The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-08
Iaaies department.
Tor the r. M.-HoIseho!d.
I. B. Is Practical, and Likewise
Reminiscent.

Sensitive Plant, Comfort Marshall AZ d
Angeine Evergreen all want my recipe
for yea.t, aud as il is an improvement
rpon perfection in the matter of yeast
o doubt other wise and careful house
keepers would like to have it too.
1t never sours never gets fiat. and viii
lie to the last minute oi It's life. !
make enough TO last three weeks, and II
,as stood the test of weather hor enough
q melt a bia-s monkey. 1907 ir tie shade
ithout souling at all. Now # Il at leu /,
Ill lhs. could be desired OF yeast then !
ID no house kecrei, and cont know
good ilom bad
Here is the recipe, good people all
wash peel. and crate eight. large, raw
rish potatoes, or half gallon bu, ket .f
mall ones, put a good handful of hop-
n muslin bag. 10 save the trout lie OF
.trainng the tea and put III three pint.
of water. when it has well boiled, TAX,
out the bag Of hops. and squeeze them.
then stir IN the grated potato. and stil ali
he time Till 1t con e 10 boil, then hit
1t off To cool. when IL Is cosi enough to
bear your finger III 1t. ut IN one teacul
full ct sugar. brown sugar will do very
well, str il in we'll aud then add ont
cup full Of old east, OF two yeast cakes
SET 1t III warm plpce. and cover closely
II made In the mOinln" II Will be worked
,nongh for U.S. bv night. | have had IL
10 rise in three hour-. Put it 10 al
that will hold twice IA much as you put
in it, for the only fault this yeast has is.
that 1t Is rising all TIE time, and wants
10 spread over all CT, atlcn apparently.
Four tablespoons full is enough for two
quarts OF hOur and my experience Is that
you require first tate -four if you want
good bread. | have known certain son.
ot Bella" wlo asserted that good cooh
couldn't make good brt ad unless they
had good -four, and this | will die main
iainlnr
make nv bread with leaven. which
mix over night. Nix up the 5re ad al
uile O'Clock next morning, knead il over
at L. ard generally set to baae at II
| kucad it over as soon as 1t has risen
enough. question not all governed b,
the clock, and generally the bread is very
good, and we raise our hops, one vine
will yield all needed in an ordinary tsmi-
ly. The vine is very pretty and rapid
grower, well trellised, or trained on
strings it will yield great many hops,
and as it is very hardy perennial. one,
planted it is sure possession, and the
curing of the hops is no trouble Gather
them q. soon as the bloom is wide open,
and ou see the yellow dust lying distinct
" on the petals spread out on newspa
pers and set out in the sun, if you have
a large tea tray use that, turn them once
or twice, and by night they will be dry
enough TO tie up elise In paper bags, at
L. L.
hop leaf while fresh and green will make
just good yeast as the blossoms, as indeed
will peach leaves, and the weed that the
children call rabbit tobacco, the old
nurses call bone>.et. and the rest OF cres
tion call Life everlasting. 8 ay-
though could tast e III peculiar Il lAor ~
bread. bHt that may have been lmaglna
tion. Ii certainly made beautiful looking
yefst, We ,ried IL during The War, when
the most us returned 10 first principles,
the original starting points IN CIVILIZATION
wonder what it was We didn't tty to
supply the manifold dehc' enclcs In pan
Try and wardrobe? an NE, lighter
heart heat nnder - homespun military
waist whose rdiug of colorod worste
was d de icate com pllment TO that branch
of the service to which ones best below
ed bellnged, than lhroOs now under
cashmere apd 81 Then We had fail
and hope now. hoEs is dead, and faith
.ot murderuus blow in the downfall
OF the starry crl,s. it would be a rarely
grotesdue picture if one could only see
war belle of >65 in all Of her war paint.
The ,Ietty feet IN shop made shoes. knit
Eors,ed gloves hidiug the brave white
ands, grey Ii, mespun dress. if IT hap
IIly nee not be black for as 'ook pow II
j. apI alling to remember how few co!ored
dresses were to be seer in church on Sun
day, eaudily trimmed with red, blue, or
yellow: w::cordlrg z, and innumerable military
buttons. and the sunny head proud y
crownl d within gigantic Merrliuac bon
Let, whose front was clever imitation
of lie PROV OF that iGsincib!e.
But, an whiie gossip, | cover too
mauy, pages Lucille dear, YOU woudn't
ike me To have quite 81 mvch to LAY
every week, would YOU dear? like
your letters very much Now with lov.
tor all, | am thine. l.. Is.