Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-30
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A LITTLE galeratus ig used In making
mush, 10 prevent the slightly raw taste
which corn meal has when hastily
boiled.
STALE BHEAD GRIDDLE CAKEs.-
Take stale bread, soak II in water tn
soft, strain off the water through q
colander, beat the bread-crumbs light
ly with a fork; 10 one quart Of these
soaked crumbs add one quart Of milk,
one quart Of -four and four eggs. Bake
on a griddle.
CURRANT SAUCE.-Heat the currants
slowly almost 10 a boil, and turn into O
colander, allowing all the juice possible
10 drain off without pressing. Measure
the fruit, and 10 each quart add one
pound OF sugar, one cupful Of raisins,
and water 10 thin the sauce. II one
prefers plenty Of water, It may be nee
essary TO add more sugar.
ONE Of the most useful implements
that can be used upon the farm Is the
iield-roller. II crushes the clods, levels
and smooths the ground, and presses
the earth firmly around the seed, caus-
ing it 10 sprout and grow much earlier
In very dry weather a good rolling Of
the ground will often cause seeds TO
grow which otherwise would not have
terminated.
FRUIT-cREAM.-Apples, gooseberries,
rhubarb, or any fruit; 10 every pint Of
pulp add one pint Of milk or cream (;
sugar TO taste; prepare the fruit as for
stewing; put It in Jar with two table,
spoonfuls Of water and little good
moist sugar, set this jar in saucepah
Of boiling water, and let It boil until the
fruit is soft enough TO mash when done
enough, beatit to a pulp, work this pulp
through a cOlander, and 10 every pint
STIR the above proportion Of milk or
cream. Of course, cream is preferable.
Sweeten and serve in a glass dish.
LICE ON ANIMALs.-Col. F. d. Cur.
tbs commends the following mixture to
kill lice on animals: "Melt hog's lard or
any hot grease, and in it dissolve salt
one-third Of the bulk OF the grease; take
as much grease as will be required TO
smear the animal all over, and into the
mixture pour kerosene oil and stir it up.
Two gills of the kerosene would be suf-
ficient for a COW of ordinary size. One
application completely cured the most
stubborn case of lice on an old hog. II
leaves the skin smooth aud clean, re-
moving the scurf and healing the irrita-
ton caused by the parasites. 1t is also
excellent for gals and sores"
CAKE-MAKING HINTs.-Cream the
butter before adding the sugar. Cover
cake with paper cap when first put in
the oven. A few drops OF water in
white of eggs will prevent their whip.
ping to a stiff froth. When soda and
cream-tartar are used, sift with flour the
same as yeast powder. II more thar
two eggs are used beat separately. TC
secure tenderness and delicaey, tn,
-four measure should always be rather
on the side of scantiness. Beat fruit ielly
to paste before spreading between lay
ers. Lard is better to grease cake TIM
with than table butter. If lard is objec
tionable, keep on hand a small quantity
of unsalted butter.
TEA-DRNKEBs nowadays will de
well TO apply the following simple tes
to the tea purchased of their grocers
Turn out the infused leaves, and If the
are found good brown color, with fai
substance, the tea will be wholesome
but if the leaves are black and of rot
ten texture, with an oily appearance
the tea will not be fit to drink. Tn,
purer the tea, the more the distinctivel,
brown color of the leaf strikes the at
tention. The mixing that is frequentl,
adopted to reduce prices results in tw,
kinds of leaves being supplied together
1t is important to see that the leave:
have the serrated or sawlike edges
without which no tea is genuine.
A CORRESPONDENT of the New Yorl
Tribune says: 81 have seen it asserted
by some writers on poultry that if tw,
breeds of Hon-sitting hens were crosse,
together, it would neutralize their non
sitting propensity, and make the produc
of such great sitters. 1 tried the ex
pertinent three years ago, of breedin,
White Hamburgs and White Leghorn
together, and the chickens of these hav
proved among the best and steadiest o
layers, and in fact wanting to sit les
than either of these breeds when bret
pure by themselves, for after the hen
get to be two years old, there is a create
| or less disposition manifested by them +
sit. But when so inclined, they ar
much more easily broken off the notiol
than regular sitting breeds. A confine
ment in a place by themselves for tw
or three days, generally puts the notiol
out of their heads, and then they vii