The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-24

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key TO high farming. 49, Indianapolis
Tribune.
MINcE Pre- WITHOUT APPLES OR MEAT.
One cup sugar, one-half butter, one
cup molasses. one cup vinegar, one cup
chopped raisins, two cups warm water,
four crackers rolled, two teaspooniuls
cinnamon, one-half teaspoonful cloves,
one-halt teaspoonful pepper.
BAKED DucK.-To cook n duck salts
factorily boil it first, until tender; this
san be determined by trying the wing,
as that is always tough part Of fowl.
When tender take it out, rinse it in
clean water, stuff and put it in the oven
for ahont three-quarters Of an hour,
blsting it often.
MADE MUSTARD. Pour very little
boiling water over three tableSpooniuIs
Of mustard add one salt spoonful OF
alt, tablespoonful Of olive oil, stirred
slowly in, and one teaspoonful Of sugar;
add the yolk Of an egg; beat well to-
gcthcr and pour in vinegar to taste. 1t
IL best eaten next dhy.
Sort SoAp.-!Take six gallons Of soft
or rain water, add three pounds OF best
hard soap Ccut iiue), one pound salsoda,
four tablespoOniuIs Of hartshorn boil
the whole till perfectly dissolved pour
into vessels, and when cold it il fit for
use. This makes fifty pounds of fine
jelly soap.
FRuTr BISCUITS. One coffee cup sugar,
one cup butter, ono cup raisins CSeedloss
are bcst), one egg, three tcaspooniuls
baking powder; flavor with vanilla aud
lemon extract to taste the raisins to be
chopped fine. Roll out and cut thin
with n biscnt cuttor. Bake in a drip
ping pan with CREASED paper in tho
bottom Of tin.
Con CuTLETs Steam the cod till
nearly done; cut n slice and have bat
ter Of self.raisng flour ready. The bat
ter is good when mixed with one egg
and water put the piece OF fish in the
batter in the pan and fold it over when
it sets, having first sprinklcd pepper and
salt ON. Nuke the outlets IA well shaped
as you can. Have potatoes cut in small
balls and fried.
IcE CREAM. To each quart of milk
add four eggs and halta pound OF sugar +;
beat yolkS and sugar together; beat
whites stiff, and add. Have tho milk
scaldlng hot, pour it over the sugar mad
eggs beating all Mt the same time then
PIT it ON tho fire again and rs soon na it
thickcus take of and strain into freezer
to cool. When cold add any llNyornp
extract preferred, and ii you wish, one
pint Of cream, and freeze. Mash the
ice in II cloth not zoo fine, of course
and mix plenty salt with it around til,
chIrn, being careful not not to let salt
get inside.
ArrLH MAWuALAbE. Pare, core md
cut the apples IN small pieces put them
IN water with some lemon JUICE to kccI
them white after II short interval TAX,
them ont and drain them weigh, and
put them III II stcwpnn with an equal
quantity of sugar; add grated lemon
peel, the juice Of II lemon, some CHINA.
mon sticks and pinch OF salt. Pmce
the stewpan over brisk fire and cover
1t closely. When the apples are reduced
to II pulp, stir the mixture until it be,
comes OF proper consistency, and put
the narmaIade away in small pots.
PORTABLE LEMONADE. Press youl
hand on the lemon and roll it back anC
forth briskly ON the table TO make il
squeeze more easily, then press the juice
into bowl or tnmbler use tin -
strain ont all the seeds, MS they give Il
bad taste. Remove all the pulp from
the pcels and boil III water, II pint for 4
dozen pulps, to remove tho acid. A few
minutes boiling is enough then strain
! the water with the Juice of tho lemons
put pound Of white sugar to pint Of
the juico; boil ten minutes; bottle it,
auA your lemonade il ready. Put in II
tcnspponiul or two of this syrup into n
glass of water and you have n cooling
and healthful drink
TO CLEAN WHITE SILK LAcE.-Tho
lace is stretched over small clean slips Of
wool to keep it evenly spread out, hid
over night in warm milk, to which lit-
tie soap has been added, rinse in fresh
water, laid for tho same length of time
in warm soap-lyo, and finally rinscd
without any friction. Linen lace il hest
cleaned by covering the outside Of n
large glass bottle smoothly with stout
linen or white flannel, upon which the
lace il sewn in II number of coils, and
over the whole some coarse open tissue
y * secured. The bottle thus dressed is
allowed to soak for time in lukcwarm
soft water, and the outside wrapping il
then rubbed with soap and II piece Of
flannel. After this the bottle is laid to
sleep for some hours in clean soft water.
1t is then rolled Between dry towels,
dipped in rice water, and rolled again
Finally the damp laco is unfastoned from
the bottle and ironed between linen
| cloths