Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-12
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Good Graham Cakes Two cups
sweet milk, one cup sweet cream. the
white of one egg beaten to froth.
half spoonful of salt, dessert spoon
full baking-powder, stir in sifted Ora
ham flour until quite thick. bake in
muilin-rings or gem-tins until well
Drowned on top.
Drop Cookies. Whites of two
eggs. one large cup of milk. one cup
of sugar, one-half cup of butter, two
teaspoonfuls baking-powder, flavor
with vanilla, rose or nutmeg: flour
enough for thick batter beat thorough
ly, drop in buttered pans, dust granu-
lated sugar on top, and bake with dis
patch.
-Currant Jelly.-To one peck of
ripe currants add one quart of cold
water; put into the preserving kettle,
stems and all; boil: when it COM
mences to boil - fifteen minutes -
strain through crash bag. To every
pint of juice pound of granulated or
the whitest coffee crushed sugar: boil :;
after boiling six minutes pour into
jelly-jars.
. Nice Form of Cold Meats. Re
mains of boiled ham, mutton. roast
beef. etc., are good chopped finely with
hard-boiled eggs, two heads of lettuce.
a bit of onion. and seasoned with mus
tard, oil. vinegar, and, if needed, more
salt. Fix it smoothly in a salad dish.
and adorn the edges with sprigs of
parsley or leaves of curled lettuce.
Keep by the ice or in a cool place until
wanted.
Orange Cake.-Take the grated
rind of one orange; two cups sugar;
white of four eggs and yelks of five;
one cup sweet milk; one cup butter;
two large teaspoonfuls, baking powder,
to be sifted through with the flour;
bake quick in jelly tins. Filling:
Take the white OF one egg that was
left; beat TO a froth; add a little SUI
gar, and the juice of the orange; beat
together and spread between the layers.
If oranges cannot be had, lemons will
do instead.
An exchange, remarking on the
chatting of the breasts of horses, says:
The common practice of using pads of
sheepskin under the collar is objection
able, especially in warm weather, be-
cause it accumulates heat and makes
the breast tender A better way is to
take piece of thick and smooth leath-
er, cut it out just the size of the collar,
or little wider. and let it lie fiat on
the neck and shoulders of the horse
This will lie still and smooth on the
horses neck, while the collar itself
moves about, and SO it will prevent
chatting. In addition to this, let the
breasts OF working horses be washed
off every night with clean water.
The London Queen gives a few di-
rections in regard to packing flowers,
which may be found useful: Always
cut the flowers early, in the cool of the
morning, and when in their prime.
Take piece Of cottonwood, wet it,
and wiring it out, then twist it about
the stalks. If tin boxes are used, they
must not have sharp corners, or they
will be rejected at the postoflice, but,
when properly made, they excel all
others for the purpose in question. At
the bottom of one of these place a
piece of stout brown paper; let this be
well damped, then lay the flowers care
fully in, placing piece of silver or
tissue paper between each, to prevent
their bruising each other. Over all
place a piece of the same paper, and
on this a little cottonwood. Cover
the box with paper, and the flowers
will reach the eXtremities of the king
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