The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-06-23
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.


Nut GLADSTONE pint of chopped
hickory nuts, one pound of sugar, whites
OF two eggs, two tablespooIfuls of -four;
drop on creased paper or tins, like mac
aroons.
To Boil Potatoes .-Let the potatoes
be Of a size; do not put them in the pot
until the Water boils; when done pour off
the water and remove the cover until the
steam is gone; then scatter in half a tea
spoonful of salt and cover the pot with a
towel. By adopting this plan watery
potatoes will be mealy.
Vanity Cake.-One and one-half
cups sugar, two spoonfuls butter, two
eggs, one cup milk, two cups of flour,
one teaspoonful yeast powder, flavor
with lemon. This makes Il " cheap dish"
and is also good Like all cake, the
more it is stirred and beaten the lighter
it will be, and should have a delicate
bake
Gingerbread scant cup but
ter, one cup sugar, one cup New Orleans
molasses mo other will answer well in its
stead, one cup sour milk, one tablespoon
each of cinnamon and ginger, two tea
spoons soda dissolved in tablespoon Of
water, and four cups of sifted flour.
Spread about one-half inch thick in your
dripping pan, and bake in a moderate
oven about thirty minutes.
The best time to kill weed is as
soon as it is born, before you can see it,
When the seed has terminated and is
just ready to break through the ground
then the least disturbance of the soil dis
arranges its connections and it dies in a
hot sun; but if it grows until it makes
roots, if it is disturbed considerably you
do not kill it; it has hold upon the soil
and it lives in spite of you.
The following has been recommended
as the best mode for preparing lime dust
for slugs and other insects, for mildew,
ETC.: Take say peck of fresh or sharp
lime, broken up into small pieces; then
add four pounds of flour of sulphur, or
in like proportions if in smaller quantity.
Add one-third as much boiling water or
just enough to slack the lime to dry
powder, and cover the vessel as soon as
the water is poured on, By adding water
it may be made into an excellent white
wash for trees, the sulphur increasing its
efficacy.
Canned Strawberries For every
two boxes of fresh strawberries, take
one cotfee-cupful of white sugar; add
tablespoonful or two of water to the
fruit if there is no juice in the bottom, to
prevent burning before the heat brings
out the juice. AS soon as the fruit
boils, add the sugar, and stir gently for
a few minutes until it boils up again,
and can Immediately. 1t is better not to
cook any more fruit than can be put into
one glass fruit-jar Uusually few
spoonfuls of the sirup will be left with
which to begin the next can.
Rich Coffee Cake.-Two cupfuls of
butter, three of sugar, one of molasses,
one of very strong coffee, one of cream
or rich milk, the yelks of eight eggs, one
pound each of raisins and currants, one
half pound of citron, the same of figs,
and five cupfuls of Drowned flour after
it is sifted. Put the flour in the oven
and watch it well to keep from burning
until it is a nice brown. When cold,
sift with it three tablespoonfuls of bak-
ing powder and little salt; cut the figs
in as long strips as you can; dredge all
the fruit with flour; beat the cake up
well, and bake in moderate oven from
four to five hours.
Cream Cheese.-To every quart of
new milk add one Gill of cream, make
it slightly warm, put in a very little rem
net, just enough to turn it; when the
curd comes, lay cloth on mold, which
may be the bottom of sieve, but should
be the size desired for the cheese, then
take out the curd with skinner, fill up
the mold, turn the cloth over it, and leave
it to drain; as the curd settles keep fill
ing in more, gently pressing down, till
all the whey is out; turn it into dry
cloth, and press it down with moder-
ate weight, not exceeding two pounds;
at night turn it into clean cloth; next
morning sprinkle on little fine salt;
when dry enough lay it on bed of
straw berry or ash leaves, cover over with
the same, turn it over twice day,
change the leaves occasionally, and in a
fortnight it will be ready for eating.