Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-10-08
HOME AND FARM.

1t is a good plan to pour hot water
over liver before frying or broiling it;
it improves the taste and seems to make
it more wholesome also.
-Beefsteak and Oyster Pie.-Beat
the steak gently with rolling-pin, and
season with pepper and salt. Have
ready deep dish lined with not too
rich pastry. Put in the meat with
layers of oysters; then the oyster liquor
with little mace, and teaspoon of
catsup; cover with top crust and bake.
Veal will do as well as beef.
Road Collect q few barrels
of dry earth, road-dust, fine dry dirt the
cornfeld or potato patch, or anywhere
that is most convenient. This is q
handy thing to have in the fall and
winter for sprinkling under the roosts
and on the floor of the poultry-house.
1t absorbs ammonia, keeps down smells,
and keeps things ship-shape.
French Beefsteak. the steak
two-thirds of an inch thick from
a fillet of beef; dip into melted fresh
butter, lay on heated gridiron and
broil over hot Goals. When nearly done
sprinkle with pepper and salt. Have
ready some parsley, chopped fine and
mixed with softened butter. Beat them
together to q cream, and pour into the
middle of the dish. Dip each steak
into the butter, turning them over, and
lay them round on the platter. If you
desire, squeeze few drops of lemon
over, and serve very hot.
An orchard requires chiefly mineral
manures. Lime is the most useful, as
this supplies this needed element, and
also causes the soil to give up potash.
Lime and potash are the principal con.
stituents of the wood, and the soil will
easily supply the rest if crop of clover
is grown and plowed in, or if the weeds
8. are even plowed under, or the soil isl left
fallow or merely plowed for n year Oh
, two. Young trees are benefited by
top dressing of manure in the spring OF
late in the fall. A Aspiring dressing SHOULD
be of old manure. The fall dressing ma.
, be of coarse fresh manure.
p -Bedbugs, y nasty word, but, never
n theless, somewhat suggestive, even il
some of the first families, are trouble
n some pest, and, as some housekeeper
" do very we'll know, are hard to dislodg
q and discharge. They may be and ar
v carried from place to place on article
n of clothing and furniture, and after the
q are introduced into house it is diflicuI
q to eradicate them. A saturated solutio
3 of alum in water, applied as a wash
W every possible lurking-place of the bugs
:, is said to be an efficient remedy again'
" them. A sharp lookout should be keT
up, and ifthe first application does nc
n destroy them, more of the solutio
W should be used. Alum is safe and d,
" serves a trial by any who are trouble
(. with the nasty pest.
id Gazette. -This cake is a great f
of vorite in France. Sift u pound of I'll
ne best flour, put it in heap on the pastl
tv board, make hole in the middle, pl
Is into it pinch of salt and one of site
" sugar, hree-quarters of pound of bu
OF ter, and gill of water. Knead the i
IS. gradients together, and when they beg
Sc to mix sprinkle over by degrees half
no. gill of water, continuing to knead wi
.r' the palm of the hand and when the pas
~ is smooth make it into a ball and let it
en- for an hour. At the end of this tin
a roll out the paste to thickness of half
or inch. Mark the edges as for Scot
nd shortbread, put the cake on a bakin
IT, sheet, brush over the top with yelk
he egg, and score it in the form of d
on monds. Bake in quick oven for half
we hour, or unui Une gaieUUe 10 vlosviU
ro- pressure of the finger.