The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-07-06
AGRICULTURALANDDO DOMESTIC.

Waffies.-Mix flour and cold milk
! together to make thick batter; to a
quart of the -four put six beaten eggs,
tablespoonful of melted butter and a
teaspoonful of salt; bake them imme-
diately.
-Pieplant Jelly.-Pick the pieplant
and wash, but do not peal it, cut in
strips, put in a kettle, add enough
water to cook until soft, strain the juice
off and weigh, add sugar pound for
pound; cook ten minutes, or as thick
as you wish.
Fried Cakes. third pint sour
cream, two-thirds pint buttermilk, one
teaspoon saleratus, dissolved in little
milk, added; stir together till the milk
toams; one cup sugar, two eggs, two
teaspoons salt; cut in rings, fry in lard
Just hot enough to bubble up nice.
Ginger Cake.-One teaspoonful mo-
lasses (sorghum); one even tablespoon
full saleratus, on which turn one teacup-
full boiling water; one tablespoonful
lard or butter (if lard add pinch of
SALT; one egg, two and a half teacup-
fuls flour, one tablespoonful ginger.
Cream Pie.-One large tablespoon
of butter, three of sugar, two of flour,
two eggs, and a little more than one
half pint of milk; beat the sugar and
butter to cream; beat the eggs well
and mix them with the milk; then stir
in the flour, etc. Flavor with whatever
you like. This is for one pie.
Grape Preserves. Wash the fruit.
press the pulp into an earthen dish, the
skins in another; cook the pulp suffi-
GENTLY and put through a collendar;
weigh pulp and skins, then take three
quarters of a pound of sugar to one of
fruit; put into your kettle; when dis
solved add the fruit and boil twenty
minutes.
Don't kill the toads. They are
the gardeners very best friends, from
the fact that they are the mortal enc
mics of insects and worms that depre-
date on garden vegetables. Being per-
fectly harmless, it is far better to carry
them into the garden than to injure
them, as is so frequently done by
thoughtless persons.
Fig Candy.-Take one pound of SUI
gar, three-quarters of pint of water,
and set on the stove; boil slowly about
twenty minutes; you can tell whether
it is done or not by dropping little
into cold water; if it is hard, it is boiled
enough. If desirable, few drops of
vinegar can be added; putt in lump of
butter; put in buttered pans in which
slices Of figs are laid; lay slices on top
also.
New England Ginger Bread.-One
and one-half cups of molasses, one cup
of butter and lard, two cups of sour
milk, one-half cup of brown sugar, two
teaspoonfuls of saleratus. Have ready
in breadpan two or three cups of
flour, q little ginger and cinnamon,
and when you have boiled the molasses
and butter pour it upon the ingredients
in the pan and stir we'll, then add the
sour milk and saleratus and flour
enough to make it as thick as cup cake.
1t should be thoroughly beaten.
Comb Foundation for Bees.-In
spite of all that has been said and writ
ten to the contrary, foundation has
been and will be extensively used as
starters in surplus boxes. Very many
bee-keepers are aware that the bees
accept and work on it quicker than on
natural starters; and, as economy of
time is a great consideration, it will be
adopted. 1t is also very well known
that the combs built on foundation
starters are more perfect and straight
than when natural starters are used.
We would advise that the foundation
starters never measure more than six
to nine square inches each. For sur
plus boxes drone foundation is much
the best, as bees very seldom deposit
pollen or brood in it, and the boxes can
be put in closer proximity to the brood
nest.