The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-06-30
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.


Spice Cookies. Three cups of sugar,
one cup of butter, four eggs, four table
spoonfuls sour milk, one teaspoonful
soda, two teaspoonfuls each of cloves,
cinnamon and nutmeg, one cup of cur
rants, sufficient flour to make it stiff
enough to roll out.
-COrn-meal Pudding.-Seven table
spOontuls of corn-meal; two spOonfuls
butter; salt; small cup of molasses or
sugar; ginger or cinnamon to taste.
Pour on these a quart of milk, boiling
hot, stirring well, and just as you put it
in the oven stir in teacup of water.
Bake three-quarters of an hour.
Those who are troubled with rats
and mice may soon be void of them by
placlngi in their paths dishes of corn-meal
and flour well mixed dry with an equal
amount of fine-pounded glass; but one
cannot be too careful to keep it out of
the reach of all animals and fowls, as it
is violent mechanical poison.-RraI
Neoe Yorker.
To Keep Eggs.-Make a solution of
boraX water, a heaping teaspoonful of
pulveriZed boraX to pint of boiling
water; let it stand until the solution be-
comes warm, but not allow it TO get so
cool that the borax will crystalline; dip
the eggs quickly then; keep in cool
place; the borax will crystalline around
the egg, therefore keep out the air and
preserve the egg.
-Custard. -Scald a quart of milk,
take off the scum, and pour it hot on the
beaten eggs. Take five eggs; throw
out the yelks of two; three tablespoon
fuls of sugar, pinch of salt, chip or
two of lemon or orange, and a little
vanilla. Set it to steaming in close
covered vessel, and steam five or six
minutes; then set it on ice; and it GER
tainly is delicious.
-Neapolitan Cake.-For the black
part take one cup of sugar; two eggs;
half cup of butter; half cup of mo-
lasses half a cup of strong coffee; two
and half cups Of -four; one of raisins;
one of currants; teaspoonful of yeast
powder, of cinnamon and cloves. For
the white part take two cups of sugar;
half cup of butter; one of milk; two
and quarter Of -four; one Of corn-starch;
the whites of four eggs and spoonful
of yeast powder.
Orange Pudding.-Take four good
sized oranges, peel, seed, aud cut in small
slices; add a cup of white sugar and let
it stand; into quart Of nearly boiling
milk stir two tablespoonfuls of corn
starch mixed with little water, and the
yelks of three eggs; when done set away
to cool, after which mix with the orange;
make the frosting of the whites of the
eggs and a half cup of white sugar.
spread it over the pudding and set it in
the oven to brown; be sure and have the
cOrn-starch pretty thick, and let it get
perfectly cool before mixing with the
orange.
The St. Louis Republican makes a
suggestion to farmers that is worthy of
consideration 1t is to this effect-that
the farmer who has a spring or running
stream on his land shall collect the waste
water into an artificial reservoir or pond,
and go into the business of propagatirg
the finer qualities Of fishes. Three acres
might, in this manner, he made to Weld
as much profit as ten planted in cereal
grain. There would be two sources of
revenue. Anglers are always willing to
pay for the sport of taking the finny
tribe with rod and line, and the market
demand for favorite fishes is never ceas-
ing. Fish-culture, in all its branches,
has become one of the popular pursuits
of the day.
The temperature of cream or milk
for churning is of vast importance, both
for the production of good butter and the
time required to bring it. The operation
of churning generally raises the tempera-
ture of the cream three to five degrees,
therefore it is better to have it at a low
temperature when the churning is COM
menced especially in warm weather,
when the temperature outside is high; on
the other hand when the outside temper
allure is low, then it will do to have the
temperature of the cream higher at the
commencement of churning. Fifty eight
degrees to sixty-four degrees is about
the right temperature for churning I'M
der all circumstances. If it is below
fifty-eight the buttery particles will not
readily break and form into butter, and
if above fifty-four the butter will not
gather, and, besides, the grain, flavor
and color of it will be materially injured.
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