American citizen., 1876-02-26
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

To make oyster macaroni, boil maca-
roni in a cloth to keep it straight Put
LAYER in a dish seasoned with pepper, salt
and butter, then Il layer of oysters, until
the dish is full. Mix some grated bread
with Il beaten egg spread over the top,
and bake.
-Cocoanut Bread Pudding-Soak half
cup desiccated cocoanut in boiling hot
milk for half an hour or more, then add
it to the usual bread pudding preparation
(the quantity of the bread being about
three times as much as the cocoanuD. En-
rich and flavor to suit. This you will
find to be very pleasant and economical
dessert.
To Stew Cranberries.-One quart of
berries to one pound of white sugar, one
half pint of water; when the water is dis
solved and the sirup hoils, put in the fruit
and boil for fifteen or twenty minutes. Put
in IA mold, and if done right, they will
turn out in proper shape. If the berries
are inferior it may take rather longer TO
cook.
To make date pudding sauce, stone
one pint good dates, cover with water and
stew three-fourths of an four, or until the
dates are perfectly soft; then rub through
a colander and add to taste, strawberry,
raspberry, plum. prune or apple juice, or
whatever agreeable tart you may have;
thin enough so that it will require a level
spoonful of wheat meal to thicken it to
suit YOU Boil five minutes and serve
warm.
"A correspondent of the ProgresssUe
Farmer says: l often hear persons dis
putting about the age of sheep, to my
surprise, be it said, for than to tell the
age of sheep nothing is easier. A
sleeps front teeth the first year are Ell ght
in number, appearing all OF size.
Second year, the two middle ones shed
out and are replaced by two much larger
than the others. Third year, two very
small teeth appear-one on either side of
the eight At the end of the fourth year
there are six large teeth. Fifth year, all
the front teeth are large. Sixth year. all
begin to show wear-nOt till then.
Old pork barrels, whether tainted or
sweet, should be thoroughly cleansed be-
fore being used for new pork. very
simple and effectual method is to put in
peck of strong wood ashes and couple
of pals of water, and let it stand day or
two; then scour thoroughly with stiff
corn broom The I've will take hold of
all the greasy particles with which it
comes in contact, and the ashes, water
and broom will, if vigorously used, leave
them as sweet as new barrels. Rinse In
cold water to remove all the ashes, then
pour boiling water all around the sides
water, and the work is done.
Brown Stewed Fish.-Place about
four pounds of fish in the stew-pan, sea-
soning it we'll with pepper, salt and a
stewcd onion; stew slowly; it must be a
little more than covered with the water.
When cooked remove the fish with a
strainer, place in deep dish, leaving the
water in the pan. Then have ready a
sauce of the following: CA pint of vine.
gar, pint of molasses, ten cents worth OF
stale grated gingerbread, a small piece OF
butter, some black pepper, cloves, all
spice, ginger. Throw this in the pan
with the water from the fish, let it boil
about ten minutes, till nicely thickened
| then throw over the fish.
Tive years ago bought some Savoy
cabbage-sced, which produced cabbages
excellent, very large and solid, many ol
them filling half bushel measure, from
some of the finest of which l raised seed
Near the same spot l also planted some
bloOd-red cabbages for seed. Each was
carefully secured, bagged and labeled
Last spring both kinds were sown, in sep
arate beds, to obtain plants. All grew
finely, but, strange to relate, each bed ol
plants looked alike, and not {. perfect rec
cabbage or Savoy was to be found among
the lot. The season being late, however
the plants were selected and set out-tht
rcddest plants in one place and the whites
in another, and all were fairly cultivated
Still not good head of either coloret
cabbage has resulted, all being a mongrc
hue, between red, or blue, green ant
white. This instance shows that red ant
white cabbage seed should never be grown
near torether-COr " Y, Tribune