The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-28

A tablespoonful of powdered alum,
sprinkled into a hogshead of water and
stirred, will. in the course of a few
hours, precipitate to the bottom all the
impure particles and leave the water
clear and pure as spring water. Four
gallons would need bat u teaspoonful.
A new way to make apple pudding is
to make a batter Of flour, sweet milk,
and one egg, with baking powder, in
proper proportion. Pare and core six
tart apples, stew them in a very little
water until they are quite soft; then beat
the apples into a batter. This is to be
baked in a buttcred earthen pie plate it
should be deep pla'e. This is to be
eaten with cream and sugar, or if cream
is an impossibiIity, use butter instead.
Tt is strange, says the Philadelphia
Ners, that so many people do not know
how to cook corn. They cook it too
long. 1t should be popped in a pot of
boiling water-no salt-and left there
for ten minutes-bc sure the water is in
a great rage-then taken out and wrapped
in a large napkin until you are ready to
eat it. Boiled longer than ten minutes
the milk hardens in the kernels, and it is
~ ~ ANHAh paw as pillldDlC, anu IL Is
much less digestiblc.
Half a t~easpoonful of cornstarch dis
solved in a tablespoonful of cream and
added to an Omelet of five eggs will keep
it light, and n bit Of cornstarch will also
prevent scrambled eggs from becoming
watery, as they often do "that last mo-
mcnt on the fire, but be careful not to
use too much in either case. An egg
well beaten and rubbed over the lower
crust of pies will prevent the juice from
soaking through, and the Juice Of fruit
pies thickened with a little cornstarch
will not boil over.
Rust can be removed from steel as
follows: Rub the article with Kerosene
oil and leave it to soak for a day. Then
procure fine flower or emery and mix
with Kerosene oil and scour the surface
with rotten stone TO preserve from
rust. heat the steel and rub parafinc. No
steel articles should be kept in a cellar
or damp place, but in a dry attic or
closet. If they must be kept in a cellar
they should be well coated with paraf-
fine and wrapped in cloth or paper oiled
paper would be preferable.
CHt VI IHt Dtol Suldl neTDS goes 10
waste as a weed and pest of the garden.
Children know enough to eat sour grass
with its tender acid leaf. French cooks
number it among the most excellent field
salads, and doctors say it is soothing for
the blood, preventing rheumatic and
equity disorders. 1t ought to be brought
to market by the bushel, for every field
has patches of it, and it Is better than
spinach or sorrel for purecs and bonnie
femme soups, or it may be s,cwed with
sugar in porcelain as a delicate order of
pieplant.
For coffee stains try putting thick
glycerine on the wrong side and wash
ing 1t out with lukewarm water. For
raspberry stains weak ammonia and
water is the best, Stains Of fruit on
90 d table linen can be removed with
out injury by using the following with
care: Pour boiling water on chloride of
lime, in the proportion of one gallon to
a quarter of a pound, bottle it. cork it
we'll, and in using be careful not to stir
it. Lay the stain in this for a moment,
then apply white vinegar and boil the
table linen.
The happy owner Of a COW can always
provide some dish for desert upon short
notice. Here are directions for a tribe"
Cut several slices of sponge cake in small
pieces of regular shape, say on inch
square; put them into a deep china bowl,
cover with a rich boiled custard, reserv-
ing the whites of the eggs to whip for
the top, or if the COW produces cream,
use the whites of the eggs in the custard
and whip a pin, of cream for the top of
the bowl; flavor with vanilla and sweet
en- slightly; add the sugar while whip
ping the cream.