Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-11-04
BAKING POWDERS The houri.hing

BAKING POWDERS The h%ouri.hing
condition of the baking powder trade Is
evident from a glance at the advertising
columns Of domestic and religious pa
pers. The cause is probably due to the
fact that better results are obtalpable
with them than with their constituents
used separately, and why? The best
taking powders are made Of cream OF
tarta. aud soda, mixed IN equivalent
quantities, some inert substance beng
added to keep them dry. The cook or
housewife used to buy the ingredients
separately and mix them when she used
them, and usually the results were unsat-
isfactOry. AS she trusted to measuring
them III teaspoons Of various sizes IN
stead Of weighing them, Of course she
sometimes got an excess Of one or the
other, and the bread was either "sour'
or brown With soda. But another and
worse difficulty arose, for the adultera-
ton tiend invaded the cream Of tartar
can, and this article bt came Of such
uncertain strength that only a prophet
could tell how little soda 1t would neu-
trahze, This Went from bad 70 worse,
until some samples were found that
contained 10 cream Of tartar at all.
This was the golden opportunity for the
taking roydcr" men, and trey i'm
proved it well. While some tined 10
make a cheap article, others preferred
to make q good one, and amid charges
aud counter charges Of alum, acid, etc.,
they have gone OF rolling up wealth for
thems eives, If not for their customers.
For tiItee who prefer making their wi
baking powder we offer the following
receipt: Pure cream OF tartar, 2 pounds;
b~icarbonate of soda, l pound; corn
starch, ! ounce. All the ingredients
must be perfectly dry before mixing.
and very thoroughly mixed. One tea
spoonful is required for n pound Of
flour. If the materials are not pure, of
course the result will not be satisfactory.
Too Hot o PLANTs.-Most Of our
plants are injured by too much heat.
For a general collection of house plants,
it is not the best to allow the thermom-
eter to be above 10, and if they could
be kept in a room where the thermome-
ter would not usually range much above
65 it would be better. In the night
time 80 is enough. Give a little fresh
air every day, and all the sunlight at
tainablc. An effort should be made to
give moisture to the atmosphere, for our
own good rs well as the health of plants.
This can be done in various ways by
eyaporatlng water; but when the plants
are IN u separate apartment like a green
house, it cah be done more conveniently
and effectualiy, although this separate
apart ment be only a bay window, with
rIoUo doors carorof,nr from fho l1vInC
room. In this place water can be useC
freely, 10y Swinging, ETC., and a mois'
air preserved. The temperature, Will
this arrangement, can be kept lower thai
would be comfortable III the living room
and the pants are saved from dust anC
and many evils which we manage t.
1 endure and live, but which general,
prove too much tor the plants.
QUAKER -EUCKwHEAT CAKEs.-On'
q teucupful Of corn meal, two Of Whea
flour. four of buckwheat, two teaspoon
, fuls of salt; mix all up with sutticien
, warm water to make a pouring batter
: then add a teacupful of yeast. LIE
it rise over night, keeping 1t warm
. batter to set to again, and you do no
y ueed any more yeast the whole winter
Keep it cool when not wanted. 1t ma,
happen that the batter gets sour; if SC
add, just before baking, one teaspoonfu
of baking soda, dissolved III a teacup c
IS cold water. STIR and bake Immediately
e They will be light, palatable and NOR
wholesome than when made all buck
n wheat.
i IRISH MOSS FOR CoLDs.-Take l ounc
+ Of moss, wash it Well twice in boilin
O water, pour II little cold water On it, al
let it stand all night; the mex day ad
,e to it l quart Of fresh milk, a little lemon
is peel. and two blades of mace; boil a
ii slowly until the milk is thick; put loa
re sugar III Il basin, and strain the milk O
n it. 1t should be stirred while boilin
lc to prevent the moss settling on the DO
es tom of the sauce-pan.
Lone BRANCH MILK POTATOES. TAX
i. good sound potatoes. cut them in sic,
.. (raw) and put the milk, according to Il
a quantity you wish to make, in a puddj1
r dish; then after you have put the pot
le toes III the milk, put 1t III the oven f
about twenty minutes; then take o.
a and put potatoes, with the same mil
ID INTO a saucepan to boil until done; Sc
in son before you put them to boil.
90 CHICKEN CRoQUETTs (Delmonico
- Two swect-b breads, boiled; one teacupf
of boiled chicken, hashed; one toll,
onion, one %teacupfuI boiled bread al
milk, quarter pound butter, salt al
pepper. Chop chicken and sweetbr-a
Id very fine, mix III we'll the other ingret
10 ents, shape iuto rolls, then dip i'll Il
ed yolk OF al egg, the III cracker du.
st drop INTO boiling lard AID fry blown.
II CHILE SAUCE-Thirty-tive ripe tom
toes, eight peppers. red and green, t
liz onions, six cups of vinegar, five tabl
a spoonfuls of salt. Chop onions a
he peppers very fine, and cook the tomato
Ire W thout pee.in9. Strain through q c
be lander and stew ali together two
is three hours. When nearly done a
in wo cups of sugar. Bottle hot. II
makes SIX quarts.
ich HIDING rue TASTE OF MEDICINE
eff Is sometimes Necessary 20 take a lit
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