The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-04-27
Hints in Cooking

Light brown biscuit for tea are made Of
nne pint of Graham flour, one pint of sour
cream, ono teaspoonful of blcarbonate Of
soda; roll them oat as for any biscuit, an /
bake in a moderate oven.
A nourishing and pleasant drink for
sick person is made of parched rice. Brown
the rice the same as you do coffee; then
pour boiling water with a little salt in it
over the rice. Lett boil until it is tender;
then add sugar or cream to it. It may be
strained or not according to the taste.
SCRAMBLED EGGs.-Heat one cup of
milk in spider, with a piece of butter, a
little salt, and white pepper; beat five eggs,
poul in, set over very slow fire, and keep
scraping from the bottom with O
spoon until very little remains thin; then
scrape into dish without delay, as
allowing it to harden with whey spoils it.
HAN PIE.-Butter some slices of bread
and lay in pan; cut into bits slice of
ham and sprinkle part owe: the bread; then
put on layer Of canned tomatoes, with
considerable Of the ! ice; then cut fine one
onion, mix with the remainder of the ham.
and spread on; then butter more slices CT
bread and put on top. moistening it
with tomato juice; cover and bake in
y moder'te oven two and q half or three
hours; if dry on top, pour over little hot
water.
Black CoDee.-To make coffee good it
SD uli never be boiled, but boiling water
should be poured on it just the same as for
tea. great deal OF the aroma of cotf 80 is
lost unless 1t has been freshly roasted, and
the reason why Germans and French excel
in their coffee is simply because they roast
each day sufficient for the days needs. 1t
should never be ground until it is wanted
for use. 70 make excellent, strong black
C. Tee allow one and half ounces or one
and half tablespoonfuls Of ground c,ffee
TOR each person, and to every ounce of cot
fee allow one third Of pnit of boiling VIZ
ter.
ROAST PIGEONS STUFFED.--Pigeons to
be good, should be eaten fresh, and they
should be drawn as soon as killed. Cut eff
the heads and necks, truss the wings over
the backs, and cut off the toes at first joint
Clean and wipe them very thoroughly,
Make stuffing of quarter of pound o,
chopped suet, the grated rind of half lem
or, teaspoonful of minced parsley, tea
spoonful of minced s eet herbs, salt cay
enne, and pounded mace to taste. six oun-
ces OF bread crumbs, and two eggs; stuff
the pigeons and roast them before brisk
fire or in qaick oven, bas:1ng them thor
oughly the whole time they are cooking,
which will be fro n twenty TO thirty min
utes. Serve either bread sauce or egg
sauce with them and brown gravy.
Good Manners at Home.
The following twelve rules for the pre-
servaion of good manners at home IRE
worth memorizing:
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slamming it.
2. Never stamp, jump or run in the
house.
3. Never call to person up stairs, or in
the next room; if you wish to speak to
them. go quietly where they are.
4. Always speak kindly and politely to the
servants, if you would have chem do the
same to you.
S. When told to do or not to do a thing.
by either parent, never ask why you should
or should not do it,
6. Tell of your o. n faults, not those of
your brothers snd sisters,
Z. Carefully clean the mud and snow
from your boots or shoes before entering
the house.
8. Be prompt at every meal.
9. Never sit down at the table
or in the parlor with dirty hands or tumbled
hair.
10. Never interrupt any conversation.
butpat;ently wait for your turn to speak.
II. Never reserve your good manners for
staugers, but be equally polite at home aud
abroad.
-. Let your first, last and best contidant
be your mother.
Nasal Catarrh,
A radical error underlies nearly all Esd.
ical treatment. A salt-rheum appears on
the hand. An ignorant doctor says, 1T is
a disease of the skin." He applies an ONT
ment. The Eruption disappears. An ul-
Ger appears on the ankle. The ignorant
doctor says, 1T is a disease of the ankle"
He applies salve. The gore disappears.
There isa discharge of matter from the
ear. The ignorant doctor says, "The ear
passage is diseased" He prescribes an
Injection. The discharge stops. A case
of nasal catarrh is presented. The ignor-
ant doctor says, <"This nose is sick. He
prescribes snuff. The discharge stops.
In every case the apparent relief is tenn.
p0rary. The difficulty soon returns and is
worse than hafnra Harm hoe haa, 6n,A