The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-01-06
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

--Rusks.-Two eggs, one cup Of SD
gar, half cup of butter, half cup Of
yeast, and two cups of sweet milk.
Beat the eggs light, mix . sponge with,
the milk as for bread. and when light
mix a. for . loaf; Jet it rise again,
roll out and cut with biscuit cutter.
se-Contracted Foot.-The hard, dry
and brittle hoof should be softened BY
repeated applications of poultices Of
flaxseed meal and bran, and, when soft
ened, it should henceforth be protected
by the application of some hoof ONT
ment. The horse had better be without
shoes, and should not be kept standing
on q plank floor. The condition of the
sole and frog should be looked after,
and the feet pared once monthly. Lib
erty outdoors would be beneficial
Prairie Farmer.
=! would give it as my opinion that
should majority of the farmers of this
county SOW strip of oats, barley,
wheat, each certain number of rods
in width, through their fields, and so
continue to raise the same crop, on
the same ground, for q few years, that
where the oats were sown the land
would be most impoverished, having
produced the least money; that the lines
or belts would be as easily distinguished
as those on the checker-board.-C0r.
Syracuse Journal.
The National Liue Stock Journal
asserts that hams have decidedly bet
ter flavor, and the meat retains more
natural color, when nothing but plain
salt is used in the curing. II the work
OF sailing is carefully attended to, the
hams, when cured with salt alone, will
be ready for smoking at from six weeks
to two months. according to the size of
the hams. Saltpeter has tendency to
harden and redden the meat. 1t I'M
doubleday hastens the curing process;
but it does so at the expense of the
flavor.
Apple Bread Pudding. two
pounds of apples to pulp; sweeten to
taste while stewing, and when taken
off the fire stir in two ounces of good
fresh butter; when cold, add two eggs
beaten up: butter well the bottom and
sides of pudding dish; strew crumbs
of bread two inches thick over the bot
tom and sides; put in the apples we'll
mixed with the two eggs; strew bread
crumbs over the top, and q few tiny bits
of butter and white sugar. Bake in a
moderate oven and serve the pudding
with cream or custard.
Plum Cake.-One pound of flour,
twelve eggs, one and quarter pounds
of butter, one and q quarter pounds of
brown sugar, two pounds of stoned raj
sins, one and half pounds of currants,
washed, picked and dried, one pound of
almonds, blanched and pounded, two
pieces of citron, cut fine, mace, cloves and
cinnamon, one large wineglassful ofrose
water to he added to the almonds little
by little while pounding. 1t is best to
prepare the currants several days be-
fore making the cake, in order to spread
them out on large fiat dish to get
thoroughly dry. The fruit is to be all
mixed together, and as much of the
flour as it will take up rubbed into it.
Cream the butter and sugar, beat in the
yelks, add the fruit. then the favoring,
then the whites of the eggs, and lastly
lay in lightly the remaining flour; bake
in SLOW oven.
Game Pie.-This pie can be made
of any game, but is especially nice
when made of prairie chickens and
quails. Dress and wash the birds, cut
ting each quail in half and the chickens
into four pieces. Cut off bits of inferior
portions Of the neck, etc., and boil with
the giblets until tender. Make good
paste and line large pudding dish.
Put a thin layer of cold boiled mutton,
have, in the bottom of the dish, upon
this pieces of the birds, peppered and
buttered. Make a dressing of bread
crumbs, the chopped giblets, minced
parsley, thyme and small onion, sea-
soned with pepper and salt and the
juice of lemon. Strew part of this
over the birds. then more birds and
crumbs until all are in. Strain the
liquid the giblets were boiled in and
pour over, cover with good thick crust
and bake three hours. If large pie.
Cover with paper to prevent becoming
too brown.