The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-11-04

PouHD CAKE.-l pound Of butter, I
pound of sugar, pound OF Aour, 8 legs
well beaten, and . very little nutmeg.
RE GRIDDLE-CANEs.I quart Of
rye -four and 1 cup Of wheat -four.
Wet it up with sour milk, or butter
milk, until the batter is thick enough
to cook easily on griddle. Add lit
tie salt and o scant teaspoonful Of soda,
dissolved in warm (not hot) water, and
1 well beaten egg. Rye griddle- cakes
are far better than wheat; very much
tenderer. II preferred, use cornmeal
with it instead of wheat -four.
RYE BREAD.-Set sponge with
wheat -four, the same as for wheat
bread. After the sponge has raised
well, mix the dough with rye flour,
working it well; after the dough has
raised well mold it into loaves, and
raise again. Bake on an oven bottom,
and when almost done take the loaves
out of the oven and wash them on top
with little brown sugar and water,
and then set them back to finish bak-
ing. Those who like caraway seed in
rye bread can put them in while mix
ing the dough.
A DELICIOUS SoUP.-Peel and slice
6 large onions, 6 potatoes, carrots
and 4 turnips; fry them in pound OF
of butter and pour on them 4 quarts OF
boiling water. Toast q crust of bread
as brown and hard as possible, but do
not burn it, and put it in, with some
celery, sweet herbs, white pepper and
salt. Stew all gently for 4 hours, and
then strain it through a coarse cloth.
Have ready thinly sliced carrot, celery
and little turnip. Add them to your
liking and stew them tender in the
soup. If approved Of, an anchovy and a
spoonful of catsup may be added.
CLOSING CRACKS IN CAsT-IRoN
STOvEs.-Good wood ashes are to be
sifted through fine sieve, to which is
to be added the same quantity of clay
finely pulverized, together with q lit
tie salt. This mixture is to be moisten-
ed with water enough to make paste,
and the crack of the stove filed with it.
The cement does not peel off or break
away, and assumes an extreme degree
of hardness after being heated. The
stove must be cool when the application
is made. The same substance may be
used in setting the plates of a stove or
fitting stove pipes, serving to render all
the joints perfectly tight.
To REMOVE OIL FROM A GARMENT
About six months ago a carless painter
dropped about spoonful of boiled liz
seed oil on our pants, which were hand
ed over to the housekeeper with q re-
quest that the oil be removed. The job
was neglected for over four months.
After the lapse of so long q period the
oil had become dry and hard. The
emphatic judgment of every one was
that all effort to remove that dry oil
would avail nothing. But, being SO
much of Presbyterian that we believe
in persevering effort, the grease spot was
with aqua ammonia Tor harts-
horny and smoothing-iron was placed
on it to prevent rapid evaporation.
After the lapse of "a hours more ammo
MIA was applied. A piece of smooth
sheet iron was placed within the leg of
The pants opposite the smoothing iron,
.oprevent the liquid from being absorb
ed by the cloth where there was no oil. I
After two days more had passed more
was applied. After another
lay the dry oil was so soft that soft
'oap rubbed on the grease spot and al |
owed to remain for 3 few hours, and
hen washed in warm rain water, re-
moved every trace of the oil without |
liscoloring the cloth. Alcohol and
pirits of turpentine will remove tallow |
md oil from garments if applied before |
he oil has become dry and hard. We
rave frequently cleaned greasy coat
collars in a neat manner with spirits of |
nrnpntine -Erchnuoe