Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-02-18
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lowing as the receipt for the old time
sheet ginger bread, marked off in
squares, and sold on all public days,
especially on military days: zone
cup Of butter, two Of sugar. one of
sour milk, two eggs, one tablespoon
ful Of yellow ginger, one teaspoOnful
of saleratus (hraping if the milk be
very s0uT) and -four enough TO roll
Beat the sugar and butter TO "A cream
ard then BRAT in the eggs, add the
ginger and sour milk. in which the
Saltratus is d ssolved, and then the
fur. Roll about bali an inch thick:
marx 1t off with a jagging-iron, III
strlFS about three inches wide and
SIX inches long. Bake on tin sheets
in Il quick oven
Velvet cream, TO be eaten with
cake, is made in this way: Beat the
whites of four eggs to a stiff froth,
add two tablespoonsful Of sugar, two
tablespoonsful of curTant jelly, two
Tablespoonful of raspberry Jam; beat
all together; cream may be added or
" "a JOh AiiiAtHIs L ~ ID u tdL
addition, provided it is real cream.
Velvet cream IS Il fine accompaui-
ment to blanc mango.
Chicken Pudding.-Cut up the
chickens and stew until tender
Then take them from the gravy, aud
spread on a fat dish to cool, having
fist we~ll-seasoned them with butter,
pepper add salt. Make a batter of
one quart of milk, three cups of
-four, three tablespoonful of melted
butter, n half teaSpoonful OF soda,
one t%easpOonful cream tarter, a little
salt. Butter a pudding dish and put
q layer of the chicken at the bottom
and then a cupful of the batter over
it. Proceed till the dish is full. The
batter must form the crust. Bake
an hour, and serve the thickened
gravy in a gravy boat.
Bread Of unbolted wheat flour is,
Tor making superior bone and muscle
to the growing child, far preferable
to bolted -four, and oatmeal is fully
equal, if not superior to it. Fed on
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 as a beverage,
Is said to be a cure for the rheumat-
ism, govt and a specific in the case
Of smallpox. Nervous people find
comfort in celery.
Care of Boots.-One who has ex-
perience, is convinced that a coat
of copal varnish applied to the soles
of boots and shoes, and repeated as
1T dries, until the pores are filled and
the surface shines like polished ma
hOgany, will make the soles water
proof, Also make them to last three
eumeS as long as ordinary soles.
Burns and Scalds.-About four
years since September, 1877 The
American A~griculturiSt recommend
the use of bicarbonate of soda, that
is common cooking soda, for most
kinds of burns. Since then frequent
experiments and observations, the
opinions of physicians, and the best
medical journals, have more than
confirmed all we then said. AS
burns and scalds r always liable
to occur, and as this remedy, though
simple, has proved to be extraordin-
-afily useful, it should be fixed in the
mind Of every one. The soda, and
the carbonic acid so readily set at
liberty from 1t, have ~aneSthetic, an
tiSpeptic and disinfecting properties
all highly beneficial for burns. For
Slight burns cover all the injured
parts with a layer Of powdered soda.
For deeper buns, but where the
skin is not broken dip linen rags in
q solution made 10y dissolving about
one-third OF an ounce of the soda in
q pint of water; lay the rags on and
Keep them moist with the solution.
For very severe burns, followed by
6uppuratioa formation of pus) apply
che rags in the same way, keeping
them moist; but frequently exchange
tts3m when dry for fresh ones, and
carefully wash off, with The soda
solution, any matter that has &C
cumulated underneath, so that it
may not be absorbed into and poison
the blood. Leading European med
lcal journals give numerous in
stancs in which, by the above treat
ment, extensive burns of very severe
character have healed speedily, leav-
ing little scar.