Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-12-03
HOUSEHOLD.

bottom of wooden box with number
of small holes; place inside a piece of
flannel, cover with coarsely powdered
charcoal, over this coarse river sand
and on this small pieces of sandstone.
Veal from dinner: Cut in small thin
slices, peel and chop, two medium-sized
onions, fry in small piece of butter to
a light brown, and then add dessert
spoonful of flour, then the gravy, if there
was any left from dinner, add the meat
to this gravy, and just heat through.
Serve Immediately.
The purest of apple vinegar is recon-
mended TO cure chills and fever. 1t
should be taken for nine mornings, first
taking it for three successive days, then
omitting three days, then taking it again
for three days, then again omitting three
days and then taking it again for three
days a gill is dose
A vapor BATH may easily be prepared
at home. Place pail of hot water under
Il cane-bottom chair, or if you have not
one, put a narrow piece of board across
the pail; on this the patient should sit
for half an hour, covered by a blanket
reaching to the floor, so as to keep in
the steam.
For table use fowls that are killed di-
rectly from a free range, where they
have been well fed for some time pre-
viously, and having taken plenty of ex-
ercise, are in perfect health, are to be
preferred to those which have been kept
in a close coop, in connection with
their own excrements and a polluted
atmosphere.
A pretty new penwiper initiates a
shawl strap. The cloth is arranged in
three different colored rolls-for instance,
red, blue and gray-and padded by odd
scraps until about half an inch in diam
eter. Small strands of enameled cloth,
similar to those used for shawls, fasten
the tiny luggage together. A few
threads of gold-colored silk represent
the buckles.
Birds nest pudding: Pare, quarter
and core nice tart apples; butter pie
tin and slice the apples in it; make a
batter of one cup cream (sour, and not
very rich), one teaspoontul soda, one
egg, little salt, and -four enough to
make stiff batter. Pour this over the
apples and bake; when done turn bot
tom side up and spread thickly with
good sweet butter and sugar. To be eat
en- warm.
To pickle eggs: Sixteen eggs, one
quart of vinegar, one half ounce of black
pepper, one-half ounce of Jamaica pep
per, one-half ounce of ginger; boil the
eggs twelve minutes; dip in cold water
and take off the shell; put the vinegar
with the pepper and ginger into stew
pan and simmer ten minutes; place the
eggs in a jar, pour over the seasoned
vinegar boiling hot, and when cold
tie them down with a bladder to
exclude the air. ready for use in a
month.
Southern baked potatoes: Parboil, or
take the cold ones left over from dinner;
place in deep pie pan; between each
layer sprinkle sugar; over the top drop
small drops of butter and more sugar,
about one small teacupful of sugar and
one spoonful of butter to plate of pOta-
toes. Then pour over all one half cup of
butter and set in oven to bake. The
common pumpkin is delicious prepared
in the same way, using, instead of sugar,
syrup or molasses. The pumpkin must
be thoroughly steamed before baking,
and requires two hours baking. Some
cooks add spice.
Invalid's dish: Take chicken, some
of the white meat from the breast and
remove all skin and outside parts-ii
mutton, an underdone slice or two from
the leg, saddle, Or loin; mince it very
finely; put it into stewpan with little
very good strong gravy or beef tea free
from fat; flavor it, if liked, with a few
herbs and spices, and simmer gently un.
til quite hot, but not boiling; then
thicken it with little butter and -four
and season to taste with pepper and salt
Put this mince on a small dish, and
serve on the top nicely poached egg.
Galette: This cake is a great favoritt
in France. Sift pound of the best flour
put it into heap on the pastry-board
make hole in the middle, put into it {
pinch of salt and one of sifted sugar
three-quarters of a pound of butter, anC
q gill of water. Knead the ingredients
together, and when they begin to miN
sprinkle over by degrees half gill o
water, continuing to knead with tht
palm of the hand, and when the paste il
perfectly smooth make it into ball anC
let it lie for an hour. At the end OF thi
time roll out the paste to the thickness
of halt an inch. Mark the edges as fo,
Scotch cake, put the cake on a baking
sheet, brush over the top with yelk o
egg, and score it in the form of diamonds
Bake in quick oven for half an hour
or until the GAZETTE is elastic on pressur
of the finger.