The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-10-02
HOUSE AND FARM.
HousrnoId Recipes.

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cream one cup Of butter with three cups
powdered sugar; when light beat in juice
OF lemon, two teaspoons nutmeg
Pop ouers - One pint Of milk, one pint
flour, butter size Of a. walnut, three eggs,
beaten light, pinchsof salt, add eggs last.
Bake in cups, Rlingfhem half full.
70 Prepeat Stooes from Rusts,lq ~ er-
oseae applied with rag to stoves will
keep them from rushing during the sum
mer; also, good for iron utensils on the
farm.
Butter=iM Pies.--One cup sugar, two
cups buttermilk, two eggs, two table
spoonfuls flour, two tablespoonfuls bat
ter; flavor with lemon This makes two
pies egSafG~s
doors from booking cooti;sag p1eosntea Put one
or two red peppers, or few pieces OF
charcoal, into the pot where ham, cab
bage, etc.. is boiling, and the house will
not be filled Withsttie offensive odor.
Lemon Jeg&y-Grate the 5rind and take
the juice of one lemon, pare and CRATE
six sour apples, one cup ofsugar,one egg,
= one teaspoonful of -four: beat all thor
oughly together and let it come to abeil.
This is very nice TO use between cakes in
place of other jellyssss' !, AZ s
Preserved sGarre,.ss - Fen pounds of
currants, seven pounds of sugar. Take
the stems from seven p POUNDS Of the cur
rants, and press theJuice from the other
three pouuds when the juicean sugar
are made into ahot syrup, put in. the cur
rants and bed Until thick and RICH
To preue'9tta ss7haifsffrons fiul1ing out. The
common application, in Oriental coun-
tries, is the bruised bulbs Of the Aphodelus
6u2bosus, garlic Or onions, mixed with
gunpowder. . An Infusion of the small
leaves of the orange or lemon tree in red
wine. containing twenty grains of tannin
perlitre, has approved serviceable. EeE
There are tsgegways to judge silks, -
Note the closeness and sevenness of the
ribin it, and. hold ii. to the light to Judge
the better of this That shows the texture.
And then crush itsin the hand and release
it suddenly. It it springs out quickly and
leaves no crease behind, it has verve, and
the quality ofthe silk is denoted by the
verve.
To Cure Fezo,a.--Take pint of COM
mon soft soap and stir in air Stacked lime
till it is of the eonstancy of GLACIERS put
ty, Make a leathels thimble, Fill it with
this composition and insert the finger
therein, and the cure is certain. This is
domestic application that every house
keeper can obtain pr mptly.N@ zssf> -
Cream Beer.-Two ounces of tartaric
acid, two pounds of white sugar, the juice
of half lemon; boil five minutes, and
when nearlyeold, add the whites Of three
eggs well beaten,.ton half cup Of -four
one-h half cup Of 6Wintergreen essence. Take
poonful of this syrup to tumbler OF
water, then add one-half teaspoonful OF
saleratus, and drink, at once. ~
apple OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and core
the apple for each dumping, then put
the parts together with sugar in the mid
die; surround EACH apple with pie crust
if you wish to bake them, put them on a
pan like biscuits, and set them in the oven.
If boiled, tie each in a seperate cloth,
and boil for half an hour. Serve, both
baked and boiled, with liquid sauce. ~.
No wafer that. has stood in open vessels
during the night should be used for drink
ing or cooking. By exposure to the air it
has lost its ''aeration,' and has absorbed
many of the dust-germs floating in the
apartment. If convenience requires wa
ter to be kept in vessels several hours De-
fore use, it should be covered, unless the
vessels are tight. Wherever practical, al
distributing reservoirs should be covered
Filtering always adds to the purity O.
y water. Drinking water should not be ia
ken from lakes Or rivers on a low level
Surface water, Or water in lakes, pools, o.
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should be avoided as much as possible
Do not drink much water at a time
More than two tumblers tull should not
be taken at meal. Do not drink be
twee4t meals unless to quench thirst, as
excess of water weakens the gastric juire
and overworks the kidneys. Excessive
rotations, whether of water or other fluid
relax the stomach, impair It's secretions
and paralyze its movements. BY drink
ing little at time the injury is a voided
An English epicure who has Travelled
everywhere has'lataly recorded his opin
ion of things edible throughout civiliza
tion. and AYERS that this country surpass
es the world in the variety and excellence
Of its vegetables and fruits. He say
that all the English garden stnff grow
far more abundantly, and slusciously thai
in Europe, and counts our peas, !. aspara
gus and tomatoes beyond praise Greer
corn, when it is first eaten, makes al
epoch, He declares, in ones gastronomi
life. Succotashahe ranks as a most tooth
some mystery, and sweet potatoes AM
vans give h1msa thrill of physical JOY
While we havesal the European yegeta
bles infinitely superior here, he is amaze
at the different kinds that are entircl
unknown in the Old World. He laud
our pears and peaches without stint, ant
thinks we have more rea on to bless on
land for its intimate productiveness thai
- most o, us are aware. What excites hi
wonder is the cheapness of vegetable
and fruit, which places them within reac
of all classes. He likes, too, our metho,
Of serving dishes, deeming 1t similar t
the French, an | wholly superior TO til
British, method. The gustatory English
man. has evidently employed his palat
actively and discriminatory in 9Th
States" and would not disrelish, appa1
entity, close CONTINENT in the center (
the fertile Republic, provided he coul
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