The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-05-11
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.
Lemon Cake.-One cup butter,
three cups sugar, five eggs, four cups
flour, one cup milk, one teaspoon soda,
juice and grated rind of one lemon.
Indian Bread.-One quart of but
termilk, four cups Indian meal, two
cups flour, half cup of molasses, one
tablespoon soda, a little salt; steam
three hours.
-Butterscotch.- one pound of
sugar, three-quarters of a pint of water,
and set over a slow fire; when done add
one and half tablespoonful of butter,
and lemon juice to flavor.
French Toast-Take cold bits of
meat left from roast of beef, chicken
or cold turkey, finely minced, add
gravy enough to make moist; when
quite hot place the mixture over the
toast.
Coffee Cake.-Four eggs, two cups
brown sugar, one cup butter, one cup
molasses, one cup cold coffee, half
pound raisins, half a nutmeg, two tea
spoons cloves, one teaspoon soda, four
cups flour.
Rich Jumbles.-Rub to a cream a
pound of butter and pound of sugar;
mix with it a pound and half of flour
and four eggs; roll the cakes in pow
dered sugar; lay them on fiat, buttered
tins and bake in a quick oven.
Portable Lemonade. - Powdered
tartaric acid one ounce, powdered SUI
gar six ounces, essence of lemon one
dram; let it dry thoroughly in the sun;
rub together and divide in twenty-four
papers. One makes a glass of good
sweet lemonade.
Chicken ad.-Breasts of two
chickens, two large punches celery,
four hard-boiled eggs; chop each fine
separately, then mix thoroughly; make
a gravy of one tablespoon mustard, two
of sugar, one cup vinegar, half cup
butter; pour hot over the salad.
-" What can you do on farm?'
inquired farmer of a man who wanted
work. "Do you know how to build a
stone wall?'' 90 yes. Any fool knows
that. You just have to set one stone on
another" "No, you don'tr' thun-
dered the farmer. You have to set
one stone on two. You can 60"
Winter squash, especially Hubbard,
have become such a staple in the mar
ket that large demand is always GER
tain, and the grower of large crop
rarely fails to realize well. Failures
are often due to insufficient fertility,
but more frequently, by neglect, the
bugs are allowed to destroy them.
Hard Custard. Five eggs well
beaten Preserving three whites for mer-'
ingue) one quart milk, five tablespoon
fuls of sugar, two teaspoonfuls vanilla,
pinch of salt; put in pudding-dish,
which place in pan of water in the
oven and bake. When nearly baked,
add a meringue made with the three
whites and two tablespoonful brown
sugar to each white, and any favoring.
Bake light brown.-DOmeStic MONTHLY.
Artificial Coral. To two drains of
vermillion add one ounce of resin and
melt them together. Have ready the
branches or twigs peeled and dried and
paint them over with this mixture while
hot. The twigs being covered, hold
them over a gentle fire, turning them
IOuhu I'LL tACy dlC perfectly SulOOll.
White coral may also be made with
white lead, and black with lampblack
mixed with resin.
-Surfeit.-When a horse has been
worked hard, and by some reason, per-
haps, has a chill when warm, or, by
drinking cold water, the perspiration
is stopped, the skin becomes congested
and often appears covered with small
swellings or Jumps. This is known as
surfeit. 1t may generally be relieved
by purgative-for example, pint of
linseed oil, followed by diuretic, as
half an ounce of saltpeter, given twice
daily for few days.
Yorkshire udding.-Three-quar-
tiers of pint of flour, three eggs, one
and half pints milk perfectly SWEET
pinch of salt, one and half teaspoon
fuls baking powder; sift the flour and
powder together, add the eggs beaten
with the milk, stir quickly into a rather
thinner batter than for griddle cakes,
pour it into dripping-pan plentifully
spread with fresh cold beef drippings,
bake in hot oven twenty-five minutes;
serve with roast beef.