The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-01-29
. USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

IT Is impossible for house plants t.
do well if the earth about them re
mains wet for any considerable length
of time-say two days. Plants nee.
fresh water the same as individuals
Let the earth be so porous and the
drainage so complete that the plant.
will need watering daily.-Rural Nc'
Yorker.
The remains of picked tongue arr
very nice intermixed and placed in 8
pan and pressed, when they win turr
out resembling collared meat. A little
thick jelly may be poured into the par
with them. Slices of cold tongue may
be warmed into any kind of savory
sauce and laid in a pile in the center o1
dish, the sauce being poured ovel
them.
SPANISH CUsTARD.-H your family
number six, take eight yelks of eggs
eight teaspoonfuls of sugar, beaten
very light, adding flavor if you like
put over slow fire. stirring all the
time until quite thick; then have small
saucers either of glass or china and
pour some on each saucer; to be served
in this way cold; powdered almonds
are very delicious on it.
SEED CORN.-H any ones last crop
of corn was not of as good quality as
desirable, and neighbor or distant
friend has some better sort, make it a
business to get some of it for seed now,
and have it ready when the day OF
planting comes. In selecting, note the
fsv,on IF ysSy,nuSrnp cir nvd t,nvs nj
ears on stalk, size of stalk, quality Of
the grain and all other important
points.
PUMPKIN SOUP.--For six persons,
use three pounds of pumpkin; take of
the rind, cut in pieces and put it in a
saucepan with little salt, and cover
with water; let it boil until it is soft
say twenty minutes-and pass through
a cOlander: it must have no water in it;
put about three pints of milk in casse-
role, add the strained pumpkin and let
it come to boil; add a very little white
sugar, some salt and pepper; no butttr
is used.
CREAM PUFFs. one quart boiling
water add three-quarters of a pound
flour and three-quarters of pound but
ter; when nearly cold add ter eggs,
well beaten, and onc-half teaspoonful
of soda; drop on butter.d tin pans,
several inches apart, and bake in quick
oven. Custard for the puffs- One
quart of milk, four eggs, two cups SUI
gar, one cup flour; cook until well done;
flavor to taste; when cold split puffs
and fill with cream. Smaller quantities
may be used in either receipt than here
given.
The openness of the feathers of fowls
which do not throw off the water well,
like those of most birds, enables them
to cleanse themselves easier from in
sects and dirt, by busting their feathers
and then shaking off the dirt and these
minute pests with the dust. For this
purpose one or more ample heaps OF
sifted ashes or very dry sand or earth
for them to roll in must be placed in the
sun, and, if possible, under shelter, SO
as to be warm and perfectly dry. The
dust heap is as necessary to fowls as
water for washing is to human beings.
1t cleanses their feathers and skin from
vermin and impurities, promotes the
cuticular or skin secretions and is mate
rally instrumental in preserving their
health. If they should be much
troubled with insects, mix in the heap
wood ashes and little flour of sulphur.
IN. Y. Herald.