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sEAsoNABLE RECIPES
CURRANT PREsERvEs.-1nou,
to ! OF fruit; melt sugar, skim '1 sas segs |
and boil 20 minutes. aoaioa
To WASH CH1srz.-Make 4, Ia.
the pest soft-soap, and !. tablesnoa.l.ai
OF vinegar and a pinch Of salt s, y
quart, a larger proportion to ,; wen
water; rinsing quickly and tbs ', ul
will be as good as new. A' cOas
CURRANT JELLY.-Allow
sugar to l of juice; boil iuicep J S.a9a
minutes; heat the sugar in tha lazy
add to juice and boil hard 3 n;, 0ssa
put into molds, sprinkle with s'e
pulverized sugar (to prevent m no 1a y
seal either hot or cold. ', 3e
CUCUMBER CATsUp.-12 hna
pared cucumbers, ~ onions. Grs ssM
cucumbers and leave them ON s' s;s .s
while the onions are being grated i .s "
together in large bowl and thoron.%p
mix; add salt, spices, mustard And 4.
meric to taste; also horse.radish W. W
vinegar to thin enough to bottle. ~
SPIcED CURRANrs.-1 ounce ., !.
namon, ounce of cloves, tabls,, ~
each OF mace and allspice, all prourS 7, |
pint of vinegar, 4 pounds Of cu, rra,
and 2 OF sugar. Boil the fuit sss |
spices tied in bag, and the SUGAR !, ~
thick strip. When nearly done add " :,
egar. Put away in jelly tumblsr y ! |
glass cans.
LEMON CATsUP.-14 pounds 81 ssA
pound of ground mustard, ounce III
mace, nutmeg, cayenne and allauiss !,
gallon of cider vinegar, 5 or 9 v,,l.
cloves, Is large lemons. Slice thss s H.
ons; add the other ingredients; let IN
mer from 20 to so minutes; placa n
covered jar; stir every day for 7 ms
weeks, strain then, bottle, cork ,,i
seal. ~
Ice CREAM quart of sweet min.
put it on the stove to boil; while / | !
heating beat 6 or 8 eggs with sugar !, |
use little corn starch if eggs are Nd
plentiful. When the milk boils stir /, |
the eggs and flavoring; set it of 70 ri
cool, then put in pint of sweet cream
and pour into the freezer. II Won Mu +
no freezer by using a tin pail and cogs |
and stirring until frozen you can mai, |
very good cream, although it is hsds
work.
FRICASsEED CHICKEN, WITH GRm
Corn. Cut the green corn from th |
cob, put it in the pot, with water enough
to cover it, let it stew until it is neair
done; then cut up the chicken, put /
with the corn and let them stew tcpeth.
er about ] hour; put in few who's |
grains of pepper, with a teacupiu 4 |
cream or milk; thicken with 2tsbIs
spoonfuls of flour stirred in lump Il
butter; add the salt last.
SLICED CUCUMBER.-Slice "A lru1
cucumbers. Boil / hour in yinegx
enough to cover them and then set sIls
To l gallon cold vinegar put pound
sugar, l tablespoon each Of cinnama,
ginger, black pepper, celery seed, to- /
spoon each Of mace, allspica, cloves,
tablespoon each of turmeric, scrspd
horse radish, sliced garlic, teaspoon
cayenne pepper. Put in cucumbeund
stew 2 hours. Can use when cold.
GINGER POP OR GINGER BEER.-h
order to make this excellent and health
full summer beverage, place in . larg
stone or earthen vessel l pound Of lot
sugar, 2 ounces of cream-tartar, sadl
ounce of bruised Jamaica ginger ROOT
over which pour gallon Of boiling "
ter; stir these we'll together, cover Y
closely, and allow to stand for 10 dll
hours then add and stir well into u
tablespoonful of yeast, cover sgsl
and allow to stand for eight hours longai
after which time remove the scun
strain, cork and tie down. 1t Will
ready for use the next day. The yelas.
rind or zest of the lemon, together w
its juice, may be added if desirable. %
il is not essential. The principal dIfsf
ence between ginger pop and glg
beer is that the former is bottled imne
diately, and the other is first put lnlss
barrett for a few days. 1t is also Haa
to boil the ingredients for ginger na
which is not done in the case o. ~
the inpredients for it being simply y
fused in boiling water. Both pop y
beer require to be bottled in Small W. ~
or earthenware jugs, and the coris y
or wired down. If this is properly 0u
the corks and strings will serve nn
times in succession. The momem y
string i !, united the cork will fiy emI
uninjured. The bottles before ms
used again should be scalded ou' "a