South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-02-10
Farmer and House-K Keeper.

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sheet gingerbread, marked off in
squares, and sold on all public days.
especially ON military days:
One cup ofbutter, two ofsugar, one
of sour milk, two eggs, one tablespoon.
tul OF yellow ginger, one teaspoontul
salcratus (heaping if the milk be very
souH and flour enough 10 roll. Beat
the sugar and butter 10 q cream, then
beat IN the eggs. add the ginger aud
sour milk, in which the salaratus is
dissolved, and then The flour. Roll
about half an inch thick mark IL oil
( with q jagging-iron, In strips about
three inches wide and six inches long.
Bake on tin sheets in quick oven.
Velvet Cream. Velvet cream. 10
be eaten with cake, is made in this
way Beat the whites OF four eggs TO
n stiff iroth, add two tablespoonful OF
sugar, two tablespoonsful OF currant
Jelly, two tablespoousful of raspberry
jam; beat all together; cream may
be added or not, rs YOU choose, but
! 1t Is a great addition, provided it
is real cream. Velvet cream is fine
accompaniment to blanc.mange.
ChicEen Pudding-Cut up tho
chickens and stew until tender. Then
take them from the gravy, and spread
on flat dish to cool, having first we'll
! seasoned them wltl butter. pepper
and salt. Make batter of one quart
OF milk, three cups Of flour three table
spoonstul of melted butter, one half
/ teaspooniu! of soda, one teaspoonful
Of cream tartar, little salt. Butter
pudding dish und put a layer Of the
chicken at the bottom and then cup
/ tul OF the batter over il. Proceed till
the dish is full. The batter must form
the crust Bake an hour, and serve
the thickened gravy in n gravy boat
| How to Keep Lard Hard. When
the scraps are just beginning TO get
brittle and brown put in a tablespoon
fnl of fine salt TO quart of hot lard.
and there will be no trouble, and the
lard will keep perfectly sweet for any
/ length of time, and the salt does no
possible harm to any cookery. A per-
son can easily Judge OF the quantity OF
/ lard If they know how much the ket-
tie holds. Ii makes lard wLitcr and
harder, aside from preserving it sweet
1t must cool, little while after adding
| the salt. That designed for summer
use should be either kept in tight
carthen jar or tin bucket with cover.
To restore lard that is triilc tainted.
put the lard iuto an iron Kettle, aud
cut up salt pork in thin slices, about
one-half pound of pork to a gallon OF
! lard, and add two spoonsi'ul OF salt and
let it cook till the pork Is crisp take
out the slices OF pork and turn the
lard into your jar and you will never
know that it has not always been
sweet. Bat il is better 10 salt in the
first place as il saves much trouble
and time.
Bread Of unbolted wheat -four is.
for making superior bone and muscle
TO the growing child, far preferable to
boltcd flour, and oatmeal is fully e.
( quail, If not superior to it, Fed OH
these with pure milk children will be
sure to have good health and good
teeth.
Celery boiled in milk and eaten
with the milk served "a a beverage.
I is said TO be cure for rheumatism,
govt and a specific in the case Of
Smallpox. Nervous people find com
fort in celery.
Burns and Scalds-Important Rem
edy.- Four years since lSept. ~ the
American Agricuturist recommend
/ cd the use OF Bicar6Onate OF Soda.
I that is the common cooking soda, for
most kinds Of burns. Since then FIRE.
\ queut experiments and observations,
the opinions Of physicians, aud tho
I best Medical Journals, have more
| than confirmed all we then said. As
burns and scalds are always liable 20
occnr, and ~ this remedy, though
/ simple, has proved 10 be extraordin.
arily useful, il should be fixed in the
mind OF every one. The soda, and
the carbonic acid so readily set az lib.
crtv from it, have anestbetic. antiscp
tic, and disinfocting properties ali
/ highly beneficial for burns For
slight burns coyer all tie Injured parts
with laTer of powdered soda. For
deeper burns. but where the skin is not
| broken dip linen rags in q solution made
I bydisOlying about one third Of an ounce
I Of thc aOda 10 pint Of water, lay the
! ragg on and keep them moist With the
/ solution. Fer very severe burns, fol-
| ioEsd b. suppuraiioD (fOrmsliOn OF prsJ
apply The rugs 10 tho same way. keeping
them moist but frequently exchange
them when dry for fresh ones and care
I fully wash or wish the coda solution.
any matter :. at has accumulated under-
meath, 80 that Do may not DC absorbed
into ADD poison Coo blood Loading Ia.
fopcGn medical Journals give numerous
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