The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-08-28
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
The Table.

Corn is said to be sweeter if boiled
with tho inner husks on; strip the husks
back, pick off the silk, then put the
husks back again over the ear OF corn
and boil it.
-Macaroni: Put it on in cold water
and boil steadily for three-fourths of an
hour; drain the water off put in cup
full of milk, and lump of butter OF the
size of an egg. Serve hot
White Cake: Three cupfuls Of
sugar, one cupful of butter, one cupful
of sweet milk, the whites of eight eggs,
three and half cupfuls of flour, half Il
cupful of corn-starch, and three tea
sp0onfuls of baking-pOwder. Bake in
layers, and spread with custard or icing.
Drop Ginger Cake: One cupful OF
butter or lard, one cupful of white sugar,
one pint of molasses, three eggs, one
cupful of hot water with two teaspoon
fuls of soda dissolved in it, one table
spoonful of ginger, and flour enough to
make Il tolerably stiff batter. Drop with
a spoon into long pan.
Sponge Cake: Take five eggs
(beaten separately and very light), one
cupful of powdered sugar, two teaspoon
fuls of vinegar, and one cupful OF flour,
with half teaspoonful of baking-pow-
der mixed in it. Stir the flour in slow
", and do not stir much after the flour
is all in. Bake in moderate oven.
Coffee is the best when bought in
the bean and freshly roasted or warmed
Just before grinding and using. A very
good breakfast coffee can be made by
using about two ounces or four heaping
tablepoonfuls of finely ground coffee to
each quart of boiling water. After the
coffee is made it should not boil, but
stand where it will keep hot without
boiling for 10 minutes until settled.
Mixed Pickles: Little cucumbers
about two inches long, green tomatoes
ears of sweet corn about the size Of the
cucumbers, dozen small white onions
some pods of string beans and the ten
| der pods of the radish, four or five small
green peppers and some bits OF horse
radish root; all of these soak over nigh
| in weak brine; drain through colan
der and pack in a two-quart can and nj
the can with boiling hot spiced vinegar
Gaming String Beans: Prepare tn
beans as if for immediate use, put then
on in kettle of cold water. Boil unit
tender; have ready the tin cans and ;
teakettle of boiling water; dip the bean
out into the cans and fill up with tn
boiling water from the teakettle; sea
Immediately; when you wish to us
| +l,a,,, liz, ont of tha nanS mt them Ol
in boiling water and season either wit
a piece of breakfast bacon or with
white sauce made of butter rubbed wit
flour, cream, pepper and salt.
Apricot Jam: To every pound O
ripe apricots, weighed after being skin
ned and stoned, allow one pound Q
sugar. Pare the apricots, which shout,
be ripe, as thinly as possible, brea
them in half and remove the stones
weigh the fruit, and to every pound a
low the same proportion of loaf sugar
roll the sugar fine, strew it over the apr
cots, which should be placed on dishes
and let them remain for twelve hours
then put the sugar or fruit into pr'
serving pan, let them simmer very gem
ly until clear, take out the pieces OF AZ
ricots singly as they become clear, an
as fast as the scum arises carefully IT
move it; put the apricots in small jar
pour over them the sirup, cover the jar
with pieces Of paper dipped in the puH
est salad oil, and stretch over the top {
the jars tissue paper cut about two incl
es larger and brushed over with IL
white of an egg; when dry it will /
!, perfectly hard and alright.