South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-05-12
Farmer aud House Keeper.

40 NsShc 1,AthN tsiVSr. --Iut tlrec
tablespoonsfui of salad oil and ono
tablespoonful OF vinegar, well mixed
together, on large, flat dish, and
lay on this the steak. Salt must not
be put on steak before il is cooked
The stca K must lie on the tender
making mixture for at least half an
hour TO a side; the toughest steak will
snceunb to this, aud be perfectly ten.
dor when cooked.
Flannel Cakes.-One pint Of sweet
milk, half a teaspoonful of salt. two
teaspoonsful OF sugar yolks OF two
eggs. and -four (siftedD enough ;omakc
thin batter just thick enough 10 bake
or griddle; when well beaten add two
teaspoonsful OF good baking powder,
mix thoroughly, ard lastly add whites
OF eggs beaten toa stiff froih; do no,
beat them in, but stir gently through
the batter bake at once.
! Crilcts of Cold Mutton 10.
mains OF cold lon or neck of mutton,
one egg, breadcrumbs, brown gravy
or tomato sauce. Cut tho remains of
cold loin or neck OF mutton into cut.
lets, trim them, and take away por-
ton of the fat ahould there be too
much dip them in beaten egg,
sprinkle with brendcrumbs, md FRY
them nice brown in hot dripping.
Arrange them on u dish, and pour a.
round them either a good gravy or
! hot tomato sauce.
! Bread Omelet. Take n slice OF
bread an inch thick, cut Off the crust,
pour half q pint Of boiling milk on il,
season with pepper aud salt to your
taste. Beat il up and when cold put
to IL five eggs. Beat the yo!ks very
| light and add them 20 the bread and
milk, theE add the whites. well bea-
ten. Fry III hot butter. This makes
two omclets.
Cheese Sandwiches. Take two.
thirds OF good cheese (grated) and QUE
third Of butter, add little cream.
pound al together in mortar; then
! spread il on slices of brown bread.
lay another slice over each. press them
gently together, and cut them in small
square pieces.
| FAIRY Gingerbread One cupful OF
butter, two OF sugar, one of milk, four
Of flour, tErce.fourtlls of teasponfu
OF soda, one Tablespoonful OF ginger.
Beat the butter TO cream add the
sugar gradually, ard when very light.
the ginger, the milk iu which the So
Oh has been dissolved, and finally the
flour. Turn baking pans upside down
and wipe the bottoms very clean but
ter them and spread The cake mixture
very thin on them; bake in moder-
ate oven until blown While still
hot cut into squares with case knife
and slip from the pan. Keep in u
tin box. This is delicious. With the
quantities given largo dish of gins
gcrbroad can be made. Ii must DO
spread on tie bottom Of tie pan as
thin So wafer, and cut the moment
it comes from the oven.
A nourishing and pleasant drink
for sick person is made Of parched
rice. Brown the rice tic same rs YOU
do coffee; then pour boiling water
with little salt in il over the fice.--
Let il boil until il is tender. then add
sugar or cream to it. It may DO
strained or not, according 10 taste.
IIealthfuIness Of Milk.--If nuv one
wishes to grow aesby, pint OF milk
taken on retiring at night will soon en-
yer the scraeniest bones. Although
We gee good many leshy persons
nowadays, there are a great many
lean aud lank ones, who Sigh for the
fashionable measure of plumpness,
and who would be vastly improved ia
health and appearance could their fig
ures be rounded with good solid flesh.
! Nothing is more coveted by q tl,ir
/ woman than full figure, and nothing
vii. 80 raise the ire aud provoke tho
scandal OF the 'clirpcr.build as the
( consciousness IN q rival. ln cases OF
fever and summer complaints milk -
I NOW given with excellent results.
The idea that milk IL icyerish has OK
I plodcd. and it is now the physicians
! great reliance ia bringing through
/ typho.d patients or those III too low
@ state to be nourishcd by solid food.
I Il ia a mistake TO scrimp the milk
I pitcher Take more milk and buy
! iess meat. Look 20 your milkman
have large sized, wcli.flledmilk pitch.
ers on tic table each meal, end son
viii have flesh and save doctors bills.
Exchange.
A common tcaspoOnful Of borax
and saltpetrc, in equal parts, pulgcr.
ized and dissolved aud well stirred iil.
to gallon Of cream, viii very much
proIong rs keeping, aud improve tie
butter and help % make the chum.ug
! easier.
Pencil marks can be rendered IN,
dchbic b. dipping the paqor in skim
milk aud irouing on the wrong SIDE
q Ffor grrfro