Stevens County tribune., 1878-08-08
Rescipes.
To Restore CoIors.---Rub the spots with
hartshorn and place in the sun till dry.

To Restore CoI0rs.---Rub the spots with
hartshorn and place in the sun till dry.
Ham ReIish.-Cut a slice OF dressed
ham, season it highly with cayenne pep
per, and broil it brown; then spread mus
tard over it, squeeze on it little lemon
juice, and serve quickly.
Frozen Puddtng.-Three pints of milk,
nine eggs; make custard; one quarter Of
pound of currants, raisins, citron, pre-
served peaches, one teaspconful of arrow
root, one quarter of a pound of chocolate;
sweeten to taste and freeze.
tSteaoed Spinach. Pick one peck of
spinach and wash thoroughly, drain and
put in saucepan with little salt and
cover with hot water. Boil-one half hour,
or until tender; when done, pour into
colander and press the water out. Cut
up fine, season with butter, pepper, and
salt, and set into an oven few minutes
Serve with hard boiled eggs cut in slices.
InaprOmptat Cherry Pudding. a
quantity of Morello or sour red-cluster
cherries, and stew one quart of them with
pound of loaf sugar. Then cut up into
thin slices loaf of nice cold light bread,
and fill up pudding dish with alternate
layers of bread and cherries. Pour over
the top whatever Juice is left, and set
the dish aside in refrigerator to get per-
fectly cold.
Caramel CreGm.-Have on the fire
in pan one pound of maple sugar; let
it boil two or three times, sufficient to
brown but not burn it. Beat six eggs and
one pound of white sugar very light; stir
this into two quarts of boiling milk, and
stir constantly until it comes to a boil
then pour in the boiling sugar and mix
thoroughly. Whsn perfectly cold, add
one quart of cream, sweetened with a
cupfui of white sugar. Put in freezer
ana freeze the same as ice cream.
Prof Leidy's experience in banishing
red ants: "First he used bits of sweet
cake placed in every room in the house
The cakes soon swarmed with ants. Tap
ping the insects off into cup of turpcn-
tine, he replaced the cakes and captured
fresh legion. After few days no ants
appeared on the cake. Their presence
was still suspected, however, and on put.
ting bacon as a trap for them they swarm.
ed upon the bits of pork. After a few
days the pork was unnoticed. and cheese
was tried, with the same results. When
the cheese was neglected, dead grassh0p.
pers were placed in the rooms, and after
tile grasshoppers nothing would temp
them. They abandoned the premises"
Moss on fruit trees is generally an in
dication of approaching decrepitude, re-
movable in the case of young trees. whose
growth may be improved under more
liberal treatment, but not so on old ones
upon which, however, the moss does bui
little harm, except, indeed, in tile way o1
harboring insects. Various remedies arc
used. such as carbolic acid, solution oi
one-half pound of common salt or wash
/ ing soda in one gallon of water. anG
milk of lime laid on with a brush. Tht
true remedy, however, appears to lie il
thoroughly draining and enrlching thu
ground in the neighborhood of the trees
SO as to induce a more healthy growth.
i Coffee CustGrd.- Boil large cupful o
freshly ground coffee in one pint Of water
| five minutes; add one cup of cold water
and let it stand ten minutes to clear
then turn off into saucepan, add on,
pint of sweet cream, and give it one boil
Turn it over the beaten yolks of eigh
eggs and the whites of four, with one Gu,
J of sugar, in pail, stirring fast; set tn
. pail in boiling water, and stir till
thickens. When cool, pile on top th
whites of the other tour eggs, beaten still
J with half q cupful of white sugar, an
!. you will have dish fit for kings table
II put in glass dish, it is very handsom
If the flavor of chocolate is preferred i