The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-01-26

towns, he guards his manure like a
treasure, puts a roof over it to prevent
rain and sunshine from spoling it; he
al 80 gathers mud from rivers and
canals, and the excretions of animals
along the highways, for conversion
into phosphates.
Store cattle, or dry COWS, may be kept
on the poorest forage until the cows
come in, when they should have as
good food as can be afforded. So the
best way to manage will be to feed up
the poorest stuff first. If it is found
that the corn-fodder is injured by the
blackening and mildewing effects of the
rains it should be fed before the hay |;
but if it has been secured in good order
before sustaining any damage it may be
as we'll to feed it last or after the hay
is pretty we'll fed out. This is of i'm,
portance mainly as the feeding season
will have to be we'll extended into sum-
mer next year, or until soiling crops
can be obtained.
Recipes.
CREDIBLE CAKEs.-Take cupful each
of sweet milk and sour milk, table,
3
sift scant Tablespoonful cream tar
tar in the -four; dissolve half-teaspoon-
full soda in little water; stir in -four to
make thin batter; have the griddle
hot and buttered, dip on a spoonful at
time and fry light brown.
APPLE CREAM.-Peel and core one
pound of apples, place them in a stew
pan with eight ounces of sugar and
pinch of ground nutmeg. Let cook
until tender; pass the apples through
sieve and let get cold. Whisk up rather
stiff half pint of cream, add the apple
pulp, a little essence of lemon, one
ounce of isinglass boiled in a gill of
water; mix we'll together; pour into a
jelly mold and let set. When re-
quired dip the mold into warm water
for half a minute, wipe it with cloth
and turn it out on glass or silver dish.
Garnish with rcd flowers and slices of
lemon:
MASHED POTATOES the pota.
toes gently, after having made
them as nearly uniform in size as
possible, by dividing the larger ones,
or what is better, by slicipg all, but not
very thinly. As soon as the fork goes
through readily turn the water off (sav-
ing that for mixing your bread if you
bake the same day, then mash through
a colander into the same kettle or sauce
pan. Add butter and cream and salt.
and with long-handled spoon beat a
few minutes briskly. Set the saucepan
whore it will thoroughly heat again,
and your potatoes will be q noticeable
feature of the best of dinners.
NOODLE" Noodle" if properly
made, is great addition to soup, and
is preferred by many people to the best
81 A. B. G. macaroni." For family of
four two eggs will be sufficient: beat
them until they are very light stir in
flour as long as it is possible to work it
in; salt it we'll /; roll it out on kneed
ing-board until it is almost as thin as
paper and is perfectly smooth put
clean paper on a chair or table near
the stove and lay the noodle on it to
dry. It should be prepared early
enough in the morning for it to dry for
an hour at least. About twenty minutes
before the soup is taken from the stove
take the noodle and stir it over and
over until you have a strip three or ioul
inches wide then with sharp knife
cut it in narrow strips; put these in
the soup and let them cook from ten to
fifteen minutes. Beef soup, with
noodle, and pinch OF curry ow der, is
dish to be somewhat considered"