South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-11-02
Farmer and House Keeper.

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Mock MrNcE PfE.-Four cups bread
crumbs or sppler, three eegs. haH pound
/ CURRENTS. cup Of vinegar, cup Of sugar.
cup OF molssses. teaspoon Of coda. four
cups waters. spice to taste. Try il.
CaEAP PUMPKIN Pfe.- Stew yodt
pumpkins and mash through the col
ander. and for three pies take one pint
OF milk, half pound Of sugar. three
tablespoonfuls nour. spice to taste. AZ
cggs ATE % dear in winter. 1 call THE an
economical receipt, and hope your lady
readers will be pleased With il.
| MINCE MEAr.-Four pounds OF hest
boiled tender, one pound Ut susf, two
/, pounds Of raisins, two pounds OF curs
ren,s, one pound citron cut 6ne. ak
pounds OF sppls., one pouad sugaf.
grated rind OF four lemons and the juice
added cloves. cinnamon and nutmeg TO
taste, with cider to moistcn them, Some
use brandy to hav, +. but prefer 1t with
out, as it is an article l use only ~
medicine
LIour DuNrLINe.-To every cup OK
cold water needed 10 make "a much
dough as is desired, put one teaspoonful
of cream OF tartar and half teaspoon
full OF soda: then stir in instantly -four
enough to make little thicker than bis.
cult, cut out and boil twenty minutes.
Ii directions arc strictly followed. you
vii! have light dump'ings.
I u
cassionally give hint to our cooks and
horsekeepers, and they will thank us for
doing so, in the following instructions
how to bake buckwheat cakesi
The griddle on which bhckwheat
cakes are baked should never be touch
ed with grease, because j. imparls n
rancid taste to the cakes. Secondly. IL
n cooxing.stovc be used, II fills the kitch-
en-, il not only the whole house. with
the smell of burnt grease--to say MOTH
ing OF the parade and boasting TO ones
neig hbor, by betraying what we have
for breakfast. Wash the griddle with
hot soap suds, scour with dry Sand. amt
when heated for use, rub it we'll with
n SPOONFUL OF fine salt and coarse
cloth; it will thcn be ready TO receive
tho cakes. After each cake is re-
moved the salt rubbing must be repeat
ed. II the first does not succeed. try it
sgain. tx.
FRIED CELrRY.-Cut tue celery mo
pieces three or four inches long boil
them tender in sailed water; drain
them. Make batter in the proportion
OF two eggs 10 cupfui OF rich milk
mix flour or fine bread or cracker
crumbs, enough to give IL consistency;
roll tie pieces OF celery In it. and fry
them to light brown in hot lard.
Serve very hot. Celery can also be
cooked as asparagus, boiled tender
and served with q white sauce,
YEAST WITHOUT YEAsT.-Boil three
ounces Of hops in two quarts OF water
ten minutes, in tin. granite or iron add
two cofTee-cups OF sugar and two OF
-four, wet in enough water to get out all
the lamps; aid three tablespoonfuls Of
salt aud three OF ginger strain in q jar
and let IL stand threo days in warm
place; stir very often then add two
pounds boiled potatoes and wait one
more day, and yon will have yeast that
is good and will keep long time. Use
one sea.cupful for six ioaves Of bread.
How TO DRESS PoULTRY. 1t is TO The
interest Of every farmer who has poultry
10 sell to know bow the same should b8
dressed for market. Birds that sre pre-
pared in proper fashion always COM
mand better price than those which arc
cnrelessly dressed. We copy the follow
,,o at hu
York commission house: do not feed
for OF least hours before killing. Open
the veins of neck aud bleed freely--tbis
is the best mode Of killing. Soald eu-
ough 10 make the feathers como OF easily
picking both feathers and pin.feathers
Off ricely. BE careful not TO bruise OF
break the skin in any way, because IL
Injuries their sale. Immediately after
they ore dressed. dip in boiling hot water.
letting them remain in about ten
seconds then dip in ice-cold water, al
lowing them 10 remain in the came length
Of time. and then hang in a cool place
where they will become dry and stiff. IL
they nre to he shipped any distance. tho
entrails should be left in, and the head
and feet should not be cut off.
To TAKE RUsT OUT OF STEEL Place
the sricls in bowl containing kerosene
oil, or wrsp the steel up in a soft cloth
we'll saturated With Kerosene; let u re-
main tveui y-four hours or longer; then
scour I, rusty spot with brickdust. II
badly rusted, use salt, vet with hot vine-
gar; after securing, rinse every particle
Of brickdust or salt off with bot water
dry thoroughly; then polish of with .
clean flannel cloth aud little sweet oil.
Let clothes that fade soak over nigbs
in one ounce Of sugar Of lead in pail
Of water.
Az remedy for bee stings, cores.
pendent OF the Sheffield (Englan1) h
? deDez,Ieak saws: "Wben a Dcraou IL