The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-10-26
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Domestic Recipes.

domestic Recipes. ...... |
CHOCOLATE CUsTARD. .--Scrape half q
cake of good chocolate, which put into
a stewpan, and moisten by degrees With
pint of warm water, milk and cream;
when we'll dissolved, mix with the yolks
of eggs, and finish the same as for the
custards.
STUFFED TOMATOES Get them as
large and firm as possible; cut a round
place in the top of each, and scrape out
all the soft parts; mix with stale bread
crumbs, corn, onions, parsley, butter,
pepper and salt; chop very fine and I'LL
the tomatoes carefully; bake in a moder-
ately hot oven; put little butter in the
pan, and see that they do not burn or
become dry. ,.
COLD S1Aw.--Cut up quantity OF
cabbage very fine with sharp knife,
and sprinkle upon it teaspoonful of |
salt. For a large dish use two eggs, a |
piece of butter the size of an egg, half |
teacupful of water, and half teacup- |
full of good vinegar. Beat the eggs, |
whites and yolks together, very light, add |
the water, vinegar and butter, and put
all in tin on the fire, stirring all the
time until it is of a creamy thickness. |
Pour it hot over the cabbage, stir up we'll |
with a fork, and leave to cool.
Brown MINCED VEAI.-Cut the meat
off the bones and put them into q
saucepan with q quart of water, stew
till you have half a pint of liquor left.
Whilst the gravy is drawing, chop the
meat, both fat and lean, small; season
with pepper and salt, the juice of a
lemon and little peel; warm it up and
serve.
APPLE DUMPLINGs.- Make q good
paste, pare some large apples, cut them
in quarters, take out the cores, and in
place of them put in Glove and piece
of lemon peel cut very thin; take a
piece of crust, enough for one apple,
roll it round, put the quarters together
and roll the crust round it with little
-four in your hand. Have a pot of water
boiling; take clean cloth, dip it into
the water, shake -four over it, and tie
each dumpling by itself put them in,
and keep the water boiling ali the time;
if the apples be not large half an hour
will boil them. When they are done
enough take them up, lay them on a
dish, throw fine sugar over them, and
send them to table with fresh melted
butter and finely beaten sugar.
The Care Of sheep.
In recent essay on the management
of sheep, A. E. Kenney, the well known
sheep culturist, makes the following
points:
1. Never starve a sheep, if you desire
it to do we'll, especially in summer.
2. Do not feed much grain if you
have good hay, but at all events never
ct your sheep grow poor.
3. Many farmers lose by letting their
sheep live as long in autumn without
feeding as possible; consequently, if
they are in very good condition in Oc-
tober, and lose flesh and are made to
gain again, there will be no doubt ten
der place in the wool.
4. Have your lambs come early in the
SEASON.
5. Shear early.
6. Keep your sheep from all cold
storms at all times of the year, and be as
careful with them as of your horse.
Many sheep perish by showers after
shearing even in July; so, as say,
shear at time of year that they can be
housed for week after shearing, and in
storms i'll autumn; if sheep are exposed,
it takes long time to dry the wool, and
the sheep are consequently uucomfort-
able for a long time; cold aud consump-
ton are the result.
7. Raise the standard of your flock !;
weigh every fleece at sheFring; number
the sheep, and note the weight of the
fleece, and then sell or kill your poorest
sheep, as like produces like; your aver
age will soon go from four to seven
pounds.
s. Take good care of the lambs, espe-
cially while young. In many cases they
are not able to suck the ewes at the
start; in all such cases you must feed
them.
Coal Ashes.
A correspondent of the American
farmers club. writing from Skaneateles,
desired to be informed if there is any
thing fertilizing in coal ashes; and, il
not, in what way to dispose of them.
A member replied that coal ashes will
not enrich poor, thin lands, but can be
used to advantage in tightening heavy
soils. Coal ashes also make an excellent
mulch for currant and gooseberry bush
es, protecting them from the attacks Of
insect enemies. They are Likewise valu
able as aprotection to apple trees agains
worms. Ii there is no heavy land tC
tighten, spread the coal ash heap arount
the trees and bushes-they will repay
the trouble of carting them over the
farm on which they have accumulated
but it is not advisable to transport then
any great distance, as if much time an(
money is spent it had better be on
mulch that contains fertilizins proper
ties.