South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-11-04
Farmer aud House Keeper.


weight in butter; beat all to cream;
pour into mould and steam. This
Is excellent. cold, with fruit, such "a
slowed prunes or apples.
Cabinet Pudding.-An excellent
pudding for company dinner, quite rs
good, doubtless, as the far famed En-
glish plum pudding. Ono cupful
each OF suet, molaSses, and sweet
milk, three cups OF Hour, one tea.
spoonful of soda, grease the pudding
mould, and boil fully three hours. /
use asmall tin bucket with close fit
ting lid; when ready TO servo, ii the
bucket is inverted the pudding will
easily slip out. Sauce to be eaten
with II can be made by mixing to-
gether half cup OF butter, one cup OF
sugar, and one large tablespoonful OF
flour; when thoroughly mixed add
one quart of boiling water, allow il to
come to boil, simmer awhile, then
add ilavoring.
People who like macaroni will find
pleasure in eating it when prepared in
this way: Boil il until it is tender, talk
ing care opreserve the Shape SO far ~
possible. When il is done drain offal
the water and pour over il little
sweet milk, with lump of butter and
plenty of pepper aud salt. While tho
macaroni is boiling cook in separate
saucepan enough tomatoes TO make
pint when slowed. When the maca-
roni is ready for the table pour the
tomatoes over II; serve hot.
Oatmeal lanc-Mange.-Tako ono
quart of boiling milk, slightly saltod.
(cost 6 cents, or boiling water will
do, and two heaping tablespoonfuls of
oat flour, mixed in little cold water
to form paste, (cost four cents.) and
stir into the boiling milk. and continue
TO stir it twenty minutes. Turn into
a mold May be eaten either cold or
warm, with sugar aud cream. Total
expenses, 10 cents.
Rice puddings are greatly improved
by the addition of stale bread crumbs,
one.third being the proper pro.
portion.
Rusk. Ono quart of ligl bread
sponge, two cups ofsugar, one half cup
cup shortening, & abeaten egg. Mako
into soft dough. When very light roll
out an inch thick and cut into rounds.
Let rise again and bake in moderate
oven--a boat that will not form u
hard crust at top or bottom. These
are very nice with coffee or tea
When stale, split them, toast them
slightly, butter aud cat at once.
Sweet Apple Pickle.--Swect apples
make delicious pickles peel and
quarter them, boil them until tender
in vinegar and water; to one quart OF
vinegar add two pounds OF sugar
heat the vinegar and dissolve the su-
gar in il; add cloves and cinnamon,
and pour over tho apples while hot.
A few dried or preserved cherries,
with stones out, are the very best
things possible TO garnish sweet
dishes.
Freezing will take ont all old fruit
stains, and scalding with boiling wa
Ter will remove those that have never
been through tile wash.
a clean cloth and ice cold water
will remove marks from piano or
other highly polished furniture. BE
careful to wipe dry with Il soft cloth.
Cough syrup.-Four tcaspooufnIs
! OF castor oil, four teaspoonfuls Of mo
lasses, Que teaspOoniuI oil oamphor and
one teaspoonful Of paragoric. Mix
/ together and take tcaspOonful at "a
dose four or five times a day. Moth
ers, try this; a month old baby can
take q few drops, six months n half
teaspoOnfnl and year old aspooufu.
/ When a child has cold and threat
ened with Group begin giving the sy-
rup duriag the day and on going 10
bed II il coughs during the night
| give more. II will not fail 20 prevent
I Group and cure a cough A grown
person can take large dose
Crackers, which have been kept in
! the house some time and have become
soft, may be freshonod by leaving
them ia hot oven for few minutos.
Cream Of Tartar Drink.-Two
spoonfuls Of cream Of tartar, the gra-
I ted rind Of lemon, half a cup OF loaf
sugar aud one pint Of boiling water.
This is a good summer drink for in.
vallds, and is cleansing to the blood.
Taruished gold embroidery may bo
cleaned with brush dipped in burn,
cd and pulyerized rock alum.
The best way ofsaving soap grease
during summer is 10 throw 10 into q
Kettle Of strong lye keep It covered.
and it standing in the sun IL frequent.
~ results in very good soap.
Peel off the outside bark Of the al.
der, scrape off the green bark thar il