The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-05-24

Domestic Economy.
SPONGE CAKE.-Four eggs, beaten for
half an hour one cupful of sugar, one
cupful of flour.
LADY CAKE.-One cupful of butter,
two cupfuls Of sugar, four cupfuls of
fioui. one cupful OF milk, three eggs,
one-h,.If teaspoonful soda; flavor to
taste.
SooT falling on the carpet from open
chimneys or carelessly handled stove
pipes, if covered thickly with salt, can
be brushed up without damage to the
carpet.
FLANNEL, CAKES. one pint of flour
add one-half pint of corn-meal, four
eggs, one table-spoonfulye yeast, with milk
enough to make stiff batter; set to rise
over night Thin with warm milk and
water before baking next morning.
JUMBLEs.-Take four eggs, three cup
fuls OF sugar, IL very little nutmeg, one
teaspoonfu1 of hal1ing soda, one cup
full of butter stir i'll the flour until it
will roll cut in rounds with hole in
the center. VIII keep good two or three
weeks.
Ph.tN FnUtT CAKE.-One cupful brown
sugar, one cttpfu1 butter, one cupful mo-
lassea, one ciipfu1 milk, three cupfuIs
flour, four eggs, one and one-half tea
spoonfuls cream tartar, one teaspoonful
soda, one pound raisins, chopped fine,
one pound currarts. Bake in slow
oven.
THE English Aechaoaic gives the fol
lowing recipe for preserving shoe lcath
er: A solution of an ounce of solid par
aliine III pint of light naphtha, to which
six drops of sweet oil have been added,
is put cold, say IS degrees c., on the
soles Till they will absorb no more. One
dressing will do for the uppers.
STRAWBERRY SAUCE PUDDING.-Take
small or bruised fruit, or any that will
not keep well, place iii closely-covered
porcelain-lined saucepan on the stove,
with barely enough water to cover the
fruit, and stew gently for three minutes
aftcrit begins to boil ; then strain through
Il cloth OF a hair sieve sweeten the juice
to the taste return to the fire and scald
the sugar in ; il liked, thicken with a
teaspoonful of arrowroot or corn starch
to quart of the juice.
CARPET MOTHS. moths come
forth the last of May and may be seen
from that ti1ue till late i'll summer. The
female is quite small and can get through
diminrtive holes. In spring later and
in summer the larvae appear and their
course is rrrinous one. Furs should be
scaled up in paper bags SO tightly as to
admit nothing. Shavings of red cedar,
of camphor wood, or even a little red
pepper, placed under the edges of the
carpet are good to keep the moths away.
But after the larvae are once at work a
solution of carbolic acid will end their
days. It has been suggested that a hot
hat-iron snoothed over the parts of car
pet infested, with a wet cloth between,
will steam them out. This is easily tried.
FRIED CHICKEN WITH OYSTERS.
a nice, tender chicken, open it down the
back, and, after cleaning it well, pound
all the bones fiat; wash and wipe it dry
ON clean towel; then season with pep
per and salt, and fry slowly in sweet lard
until tender, and fine brown on both
sides. Then put it on a dish where it
will keep warm. Pour off the lard in the
pan and any brown particles that may
remain; then add one-haf pint of hot
water, and flour enough to make the
gravy of the proper consistency. Have
ready about twenty-five large oysters,
which remove from their liquor and put
into the pan with the gravy; let them
simmer until their gills begin to shrivel,
observing to stir them all thG-time. When
done, pour them over the chicken, and
send to the table hot.