The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-11-23
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.


one pinch salt; flour enough to make a
good batter; bake in little pans in hot
oven.
Queens Cake.-One pound of flour,
one pound of sugar, one pound of but
ter, eight eggs. Beat separately; add
essence of lemon.
Rice Pancakes. Two large cups
rice well washed; boil in one quart
water; when the water boils off, add
one quart milk, one cup wheat flour,
one egg.
Minute Loaf Cake.-One cup and a
half of sugar, half cup of butter, one
cup of milk, three cups of flour, two
teaspoonsful of cream of tartar, one
teaspoonful of soda. Nutmeg.
Feather Cake.-One cup of sugar,
half cup of milk, one cup and half
of flour, one tablespoonful of butter,
half teaspoonful of soda, one tea
spoonful cream tartar. Flavor.
-Macaroni is a cheap and nutritious
food, and deserves to be used more
generally. Especially among working
men who must make their money bring
as much nutriment as possible.
Mock Mince Pie.-Five' Boston
crackers, one cup of molasses, one cup
sugar, two cups water, half cup vine
gar, one cup chopped raisins, cloves,
pepper, salt, and one nut
meg.
Wings. -Half pound of butter, two
pounds of flour, one pint of milk, six
eggs, three tablespoonfuls yeast; if
liked sweet, halfpound of sugar, stirred
in when they rise; little salt. Bake
in patty-pans.
TO Clean Corsets. Take out the
steels at front and sides, then scrub
thoroughly with tepid or cold lather of
white CASTLE soap, using q very small
scrubbing brush. Do not lay them in
water. When quite clean let cold water
run on them freely from the spigot to
rinse out the soap thoroughly. Dry,
without ironing, CATER pulling length
wise until they are straight and shape
ly), in cool place.
-Astor House Rolls. Into two quarts
of flour put piece of butter size of an
egg, little salt, one tablespoonful of
white sugar, one pint of milk, scalded
and added while warm; half cup of
yeast or one small cake; when the
sponge is light, mold, for fifteen min
utes; let rise again, roll out, cut into
round cakes; when light flatten with
the hand or rolling-pin, place piece
of butter on top, and fold each over it
self; when light, bake in quick oven.
Oil Stains Out of White Cloth. -
Make strong solution of borax water
one tablespoonful powdered borax to
a pint of boiling water. Place the cloth
on clean board or table, and rub the
oil stains well, using clean brush
dipped into the solution. If the spots
are of long standing, a very little soap
may be used with the borax water.
Rinse well with clean hot water, using
the brush for that purpose; then rub
dry with a clean, soft cloth.
Boiling is the most abused branch
of cooking. We know that many well
housewives, and even profess
sional cooks, boil things that ought to
be prepared otherwise, with view of
economy; but great many do it
through laziness, Boiling requires as
much care as any other branch, but
they do not think so, and, therefore,
indulge in it. Another abuse is to boil
fast instead of slowly. Set small
ocean of water on a brisk fire and boil
something in it as fast as you can; you
make much steam but do not cook
faster, the degree of heat being the
same as if you were boiling slowly. If
the object you boil, and especially boil
fast, contains any flavor, you evap-
crate 1t and cannot bring it back.
Many things are spoiled or partly de-
stroyed by boiling, especially meats,
coffee, etc. Water that has been boiled
is inferior for cooking purposes, its
gases and alkali being evaporated.
How to Make a Mustard Plaster. -
How many people are there who really
know how to make mustard plaster?
Not one in hundred, at the most,
perhaps, and yet mustard plasters are
used in every family, and physicians
prescribe their application, never tell
ing anybody how to make them, for
the simple reason that the doctors
themselves do not know, as rule.
The ordinary way is to mix the mus
tard with water, tempering it with a
little flour; but such a plaster as that
is simply abominable. Before it is half
done its work it begins to blister the
patient, and leaves him finally with a
painful, flayed spot, after having pro-
duced far less effect in a beneficial way
than was intended. Now, mustard
plaster should neUer make a blister at all.
If blister is wanted, there are other
plasters far better than mustard for the
purpose. When you make a mustard
plaster, then use no water whatever,
but mix the mustard with the white of
an egg, and the result will draw"
perfectly, but will not produce bis
ter even upon the skin of an infant, no
matter how long it is allowed to remain
upon the part. For this we have the
word of an old and eminent physician,
as well as our own experience
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