The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-05-12
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Rich Soft Gingerbread. -One cupfu
sour cream, one cupful molasses, one
egg, one teaspoonful ginger, one tea
spoonful soda; stir rather thin.
Fried Cakes.-One cupful sugar, one
cupful sour cream, one cupful butter
milk, one teaspoonful soda, spice tc
taste; mix thick enough to roll easily.
Fish and Meat Sauce.-Six table
spoonfuls water, four of vinegar; put
into a saucepan and warm; thicken with
yelks of two eggs; do not boil it; add
juice of one lemon. s. p. s. I,'
-Molasses Cake.-Oneh half cup lard,
two-thirds cup of sour milk, one tea.
spoonful saleratus, one egg, three tea.
cups of flour, one teaspoonful of essence
of lemon; bake in a pretty quick oven.
Vinegar Pie.-One teacup vinegar,
about one cup sugar, few small pieces
of butter, and two teaspoonfuls flour.
Spices. Taste improved by few drops
of lemon. This makes two pies, as care
must be taken in respect to quantity put
in.
Ginger Nuts.-One cupful lard and
butter mixed, one cupful brown sugar,
one cupful molasses, one-half cupful
water, one tablespoonful ginger and one
of cinnamon, one teaspoonful soda, dis
solved in the water; enough flour to make
a fairly-stitf dough; roll out quite thin and
cut in round cakes; bake quickly.
Cracker Pie.-Take one large Bos-
ton cracker, or two small ones. Pour
over them one teacup boiling water.
When soft, add one teaspoonful tartaric
acid, one teacup of sugar, spice to suit
taste, mix thoroughly, make pie-crust
same as for any other kind of pie, having
lower and upper crust. This quantity
will make one pie.
In raising plants in hotbeds, for
transplanting outside, the oftener they
are transplanted, having due regard to
continuous growth, the greater will be
the success. This is especially the case
with plants the heads of which are used,
and those where the stalks are eaten, as
lettuce, cabbage, Cauliflower, celery, etc.
Such management also retards plants
from running quickly to seed.
Railroad Cake (fne).-Cream two
large tablespoonfuls of butter, free from
salt, with two Cupfuls of sand sugar
when light add one cupful of new milk
and the yelks of three eggs. Into three
cupfulS of sifted flour rub thoroughly a
teaspoonful of cream of tartar; dissolve
in a small quantity of water half tea.
spoonful of soda, and add to the batter;
beat the whites of the eggs until light,
add to the cake, alternating with the
flour. Bake in pans as for jelly cake.
"A Use for Stale Bread.-Beat two
eggs and add cupful of sweet milk,
mix well, cut the bread in slices and soak
in the milk and egg, fry toa light brown
in two parts lard and one part butter
when done put on a dish and sprinkle
with sugar; or put in deep dish, put
one cupful of raisins and currants, one
half cupful sugar and enough milk tc
soak through all; the first way makes d
good lunch dish and the other way s
good dessert.
Three years ago l was advised by
some one to soak corncobs in molasses
and water, and hang them to the branch
~ " ny plum SlSSS, anu luClCOl tJJl az
the curCulio to the cobs. Ihave done sc
since that time, and have had a crop Of
fruit each year. Perhaps some of YOU
readers who have been disappointed il
regard to getting plums from their tree!
may be inclined to try the molasses. The
cobs are put upon the trees as soon a.
the blossoms open; it is well to burr
them after the plums have got beyond
the time for the attacks of the insects
Exchange.
In the cultivation of ANIMALS the am
ateur is apt to be impatient to plant
The most hardy should not be sown unit
about complaining time, and the more
tender not until the soil and nights are
warm. Another mistake is in covering
too deeply. All small seeds are bette
sown on the surface. Then a little sane
may be sifted over all; or, if this canno
be had easily, very fine leaf mold, keep
ing the whole moist until the seed
sprout If the plants have been raiseC
in the house-the better way-do no
transplant the hardy sorts before tn,
time advised for sowing, nor the tende
sorts until the soil is thoroughly warm