The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-18
FOR THE FARMERS HOUSEHOLD.
Aids for the Housewife.

Aids for the Housewife.
To ExTERMNATE SNAILs. Sprinkle
salt whe=e they are in the habit OF
coming.
CRUILERs. Two coffee cups of sugar,
u coffee cup Of milk, four eggs, six
~tablespoonfuls Of lrrd, two teaspoonfuls
OF cream Of tartar, n teaspoonful of
soda, -four to make stiff to roll; fry in
boiling lard; spice to suit the taste.
COFFEE CAKE.-One cup Of butter,
one cup OF sugar, one cup Of molasses,
n cup Of cold coffee, four or FIVE cups
of -four, n pound of raisirs (only one
and a half cups are necessary. Put the
raisins in the coffee. Spice to taste.
A FINE BREAD PUDDINa.-Take three
pints OF milk, boil and sweeten it with
half a pound of sugar; add a small nut.
meg, grated, and half a pound of but
ter while it is warm. Pour it boiling hot
over twelve ounces of grated bread
crumbs, and cover it up for q time
Beat up ten eggs and mix all together,
and then bake in a dish or pie plates
lined with pastry.
To Cook WooDcocK Pluck, draw
and wipe the birds clean, but do not
wash them. Skin the heads and necks;
press the legs close n the body, then
twist the head of the bird around, using
the long bill as a skewer to pin the
body. Tie a thin piece Of bacon around
each bird, and roast for fifteen or twenty
minutes before a hot fire; basic fire.
quently with melted butter; season to
taste and serve On buttered toast. They
may be baked in the oven, but the fla
o will not be SO good, and particular
care must be taken not to let them dry
or get overdone. Place the toast be-
meath the birds in the pan for FIVE min.
utes before serving; in roasting, lay it
in the pan which catches the drippings.
LEMON CREAM Five ounces of loaf
sugar, two pints of boiling water, the
rind Of n lemon and the juice Of three
@nd the yelks OF eight eggs. Make a
quart Of lemonade in the following man
ner: Dissolve the sugar in the boiling
Eiter, having previously, with part of
The sugar, rubbed off the lemon rind.
and add the strained juice. Strain the
lemonade into a saucepan and add the
yelks OF the eggs, which should be we'll
beaten. Stir this n way wei the fire
until the mixture thickens, but do not
allow it to boil; serve in cusbard glasses
or on a glass dish. After the boiling
water is poured on the sugar and lemon
it should stand covered for about half an
hour before the eggs are added to it,
that the flavor oil the rind may be ex-
tracted.
Winter Feeding for Cows.
The yield of milk and butter in the
summe depends greatly upon the win.
ter feeding. 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 avail
able afterward. The winter is the sea.
son for liberal and judicious feeding,
and not for short commons which is
but another term for half starvation.
Winter Wood.
One OF the most imperative duties the
head of q family in the country is called
upon to perform is the securing of an
ample supply of fuel for his family
Get mp enough to last through the en-
tire winter, saw or cut it up into conve.
nient lengths for the stove or fireplace,
aud stack it away in the woodshed,
which should be easily accessible from
the house and kitchen, so that there will
be no need Of running out in the rain
and snow for it later on in the season.
Il is a miserable BUSINESS all around
when necessity compels the head OF the
household to 60 TO the woods in winter
three or four times a week for wood,
which 10 hauled home and thrown on the
ground to BIO out rs occasion requires,
in ram, snow and slush, and packed to
the aitlipg.room and kitchen in q wet
and filthy condition. A days work will
provide q good woodhouse, with board
roof and sheltered on three sides; two
weeks work in this time OF comparative
leisure will put in enough wood and
kindling to last through the hardest of
the winter, and when this is done o vast
deal OF comfort is provided in which the
whole household shares. The man who
lMegiccts to get up a good etcrs Of wiutes
Eod in time, with plenty o. chips and
y hsg thrown in and placed mi dry
Ase near the kitchen. deserves
letter than sour looks from his
half done biscuits ana cold
No repepta 81 his error and
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