Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-07-12
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

10 make old-fashioned short-cake,
without soda, take two pounds of flour,
and rub in one-half pound of butter or
lard cold; add a little salt, and mix with
sweet milk or cream, cold; roll out as bis
cult, and bake quickly.
There are no employments which
give more time for study and reflection
than agriculture. By the pillow, in the
wagon, caring for his stock, or by the
wayside, the farmers mind should go out
eagerly for new ideas.-I0aca State Reg
ister s5 .-e
-Ginger Drops.-One-hal cup short
ening, one cup sour milk, two teaspoons
OF soda, one teacup brown sugar, half a
cup OF molasses, two eggs, one teaspoon OF
ginger. Grease dripping-pan well.
Make the batter so it will drop from the
spoon IL drops as large as an egg.
Repeated experiments have proven
that potato sprouts, which are generally
thrown away, will produce just as good
potatoes, just as early and just as many
as the tubers themselves. In times of
scarcity the sprouts may be planted and
the tubers used for the table.-Detr0tt
Tribune.
Pineapple Plea cupful of sugar,
&,
five eggs, one pineapple grated beat but
ter and sugar to cream, add beaten
yelks of eggs, then the pineapple and
cream, and lastly, the beaten whites
whipped in lightly. Bake with under
crust only.
Egg Plant.-Pare and cut them in
slices about quarter of an inch thick
season them with salt and pepper. Have
raaGIv hot h1IIter -,
the slices, and fry them very slowly till
they are perfectly soft There should be
enough butter in the pan to prevent them
from sticking to the bottom.
Sugar Candy.-SiX cups OF sugar,
one OF vinegar, one of water, one spoon
full of butter, and one teaspoonful of soda,
dissolved in little hot water. Boil alto
gether, without stirring, for half an hour
Flavor with lemon or vanilla This is
very good when pulled" like the old
fashioned molasses candy, or it may be
cooled on buttered plate.
Green Pea Soup.-Boil the empty
pods of half peck of green peas one
hour; strain the broth, and add to it four
pounds of lean beef cut n small pieces,
and boil an hour and a half; strain the
broth, then add the peas, salt and pepper
to taste, teaspoonful Of sugar; a few
minutes before serving stir in a half cup
of cream, thickened smoothly with a ia
5lespoonful of flour.
TO can corn, cut the corn from the
cobs, and then scrape the cobs enough to
get off all the corn; select a large cob to
pack the corn in the jars, and cut the butt
off square. Have funnel to fit into the
neck of the jar, and fill with corn, pack
ing it solid with the cob. Set the jars,
with tops partly screwed up, into boiler
having crate in the bottom, or something
to keep the jars from direct contact with
the bottom. Fill the boiler with cold wa
ter to the shoulders of the jars, bring to
boil, and keep it boiling three hours; take
out, and screw up the tops tight. In an
hour screw up again and set away in
cool, dark place. Western Rural
--Minnehaha Cake.-Ope and a half
cups granulated sugar, half cup butter
stirred to a cream, whites of six eggs or
three whole eggs, two teaspoonfuls cream
tartar, put into two heaping cups of flour
and both sifted together, one teaspoonfuI
soda in half cup of sweet milk. Bake the
cake in three layers. For filling take a
tea-cup of sugar and little water; boil
together until brittle when dropped into
cold water; remove from the stove and
stir quickly into the we'll beaten white of
one egg; add to this cup of stoned
raisins, chopped fine; or a cup of chopped
hickory nut-meats, and place between
layers and over the top of the cake.