The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-11-29
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Recipes.

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A Coon PLAIN PIE CRUST. one
quart of -four into bowl chop into the
flour (using chopping -knife) one-half
pound of good firm lard chop until
very fine pour in enough ice-water to
make a stiff dough, and work it with
your hands flour your hands work
your dough into shape /; handle it quick
ly and as little as possible flour your
pastry board, and roll out your dough
very thin always roll from you have
ready one-half pound of good butter
that has been washed in two or three
cold waters to rid it of salt |; spread the
dough with butter fold it up, then
roll it out thin again ; spread again
with butter fold again, and repeat the
operation until the butter is all used up.
To ROAST CoFFEE.-If you desire to
have extra fine favored coffee, buy the
green coffee-pure Java. Pick it over,
wash it well, drain it and spread it out
on pie pans roast it in a moderate
oven, or on top of the range stir it
often to keep it from burning, and roast
it until it is good brown then drop
small piece of butter in each pan and
mix it up Just enough to make the coffee
shine grind it fresh every morning.
The flavor will then equal, if not excel
the "Vienna" coffee.
CALVES FEET.-Boil them until
tender cut them in two, taking out the
larger bones. Season with pepper and
salt and sweet marioram, and dredge
we'll with flour fry light brown in
lard and butter mixed. Serve with
parsley sauce.
CRACKERS Butter, one cup; salt,
one teaspoon flour, two quarts. Rub
thoroughly together with the hand, and
wet up with cold water beat well, and
beat in -four to make quite brittle and
hard ; then pinch off pieces and roll out
each cracker by itself, if you wish them
to resemble bakers crackers.
POULTRY GRAvY.-Poultry should be
picked and drawn as soon as possible !;
never allow it to remain over night
updrawn, for the flavor of the craw and
intestines will penetrate the whole fowl /;
never cook it in less than eight hours
after it is killed after drawing turkey
rinse it out with several waters, and at
! the last mix in O half teaspoonful of
pulverized borax the inside Of the
! turkey is sometimes little sour, and
will flavor the dressing the borax will
act as corrective fill the turkey with
this water and let it remain while you
prepare your dressing ; when the dress
ing is ready pour out the borax water,
and if you wish rinse the turkey out
with clear water ; in roasting, if your fire
is good and turkey young and tender,
allow ten or twelve minutes to pound
| 10 oftn will II1f ftat
and hot water, afterward with the gravy
in the pan 4: wash the giblets we'll and
chop them up fine boil in just water
enough to cover, and when the turkey
is done place it on heated dish /; add
the chopped giblets with the water in
which they were boiled to the drippiDgs
III the pan thicken with spoonful of
four-wet, to prevent Jumps boil up
once pour into a gravy-boat; serve
the turkey with cranberry sauce. In
making gravy of any kind, if the meat
or poultry is very fat, it must be skim.
med off before adding the -four.
Medical Hints.
| Sour STOMACH. A sufferer from want
OF appetite and sour stomach can be
greatly benefited by leaving all medi
cines alone and for time existing en-
tirely on milk and lime water; a table
spoonful of lime water to tumbler o.
milk. If this disagrees in any way, in
crease the quantity of lime water.
How TO GET FAT.-Abstain from thu
use of tea, coffee and tobacco, and acid
of all kinds; take sponge bath daily
and dry with a coarse towel, using plent,
of friction to promote the general cir
culation of the blood; then consume will
your meals large bowl of oatmeal por
ridge with fresh milk.
How TO GET THIN.-Take regularl,
three times day in little water iifteel
drops Of hydrate OF potassium-alway
after meals-and little moderation il
eating will help.
RELIEF FOR AsTHMA.-One to tw
tablespoonfuls of syrup of rhubarb.
NEURALGIA AREMEDY.-Extract of gel
semin (yellow jessamine,) five to te
drops, in about tablespoonful of water
apart, not sooner, have relieved YER
severe attacks.
Cost OF an Acre Of Wheat.
A correspondent of the Ohio Farm
ei. gives the following estimate of tn
cost of growing wheat. He says: w
will now take 10-acre lot and see wha
it costs to raise and put crop of whea
into market, and what profit when ther
is yield of fifteen bushels per acre
lars per day. .......................... ss2 {
Narrowing over twice, two and halt days. 10
Drilling wheat, one and quarter days.. 81
Seed wheat, fifteen bushels, at 81 25....... Is
Harvesting, at two dollars per acre. ........ 30
Thrashing, l5U bushels, at ten cents per
Dusnel. ..s.........,..........-. 10
Hauling wheat TO barn. arn..................... 81
Cleaning and hauling TO .narket............ 81