The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1880-01-10
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fork, beat in butter, milk, pepper
and salt; at last the frothed white
Of an egg toss irregularly upon a
dish; set IN the oven two minutes to
cheat, but do not let it color.
ORANGE TARTLETs.-Two fine or
anges, juice of both and grated peel
Of one; three-forths cup Of sugar,
two tablespoonfuls of butter, one tea
spoonful of corn starch; wet up with
lemon juice and little cold water,
Beat all to smooth cream, and bake
in small tins.
CRANBERRY SAUcE.-Put a quart
of clean cranberries into a saucepan
with cupful Of cold water; stew
slowly, stirring often, for an hour
and half; take from the fire and
sprinkle abundantly with white SUI
gar; rub through fine colander and
set to form in a wet mold.
For A CoLD,-As the season of
colds is at hand we publish the fol
lowing:-Take a heaped dessert
spoonful of tiaxseed, put in pint of
water, cover it and let it boil to half
pint; if the seeds do not settle to the
bottom, pour in little more hot wa
ter and stir well; put in tablespoon
full of genuine vinegar and as much
brown sugar as you like. and take
after getting into bed. 1t is a
powerful sudorifc and cuts the
phlegm.
FRENCH BREAD.-Make up a quart
Of -four, twelve hours before you wish
to use it, with large tablespoonful
of sweet yeast, and milk and water
enough to make the dough pliable
and rather softer than for ordinary
lightbread. Work in q dessert
spoonful Of butter and one well bea-
ten egg. Set it away to rise, and
when well risen, work it about ten
minutes the second time. Make it
into loaf or rolls, and bake it as
usual.
HAM CoRQUETrrs.-Take quarter
Of a pound of created ham or tongue
and mix it with two ounces Of mash
ed potatoes; melt a piece of butter
in saucepan, add the mince, season
with little pepper, very little
stock, little powdered sweet herbs
and chopped parsley; stir until quite
hot; then add, off the fire, the yelks
of two eggs; lay the mince on plate
to cool, make it into croquetts, roll
them in egg, and them in baked
breadcrumbs, and fry them in hot
lard. ~
CHICKEN SALAD.-Take equal bulks
OF cut chicken and celery, and make
the following dressing for two chick
ens:-Mash the yelks of eight hard
boiled eggs, and mix with them one
and one-half tablespoonfuls of good,
dry mustard; stir in the yelks of two
or three raw eggs; then add slowly,
stirring all the while, one quart bot
tie of salad oil, cayenne pepper, salt
and vinegar to taste at the. last. If
the dressing separates that is, looks
curdled, at any time during the pro-
cess, add little vinegar, and if that
does not bring it together, q little
raw white of egg. After the oil is
in and before the vinegar is added,
the dressing should be stiff enough
to hold spoon upright. Salt the
chicken and celery previous to mix
ing the dressing with them. Save a
little of the dressing to spread over
the top, and garnish the edge of the
dish with celery tops.
Improving Soils.
E. P. Roe, the eminent agrieultur-
fst, in an article in Scribner's re-
marks:-In the garden, light soils
can be given much more stable
and productive character by cover
ing them with clay to the depth of
one or two inches every fall.-The
winters frost and rains mix the
two diverse soils to their mutual
benefit, Cartisg sand on clay is
rarely remuneratives the reverse is
decidedly so,and top dressings of clay
on light land are often more bene-
fetal than equal amounts of manure.
AS practically employed, ! regard
quick, stimulating manures. like gu.
ano, very injurious to light soils.
believe them to be curse of the South.
They are used to make CROP as it
Is termed; and they do make it for a
few years, but to the utter improve
ishmeDt of the land.
And yet, by the aid of these stimu-
lating commercial fertilizers, the
poorest and thinest soil can be made
to produce fine strawberries If suffi-
cient moisture can be maintained.
just as a physician can rally an ex-
hansted man to a condition in which
he can take and be strengthened by
food, SO land, too poor and light to