Morris tribune., 1880-09-23
Recipes for the Housewife.
sAvoRY BEEF.

Recipes for the Housewife.
sAvoRY BEEF.
Three and one-halt pounds beefsteak
chopped fine; three eggs; twenty crackers
rolled; four tablespoonfuls sweet cream,
small piece OF butter; salt and pepper
to taste; add little nutmeg. Thin with
milk till about the consistency Of biscuit:
put In buttered tin and bake an hour
and half. Let stand until cold and
slice for tea.
EVERY DAY BLACKBERRY JAM.
Dry your berries with towel if they
are not picked in dry weather; to every
pound of fruit one half pound of G SUI
gar; cook tor one hour, stirring all the
the time; no water. Put in patent glass
jars. Ought to keep until next black
berry season.
VEAL HASH.
Take teacup of boiling water in
saucepan, stir in an even teaspoon flour
wet in tablespoon cold water, and let
1T boil five minutes; add one-half tea
spoon black pepper, as much salt, and
two teaspoons butter, and let it keep hot
but not boil. Chop the veal fine and
mix with it half as much stale bread
crumbs. Put it in pan and pour the
gravy over it, then let it simmer ten
minutes. Serve this on buttered toast.
PINEAPPLE CONSERVE.
Buy small pines, and CRATE or chop
them fine. Take three-quarters of a
pound of white sugar to every pound OF
pine apple, and wait until the sugar is
dissolved. Put it all on the fire, then
stir repeatedly, and when it comes to a
boil take it off the fire, for it is done. 1t
wants skimming.
CUCUMBER CATsUP.
Crate three dozen large cucumbers
and twelve white onions; put three
handfuls OF salt over them. They must
be prepared the day beforehand, and in
the morning lay them to drain; soak a
cupful Of mustard seed, drain it and add
to the cucumbers, with two spoOntuls OF
pepper; put them in a jar, cover with
vinegar, and cork tight; keep in dry
place.
CUCUMBERs FOR PICKLES.
Those who plant cucumbers for pickles
only, do not wish to plant seed early and
often when the proper time comes the
soil is very dry. A correspondent of the
american Rural Home says that in such
cases he succeeds by soaking the seed fol
twenty four hours, and then planting
them in the hills, covering the hills with
one inch Of rotten manure, and then
moistening the ground if the same is
very dry. have in this mann er planted
cucumber seeds in dry and hot weather,
and had them up in three or four days
and in splendid condition, betN een rows
| of onion sets, and never touched them un.
til the onions had been removed, and
thereby received a double CROP
from piece of land which other
wise would have had but one crop.
GREENGAGE MARMALADE.
When the plums are thoroughly ripe
take off the skins; weigh, and Oil then
quickly, without sugar, 30 minutes, keep
ing them well stirred; then to every fouI
pounds add three ct good sugar reduced
quite to powder; boil the preserve from
five to eight minutes longer, and clear of
the scum perfectly before it is poured tx
be put into jars. When the flesh Of thu
fruit will not seperate from the stone
weigh and throw the plums whole int
the preserving pan, boil them to pulp
pass through sieve, and deduct tn
weight of the stones from them whel
apportioning the jam. The Orleans plum
may be substituted for greengages il
this receipt. Greengages STONED ant
skinned, six pounds, 30 minutes. Sugar
tour and one half pounds, 5 to minutes
PRESS NOTICES.
The MINNESOTA FARMER published a
Minneapolis and St. Paul, is one of GU
most valued exchanges. This excellen
journal always manages to present some
thing fresh and reliable in agriculture
always keeping in view the needs of th
Great Northwest which it ably represent
, Kansas City Stock Farm.
, How TO CLEAN THE FLooR.-If yo
have painted floor keep soap and soap
suds off of it, for it spoils the brightnes
of the paint, makes it soft and it peels OF
leaving the floor looking worse than if
, had not been painted. If your floor hs
2 not been painted, keep soap off of i
as it gives it dirty ,grimy look and keep
growing worse all the time. Just tax
l clean hot water, put teaspoonfull (
8 ammonia into three gallon pail of WI
d ter, stir it and with clean, long handle
i mop rub the floor all over, then wipe it
< with clean water. 1t will take a lit
b while to get the grey out of the board
It but it will come out after a time, an
y you will find it much easier to keep yo'
i floor white and nice than it was wht
K cleaned with soap or suds.
g The Rural Neoo Yorker says a good r.
l. cipe TOR cement for kerosene lamps Isl
P Three parts resin, one of caustic SOC
,, and five of water. Mix this composite
with half its weight of plaster OF Par
1t will set firmly in about three quartz
II of an hour.
y The cement commonly used is simp
g plaster Paris, which is porous, ar
z quickly penetrated by the kerosene. IT
u above mixture is said not to have th
" detect.
The yolks must be beaten until thiC
and creamy, then the milk and seaso
ings added, and lastly the whites beatt
' to stiff froth. Have heated in SKI
!, let tablespoonful OF butter. Pour
Z = the mixture which should at once bu
= BILE and flake. To keep from burnir
slip under thin knife and raise up Il
edges every few seconds. When the egg
begin to set, fold over, shake the skill
and turn on to hot platter. VIII,
! many eggs are used, divide and NAL
u several, sending each to table as soon
y done.
o Feather pillows can be cleaned an
3 purified without removing the feathers
by taking the pillows, laying. them
e the bath-tub, scrubbing them with
scrubbing- brush dipped in solution
o two tablespoonfuls of ammonia TO half
2 pail Of warm water and rinse the
!. thoroughly. Lay them out on the gra
! to dry, turning them frequently; and
Il the last pin them to the line for nur
# Der of days, and when quite dry, be
4 them with a rod. This is to disenta
: gle and tighten the feathers.
( The Supply Of Wool.
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