The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-06
Domestic RECIPHS

OKRA SoUP.-IO five quarts of water
and shin OF beef add four dozen okras,
sliced thin, and few tomatoes; boil
from six 10 seven hours, and add salt and
red pepper to taste.
PUMPKIN PIE.-Boil and strain
(thOugh cOlander) your pumpkin; then,
10 two quarts Ct pumpkin, two quarts OF
milk, Jour eggs, five teaspOOnfuls vanilla,
three OF cinnamon, one OF alispice, halt
teaspoontul ginger, halt teaspo0nrui OF
mace, halt nutmeg; ,he spices must all
be tine; add sugar and salt Jotaste.
Bake with only undercrust.
JENNY LIND SoUP.-Like all great
singers, Jenny Lind was cspricious about
her diet. Her soup was made after the
following receipt: Stis a quarter of a
pound OF well washed pearl ssgO in about
quart OF water, and mix gradually with
1t pint OF cream, the yeiks OF four fresh
eggs, and two quarts of strong beet
STOCK. Send to the table as soon as the
sage is cooked.
CRANBERRY JELLY.-Put one quart
Of cranberries, which have been carefully
picked over, to boil in one pint cold
water have ready in bowl one pint of
white sugar; wheL the cranberries are
perfectly soft mash them while hot
through colander into the bowl which
contains the sugar, and stir until the
.ugar IS dissolved; then pour into molds
and set in cool place for at least "a
hours. Ii the cranberries are good and
no more water is used than the receipt
calls for, this way OF cooking them makes
beautiful molds for the table.
RYE BREAD.-Take one pint of rye
flour, one-nalt pint of corn meal. one
halt pint wheat -four, one teaspoon,uI
sugar, one teaspoonful salt, two tea
spoontuls baking powder, one spoon
shortening, one pint sweet milk. Mix
all the ingredients together, except the
lard, and sift. Rub in the lard cold
very thoroughly after sitting the -four;
then add the milk and mix into smooth
batter, and bake in a narrow, oblong tin
pan, nifty minutes, in a moderate oven.
Protect the loaf with paper the first
twenty-five minutes. When done, put
piece OF butter the size of a walnut in a
muslin cloth and rub all over the loaf.
COFFEE. As a beverage, coffee is
agreeable; but it should not be very
strong, or drank too often, as it is unde-
niably stimulant. Take only one cup
at the regular meal, and that of given,
unvarying strength. In this way it
may be used every day for a lifetime,
not only without injury, but with grester
advantage than an equal amount of cold
water. We have h, ard of a LADY, who
was IOr long time in poor health. to
the mystltcaCl0n OF several physicians
whom she consulted, when at last they
discovered that she made a'm5st ex-
travagsnt use of strong coffee many times
a day-in fact, she had a pot of coffee
always at hand. Following the advice
to abstain from coffee resulted in i'm
mediate ending of all her trouble.
FROST BITTEN PLANTS -Frost,bitte
plants may be revived If properly treat
ed. The proper way is when the frost
mas been partly drawn out of them
naturally, to dreDch them with cold
water from a fne-nosed watering pot,
and Immediately cover again and let
them 80 remain until they regain their
natural color. When they are removed,
clip of all such parts a. are blackened
As soon as it is discovered that plant
has been touched by frost, remove it to
cool, dark room, and on no account
suffer the sun TO shine upon it. If they
can be covered so as TO exclude air as
well as light, it is better still. Dahlias
and the like need not be removed until
the trnsts are severe enough to blacken
the leaves
BEEF BROTH WITH TAPIOCA.-A
pound OF beet cut into pieces, must be
out int tour cupfuls of cold water set
=. "n the back OF the stove where it will
neat slowly, then boiled gently for two
hours or longer, keeping it closely covered
to prevent too great evaporation. There
should be 8 pint of broth after it is
strained. Set it away until wanted and
remove any fat that may rise 10 the sur
face. Soak two tsbespOonfuls of tapioca
for an hour in little boiling water, add
this TO the broth and boil all together for
fifteen minutes; season with salt, and if
admissible, pepper and a few drops of
lemon juice may be added, or, if pre-
TERED, the broth may be seasoned in
cooking with little celery and little
scrap of onion.