The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Recipes.

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TOMATO SoUP.-Boil two and one-hah
pounds of lamb in four quarts Of water;
boil the lamb to shreds and the water
down to two quarts; strain it. Peel and
cut up fine two quarts of fresh tomatoes;
mix them with the liquor; stir them
hard, and boil them half an hour; sea-
son with parsley, pepper and salt; strain
them again; stir in one tablespoonful OF
butter before pouring in the tureen.
The broth in which chickens were boiled
is often preferred to the lamb.
APPLE CusrARD PR.-Three cupfuls
stewed apples, nearly cupful sugar,
six eggs, one quart of milk. Sweeten
the apples we'll and let cool, mix the
eggs with the apples, season with nut
meg, stirring in the milk slowly. One
crust. .... ..... .. ..
MARB1ED CAKE.-One cupful butter,
two cupfuls sugar, three cupfuls -four,
four eggs, one cupful sweet milk, one
half teaspoonful soda, one teaspoonful
cream tartar sifted in the -four; when
the cake is mixed take out teacupful OF
the batter and stir into this large
spoonful of chocolate, wet with q little
milk; fill your pan about an inch thick
with yellow batter, and drop upon this
iu two or three places spoonful of the
dark mixture, forming fancy rings; pro-
ceed with the light until all is used up.
| WATERMELON CAKE.-Take two cup
fuls of sugar, one Of butter, one of milk,
the whites of eight eggs, two cupfuls OF
-four, one of corn-starch and two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder. Take one
third of the batter and mix half cupful
of currants with it; take another third
and add to it little cochineal and a
lump of alum the size of pea dissolved
in little water. Flavor and arrange in
your pan as marble cake.
PRESERVED PEACHES. Pare the
peaches, cut them in half, and remove
the stones; allow one pound of granulat-
ed sugar to one pound of peaches; crack
one-quarter Of these stones, extract the
kernels, and remove the dark skin; then
boil them in just water enough to cover
them; boil until soft; let them steep in
covered bowl. until needed; place the
peaches and sugar alternately in layers
in porcelain kettle, let it warm up
slowly, then strain the kernels and add
the water; (the kernels may also be
added if desired); let them boil slowly
until the peaches are clear and tender;
it takes about half nm hour; then skim
them out carefully and lay them upon
large, flat dishes; boil the syrup until it is
clear and thick, outfifteeAninutes; skim
thoroughly as fast as the skim rises; fill
jars two thirds full OF the cold preserved
peaches; pour on the boiling syrup;
when cold, place branded tissue paper
on top, and cover the jar well with
stout paper.
The Cabbage Worm.
w. D. A., Tioga county, Pa, writes :
"Not having seen anything this season
with regard to very troublesome pest
which is among us, I send you speci-
men for information. It is called here
the cabbage worm, and is produced by
the miller or moth, which I send also.
The moth appears about the time the
cabbage begins to head, and the cab
bage is soon covered with the worms,
attacking especially the inner leaves,
and soon running it if not attended to.
There are numerous remedies for killing
the worms, such as black pepper, hot
soap suds, saltpetre, and others, but as
this worm is hidden more or less under
the leaves these are not wholly efectual.
The only sure remedy we have is hand
picking. Is there no way of keeping
the moth away from the cabbage?"
Reply.-The cabbage worm, which
we suppose is here referred to, for no
specimen was received with the letter,
is the larva of the white butterfly,
known as Pieris rapa. It has one or
two round black spots upon the wings
and appears in May and in July or
August, there being two broods in one
year. We notice them flying about our
cabbages at the present time. There is
no certain remedy for these pests but
catching them, and where considerable
quantity of cabbages are grown, it will
pay to keep q child in the garden on the
watch for them. This is best done by
meansof asmallnet of gauze or mosquito
bar fastened to O wire hoop, which is
fixed to light pole for handle. With
this an active boy or girl can capture
the butterflies es fast as they come on to
the cabbages. When the worms appear
they may be treated to dose of dry
slaked lime, which we have found to be
very effective in getting rid of them, as
also all soft bodied worms and slugs.
The worms should be carefully looked
for. A quantity of fresh burned lime
may be kept in a damp cellar until it
falls to fine dry powder, when it should
be kept in dry place in close box or
jar for use.. This is busted over the
worms as they may be discovered, when
they are too numerous for hand picking.
Stalking Tomato Plants.
Stake your tomato plants now, before
they fall over and go sprawling along
the ground. Drive stout stake four or
five inches high, close to each plant,
with two or three cross pieces foot long
nailed on it. Nip out every lateral
branch that starts from the main stalk,
above the leaves, and tie the plants to
the stake rs it grows, with coarse twine.
For early fruit select three or four OF the
most forward plants, and pinch off not
only all laterals but the main stalk, a
few inches above the first cluster of
blossoms. You thus divert all the vigor
of the plants into one cluster of fruit,
and can ripen tomatoes two or three
weeks ahead of the other plants. We
have had twenty-four fine "Irophies, "
making cluster rs large as one could
cover with hat, ripened, tho most of
;hem, in July. by this process. Under
favorable conditions of soil and culture.
on the single-stalk system, tomato plants
will grow five or six feet high, and ripen
rs many clusters OF fruit-cleaner, better
in flavor, larger and earlier.