Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-04-21
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The seed of the amber sorghum
cane is aid to be valuable for hens.t !.
"A Safe Depilatory.-Hair may be
removed from the skin,- and. the hair
follicles destroyed so that the growth
will not return, by means of an applica-
ton to the skin of lime paste. q The
paste may be spread on the skin and left
until 1t becomes painful, when it may
be washed of, and sweet-oil or lard APP
piled to the part.
Marlborough Pudding.-Grate ap-
Piles enough to make eight ounces, add
to this eight ounces of. white fine sugar
which has been well rubbed on the rind
Of a large lemon, six well beaten eggs,
three tablespoonfuls of z cream, the
strained juice of three lemons, eight
ounces of butter, add quantity at pleas
ure of orange flower or rose water. Line
a pie-dish with rich puff paste, put in
the mixture and let it bake in quick
oven.
Starch Every fine).-Two table,
spoonfuls of starch wet in cold water !;
add one teaspoonful each of gum arabic,
white wax, and fine salt; pour on one
quart of boiling water; boil ten min
utes, then strain; add two more table
spoonfuls of starch wet in cold water to
the strained starch. If any is left over
it can be kept for next time; it will be
good though thin as water. If apOlish-
ing iron is used after the usual iron
ing the clothes will look like new.
The following is my method of pre-
pairing pressed meat. boil piece of
beef or veal until tender, and then chop
it up quite fine and season with salt,
pepper and spices if desired. The water
in which the meat was cooked should be
allowed to boil down and about table
spoonful of gelatine dissolved in little
water added before removing it from
the fire, so that when cold it will form
kind of jelly. Pour this liquid while hot
over the chopped meat and stir up well
together. If the meat is then pressed
down tight into a stone jar, it will be-
come firm and solid when cold, so that
it can be readily cut into thin Slices
Cor. N. Z. World.
Charcoal for Fowls-There is one
thing which nature does not supply and
which civilization renders quite neces-
sary to fowls. 1t is charcoal. Char
coal made of wood does not answer the
purpose; it has no taste of food, it is
not attractive to fowls, and is seldom
eaten. But if anyone will put an ear of
ripe corn into the fire until the grains
are well charred and then shell off the
corn and throw it to the flock, he will
see an eagerness developed and a healthy
constitution brought about which will
make a decided Improvement. All pale
combs will become a bright red, the
busy song which precedes laying will be
heard and the average yield of eggs
greatly increased.
-Corn-Starch Hasty Pudding. -Four
tablespoonful (heaping) of corn-starch,
one pint boiling water land the same
quantity of scalding milk, salt. Heat
milk and water to scalding in pail set
in pot of hot water. Wet up the corn
starch with little cold milk, adding the
salt. Stir this into the boiling milk and
water, and keep stirring until the mix
ture is about as thick as hot mush.
Turn into an uncovered deep dish, and
set in hot water to keep warm until you
are ready to eat it. It is very good
eaten with sifted sugar mixed with nut
meg or cinnamon, and milk or cream,
if you have can-or with q simple
custard poured over it, or with butter
and sugar. If you have plenty of milk,
use no wateriin cooking the corn-starch.
A cheap, wholesome and nice dessert.
How to Wash Clothes Without Fad
ing.-A lady correspondent sends US the
receipt, which she has tried
with success on all kinds of fabrics:
Wash and peel Irish potatoes and then
CRATE them into cold water. Saturate
the article to be washed in this potato
water and they can then be washed with
soap without any running of the color.
1 have taken oil out of carpets saturated
with this potato water when simple cold |
water would make the color run ruin
ously; have set the color in figured
black muslins, in colored merinos, in |
ribbons and other silk goods. Often
the potato water cleanses without the |
use of soap; but the latter is necessary |
where there is any grease. In such |
cases (without soap) take the grated
potato itself and rub the goods with |
flannel rag. In wooden goods it is nec-
essary to strain the water, else the parti-
cles will adhere, but this is not necessa-