The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-22
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.

TURKEYS should not be fed. says IN
for twcnty-four hours pre-
vious to killing.
To BRING horse into good condition
as rapidly as possible, feed wheat bran
dry three times aday: givingf four quarts
At each feed. Give four quarts OF oats
also at morning and night, and one
quart of corn with the bran ut noon,
with clean timothy hay or oat straw
free from dust.
PREPARING PIGS FEET FOR bHEAK-
FAsr.-Takc pigs feet that have been
boiled very tender and sailed and have
become cold; cut them in two: roll
them in batter (such rs you make Tor
pancakes or frittcrs); fry in hot lard
with close lid, until brown; turn them
as YOU would cakes. Serve while hot.
COLD MEATS OF any kind can be made
very rclshful in this way: Cut or
scrape all the meat carefully from the
bones; chop fine. adding a small onion
when chopping, pepper and salt as
needed. Put two tablespoonful Of but
ter into . saucepan with two table
spoonfuls of broth or stock. Set II
over the fire, and as soon as hot have
ready some slices of nicely Drowned
and buttercd toast; break over the
meat two or three eggs, stir all quickly
together, and pour over thetOast. Gar
nsh with parsley, ii liked. and serve
hot. If quickly done. and eaten as
soon as served. this will be found de-
liciOus. =,
MILK Soup.-Wash, pare, slice and
parboil one pound of potatoes; pour
away the water; skin and scald two
onions; chop them; place the potatoes,
onions, one teaspoonful of salt and hall
: a teaspoonful of pepper in a stcw-pan,
with one quart Of cold water; bring to
l a boil, and boil till quite soft (about {;
!. half-hour): crush the potatoes ant
y onions with u spoon till smooth, ado
i; one quart of new milk and one ounce
d of crushed sago: stir continually TIL !
boils, then boil for ten minutes. Ih'
j. soup may be made richer by addin!
}; one ounce of butter or dripping to tn
l quart of cold water; also by putting
yelk of an egg, we'll beaten. into tn
tureen, and mixing the cooked SOU
rs slowly with it. The soup must be O.
to the boil, or the egg will curdle.
Coop COMPANY says: "Some ar
If disposed to escape the drudgery of tn
Ve farm, as they call it, and get living
some other business. This we think
ut a mistaken notion. Taking the yea
'ss through, the working hours OF ma
on Il farm are no longer than those
the section-hand on q railway, or Il
les artisan in shop, who has his own ga
den to hoe before breakfast and Mt
to supper. The busy lawyer and docto
n; in average practice. work longer al
harder than the farmer. The groc
INST and the editor and the book-keep
nst each sees less of his children in thu
waking hours than the farmer "
nd. sometimes envies them their ''eas,
lall life. Moreover. within 4 few yea
nee labor-saving implements have wrong
a wonderful change in almost eve
he feature of farm work.
IDLE PICKLE FOR PORK AND BEEF
excellent pickle for sailing meat
ock made as follows: To one gallon OF v
Ick- ter take one and half pounds OF 81
be half pound of brown sugar, and b
an ounce of saltpeter; boil these III
10Th no more scum rises, and skim
ade liquor as this rises until the pickle
clear; pour it into a tub to cool: N
hen the meat two days before packing
Miss and rub it with quantity OF the ab
look mixture, finely powdered, twelve no
the before leaving it to drain; then p
nth CLOSELY in the barrel or tub. sprinkI
Miss each LAYER with more Of the powde
3 at mixture, and turn on the pickle G.
When the meat is used the pickle
} the be boiled, SKINNED, strained and i
and for another season. The pork-pac|
a for thus keep their pickle from veal
Mr. year. and preserve it with great c
knowing that it improves with
er in and the simple addition of more
DIS in etc.