The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-12-12
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Recipes.

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! Recipes.
ROAST TURKEY. Select your turkey
with care; it should be young and ten
der, and not too tat; too large fowl is
not always the most desirable, choose a
medium sized one. A dressing can be
prepared in several ways; some prefer a
| dressing mgde of bread, butter and
oysters, moisteted with the liquor from
| the oysters, but the tfue New England
way is to make with chopped bread, a
| good quantity OF salt fat pork moistened
with milk and seasoned with sweet
ma1joram. A rich dressing can also be
made with bread crumbs and butter,
moistening slightly with water and
seasoning with salt and pepper. The
fowl should be well stuffed, tying the
neck tightly and sewing the body with q
strong thread, so that they can be easily
removed when the fowl is dished. In
roasting have it thoroughly done. bake
slowly at first, basting it with butter
and water, and afterwards with the
gravy from the dripping pan. Two
hours is sufficient time unless the fowl
should be large; watch carefully, hav-
ing it a rich brown when done. Very
much depends on the gravy, which
should be made in the dripping pan
from the juices of the turkey, thickening
with -four
PUMPKIN PIE.-One quart stewed
pumpkin pressed through sieve, nine
eggs, white and yolks beaten separately,
W quarts milk, one teaspoOnful mace,
one of ginger,a "a little salt. one and one-half
cup of sugar, one cup of good molasses,
beat all well together and bake in crust
without cover
CHEESE CUSTARD "A breakfast cup
full of sliced cheese, the Same quantity of
milk, and two eggs; butter a pie dish,
put in the cheese, pour the milk over,
and then stir in the beaten-up eggs;
bake for half an hour, If a smaller
quantity is required, put a teacupful of
cheese and milk and one egg.
SPIeED APPLES. Eight pounds of
apples, pared and quartered; four
pounds of sugar, one quart of vinegar,
one ounce of thick cinnamon, one-half
ounce of cloves; boil the vinegar, sugar
and spice together; put in the apples
while boiling, and let them remain until
tender (ab0ut twenty minutes); then
put the apples in ior; boil down the
syrup until thick and pour over them.
SPONGE CAKE.-A. L. R., Cochran,
Ind, sends the following: Five eggs,
whites and yolks beaten separately one
goblet of -four, one goblet of sugar, and
two teaspoonflls Of baking powder.
Mrs. b. g. Klingel gives the following:
Two cups of white sugar; two cups of
sifted flour; one-half cup of water; four
eggs beaten separately; two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder; beat sugar and
yolks OF eggs together; thoroughly mix
baking powder in flour, and add whites
of eggs and flour last-a little Of each
until all is used.
Where it Pays to Grow GRAPES.
tits a fact not generally known that
the growth of a vineyard depends
more on the nature of the cli-
mate in spring and fall than
during summer and winter. The
vine thrives best in localities where the
spring gs hfe mos sub hject to hosts non the
autumns to excessively hot weather.
Barton says that the cultivation of the
vine succeeds only in climates where the
annual mean temperature is between
fifty and sixty degrees; or the mean
temperature may be even as low as forty-
eight degrees, provided the summer
old world these conditions exist as far
north as latitude fifty degr ees; in the new
world not beyond forty degrees. In
both hemispheres the profitable cul-
ture of the gT ape ceases within thirty de-
grees of the .quator, unless in elevated
situations or on islands where the inA
tensity of the heat is moderated by the
atmosphere of the sea.
The first step to be taken in planting
grapevine is preparing a border for its
roots. This must be perfectly dry, It
not naturally so drained thoroughly
that no stagnant moisture can exist in it.
A loose under-sOil is, in fact, requisite
for all varieties of grape, Mr.. Elliott,
in the A77aericGrs Vine and Grnpe Groa0e7,
says that limestone clays, regarded
as valuable for the grape by many,
are not in his opinion to be preferred; 4
certain requisite of lime may be needed,
but it must be associated with iron,
salts of soda and other stimulating am
monieal material to give healthy growth
to the vine and perfection to the fruit.
The authority quoted from further says
that light clayey, sandy loan, with an
underlay of gravel, the surface beng
frequently supplied with bone meal, salt
and gypsum, will, whenever the climate
gives sufficient heat and length of sea-
son, be applicable to Edinburgh, VOL
ter, Croton. Delaware, Iona, Rebecca,
Aliens Hybrid, Traminer and Lydia
grapes. The same may be said to cover
the Southern States, reaching into Cali
fornia. All the named varieties as well
as the Scuppernong succeed in soils with
richness of surface and no undertaking
stagnant waters. What has been said
of these is also true of every class, but
there are varieties, as the Concord, Ca
tawba, Clinton, Salem, Wilder, Barry,
Hartford, Diana, Cynthia, Ives, Martha
and Lenasqua, that will thrive in
heavier, closer soils provided the border
for the roots be supplied with the ele-
ments requisite to the nourishment of
the vine and be also free from the stag
nant water at the base.
The usual mode of preparing border
for vines in garden culture is to dig out
the natural soil to the required depth,
about three feet, and length and width
necessary. This is to be filled up with
compost uniting requisite materials.
A southern exposure is generally con-
/ sidered best; an eastern exposure is
generally quite successful.-NeeO York