Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1875-09-24
HOUSEHOLDS.

TOMATO FIes.-Among the new articles eapa-
on the farm, nothing to us looks more plausible
than the making of tomato figs. The taste of
tomato, whether natural acquired one, is
universally popular-and there is hardly q yege-
table which the public demand has required to
be cooked and prepared too, in such a great
variety of ways, as tomatoes, and which retains
so readily its peculiar flavor.
The time will probably come when large fields
of them will be cultivated expressly for convert
ing into ligs, which we consider far preferable to
common figs. They retain the tomato taste,
keep as well as others, and could readily be
exported or shipped long distances. Large dry
ing apparatus must of course be constructed for
the wholesale fg business, and other arrange
ments to correspond bat we predict that those
who first 20 into it will make a great deal of
money. The tomato vine produces enormously,
and the business seems much more plausible
than the 'shand cheese" would have appeared to
US, and which is now SO great a success.
The following is the recipe for making tomato
figs, which we have known tried with the best
results:
OOilect Il aOt OF ripe LOindtOSS dOOub Ouc IuCu
in diameter, skin and stew them in the usual
manner; when done lay them dishes, hatten
them slightly, and spread over them a light
layer of pulver;zed white or best brown sugar
expose them to a summers sun, or place them
in drying house; when as dry as fresh figs,
pack in old 1g or small boxes, with sugar be-
tween each layer. If properly managed the diff
ference cannot be detected from the veritable
article.
Notifications may be made by further expert
ence but the process is very simple, and they
could probably be put on the market and yield
good profit at half the price of Smyrna fgs-and
are so much better, that the latter would to a
greater extent be uperseded.-PrGetieGI Farmer.
BAKING HAM.-Most people boil ham. 1t is
much better baked, if baked right. Soak for az
hour in clean water and wipe dry. Next spread
it all over with thin butter, and then put it in
deep dish, with sticks under il, to keep it out OF
the gravy. When it is fully done, take off the
the skin and matters crusted on the flesh side
and set 1t away to cool.
PENxYRoIAL AND PoTAsH.-If mosquitoes or
other bIood-suekers infest our sleeping rooms at
night, We uncork a bottle of the oil of penny
royal, and these animals leave in great haste,
nor will they return so long as the air in the
room is loaded with the fumes of that aromatic
herb. If rats enter the cellar, little powdered
potash, thrown in their holes or mixed With
meal and scattered in their runaways, never fails
to drive them away. Cayenne pepper will keep
the buttery and storeroom free from ants ana
cockroaches. If mouse makes an entrance into
any part of your dwellings, saturate rag with
cayenne, in solution, and stuff it into the hole,
which can then be repaired with either wood or
mortar. No rat or mouse will eat that rag for
the purpose of opening communication with
depot of upplies.-SeieRtitie AnaericGR.
VANITY CAKEs.-Three eggs, halfs tea
spoonful salt, and flour enough to make a stiff
dough. Roll the thickness of knife blade, and
fry<Th lard.
ED1ToR's Cake.-One teacupful of sugar, one
egg, beat the egg and sugar together till light,
one teacupful of sour cream, one teaspoonfu of
soda, nutmeg and cinnamon to suit the taste.
This makes splendid cake.
EASTER CAKE.-Take two and a half pounds
butter, half pound of moist sugar, half an
ounce of pounded spice. four yolks and two
whites of eggs, a tablespoonful of yeast, and
little warm water; mix all together, aud put it
before the fire to rise for about an hour. Then
make into cakes about half an inch thick or
little more, and the size of pudding plate.
Bake them not too quickly.
PIE CRUsT.-An infallible rule to prevent pie
crust being soggy or lardy, is to add little
cream of tartar to the flour. Cat your crust half
an inch larger than the plate pinch the crust
around the edge, put it into the oven a few
keep watch of it, and as soon as it
rises take it out and slip knife very carefully
between the crust and plate, to let the air out
then fill your crust and return to the oven, bake
until done, and your pie crust will not break
away.