South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-09-02
Farmer aud House. Keeper.

watef, put in pan with quarter
pound grated chocolate, one ounce
sugar, anil oiis pint OF milk; stir Till
it boils Break the 5olk of four eggs
in a basiii; stir With a wooden spoon.
When the chocolate boils allow il to
stand one mintite, then pour il on tho
yolks, returi 10 the pan and stir till IL
thickens, hot lettiiig ii boil pour into
q vet mold.
Gingerbread Loaf.--One cup Of
butter, one of molasses, one OF sugar.
half of cold water, one tablespoonful
OF ginger. one tablespoonful OF cinna-
mon, one of soda dissolved i'm boiling
water melt the butter, slightly warm
tile nolasses, spice and sugar, and heat
together ten minutes; then put in tho
water, soda aid nott stir very hard
and bake in thrce loaves. Brush them
over with SYRUP whilo hot and eat
fresh.
Washington Pis.-Oue-half cup of
butter, two OF sugar, three eggs we'll
beaten better with the yolks and
whites beaten separately, one cup Of
sour milk, ono teaspoonful of soda,
four ctips Of flodr. II prepared H0ur
is used, then soda need hot be added:
Bake iii jelly cake pans. When done,
pile TWO or three layers Of the cake
one above tire other, spreading jelly
or jam between each take.
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 tablespoonful of salt, and
half tablespoonful of pepper in u
stew pan, with one quart OF cold wa
ter. bring to boil, and boil till quito
soft (about half an hour } crush tho
potatoes and otiioiis with a spoon till
smooth; add oiie quart of new milk
and otie 6tucs vt crushed sugar stir
continually till it boiIs, then boil for
ten minutes. This soup may be made
richer by adding one ounce OF bitter
or dripping to the quart of cbld water;
also by putting yoik of an egg, we'll
beaten, into the tureen, and mixing
the cooked soup slowly with it. The
soup must be off the boil, Ut the egg
will curdle.
Homemade Crackers.-Beat two
eggs very lightly, whites and yelks
together: slit into them quart Of
-four, teaspoonful of salt add ta-
blespoonful each of butter and lard,
and nearly a. tumberful ofmilk work
all thoroughly together; take fourtl,
1 nf l,a nj
thick as milk cracker, cit in small
rounds, and bake quickly to light
| brown.
Davenport's Process. J. w.
Davenport, of Dallas, Texas, has pa
tented process for preserving fruits,
meats and vegetables, which is
marvel i'll its simplicity. No sugar,
no labor and no scaling. We havo
samples of blackberries and a piece OF
meat preser ved by the rev process, Mt
our office, which have been prepared
for four or five weeks, and the black
berries are as fresh as If list plucked
from the bush. Mr.. }. ?. kcster ia
the agent for West Virgitia, and is
selling rights to sub-agents. Every
housekeepcr oogft 10 k.ow The pros
cess.-Clarksbtire News.
Soaking calico Just brevious TO the
first washing in n strong solution OF
either salt or alum Is excellent to pre-
serve the color
a standing ontidote for poison by
dew, poison oak, ivy, etc, is to take
n handful of quicklime, dissolve In
water, let it stand half an hour, then
paint tho poisoned parts with it,
Thf6e or four applications will nc.
ser fail 70 cure the most aggravated
eases.
If tho lady Mo wants her hair tn
wave prettiIy win vet it in the white
OF an egg and bind Il cloth around her
head until dry, il will stay waved all
day. Wet tbe trout hair real wet
with the egg and take large comb
and pull II down in waves. -E2.
To Break Horse from Pulling M
Halter Take crupper, attach two
strong lines to it, run the lines through,
tie loop in tie cirsingle aud through,
the rings on each side Of the halter.
and tic to q post, or anything strong.
When tho horse pulls back, he does
not pull by his head, but by his
tail, and he will drop his tail and step
forward. He will not try to pull
many times before Le will give it up.
Take a cup Of cream off the milk
pans every morning when You make
bread it will make the bread moist
white and delicate, and you will hard
/ y miss it from the cream.
A mixture of bone dust and ashes
Is said to be the best fertilizer for straw.
berries.
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