The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-12
Household Helps.

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Household Helps.
AROMATIC VINEGAR. - Concentrated
acetic acid, eight ounces; oil of lavender,
two drachms; oil of rosemary, one
drachm oil of camphor, one ounce. Dis
solve the camphor in acetic acid, then
add the perfumes. After remaining to-
gether for a few days, with occasional
agitation, it is to be filtered and bottled
for use or sale.
INDIAN PUDDING. - Stir six table
~spoonfuls of Indian meal into a quart of
scalding hot milk; add one tablespoonful
of -four, half a cup of molasses, a little
ginger and salt; and just before putting
into the steamer, add a scant half cup of
cold milk. Steam one and a half hours,
then set in a hot oven half an hour.
Use plain cream or any sauce that is
agreeable.
CoCoANUT PUDDING.-Grate the meat
of one cocoanut. Boil very fine, and
sift through a coarse sieve, five Boston
crackers; mix this with the grated
c~ocoanut, add a pint and a half of boiled
milk and three tablespoonful of butter,
just soften enough to beat; or, instead,
one pint of thick, sweet cream. Beat
six eggs-yelks and whites separately;
add a cup of sugar; beat all well to-
gether and bake like a custard. Eaten
hot or Geld.
HAM AND CHICKEN PIE.-Cut up
neatly and parboil a young chicken.
Line a deep dish with good pie crust.
Cut thin slices of nice cold boiled ham,
and spread a layer on the crust at the
bottom. Then put the pieces of chicken
on that. Cover this with slices of hard
boiled egg, buttered and peppered then
more slices of ham, another layer of
chicken, and egg, etc., etc. Proceed in
this way till all the material is used up,
then pour in chicken or veal broth to
prevent dryness. This chicken should
have been boiled in very little water,
and then the chicken broth is the best.
Cover with a good pastry crust, and bake
an hour and a quarter.
Useful Information.
A DUBLIN chemist who has been in
vestigating the subject, claims to have
discovered that salt is not the cause Of
scurvy, as has SO long been the received
opinion. He considers the true cause
the absence of potash, which substance
is washed out of the meat by the appli
cation of brine, and proposes as a pre-
ventive to add to the food of seamer
and others using salt meat, phosphate
of potash, to be used like common salt
In using a grindstone don't waste
the stone by running it in water, no.
allowing it to stand in water when no
in use, as this will cause a soft place
Wet the stone by dropping water on i
from a pot suspended above the stone
and stop off the water when not in use
Don't allow the stone to getout of order
but keep it perfectly round by the us
of a piece of gas pipe or hacker, or us
a pair of double hung stones, whicl
keep each other in order. Clean off al
greasy tools before sharpening, as greas
or oil destroys the grit. Observe: Whe'
you get a stone that suits your purpose
send a sample of the grit to the deale
to select by; half an ounce sample
enough, and a be sent in a letter b
mail.
, MANURE is much damaged at thi
, season by exposure to the hot SUN Will
s spread in the yard, or by mixture wit
seeds of weeds from the threshin
f machine, or from foul pastures, fro1
E which they are brought by cattle. Bot
: these evils should be avoided. Pile til
r manure as made in compact, iattene
t heaps and keep it moist: watering
q needs be with a few barrels of wate
e now and then. Cut all the weeds out {
the pastures, lest they may be croppe
by COWS or horses, and the seed brougl
g home to go upon the fields again in ii
manure. Much may be done in tn
t month in gathering material for con
post. Road dust is particularly vail
able, and it may be gathered now
v abundance.