The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-09-30
FARM AND FIRESIDE.


proof of careless cook. The kneading
has been Sighted.
Whenever you see farm upon
which year after year no improvement
is made, you may be sure that the farm
er neither reads, observes nor thinks.
An Ohio wool-grower noticing that
another flockmaster complained that he
could not rid his sheep of ticks, says he
was troubled that way once and advises
wetting salt with turpentine when salt
ing sheep. He finds this effectual with
out dipping"
-Waffles. -Two eggs, one pint flour,
one-and-a-quarter cups of milk, one
teaspoon baking powder, butter the size
of an egg, and a little salt. Mix the
baking-powder, salt and flour together,
then rub the butter, add the yelks and
milk, then the whites. Bake at once.
German Sweet Pickle Peaches
To one pint of vinegar, put one pound
of brown sugar down weight, vinegar
and cinnamon together and skim it.
Throw in the peaches and let them
scald for five minutes, when they are
done. Put them in jar and tie them
down.
Apple Eggs.-Pare and core con-
venient number of apples, leaving them
whole; fill with sugar and pour water
over; then place in oven. When nicely
baked take eggs prepared asfor omelet,
pour in and over the apples and return
to oven for ten minutes; CRATE nutmeg
over them and serve hot.
In answer to the question. "What
do you estimate the annual cost of rails
ing sheep to be?" propounded to sew
enty-one different correspondents by
the Commissioner of Agriculture of
Tennessee, the cost IS variously estima-
ted at from twenty-five cents to two dol
lars. Several of the correspondents put
it at thirty cents and thirty-t three cents.
Plan for Keeping Hams-A very
good way of keeping hams is to wrap
them in strong brown paper so that the
ashes cannot come in contact with them.
Then pack them in clean, hard wood
ashes, in dry boxes or barrels. This
will keep well cured hams quite sweet,
as the ashes serve as a protection against
insects. The boxes should be set in a
cool, dry place.
-Feche a la Creme.-Take a quart
of peaches cooked in sugar and put in
the bottom of pudding dish. Take
quart of milk and make blanc mango
of corn-starch. After it is boiled pour
hot over the peaches. Make
meringue with the whites of two eggs.
Pour over the top and place in the oven
just long enough to set the meringue.
Eat cold.
Lemon Pie.-For a good sized pie
take one large lemon; CRATE the rind
and add the juice to one and one-quar-
ter cups of brown sugar. Beat the
yelks of four eggs with pinch of salt;
add to the above, which requires only
one crust. When baked, beat the
whites of four eggs to stiff froth with
little white sugar; spread and dry in
the oven.
Scotch Cookies.-Beat two cups of
sugar with one cup of butter and five
tablespoonful of milk in which has
been dissolved one teaspoonful of soda.
Beat two eggs quite white and add
them. Mix two teaspoonfuls cream
tartar with half a pound of flour and
a teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon.
Mix the whole together, adding more
flour from time to time to make dough.
Roll thin and bake quickly.
Mock Ginger Preserve.-Cut into
strips the thick rind of watermelon,
trim off the green and cut out the in
side until the rind is firm; cover with
water, into which throw enough soda
to make the water taste of it: let stand
from twelve to twenty-four hours; take
out, boil in clear water until a straw
will go easily through; drain; put into
sirup made of good brown sugar, very
strongly favored with pounded ginger;
let boil slowly until the strip penetrates
the rind. This is almost as good as
ginger preserve.
-One secret of making short crust
light is to roll it only once, and to handle
it as little as possible. Superior pastry
will be improved by the addition of the
yelk of an egg and two or three drops
OF lemon juice. 1t is generally under
stood that, for the best crust, equal
quantities of butter and flour should be
taken; but very excellent pastry indeed
may be made with half the weight of
butter to that of flour, and good plain
pastry may be made with six ounces of
butter or clarified dripping and tea
spoonful of baking powder to one pound
of flour. For meat pies it is really un-
desirable that large portion of butter
should be used.
OF catarrh in sheep the New York
Times says: When sheep are exposed
to the hot sun and then sudden shower,
or to the hot sun with wool soaked with
a shower, they take cold, and the fire.
quent result is catarrh, with sneezine
and discharge at the nose. If not
stopped by effective remedies the inflam-
nation often spreads to the lungs and
causes pneumonia or pleurisy. The
remedy is to keep the sheep in sheltered
place for few days and give a pint of
tar-water once day. Tar-water is
made by stirring Tablespoonful of pine
tar in gallon Of water; it may be kept
in a jar for use, and is always valuable
in flock. 1t is well to avoid the danger
by providing covered shed in the pas
ture in which the sheep may find refuge
both from storms and the hot sun.