The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-06-22
ITEMS FOR FIELD AND HO USE.


STEws if properly made are healthful
and digestible.
LEMON juice is strengthened of the
nervous system.
COFFEE which has not been roasted
improves with age.
Cooks make mistake in thinking all
soup should be thin.
MAKE two large pockets in your
kitchen apron and in one of them always
keep holder.
MEAD: One gallon of water, one
pound of loaf sugar, one-half ounce of
race ginger, one lemon, sliced, take out
the seeds, one teacupful of yeast; let it
stand over night to ferment, then pour
off without stirring; add to each bottle
one raisin; cork tight.
A FRENCH scientist, in a communica-
ton to the Academy of Sciences, states
that he was able, after having carefully
investigated the matter for several years.
to say that all eggs containing the germ
of males have wrinkles on the small end.
while females are smooth.
RUSSIA cake: One cup of molasses
one-half cup of sugar, one cup of butter,
one OF milk, one egg, one teaspoonful
each of cinnamon, Glove, and nutmeg,
one cup of chopped rasins, four cups
of flour, a little salt, one teaspoonful of
soda, and two of cream tartar.
WEEDS in lawns, if ANIMALS, are soon
killed by frequent moving; thistles,
docks, plantains, and other perennials,
can be pulled when small, if the ground
is moist, or if too large, cut below the
surface with knife. A few children
will soon clear them out at little ex-
pense.
ROCKY Mountain puffs: Three eggs
well beaten, one cup sweet milk, one
and one-half cups -four, pinch of salt.
Fill buttered cups half full, and bake
in hot oven twenty minutes. Serve hot
with brandy sauce made as follows
Melt one cup sugar, add to it one-half
cup butter and one-fourth cup brandy,
and one-half nutmeg; serve hot.
PLANTS should be watered thoroughly,
so that the moisture will penetrate to
their roots. Those who are constantly
dribbling small supply of water on
their plants will not have them in -four
ishing condition for any length of time.
The reason is obvious: The surface of
the soil is kept moist, but the roots per-
ish from want of water.
THE economy of the French is
proverbial, and the following is only a
fair sample: All pieces of dry and
damaged bread are utilized. Some of it
is dried in ovens and used in soup at
low-class restaurants, some pounded
into white paste and used by meat
men to ornament outlets, while the
poorest crusts are reduced to charcoal
and converted into tooth paste.
A WRITER on fertilizing says: We
recollect seeing, several years ago, field
of wheat on a portion of which I'M
leached wood ashes had been spread, and
on contiguous portion leached ashes
from heap which had been exposed to
the weather for many years. The same
quantity of leached and unleached ashes
was applied to the same quantity of
ground. The wheat on both lots showed
decided superiority over the rest of
the field, but the appearance of the.
grain, as to yield and quality, wherest the
leached ashes were, spread, was equal, or
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other lot.
BEAFsTEAK pie: Two pounds round
steak, one veal kidney, one level tea
spoonful each of celery salt, royal thyme
and marjoram; one small onion; salt
and white pepper y taste, four sprigs
parsley. Line ,well-buttered dish with
paste, make a layer of beef cut in neat
scallops, sprinkle with onion and parsley
minced very fine and mixed on plate
with the celery salt, thyme, marjoram,
salt and pepper; then another layer of
is used. When the pie is covered in,
wash over with milk, crimp the edges,
ornament the top with leaves (paste),
and bake in moderate oven one and one
half hours. This quantity is sufficient
for six in a family.