The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-08-16
HOUSE AND FARM.

Hickory-nut Cake-One cup of white
sugar, one beaten egg, halt cup of
sifted -four and cup of minced nuts.
Drop on buttered tins.
Mountain Dew Pudding-One cupful
of rolled crackers, one pint and half of
milk, three eggs, two tablespoonfuls of
white sugar, half teaspoonfuls of salt;
flavor with nutmeg; serve with sauce.
Good Milk-A quart of good milk
should weigh about 2 10 pounds, or
nearly 2 pounds ~ ounces. If milk is
weighed, this rule will give the monthly
yield in quarts more exactly than
measuring.
Baked Squash Boil. mash. and let it
get cold; then beat up light with table.
spoonful of melted butter, two raw eggs,
three rablespoonfuls of mill, with pepper
and salt to liking, put in o buttered
bake dish, sift dry crumbs over the top,
and bake in q quick oven.
Onions.-If onions which are to be
boiled are put in sailed water after they
are peeled, and are allowed to remain in
it for an hour before they are cooked.
they will lose SO much of their distinctive
flavor that they will rarely remind one
hours after of what he had for dinner.
Onions that are to be eaten raw may be
treated in the same wav.
Shorn Sheep-After sheep are shorn.
great care should be taken to protect
them from cold and storms. If an open
shed is provided in the field they will
flock under it during the worst of the
bad weather. A week after shearing old
sheep is the proper time to dip the lambs
in tobacco water to destroy ticks.
Small Beer Take one quart of West
India mOlasses, one ounce essence of
spruce, one ounce essence of wintergreen,
half ounce essence of sassafras; mix we'll
with hot water in pan; let it stand mn
til it becomes blood-warm, then add one
pint Of yeast; let it remain ten or twelve
hours; bottle it, and in three hours it is
fit for use.
Cream Tomato Soup.-Use one small
knuckle of veal and one pound of shin
bone of veal; boil slowly one hour with
some slices of onion, two or three pota.
toes and half Q can of tomatoes. When
cooked strain through colander. Mix
together one teaspoonful of cracker pow
der and one cup of cream. add to it .
cupful of soup; mix thoroughly and pour
All tOSceucIJ boocOu W tosto, uOAi U low
minutes, and serve.
To Fatten Hogs.-Pasture ought to be
had for hogs. They will be all the
healthier for having the run of q good
clover pasture, but they will lay on flesh
faster when kept in close confinement
and fed all the grain they will eat. The
best breeders believe the best plan is to
give the stockers or young swine the run
of pasture up to within about two
months of the time when they are to be
marketed, and then confine them to
close, comfortable quarters. They will
gain but little when exposed to severe
cold.
Cherry Pudding.-Mix six tablespoons
full of sifted -four with enough milk to
make q smooth paste. Melt one tea
spoonful of butter and stir in one tea
spoonful of salt; beat four eggs, the
whites and yolks separately; add the
yolks to the paste when we'll beaten; stir
in one pint OF milk and the whites of the
eggs. Have ready one quart Of stoned
cherries; -four them before sprinkling
them in the batter. Tie in o pudding
cloth or put into tin form. Boil two
hours. Serve with o foaming sauce -
soon as done.