The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-09-07
FARM AND GARDEN.
A collection q Choic re Receipts,

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Written for the Detroit Free Press, by Mrs. j. p
Worstell,
% We rive some choice receipts tbi,
week. August and September offer 8
rich and abundant variety for preserves
- pickles, %jellies, jams, wines, brandies
III %catsups, etc. A little work of this kind,
al dispatched every day, or ever on those
# days when the washing, ironing and bak.
ing are not In the way, will accumulate
a large supply of winter enjoyment, and
the labor of it will not be felt, as it will
if too much is taken in hand at once.
# Take it easy this preserving business is
something that can not be rushed through
at will.
M PLUM PASTE.
Boil plum tart in their own Juice till
soft, then take out the pits and pass the
pulp through a sieve, Boil slowly and
stir constantly for one hour. Add to
this half the weight of the pulp in sugar,
then boil one minute. Having ready
shallow earthen plates, a square shape is
to be preferred. Pour the paste in this,
not over a quarter of an inch thick, and
dry slowly in the oven, being careful not
to burn it. When dry turn out and
pack away carefully, This is useful to
n cut in rings or fancy shapes, to ornament
whips, ices and fancy cakes.
TO preserve the plums. After weigh
ing the fruit throw it, a little at a time,
in boiling water to loosen the skin, then
N slip it off, and having weighed out an
equal quantity of granulated sugar, pack
III 4ha frtit with ~ in 1ouar, IN +hn ro1os
ing kettle owe tightly, and when the
whole is thoroughly heated through,
! and the fruit all saturated with the
sugar, remove to glass jars and cover up
air tight at once
GRAPE JELLY.
Use cultivated grapes, rot too ripe.
If a light colored jelly is desired, take
them quite green BOIL gently, till the
juice is flowing, and the pulp half dis
solved. Coo them, and press through
a thin, strong jelly bag, which will allow
most Of. the pulp to pass through. Weigh
TINS and allow one pound and two ounces
81 sugar to each pound of fruit. Boil
the juice till considerably reduced, then
add the sugar cheated in an oven) and
boil fifteen minutes, when it is ready to
pour into glasses.
BLACKBERRY BRANDY.
To every gallon of fruit add n of
deodOrized pure spirits. Mix in a large
cask, and let the berries dissolve in the
spirits. This is made in large quantities
and sold at high prices, as a medicine
for summer complaints, under the name
OF blackberry brandy. 1t is an excellent
remedy.
GRAPE VINEGAR.
Take wild grapes, press the juice out,
boil it till reduced one.half, then to every
five gallons add one quart of molasses.
Keep in a warm place allow to ferment.
When done Missing put in the stopper.
1t is a richly. flavored, fine colored vine
gar for the table.
CUCUMBER CATsUP.
Crate large cucumbers before they be-
gin to urn yellow drain out the juice
and put the pulp through a sieve to
remove the large seeds; fill a bottle half
full of the pulp, discarding the juice, and
add the same quantity of good vinegar;
cork tightly; when used add salt and
pepper; salt kills the vinegar if put in
when made. This is almost like fresh
sliced cucumber when opened for use.
WALNUT CATsUP.
Bruise the green nuts and press out the
Juice, to one gallon of which add an ounce
If cinnamon, half an ounce of mace, n
quarter ounce of cloves. Put the whole
spices in a bag and throw into the juice
and boil till the liquor is half reduced,
pour in a jar; add a little salt. Let it
settle two days, ~thenIflter through a fine
piece of muslin till clear. Bottle in
pints and half pints and seal the corks.
The older the better.
SIMPLE sERATE.
One-third white wax, one-third sperma-
ceti, one. third pure sweet oil, the oil the
same in weight as the other ingredients.
Melt all together in a large mouthed
bottle, set in a pan of hot water. Flavor
with a few drops of rose or verbena and
you have the same as the druggists sell
for " cold cream" Six cents worth of
each Ingredient will make sufficient to
last a large family a long time.
TO PACK A TRUNK.
Fold each article as fiat as possible,
without wrinkles; more can be pressed
into a trunk fiat than in bundles.
. TO WASH AN oILCLoTH.
Use milk and water, and wipe with a
dry cloth at once. 1t will, by this means,
always look fresh and new. Never use
soap on an oilcloth as it removes the
gloss,
Around the Farm.