The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-01-24
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


AZ - "NAohAAS HAShN AAbN pCkAAAo
allow nine cggs-seven hard-boilGd, and
two OF them raw, yolks and whites beat
on separately. 10 each egg allow two
tablespoonfuls Of salad oil, perfectly
pure and sweet, one saltspoonful OF salt,
the same Of mustard, aud two OF Cayenne
pepper to tho whole; celery to taste,
lettuce leaves, il III season, using only
tho heart, and the juice Of two large
lemons or three smaller ones.
BucKwHE&T BArrEn,-Keeping buck
wheat batter is often very troublesome,
especially in mild weather. 1t can DO
kept perfectly sweet by pouring cold
water over that left from one morning,
and which is intended for raising next
mornings cakes. FIJI tho vessel entire.
ly full Of water, Gnd put in n cool place;
when ready to use, pour of the water,
which absorbs the acidity.
ECONOMICAL VEAL SouP.-Boila piece
Of veal suitable for fricassce, pic, or
hash; when tender, take the meat up
md slip out all the bones; put these
bhck into tho kettle and boil for two
hours. Then strain the liquor and stand
away until the next day. When wanted,
take of the fat, put the soup into clean
pot, and add pepper, salt, m onion, IL
halftablespoonful Of flour mixed in cold
water, aud slices Of potato. Boil thirty
minutes and serve hot.
A Coop BREAKFAST DisH.-When any
boiled fresh fish is kept from dinner,
take out all tho bones carefully and pick
tho fish up in small hits, cover the bot
tom OF deep dish with some OF the fish,
and il needed, little pepper and salt,
and few spoonflis Of tho best sauce, if
ans WIS left from dinner. Then sprin-
klc over some fine bread crumbs, then
another layer Of fish with sauce, then
bread crumbs again, aud so on until the
dish is full. II all tho fish sauce is used,
without making the composition quite
moist, beat two eggs very light, and add
them to cup OF milk, and pour over the
whole. Then cover with more bread
crumbs aud set it in nh oven long enough
to heat through aud brown delicately.
Ii no fish sauce is loft over take two
large spoonfuls of butter, cut in little
bits aud lay in alternately with the fish
aud crumbs, use four eggs instead Of two,
and pint Of milk.
SARATOGA FRIED PorAroEs.- Wash
the potatoes clean, slice with n potato
slicer very thin, throw into cold water
long enough to take out some Of the
starch, then wipe dry and put into boil
ing lard few pieces at time. Be sure
aud keep the | I'd boiling. As soon rs
the potatoes are OF clear golden brown
skim them ont, drain them in colander
or sieve, and serve very hot.
WHITE SoUr.-Boil kuuckle Of veal
and four Calls feet in five quarts Of
water, with three sliced onions, n bunch
OF sweet herbs, four heads Of white
celery cut small, teaspoonful of white
peppers, small spoonful Of salt and six
large heads OF mace. Let all boil very
slowly til the meat is in rags and has
dropped from the bones and the gristle
has quite dissolved. Skim well while
boiling. When done strain through a
sieve into deep pan. Next take Off all
tho fat and put tho Jelly into q clean
soup pot with two ouIces OF vermicclli,
and set over clear fire. When the YER
micolli is dissolved stir III gradually n
pint OF good cream while the soup is
hot. Do not lot it come TO boil after
the cream is in, lest it should curdle.
Cat a W rolls i'll the bottom of tureen,
pour on the soup and serve.
Cotton Seed for Feeding.
Cotton seed, "just rs it comes from
the cir" saysa Southern correspondent,
il fed by hundreds OF thousands OF
bushels to our cattle every winter. l
have fed il to my cattle literally for
more than twenty years. Four quarts q
day, divided into two feeds, is sufficient
FOX one COW. 1t is the usual practice to
boil or scald the seed, but this l think
unnecessary, NJ have fed them raw and
cooked, and find no advantage in cooking
them. | formerly had strong prejudice
against cotton seed rs feed, on account
VI the lint adhering to it, but this will
do 10 harm if it is fed in proper quanti-
ties. Several winters since, | Nintered
my cows in tho following manner I
had purchased i'll the fall n large quantity
Of cotton seed, and had OH hand sup
ply Of corn fodder (hlades OF the corn
stripped from tho stalk.) fed to each
drS row, night aud morning, two quarts
%! dry uncookcd seed md two pounds Of
corn fodder. They had no other feed.
| fed my mich cows, in addition to the
above, about two quarts OF corn meal
each per day. They nil wintcred finely,
nnl npt EnI ~, kt,n
hnps I need not say that my cows have
n warm, clean stable nor are they quite
equal in size to the improved breeds Of
the North.
To Destroy Ants mud ROarIirs.
Procure Mt drug store fifty cents
worth of graduated cyanide OF potas
stun, and pour some OF the cyanide in
tho oriticc Of Nemesis, and then spriukle
slightly with water. The effect will
soon DO plainly perceptiJlc. 1t is
necessary to mOisten the cyanide with
very little water, in order to prevent
the ants from dragging it away, which
they proceed to domost fnriously, seem
ing 10 recognize it as theirmoml enemy.
The best time to apply it ~ shortly be-
fore the close OF warm day, when they
all gather in after days fongiug. II
the nest is M old md very large one,
application must be made Mt ODD inter.
walls in order 10 kill those that hatch ont
often at depth of ny much rs twenty
feet. 1t is proper TO state here that
cyanide OF potassium is deadly poison,
aud, Of course, must be handled eau.
tionsIy. Have your. druggist give you
the granular cyanide instead OF the
fused, which is in largo Jumps, and is