South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-04-18

rs male OF one cup of sugar, half n cur
OF butter, beat together until like cream:
add tho whites CT two eggs, feat we'll,
aud then put in tablespoonful Of bran.
dy. and little nutmeg.
In Brittany, the milk OF tho previous
evening is mixed with the mornings
milk, and. after standing few hours,
tn, whole Is churne3, and is said 20 pru.
duce a largo amount Of butter. Of bet.
ter quality, aad will keep longer than
that treated in the usual manner.
SPONGE PuppISo.-Thrce eggs, one
cup OF sugar, one cup OF -four, two table
spoons OF water one half TEASPOON Of So
da,and one &onc-half teaspoons of cream
tartar. Bea, the eggs thoroughly, mix
cream tartar with tho flour, and DIS.
solve the soda In the cold water, adding
IL last. Bake in large roasting pan
spread the batter thinly and bake ten
minutes. When done, spread with cur
rant jelly, roll while warm, and Law in q
clean towel in tue warming oven. Sem
1t tn the table on q platter. and slice.
Serve with Pudding sauce, Favored vita
wine or lemon juice.
PUDDING SAUCe.-Ailow piece or
butter the size of q chestnut and a hcap.
ing teaspoon OF sugar to each person.
Sir to acrcam. Moisten what -four will
be required to thicken it with n little
cold water, being careful that there NJ,
no Jumps in it. Then pour boiling wa
ter slowly owe. it until il is scalde6, when
it is TO be poured over the butter ant
sugar. stirring 1t briskly all the time.
Flavor With anything you choose. For
richer sauce add an egg. Beat the
white TO stiff froth aud stir them in
gently just before sending to The table.
LFM)N JELLY CAKE. Ono cup of
butter; Two cups of sugar; ono cup OF
sweet milk; whites OF six eggs; three
cups -four; one even teaspoon soda. and
three even teaspoons of cream tarta,.
Bake in layers, ana when done spread
between them lemon jelly made as .ol-
lows: one cup Of sugar; one lemon;
yo!ks CT six eggs; piece OF butter the
size Of an egg. Crate. the rini Of tue
lemon and squeeze out the juice; boil
Until thick, and coil before using.
CREAM SPONGE CAKE-Drcak two
eggs in coffee cup beat them we'll and
then pour in enough sweet cream tn
I'll tho cup and beat again. Then TO
this nid one cup Of sugar, one cup and
a half of flour in which two teaspoons
of baking powder have been thoroughly
stirred.
Homemade yeast that is losing it's
leavening properties from age-or in the
words OF an olj.fashioned housekeeper
is running out may be renewed by
stirring into it little New Orleans
molasses, in the proportion Of one table
spoon OF molasses TO quart Of yeast.
Let i! thoroughly ferment, and then take
II 10 start new yeast with.
Smoked hams and shoulders should
not be lett in the smokc-house during
tIe summer to he taken out as needed.
A few may be left in oilclo,h covers;
but for keeping n long time pack in
dry barrel with salt. If the meat is dri-
ed before packing, very little water will
collect on the salt and no more will be
taken up by the meat.
SMELLING SALTS. Fancy bottles can
be made for smelling salts by covering
any bottle that has a glass stopper, with
either silk CT sntin, and painting any
pretty design on the silk. The smell
ing salts can be made in this way FIJI
tie bottle partly full OF lime then pour
over the lime just enou gh aqua ammonia
TO moisten.
To unite broken glass take a small
quantity of isinglass and dissolve in spir-
its Of wine, by tho aid of heat. This
will unite broken glass 80 as TO leave
tho crack nearly imperceptble aud Is
equal to the best glass cement sold at
the stores Exchange.
To clean1o medicine bottles put small
quantity Of ashes in them, immense in
cold water, and heat gradually ill it boils.
After boiling an hour, let them remain
in the water till IL is cold. Wash them
in soap suds, and rinse in clean water.
To clean japanned walters rub on with
u sponge little white soap ard some
Nail-l NaAtls uHh WASH 'fullC CicuDs NV
or use hot water, az it will cause the ia
pan TO peel Wipe dry, sprinkle a lit
tie -four over IL let il rest awhile, and
thea rub 1t with soft, dry cloth, and
finish with a soft piece Of old silk.
To take grease out OF velvet, pour n
little turpentine over the spot, then rub
briskly with piece Of dry flannel.
u is stated that sackclotb. or canvas,
can be made as impervious TO moisture
as leather by sleeping II in decoction
Of one pound OF oak bark with fourteen
pounds OF boiling water, this quantity
being sufficient for eight yards Of stuff.
The cloth has TO soak twenty -four hours,
when IL is taken out, passed through run.
ming water, and hung up 10 dry.
a gill OF strong green tea is said TO
be q specific for steep poisoned by eat