The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-07-13
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
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grated rind of one large lomon. the
yolks of three eggs, cupful sugar,
one third cupful milk or water,
tablespoonful of -four. This makes
two pies. Bake a light brown, and
make frosting of three eggs and
seven tablespoons powdered sugar.
Brown Bread. One pint of corn
meal; pour over it one pint boiling
water, and a steacups OF molasses;
add shorts or Graham -four enough
to make q stiff batter, two eggs, a
teaspoonful of soda dissolved in
little boiling water; steam three
hours by putting in a pan in a
steamer over a pot of hot water.
Keep the water boiling steadily.
Egg or Butter Gravy.-Pat into
a tin dish one-quarter of cup of
butter and large tablespoonful of
Hour. Set on the stove, and, as
the bnttermelts, stir in the -four
until smooth or free from lumps,i
then pour on nearly pint of boil
ing water. Slice into your gravy
bowl two hard boiled eggs, pour
the gravy on them and serve, with
salt and pepper as liked.
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Baked Tomatoes. - Take large
smooth tomatoes. wipe them and
cut off carefully a slice from the
blossom end. Remove the seeds
and fill each tomato with force
meat ball made of bread lcrumbs
and some salt pork chopped up
very fine and seasoned. Put bit
Of butter in each, fit on the top,
place in an earthen dish, and bake
slowly from half to three-quarters
OF an hour hour )aHJ All
To Renovate Black Silk.-Rip
your dress apart and dust well;
then wash the silk in hot soap suds
by dipping up and down, rinse in
two warm waters, then dip in water
prepared as followss liBoil two
ounces of logwood chips in five
quarts of water, add a quarter of
an ounce of coperas, strain through
an old bit of calico; dip. yOur silk
in this dye; hang on the line by
the corners until it is nearly dry;
iron between old silk.
Boston Cream Cakes. - Half q
pound of butter. three-fourths of a
pound of -four, eight eggs and one
pint of water; stir the butter into
the water, which should be warm
set it on the fire in a pan and let
it boil, stirring it often; when it
boils, stir in the -four. let it boil
one minute, take it off and let it
cool, then beat the eggs light and
stir into this cooled paste, oake in
small bnttered pans ten minutes,
filling them half full.
To Keep Furs in Summer.-Furs
or woolens may be kept safely from
moths during the summer by a
thorough brushing, so as to eradi-
cate all the moth eggs; then wrap
them up in newspapers so that
every part is covered entirely. If
the clothes or furs be well brushed
beforehand this is unfaihng. Some
think gum camphor put with them
is desirable, but those who have
used only the newspaper never had
any trouble unless the moths were
there when wrapped up. Camphor
had best be used also.
Beafsteak Pie.-Two pounds of
round steak, one veal kidney, one
level teaspoonfui, each Of celery
salt, royal thyme and majoram, a
small onion, salt and white pepper
TO taste, and four sprigs parsley.
Line q well buttercd dish with a
paste, make q layer of beef cut in
scallops, sprinkle with onion and
parsley minced very fine, and then
add the celery, salt, thyme, major
am and pepper; then another layer
of beef and seasoning, and SO ON
until all is used. When the pie is
covered in, wash over with milk,
crinp the edges, ornament the top
with leaves of paste, and bake in u
moderate oven one hour and a
half. This quantity is sufficient
for six in family.
Cure for Poison Ivy.-Dissolve
sugar of lead, bit the size of
cockle-burr, in half teacup of
sweet milk or warm water. Apply
warm as can be borne easily, with
o soft Unity piece of linen rag.
Three or four applications are suf-
ficient to effect cure. If the poi
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