The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-27
AND DOMESTIC.

Cheap Pound Cake.-One cup Of
sugar, one half-cup of butter, one-thirC
cup of milk, three eggs, one and hall
cups -four, one teaspoonful of baking
powder.
-Currant Jelly.-Scald the cur.
rants, strain and measure. Boil the
juice for ten to fifteen minutes; pour il
while boiling over the sugar, and
thence into the jelly glasses without be.
ing again boiled. Allow pound Of
sugar to pint of juice.
Ginger Snaps.-Two tablespoon.
fuls boiling water, three of shortening,
one heaping of ginger, one teaspoon
salaratus; put all in cup and fill up with
molasses; repeat this as often as de-
sired to make sufficient quantity; when
all mixed, put in an extra teaspoonful
of shortening and one-half cup brown
sugar; mix rather stiffly with flour
bake quickly.
To Remove Cinders from the Eye.
"A small camel's hair brush dipped in
water and passed over the ball of the
eye on raising the lid. The operation
requires no skill, takes but moment,
and instantly removes any cinder or
particle of dust without infaming the
eye.
Farmers have discovered that the
modern improved machinery requires
indispensably more care than the sim
pie and cheap tools of the past. If neg
lected and allowed to become rusty and
defective, the reaper ceases to operate
successfully. Necessity as well as profit
compel a better management.
Egg Bread.-Egg bread is not
cheap, but it is good, and young house
wives, whose yeast sometimes plays
tricks with them, will find it great re-
source. To make it, take one pint
of milk, two eggs, butter the size
of an egg, one half cupful of sugar,
three teaspoonfuls of sea foam, flour
enough to make batter; bake. This
makes one loaf.
-Rolls.-One quart of warm milk,
flour; when this sponge is light work in
a well-beaten egg, two tablespoonfuls
of melted butter, one teaspoonfuls of
salt; half teaspoonful of soda dissolved
in hot water, one tablespoonful white
sugar; flour to make soft dough; let
it rise four or five hours before putting
in the baking-pan.
Corn Bread.-Two cups corn meal.
one cup of sifted flour, one teaspoonful
salt, one teaspoonful sugar, one table
spoonful melted butter, one teaspoon
full soda, two teaspoonfuls of cream
tartar, three well-beaten eggs, one and
a half pints milk; mix meal, flour,
sugar and cream tartar; dissolve the
soda in the milk; add the meal, etc,
butter, grits and eggs. Bake twenty
or thirty minutes.
"A correspondent of the German
town Telegraph, supposing that sorrel
was induced by sour soil, applied
lime, ashes, soda and everything he
could think of to neutralize the sup
posed acidity, without avail. AS sweet
ening the soil awaited nothing, he tried
the effects of rendering it more sour by
apple pomace from the cider
mill. Then he narrowed it and sowed
to grass seed. The sorrel disappeared.
Raspberry Vinegar -The follow
ing makes a delicious summer drink by
two or three tablespoonfuls of
it into a tumbler of iced water. Fill
stone jar with ripe berries and cover
with pure, strong cider vinegar; let
stand five days and then strain through
a sieve, pressing out all the juice. AL
low one and half pounds of white sugar
to each pint of the juice and boil until
the sugar is dissolved, removing any
scum which may arise. Take from the
fire, bottle and seal.
--Gooseberry Jam.-Take as many
as you require of ripe, red, rough
gooseberries; put them into the pre-
serving pan, and, as they warm, stir
and bruise them to bring out the juice.
Let them boil for ten minutes, then add
sugar in the proportion of three-quart-
ers of pound to every pound of fruit,
and place it on the fire again; let it boil
slowly, and continue boiling two hours
longer, stirring it all the time to pre-
vent burning. When it thickens, and
is jellylike on plate when cold, it is
done enough. Put into pots and allow
it to remain day or two before it is
covered.
"A mother thus writes: "Once q
week invariably-and it was generally
when we had cold minced-I gave the
children a dinner which was hailed with
delight and looked forward to-this was
a dish of boiled onions. The little ones
knew not they were taking the best of
for expelling what most chill
dren suffer from-worms. Mine were
kept free by this remedy alone. 1t was
a medicine man who taught me to eat
boiled onions as specified for cold in
the chest. He did not know at the time,
till told him, that they were good for
anything else"