St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-10-27
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

-Borax In tho rinsing water Is good
for whitening garments that have be-
come yellow BY lying away.
Among vegetables peas, beans and
lentiles hold q front rank a. supplying
real food to the body. while the vege-
table oils, such a. olive or peanut oil.
are useful in supplying the body with
fats. CArisfian at Work.
Apple Ice Cream. quartz
apple sauce sweetened to taste, one
quart water in which apples were
cooked, one quart sweet cream, beaten
well together; just before cream is
frozen, beat light the whites Of three
eggs and stir into it.
-Corn-starch Cake. One cup sugar.
one-half cup butter. one-half cup sweet
milk. one heaped-up cup flour. one tea
spoonful cream-Of-tartar, one-half tea
spoonful soda, three teaspoonfuls corn
starch dissolved in the milk. Mix, add.
ing last the whites Of four eggs. Sea
son to suit taste.
Sugar Biscuit.-Sift together one
and one-half pints Of -four. one-half Of
a tablespoonful of salt. one large cupful
OF sugar. two teaspoonfuls OF baking.
powder and rub in one tablespoonful
Of lard. Mix with two eggs and one.
half pint OF milk. Cut into biscuits anG
bake.-Good Housekeeping.
Blackberry Cordial. Simmer fresh
ripe blackberries until they break.
Strain through cheese cloth. pressing
well to extract all the juice. To each
pint Of juice. add one pound Of LOAF
sugar, one-half ounce OF cinnamon. one
fourth ounce Of cloves and one-fourth
Of mace. Boil fifteen minutes. bottle.
cord well. and keep in dry cool place.
Valuable in summer complaints OF
children.
"A Good Mouth Wash.-Get five
cents worth OF borax and two and
half cents worth Of tincture Of myrrh;
dissolve the borax in three parts OF
boiling rainwater; when cool. add tine
ture OF myrrh and one tablespoonful Of
spirits OF camphor. Bottle. Wash the
teeth morning and evening with one
tablespoonful OF the mixture. diluted
with same quantity Of warm water.
This preserves the teeth from decay.
and is good for toothache and sore
mouth.
-Macaroni Pudding.--TO make this
appetizing dish take one cupful broken
macaroni. one and one-half pints milk,
four eggs, ono cupful Of sugar. one
large tablespoonful butter. one tea
spoonful extract vanilla. Boil macaro.
nj in well sailed water ten minutes.
then add to the boiling milk, and sim.
mer twenty minutes longer; remove from
the fire. pour on sugar. eggs and but
ter beaten together. lastly add extract:
put in well-buttered pudding dish, bake
in steady oven thirty-five minutes. and
serve with sauce.
This easy way Of keeping sweet
corn can be readily tried: When cora
is not too old cut it from the cob and
put into q stone jar with one-eighth
measure Of salt, or more-it can not be
made too salt. Cover and weight. 1t
must always be covered with brine. But
a lady found that even her COW wouldn't
eat corn thus treated. But later she
found that after being drained out of
the brine it must be put at once into
plenty Of boiling water. boiled ten min
utes. then drained and put into fresh
water for short time. repeating this
the third time. when It is excellent,
served with butter. pepper and milk or
cream. with a spoonful OF sugar to each
quart Of corn. Just scald this and then
serve.