Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-01-27
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Pudding Sauce. Take two cups
white sugar, q lump of butter the
size of an egg, one well-beaten egg
Stir these together, then add tea
cupful Of boiling water; put into a
sauce pan until it thickens; do not
let it boil, and flavor with lemon or
vanilla.
Apple Mince Pie,-Two pounds of
apples, pared and chopped, three
fourths pound of beef suet, one of
currants, one half rasins, seeded
and chopped, one-half sultana rails
ms, one quarter citron, cut in shreds,
one tablespoonful allspice, two
pounds of brown sugar, half-pint
best brandy, a glass of wine, two
teaspoonsful of salt.
Chicken Soup.-In boiling chick
ems for salad, the broth may be used
for soup. When the chickens are to
be served whole, stuff and tie in
cloth. To the broth add a little
rice, or add one thinly sliced onion
and quart of tomatoes. Boil 20
minutes, season with pepper and salt
and two we'll beaten eggs, and serve.
Noodle Soup,-Add noodles to beef
or any other soup after straining;
they will cook in Is or 20 minutes,
and are prepared in the following
manner: To one egg add as much
sifted flour as it will absorb, with a
little salt; roll out as thin as a wafer
dredge very lightly with flour, roll
over and over into light roll, slice
from the ends, shake out the strips,
loosely and drop into the soup.
White Fruit Cake.-One cup of
butter and two cups of white sugar
well beaten together; one cup of
milk, two and half cups of flour,
the white of seven eggs, two even
spoonsful of baking powder; beat all
well before adding fruit. Take one
pound each of raisins, figs, dates and
blanched almonds, and one.quarter
OF a pound of citroD; cut all fine; stir
fruit in last, with sitting of flour
over it; bake slowly.
Coffee a Dissinfectant.- is not
sufficiently known that when coffee
beans are placed upon hot Goals or
on "a hot plate the flavor arising is
one of the most effective and at the
same time agreeable disinfectants.
If no heat is disposable, even the
spreading of ground coffee on the
object to be disinfected, even if it be
a cadaver, is most satisfactory.
Some journals announce this as a
newly discovered fact, but it appears
by investigation that it was known
we'll by nurses and housewives forty
years ago, while some members of
the medical profession became only
convinced of it's value some twenty
years ago, while at present the ma
jority of the physicians are not aware
of the virtues of this simple and
agreeable remedy.
Fact about Flour. Flour is pecu-
liarly sensitive to atmospheric in
fluences, hence it should never be
stored in room with sour liquids,
nor where onions or fish are kept nor
any article that taints the air of the
room in which it is stored. Any
smell perceptible to the sense will be
absorbed 10y the flour. Avoid damp
cellars or lofts where a free circula-
tion of air cannot be obtained.
Keep in cool, dry, airy room, and
not exposed to freezing tempera-
ture, nor to intense summer, or to
artificial heat, or any length of time
above 20 or IS Fahrenheit. 1t should
not come in contact with grain or
other substances which are liable to
heat. Flour should be sifted and the
particles thoroughly disintegrated
and then warmed before baking.
This treatment improves the color
and baking properties of the dough.
The sponge should be prepared tor
the oven as soon as the yeast has
performed its mission; otherwise fer
mentation sets in and acidity re-
suits.