The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-12-11

not remove all the stains, soap cloth
and sprinkle on plenty of pulverized
borax. Scour them we'll.
GooD hen manure from fowls which
have been literally fed is worth as much
as guano. 1t should be put in barrels
as soon as taken from the chicken-hOuse,
and kept in dry place until wanted, a
little plaster mixed with it, and before
using, pound up fine. Apply it same as
guano. -s
To MAKE COFFEE. "A gentleman
from Ceylon states that the custom
there to make coffee was as follows: Put
sufficient ground coffee into cold water
over night; in the morning strain off !;
then heat He adds his testimony that
coffee made under this plan is excellent
in flavor, and those who are bilious will
not find the evil effect produced by the
old method.
RELATIVE to changing the clothing,
it is considered hazardous to lessen its
amount after dressing in the morning,
unless active exercise is taken imme-
diately. No under-garments should be
changed to lighter ones during the day,
ordinarily. The best, safest, and most
convenient time for lessening the cloth
| ing is in the morning, when we first
dress for the day.
CHICKEN PIE.-Boil the chicken until
tender, salt to the taste, make crust
with one quart -four, two small table
| spoons lard, one teaspoon salt, one tea
| spoon soda, two of creazi tartar, sifted
I with the flour; two cups sweet milk.
| Work the lard in the -four as quickly
as possible, and make the dough as soft
as YOU can roll out. Line deep dish
with the crust, put in the chicken, with
the large bones removed, one small tea
cup OF the chicken broth, little sal,
and pepper; cover with the crust, and
bake one hour. Serve with gravy made
from the chicken broth.
FRITTERs.-Oyster-Beat two eggs
Fery light; then stir in two tablespoon.
cream or milk, three tablespoons sifted
-four, pinch of salt; dip the oysters In
this, and fry in hot lard. Clam--Take
twenty-five CLAIMS and stew them il
their own liquor; salt and pepper then
slightly; cook for fifteen minutes slowly
drain the CLAIMS, chopping them as fine
as possible, removing all the hard pOr
tions first; make batter of four eggs
with a half-pint of sifted -four and /.
pint of milk; get it as smooth as posi-
Bile; mix the clans with it; use butte
for frying. A small addition of parsle,
is excellent. Pea--Cook a pint, o.
three, cups, more peas than you neet
for dinner; mash while hot, seasoning
with pepper, salt and butter; put b,
until morning; make batter of twt
beaten eggs, cup of milk, quarter of /,
teaspoon soda, half teaspoon of cream
tartar, and half cup of -four. Sti
the peas into this, beating very hard
and cook as you would griddle cakes
Brain-Half pint of milk, quarter of I
pound of -four, two eggs, half light tea
spoonful of salt, saltspoonful of whit
pepper, and teaspoonful of chopped
parsley. Stir the milk gradually int
the -four and salt and the well-beatel
yolks of the eggs, parsley and pepper
then the whites of the eggs. Drain al
the salt and water from the brains
break them up thoroughly with fork
and then put them in the batter, beat
ing them we'll in. Fry them by tn
tablespoonful in boiling drippings or
mixture of lard and butter. With al
expenditure of sixty.five cents, or wit
wine seventy-five cents, if you use win
for the stew, you have three dishes, sui
fcient for quite two days dinner TO
six people.