Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-06-07
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Gum camphor wrapped in paper and
laid around sugar barrels Will dis
perse ants.
When boiling meat or poultry, never
pit fork in the lean part of the meat, as
it allows the juices to escape.
Put your furs and woolens in paste
board barrel, and paste a strip of thick
brown paper over the joint between the
barrel and the cover, and the moth will
not destroy.
The kitchen is the best place for
house plants. The air is moister, purer,
industrious persons to attend them. Kitch-
en-plants are like kitchen-girls, more ro-
bust than those parlor- reared.-I0lod State
Register.
"A flannel cloth dipped into warm
sOap-suds, then into whiting, and applied
to paint, will instantly remove all grease
and dirt. Wash with clean water and
dry; the most delicate paint will not be
injured, and will look like new.-Er-
change.
For fried cakes, take one cuptul
sour milk, two-thirds cupful sugar, five
tablespoonfuls melted lard, one teaspoon
full salt, one egg, one teaspoonful soda
dissolved in the milk flavor with nutmeg
fry in hot lard; when cold sift powdered
sugar on them.
TO cook spinach, wash free from dirt
and grit, and boil twenty minutes in salt
and water. Add a small lump of soda to
give a handsome color. Drain we'll and
chop as fine as powder. Add butter, salt,
a little pepper and nutmeg, and garnish
with hard boiled eggs, cut up in various
shapes.
To make cocoa-nut cake, take one
egg, one cup Of sugar. one tablespoon of
butter, two-thirds cup of sweet milk, one
and two thirds cups of -four, one tea
spoon of cream tartar, One-half teaspoon
Of soda. Cake should be split open,
frosted, and cocoa nut sprinkled on the
frosting.
"A garden has to be small, indeed, if,
by care and industry, a large amount of
small fruits and vegetables cannot be de-
rived therefrom. These things are always
far better from your own garden than
from the grocery or fruit store. Raise
such things, and have them fresh and
palatable.-Iosoa State Register.
For strawberry short cake, take one
quart Of flour, half cup of butter, two
spoOnfuls Of sugar, two teaspOOnfuls of
yeast powder, flour to roll. Split open,
spread with butter, then thickly with
strawberries, then sprinkle with sugar,
then put on the upper half, crust down,
spread with butter, berries and sugar, and
cover all over with large pad, to steam
and soften, while hot. Eat with cream.
-Sweetbreads are baked in the follow
ing manner at the New York Cooking
| School:-Put pair OF sweetbreads on
the fire in a quart of cold water, contain
ing one teaspoonful of salt and one table
spoonful of vinegar: when the water boils
take them off and put them in cold water.
When they are cold put in the bottom of
a baking dish some bits of salt pork; on
this place the sweetbreads and sprinkle
over them the following vegetables,
chopped fine:-One-thir of medium
sized onion, four or five slices of carrot,
a sprig of young celery, or half stalk of
celery and sprig of parsley. Lay one or
two thin slices of pork over the whole and
bake twenty minutes in a hot oven.
Brown slice of bread in little hot but
ter, place the sweetbread on the top and
serve with green peas or tomato sauce
around.