Sharp County record., 1880-04-08
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
The Table.


Steamed Brown Bread Two tea
cupfuls of sweet milk, two of sour milk,
twO-thirds of a cupful of molasses, one
tablespoonful of soda, and little salt.
Thicken to a soft batter, with half corn
meal and half shorts or Graham flour
(shorts are best). Steam three hours in
a two-quart pan, and bake 20 or 80
minutes. This is excellent with baked
beans.
Soda Cake Take one cupful of
fine white sugar, two-thirds of cup OF
butter, one and half teaspoonfuls OF
cream-t tartar, well sifted in three cup
fuls of flour, three quarters of tea
spoonful of soda dissolved in one cupful
of sweet milk, one and a half teaspoon
fuls of lemon extract. If possible, bake
in two small tunnel cake-tins. In the
absence of these set bottle in the mid
die of an ordinary basin and turn the
cake around it. 1t will be much whittier
for the trouble taken.
Indian Pudding; Use four pints of
sweet milk, one pint of sifted Indian
meal, butter kettle and place it over
the stove with one-half of the milk; stir
together the meal and remainder of the
milk. When the first boilS add the last
and let it simmer up, not boil. Allow
it to cool and add one-half of a cupful
of molasses, two-thirds of teaspOonful
of salt, one teaspoonful of ginger, and
the same amount OF allspice, cinnamon
or nutmeg, and one-half of cupful of
raisins. Bake one and a half or two
hours. More molasses can be added if
desired.
Rock Cream: Boil a teacupful of
the best rice till quite soft in new milk,
sweetened with powdered loaf sugar,
and pile it upon dish; lay on it, in
different places, square Jumps of either
currant Jelly or preserved fruit of any
kind beat up the whites of five eggs to
stiff froth, with little powdered
sugar, and flavor with either orange
flower water or vanilla; add to this,
when beaten very stiff, about a table
spoonful of rich cream, and drop it
over the rice, giving it the form OF a
rock of snow. This will be found to be
a very ornamental as well as delicious
dish for supper table
miscellaneous.
Bruised horseradish applied to the
wrist is recommended as a cure for both
neuralgia and toothache.
Old wall paper can be very much
improved in appearance by simply rub
bing it well with flannel cloth dipped
in oatmeal.
To remove grease from silk, take a
lump of magnesia and rub it well over
the spot; let it dry, then brush the pow
der off, and the spot will disappear.
To cure a Felon: As soon as the
parts begin to swell wrap the part af-
fected with a cloth thoroughly saturated
with tincture of lobelia, and the felon
is dead.
Charcoal has been discovered to be
cure for burns. By laying piece OF
cold charcoal upon burn the pain sub
sides Immediately. BY leaving the char
coal on one hour the wound is healed.
One method OF cleaning black silk IS
to brush and wipe it thoroughly, lay it
on fiat table with the side up which is
intended to show, and sponge with hot
coffee strained through muslin. Allow
it to become partially dry, then iron.
To clean white knitted garments,
take those not needing washing, being
only slightly soiled, place them in a pill
low-case one st a time, sprinkle flour
through it, and shake well, until it looks
as bri ght as new. Borax is excellent TO
wash flannels with, dissolved in luke.
warm water.
1t is said that Glove dropped into
ink will preserve it from molding, and
that any essential oil will answer the
same purpose. Russia leather, which
is perfumed with the tar of birch, rarely
becomes moldy. A few drops of any
essential oil will preserve leather from
mold.