The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-03
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CREAM Prs.-l4 cups Of sweet creams
about a tablespoonful of sugar. level
tablespoonful of flour, I teaspoonful ex-
fraet Of lemon. white OF I egg; stir well
together before putting in the pie pan.
! Ta KEEP MEAr. SwEET.-After it is.
well sailed through. smoke nice brown.
then put thick layer of bran upon shelf
that 'aboutz halt fills the smoke house. lay-
the pieeesof meat upon it side by side
not on top of each other--and cover it all
over with bran. In this way it keeps
sweet and nice. 49, s-.'..
How no KEEP BUTTER sTHRoUGH THE
SrMMRR Take / feacup4of salt, of
white sugar. a luInpof saltpeter as large as
halt of hens egg, boil in two quarts OF
water. and when cold pour over the but
ter. When you wish to put in fresh
.churning pour off the brine, pack the but
ter down well and pour the brine back.
If the buttermiik is alt out it viii keep
the. butter sweet through the warmest
weather, kasAl ~ 10y $50 "a isIt,- -
q, REMOVING GREASE SPers.-Amongt the
lesser pains which affiict the tidy young
housekeeper, are the spots of grease which
will get on snowy Kitchen tables. For
instant remedy, there should be black
bottle kept in the kitchen closet, and in
this there should be strong I've, made OF
pearlash, soft water and unslaked lime
as much of the latter as will readily dis
solve in the I've previously prepared. A
few drops of this preparation, diluted, will
remove grease from tables or. stone
hearths. Gv
luxurious MANAeBsiENr OF Dishes. =
A good set of dishes will last for ages, If
properly handled. We have heard of an
excellent housekeeper whose bridal dishes,
thirty years old, are in excellent condition
to-day, although they have been in Use
every week. more or less, during all the
time alluded to. In common dinner SER
vice il is a great evil to make the plates
too hot, as it. invariably cracks the glaze
on the surface. If not the plate itself. We
all know the result. Itcomes apart. No
body broke it. slt was cracked before, !"
or cracked long time ago" The fact
is that when the glaze is injured, every
time the " things" are washed the water
| gets to the interior, swells the porous clay
and makes the whole fabric rotten. In
this condition they willalso absorb grease,
and when exposed to further heat the
grease makes the dishes brown and dis
colored. If an old, ill-used dish be made
very hot indeed, teaspoonful of fat will
upon its surface.
WESTERN MOUNTAIN CAKE.--3 cupfuls
of pnlyerized sugar, cupful of butter,
Acupful of sweet milk, cupfuls of flour,
the whites of eggs well frothed, tea
spoonful of soda, and a whole teaspoon fii
of cream Of tartar. See that the soda i
thoroughly dissolved in the milk, which
must be poured to it little at time.
Sift the cream of tartar into l cupful OF the
flour. First cream the butter and sugar
well together; then add alternately little
egg and a little flour, until all. including
the cream of tartar, is in; lastly add the
milk and bake as speedily as possible.
This quantity will make cakes baked in
ordinary tin pie-plates. After the cakes
are baked, prepare an icing to spread over
the top ofeach cake, to be laid one above
The other in jelly-cake- fashion. eggs,
with pound of finest powdered sugar.
will furnish enough icing, which is to be
favored with what you prefer, instead of
the dough. This cake is very nice when
carefully prepared. .= s...--~