The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-26
FARM AND PRESIDE.

Covering the bottom of the bin with
thick layer of powdered charcoal will
help materially to preserve the flavor OF
potatoes and prevent sprouting.
Many of the most pernicious weeds
with which farmers have to contend
are eagerly eaten by sheep. in their
early or soft state, and ultimately may
be eradicated in this way.
-Cocoanut Caramels.-Two cups of
grated cocoanut, one cup of sugar, two
tablespoonfuls of flour, the whites of
three eggs beaten stiff; bake on a but
tered paper in quick oven.
Corn cakes that are nice for break
fast are made of one quart of flour, one
pint of meal, three teaspoonfuls of
baking powder, one teaspoonful of
sugar. three tablespoonful of melted
lard, sweet milk enough to make thin
batter; add salt enough to suit your taste.
In killing poultry, the French open
the beak of the fowl, and with a sharp
pointed, narrow-bladed knife, make an
incision at the back of the roof of the
mouth, which divides the vertebre and
causes instant death, after which the
fowl is hung up by the legs to bleed.
This is neat and merciful way of do
ing it.
Mustard Plasters.-By using strip
or molasses for mustard plasters, they
will keep soft and flexible, and not dry
up, and become hard. as when mixed
with water A thin paper or fine cloth
should come between the plaster and the
skin. The strength of the plaster may
be varied by the addition of more or
less -four.
Chocolate Custard. Take a quart
of milk and the yelks of two eggs. Mix
with the eggs one tablespoon of corn
starch, only little heaped, and stir
this gradually into the milk when
scalded Add two squares of chocolate
grated, sugar to taste. Pour intoa dish,
and spread over the whites of two eggs
well beaten and sweetened and favored
with little vanilla. Set the whole in
the oven to brown slightly.
Lemon Cheese Cake.-Grate with
care the oily rind of three fresh lemons;
rub this with one quarter of a pound of
loaf sugar pounded, until perfectly in
corporated with the sugar; then add by
degrees half pound of good fresh but
ter; beat very light the yelks of six
eggs, and add; mix these well together;
then line a dish with puff paste. and put
in the above mixture. Bake three
quarters of an hour. Serve hot.
Beef and mutton are fast becoming
the popular aliment. Our large foreign
population, unused in their former
homes and poorer circumstances to so
expensive Il food, are greatly increasing
their consumption Of meat. 1t is a
fortunate thing, for it is a matter of
history that the beeseaters, the best fed
people, have led the world in war and
peace. And if the general consumption
of beef and mutton will bring the United
States into the position of the first
nation of the world, or rather keep it
there; or if, to take it the other way,
the first nation of the world must eat
the most beef and mutton, then there
is promising outlook for graziers and
shepherds. RurdI NeW Yorker.
Cream to use with any kind of layer
cake is made from this receipt: Take
one pound of blanched almonds, pounded
to paste, one coffee-cupful of sour
thick cream, two tablespoonful of corn
starch scalded in little sweet milk,
beat all together and spread between
the LAYERS of cake; flavor with little
almond extract. This is very rich and
is suitable for the incest kinds of cake.
For more common use an inviting cream
may be made in this way: Take a pint
of sweet milk, thicken it with half 8
cupful of corn-starch and half cupful
Of sugar, and boil until the cream or
custard is of the consistency of starch.
When almost cool add one tablespoonful
of lemon or vanilla and spread between
the layers of cake.