San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-10-05
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

Canned String Beans --String them
break in pieces; cook in boiling water
10 minutes and can like tomatoes.
Canned Quinces.-Pare them, put
them in water, boil them till you can
pierce them with straw; skin into a
can, fill 1t with hot strip and seal.
Spiced Grapes. pounds grapes, a
pounds sugar, l pint vinegar, 2 table.
spoonfuls each of cloves, cinnamon and
allspice. Boil slowly until done.
Grape Catsup.-Take pounds grapes
boiled and colandered, "a pounds sugar,
pint vinegar, l tablespoonful each of
cinnamon, cloves, allspice and pepper,
and tablespoon salt. Boil until lit
tie thick.
Canned Sweet Apples.-Take 10
pounds of apples (after they are pared
and quartered) to 8 pounds of sugar, l
pint vinegar, spices to suit the taste |;
steam the apples till they are soft; put
them in the sugar and vinegar; cook a
few minutes and then can.
Risen Flannel Cakes.-Into ! quart OF
flour put 2 tablespoonfuls of salt. Beat
2 whole eggs, and pour in quart of
milk, first boiled and cooled to prevent
its souring. Beat the batter quite light !;
then add 8 tablespoonful of yeast; beat
again, and set to rise until morning.
Bake on a griddle.
Picked PeacheS.--Rub the down all
off with a coarse towel; steam in a
steamer until they can be pricked with
a straw. Have ready jar and some
whole cloves; stick or in each one
and drop in the jar. To every quart of
cider-vinegar put pint of white sugar,
ounce of stick cinnamon; boil all to-
gether ! hour, then pour on the hot
peaches. If the vinegar is good these
will keep nicely all winter. Those
which are to be saved for use during the
next spring and summer put in fruit
cans and seal.
Baked Apple Pudding.--5 moderate
sized apples, 2 tablespoonful of finely
chopped suet, eggs, 8 tablespoonful
of flour, 1 pint of milk, little grated
nutmeg. Mix the flour to smooth bat
ter with the milk, add the eggs, which
should be well whisked, and put the lat
ter into well buttered pie-dish. Wipe
the apples clean, but do not pare them;
cut them in halves, and take out the
cores lay them in the batter, rind up
permost; shake the suet on the top,
over which also CRATE little nutmeg;
bake in moderate oven for an hour,
and cover, when served, with sifted loaf
sugar. This pudding is also very good
with the apples pared, sliced and mixed
with the butter.
Plain Buns.--1 pound of flour, 6
ounces of good butter. pound of sugg-
ar, l egg, nearly pint of milk, 2
small teaspoonfuls of baking-powder, a
few drops of essence of lemon. Warm
the butter, without boiling it; beat it
with wooden spoon; stir the flour in
gradually with the sugar, and mix these
ingredients well together. Make the
milk lukewarm, beat up with it the yelk
of the egg and the essence of lemon,
and stir these to the flour, etc. Add the
baking powder, beat the dough well for
about 10 minutes, divide it into "a pieces,
put them into buttered tins or cups, and
bake in brisk oven from 20 to 80 min
utes.
Chou Chow-Take so small pickles, 2
quarts of silver onions, 2 quarts Of green
string beans, dozen green tomatoes, 8
heads of caulifower; let the onions
stand in brine IL hours, then peel. If
the beans are large break them. Slice
the green tomatoes, cut up the cauli-
flowers; let all stand in brine "a hours.
To gallon of vinegar use one pound Of
mustard Common is the best), mix it
with little vinegar, and add it to the
rest. 1 or 2 tablespoonfuls of oil of
mustard, 1 tablespoonful of cayenne
pepper-use more spices if preferred;
Tie the spices in a white cloth, and
boil in the vinegar, before adding the
mustard. 1t can be put in preserve
jars in alternate layers; fill full; when
filling the jars add here and there lit
tie red and green pepper; fill up with
the mustard make air tight.