South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-08-12
Farmer and House Keeper.

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Apple Custard Pic. -Scald the miiL
and let it cool. Crate some sweet ap-
lples. Take two thirds or a cnpfal OF
powdered sugar, four well-beaten
eggs, one cupful of milk, one-fourth
OF a nutmeg. Line an earthen pie.
dish with rich crust and let it bake.
Then fill with the custard and let il
bake for half an hour. To be eaten
cold.
Dainty Sandwiches. Chop the lean
part of Some cold boiled ham very
tine. Make dressing by mixing tho
yolks of two boiled eggs with. four
Tablespoonful OF mixed mustard, and
fou. Qt'salad oil added gradually; put
in dash ofred pepper and thin with
la little vincgar-melted butter may
be used instead of oil If preferred.
Mix enough OF this dressing with tho
ground ham to make it slightly moist.
Cut all the crusts from small loaf OF
fresh bread and spread the end very
lightly with softened butter, then witt,
the preparation of ham, which should
he soft and smooth enough TO spread
evenly. Cut the slice with sharp
knite) as thin as possible, roll il up
and punch the ends to keep itin place,
or, two slices, with layer of ham be-
tween, may be fitted neatly together
and afterwards cut into triangles.-
Clara Francis.
Oatmeal Crackers.-Sift three cups
OF oatmeal and mix it with two cups
OF rich milk. Set it in cool place
Tor SIX hours. Sitt cupful of Ora
ham honr with teaspoon of salt and
one OF baking powder. Worn this
INTO the oatmeal to make d dough.
Roll the dough to the thickness OF II
quarter of IN inch, using corn meal
to dust the board. Cut Tito squares,
lay on creased tin, wash the surface
with milk and bake in n moderate
oven Tor about fifteen minutes being
careful not to let them burn.
Potato Pu!f5.-Take mashed poto.
toes and make them into II paste with
one or two eggs; roll it over with i
dust OF flour and cut round with Il
saucer; have ready some cold roast
meat (aDy kind free from gtistle and
chopped fine, seasoned with salt and
pepper, place it on the potatoes and
fold it over like puff. pinch or nick
it neatly arouhd did bake for few
minutes.
Tomato Meat Pie.-Take tie re-.
mains OF roast meats, (roast beef or
other meats will answer,) chop as for
hash, and chop three times as much
; bread. Have peeled some tomatoes.
Take broad iron or tin basin anil
grease it, then proceed to make yout
pic. First put layer of crumbs,
then thin layc. of the meat, slice u
layer OF tomatoes over the meat, sea,
son with salt and pepper, then add
other layers as before, and lastly, Gov
er the top with the bread. and press
all down smoothly to form the up.
per crust. If you lave tic gravy.
pour it over the pie to moisten the
bread, but avoid using too much fat:
or melt u piece of butter in two cups
OF water and little salt, if you have
no gravy. Bake until the crust is
brown and the tomatoes cooked. in
a moderately hot oven, and let it
stand to cool awhile before turning it
ont. brightly done you will be sur.
prised TO have so nice n dish from
remnants. The canned tomatoes ars
good in winter.
Ice Cream. Mix four tablespoons.
ful of Kingsfords corn starcli with n
little milk. Heat two quarts of fresh
milk to almost boiling, but do not
boil. Beat up three eggs aud mix
the corn starch and eggs well will,
the hot milk, add about twelve tea
spoonsful of sugar, and set away To
cool. Just before freezing flavor 10
taste with the best lemon or vanilla.
Tomato Jclly.-Tear in pieces
some ripe tomatoes, and stew then,
until thoroughly cooked, with ms little
water IS will keep them from burning:
put the pulp into a jelly bag, aud,
when the juice has trickled through.
put a pound Of loaf sugar to eacll
pint Of juice, and boil rapidly until ii
.jellics. If the color is not bright
red, few drops OF cochineal will Inn
prove it. THIS jelly IS eaten will
roast meat.
The Sun Cholera Medicine. - More
than twenty years ago, when it was
found that prevention of cholera was
easier than cure, prescription
drawn mp by eminent doctors was
I published in the SUN, and il took tho
name Of the SUN cholera modicine'
Our contemporary never lent is name
to better article. We have seen Il
IN constant use for nearly two.scoro
years and found it to be the best
remedy for looseness Of the bowels
ever yet devised. No one WIN lnt4
this by him aud takes il IN time will
ever have the cholera. We con-.
mend il to all our friends. Even