The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-07-15
Household Matters.

SJET CAKE. -One pound of suet chc p
ped fine, one pound Of currants or rai-
sins. Take three quarts OF wheat flour.
Mix altogether Use a little salt. Mix
with cold water to stiff dough. Roll
thin and bake. Eat with butter.
SOFT GINGER CAKE.-One cup of but
ter, one cup Of sugar, one cup OF mo-
lasses, one coup of four milk, two eggs,
one tablespoon of soda, one tablespoon
of ginger, half a teaspoon Of allspice.
Four cups of flour.
CARE OF CANARIEs.-I have raised a
great many birds, and my plan is this,
In the first place l have them in separ-
ate cages, and hang them up close to-
gether for two or three weeks until
they get well acquainted. Then [ put
them together in large cage. If they
feed each other after they are together
a day or two, you viii know they will
mate. Ii they quarrel you may as we'll
| take a paper collar box and put cotton
In the bottom of it, and line it with
white flannel; you must sew 1t fast or
they will pull the stuff all out; make it
mlddling deep, cover the end of the
cage the nest is in with piece of thin
muslin or paper. They don't like to be
seen building their nest. Cut up
small pieces of candle-wick ana put IN
for them to carry up to the nest. They
like the satisfaction of finishing the
nest themselves. AS soon as she has
laid her number Of eggs and goes to
setting, you must take the male bird
out of the cage and keep him out of
hearing of her or she viii leave her
nest. After they begin to lay you
must not move them any more than you
can possibly help. | never take my
cage off the nail after she lays one egg
anary-seed and very hard boiled egg,
and a small quantity of hemp-seed and
plenty of fresh water. Keep them IN a
moderate room. T. III. CORBIN.
OATMEAL.-In the Western Rural of
June 9th is "a letter from j. l.. b. Kerr,
Wanting the virtues Of oatmeal por-
ridge. Mr.. Kerr seems to reason some
what in the same manner that learned
judge is said to have done, who thought
that buckwheat cakes must be very
strengthening and supporting, because
after breakfasting on them he could sit
on the bench until late III the afternoon
without experiencing any feeling of
hunger. 4 very slight acquaintance
with the principles Of physiology and
dietetics would show that if a certain
kind of food keeps off the feeling of
hunger for an unusual time, it
by no means proves that food to
be strengthening and supporting.
1t would merely show that it re-
manned in the stomach an unusually
long time. Nothing more. A tough
beefsteak, or piece of salt junk, is not
so quickly disposed of by the stomach
as one of Delmonico's famous tender
loins, but which contributes most to the
body's nourishmen5 If that food
which will keep off the feeling of hun
ger longest is the most strengthening
and supporting, then heavy bread is
better than light, and tough meat is bet
ter than tender. Oatmeal, / have no
doubt, is very wholesome FOOD, but its
hungerstay qualities prove nothing
at ALL
I may add that many people, after
eating oatmeal porridge, experience
precisely the reverse effects to those
described by Mr.. X. Only few days
ago a lady complained to me that a
breakfast of oatmeal and milk did not
stay her appetite longer than two or
three hours, ana she thought it must
therefore be poor stuff, containing little
or no nourisbment. She reasoned as
enormously as Mr.. X. does. N. ID.