The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-13
ITEMS FOR FIELD AND HO USE.

sTEws if properly made are healthful
and digestible.
LEMON juice is strengthener of the
nervous system.
COFFEE which has not been roasted
improves with age.
Cooks make a mistake in thinking all
soup should be thin.
: MAKE two large pockets in your
kitchen apron and in one of them always
keep holder.
MEAD: One gallon of water, one
pound of loaf sugar, one-half ounce of
race ginger, one lemon, sliced, take out
the seeds, one teacupful of yeast; let it
stand over night to ferment, then pour
off without stirring; add to each bottle
one raisin; cork tight.
A FRENCH SCIENTIST in communica-
tion to the Academy of Sciences, states
that he was able, after having carefully
investigated the matter for several years,
to say that all eggs containing the germ
of males have wrinkles on the small end.
while females are smooth.
RUSSIA cake: One cup of molasses,
one-half cup of sugar, one cup of butter,
one of milk, one egg, one teaspoonful
each of cinnamon, Glove, and nutmeg,
one cup of chopped raisins, four cups
of -four, a little salt, one teaspoonful of
soda, and two of cream tartar.
WEEDS in lawns, if ANNALS, are soon
killed by frequent moving; thistles,
docks, plantains, and other perennials,
can be pulled when small, if the ground
is moist, or if too large, cut below the
surface with knife. A few children
will soon clear them out at little ex-
pense.
ROCKY Mountain puffs: Three eggs
well beaten, one cup sweet milk, one
and one-half cups -four, pinch of salt
Fill buttered cups half full, and bake
in hot oven twenty minutes. Serve hot,
with brandy sauce made as follows:
Melt one cup sugar, add to it one-half
cup butter and one-fourth cup brandy,
and one-half nutmeg; serve hot.
PLANTS should be watered thoroughly,
SO that the moisture will penetrate to
their roots. Those who are constantly
dribbling small supply of water on
their plants will not have them in -four
ishing condition for any length of time.
The reason is obvious: The surface of
the soil is kept moist, but the roots per-
ish from want of water.
THE economy of the French is
proverbi.ll, and the following is only a
fair sample: All pieces of dry and
damaged bread are utilized. Some of it
is dried in ovens and used in soup at
low-class restaurants, some pounded
into white paste and used by meat
men to ornament outlets, while the
poorest crusts are reduced to charcoal
and converted into tooth paste.
THE value of the sun-fower, which is
easily cultivated, is little known. II
will grow in almost any situation where
there is plenty of sun, close to a fence
or wall, in places where few other plant.
excellent and convenient food fol
poultry, and it is only necessary to cut
off the heads of the plants when ripe
tie them in bunches, and hang them ir
dry place till wanted. They not only
fatten every description of poultry, but
greatly increase the quantity of egg
they lay.
A WRITER on fertilizing says: W.
recollect seeing, several years ago, fiele
of wheat on a portion of which un
leached wood ashes had been spread, anC
on contiguous portion leached ashe
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the weather for many years. The sam,
quantity of leached and unleached ashe
was applied to the same quantity o
ground. The wheat on both lots showed
decided superiority over the rest o
the field, but the appearance of th'
grain, as to yield and quality, where tn,
leached ashes were spread, was equal, o
if anything superior, to that on tn
other lot.
BEAFsTEAK pie: Two pounds rount
! steak, one veal kidney, one level tea
spoonful each of celery salt, royal thym
, and marjoram; one small onion; sal
!, and white pepper !, taste, four sprig
l parsley. Line well-buttered dish witt
paste, make layer of beef cut in nea
scallops, sprinkle with onion and parsle.
: minced very fine and mixed on a plat
with the celery salt, thyme, marjoram
salt and pepper; then another layer o
beef and seasoning, and so on until al
is used. When the pie is covered in
wash over with milk, crimp the edges
ornament the top with leaves (paste)
and bake in moderate oven one and one
4 half hours. This quantity is sutficien
$ for six in a family.
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