Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-11-07
Farm AND HOUSEHOLD.

--Beefsteak Omelette. Three pound.
raw steak and one slice salt pork
chopped fine; then soda crackers rollec,
one egg, half cup of milk, small piece
OF butter, two teaspoonfuls salt, one
teaspoonful of sage, half teaspoonful oi
pepper; mix with the hands, pack In q
tin and bake one hour and half. When
cold slice thin.
Picked Onions. Peel small silver
button onions, and throw them into a
stew-pan of boiling water; as soon as
they look clear, take them out with q
strainer-ladle, place them on folded
cloth covered with another, and when
quite dry put them into jar and cover
them with hot spiced vinegar. When
quite cold pack them down and cover
with tight cover.
To Cook Mackerel. your
fish over night, until within an hour
of dinner, then drain them; grease a
long tin; put in your fish; put some
butter or cream (or milk will do) on it,
put in a hot Oveni cook about an hour.
then put some more cream on It, Il YOU
wish gravy; let 1t remain In the oven a
few minutes longer, then take it out
and serve. 1t Is very nice.
Fruit Cake With Honey.-Four
eggs, five cups of -four, two cups of
honey, one teaOupful of butter, one cup
sweet milk two teaspoonfuls cream tar
tar, one teaspoonful soda, one pound
raisins, one pound currants, one-hAlf
pound citron, one teaspoonful each of
cloves, cinnamon and nutmegs. Bake
in large loaf in slow oven. This
will be Moe months after baking rs well
as when fresh.
Winter Feeding for Cows.-The
yield of milk and butter in the sumfuer
depends greatly upon the winter feed
ing. All the feed given to COWS is not
consumed without return. The manure
gives, a good dividend upon the outlay,
and the animals are storing up energy
and strength TO be made available aft
erward, The winter is the season for
liberal and judiciuus feeding and not
Tor "short commons" which is but ah-
other term for half starvation.
Cows teats are frequently injured
by their being trodden on in the stable,
and by other accidents. In treating
these, it is well to insert a milking tube
in the injured teat, both to draw off the
milk and furnish stiff foundation for
the healing process. The cut parts
may be brought together with sutures,
and should be we'll strapped with stick
ing plaster cut into narrow strips, and
we'll supported by covering the sound
parts with the strips as well as the
wounded portions. When thus treated
there is no danger of the displacement
of the parts, and as the milk flows away
through the tube, there is no inham-
matory action from its retention.
A simple protection for metallic
surfaces, as of plows, and indeed of all
other implements, tools and many
household articles, is a mixture of say
a pint of lard and a piece of rosin
(resin) the size of an egg, melted with
it. This supplies a sort of cheap var
nish that may be rubbed on with a
cloth very thinly. The rosin will shut
out air and moisture, and keep the sur
face bright. Steel knives and forks
kept laid away for occasional use, if
smeared with the thinnest film of this
mixture, and wiped nearly clean, will
be saved from rust. The coat is quick
ly removed by dipping in hot water,
and wiping, when they are brought out
for use, This applies to all metal sur
faces, steel, iron, brass, etc.
Building Ice Houses.-As this is
the season for preparing for a stock of
ice, and providing a place to put it in,
il may be suggested that to every ice
house, a cold house for storing meats,
vegetables and fruits should be at
tached. Various methods are used in
the construction of these, but it may be
left safely to the skill of those who
know precisely what is required to sup
ply these wants. The chief rules in
building successful ice houses are, to
have a good non-conducting wall; dry
packing, well pressed down; solid ice
closely packed; perfect drainage with
air-tight foundations; ample ventilation
at the top. Store the ice in dry, cold
weather.