The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-15
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Vegetable Recipes.

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and rubbed, but not scraped. Boil them
from an hour to two hours, according
to their size, and try them with fork.
They are nice with pork. When done
split them in half, dredge them with
-four, and fry a nice brown. Serve hot.
CARRoTs. plain boiled, and re.
quire as much cooking as parsnips;
pour drawn butter over them, and serve
hot. They are nice with beef.
PEAS STEwKD IN CREAM. Put two or
three pints of young peas into sauce
pan of boiling water; when they are
nearly done and tender, drain them in
colander quite dry; melt two ounces Of
butter in a clean stew-pan, thicken it
evenly with a little -four, shake it over
the fire, but on no account let it brown /;
mix smoothly with the fourth of pint
of cream; and half teaspoonful of white
sugar, bring it to a boil, pour in the
peas, and keeping them moving until
they are well heated, which will hardly
occupy two minutes; send them to table,
Immediately.
To Boil RIoE.-This simple process
is seldom well done. Wash half pint
bowl full of rice thoroughly, put it into
very clean timed or porcelain sauce
pan, and on this pour one pint of cold
water, and half teaspoonful of table
salt; put this in a hot place, covered,
but do not stir it; when the grains are
soft it is ready for table. If properly
done it will be dry and white, and each
grain whole; turn it out with care into
hot dish. 1t is very nice vegetable
served with beefsteak.
To Boil ONIONS. Peel a dozen white
onions, put them into stew-pan, broad
enough to hold them without laying one
on the other, cover them with hot water,
and sprinkle some salt over. Let it
simmer slowly for one hour and half,
then drain off all the water, and pour
over half pint of good cream Or new
milk, and just let it scald. Serve hot.
SCOT rs n Manure.
The value of SCOT, like that of ashes,
depends good deal upon the material
that made it. That produced from a
wood fire is the best; but there is little
Of it that is hardly worth while to con-
slider it. The burning of coal, however,
produces q great deal of SCOT, and its
value is such that it would pay to save
and apply all that is produced. Coal
SCOT contains fair percentage Of am
monia, besides some phosphates, pot
ash, soda, magnesia, sulphates, carbon
ates, and chloride of lime. Sulphate of
ammonia and sulphate of lime are the
ingredients of most value, particularly
the former. 1t is used on all kinds of
crops, and the testimony, though
variable, is strongly in its favor. The
amount that would be useful depends
upon circumstances, but one can scarce
ly apply too much. From ten to twenty
bushels per acre is enough, perhaps.
In England SCOT has long been fovorite
fertilizer for wheat and as top-dressing
fo- grasslands. Mixed with salt, the
effect is said to be greatly increased.
In one experiment recorded the soil
without any manure produced 157
bushels of potatoes with thirty bushels
Of SCOT the yield was increased to 1872
bushels; and with thirty bushels of
SCOT mixed with eight bushels of salt 240
bushels were produced. Grass and
top-dressed with SCOT have q beautiful
green color, due principally to the sui
plate of ammonia present. For garden
purposes nothing is better than SCOT dis
solved in WATERFALL peck to barrel
of water-the plants and beds being
sprinkled with it. Moisture increases
its value, and, hence, it's best effects are
seen on moist soils or in moist seasons.
Journal Of Chemistry.
Household Hints.
To wash or rinse window glass use a
olSttu WlhB, W Cl0uu lOohlA 81 SiuooOb,
wash them and rub entirely dry with a
newspaper.
In dusting sofas and furniture gener-
ally, small varnish brush will be found
great help in removing dust from
folds, corners and carvings.
To wash soiled carpets, especially
where grease has been spilled, spread
smoothly on porch floor, and with a
stiff broom and plenty of boiling water;
pour on and scrub without mercy; treat
both sides alike and hang on a fence to
dry, changing frequently to prevent
drying out of shape. Be sure to use no
soap.
To whiten Panama hat scrub with
borax water and bleach in the sun.
Sponge the hat several times with the
water.
Hay, sprinkled with little chloride
of lime and left for an hour in closed
room, will remove the smell Of new
paint.
After hams are smoked and beef dried
they may be packed away in barrel
between alternate layers of salt. 'Tis
said they keep through the summer
splendidly.