Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-09-22
FARM AND HousgBoTp.

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TO Pickle Onions.--Peel and boil in
milk and water for ten minutes; strain.
and pour over scalding, spiced vinegar.
Only the "silver.skin" onion should be
used. p" '' '''
TO Pickle Nasturtions.- for
three days in strong salt and water, then
strain and pour boiling vinegar over
them, emitting the spice. Note-Vinegar
should never be allowed to boil over one
minute. 1t loses strength thereby. y
Grape Jam.--Put your grapes into
stew-pan over the fife until they are
scalded then drain them well and rub
through sieve, and add pound Of
sugar to a pint of pulp, and boil until
done, stirring constantly.
Chicken Cholera. The following is
recommended by practical farmer;
Alum two ounces, rosin two ounces,
copperas two ounces, lac sulphur two
ounces, Cayenne pepper two ounces;
pulverize; then mix three tablespoonfuls
of the powder with one quart of corn
meal, and dampen for Use. This GUAM
tity is sufficient for twelve fowls; to be
given once or twice each week as a
preventive, and as many times per day
for cure.
Apple Snow.-One pint bowl of the
pulp of roasted apples, strained; one
half pint of pulyerized sugar; whites of
three eggs; beat the eggs to stiff froth,
then add the apple and sugar alternate
ly, a spoonful of each, and beat alto
gether until 1t stands perfectly stiff on
the spoon; ii will swell immensely; serve
this In saucers on custard made of the
yelks of the eggs, one pint of milk, two
tablespoonfuls sugar, and favored with
vanilla.
The Virginia way to cook chickens
is: The fowl to be killed, plucked and
eviscerated in the shortest possible time
on no account is it to be washed, but it
must be wiped dry with clean napkin
and cut into six parts--the breast, the
two wings, the back and the two legs
The whole is then to be thrown into a
fryingpan with butter, cream, mush
(small cakes of Indian-meal dough-; the
whole to be done before the flesh loses
its natural heat, and the frying-p pan and
contents must be heated in advance to
receive the chicken.
Pumpkin Pies Scrape out the inside
and remove the rinds. Then cut the
hard portion into pieces about an inch
or more square. Cover with cold water
and boil quickly. When done tender
turn into colander and drain every
particle of water off. Then mash through
the colander. When this is done sweeten
well with white or light sugar; add also
a generous lump of butter and the yelks
of three eggs. Beat the whole well to-
gether. Next add a cup of sweet cream;
then the whites of the three eggs beaten
light. Lastly, -four, with essence of lem
on or nutmeg
-Higden Pickle.-One peck green
tomatoes, chopped finely; add one cup
of salt, drain three or four hours, then
add two heads white cabbage, four large
onions, six green peppers, all chopped
finely; cover this with vinegar and let it
boil five minutes; drain off the vinegar.
Then take fresh vinegar enough to cover
it, put it on the fire and scald it with
two ounces whole cassia buds, one ounce
of whole cloves, one large teaspoonful
of mustard and one pint of molasses.
Then pour over the whole, mix we'll and
put away in close stone jars, with the
top sprinkled over with horse-radish root
grated finely.