Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-04-17

Topics for the Wousebold.
SPorGE CAKE.-Fifteen eggs, one.
fourth pound -four, one pound sugar.
RICE MUrFINs.-One pint of rice.
One.1Ourth pound OF butter, six eggs,
one pint sweet milk, -four to make stiff
batter.
EGG BREAD.-One quart of butter.
milk, three eggs, three tablespoons -four,
lump of butter size Of an egg, half tea
spoon soda, corn meal enough to make a
thin batter.
MUsTARD.-One cup of vinegar, two
tablespoons sugar ,0ne tablespoon butter,
half tablespoon elery seed. Mix
well; let it come to good boil, then
stir in two tablespoons mustard.
LIGHT BREAD BATTER CAKEs.-Take
three slices of light bresd, one quart of
boiled sweet milk; pour the milk over
the bread and let it stand from three to
five hours, add half a pint of butter
milk, one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon
salt and two eggs.
WHITE CAKE.-Whites of twelve
eggs, three cups of flour, two of sugar
one of butter, one teaspoon soda, two
teaspoons cream tartar. Beat the eggs
and sugar together very light for icing,
and cream the -four in the butter.
give this by permission of Mrs. Guild.
SCoTCH STEw.-Four pounds of lean
beef passed through a sausage mill, one
onion chopped fine, half q teaspoon of
salt, pepper to taste. Place in covered
vessels with one teacup Of boiling water.
Let stew slowly three or four hours.
Just before taking it off the fire stir in a
lump of butter the size of an egg.
MUsH BREAD.-Put a pint of sweet
milk in sauce pan, and when i! comes
to boil make thin mush with corn
meal. Cook it done and set it aside to
cool; beat in one egg at time until you
put in three, add a piece of butter the
size of an egg and little salt; put in a
deep dish and bake ; it must be eaten az
soon as baked.
OATMEAL.-Oatmeal is an important
and valuable article of food. With tina
exception of Indian corn it is richer in
oily or fatty matter than any of the
other cultivated cereal grains, and its
proportion of prOtine compounds exceed
that of the finest wheaton -four. SO
that both with respect to its heat and
fat making, and its flesh and bleod
making principles, it holds a very high
rank.
STUFFED OR DRESSED HAM.-Mix
one quart of grated light bread with a
teaspoonful each of mace, nutmeg,
cloves, allspice, salt, thyme, sweet basil
fat meat and parsley chopped fine, a
little butter and brandy to soften dres-
sing; boil and skin nice ham, make in
cisions about an inch apart as deep as
possible and stuff with the above mix
ture; spread the yolk of an egg over the
top and then CRATE bread crumbs thickly
over it bake until brown; very nice.
CHANGE OF CLOTHEs.-Another
means of promoting personal cleanli-
ness is, by the absolute change of all
clothing morning and night, wearing
nothing by night that is worn by day,
and rice r~rsa. Such clothes as are hung
to sun by day and dry by night, ard
such only, are fit to be worn by those
who nave reasonable regard for per-
sOnal cleanliness. And I may remark that
when such clothes are removed for the
change, it is of the utmost importance
70 the health that the skin should be
subjected to reasonable friction by
a flesh brush, crash, coarse flannel,
or the hand, as means of cleanliness,
and OF improved circulation.
CLEAN BEDs-A writer in the Con-
greg0tionoi writes intelligently on this
topic and on clothing as follows: cit
must he false idea of neatness which
demands that beds should be made soon
after being vacated. Let it be remem-
bered that more than three ffths Of the
solids and liquids taken into the stom-
ach should pass of through the pores of
the skin-seven million in cumberland
: that this escape is the most rapid during
the night, while warm in bed. At least
one half of the waste and putrid matter
(frOm twenty to thirty ounces in the
night, must become more or less tan
gled in the bedding-Of course, soiling
it-and part of this may become reab-
sorbed by the skin, if it is allowed to
come in contact with il on the mex [
night, as il must if the bedding is not
exposed for few hours in the air and
light. We may we'll initiate the Dutch
example of placing such bedding OF,
two chairs near the window, in the sun
light; or in the window, that the bes.
purifier known-thc light Of the sun-
may dissipate their impurities, or nell
traiize them. A. least three hours on
the average is az short exposure as is