Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-13
THE HOUSEHOLD.
DOMESTIC ECONOMY AND HOME DEC
GRAFTON AND FURNISHING.
The Parlor, Kitchen, store-room, Studio,
Library, Nursery, Sewing room,
Garden and Poultry Yard
j. c. c., our Pasadena correspondent,
writes to the Household Department

j. c. c., our Pasadena correspondent,
writes to the Household Department
We are having a surfeit OF small fruits,
and it is grieyous to see the great ropes of
blackberries and raspberries bending to
the earth ungathered, while the late pine
strawberries are asking to be eaten. Mean
while the procession of peaches and nee
tarines are hurrying forward-one has no
rest under this burden of blessings. If the
warm weather did not induce laziness We
would have 'small.fruit party every
evening, to prevent waste. With all the
world to chose from in the way of dessert
fruits, workingmen are just as ready for
steak or leg of mutton as if they did not
exist, and when the three substantial
meals are eaten and cleared away the can.
ming business becomes very irksome.
just how much of anything is enough
is one of the hardest things in
the world to settle; but / fancy
many tired mother would
say, Bread and cheese and kisses" Why
do not people appreciate nectarines Ours
are bursting globes of delicious honey, more
piquant than the peach, and pleasanter to
eat from the tree. But there is scarcely
any demand for them in the local markets,
and none whatever in the canneries of Los
Angeles. Dried, they sell for no more than
unpeeled peaches canned, with little
more sugar than is used with peaches, they
make far richer addition to the dessert,
and a nectarine tart is one of the most
toothsome of table Injuries; but the public
have not yet got acquainted with their
merits. Apricots are still in demand as
fresh fruit, but are nearly all gone. The
feathered fiockf, which have taken so large
a percentage Of the profits of the apricot
crop, appear to have gone with them, and
do not trouble the midsummer peaches and
grapes.
Speaking of peaches, l cannot see any
difference between the Amsden and Alex
ander here. | notice in the report of
meeting of the Georgia State Horticultural
Society, a member stated that he had
heard dealers say that they would not
hesitate to fill an order for Amsdens with
Alexanders, and vice versa" and this may
possibly account for the confusion in our
nomenclature. The early Rivers is our
finest table peach, and makes an exceeding
" rich preserve, but is too delicate for trans.
correct the Snow peach is next in order.
OuE w nClC CASCilCht isot
year, are very late and small. The Aus.
tralian saucer peach has been unusually
large and perfect, and there is no peach
that we like better with our coffee. 1t is
good for preserving whole.
We are learning to use lines and lemons
very constantly in our cooking and on the
table, wherever vinegar would be neces-
sary. Nothing could be more wholesome,
and the free use of these acids is believed
to be almost a specific for rheu-
matism. Game, especially the deli
cate meat of the "cotton tail,
is improved by dipping it in hot lime
or lemon juice. to which salt, pepper and
little butter has been added before, laying
it upon the gridiron. When done cut
gashes in the meat and pour over the sauce
to make the gravy. Miss Juliet Corson
could not improve upon this dish.
Sweet corn is better than usual this
year-less troubled with the corn worm.
If anything can be better than a roasting
ear done to delicate brown, it is baked
dish of corn and chicken, prepared after
the following RECEIPT: Stew fat chicken
in just water enough to cover it, with
pepper and slice of salt pork, until it is
tender. Cut the corn from twelve plump
ears and boil it in water, adding milk,
butter and seasoning as the water boils
away, until it is ready for ordinary use on
the table. When cool add four well.
beaten eggs and teacup full of sweet
cream to the corn. Line a pudding dish
with the pieces of chicken, pour over the
corn mixture and bake the whole for half
an hour This dainty dish, fit for
king" needs no accompaniment except
white bread