The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-23
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acid. mixed in equal parts. will. IL APP
piled two or three times a day. soften
ease and ultimately cure the most DO
durate of corns.
CRANBERRY JELLY.-One quart Gran,
berries, one quart water. me pouhd
light brown sugar. boil II hour. STIR
ring briskly, SO they will not burn :
strain through a soup-straIn ana set
aside TO cool.
Eco CRUEL Beat the yolk OF
egg with one tablespoonful of sugar !:
pour one teacupful of boiling water on
It add the white of the egg beaten to
a froth, with any seasoning or spice
desired. To be taken warm.
BEE LoAF.-One and one>half
pounds of beefsteak chopped very
fine, and free from griZzle " cups
of rollek crackers, Zine , one cup OF
cold water, one half cup of butter,
salt and pepper to suit the taste, bake
till lone.
MULLED JELLY.-Take IL table
spoonful of currant or grape Jelly,
peat with it the white of one egg, aud
add a little loaf sugar, pour on II one
half pint of b bling water and break
in a slice of dry toast, or two crackers.
FEATHER CAKE.-One cup OF sugar,
one half>cup OF milk. n and one
half CUPS of flour. II tablespoonful
of butter. one-haf teaspDonful Of soda
one half t~easpoonful of butter, one
half teaspoonful of ream of tartar /:
flavor with lemon.
OYSTER ToAST.-Make a nice slice of
toast and butter lay 1t IN a hot dlsh +;
put SIX oysters, a teacupiul OF their
own liquor, into a tin cup and bon
one minute. Use half milk if prefer
red. Season with "a little butter, pep
per and salt, and pour over the toast.
RoAST STEAK-Make a dressing as
for Iu. key or goose, spread on the
steak as for roll Jelly-cake, roll up and
wind with a cord. Sprinkle with pep
per and salt lay small pieces of but
ter on the outside. Roast slowly, cut
in slices and serve hot. 1t is nice cold
for tea.
To CLEAN WHITE FURS.-Lay them
on a table, end rub we'll with bran
made moist with warm water rub
until quite dry and afterward with
dry bran. The wet bran should be
u on with flannel, then dry with
book muslin. Light furs, III addition
to the above, should be we'll rubbed
with magnesia, Or a piece of book
muslin, after the / process, against
the way of the fur.
Cough MIXTURE.-Put one gill of
suntiOwer seeds into three plnts of
water, and boil slowly until one pint
remains. Strain them and add to the
liquid one pound Of loaf sugar, and
boil a few minutes. When cool, add
This medicine possesses all the quail
ties of cod-liver oil, and is much more
cOngenial to a delicate st Jmach, to
which it gives vigor and tone.
PoTAIO CAKE For TEA.-Mash the
dotato-s hat are left from the dinner
table, while hot, and season them
with salt and a little butter add to a
dozen potatoes three tablespoonful Of
flour, nalf a cupful of sweet milk, and
a tablespoonful Of bakers yeast. Mix
with a spoon, and let it rise until near
ly teatime. Then roll it out about an
inch thick, and cut into round cakes.
Let them rise ten minutes !; then bake
for halt an hour. A little aga can
be added if desired. The cakes should
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buttered.
WASHING DISHES.-It seems that
all housekeepers are wrong IN using
soap to wash dishes. The right way
to do is to have your water quite hot
and add a little milk to it. TINS soft
the water, gives the dishes a fine
gloss, and preserves the hands it re
moves the grease-even that fro beef
aud yet no grease is ever II ating on
the water, as when soap is used The
stone vessels should be set on the stove
with a little water in them, when the
victuals are taken from them, thus
they are hot when one is ready to
wash them, and the grease is very
easily removed. Tinware keeps
bright longer cleaned In this way
than by using soap or by securing.
The habit SO many of US have acquired
OF securing tins is wasteful policy /;
the present style CT tinware VIII not
bear it The TIN is 500 scrubbed away
and a vessel that is fit for nothing is
loft on our hands.
SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY At We'll
don, says Edward King, in the Boston
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