The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-03-30

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
= Domestic Recipes.

cup heapiug fall of sifted f!our,
three eggs, no saleratus, and to be-
beaten we'll.
Plain Fruit Cake.--One- half zap
of molasses filed MP with sugar,
half cup of butter, one-half cup OF
milk, one egg, half teaspoonful
Of salaratus, cloves and cinnamon,
and two cups of flour.
Poverty Cake.-Two cups -four,
one cup of sugar, one cup cream,
piece of butter half as large as an
egg, one tablespoonful of butter
milk, one teaspoonful of soda, nut
meg and one egg.
To Make Boots Waterproof
Yellow beeswax, Burgundy, pitch
and turpentine, two ounces each,
and one pint boiled linseed OIL
Apply to the boot with the hands
before the fire till well saturated.
Transparent Pudding Beat W
eight eggs with some nutmeg, half
pound OF butter and half pound of
sugar; put into saucepan, stir till
it thickens, cool, line dish with
rich crust, pour in the pudding
and bake in a moderate oven.
To Stilfen Black Grenadine.-lo
one pint of mucilage add quart
of cold water and stir well; have a
sponge Well cleaned, which dip in
to the solution, softly brush the
grenadine and allow it to bang up
in cool place until dry.
Never permit dead leaves to re-
main long on plant, nor dead
flowers. They sap the life from it
and prevent its yielding many bios
SONS. 1t is a temptation to leave
the flowers on the bush, but they
must be cut if you wish to keep
the plant vigorous.
To Prevent Mildew on Preserves.
Take the white of an egg and wet
slightly both sides Of a piece of
letter paper sufficiently large to
cover over the top of the preserves
snugly. This has been known to
keep them free from mould and
spelling for two years. T
The herbs intended for drying
should be picked just before the
plant blossoms. Wash them until
they are entirely free from dust,
and then place them on seive to
drain. Then put them IN the oven
and let them remain until they are
perfectly dry. Afterward rub from
the. stalk, put into glass jass and
cover closely.
Rice Pudding Boil one-half of
pound of rice in milk until quite
tender, then mash the grains well
with wooden spoon, add three
quarters of pound of sugar and
the same of melted butter, oalf Il
nutmeg, six eggs, gill of wine
and some grated lemon peel; bake
tin paste. For change it may
be boiled and eaten with butter,
sugar and wine.
Plain Lemon Pie Slice lemon
as thin as possible in little slices
not more than half across the lem
on; put in one cup of sugar, two
thirds of a cup of water, one table,
spoonful OF -four; put your -four,
sugar and water together and then
place your lemon all around on the
crust before putting the liquid in :;
then wet the edge of the crust and
turn under the Fop crust, and then
pinch tightly together to prevent
the juice running out.
To Pickle Onions.-Choose the
small button onions. As they are
peeled throw them into milk and
water; drain them from this when
they are all done, put them into a
jar and pour a strong brine of salt
and water boiling hot) with lit
tie alum in it, over them; cover it
close and set aside till the next
day. Drain and dry on a cloth,
put them into distilled vinegar
with few blades of bruised GIN
ger, some whole pepper and a lit
tie mace, keep always covered with
vinegar, cork the jar close and put
in a dry, cool place.
To Do Up Shirt Bonoms = Here
is recipe said to be worthy of
preservation in every family: Take
two ounces of the white gumarabic
powder, put it into a pitcher and
pour on pint or more of water,
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