The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-07-07
AND DOMESTIC.

AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.
Fried Boiled Eggs. -Slice hard boiled
eggs, dip in raw egg and bread crumbs,
fry in butter, and serve hot.
-Croquettes of Meat.-Chop the meat,
salt and pepper in it; add bread soaked
in water; half as much bread as meat;
two eggs; mix and fry.
Six quarts of SCOT to a hogshead of
water makes a serviceable manure for
watering forced plants-as well as for
most bulbs, Towering plants and shrubs.
American Garden.
Sweet Potato Pie.-Make a rich pie
crush, lay in slices of steamed sweet po-
tato and thin slices of apple, spread
thickly with sugar, butter and grated
nutmeg; cover with a crust, and bake
Strawberry Jam.-Use fine ripe
strawberries; add, if desired, little red
currant juice; it will improve the flavor;
then add their weight in sifted refined
sugar; boil twenty minutes over slow
fire; skim as often as required; pour into
patent jelly glasses.
TO Make Rose Water.-Gather the
rose petals when ready to fall; place in a
jar with little salt; add enough alcohol
to cover the leaves, and let the whole
stand, turning off the alcohol as you need
it, adding more as you use it. This
makes nice favoring for cakes.
Rice Pudding .-Two quarts milk,
one cup rice, one cup sugar, any flavor
ing you like, little salt, small piece
of butter; bake slowly, until what milk
is not taken up by the rice has a creamy
look. Everything depends on the baking.
Put in raisins if you like them.
Washing Fluid.-Two pounds of
potash, one of salt of tartar, one of salts
of ammonia; dissolve in two gallons Of
soft water. Use one cupful to three pals
of soft water for boiling the clothes in
the dirt after they have been soaked over
night. Rub slightly and rinse thoroughly,
Analysis gives the nutritive value of
corn to be- compared with that of oats,
as 20 to CO. An average of several
tables takes the value of given quanti-
ty of oats to represent 100, while the
value of the same quantity of corn would
be 50. For feeding to young and grow
ing animals corn IS less suited than oats,
and the difference between the value is
greater
Fried Potatoes, French Style.-Peel
some large, round, mealy potatoes, slit
in two, pare ade cut lengthwise in slices
a quarter of an inch thick; wash, wipe
on cloth and fry in plenty of moder
atelly hot fat until they rise to the sur
face; stir with a skinner until crisp and
slightly brown, and drain in a colander;
melt an ounce of butter in a sautoir, put
the potatoes in, toss them, turn on dish
and serve Immediately.
"A piece of pasture should by all
means be provided for the swine, espe-
cially for young pigs. This insures
health and healthful growth. An acre
or two of orchard seeded to clover, with
an open shed for shelter during storms,
would be found very valuable. Keep
only grade pigs of a good breed and
feed literally. This is the secret of cheap
pork. a mixture of salt, sulphur, and
charcoal given occasionally will be use
full. -Four ounces of each will be enough
for weeks supply for twelve full
grown pigs. Pure water should be given
plentifully,
Green Pea Soup, TIA st. Cloud.-Put
into a stewpan two quarts of fresh
shelled large green peas with two quarts
of boiling water, salt, bunch Of parsley
and green onions, an ounce Of butter and
four ounces of salt pork cut in large,
thin slices; boil quickly and uncovered
for about half an hour; strain the liquid,
remove the parsley and pork, and pound
to a pulp; dilute with the liquid and
some chicken or veal broth; few mo-
ments before serving, SO as to have ii as
green as possible, return to the stewpan,
stir constantly on brisk fire until it
boils; skim, add two ounces Of butter
and a little sugar, boil no more, pour into
soup.tureen, and serve with small
squares of bread fried in butter.