The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-09-23

bles mix a desertspoonful of turmeric and
one of mustard in a basin with cold vinegar,
then mix with the hot vinegar and pour over
the vegetables.
One of the most appetizing ways to warm
over cold fowls, particularly ducks or fowls
with brownish meat, is to cut them into
pieces and let them simmer in gravy. Take
a part of head of red cabbage, cut it in the
thinuest and smallest pieces you can with
out chopping it, wash it and drain it, and
fry il in fat this may be part butter and
part dripping, or even lard) season with salt
and pepper. When il is done, spread it out
on a platter. moisten with vinegar, and lay
the pieces of fowl upon it,
To Stop Nose Bleed-The Scientific Amer
lean gives the following novel plan: The
best remedy for bleeding at the nose, as given
by DIR. Gleason in one of his lectures, is in
the vigorous motion of the laws as if in the
act of chewing. In the case of child wad
of paper should be placed in its mouth, and
the child should he instructed TO chew it
hard. 1t is the motion of the jaws that stops
the flow of blood. This remedy is so very
simple that many will feel inclined TO laugh
at it, but it has never been known to fail in
single instance. even in very severe cases.
Picked Vegetable Marrow.-Choose small
young marrOws, wash them, cut a section
out lengthwise, remove the seeds and inner
pulp, and place the marrows in strong salt
and water for twelve hours; take them out,
drain on a sieve and wipe with a cloth; fill
the inside with whole pepper mustard seed
and bruised ginger; replace the sections
which were cut out, and tie the marrows up
with clean bass or pack-thread. Put them
into a jar. Boil vinegar pepper mace and
bruised ginger till you have strong, good
favored pickle; pour over the marrOws,
closely at oncee The third day the vinegar
should be reboiled and again poured over
the marrow.
Orleans Cake-One liberal pound best
-four, dried and sifted; one pound powdered
sugar; three-quaIters pound butter, rubbed
To cream with the sugar; six eggs, beoten
light, and the yelks strained; one cup cream
one glass best brandy; one teaspoonful mixed
mace and cinnamon; one teaspoonful soda
dissolved in hot water; two teaspoonfuls
cream tartar, sifted with -four. Add the
strained yelks to the creamed butter and
sugar to this the cream and soda; then, in
alternate supplies, the whites and -four
finally, spice and brandy. Beat up hard fol
three minutes, and bake in two square lOaves
The oven should not be too quick, but steady
Cover with paper if the cake shows signs OF
crustinesS on the top before it has risen tC
the proper height. 1t should bake one hour
Cover with lemon frosting when it is cool
1t is good cake and keeps WE'LL
Preserved Watermelon or Ripe Cucumber
| Pare off the green skin and the soft, white
| inner rind; cut into strips or into fancifu
| shapes. Allow a pound and a quarter Of
sugar to each pound of rind. Line your ket
| tie with vine-leaves and fill with the rind
| scattering little pulverized alum over eacl
| layer. Cover with vine-leaves. three thick
| pour on water enough TO reach anC
| wet these. and lay a close lid
| on the top of the kettle. Let them steam
together for three hours, but the water mus
not actually boil. Take out your rind, which
| should be well greened by this process, anC
throw at once into very cold water. i
should lie in soak, changing the water every
/ hour for four hours. For the sirups allow
two cups of water to a pound and quarter
of sugar. Boil and skim it until no more
scum comes up; put in the rind, and sim
| mer gently nearly an hour. Take it out anC
| spread upon dishes in the sun until firm an(
almost COOL simmer in the strip fol half al
| hour; spread out again, and, when firm, pu
| into large bowl, and pour over it the scald
ing strip. Twelve hours later put the SiruI
again over the fire, adding the juice of
/ lemon and a tiny strip of ginger-root TO
every pound of rind. Boil down until thick
| pack the rind in jars and pour over it tn,
| siruD. Tie up when cool.