Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-02-12
HOME AND FARM.

To RAISE THE PILE OF VELVET
WHEN PRESSED DowN.-Cover a hot
smoothing with. wet cloth, and
hold the velvet firmly over it; the vapor
arising will raise the pile of the velvet
with the assistance of shaking it little.
LOAF SEED CAKE.-Take one loaf Of
dough, one cup of brown sugar, half
cup of butter or drippings, half ounce
OF caraway seed, or a quarter pound OF
currants, little spice, two eggs; mix
thoroughly with the hands, and set to
rise. Do not bake until quite light; bake
in deep tin.
In leisure time during the winter the
farmer should go over the orchard and
destroy the eggs of the tent caterpillars.
They are easily discovered in clusters
around the small twigs. Three or four
hundred eggs are in one cluster, and IFS
destruction saves the tree from the raw
ages of as many voracious worms In
spring.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Ohio Far
mer says that he has found by expert
ence that six Cotswold sheep will con-
sumo no more food than o COW, and are
more profitable. For lamb of this
breed, weighing 1875 pounds, $500 is
obtained. He estimates that six ewes
will produce eight lambs per annum
and fifty pounds of wool. .fJ
BEFORE the children's stockings be-
gin to be thin at the knees and to need
mending, put piece of cloth under and
sew with fine stitches so that they will
not show; soft flannel or pieces of old
stockings which are strong enough to be
worth using are better than any heavier
cloth. BY taking the trouble to do this,
stockings may be made to last twice as
long as without.
APPLE PUDDMG.-Pare some tart
apples and place the quarters in a pud
ding-di.h. Stir up batter with quart
of sour cream and one and a-half tea.
spoonfuls of saleratus and pinch of
salt, with enough flour to thicken it.
Pour this over the apples and bake.
Make a sauce with a pint of boiling
water. one cup of sugar, and butter the
size of an egg.
WHY THE GLASS DOES Nor CRACK
When boiling water is poured suddenly
into a glass jar the glass will crack II
there is nothing TO carry off the heat
from the glass, because then the glass
retains the heat, and the expansion
breaks it. If metal spoon is in the
glass, or the jar is placed on wet.
folded towel, these absorb and carry off
the surplus heat and save the glass.
ITALIAN PORK CHEESE (SUPPER
DTsH) Chop. not very fine, two pounds
lean pork with one pound inside fat !;
strew over and mix thoroughly with
them three teaspoonfuls of salt, nearly
half as much pepper, half teaspoonful
of mixed parsley, thyme, and sage (and
sweet basil, if it can be procured), all
mixed, extremely small. Press the meat
closely and evenly into shallow tin,
and bake it in very gentle oven from an
hour to an hour and half 1t is served
cold, in slices Should the proportion
of fat be considered too much, it can be
diminished on second trial.
AMATEUR sheep growers are not well
aware that the WOO! of sheep grows most
rapidly in cold weather, and that any
check in the quality and amount of feed
at this time Injuries the quality of wool
When sheep are well fed in the winter
the wool starts to grow, but should any
starving take place, the wool fiber would
have a weak place in it, and render il
entirely unfit for combing wool, which
brings such good price in our markets
1t could only be used where poor grade;
of wool are used, as in coarse blanket:
and carpets.
TIoMINY CRoQUETTEs.-Mix a table
spoonful of melted butter with a pint o.
fine, cold boiled hominy. Add a tea
spoonful each of salt and sugar and two
beaten eggs. Beat until smooth, ther
make into small cakes or balls, floul
each one well and fry in butter or drip
pings, or both. They will be nicer i
dipped in beaten egg, rolled in flint
cracker crumbs and fried like dough
nuts. Drain and serve hot.
LEMON PUDDMG.-B the yelks o
two eggs in a pudding dish; add two
cupfuls of sugar; dissolve four table
spOonfuls of cornstarch in a little colo
water; stir into it two teacupfuls o
boiling water: put in the juice of TIVE
lemons with some of the grated peel
mix all together with a teaspoonful o
butter; bake about fifteen minutes
When done spread over the top the beat
en- whites of two eggs, previously sweet
ened with a little powdered suga
whipped into them; let it color a mo
ment in the oven. To be served eithe
hot or cold.