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Mrs. JoNES'S GINGERBREAD.-1 cup
of buttermilk, ? of molasses, even tea
spoonfuls OF soda, 6 tablespoonfuls of
butter, 2 of ginger; mix as soft rs it can
be rolled out; bake 20 minutes.
NICE BUNS of pound of flour, 1
of pound of sugar, tablespoonful of
yeast, pint of milk, teaspoonful of
allspice. When well risen, work in ?
ounces of butter. Bake in a quick oven.
CORN PUDDING (VEGETABLE) Take
Z ears of corn, cut through with knife
the kernels, and then cut off; l teacup
of milk, egg, salt and little butter,
pinch OF soda; mix well and bake Il
hours. To CRATE your corn is better,
but it takes more corn and labor.
FRANCATELLI PUDDING.-Poura pint
of boiling milk on 10 tablespoonful of
grated bread-crumbs, and let them stand
10 minutes; then add the yelks of 4
eggs well beaten, 6 tablespoonful of
sugar, 3 of butter. Season with lemon,
or what you like. When beaten light,
stir in the whites of the eggs, which
have been we'll whipped; pour into
buttered dish, and bake quickly.
COCOANUT PIE.-Take a teacup of
cocconrt, put it into a coffee-cup, fill it
up with sweet milk, and let it soak q
few hours. When ready to bake the
pie, take tablespoonful of flour, mix
with milk, and stir in of a cup of
milk Cor water); place on the stove,
and stir until it thickens. Add butter
the size of walnut, while warm.
When cool, add little salt, eggs,
saving out the white of one for the top.
Sweeten to taste. Add the cocoanut
beaten well. Fill the crust and bake.
! When done have the extra white beaten
ready to spread over the top. Return
to the oven and brown lightly.
SALT-RIsING BREAD.-Take 2 or 8
pints of new milk and stir in -four until
it is of sufficient thickness, then set in
dish containing water nearly as hot as
you can bear your hand in; keep it as
near the same temperature as possible ;
in or hours it will be up, unless the
flour is too fine; if it is, add little gra-
ham or corn meal. Have your flour and
some warm milk ready, put the sponge
and as much of the milk as is necessary
to make the dough sufficiently thin, then
make in loaves and set in warm place
to rise; when sufficiently light, bake, and
you will have as good and light bread as
you ever tasted. Water may be used
instead of milk, but the bread is not so
sweet. This recipe will make good
bread where hop yeast fails. .
USEFUL HINTs.-An experienced fur
dealer says that oil of peppermint is the
best thing to keep moths and all insects
from s.-Buckwheat batter spread
upon grease spot in an ingram carpet
will absorb the grease. It can be read
lily scraped off when dry.-The best
way to clean a stained steel knife is to
cut solid potato in two, dip one of the
pieces in brick-dust, such as is usually
used in knife-cleaning, and rub the
blade with it.-Housekeepers who want
nice bright tins can have them so by
securing with sifted coal ashes once d
month.-The surest remedy for chapped
hands is to rinse well after washing
with soap, and dry them thoroughly by
applying Indian meal or rice powder
To clean Britannia metal, use finely
powdered whiting, sweet oil and yellow
soap. Mix with spirits of wine to q
cream. Rub on with a sponge, wipe
off with a soft cloth, and polish with a
chamois skin.-The best way to clean
the inside of old iron pots and pans is
to fill them with water in which few
ounces of washing-soda is dissolved
and set them on the fire. Let the water
boil until the inside of the pot looks
clean.-Scorches made by heated flat
irons can be removed from linen by
spreading over the cloth paste made
of the juice pressed from 2 onions,
ounce white soap, 2 ounces fuller's
earth, and J pint vinegar. Mix, boil
well, and cool before using.