Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-30

poonlul u the TOOtsOf your plants;
wash your plants in sOapsuds,
To MAKE BUTTER yellow IN WIN.
'ER.-Just before the termination OF
'hurning, put in the yolks OF eggs, and
he butter will be SIS yellow as gold.
In applying lime to the barn-yard or
stable manure it should be air.slscked. |
.austic lime has a tendency to draw
oIt the ammonia, and should never be
on the dung-pile.- Prairie
FRIED CAKEs,-l t~easpoonful cream, l
beat up a ~teaspoonful of salt and
! of s'da, dissolved in a little warm
water sufficient -four to make it roll
well; cut in pieces 3 inches long and .
inches wide, and fry in hot lard.
A vERYfair oak stain may be produced
by equal parts of potash and pearlash,
say two ounces Of each to about a quart
water. Keep 1t corked up in a bottle,
and It is always ready for use if it strikes
too deep a color, add more water,
Corn CAKE.-One cup of fine Indian
meal; two OF sifted -four, one-half cup of
granulatedsugar one egg piece of butter
or lard half the size Of an egg, one tea,
spoonful saleratus, a small pinch of salt,
one pint our milk. 1t is greatly i'm
proved by using the egg, but very good
without.
VERONA CAKE,-Tske two pounds
and a half prepared -four add pint and
a half cold milk, a pound butter, a pound
sitted sugar, a pound currants, a quarter
pound lemon and orange peel, and little
grated nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice.
Put in a round tin and bake an hour,
This rich cake may be iced or orna
mented.
Pooh MANS PUDDlNG.--One cup Of
water, one cup of molasses, 'one teaspoon
full OF salt, n teaspoonful of soda; stir
stiff and steam three hours. The sauce
for it is: Th~ree>fourths cup of butter,
onep Gu Of sugar, one tablespoonful flour.
After it has cooked a little, stir in four
we'll beaten eggs and a Tablespoonful OF
vanilla; or prepare a vinegar sauce,
SNOW Cause.-The whites o. six eggs,
one cup of fine white sugar, one cup OF
sifted -four, one ~tsaspoontul of cream.
tartar. Beat the eggs to a stiff froth,
then add the sugar; beat them well
together, then add part of the -four.
Mix cream>tartar to the rest Of the -four
and beat all well together. Add the
%lavoring last. Bake in rather a quick
oven.
SOME one wants to know how to make
good apple dumplings, Try this recipe
To one quart of -four add two teaspoons
of baking powder, a pinch of salt, one
tablespoon lard make same as usual
instead of boiling, place them in s
steamer over a kettle of boiling water
cover tight, steam until the apples are
tender. You will fnd this to be good
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t B%UrTERMILK BIsCUIr.--Two cup
7 buttermilS, four level cups silted -four
one tablespoon lard. one level teaspoon
1 soda, a little salt. Mix and work lightly
t roll and cut into biscuits about halt al
inch thick. More -four may be added i
the dough is too soft to roll. Put tn,
;, biscuits in a very hot stove spread
4 paper over the top of the pan a few min
e utes, until the biscuits rise, and bak
quickly.
PLAIN LEMON PIE.-Slice one lemol
as thin as possible in little slices no
more than half across the lemon put il
= one cup of sugar, two,thirds water, on
y y tablespoonful of -four; put your flour
sugar and water together, and place you
lemon all around on your crust befor,
r. putting the liquid in; then wet the edg
Of the crust and turn under the tol
a crust, and pinch tightly together to pre-
vent the juice running out.
:. JELLY-CAKE RoLLs.--Foureggs-bea
whites and yolks separately one tea
cupful white sugar, Il teacupful site
flour, one ~teaspOoniul cream tartar, one
half teaspoonful soda dissolved in q yer,
little hot water, favor with the Juice {
L one lemon beat all we'll together sprea
quarter of an inch thick in a square tin
bake quickly; then turn bottom side VI
spread with Jelly and roll up while hot
u this recipe makes three rolls.
r TOMATO SAUCE. Useone>half a CAN'T
n of tomatoes; put in a stew pan, addin
Is one-halt an onion, sliced, a littl
n thyme, bay leaf, n head of celery,
n tablespoonful of sugar a Tablespoonful
d of salt and n OF pepper, a piec
is of butter the size of a large egg
Il and a small piece Of ham; let theG
d simmer slowly until the celery is tende
when add a tablespoonful of flour moi
r tened, and a littlecayenne pepper; boil fv
X minutes, and taste to see if it is highl
r. seasoned; strain through a hair SEW,
y. and put back in stew pan until it az
heres thick 70 the spoon.
T. APPLE JAM.-The following is an e.
iie c%ellent way to preserve winter apples IL
1t spring and summer use: Peel and r
move the cores from juicy apples; sli,
thinly and put into a preserving pa
with three quarters of a pound of viii
v sugar to each pound of the fruit add
ne little water to prevent their burnin
u and a few cloves, a little ginger and Il
IN rind of a lemon tied up in a piece
le coarse muslin; stir with a wooden spo(
+ over a quick fire for from twenty
IN twenty five minutes-careful that Il
Jam does not burn. When cold, put in
u jars and paste or tie down with thi,
le paper, or it may be put into cans az
10 sealed.
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