The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-10-09
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Recipes.

in q pound of sugar to pound Of
peaches; boil until tender; put them in
the jars; boil the syrup until thick and
pour it over them.
BREAKFAST MUFFNs.-Two eggs, well
beaten with cupful of sugar and q
lump of butter the size of an egg; to
this add one pint Of milk, with tea
spoonful of soda, one quart OF flour and
two tablespoonfuls Of cream tartar; bake
in muffin rings or in gem. pans in a quick
oven. This is dainty substitute for
bread at breakfast or tea
COOKIES. One cup of sugar, one.
half cup of butter, one egg (beat the
white Of the egg separately, one.half
cup of sour milk, one-haH teaspoon OF
saleratus; flour to taste; stir the butter
and yelk of the egg together; add the
white of the egg beaten to light froth,
then add the milk and saleratus. Knead
soft and bake in quick oven.
EsoA1hoPED ToMAToEs-Stew and sea-
son a quart OF tomatoes to your taste,
add tablespoonful of butter, small
onion chopped fine, one coffee cupful Of
grated bread crumbs; after the tomatoes
are stewed, turn them into pudding
dish; stir in the bread crumbs, reserve
some to put over the top, and little
parsley; bake in the oven until brown.
RICE Snow BAIIs.-Wash and pick
half pound of rice very clean, put it
on in saucepan with plenty of water,
let it boil ten minutes, dram it on
sieve until it is quite dry, then pare six
good sized apples. Divide the rice into
six parcels, in separate cloths, put one
apple in each, tie it loosely, and boil it
one hour; serve it with sugar and butter.
To Fry F1sH.-Slit the fish down the
back; season with pepper and salt, and
dust it with -four, then fry it in little
salt pork drippings and butter, in
dripping pan or on cake griddle; or
cut the fish into squares; season we'll
and dip each one into egg, then in fine
cracker crumbs, and immerse the pieces
in boiling drippings, which should be
very hot to prevent the fish from absorb
ing the grease.
LIGHTNING CAKE.-Persons "who
just drop in" are nuisance in the
opinion of many housewives, who,
nevertheless, will be glad to learn OF a
cake, of which the making and baking
occupies only fifteen minutes, and
which, therefore, will serve to conceal
the nakedness Of the larder when un-
expected guests appear. Take the yelks
of four eggs, three tablespoonful of
sugar, the same OF -four, about two
tablespoonfuls OF milk, and the Juice OF
half small lemon; the whites OF three
eggs beaten to stiff froth and mixed
with the yelks, flour, etc. ; the compound
then being put in buttered pan and
placed in quick oven.
RECIPE FOR YEAsr.-To make good
bread you must have good yeast. The
following is an approved recipe: Take
two good-sized potatoes, peel and cut
them in half, put them in about two
quarts of water, or little more; let
them boil soft, then put in handful OF
good hops; let them boil until they set
tic to the bottom, say half an hour, then
strain them through tin strainer, rub
bing the potatoes well through the
water; add teaspoonful of brown sugar;
let it stand till cool, then stir in half a
teacupful of -four; when cold pour it
into one of those large glass preserve
jars with screw cover; stand in warm
place to rise, shaking it occasionally.
In twenty.four hours il will be light;
skim off any black scum that rises to the
TOP; when it is light there will be froth
on the top, and it looks white all through.
It is easily made and raises bread very
quickly.
Farm and Garden Notes.
To bore hole easily through a
hemlock knot, wet your auger in tur-
pentine.
A few pots of mignonette sown outside
in this month are very desirable to few-
or indoors when the ground is covered
with snow.
Violets can be successfully wn in
pots, by taking up plants, when planted
out in the spring, and bringing them in
doors before FROST
Everybody that has water privileges
upon his farm or grounds should plant,
at this season, the beautiful, sweet
scented Pond Lily, Nympbaa odorata.
The green fly is often troublesome on
the young growth Of roses, but can be
easily killed by dipping in tobacco or
quassia water, and mildew must be de-
stroyed by dusting with sulphur.
A correspondent OF the american
Agriculturist writes that gapes may be
prevented from troubling chickens by
keeping the chickens in warm, dry,
clean place, and feeding them with corn
meal wetted and mixed rather plentifully
with ground red or black pepper.
Beet root affords very grateful food
for cattle, sheep and swine, and is better
raw than boiled or steamed. The fatten.
ing qualities are not equal to the Swed-
ish turn;p, but for milch COWS and for
nursing ewes in the spring, it exceeds
any turnip plant in the juicy property.
It is highly beneficial to store pigs
throughout the winter.
"Crows smell powder long way, and
cannot be got at with gun, though
without that weapon we can come quite
near" Acting on knowledge of this
fact Mr.. W. J. Fowler burned a few
heaps of straw in different parts Of his
corn lot, OF the same time throwing on
spoonful of powder and scattering lit
tie on the ground around, and he tells
The Country Gentleman that since the
adoption of this device he has not seen
crow near the field, though previous to
that they mad been more than usually
numerous.
Fresh, pure water is an absolute ne
cessity to all animated things, and must
be supplied in liberal quantities to fowls
to insure health and growth We are
sorry to say it is the practice with some
who raise poultry to fill some large YES
sci with water and let the fowls use it
till it is all gone, no matter if it does
become warm and totally unfit for drink
ing purposes. This is not only cruel,
but the poorest kind of economy; for
the best Of food, water, care and atten-
ton is none too good, if the greatest
profit is esired.-Poult1y World.
Household Hints.
MACE Mace should be pounded fine,
and corked tight in small glass bottles,
with wide mouths, and kept in tin box.
To SOFTEN THE HANDS. Before retir-
ing, take large pair of old gloves,
and spread mutton tallow all over the
hands. Wear the gloves all night, and
wash the hands with olive oil and white