Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-15
HOME AND Farm.

BAD drivers generally spoil good
horses.
A HINT FOR GARDENERS The
handles Of pruning. knives and all other
implements liable 10 be lost, should be
painted Of a bright red. The handles
Of knives and other small tools are usu-
ally Of a color 70 near that Of the soil,
or that Of the branches Of trees and vines,
that II is not easy 10 find them, II mis-
placed
CIDER made very late in the season
and stored In a cool place will keep
sweet, because active fermentation Is
prevented. II IL Is rich and sweet
when IL comes from the press, and care
Is exercised In making IL from good,
sound apples, IL will not become sour II
kept In a moderately cool cellar In a
tight cask or In bottles.
COCoANUT CUsTARD.-Place one
dozen cocoanut balls (procured from
any confectionery in a pudding-dish,
and over them pour, while Il Is hot, q
boiled custard made Of one quart Of
milk, the yelks Of five and the whites Of
three eggs well beaten, five tablespoon
tuls Of white sugar, "a little more or
| less TO suit the individual taste,) one
| tablespoonful of corn starch, wet with a
| little cold milk, stirred in carefully 10
| prevent Jumping, and two teaspoonfuls
| Of extract of vanilla; have the two re-
naming whites beaten stiff, with little
sugar added; spread over the top Of
| the custard and set into the oven 10
brown slightly; then put the pudding
aside 10 cool. II should be perfectly
cold when eaten.
A WRITER in the ohio Farmer saws
that he is not an old wheat raiser, but
has not lived these last few years to no
purpose, and thinks he has struck the
keynote Of success in raising wheat, in
thorough fitting Of the soil before SOW
ing the seed, and he is convinced that a
poor piece Of land, dragged, rolled, and
then rehtted until the ground is as mel
low as an lash heap" will produce q
better yield of wheat than a rich piece
of land poorly plowed, half dragged
and the seed scattered among the lumpi
and clods, and portion Of Il without
covering or any chance TO germinate o.
obtain a hold.
BOILED CHOCOLATE CUsTARD.-
Crate a quarter Of a pound Of unsweet
ened chocolate, and put in half pint o
hot water on the stove TO dissolve i
need not boil, but requires occasiona
stirring beat up four eggs, yelks anC
whites together, with half a pound o
pulverized sugar, and pour over it
quart of boiled milk; then stir in tn,
chocolate; strain the whole through
fine sieve, put back on the fire, and sti
: continually with a wooden spoon till j
, thickens, which it will do in about thre,
to FIVE minutes; when cool enough pu
in the bowl it is to be served in, anC
! keep on ice till you are ready to use.
MINCED FowL.-Take the remains 0
e cold roast fowl and cut off the whit
meat, which mince finely without an,
! skin or bone; but put the bone and ski
into a stewpan with an onion, a blade o
mace, and a handful of sweet herbs tiet
2 up. Add nearly pint of water. lie
, it stew for an hour, and then strain ant
J pour off the gravy, putting in a tea
, spoonful of Worcestershire sauce. TAX
/ two hard-boiled eggs and chop then
small mix them with the fowl, and salt
: pepper and mace according TO taste
put in the gravy, also half a teaspoonfu
/, Of very finely-minced lemon-peel, ant
one tablespoonful Of lemon-juice, tw,
! tablespoonsful of flour, made into
smooth paste with a little cold water
! and let the whole Just boil. Serve wit
sippets of toasted bread. Some person
{ prefer cayenne to white pepper.