The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-20
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


Recipes.
MoLAssEs COOKIES. cupful but
ter, two cupfuls molasses, one teaspoon
full cloves, one tablespoonful ginger,
sufficient -four to make stiff batter, not
dough; mold with the hands into small
cakes, and bake in steady rather than
hot oven, as they are apt to burn.
A BREAKFAST OR SUPPER Dish FOR
CHILDREN.-Boilo one quart of milk and
add, while boiling, half a cupful of oat-
meal, and cook few minutes. Have
ready vegetable dish half full of bread,
cut in pieces half an inch square, and
pour the milk over it, having previously
seasoned it with salt. A free use OF
both oatmeal and beans. They are both
very nutritious. Fried mush for break
fast and mush and milk for tea are very
nice, and when desired molasses may be
used instead of milk for a change.
To Boil SWEEP Com. full
grown corn, and let the rows be even
and medium size. Pierce the grain with
your nail, and if the corn is fresh and
tender the milk will escape in Jet and
not be thick. Corn, like potatoes, is
best steamed. If no steamer is at hand,
place the corn in just enough water to
cover it, and boil fifteen or twenty min
utes, according to the size of the kernel.
If boiled too long it becomes hard. Send
it to the table wrapped in a napkin OF
towel placed on meat dish. Serve hot.
To MAKE SWEET PICKLES OF RIPE
| CUCUMBERs. Rs.-Select those that are about
half yellow with ripeness, cut them open,
remove the seeds F.; cut them lengthwise
in strips an inch or more wide, and soak
for two days in salted water and alum
then soak half a day in clear cold water
Bring strong vinegar, enough to cover
| the cllcumbers, Just to boiling, and pour
over them, and let them stand over night
| Then remove and pack in large mouthed
bottles dissolve one pound of sugar in
one quart strong vinegar strew in the
bottles spices to suit the taste, cover with
the sweetened vinegar, cork, and let it
stand all night the next morning set
the bottles in a kettle of cold water ON
the fire, bring to boil, and make the
corks tight. Keep in cool place.
SILVER CAKE. - Three cups sifted
flour, one and half cups of sugar, one
egg, one teacup of sweet milk, two table
spoC.S Srls of butter, three tablespoonfuls
of yeast powder. Flavor with vanilla OF
lemon, to taste. Beat the butter and
sugar to cream, add to it the milk and
egg, we'll beaten, then add the extract.
Mix with this very slow three cups of
flour in which the baking powder has
been well mixed. Bake in quick oven.
TOMATO SoUP.-Boil two and one-half
pounds of lamb In four quarts of water
boil the lamb to shreds and the water
down to two7quarts strain its Peel and
cut up fine two quarts fresh tomatoes
mix them with the liquor; stir them
very hard and boil them half an hour
season with parsley, pepper and salt
strain them again ; stir i'll one table
spoonful of butter before pouring in the
tureen. The broth in which chickens
were boiled is often preferred to the
lamb.
CHICKEN SALAD.-Wash and dry two
or three white heart lettuces, reserving
the center leaves, cut them fine, and lay
them at the bottom of dish /; mince al
the white meat from a broiled chicken
without the skin, and place it on the
lettuce. Rub the yolks of two hard
boiled eggs to Il smooth paste, with two
dessert spoonfuls of melted butter. Ado
to it two spoonfuls of made mustard anC
one of pounded loaf sugar, and stir very
gradually in a cupful of vinegar. Ar
range as a border the center leaves of the
lettuce, with some small, delicate cresl
between the chicken and the edge of the
dish, and, when ready to serve, poul
over the chicken salad dressing.
Corn for seed.
In selecting corn for seed, it is Otter
the practice to merely choose large ear
from the general crop. This is not tn,
best method, for while the plant may b.
strong and vigorous, and bears larg'
ears, the corn may have been fertilizet
by pollen from feeble or stunted plant
near it, and the seed may retain an(
Lrepeat these adverse qualities in spite o
the vigor of the plant on which it grew
A better plan would be to plant some O
the seed in a small plot by itself, at
little distance from the main crop, ant
to give this patch plenty of room ano
high culture. When the tassels appea
in the seed every plant should be ex
amined, and feeble stalks should b.
pulled out or cut below the tassel befor
it has an opportunity to bloom. b,
this arrangement both the plants OF
which the ears grow and the pollel
scattered from it's own and neighborinl
tassels will partake of the strength o
both its parents.
sow Spinach.
The market gardeners as well as thos
who only wish to supply their owl
tables, should now make preparation
for sowing spinach; any vacant land tina
is rich enough will answer, but as
needs thorough preparation and as til
manure also needs to be thoroughly pre-
pared, it will be we'll to begin now to ge
ready the manure and work it thorough
fine; a liberal admixture of night soil
excellent for this crop, promoting ran.
and rapid growth. Land from whicl
peas or potatoes or some other earl
crop has been cleared, should be cleare
up and plowed so as to be ready for tn
seed. For fall use and for storage to b
used in winter, spinach seed should b
put in about August 14th. For winter
ing over in the field it is sown fro1
September 1st to 10Th.