The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-10-22
HONE AND FARM.

1T is a good plan to pour hot water
over liver before frying or broiling it;
It improves the taste and seems to make
it more wholesome also.
-Beetsteak and Oyster Pie.-Beat
the steak gently with a rolling-pin and
season with pepper and salt. Have
ready q deep dish lined with not too
rich a pastry. Put in the meat with
layers of oysters; then the oyster liquor
with little mace, and a teaspoon of
catsup; cover with top crust and bake.
Veal will do as well as beef.
-Road-dust.-Collect a few barrels
of dry earth, road-dust, fine dry dirt in the
corntield or potato patch, or anywhere
that is most convenient. This is
handy thing to have in the fall and
winter for sprinkling under the roosts
and on the floor of the poultry-house.
1t absorbs ammonia, keeps down smells,
and keeps things ship-shape.
French Beefsteak.-Cut the steak
two-thirds of an inch thick from
a fillet of beef; d into melted fresh
butter, lay on a aeated gridiron and
broil over hot Goals. When nearly done
sprinkle with pepper and salt. Have
ready some parsley, chopped fine and
mixed with softened butter. Beat them
together to cream, and pour into the
middle of the dish. Dip each steak
into the butter, turning them over, and
lay them round on the platter. If you
desire, squeeze few drops of lemon
over, and serve very hot.
An orchard requires chiefly mineral
manures. Lime is the most useful, as
this supplies this needed element, and
also causes the soil to give up potash.
Lime and potash arc the principal con-
stituents of the wood, and the soil will
easily supply the rest if crop of clover
is grown and plowed in, or if the weeds
are even plowed under, or the soil is left
fallow or merely plowed for year or
two. Young trees are benefited by q
top dressing of manure in the spring or
late in the fall. A spring dressing should
be OF old manure. The iall dressing may
be of coarse fresh manure.
-Bedbugs, a nasty word, but, never
theless, somewhat suggestive, even in
some of the first families, are a trouble
some pest, and, as some housckeepcrs
do very well know, are hard to dislodge
and discharge. They may be and are
carried from place to place on articles
of clothing and furniture, and after they
are introduced into house it is difficult
to eradicate them. A saturated solution
of alum in water, applied as a wash to
every possible lurking place of the bugs,
is said to be an efficient remedy against
them. A sharp lookout should be kept
up. and if the first application does not
destroy them, more of the solution
should be used. Alum is safe and de-
serves a trial by any who are troubled
with the nasty pest.
-Galette.-This cake is a great ia
vorite in France. Sift pound of the
best -four, put it in a heap on the pastry
board, make hole in the middle, put
into it a pinch of salt and one of sifted
sugar, three-quarters> of a pound of but
ter, and gill of water. Knead the in
gradients together, and when they begin
to mix sprinkle over by degrees half
gill of water, continuing to knead with
the palm of the hand land when the paste
is smooth make it into ball and let it lie
for an hour. At the end of this time
roll out the paste to thickness of half an
inch. Mark the edges as for Scotch
shortbread, put the cake on a baking
sheet, brush over the top with yelk Of
egg, and score it in the form of dia-
monds. Bake in quick oven for half an
hour, or until the, GAZETTE is elastic to
pressure of the finger. ....-.....