South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-06-13
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GRAHAM GEMs.-To one pint OF sour
mix take one egg, one spoonful of sugar.
we'll beaten, and one teaspoonfnl OF soda.
and good fresh Graham flour enough 10
make stiff batter. To be baked an iron
gempans, with n quick, hot fire. They
VIII Toe delicious, light, puffy, and tender.
Coin CHOCOLATE PUDDISGr--The re>
cipe given below is used by Miss Dodds:
l require for cold chocolate pudding
one-quarter pound of block chocolate.
one teaspo0nful of vanilla, one pint OF
milk, one ounce of vinegaf, one-half
ounce of gelatiue, one-half giil OF cold
water and the yolks of four eggs. Crate
the chocolate through carrot CRATER.
Put the chocolate and milk on to boil,
and melt by the Gre one-h half ounce of
GelatnO with one-half gill OF cold water.
When the chocolate and milk boil draw
the saucepan TO one side and let il cool
u little. In small basin put the volks
of four eggs and over'them pour the oho-
colatc and milk. Add the sugar and
melted gelatine. Pour all this back into
the saucepan aud stir over the fire until
the eggs are set. Then wet mould
with cold water, add the vanilla and pour
into the mould. When cold it is ready
TO turn out.
Snow FLAKE PuDDING.-Half a box
of gelatine, the whites Of three eggs,
sugar and vanilla to the taste. Soak
the gelatine in enough cold water TO COW
or 1t for an hour then add teacupful
of boiling water After il is dissolved
add enough cold water TO make a pint of
1t altogether. Strain this on platter,
put she whites of three eggs In it, and
beat 1t until it is stiff white foam.-
When half beaten, stiffen with white SUI
gar, add the vanilla to this, and finish
beating then put it in cups. When
nodded in the cups, turn them out and
eat them with cream.
NEW WAY TO Cook CHICKENS. Cut
the chicken up, put it in pan and COW
er ii over with water let it stew ~ usual
and when done make a thickening of
cream and -four, adding piece Of but
ter and pepper and salt. Have made
and bake pair of short cakes, made as
for pie crusts, but roll thin and cut in
chicken pie, and more simple 10 make.
The crusts should be laid on "a dish and
the chicken gravy poured over while
both are hos.
Borer's eggs are laid on the bark near
the roots Of peach trees in early summer,
when they soon hatch, and the worms
find their way into the bark. At this
time, say iii June, July or August, they
are easily found, and 40 easily removed.
Coal ashes, or anything else thrown a.
round the trunk that will tend to pro-
tect it from the borers may do some rood,
but It Is much easier to destroy the in
sects when first Matched than TO build
mounds for keeping them away.
+. +. Powell in the Rural New York
CT, says 81 find that nothing pays bet
ter than currants. The majority of the
people will not be at the trouble Of dust
ing the bushes with a little hellebore,
thus losing their fruit yet nearly every
one needs and will have few for Jelly,
Jam, or for immediate use. The peculiar
acid is invaluable IN hot weather and all
most every one Graves st."
CATERPILLAR NEsT5.-Henry Kcss-
Ter, Of Maideucreek township, Berks CO.,
Pa, rids his trees effectually Of caters
pillars by fastening q rough corn cob to
u polo and running it into tho nests,
turning and twisting the cob u number
Of times. He says tho nests become de.
tlched from the branches and adhere 70
the corn cob. Other methods have here.
tofyre been tried by him. but this he