Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-09-21
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

4. ID. L1INEh Odyo eliell wv Cut live
pounds of box honey is full average
from one hive for series of years.
He places little reliance in the state
ments of persons who claim to have
obtained from 100 to 200 pounds.
RIPE Fox GRAPE JAM.-Put your
grapes into a stew-pan over the fire
until they are scalded; then drain
them well and rub through a sieve,
and add a pound of sugar to pint of
pulp, and boil until done, stirring con-
stantly.
A REMEDY for ivy poison which
many people contract from handling
poison ivy at this season Of the year,
is given by an agricultural paper. 1t
is simply bathing the affected parts in
water in which small piece of lime
has been dissolved.
YORKSHIRE PUDDING.-Take eight
tablespoonfuls of flour, one quart of
milk, a little salt and four eggs half
an hour before the meat is done put
the batter in the dish; after the meat
is taken up brown little more. Serve
asia side dish with meat.
FEATHER CAKE.-Two cups of su-
gar, half cup of butter, one cup of
milk, three eggs. three cups of flour,
one teaspoonful of soda, two Of cream
tartar. Flavor with lemon. This
makes one good-siZed loaf. Should be
baked in square pan. Contrasts
well, in the same dish, to serve with
the fruit cake.
SAYS an epicure: "Bake your I'M
der and side crusts without filing
Separately boil small oysters, rolled
cracker, little milk, a trife Of onion
and the oyster juice until they gain the
consistency of thin starch. Pour the
jelly into the crust, with a plenty of
fine, raw, salt oysters, put on your
baked top crust and bake quickly on a
hot fire. Eat with oyster and milk
sauce.
easily digested than raw bread. By
"toasted bread" we do not mean
smoked, on : burnt bread. Toasted
bread is more d1gestible than raw, be-
cause the atoms are separated and
dried, and the eater is compelled to
chew it well, in order to swallow it,
and then the toasting changes, more or
less, the starch into sugar.-N. Y.
Herald. 3
PARKER HOUSE ROLLs.-One pint
sweet milk. Let it cool, and add two
tablespoons sugar, two of lard, two of
yeast, little salt. In winter mix in
batter over night; in morning knead !;
set to rise again, and at noon roll out
very thin; cut in large rounds; put on
piece of butter, and lay the dough
over. Let it rise again, and bake for
tea. In summer mix early in the
morning, instead of at night.
COFFEE CAKE.-One and a half cups
made coffee; one and a half cups
sugar; One-half cup mOlasses; one cup
of chopped raisins; one of currants
aaeorJy one cup butter; one teaspoon
soda; one nutmeg; a little citron, Gin
namon, cloves, spices of any kind you
have. First stir together sugar, mo-
lasses, spices, fruit and butter, and
pour on the coffee hot. Add -four to
make stiff as fruit cake. 1t improves
with age.
STEWED MUSHROOMS. Peel and cut
the contents of two boxes of mush-
rooms, wash, pare and boil them, put
in cold water, and when cool take out
and wipe dry. Put in saucepan with
lump of butter the size of an egg,
and brown well. Add pinch of
flour, salt and pepper, and small
bouquet OF parsley. Moisten with beef
stock or tea, and boil fifteen minutes.
Then take the yelks Of two fresh eggs,
beat and add Tablespoonful of
white wine vinegar when ready to
serve