The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-31
RECIPES. ETC.


of forest leaves and stable manure; and
that the best way to obtain this mixture
is to use leaves to litter the stables in
winter.
BOILED PUDDNG-Two cups of soaked
bread-crumbs; three apples, sliced; one
cup of dried currants; three eggs well
beatenJ; salt and nutmeg to taste; put in
cloth and boil one hour and half.
Eaten with sweet sauce.
BROWN BREAD-Half cup of flour;
one cup Indian meal; two cups of Graham
flour; two-thirds of cup of molasses;
one tablespoonful of soda in sour or but
termilk to make thick batter; teaspoon
full of salt. Steam three hours, thenput
in oven to dry.
MANURE for the garden when applied
in spring or summer should be well de-
composed and worked over until it is so
fine that shovel must be used to handle
it, though it is true that much of its
strength is lost by evaporation before it
can be reduced to this state.
To CLEAN mats and tides crocheted
with yarn. lay in cold water for fifteen
minutes, then rub plenty of CASTLE soap
on them; then rinse in clean suds; hang
up in the sun, and, when nearly dry,
press on under side, and they will look as
good as new.
SILVER PIE-One large potato peeled
and grated; add the rind and juice of one
lemon to the white of one egg; one cup
of sugar; one cup of water; after baking
put in the whites of three eggs, well
beaten, with half cup of sugar; pour
over the top; put in the oven to brown,
SUET PUDDING-One cupful Indian
meal, one-half cupful chopped suet, one
nalf teaspoonful soda; scald these to-
gether, make thick batter; one cupful
chopped apples, one-half cupful sugar,
two eggs, two large tablespoonful of
flour, one-half pound ralsins, spices to
taste; bake in hot oven for two hours.
THE american Agriculturi& says in
regard to the best turkey and ducks:
The bronze turkey is undoubtedly the
best. The Pekin duck is a large bodied
bird, and highly spoken Of, but perhaps
for all purposes the Rouen duck would
prove the most satisfactory. When well
kept they have been made to weigh
fifteen to eighteen pounds to the pair"
BLANC MANGE-Put on to boil quart
of new milk, adding four tablespoonfuls
of sand sugar AS soon as it boils up
once, remove from the fire, and, when
nearly cold, stir into it one ounce of
gelatine, which has been dissolved in as
small quantity of water as possible.
Flavor with almond or vanilla, and put
into a mold to stitfen.
WASHINGTON CAKE-One cupof sugar;
one-half cup of butter; one-half cup of
sweet milk; two eggs; two cups flour;
two teaspoons baking-powder, Bake in
layers as jelly-cake. Jelly part: One
pint of grated apples; one egg; one cup
of sugar; grated rind and juice of one
lemon; put 10 vessel of some kind, and
boil; put it on the cakes hot.
SMIFKINs always meant to be very po-
lite, and among the conventional rules
beaten into him was the one about "pres-
ent company excepted" At a gathering
of young Beacon Killers the other even
ing allusion was made to the acknowl-
edged good looks of Boston girls. Vas, "
said Smifkins, ait is-an-undoubted
twew that Bahston ladies are bootiful, -"
and he turned smirkingly to his lady
listeners, present company excepted
ah."
THE following is said to be an excel
lent wash for the teeth: Dissolve two
ounces of borax in three pounds of boil
ing water, and before it is cold add one
tablespoonful of spirits of camphor, and
bottle for use A tablespoonful of this
mixed with an equal quantity of tepid
water and applied daily with soft brush
will preserve the teeth, extirpate all
tartarous adhesion, arrest decay, and
make the teeth pearly white.
EXCELLENT RoLLs-Melt in one and a
half pints of new milk quarter of a
pound of butter-lard will answer, or
one-half the quantity each of lard and
butter. Have ready two and half
pounds of sifted flour, in which mix well
half a tablespoonful of salt, one grated
potato, which should have been boiled
the day previous, that it may be per-
fectly cold. AS soon as the milk is luke.
warm, stir it in; add teacupful of yeast,
and knead all long and well. In cool
weather let it stand near the stove, that
it may rise in three or four hours; then
put in a cooler place an hour or two; then
work in half as much more butter, in
cooperating it thoroughly in the dough.
Form into rolls, place in well-buttered
pan, let them rise about half an hour,
then bake in a quick oven, ..