Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-07-14
IARN, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.



Necipes,
ONION SAuoE,-Peel four small white
onions and boil them until soft; drain
and chop them up fine; mix them with u
cupful OF hot milk and two teaspoonfuls
butter, little salt and pepper; then
boil all together for one minute; serve
hot.
MINT SAUcE,-Take some green mint
and chop it fine; for every heaping table,
spoonful of the chopped mint add one
even teaspoonful sugar 'u.l wine-glass
full cider vinegar; put the vinegar anil
sugar in sauce.boat, then add the
mint; let it stand fifteen minutes before
serving.
CuRRANr JELLy,-Put the currants
into stone jar; set the jar into kettle
of warm water; place it ON the fire and
let it boil until the currants are broken;
do not use any water on the currants,
and keep the jar well covered until they
are boiled; as soon rs they are cool
enough, strain them, few ut n time,
using stout, coarse bag; to each pint
of juice add one pound of graduated or
powdered sugar; set the juice on alone
to boil, and boil it just twenty minutes.
While the juice is boiling, let the sugar
be heating; place il in pie.dishes, and
let it set in the oven, in n mgderate heat;
occasionally stir it, to keep it from burn
ing. by the time the Juice has boiled
sufficiently the sugar should bevery hot;
throw the sugar into the boiling juice;
keep stirring constantly and quickly.
When the sugar is all dissolved, stop
stirring and let the jelly come to boil
again, then remove Instantly; have your
glasses rolled in hot water, then fill with
the boiling Juice. Plum Jelly is made in
the same way. Strawberry jelly should
have teaspoonfull of lemon juice added
to every pint of Strawberries When
cold, put tissue paper on the top of the
jelly, then paste Il thin paper over the
glass. Keep in cool, dry place.
BEEF STEw.-Cut into pieces about IN
inch in length two pounds of uncooked
beef that is not too lean. Put into n
stew-pan, with just enough water to
cover them, and stew very gently for two
hours. Set away until next morning,
when season to taste with pepper, salt,
chopped onion and parsley, and n very
little sweet marjoram. Stew half an
hour longer, add two teaspoonfuls of
sauce or catsup, table spoonful of
Drowned flour moistened in little water.
Boil few minutes, and serve.
HUcKLEBERRY BREAD.-One quart
-four, one pint sour milk, one teaspoonful
soda, one and half pint berries mix as
stiff as biscuit dough.
BLACKBERRY MusH.-Take n pound
of ripe blackberries, and first bruise
them and add a very little salt put in n
porcelain or earthcnware pan, and add
one teacupful boiling water; stir in
bowl two heapins tablespoonful of sifted
flour, with just enough cold water to
make perfectly smooth; add to the her,
ries and stir quickly until thickened;
take off Immediately else will burn. Eat
cold, with sugar and cream.
Kerosene for squash Bugs.
A correspondent of the New England
Farmer says in relation to using kero-
sene oil to eXterminate squash bugs
"Two years ago I had fine lot Of Hub
bard squash vines in my garden, and
was anticipating handsome yield,
when, suddenly, I observed here and
there patches in which the leaves began
TO turn yellow and then brown, and on
examination l found them covered with |
this most annoying pest 1 Immediately
began trying plaster, then ashes, then
gas lime, but to 10 purpose. They were
too numerous and the vines too luxlriant
to attempt their destruction by hand.
I was about giving up the battle when it
occurred to me that I would try what
virtue there was in kerosene. | took
pan of ashes (holding perhaps six
quarts), and Selling the lamp.fller I
poured OH enough of that fluid to moist
en- the ashes and fill them with a strong
perfume, but not to convert into paste.
threw several han lfuls into each spot
where the enemy was at work. OF
course I watched the result curiously
and anxiously. After day Or two OBJ
served that there was no increase of the
leprous blotches in the squash bed. I
made careful inspection, and found
that the miscreants had retreated. After
that [ kept up the treatment whenever 1
saw indications of new attack. But I
had no occasion for severe exercise on
this account