The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-01-10
MISCELLANY.


GUN ARABIC, a half ounce; powdered
gum tragacanth, a half ounce; acetic acid,
twenty drops, with an ounce and ahalfof
water, mixed together, will form paste
by which paper may be firmly fastened
to wood.
SOUTHERN CHICKEN PIE.-Boil chicken
until it is TENDER then take deep earth
en- dish and put into ii layer of chicken
well seasoned with butter, pepper and
salt; then put a layer of cold boiled rice
on this, and so on until you have ex-
hausted your resources, taking care to
have layer of rice on top. Put this into
the oven and let it remain there until il
is very hot and then serve. .......
BAKED FIsH.-Dress your fish nicely,
salt to suit the taste and lay it out flat in
your nicely-greased dripping-pan, leaving
the flesh side up. Scatter small pieces of
butter on the fish and then bake until
done, from twenty minutes to half an
hour, according to size of fish. Then
pour over the fish teacupful of sweet
cream and return to the oven until nicely
Drowned. A very hot oven is required
to cook fish in this way. ......
WAFFLEs.-0ne and half pints of
-four, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar,
one-half teaspoonful soda, two eggs, one
pint of milk, two tablespoonfuls of butter;
mix the -four, cream of tartar and soda
well together and then rub them through
a sieve; beat up the eggs until very light,
then add to them the milk and the but
ter, first melting the latter in two table
spoonfuls Of boiling water Stir this mix
ture into the -four and bake in the usual
way, t' ..
APPLE DUMpLINGs.-Butter and fill a
large deep pie platter with sliced apples.
Place over it layer of biscuit dough,
cutting slit in centre for the escape of
air, and bake. When done loosen at the
edges, and, turning large dinner plate
over it, turn upside down, and you have
it on the dinner plate; cut same as pie,
and eat with sweetened milk or cream.
This way saves time and makes a more
palatable appearance on the table than
the old of having them Warped in dough
and decorated with the imprint of the
cooks finger. uaH a#.~
SPrcED BEEF ToNGuE.-Spieed beef ton
que is a good dish for supper. Make
mixture of half pint of sugar, piece of
saltpetre the size of pea, and a table
spoonful Of ground cloves; rub this into
the tongue. Then make brine of two
quarts of water and three-quarters of
pound Of salt, put the tongue into a jar
and pour the brine over 1t. See that the
tongue is entirely covered, and is kept
well under. Let it lie in this pickle for
two weeks; then take it out, rinse it in
several clear waters. Make thin paste
of flour and water, wrap the tongue in
this, and put into dripping pan to bake.
1t must bake slowly, and it should be
basted frequently with lard and water,
or with half drippings and water. When
done remove the paste and the skin; let
it become cold, then cut into slices, and
not too thin slices, either
THE MEDICAL USE oE EGGs.-For burns
and scalds there is nothing more sooth-
ing than the white of an egg, which may
be poured over the wound. It is softer
as varnish for burn than collodion,
and, being always on hand, can be APP
piled Immediately. It is also more cool
ing than the sweet oil and cotton"
which was formerly supposed to be the
surest application to allay the smarting
pain. 1t is the contact with the air
which gives the extreme discomfort ex-
perienced from ordinary accidents of this
kind, and anything which excludes air
and prevents inflammation is the best
thing to be at once applied The egg is
also considered one of the very best rem
idies for dysentery. Beaten up lightly,
with or without sugar, and swallowed at
a gulp, it tends, by its emollient qualities.
to lessen the inflammation of the stom-
ach and intestines, and, by forming a
transient coating on these organs, to ena-
bic nature to assume her healthful sway
over the diseased body.
Green food is fully as essential for
poultry in winter as in summer. Their
confinement to dry food during the con-
tinuance of cold weather goes far to ae-
count for the scarcity of eggs at this sea-
son OF the year. Fresh winter eggs are
always in demand and bring good price
in every market. Hens, like COWS, should
be producers as well as consumers dur
ing the cold months of winter. Farmers
as well as fanciers should have a supply
of green food safely stored away for the
winter use ofpultry. -..
Now that the new year is in, every
farmer should keep strict accounts and
also diary.
Young pigs always sell for good
prices, and return larger profit in pro-
portion to cost, than hogs.
The cellar should be kept strictly
clean, as decaying vegetable matter is
often source of disease.
1t is said if apples are covered with
buckwheat chaff they will keep well, and
do not freeze as easily as when straw,
sawdust or earth are used.
"A common herd, well cared for, will
often yield better returns than grade or
pure-blooded one where the owner places
more confidence in blood and pedigree
than he does in good care and manage
ment.
John Hernsberger of Kansas sowed
d bushels on three acres and harvested