The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-11-08
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

STABLES, sheds and pens for horses,
cattle and hogs should now be made
warm and comfortable for winter. Tenn
p0rary ones can be made of straw and
sl0ugh-grass. State Register.
OYSTER SHORT-CAKE.-This is very
nice, and the pastry can be made as for
any other short-cake. While the cake
is baking, boil one quart of oysters with
half a cup of water, half a cup of milk
and half a cupof butter, season with pep
per, salt, and thicken with spoonful
of corn-starch. When the cake is done
split open and spread the oysters be-
tween the pieces and some on top.
APPLE FR1rrERs.-Pare, core and
cut some good apples in thin slices,
sprinkle them with sugar, a little nut
meg and few spoonfuls of wine.
Beat four eggs separately, then mix
them, add eight tablespoonful of sifted
flour, pinch of salt, and sweet milk
enough to make u NsicE batter; beat for
fifteen minutes, then set away for a
couple Of hours to rise. Dip each slice
of apple separately into the batter, and
fry brown in boiling hot lard, in the
same manner that you would dough-
nuts; sift powdered sugar lightly over
them, and send to table on a folded
napkin.
BURN THE RUBBIsH.-The NeW En-
gland Farmer gives the following good
advice: Hundreds of insect pests find
safe winter quarters in the rubbish of
the field and gardens. The prunings of
currant-bushes, raspberries and black
berries, dead squash-vines, cucumber
vines, loose pieces of bark, lunches of
weeds, and such rubbish, hide multi
tudes of eggs, Larvae, pupn, or perfect
insects. Such loose stuff had better be
burned to consign them to the ma
-nure-heap is only to propagate the pest.
When burned there is an end to them,
and of such unsightly waste, which no
neat person should have about his
premises"
The Deutsche Hlustrirtc Ge,cerbczei-
tang proposes the use of what may be
called "pOstal card ink for messages
which are sent on such cards or other
wise unsealed. A solution of nitrate
of chloride of cobalt, or chloride of
copper, mixed with little gum or
sugar, produces a magic ink," which
is made visible by warming, either by
holding against the stove or over a
burning match. Potassium fcrrocyan-
idle in solution may also be used; but
this requires a developer, for which
either copper or iron sulphatc may be
employed. With the former the writ
ing will appear in brown. and with the
latter in blue color.
CABBAGE SALAD.-ChoOse a small
head Of cabbage, firm and heavy.
Shave half of it very fine, cut head of
celery in small pieces, and place all to-
gether in a salad bowl. Beat the yelks
of two eggs with a teaspoonful of mixed
mustard and two teaspoonfuls of salad
oil, add tcaspoonful of salt and two
of powdered sugar, mix well, then stir
in half cup of saUeet cream heated just
to the boiling point-milk, rich and
sweet will answer, but it is not so good
add three tablespoonfuls of hot Vine
gar; place on the stove and stir con-
sta,stly, until it thickens, when it must
be removed instantly, as boiling will
cause it to curdle. When little cool,
beat in the whipped whites of the two
eggs, with few swift strokes; when
quite cold turn over the cabbage and
serve.