The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20
USEFUL INFORMATION.


USEFUL INFORMATION.
BOILED CAULIFLowER-In In buying
choose those that are close and white
trim and plunge them, heads down
ward, in water with handful OF salt
in it. After az hour drain them and
boil rapidly in an uncovered sauce-
pan. They should be tender. unless
very large, in fifteen minutes. Serve
with butter sauce.
FRoZEN FRUIT CAKE-One pound
of fruit, one quart of good fresh cream,
sweeten to taste, rub all through a
fine seiye, place in freezer; as it freezes
scrape from the side like ice cream; Il
nodded in fancy forms it must be first
frozen. then packed well in the forms,
and repacked in ice and salt, like the
beginning; place the forms in warm
weter for a moment, so as to turn out
nicely.
GREEN CORN FRITTERS-Grate a
sufficient number of ripe ears of corn
to make quart; rub together quarter
of pound of butter, quarter of a
ponnd Of sugar and three tablespoon
fuls of -four, a pinch of salt; stir into
this one quart of rich milk, eight eggs
well beaten, and lastly the grated
corn; If not thick enough little more
-four may be added; fry in hot butter.
or bake in a pudding dish. You may
make half this quantity.
CHERRY BoUNCR-Stone and put in
a jar the cherries, place this jar into a
pot of boiling water, set in on the fire
and let the water boil around the
cherries until tlie juice is extracted; (;
then strain the Juice, and TO one gal
Ion put four pounds of sugar; put it
in kettle and let it boil until all the
scum is all taken off; add few whole
spices, and just before bottling add
a quart of brandy and one of rum to
each gallon of the Juice.
REFRESHMENTS small evening
parties. soeiebles. receptions. ETC.,
where the refreshments are bsoded
sroaud end are OF simple character,
Every thing shoald be excellent in the
highest degree, delicately prepared,
and attraetigely served. Sandwiches
and coffee, chocolate or tea, variety
of nice cake, 1ellies. ice cream or ices,
and fruits are appropriate. For a
more preteRtious occasion, a simple
table, prettily decorated with flowers,
and Get with frnit. lobster salad chick
en- croquetts. picked oysters, and one
or two kinds of ice cream and cake,
aud coffee and tea is quite enough.
GINGER DRoPs-Ons bali cup short
ening, one cup sour milk, two tea
spoons of soda. teacnp of brown sugar,
half cup of molasses, two eggs, one
teaspoon of ginger. Grease a dripping
uaa well. Make the batter SO it will
drop from the spoon in drops as large
as an egg.
DANDRLdoY BRER-Take Of water,
TWO gallons; dlndelions. one peck;
molasses, one quart; yeast. one pint.
Pat two gallons of warer into pot,
and peek OF dandelions; boil them
about two hours; strain it into jug
or keg and add ons quart of lnolasses
and pint of good yeaat. Set it to
ferment twelve hours; then b ,ttie and
tie down the cork, and il Is ready for
-nse.
GREEN PEA SoUP-Boil the empty
pods of a half a peck of green peas one
hour; strain the broth and add to it
four pounds of lean beef cut into
small pieces, and boil an hour and a
half; strain the broth, then add the
peas. salt and pepperto taste, a tea
spoonful of sugar; few minutes before
serving stir in half cup Of cream,
thickeRed smoothly with a tablespoon
full of flour.
GINGER BERR-Taks liae gallons of
wafer, ten pounds of brown or white
sugar. eleven ounces of bruised ginger
root, niae ounces of lemon juice, half
a pound of honey, and three pints of
yeast; boil the ginger half an hour in
a gallon of water. tLsa add the rest of
the water and the other ingredients
and set 1t aside; when cold. strain it
aud add the white of one egg, beaten, |
and half an OUNCE of essence of leman
Ist it stand four days Gad then bottle,
and it will keep many months.
QUICK BRRR-Take fourteen nds
of nolsssss and six pounds of hops. |
and boil them tso hours in eleven gal
Ions of water; when cooked sufficient
ly add one pint Of good yssst: let it
work covered up in tub for sixtesa !
hours; when the working is over pat |
1t into q cask, and Let Ii work three or
four days; then bung it down. or Doar
it from the cask and bottle It. The
beer will be flt To drink in q week and
VIII be as strong as potter. If q weaker
beer fos table use is desired, zee more
water in proportion to the other iness,
dients.