American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-06-12
FARM AND HOME.

No farmer is excusable who makes
his field work reason for not attending
to the vegetable garden. A good supply
of vegetables in their season is worth
much in money and health.
-Stewed Cucumbers.-Pare and slice
sprinkle with salt and leave standing in
a drawer one hour; then stir in little
water until done. Drain off the water
and season with butter, cream and pep
per.
Never paper a wall over old paper
and paste. Always scrape down thorough
1y. Old paper can be got off by Damp
ening with saleratus and water Then
go over all the cracks of the wall with
plaster of Paris and finally put on a
wash of weak solution of carbolic acid.
The best paste is made of rye flour with
two ounces of glue dissolved in each
quart of paste; half an ounce of pow
dcred borax improves the mixture.
Carrots for Eggs-It is not generally
known that boiled carrots, when prop
erly prepared, form an excellent substi-
tute for eggs in buildings. They must,
for this purpose, be boiled and mashed,
and passed through a coarse cloth or
hair-sieve strainer. The pulp is then IN
troduced among the other Ingredients of
the pudding, to the total omission of
eggs. A pudding made up in this way is
much lighter than when eggs are used,
and is much more palatable. On the
principle of economy, this fact is worthy
of the prudent housewives attention.
-Erchange.
TO make sage jelly cake, pour three
cups of boiling water on one cup of
sage; let it stand three minutes; add
the juice of one large lemon, one cup of
stoned raisins, and one gill of sugar.
Mix thoroughly and dip one inch thick
in deep patty pans or biscuit pans. Bake
in a moderate oven an hour or less, but
do not brown. Let them stand till very
cold, then put on plates and serve for
supper. This can also be baked in a
pudding dish and taken out in slices
when cold.
The american Grocer gives the in
gradients of very tasty dish made from
very simple materials: Three and one
half pounds raw veal, finely chop ped !;
butter the size of an egg, one-half pound
salt pork chopped fine, four soda crack
ers, crushed; three eggs, one small table
spoonful of salt, one large tablespoonful
of thyme, two of powdered sage. Mold
with the hands into loaf, cover with a
little melted butter and cracker crumbs,
put little water in the pan and bake
three hours. To be sliced and eaten
cold for tea or lunch.
Lemon Puffs.-One quart of Ii ilk,
the yolks of six eggs, two cups of white
sugar, two tablespoonfuls of flour, three
lemons. Beat the eggs, sugar aud flour
together well; beat the eggs first, then
add the lemon juice; have your dish
lined with paste; do not add the milk
until you are ready to put it into the
oven. Beat up the whites, add fine white
sugar, large teacupful, and beat very
light; flavor to taste. When the custard
is done spread the icing over it, set it
back in the oven and let it brown nicely.
Eat as soon as cold.
Rabbit Cutlets.-Prepare the rabbits
as you would for stew; cut the differ
ent limbs into the size of cut1ets-such
as the shoulders cut in half, also the
legs, with the ends of the bones chopped
of, and pieces of the back, even to the
half of the head. Have ready some
bread crumbs and the yolk of an egg
beaten up Drop each outlet into the
egg aud then cover it up with bread
crumbs, as for veal outlets. Fry them
nice brown, and when you dish them
pour round them some rich, brown gravy,
which may be favored with tomato
sauce, if approved, and put round them
rolls of fried bacon.
Experiments in Sweden have shown
that the well.known effect of thunder
storms in souring milk may, in great
degree, be avoided or counteractcd by
artificial heat in the dairy. The plan is
to start fire in the room where milk is
kept whenever thunderstorm is seen
approaching. This is done even in hot
weather, the purpose being to drive out
the excess of moisture. The explanation
given is that during the approach of such
storm the atmosphere becomes loaded
with moisture, and the damp, moist,
heavy air resting upon upon. the !, milk pro
then, is important in the dairy, and when
ever there are atmospheric changes which
bring excessive moisture in the air of a
dairy fire should be at once started to
counterfeit the bad influence it would
have upon milk.