Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-06-20
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rub them with a little common salt.
Use of sulphur in bleaching evapo-
rated fruit is referred to by Green's Fruit
GroUcr as "at all times unsafe" Bette.
have darker color with flavor and hath
fulness.
To take rust out of steel, rub the
steel with sweet oil; in a day or two rub
with inely-powdered unslaked lime until
the rust all disappears, then oil again, roll
in WOODEN and put in a dry place, especial
ly if it be table cutlery.
Sponge Cake.-Two eggs and one
cup Of sugar well beaten together, ne,
half cup Of sweet milk mix one teaspoon
baking powder or one-half teaspoon Of
soda and one teaspoon cream tartar with
one cup Of sifted -four.
Alum water will restore most ali
faded %colors; brush the faded articles
thoroughly to free it from dust, cover it
4 dlllc vi Ni5IilC oOdp, lie vim
clear water and then with alum water,
and the color will usually appear much
brighter than before.
Beef essence should be made in the
oven, Cut one pound of good lean beef
into small square pieces. Put them in a
brown jar sprinkle them with a little
salt and pour on n teacupful Of water. lie
brown paper firmly over the top Of the
jar, and leave it for five or six hours if
the over until all the goodness has been
extracted.
Light and delicate dumplings are
made by this recipe: Half a pound Of
beef suet, chopped extremely fine, ten
ounces fine bread crumbs, one large ia
%blespoonful Of flour, the grated rinds of
two small lemons, four ounces of pow
dercd sugar and four eggs beaten very
light. Mix thoroughly and add the juice
of two lemons. Divide this mixture
into four parts, tie in well-foured cloths
and boil one hour in slightly-saltcd wa
ter.
Boiled Indian pudding is improved
for some people if suit is added to give it
richness. Chop a quarter of q ToundNof
beef suct very fine, add an equal guam,
tity Of sugar, one ~teaspoonful of ginger,
half a teaspoonful of salt, enough sweet
milk to moistcn the meal, and q teaspoon,
sour milk and q t%caspoonful of soda
This should boil in a bag for at least three
hours, and be served hot with sauce.
Charcoal is often recommended for
pigs and fowls, but it is not generally
kind Of stock fed with corn or othe
heating material. There is a Sight al
Ealine effect from charcoal which help.
to correct acidity of the stomach. 1t i
excellent for mixing with the food o
animals that are being fatled, experience
showing that the increase of fat is great
est when a proportion Of charcoal i
allowed.
ANY rule in regard to quantity O
food for poultry is difficult to establish
and unsafe. to rely upon, because the ap
petite of n flock is not always the same
They may eat a given quantity for break
fast one morning and leave half of it tn
next Nature is the only infallibl
..uide. A fowl is naturally a most iace.
cant feeder. At liberty they are ~continu
ally In search of something to eat ]
confinement we should initiate nature a
far as we can in caring for them.
If you have not a tight chest or DO
in which to store away wooden goods o,
of the way Of moths, a well-cleaned for
barrel will answer, but should be car,
fully lined with newspapers pasted ovc
every %creyice, that none of til pests ma
find their way inside. The carmen.
should be we'll aired, shaken and brushe
and any soiled spot thoroughly cleane
and dried. Then they should be folde
smoothly, wrapped separately in fres
.wspapers, tied around with a strin.
lot pinned, and be marked with a les
penciFon q blank space in the paper,
the moment you lay hands on a packae
yeu know what it contains, in case Y,
have need for any of them during Il
summer The barrel should then be Il,
or pasted over with newspapers and ov
them thick Whipping pepper. If the ba
rel is to be exposed it may he made in
presentable article OF furniture by co
erlag over the top with a square boar
an inch larger than the diameter of L
barrel. Tack around three sides Of I'll
n curtain Of any pretty material Gov
the top with the same, and finish wi
brass headed nails or a fall rufle,
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