Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-15

COFFEE CAKE -Four eggs, 2 cups
brown sugar. / cue butter, l cup mola-'
sss, / cup cold coif.e, / pound raisins :
nutmeg , teaspoons cloves, | teaspoon
soda, I cups -four.
CoRS CaKE.-One cnpful Of Indian
meal, l cuptul -four, l t~easposntul Of
crelm-,artlr. t~esspoonflt sajeratut a
piece o: butter the slza or an egg, eggs,
! cup.ul Of milk, and less than a cuplul
Of ~utar.
BOILED BRowY BaEAD.-Two cups Of
meal, ! cup OF -four, ! teaspoon Of salt,
! teaspoon Of soda, ; cup OF mOias-e,;
put iti1to a creased pudding boiler or
TN pail; plunge in boiling wa.er and
bill 8 nou 9.
\ LADY writes. "To wash quilts,
comiouap.eg, ticEings or sacSiugs soak in
pure cold water twenty four nou or
NOR. Then rub through arm water
with a little soap and rinse we'll" 1t is
worth trying,
RHUBARB ought not to be stewel for
pies, lu. cut the sticks in small pieces;
fill your dishes, already lined with the
lower crust, and cover thics with sugar.
A ter placing on a thin lid, bake in a
moderate oven.
RAIsFD MUFFINs One quart milk,
4 Q g, | small teacup yess, butter so
OF an egg, -four 70 MAKE a thin batter;
in the morning adj teaspoon soda i
the dough IS turned, This rule makes 3
dozen d ufios,
LEMON JUMBLEs --One egg, n cup
Of sugar, one>balt cup Of butter, three
~teasp0uutuls OF milk, One-halt teaspoon
mi Of soda and one of cream of tartar.
iuicao two small lemons, and tue grated
rind Of one mix stti.
GINGER SNAPS Take l pint of m0las
SEES, | Leacup OF butter, | spoonful o
/, ginger, and / ~teaspoonful Of saIeratus
and boil al the ingredients thoroughly
when nearly cold, add as much -four a
can be rolled into the mixture.
t BATTER PUDDING.-One pint of milB
four well beaten eggs, two cups OF toul
e one ~tesspoonful o. salt, aud a pinch
e soda. Bake three.qua tiers Of HI hour Q
e boil in n buttered mold or Toured ba
' two hours; serve with sauce and eat
once.
A THICK -four bag, that will hol
f twenty-five pounds @ four, is exceller
e tn put hams away in for the summe
g Wrap the hams first in brown pape
d several thicknesSas; tie the bag tight
: and hang up. No fies will disturb Il
y hams.
GERMAN PUFF5.-Three beaten egg
thee cups 0 mix, three teaspoonfuls
melted butter, three cups OF ieur,
! small spoonful OF salt pour into nil
X well buttered cups, anne size as used
measuI,n bake to d fine brown aud e
as soon ~ done, with sauce.
GRAHAM BREAD.-For two loayes
Graham bread take 2 q art of -four,
10 small cupiul of good yts't : CablespOo
- fuls OF molasses (sweeJel If you like),
" teaspoon of salt wet up with war
. water OF milk, have it about the consiI
ency OF brown bread. Let it rise ov
> night. In the morning have your pa
well butlered and pour ia without st
ring at all. Lett rise again till it CON
up light; then bake in a moderate Ov
~ II hour.
= To CURE A FELoN.-Prof. Hutter,
n Berlin, cures bone telOn or whitlOw
VI fist probing the swelling Of the fng
a. making a small i~ncisiOn where the ps
appears gre atnst. TIE pain OF the ope
y ton may be lessenel by the local apr
y cation of ether or inhalation OF chic
" form. The alter treatment is equa
. simple. The small wound is to BIZ q
~ cred with lint and carbolic acid, a
es bathed morning and eveningwith tel
le water. In a lew days it is perfec
y hesled.
EGG PLANT.-A. kettle Of boili
an water, a large spoonful OF salt in 1t
=. which put as many egg plants as y
wish for dinner; let them boil a I
~ minutes to take the acrid taste fr
~ them. then cut, if small ones, in halv,
~ n large ones, quarter them. Take {
- sll the inside seeds with 1t, leavin.
% thin rind, which mix with bread crum
~ a small piece of butter, egg, pepper a
- selt. Put this mixture in the rir
az then put in the stove pan; bake a n
ot brown.
h. ORANGE CusTARD.-Boil the rind
IL half a good orange very tender, then b.
of it till it is fine add te it a spoonful
the bert brandy, the juice of an oran
Of ! pound OF Loaf sugar, and the yelks o
eggs; beat well for 10 minutes. u
nd nour in by degrees q pint Of boil