The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-21
HOME AND FARM.


TO CLEAN brushes and sponges use
spirits of ammonia and hot water. Wash
them well and shake the water out,
drying on a coarse towel with the bris-
ties downward. Little or no soap is
needed. %
"NEvFR put particle of soap about
your silverware," says the proprietor of
an old silver establishment, if you
would have it retain its original luster.
When it wants polish take a piece of
soft leather and whiting and rub it,
DELICIOUS PUDDING. -Four eggs,
yelks beaten separately, with four table,
spoonfuls of flour until very light. Add
half teaspoonful of salt and mix gradu-
ally one quart of rich milk with the bat
ter. Beat the whites of four eggs to a
froth and stir in last. Bake in a quick
oven twenty minutes.
A GENTLEMAN at the head of large
fruit-drying establishment states that
fruit sliced very thin across the axis,
placed on a tray in the sun, and covered
with thin muslin (not mosquito netting,)
will present an appearance closely re-
sembling that prepared by evaporation
and bleached by sulphur fumes.
In making soup, it is better to boil the
vegetables separately from the meat
md strain both meat and vegetable
water, and mince the vegetables before
putting them with the SO strained liquors.
Soups are more wholesome, and far
more palatable for hot weather, than
meats, but good piece of meat is re-
CURED to make nourishing soup.
RIPE TOMATO PICKLE.-One peck of
tomatoes, three pounds of sugar, one
ounce of cloves, one quart of vinegar,
one ounce of cinnamon, one-half ounce
of ginger root. Slice the tomatoes,
scald the vinegar, sugar and spices to-
gether, pour over the tomatoes hot
Leave twenty hours, then put all over
the fire and cook ten minutes, then take
out tomatoes, cook down the juice and
pour over. .v,rH..f .e-
A WHOLE afternoon at the recent
convention at Lansing, of the Michigan
Sheep-breeders' and Wool-growers' AS
ISOLATION, was given up to debate on
the question of washing sheep, and the
result was an almost unanimous verdict
to the effect that the practice is not only
useless and barbarous, but improbable,
taking into account the often fatal effect
on fine animals thus shocked by being
forced into the water.
% COTTAGE CHEEsE.-Place pan of
clabbered sour milk over the fire and let
it become well ,scalded; then pour it in
to clean cloth and squeeze out all the
water, leaving the clabber quite dry.
Put this into bowl and work it with
the hands, making it little moist by
adding cream. Add also little butter
and enough salt to season well. Mold
out in small balls or serve it in one
large cake, as may be desired. A much
richer cheese may be made by substi-
tuting buttermilk that has just come
from the churn in place of clabbered
milk. Be careful that the milk does not
boil when it is placed on the stove. 1t
wants to scald only.
A CORRESPONDENT of the German
town Telegraph says that most beauti-
full and easily attained show of ever
greens may be had by very simple
plan, which has been found to answer
remarkably well on small scale. If
geranium branches taken from luxur-
liant and healthy trees, be cut as for
slips and immersed in soap-water, they
will, after dropping few days, shed
their leaves, put forth fresh ones, and
continue in the finest vigor all the win
ter. BY placing number of bottles
thus filled in flower basket, with moss
to conceal the bottles, a show of ever
greens is insured all winter. All the
different varieties of the plant being
used, the various shapes and colors Of
the leaves blend into beautiful effect.
They require no fresh water.
Rock CAKEs.-Put quarter of a
pound of butter into one pound of flour,
mix in quarter of pound of raw
sugar, half pound of currants or sui
tanas, one ounce of candied peel finely
chopped, the grated peel of half
lemon, and a large pinch of baking
powder. Beat two eggs for minute,
mix the other ingredients into a paste
with them. In order that the cakes
may have a rocky shape, the paste must
be very stiff; if it is too moist, the cakes
will be fiat. If, however, the two eggs
are not sufficient to work up the paste,
a few drops of milk may be added.
Flour a baking sheet with your fingers,
put little pieces of the cake at equal
distances, taking care to drop them on
lightly, SO that they will retain their
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