American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-07-05
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

SWEET TBMAT6 P1CkLE.-T pounds
ripe tomatoes, peeled and sliced, 81
pounds sugar, ounce cinnamon and
mace mixed, l ounce cloves, l quart
vinegar. Mix all together and stew one
hour.
DENrIFRtCE.-Put dram of tine
ture of myrrh OH to ounce of powder
ed borax; rub them well together, and
then dissolve the mixture in 1 pint of
boiled water. Wet brush with this
mixture, with which clean the teeth
every night before going to rest.
PRESERVED CHERRiEs.-Stone the
cherries, preserve every drop of juice.
Weigh the fruit, allowing pound for
pound of sugar. Put layer of fruit
for one of sugar until all is used up !;
pour over the Juice and boil gently until
the strip begins to thicken. The short
stem red cherries or the Morellas are
best for preserves. Sweet cherries Will
not do.
THE growing of wheat on large
scale in the Argentine Republic has
only been carried on two or three years,
and yet at last accounts 40 vessels were
loading in the River Plata with wheat
for Europe. The country is fast filling
up with emigrants from Italy, France,
and Germany, and promises soon to be
a sharp competitor in grain shipments
with the United States.
EPIGRAM OF LAMB.-Braise piece
breast of larrb in stew-pan with lit
tie water and some onions, carrots, eel
cry, whole pepper, cloves, parsley, and
sweet herbs to taste. When sufficiently
cooked to allow it, pull out all the bones
and put the breast between two dishes
with heavy weight on it. The piece of
breast being quite cold and flat, cut it
out into small outlets, egg and bread
crumb them, then fry them nice color
in lard. and serve with boiled green
peas.
Snow CUsrARb.-Beat 8 eggs, leav-
ing out the whites of 4; add to them
quart of milk and 5 ounces of sugar;
have shallow pan of hot water in the
oven, set the dish into it, and bake till
the custard Is thick; then take it out
and set it away to cool; beat the re-
manning whites very light, add !
pound of sugarrgradually and a tea
spoonful of lemon-juice. When the
custard is cold lay the whites over the
top in heaps, but do not let them touch.
FRANGIPANE TART.-Sheet a tart-tin
with puff paste; pour into 1t some of the
following cream: Beat we'll eggs, add
to them a pint of cream, spoonfuls of
-four, and some loaf-sugar, the peel of a
lemon; simmer the whole, constantly
stirring it, on a slow fire, for about 20
minutes; then stir in two dozen sweet
and bitter almonds, previously beaten
to paste, with a few drops of water.
Having filed the tart with this cream,
bake it. and sift over it fine sugar.
To WASH CALICoEs.-Calicoes (mus-
lins), if badly washed, are more liable
than linen to assume yellow tinge.
Many persons attempt to overcome this
by imparting a strong shade of blue,
which makes the linen look much worse.
The detergent properties of the lime
water act with energy upon cotton with
out injury unless used too strong. Even
the best washed calicoes, if kept for a
long time without being used, will be-
come discolored when placed in dark
drawer or closet where no circulation of
air or light can possibly reach them.
They should, therefore, be taken out
every We elk and exposed in the daylight
to a current of fresh air. This will not
occasion much trouble, and will save
the expense of washing and bleaching
the article7 when discolored.