The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-02
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HONE INTERESTS.

QUEENS CAKE.-} pound Of butter,
pound of sugar, eggs, / pound of
-four, nutmeg, ! cup of wine, the
same Of brandy, 1 gill Of milk or cream,
! pound of currants, the same of seed
less raisins.
WASHING CAMBRIcs.-A tablespoon
full of black pepper win prevent gray or
buff linen from spelling, if stirred into
the first water in which they are wash
ed. 1t will also prevent the colors run
ming, when washing black or colOred
cambrics or muslins, and the water is
not injured by it, but is Just as soft as
before tho pepper was put in.
CHICKENS WITH MUsHROOMs.-Cut
in pieces two chickens, put in stewpan,
with pound sliced bacon and quart
good stock broth; when nearly done,
thicken with flour and add cup mush-
rooms, 8 small onions chopped fine, and
thicken with raw eggs just before serv-
ing. The canned mushrooms will do
very well if fresh ones are not to be had
they are quite as often used.
CORN BREAD.-Mix 2 cups of sifted
corn-meal with 2 cups of sour milk, add
tablespoonful of sugar, 1-2 teaspoon
full of salt, tablespoonful of melted
butter or shortening and egg. Beat
well, and lastly add 1-2 teaspOonful of
soda dissolved in tablespoonful of boil
ing water. Bake in quick oven.
To DRY CHERRIES Cherries intend
ed to be dried must first be stoned, then
spread on flat dishes, and dried in the
sun or warm oven; pour whatever juice
may run from them over them, little
at a time; stir them about, that they
may dry evenly. When perfectly dry,
line boxes or jars with white paper, and
pack close in layers. Strew a little
brown sugar and fold the top of the pa
per over them, and keep in a dry, sweet
place.
To OBTAIN COOP DRINKING WATER.
"A serviceable filter may be readily
made as follows: Take q common
earthenware flower-pot, about 9 inches
in diameter and 10 inches in depth. The
drainage hole is stopped loosely with a
piece Of clean sponge. Alayer of about
placed in the pot, then layer of clean
sand, upon which a layer Of three inch.
es of clean coarse gravel is placed. The
pot can be set over an earthen jar into
which an abundance of pure water will
filter for all drinking purposes.
To KILL FLIEs.-Take 1 ounce of
cobalt, pound it and place it in plates
with mixed spirits. The fumes will kill
the flies if the room is kept closed. AZ
terward air the room. Another recipe
is to beat up the yelk of an egg, with q
tablespoonful each of molasses and black
pepper finely ground. Set it about in
shallow plates and the flies will be rapid
ly killed. One dram extract of quassia
dissolved in gill of water, sweetened
with a gill of molasses, will have the
same effect, if set around in flat dishes,
to which the flies have access. The
guassia acts as narcotic.
BAKED TOMATOEs.-Take large round
tomatoes, remove the stem, slice cover
from the upper side. Remove all the
inside of the tomatoes, being very care
full not to break the skin; have an equal
quantity of stale bread-crumbs, chop
the inside very fine, add to it the bread
crumbs, and season well with salt, pep
per and summer savory. Place the to-
matoes in baking-dish with the stem
side down, fill the tomatoes with this
dressing, place piece of butter the size
of chestnut on each, and replace the
tops. Bake slowly, and when thorough
ly cooked serve in the same dish, with
an additional bit of butter on each to-
mato. If agreeable, you can add a
minced onion to the stufing.