Richmond democrat., 1882-01-26
FARM Ayn rIREsIpE.


"A few drops Of ammonia added 10
The water IN y vase Of flowers will pre-
serve them much longer.
--Spiced Grapes. Get ready live
pounds of fruit, four pounds OF sugar.
Two tablcspoonfuls etch OF cinnamon
and mace. aud ono pint Of the best vine.
gar. Boil the sugar, spices and vinegar
together about ono hour or until thick.
Heat the grapes and rub through n col
anler Add the sirup 10 the fruit. aud
lct il boil mp once.
Sponge Cakc.--Two eggs, whites
and yclks beaten separately. one cup
powdered sugar, one cup Hour with one
teaspoon baking powder siftcd with II.
flavoring. lastly scant half cup boiling
water stirred in. Bake slowly. This
Is delicious. Bake In tins four by eight
inches aud two inches high. Frost when
done. Check on into squares. stick the
half Of an English walnut on each block,
aud yon have u pretty basket OF cake.
School Padding. Swell tcacupful
OF rice in pint Of milk, sweoteucd aud
Favored TO taste. When cold, mix with
II well-beatcn egg. Have ready pint
lasin wcll-buttcrcd aud breakfast
Uupfnl of brcad-cnmbs with teaspoon.
ful Of moist sugar wcll-mixod with them.
Lay the crumbs all round the basin
tlickly with q knife, and the rice in the
center. lay more crumbs on the top.
and bake half an hour IN quick oven
Eat with jam.
Blackberry Strip. Make simple
sirup OF n pound OF sugar 90 each pint
uft tVaTut. IAfl 20 ts,ftl Il ..f.l. a,,l slt.I,
then add to Il rs many pints of the eN-
pressed juice Of ripe blackberrics as
there are pounds Of sugar; put half
nutmeg grated, to each quart Of the
sirup; set 1t by 20 become cold. then
bottle IL for use. A tablespoonful for a
child, or wine-glassful Tor an adult. Is
a dose. aud will prove valuable medi-
eino in case of diagrhoa or dysenteay.
DIR. Moore. i'm tho COaairy Gentle
man, says Of cribbing: Tho neck strap
Is AN eilicacious remedy This ronsists
ia broad, fiat strap buckled tight
around the neck, Just back Of the Jaw.
This prevents the archiug Of the neck
aud spasmOdic effort To crib. Hut tho
best method, think, is pleceo of zinc.
In shape OF heart or half-diamond.
with the sharp point downward, at
tached to n tive-ring halter. so that
when the animal attempts to crib. the
sharp point will prick the skin between
the jaws at place corresponding tothe
point midway between chin and throat
of man. This stops the habit eiiectn.
ally
The average growth in twelve
years of a number Of valuable varieties
of timber, when planted in belts and
cultivated, Is about rs follows: White
maple, one foot in diameter and thirty
feet high; ash-leaf maple or box elder,
one foot in diameter and twenty feet
highs white willow, eighteen inches in
diameter and fifty feet high; yellow vii.
low, eighteen inches In dismeter and
ihirty-tivc feet high; I4ombarly poplar
ten inches in diameter and forty feet
high; blue aud white ash, ten inches in
diameter aud twenty-five feet high;
black walnut and butternut. ten inches
in diameter and twenty feet high.
"A New Way to Cure Bacon. "A cor.
respondent of the Nashville lPhig has
the following recipe: As soon as the
meat is salted 10 your taste, which will
generally be in about five weeks, take
1t out, and. if any Of it has been covered
with brine. let it drain q little. Then
take good black pepper, finely ground.
aud dust on the flesh side, and on the
hook end. rs much as will stick: then
hang IL up in a good, clean, dry, airy
place; IL all this is done rs il should be
you viii have no further trouble with
it, for by ily-time in the spring your
bacon is so well cured or dried on the
outside that flies or bugs will not dis.
turb IT,"
Berry shortcakc. n delicious deli
cacy, is very easily prepared when one
knows how il should be done. Take a
quart II siftcd flour. add half tea
spoonful Of salt, pint OF sour cream
and a teaspo0nful 81 soda dissolved in
water. Beat tho cream into the flour
with spoon till well mixed. then knead
lightly and bake upon well-buttered
plates. The dough needs to be about
an inch thick on the plates. Bake in u
quick oven. Have the berries mashed
with sugar and when the cakes arc
baked split each cake open aud butieG
both sides; spread on a layer OF the
berries; lay the upper half Of the cake
over. II you have plenty Of berries you
can make triple cake by buttering the
top crust Of the second cake and putting |
Ou another layer Of berries. Cut and |
serve The same as pie. II sweet cream |
IS abundant il is an improvement 10
pour some over the pieces OF cake as il |
is served, but II Is n very acceptable |
dessert without the cream during the |
ont ire Conanu of haf.i.fao