The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-11

the lemon. Let this boil for about two
minutes, not longer. 1t is particularly
nice with rice or bread-pudding.
Excellent corn bread is made of two
eggs the whites and yoIks beaten sepa-
rateIy, and very light, one pint of corn
meal, a good lump of butter about the
size of half an egg, one quart of boiling
milk, half a teasp0Ontul of salt; put the
lump of butter INTO the hot milk, then
while stirring with one hand scatter the
meal in with the other, a little at time.
so that there viii be no danger of Jumps.
Wien entirely smooth add the yolk and
then the white of the eggs. Have a
bread pan we'll buttered, pour the mix
ture into it, and bake in quick oven.
Carrot soup is made by boiling one
pound and a half of well scraped and
washed carrots in enough water to cover
them, and which is slightly salted when
soft mash them, or rub them through a
sieve; mix them then with two quarts
of stock-beef broth viii! answer well;
season with pepper and salt, and add a
little butter for havoring; small lump
Of sugar may be an agreeable addition,
and some bits of stale bread cut so that
the sides are smooth and fried in butter
until brown, are also pleasing addition
to the soup. Do not drop them into
the soup until it is ready to be served.
A GOOD SUNDAY DINNER.-Beef soup;
chicken smothered in oysters; mashed
potatoes; caulitlower; stewed tomatoes; :;
celery salad; blanc mango and cream; ;
cake; coffee.
R-CE-FLoUR CAKE.-Beat a cupful of
I l4TUf fAr TO, oil
cupfuls of sugar and the Juice and rind
of a lemon. Beat the yolks and whites
of six eggs separately and add them to
the above; add also Two and quarter
cups of rice -four. Pour the mixture
and bake from half to three quarters of
an hour in a moderate oven.
How To BRoIL BEEFsTEAK- -Broiling
steak is one of those things so easy to
do that they are very often poorly done.
The following old English rhyme tells
Us how beefsteak should be broiled:
Pound well your meat until the hbres
break;
Be sure that next you have, to broil the
steak,
Good coal in plenty, nor moment leave,
But turn it over this way, and then that j;
The lean should be quite rare-not so the
fat
The platter now, and there the juice
receive;
Put on your butter, place it on your meat !;
Salt, pepper, turn 1t over, serve and eat"
To SOFTEN HARD WATER-Hard
water is often the source of great an
Hoyance GU washing day. | soften it
with bran, and think that it is less liable
to iniure the clothes and much easier on
the hands than that to which lye, sal
soda, &c, have been added. | tie up
two or three quarts of bran in thin
muslin bag, put it into boilerful of cold
| water. .hen put the water on the fire and
boil it an hour. The same bagful of
bran can be used again until enough
water is softened for the washing.
SrEwED OYsTERs-Rinse the oysters
in cold water and drain them through q
sieve To aquart of oysters put a luT p
of butter as large as an egg into the
stewpan and let it melt; add pint of
milk, and when it begins to boil add the
oysters. As soon as the edges of the
oysters curl take them from the fire
season with salt and pepper and serve
with slices of buttred toast or thin
crackers.
BEEF CAKEs.-Mince' one pound of
steak and to it add three chopped onions
pepper and salt, two beaten eggs. Form
into small cakes, roll in cracker crumbs
and fry in hot lard
TART APPLE SAUCE.-Peel, quarter
and core tart apples, stew them to pulp
over slow fire adding at first three
tahespoonsful of water to a pint of ap-
Piles, to prevent burning; when the ap-
Piles are stewed to pulp stir them with
tablespoonful of butter to each pint
of the sauce, either hot or cold.
At several farmers clubs during the
winter we'll known horticuiturists have
recommended potash for peach trees.
T. Fl. Hale, Glastonbury, Conn, stated
before a meeting of the State Board of
Agriculture that he applied potash at
the rate of 500 pounds to the acre to an
orchard of $500 trees, and only one or
two trees showed signs of felons or other
disease, while of another orchard of 200,
to which potash was not applied, 80 per
cent. of the trees had died. J. B. Rogers,
New Jersey, applies muriate of potash
to his peach orchards with good effect.
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