The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-12
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC Uses OF BUrrERMILK.- -
Boi! one quart of fresh buttermilk
Boil one egg, a pinch of salt, and
heaping tablespoonful Of flour together
and pour into the boiling milk. Sti
briskly and boil for two or three min
utes, and dscrve while warm with sugar
or still butter, maple syrup. Although
this is a homely and old-fashiOned disl
eaten and relislled by our grandparents
DeIore corn-starch, sea moss farina
dessicated cocoanut and other similar
uellcacies Wero even heard of, 1t Is per
maps rs nutritious as any Of them, ant
OFTEN far moro easily obtained. AS the
butter which Is taken from the milk Is
only the carbonaceous or heat produc
ing element, there are still left in it ali
the nourlshing properties which make
IL so valuable as food, AS a drink fo1
men at work In the hot sun, buttermilk
ls iar preferable to cider, methoglin
swltchcl, or any preparation Of beer
WnateYer, as 1t Is not only cooling and
refreshing, but also strengthening. OF
course there are plenty Of people who
nIe constantly dosing themselves with
blood searchers, liver purifiers and
stomach invigorators, who would laugh
ut the mention of buttermilk as a med
lcine. and yet If they could be once per-
suaded to try drinking a glass of that
fresh beverage every day, they would
soon find 1t corrective of their poor ap-
petites and clogged-up livers." In a
llttl ebook Of Plain Directions for the
Care of the Sick" written by an intel
iigent physician Of Philadelphia, who
has undea his medical supervision sew
eral charitable institutions, we find
Duttermilk mentioned rs being very
useful, especially in fcvers, rs an arti-
Gle or diet for the sick. In olden times.
when In many a farmhouse, the medi-
cal pharmacopGia was limited to few
household remedies, buttermilk whey
became familiar and valued sudorltlc,
ana many an old lady whose long and
successful experience as a nurse gives
weight to her testimony, still insists
that " there Is no better cure for cold
thah TO bring on sweat by drinking
not whey" An additional proof of Its
Value as medicine has been found in
a letter from traveller in Switzerland,
who has been visiting C goats whey
cure at Gals" Patients afflicted with
weak and disordered stomachs there
find relief in drinking whey warm from
the cheese vats. They begin to drink
about Six in the morning, while the
whey is pure and warm, and take as
much as seven or eight glasses, with an
interval or quarter of an hour be-
tween the glasses. This treatment is
laxative, but Its effects are in some
measure countcracted by farinaceous
rood. The treatment begins early In
summer, and lasts three weeks.
GROUND RICE PUDDING--put pint
of milk to boil with two ounces Of white
sugar, and piece Of vanilla, lot it boil
ten minutes, remove the vanilla, and
shake In lightly two tablespoonsful of
ground rice; stir carefully so rs to
nave no Jumps, add the yolks of four
eggs, or three whole eggs previously
beaten up with little milk and
strained, stir over the fire for five min.
utes, ana add an ounce Of gelatino dis
solved IN little water, put the whole
III mould until quite cold; serve with
any KIND OF syrup or jam. The jam
must be passed through a sieve ard
moistcned with little cold water and
squeeze Of lemon. The above mixture
OF milk, ground rice and eggs may be
used another way by leaving out the
gelatinc and buttering mould or
basin and steaming the pudding
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rice has been cooked, otherwise the
pudding will not keep its shape when
served.
CRANBERRY SAUCE. II usually
plump" the cranberries before stew
ing by pouring boiling water over
them and letting them stand until the
water Is cold. For one quart of berries
L allow one pint each Of water and
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should be hot, lot 1t boil ten or fifteen
minutes longer. Stir the berries often,
MASKING evenly. When done, the
sauce may be strained into n mould or
bowl, and when cold, cut and served in
slices, OF poured into saucc-disA and
served the commoner way.
BREAD PUDDING.-Half n pound of
stale bread, soaked In warm water for
ten minutes, and wrung dry in clean
cloth; one quart Of milk, four eggs,
yolks and whites well beaten together !;
two ounces Of butter, one even tea
spoonful of salt, half pound of we'll
washed and picked currants, dried in a
towel; one cof1ce-cup light-brown
sugar, half a grated nutmeg; mix we'll ;
butter the pan, and bake for three
quarters Of an hour in q hot oven. Cost
about thirty cents, and Is sufficient for
eight persons.
Corn STARCH CAKH.-One cup butter,
two cups powdered sugar, one cup OF
sweet milk, two teaspoons baking
powder, In one and one-half cups flour,
one and one-half cups corn starch and
whites of seven eggs. Flavor with
lemon.
A Novel wedding.
Three years ago, Wheeler Ellis, q
young, poor, Woodworking mechanic
left Washington for the far West to seek
his fortune, leaving behind a lovely
and lonely maiden to await his coming
ut some future time, when his finances
would admit of marriage. This time
had come but OH account Of business
engagements the young man found
that he could not make the trip East
A friend arriving there from the West