Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-01
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iN' "S'' io"i VI vinegar, put into .
saucepan and warm; thicken with ynl,. a
of two eggs; do not boil it: add iuic pla ~
one lemon. ''0e Vi
SPICE CooKiEs.-Three cups of su,.r
one cup of butter, four eggs, four ta5la'
spoonfuls each of Glove, cinnamon ',
nutmeg, one cup of currents, suftic;on ,a
flour to make it stiff enough to roll ont
To REMOVE GREASE FROM M,Rprr
Take French Coke, reduced to powdor
dust it over the spot, and then boIJ
hot flat iron very near it. This vii,
soften the grease and the chalk will oh
sorb it. az
CANNED BLACK BERRIES Fill tho 60.
two-thirds full Of berries; pour over tb ,aS
boiling syrup enough to fill well. scron
the tops partly on, and set the lars on
CRATE III pan of water, deep enouob ;"
come an inch below the cover; brine ~
a boil and cook for ten minutes loneor.
take out and fasten the tops tight-ti9bt'
ening them again as they cool
Picked ONIoNs.-Take some small
snions, peel and throw them into stew
pan of boiling water, set them over tbo
fire, and let them remain until o,,;to
clear; then take them out quickly and
lay them between two cloths to DIV
Boil some vinegar with ginger and
whole pepper, and when warm pour i
over onions in glass jars and then tic
them closely over.
SALAD CREAM-Take the yolks of tbreo
fresh eggs, whisk them up with ten
grains OF cayenne pepper. Then take
one ounce of mustard salt one drachm
and a half, salad oil half an ounce: my
well with half pint of the best vine
gar, and then add the two lots together
shake them well, and you will have an
excellent mixture, which will keen for
twelve months.
To KEEP EGGs.-Make a solution Of
borax water, a hHaping teaspoonful of
pulverized boraX to a pint Of BOILING
water; let it stand until the solution be,
comes warm, but not allow it to get so
cool that the borax will crystalize; din
the eggs quickly then; keep in cool
place; the boraX will crystalize around
the egg, therefore keep out the air and
preserve the egg.
To CAN GREEN GAGEs.-Wash them
well and prick each one with large
needle-otherwise they will burst To
a pound of sugar allow a small cup of
water; rs soon as the sugar melts so that
it can be stirred, drop in enough plums
to fill a glass jar; let them simmer for
a very few minutes, skim out into the
jar, and fill to Overlooking with rhe boil
ing syrup. Seal all at once. The syrup
left over will answer for the next Jar.
ScALLoPED ToMAToEs.-Peel ripe to-
matoes and slice-not too thin; put a
layer in the bottom of a buttered pud-
ding dish; sprinkle well with fine bread
crumbs, pepper, salt, little sugar, and
few bits Of butter; add another layer
of tomatoes, then the crumbs etc, as
before Fill the dish almost full, and
season the top layer of tomatoes; put
bread crumbs over all and bake for an
hour Cover the dish for half the time;
then remove the cover and let brown.
CURRANT APPLE SAUCE.-Take the
strained juice of ripe currants and boil
it till 1t has evapOrated one-thlrd skim
from it all sediment that may rise to the
top while heating; when reduced to the
proper quantity, cool and set it away IN
proper vessels, in a cool place. 1t Is
then ready for use and will keep any
length of time without fermcnting. To
three quarts of juice add one quart OF
water; take sweet apples, either dried
or green, and cook the same rs with
boiled cider; sweeten to taste.
To MAKE APPLE-SNow.-Take one doz-
en- apples, boil them over slow fire UNI
til they are soft, then remove the skin
and cores, beat the apples well with
wooden spoon until they become frothy;
strain through a sieve; then beat the
whites of II eggs until you can turn the
dish upside down and not spill out; ada
half pound of sifted refined sugar;
mix it with the apple, then beat all to-
gether until it looks like snow; place 1t
on cake dish, build it up as high a.
possible place sponge cake or lad!
fingers around the sides like charlotte
russo"
To OBTAIN COOP DRINKING WATER,
A serviceable filter may be readily made
as follows: Take a common earther
ware flower-pot, about nine inches III
diameter and ten inches in depth. Inc
drainage hole is stopped loosely WIN
piece of clean sponge. A layer OF about
two inches of animal charcoal Is iirs'
placed in the pot, then a layer OF Clean
sand, upon which layer of three men
es of clean coarse gravel is placed me
pot can be set over an earthen jar, NM !,,
which an abundance of pure water WI"
filter for all drinking purposes.