The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-04-22
NO.. 81.
Farm .and Household Column,
sKitchen Recipes.


siited flour (cqual to quartz t" u
pound of good butter. Divide the
butter INTO four equal parts, and
three of those parts divide again into
two, making enc piece four ounces,
and six pieces two ounces each. Put
the flour into Il mixing bowl, aud
with i knife cut up and mix the four
ounce piece into it. Add ice cold wa
ter barely sufficient to moistcn it;
not more than half tumb!erfnl.
Too much water will make it tough,
too much working will make it heavy.
Mix it well with il broad knife (pro-
ccc'l rs fast rs possible) aud do not
work it too long. Sprinkle your slab
or board viii, some additional four.
take the lump of paste from tic bowl.
and roll it ont into Il sheet. Divide
one Of the two ounce portions of
butter into little bits, and viii,
knife scatter them equally all over
the sheet Of paste; drcdgc some -four
over it. fold it SO as to cover the but.
ter, and roll it out again. Proceed
in this manner until you have got in
the six pieces of butter; roll very
fast, heating on lightly; you will
soon see the paste putting into little
bliStels, sign Of success.
Besides the first mixing in the bowl,
the butter will have been put in what
are called ">ix turns" When baked,
You will see that every tnrn makes y
layer or sheet. When the last of tho
butter is IN, roll into sheet, and
roll it round like 4 scroll. Set it
away to cool for ten minutes ut least,
which lets the butter harden again
and makes it puff more. Paste made
slowly is never light or tlakey. Mix
quick, roll quick, and avoid handling,
as the warmth of your hands will
make the paste heavy. Roll from you
every time. For plain pastry use ton
ounces of butter to i pound of flour.
Divide the butter into four pieces,
making "thrcc turns with the but
ter.
Cure for Swccny.-NOticing recent
~ an inquiry for Il cure for swccny,I
send you the following. which have
used on several valuable animals, and
it never failed to cure: Take T of u
pound of fat pork and fry the grease
into salve; stir three handfuls of
salt into the grease when warm, until
it is perfectly dissolved; then bruise
we'll three eggs, shells aud all, aud
thoroughly mix with the first two in
gradients, after they havo become
sufficiently cool to not cook the eggs.
Apply the salve to the part affected,
at intervals of three days each, rub
bling the part thoroughly, then warm
in with a I,9t iron. holding it as near
the part affected as possible, SO that
it may be well warmed, but not burn
ed. Three applications will general.
~ cure bnt if the swecny is bad,
more applications will perhaps be
needed.
Ashes for Cattle.-The Live Stock
Journal has a correspondent who
found his cattle given to the habit Of
eating wood, chewing bones, &c.
They became thin in flesh, refused to
eat hay, and presented a sickly ap-
pcarance. lie had no impression
that their food lacked tho constitu
cnts for making bone, and his neigh
b"rs used bone meal without noticing
any good results Whatever. AT last
he put about four bushels Of leached
ashes in his barnyard, and threw out
to them about i s''ovelfull each day.
They all ate with evident relish. A.
ter turning them out to the pasture,
he put one peck of dry ashes FER
week on the ground in the pasture.
They ate it all and gnawel of tho
grass where it had been laying. The
cattle began t" improve, gaining flesh,
and looking better than they had for
several years. lie says this morbid
appearance was unnotictd years ago,
from the fact that the ground was
new and ashy from the burning Of
woods and land clcarinss. Since this
discovery he gives one quart Of salt
mixed with one quart Of ashes t"
twelve head Of cattle about once II
week.
German Sauce for Pudlinss.-Boil
very gently together half Il pint Of
new milk, or milk and cream mixed,
very thin strip or tvs" Of frcsl, lem.
on. ,ind, bit of cinnamon, half an
inch Of a vanilla bean, and an ounce
and 4 half or two ounces of sugar, UNI
Ill the milk is strongly favored F.;
then strain and pour it, 10y slow de-
r grecs, to the wellbeatcn y"lks ri
, three eggs, smoothly mixed with
, about half a teaswonful Of flour, q
grain or two of salt, and Il table
, spoonful of cold milk 3; and stir these
very quickly round rs the milk is i'd
{ drd. Put the sauce again into the
z stewpan, and whisk or stir it rapidly
until it thickrns and looks creamy.
l It must not be placed upon the fire,
f but should be held over it when TIL.
is done.
u Poor Authors rul,ling.-Flavor ;
quart Of nrw milk 10y boiling in it fol
I, Il few minutes half Il stick of vel
bruised cinnamon, or the thin rnd Z"
a small lemon add few grains "
salt, and three ounces Of sugar, ant
:. turn the whole int" a deep basin
= when it is cold, stir t" it three well.
:, beaten eggs, and strain the mixture
) into Il pie dish. Covcr the top en-.
4 tirely with slices of bread free from
4 ernst, and half an inch thick, cnt ST
, as to join neatly, and b"ttc'ed "'
i both sides; bake in Il moderate ovc'
" for hall an hour, Or i'll a Datch Owe
before the fire.