San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-05-18
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

Picked CAULIFLowRR.-Cook the
cauliAower till tender; put it in jars;
then pour vinegar and ground mustard,
previously scalded together, over them.
STRAWBERRY ICE.CREAM.-Pass q
pint of strawberries through q sieve
with a wooden spoon; add 4 ounces of
white sugar, a pint of cream, and freeze.
To DESTROY CoCKRoAcHEs.-Where
borax and insect-powder fail TO work
on cockroaches use red waters, scatter
ing abundantly where they run-a sure
cure. A quarter Of pound will clear
the largest house; they eat and die.
SPONGE CAKE.-2 eggs, beaten and
poured into a teacup and the cup filed
with sweet cream, cup sugar IL cups
flour, 2 teaspoons baking-powder, or its
equivalent in soda or cream-tartar,
flour to the taste. This is excellent
baked in layers for jelly or custard
cake, or is good baked in loaf.
Sour OF GREEN PEAs.-Boil 8 quarts
of shelled peas in 2 quarts of water.
Mix 8 ounces of butter with flour until
quite smooth; add little salt, black
pepper, and dust of Cayenne pepper,
and stir into the boiling peas until the
whole boils again, and you will have a
cheap and wholesome summer dish.
SAUCE FOR LETTUCE cup vinegar,
cup milk, egg, teaspoon each OF
sugar, salt and prepared mustard, ! tea.
spoon black pepper, 1 tablespoon Of
butter; stir the milk and egg together,
heat the vinegar, add other ingredients
Stir whilst boiling until smooth; when
cold is preferable, but may be used
warm. Wash the lettuce and pour the
sauce over the leaves.
To DESTROY Bed BUGs.-1 ounce o.
corrosive sublimate to one pint of alco
hol: with the feather end of goose
quill apply the remedy to all the crew
ices and woodwork; the black dots will
indicate where the bugs hotel is. The
bottle should be labeled poison, or what
remains thrown away. No second edi
ton of bugs will issue after the use Of
this infallible remedy. Any druggists
can mix it. A pint will be enough fol
four beds.
SELECTING FLoUR.-First look to the
color; if it is white, with yellowish
colored tint, buy it; if it is white, witt
blush cast, or with white specks in it.
refuse it. Second, examine lis adhesive
ness; wet and knead a little of it be
tween your fingers; if it works soft anc
sticky, it is poor. Third, throw LITTLE
lump of dried flour against smooth
surface; if it falls like powder, it is bad
Fourth, squeeze some of the flour tight
ly in your hand; if it retains the shap'
given by the pressure, that, too, is {
good sign. 1t is safe to buy flour tina
will stand all these tests.
RHUBARB.-In using rhubarb for any
purpose, it should be prepared as fol
lows: Cut the peeled stalks into boil
ing strip of cotfee-sugar, and stew il
slowly for 2 hours, flavoring with lem
on-peel. For short.cake, strain the
pulp, and, while hot, add beaten eggs
in the proportion of two to each cake
Then beat thoroughly and spread on
the cake. Another nice way to use it is
to make pudding of alternate layers Of
rhubarb, stewed as above, and bread.
crumbs, mixing little butter and sugar
with the crumbs, the same as in apple
pudding. For those who can afford it,
the rhubarb prepared as for the short,
cake makes delicious dessert by pour.
ing whipped cream over it.