St. Landry democrat., 1881-12-24
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.
"A little salt rubbed on a discolorcd
egg-spoon will restore its silver tint.
Plain Lemon Pudding.-Quartcr OF
pound of suet, half a pound Of bread
crumbs, four ounces of sugar, the juice
of two lemons-the rind OF them grated
and one egg. TO be well boiled and
served with pudding sauce.
"A small quantity of ashes given to
pigs while fattening is found very ben
eticial, us their food is generally rich IN
phosphoric acid and deficient in lime,
which the ashes supply. In this way
the phosphoric acid is made available
as food.
Boiled Cider Pie. "A boiled cider
pie may be a novelty to some one. lake
four tablespoonfuis OF boiled cider
three tablespoonful each of sugar and
water, two tablespoonful of -four and
one egg; beat all together. Bake in
deep plate, and with upper and under
crusts.
Mutton is considered the cheapest
meat farmer can raise The fleece
from sheep of good breed will pay for
its keep. The profit derived from the
lambs. the manure and the radiance OF
destructive weeds in pastures, OF which
the sheep are well-known foes, all add
to the profits of sheep-raising.
Rice Watfles.-One and half pints
of boiled rice, one and a half pints OF
flour, half teacupful of sour milk, half
teacupful OF sweet milk, one teaspoon
full Of soda, three eggs. butter the size
of walnut, and salt to taste. By add
ing to the above recipe an extra half
cupful of milk, the batter becomes the
proper consistency for rice pancakes.
To make potted ham, take lean and
. very tender boiled ham, chop it fine and
beat to paste in a mor5ar-an old
fashioned wooden one is recommended
, for the purpose-adding butter it need
ed to make the particles stick together
and little mixed mustard, if desired
This is excellent for travellers lunches
and also handy to have in the house. ,
Farmers Fruit Cake.-Soak three
1 cups OF dried apples overnight in warn
, water. Chop slightly i'll the mornIn!
2 and simmer two hours in Two cups o
2 molasses. Add two wcll-beaten eggs
| one cup of sugar, one cup OF butter. on
: dessert spoonful of soda, flour enou9
to make rather a stiff batter. Flavo
: with nutmeg and cinnamon to tn
: taste. Bake in quick oven.
: Saratoga Corn Cake.-Four eggs
, half pound of sugar, quarter pound c
g butter, one quart OF milk. half ounce c
t Soda salt. one pound Of corn meal, on
: pound of flour, one ounce OF cream tai
il tar Beat well together the eggs an
: sugar. melt the butter and add, the
h milk with the soda dissolved in it, an
! salt; stir thoroughly and add corn me'
e and -four, with the cream tartar we
a mixed in it. Bake in moderate over
: and eaten hot with butter.
! An old pork butcher in Detro
saws the pre- iudice in Europe AGAIN
American pork arises partly from tn
y fact that hogs tattcned on our lhdl',
corn do not make as fine pork as q
/ those of Germany, the Netheriand:
:; France. etc. which are fattened ch'el
II on ,,eas and buckwheat. With the Ia
u ter such Il condition rs rusty pork
- unknown. AS both peas and bucl
wheat grow rankly in this countr
wherever properly cultivated, 1t M;
DC worm Wullc lol SoiAo i'ih AA'cA " ~
the matter Possibly the oleaglno'
ic principle in corn may tend to deter
IS Grating effects in some degree, thoue
,e that cereal will doubtless continue Il
ly principal food for fattening hogs IN IL
re country.
a Persons who are unfortuna
h. enough to live in damp houses, partlc
A larly near undrained land, are apt
I'll think that there is no help for the
p save in removal. Land says they a
I'll mistaken, and states that eXperimer
tie have shown that it is possible to maj
D. rally improve the atmosphere IN su
nd neighborhoods in very simple mann
ed by the planting Of the laurel and
or sunhower. The laurel gives off
IS. abundance OF ozone, whilst the $50
nd stoying the malarial condition. The
" two, if planted on the most restrict
y, scale in garden, close to the hou
las will be found to speedily increase
lid dryness and salubrity of the atmosphe
". and rheumatism, if it does not entlr
M become memory Of the past, WI
by largely alleviated.