Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-05-20
Home Matters.

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made of one pint of graham flour
one pint of sour cream ,one teaspoon.
full of bicarbonate of soda; roll them
out as for any biscuit, and bake in q
moderate oven.
When making molasses caudy or
when boiling maple molasses, there
is always more or less danger of its
running over on the stove. A small
lump of butter dropped in when its
bubbles begin to rise will prevent
this.
A nourishing and pleasant drink
for a sick person is made OF parched
rice. Brown the rice the same as
you do coffe; them pour boiling wat
or with little salt in it over the
rice. Let it boil until it is tender,
then add sugar or cream to it. 1t
may be strained or not.
Ink stains on black walnut furni-
ture may be removed by touching
the spots with feather wet in a So
luton of nitre and water AS soon
as the stain are erased rub the place
with cloth dipped in cold water.
lie the stain still remain repeat the
operation, making the solution
stronger.
A large and strong table is IN alb
s0lute necessity in a cellar. IL VIII
be found much safer to use than
swinging shelf and far easier to lit
Jars upon. If your cellar should be
infested with insects one way to
keep them from the top of the table
is to place the legs OF the table In an
empty tin can, and then half I'LL 1t
with oil or water.
Lemon sherbet, which is SO re-
freshing to the fever patient, and
which is not despised by the well
man, is made in the proportion of
two pounds of white sugar and six
lemons, to two quarts of water. Cut
the lemons in two parts; squeeze
every drop of the juice out; stir the
sugar, water and lemon juice togeth-
or, and strain through wire sieve.
Freeze just as you do ice cream.
Orange sherbet can be made in the
same way by substituting oranges
Cor lemons, and some people think it
very agreeable if half lemons and
half oranges are used. This is
pleasant ice to serve at the close of
8 weighty dinner.
Delicious fruit candy is made
from this recipe: Get one cocoanut
one and one half pound of granulat-
ed sugar, wet the sugar with the
milk of the cocoanut, put it in a
saucepan, let it heat slowly, then
boil rapidly for five minutes, add
the cocoanut, grated very fine, boil
for ten minutes, stirring constantly.
Try it on a cold plate: if it forms a
Grm paste when cold, take it from
the fire. Pour part of it out on a
large tin, lined with buttered paper.
To the remaining cream add one
quarter of a pound of raisins stoned
and chopped, half pound of blanch-
ed almonds, one pint of peacans, half
@ cup of chopped walnuts. Beat all
well together, then pour it over the
other in the tin, and when cold cut
it in bars or squares.
A Nice Supper-It is essential to
the success of a party to have some
Kind of refreshing drink on hand
all the time. A claret cup will an
swer this purpose better than any
thing else, unless, indeed, all wine
lis Objectionable, in which case iced
lemonade must take its place. We
shall now see how nice little sup
per can be prepared at home, and we
have no doubt that ample justice will
be done to it by the guests. We
should suggest the following dishes
to be placed on the table in accord
ance with individual taste, although
the present mode requires that heavy
dishes such as the gelatine and the
salmon should be at the sides, and
not at the ends of the table:
Gelatine of fowl and cold boiled
tongue.
Wine jelly.
Ice cream.
Charlotte russo.
TartineS'
Cold salmon and mayonnaise sauce.
Fruits and cakes.
Coffee.
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