Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-04-04
FARM AND PRESIDE.


FARM AND F1RESIDE.
RICE AND BEANs.-Half the people of
the world i've almost exclusively on rice.
It. contains eighty eight per cent of nutri-
ment, while beef contains but twenty six.
There are countries where the almost ex-
elusive diet of the masses is beans These
contain eighty seven per cent. of nutri-
ment. The best and cheapest food for the
dense population Of Asiatic countries
therefore is rice, and since, from the gen
-ral poverty of the people, varieties of food
tre out of the question, bounteous nature
las given them most freely that kind
which is among the most nutritious of
all foods. With the rest of the world rice
Is more Of side dish, and is most fire.
quently served in the form Of pudding.
We venture to affirm that when the cost,
the percentage of nutriment and the
whOlesOmeness of beans are considered
there is not in the world single article Of
food that can compare with them. There
is no other vegetable food that answers so
we'll as substitute for meats. While
they have SO much to recommend them in
other respects they have no rival in point
of economy. A quart of beans, costing
ten cents, will furnish a family of five per-
sons with food for day. Much of the
value OF beans as food depends on the
manner of cooking. 1t would be difficult
to cook them too much. They should be
first boiled until soft and then put into a
baking dish and baked until brown. A
little salt pork or butter, but not enough
10 made them taste greasy. should be put
Into the baking pan and cooked with them.
II beans are not thoroughly cooked they
are difficult of digestion; still there is not
one hotel or restaurant in a thousand that
serves them sufficiently cooked; and as
rule, 1t is not we'll to call for them in such
places, but at home, where prepared under
the supervision of a good cook, they make
dish that is wholesome and palatable,-
Halls Journal Of Health.
BEAT STEAK PIE.-Ingredents- a
large pie. pounds, for small one, Il to
pounds beat steak seasoning to taste
OF salt, cayenne and black pepper suita-
Ole dripping or suet crust water. Mode.
Have the steaks cut from a rump thai
has hung few days. that they may be
tender, and be particular that every Dor
ton is perfectly sweet. Cut the steaks
into pieces about three inches along and
TWO wide, allowing small piece of fat to
each piece of lean, and arrange the meat
in layers in pie dish. Between each lay.
or sprinkle seasoning of salt, pepper and
where liked, few grains of cayenne Fill
The dish sufficiently with meat to support
the crust, to give it nice raised appear
ance when baked. Pour in sufficient wa
ter to half fill the dish, and border it with
paste; brush 1t over with little watel
aud put on the cover, slightly press down
the edges with the thumb and trim the
paste off close to the dish. Make a hol
In the top OF the crust and bake in no
oven for about one and half hours
more if the pie be large
BEEF TEA.-Professor Roberts Barthol
low, of the Jefferson Medical College, says
IN othlng has been more conclusiyel
SHOWN than that beef tea is not a food.
Is nothing more than a stimulant. I
preparing beef juice the lean part of It'd
beef should be selected. This should d
cut into thick pieces, about the size of
lemon squeezer. The pieces should
next placed on hot coal fire for a mi
ment to scorch the exterior; the meat
then transferred to the lemon squeeze
which has been warmed by dipping in b
water, and the juice pressed out and d
lowed to flow into the glars, which b
also been heated. The juice is season
with little salt and Cayenne pepper,
the patient desires it, and taken immes
ately. In this way the nutritious elemen
Of the meat are obtained and the sllg
scorching developes constituents viii
give the peculiar flavor to cooked meat
This is for diet, the principle of viii
Is the administration of those elemer
which are disposed of in the stomach, a
do not require the aid of the intestines
their digestion.
FAvORITE SPICE CAKE.-One cup
one cup of sugar; two. thirds
4 cup OF butter; one cup of sour mi
three eggs; ne teaspoonful of soda;
Of nutmeg; one and one-Ia
Of cloves, and three cups
lour.
RoLLs.-Flour. two quarts; sugar,
one-half cup of yeast;
,int of scalded milk, or water if mill
carce, and little salt. Set to rise ur
light, then k' ca until hard, and set
Use, and when wanted to make in I'd
,lace p &c butter between the i'd
md bake in slow oven.
RYE BREAD.-Make sponge as
wheat bread; let it rise over night; Il
nix up with rye flour, NOT as stiff
Qheat bread. Place in baking pans;
Use, and bake half an hou, longer Il
wheat bread.
To KEEP AWAY MoTHs.-An open
le containing kerosene placed in w
obes. trunks, or bureau drawers will d
way moths.