Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-10-10
HOUSEHOLD RECEIPTS.

PIE CRusT.-One cupful lard, one cup
tuI butter, one cupful water, four cupful'
-four.
ICING.-Take the yolk of an egg, little
butter melted, beat well together, put OF
your cake, sift on sugar, and set in the
oven few minutes.
TREATMENT FOR RINGwoRMs.- Ring
worms may be cured by an application
daily of vinegar in which an Old-fashioned
copper penny has lain day or two.
| CHEAP MoLAssEs CAKE.-Two cups
full molasses, one cuptul hot boiling wa
ter, two large tablespoonfuls butter, bat
ter like griddle cakes, with one teaspoon
tu soda, spice, and bake full an hour.
SOFT CUsTARD.-Two eggs to pint of
milk; boil milk, pour hot on eggs (well
beaten previously, then return to pail,
add two tablespoonsful sugar and one tea
spoonful vanilla; boil until thick.
CHEAP Doom MATs.-Cut old broad
cloth or any wooden articles into long
strips from one to two inches broad
Braid three Of these together, and sew the
braid round in gradually increasing cir
cles till large enough.
A NICE WAY TO Cook POTATOES. Pare
and slice thin; let stand in cold water half
an hour; then drain and put in a half a
pint of milk, teaspoonful of butter and
little pepper and salt, and bake in the oven
one hour.
PROVIDENCE GRAHAM BREAD.-Two
quarts of Graham -four one quart (smallj
white flour, one cupful molasses, one-half
cupful yeast; sift only the white flour; one
quart Of tepid water is enough to make it
soft as pound cake batter.
ICING FOR TARTs.-Beat the yolk of an
egg and some melted butter well together;
wash the tarts with feather, and sift
sugar over as you put them into the oven
or beaten white OF egg; wash the paste
and sift some white sugar.
RECIPE FOR CORNING BEEF.-For one
hundred pounds of beef take seven pounds
Of salt, two pounds of sugar, two ounces of
saltpetre, two ounces OF soda; dissolve in
two and a half gallons of water, boil, skim
and pour on hot.
To REMOVE IRON RUST from any white
goods, take raw tomato and rub it well
on the spots; let 1t remain about five min
utcs; then wash with warm water and soap.
Raw tomatoes will also remove berry stain
and ink from white goods.
To REMOVE PEACH STAIN from any ma
terlal, wash the spots in new milk before
putting the garments into water. Ink
stains can also be taken out of the most
delicate shade Of carpet by sponging with
new milk Immediately after it is soiled.
MEAT LoAF.-Boil two pounds of veal
or beef until tender, chop it very fine; add
two eggs, six Boston crackers rolled
fine, one tablespoon of salt, one teaspoon
of pepper, one teacup Of water; pack in u
pan and bake one hour. To be eaten cold,
sliced thin. 1t is very nice for tea.
To MAKE OLD WRITINa LEGrBLE.-
Take six bruised gall nuts and put them
in apint Of strong white wine; let itstand
in the sun for forty-eight hours. Dip
brush in it and wash the writing, and by
he color you will discover whether the
mixture is strong enough of the gals.
YORKSHIRE MUFFINs.--Take one table,
spoonful Of lard and two quarts Of flour,
ldd salt to your liking; make the dough
tiff enough for a spoon TO stand in. Stir
n one teacupful Of yeast; let it rise over
light and in the morning bake in muffin
ings, and serve for breakfast while hot.
CHICKEN PuDDINe.-Cut up the
hicken and stew it little, after which
ay the pieces in buttered dish with few
its of butter, a little pepper and salt, and
! little Of the water in which the chicken
vas stewed. Make batter of one quart
4 milk, five eggs, a little salt. Pour this
,atter over the chickens, and bake half an
lour.
SNow-BALLs.-0ne cup Of sugar two
ggs, four teaspoonfuls Of milk ateaspoon-
III Of cream Of tartar, and one Of soda if
he milk is sour; If not, half teaspoon
III; spice to your taste; -four to just roll
'ut in balls; fry in lard, and dip in the
White Of an egg, then in powdered loaf su.
1ar till white.