Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-18
DOHEsTIC.

DOMEsTIC.
PACKING BurrER.-A well known
dairy authority gives the following de
rectiOns for packing butter so that 1t
will keep sweet for 8 or9 months:
snake q brine with saturated solution
Of the purest salt you can get, using l
D.. OF saltpeter to about 20 lbs. of salt.
Scald the brine By bringing it to boil
ing heat, skim, and apply when suffi-
ciently cool. The casks should be care
fully prepared as well as the brine. If
the gum and sap in the wood are not
removed before the casks are used, they
will work ont into the brine and affect
the butter. To remove the woody flavor
from the casks, a thorough steaming
with high pressure is the quickest and
best means. If soaked before the steam
Is applied, hot steam will cut the gum
and woody flavor all out i'm a short time.
If steam is not convenient, soak in brine
a week or so, and then fill with boiling
hot brine, and let it stand till 1t gets
cool. By keeping the butter under the
brine and the casks full and in cool
place, the butter can be kept safely.
Some of the tin-lined packages which
have been recently introduced, and
which are easily hermetically sealed,
would he much more convenient and
probably fully as cheap as the oak casks
and brine, and are claimed to be equally
efficient IN preserving" ;
SWEDISH JELLY.-Cover a knuckle OF
veal with water, add a small onion and
carrot, and let it boil until the meat is
ready to fall, of the bone. Take the
Il - . ffNI
the liquor after il is strained, and give
it another boil until it jellies. Add salt
and pepper, the juice and rind of a
lemon cut fine, then pour into form.
Put it into a cold place. 1t makes :
nice dish for lunch or tea. If the
kunckle of veal is large use three quarts ;
of water, if small two quarts, and let it
boil slowly three or four hours, or until {
it is reduced to about half the quantity
of water used.
MANY persons aggravate throat COM
plants by mufilers, wearing scarfs or
extra covering about the neck; these
do keep the throat warm, but in every
change of position of the head or face I
some part of the neck or throat is moved
from the covering; the covering does /
not adapt itself to or follow the move /
ment, hence the cold air rushes in upon /
that unprotected part and chills it; but &
the bearu follows every motion of the ,
head or face faithfully, and thus is the
most perfect muller that can possibly /
be devised. Natures provisions cannot q.
be interfered with with impunity.
COLD FEET.-Inactivity of the circu- I
latiOn of the blood toward the extrem- !
ities will be relieved by bathing them :
daily in tepid water, and following the
bath with thorough drying and rub {
bing. People who are troubled with |
cold feet In winter experience more or |
less discomfort from warm, perspiring /
feet in summer. A daily foot-bath at |
night, the feet subsequently being well
dried, will afford much relief. Such
people should wear shoes which will
permit the air to reach the skin. Low I
cut shoes, made of light cloth or canvas, {
would be found serviceable. {
STEAK ToAsT.-A Ne,o England Dish.
Take the part of a leg of pork nearest {
the ham, clean the skin nicely, then {
boil, adding salt; when the flesh will
leave the bone, take the meat out, cut
ting it crOsswise, then pour the soup
over it, let it stand until cold, and il
will form jelly and be ready for use.
To prepare il for use, toast bread enough
for a meal, take what you need of meat $
and jelly, and season with salt, pepper
and butter to the taste, and pour hot
over the toast, and you will think it fit
for bishop.-Hoasehoid.
KIDNEYS WITH MACARoNI.-COokt two :
of hrnE int IN
venient pieces, in boiling water; skin
two or three mutton kidneys, remove {
the fat, and cut them into thin slices {
season with salt, cayenne, and finely 1
minced herbs; fry them on both sides '
in butter; then stew them in half pint I
of gravy, well favored with fresh or
canned tomatoes; dish with layer of |
the maccarOni over them, the gravy {
poured over; add pepper, salt, and
grated cheese; brown with salamander.
To kEEP HAMs.-There is no better I
way to keep hams through the summer, ..
free from taint or insects, than by hang .
ing them up in the smoke house, which !.
is, of course, to be kept perfectly dark. /. /.
Where there is no smoke house or dark
room, sew each ham up in a canvass
bag and thoroughly whitewash it. We
have also kept them perfectly by rub ,
bing into them wood ashes, packing ].
them in barrels and covering them with i.
ashes.-Rurdl Ne,o Yorker.
OATMEAL GRIDDLE CAKEs.-Take one !.
cup and a half of oatmeal, two teaspoon
fuls of sugar, one of salt, and piece of
soda the size of pea.-Stir well together
with cold water. and let it stand over
night. In the morning add one egg,
one cup of milk, and enough flour
to give il the right consistency of =
a batter; fry in griddlc with very
little fat, small piece of beef suet,
which is the best to use.
LEMON CUsTARD PIE.-For 2 pies
Take 8 eggs, (save white of 4 eggs for
pudding), IL cup white coffee sugar,
grated rind OF lemon and the juice OF
3, gill of milk. Bake with only the !
under crust; put on a frosting made of
the whites of 4 eggs; 3 tablespoonfuls
of pulverized sugar. Bake till the FROST
ing is light brown.
LAUGH at cheese diet as you will,
Prof. Peck says that in this country,
where cheese is used least, it requires I
one physician to every five hundred {
persons, and in Switzerland and foreign
countries, where it is used most. il only J
requires the practice of one physician I
for ten thousand persons. Ii
JELLY-RoLL CAKE.-Take 4 eggs, i
cup of sugar, cup of flour, y teaspoon {
of salt, beat the eggs and sugar together {
until very light, then add the flour;
beat 5 minutes, then bake in bread
pan in hot oven; when done spread
the jelly and roll while warm; do not {
cut until cold.