The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-03-26
FARM AND PRESIDE.

/ If pork is well boiled, the trichina
which may be in it will be DESTROYED
The lean meat of swine is the portion
infested with them. Swine sometimes
die from their effect.
According to DIR. Wiedehold, fun.
gus growths in cellars may be com.
bated either by burning sulphur or by
pouring two parts of concentrated sui.
phuric acid over one part of common
salt and so closing all openings as to
prevent any escape of the vapors.
Potato Salad.-Take about ten nice,
mealy, freshly-boiled potatoes; when
they are quite cool cut them in thin
slices and place them in an earthen dish;
add vinegar, pepper, salt and olive oil
to taste; mix with a wooden spoon; add
achopped onion and parsley; if desired.
add capers.
Sweet Biscuits.-Rub four ounces
of butter into eight ounces of -four, add
six ounces OF ground loaf sugar, the
yelks of two eggs, the white of one; roll
the paste thin, and cut it with wineglass
or cutter; egg over the top of each with
the remaining white and sift on sugar;
baked soup Tor lnvalids.-Iake
pound OF Juicy STEAK, from which all
the fat has been removed; cut it up in
pieces of about an inch square, salt and
pepper it slightly; take stone jar to
hold two pints; pour into it q pint and
half of cold water, teaspoonful Of
whole rice; cover the jar with saucer,
and let it bake slowly for four hours: re-
move any ist present.
Cottage Pie.-Mince any kind OF
coid meat together lbeef, mutton, veal,
pork or lamb, put 1t about an inch or
an men ana haif deep In Pie-dish,
ana cover It with gravy; do not spare
sait ana pepper; cover 1t over with
masned POTATOES, smooth at the top,
ana cut II across In diamonds with
kniie; BAKE tlii II Is crisp and brown at
tne toP. A little worcester sauce may
De considered an Improvement II onions
are not objected to.
& "A delicious pudding can be made
in q few minutes by taking one pint of
milk and stirring into it half cupful of
cassava, hall cupful OF cocoanut, two
eggs, little butter, salt and sugar to
taste; flavor with vanilla. Cook this as
you would boiled custard. When cooked
and put in the dish in which it is to be
served, pour over the top the white OF
one egg beaten TO a stiff froth, with a
taoiespooniui OF pulverlzed sugar added.
pet IL In sne oven ior snort time to
Drown. Inns may De eaten warm or
c0id' with Jelly or preserves or without
Inc recipe Is handy one to have in the
mousse IN case OF the sudden irruption
VI company 10 dinner.
Plum Pudding.-A half pound OF
bread crumbs, one pound of flour, one
pound of chopped suet, one pound of
raasins, half-pound of currants, a
quarter-pound of sugar, two ounces of
candied citron and lemon peel mixed,
four teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
two eggs, heaping teaspoonful of salt,
and spice to taste. three large table,
spoonfuls of molasses. Mix the half
pound OF bread crumbs with milk or
water. This makes two ordinary sized
Puddings. Grease the bowl and put it
IN; Tie a cloth firmly over the top turn
ing the corners up over the top, secur-
ing with a PIN and leaving room in the
Cloth ior It to swell; boil six hours; set
away IN cool place. Ihis will keep
some weeks wnen II can De reboiied.
Strange Water for Horses.-The
quality, as well as the temperature. of
the water drank by horses is of the
greatest Importance. A sudden change
of water may often induce a severe at
tack OF collie, and this is so well known
to horsemen that when the valuable
trotters and racers travel from place to
place supply of water to which they
have been used is always carried with
them. Toavoid any i'll effect it is better
to mix handful 81 oatmeal or bran in |
the strange water, and, if possible. to
warm it little. The temperature of
a difference OF ten or fifteen degrees is