Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-09-20
rARM AND HOUsBHoLD,

--Pop-Overs. One pint flour, one pint
milk, two eggs. Eggs beaten to a froth,
mix quickly and bake In hot buttered
cups. Serve with hot sauce.
Apple Meringe. dish one
fourth full of stewed apples, cover with
the beaten whites of five eggs, mixed
with five tablespoonfuls of powdered
sugar.
oButtermilk Pies.-One cup sugar,
two cups buttermilk, two eggs, two
tablespoonfuls flour; two tablespoonfuls
butter; flavor with lemon. This makes
two pies.
Moths in Carpets. The best way
to kill moths in a carpet is to lay cloth,
wet with hot water, on the place where
the pest is supposed to be, and press it
with hot iron.
When small grain either lodges or
cripples down without any severe storm,
it is an evidence that there is deficien-
CIV of alkali in the soil, and it can be rene
died by sowing ashes or lime on the
land.
In France the hog is never scalded
to remove the hair. A large pile of
straw is fired, and over this the pig is
hung until all the hair is singed off.
The small patches of hair are singed off
by means of wisps of straw.
AS q general rule, the person who
gives his attention TO the breeding of
good stock of any kind, and is success
full, is also q good farmer. And, on
the other hand, we usually find that a
thoroughly good farmer is sure to have
good stock.
-Savory Rice. Take some plain
boiled rice, put into saucepan with u
lump of butter, add as much tomato
sauce as the rice will take up, and
plenty of grated good cheese, mix
we'll, and keep stirring on the fire till
hot. Serve piled on the dish.
For Cholera Infantum. The whites
of two eggs well beaten; then mix with
pure water (melted ice), add one table,
spoonful of orange flower water and a
little sugar, Gas much is apt to make
the bowels worse), give tablespoonful
every hour. 1t will cure the worst cSse
of cholera infantum, the egg coating
the bowels and healing them.
Honey Cake.-One and half
pounds of dried and sifted flour, throe-
quarters of a pound of honey, half a
pound of finely pounded loaf sugar, a
quarter of pound of citron, half an
ounce of orange peel cut small, and
three-quarters of an ounce of pounded
ginger and cinnamon. Melt the sugar
with the honey, and mix in other in
gradients; roll out the paste, and cut it
into small cakes of any form.
Soda Biscuit. quart of flour;
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one-half teaspoonful of salt; all stirred
together very thoroughly. One table
spoonful (heaped) of butter; one-half
tablespoonful of lard mixed with the
flour, etc. Sweet milk and cold water,
equal parts to make a soft dough; dc
not knead it. Roll an inch thick, cut
into shape, and bake quickly. Instead
of baking-powder, soda and cream-of.
tartar can be used.
To Make the Colors Stand in Wash.
ing Lisle Thread and Delicate Cotton
Hose.-Turn the stockings right side
out, and wash in lather of lukewarm
water and white CASTLE soap; then
wash the wrong side. If very much
soiled two waters will be required.
Rinse in lukewarm and then in cold
water; dry as soon as possible by heat,
not sun. 1t is better not to iron them
but when nearly dry smooth and pull
them into shape by hand.
"A Years Work in the Kitchen
Not many housekeepers, perhaps, keeT
an account of the amount of work per
formed by them in the culinary depart.
ment. Yet there is one in Windsor
Vt, who declares she has cooked the
past year, 1,039 loaves of bread, Al
pies, 152 loaves of cake, 10S puddings
2,14O doughnuts, sliced and cooked
1000 pounds of meat, about 100 bush
els of potatoes, taken care of the mill
and butter of five cows, besides al
other cares necessarily devolving upor
a housekeeper.