The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-12-01
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Meat loses about one-third of it.
weight by baking.
Every woman who marries should
have some idea of cookery; but the truth
is that nine in ten who marry cannot tel
whether icicles should be cooked will
their jackets on or not.-N Y. Herald.
Here is one of Miss Corson's bills o.
fare for six poor people for one day
Breakfast, broth and bread, ten cents
dinner, baked beans, ten cents; supper
macaroni with cheese, twelve cents. To
tai, thirty-two cents.
To Judge COW for butter her hide
should be thin, soft and mellow and un
der the hair of a deep yellow color; hel
udder should be soft and yellow skinned,
we'll covered with zigzag veins, large
and broad; her tail at the end rich vel
low; the inside of her ears and around
the eyelids yellow.
Warming Cold Boiled Potatoes
Slice and put them in basin with lit.
tie milk or water, some cream if you
have it, and little salt. Let it remain
on the stove until it is thoroughly heated
through, stirring often to prevent its
sticking; bit of fish left from former
meal, or some beaten egg, is nice ad.
dition to it.
Poultry houses should be thorough
ly cleaned before the fowls go into win
ter quarters, and if not provided with a
board floor, should have good drainage
and be protected by banking on the out.
side. Dust boxes should be furnished,
and renewed with fresh, dry earth; gray
ell and oyster shells should be provided
for the coming season.
To Preserve Apples.-Pack in boxes
or barrels elevated from the cellar floor,
with layer of dry sawdust at the bottom
of each box or barrel; then layer of
apples placed out of contact with each
other, then layer of sawdust, and so on
till all are full. Sound apples packed in
this manner will keep fresh long
time.
White Cake.-One pound -four, a
little over half pound butter, one pound
sugar, whites of fourteen eggs well
beaten, and lastly, six teaspoonfuls of
baking powder. Cream the butter
well, then add the flour, mixing the
whites and sugar alternately. After
mixing the ingredients, and favoring
with almond, stir the yeast powder in
lightly.
Potato pkin.-Take one of good
size and color, cut piece of the top,
remove all the seed; wash and wipe the
cavity; pare off the rind, and fill the cav
ity with good force meat. Put the top
on, and set it in pan to protect the
sides; bake it in moderate oven. Put
it carefully in dish without breaking,
and it will look like handsome mould.
TO Make Furniture of Spruce
Boughs.-Take spruce boughs that are
fresh and new grown, cut them the de-
sired length, lay them upon the warm
stove for few minutes, when the green
will all drop off; then form them into any
shape you wish, fastening them in place
with pins; whole chamber sets TOY of
course), can be made of these; also pic
ture frames, brackets, etc.
Farmers Fruit Cake.-Soak three
teaspoonfuls of dried apples over night
in warm water; chop slightly in the
morning, then simmer two hours in two
cups of molasses; add two we'll beaten
eggs; one cup of sugar; one cup of sweet
milk; one-half cup of butter; one desert
spoonful of soda; flour enough to make
rather a stiff batter; flavor with spice to
suit the taste. Bake in moderate quick
oven; this will make two cakes.
Pumpkin Pie.-Cut the pumpkin
into thin slices, and boil until tender in
as little water as possible; watch care.
fully that it does not scorch; drain off the
water. Mash, and rub through a sieve,
adding, while warm, small piece OF
butter. To every quart of the pumpkin
after MASKING, add one quart of new
milk and four eggs, the yolks and whites
beaten separately; white sugar to taste
ana cinnamon and nutmeg as desired
The oven in which they are baked mus
be hot, or they will not brown. 1t is as
well to heat the batter scalding hot be
fore pouring Into the pie-dishes.
Queen of Puddings.-The yolks Of
six eggs, one and half teacups of white
sugar, the same quantity of bread
crumbs, rubbed very fine, and table
spoonful of butter-well mixed. Their
add the grated peel of one lemon, ant
three pists of sweet milk. Put in a bak
ing-dish, and bake like custard. Wher
done, and cool, cover with some aciC
preserve, and on top of that put me
ringue, made of the whites of the eggs
and six tablespoonfuls of sugar, pow
dered very fine, and seasoned with thu
juice of the lemon; whip very light
cover the pudding with it, and set it il
the oven until it gets brown. To b.