The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1888-06-16
HOUSEHOLD.

PRESERVED PEACHES OR April
COTs.--Paro the peaches, cut them Ill
halves. removing the stones. Allow
one pound of granulated sugar to one
pound Of peaches. crack ono quarter OF
the stones, extract the kernals and re"
move the dark skins; boil them in sufll-
cient water to cover them until soft;
let them steep in covered bowl until
needed; place the peaches and sugar
altol nately In layers in lined saucepan; !;
let it warm up slowly, strain and add the
water and the kernels. Let them boil
slowly until the peaches are clear and
tender, which will be III about half an
hour. Skim them out carefully and
lay them on large flat dishes; boil up
the sirup for fifteen minutes, until 1t is
clear and thick, skimming as fast as
the skum rises. ELL jars two-thirds
full Of the preserved peaches, pour on
the boiling slrup. When cold place
tissue-paper Oh the pots and cover
again with stout paper.
STRAWBERRY JAM - Tako some
strawberries aud fully ripe currants. in
the proportion of one pound of currants
to six pounds Of Strawberries, and for
every pound of fruit allow three-quar-
ters Of pound Of sugar. Carefully
pick over and mash the currants, and
for each pound Of them add one gill Of
water, place In a preserving kettle over
the llra and allow to boil up once. Now
after having carefully hulsed the straw
berries, add them and press all through
| q hair sieve into an earthenware pan.
| Put the sugar into the preserving ket-
tie, adding one gill OF water for each
pound Ofssugar, and bull it until it Is Of
the consistency Of thick molasses. Now
add the pulled fruit. and allow all to
remain over brisk fire for twenty
minutes, stirring constantly on the lire.
| Now skim, pour into glass jars or tum-
blers, and when perfectly cold cover
securely as for strawberry preserves.
THE woman who said that her motto
| is "In health prepare for sickness" {"
may have taken an extreme view of q
coming calamity, but it is wise to have
enough Of this spirit to prepare some
things for use If needed, or, If you are
SO fortunate as to escape sickness in
your own home, some neighb0r may
| need your Kind Offices. A very refresh
ing drink may be prepared when you
are putting up fruit. One is likely to
have more JUICE than she cares to put
into cans. TO each pint Of this juice
add sugar enough to sweeten well;
there should be q pound Of sugar to q
pint OF juice. Let 1t stand all night;
in the morning boil for ten minutes; !;
skim and bottle it, putting sealing wax
over the cork. Currant juice is excel.
lent put up in tins way.
EOILED SQUASH. - Peel large
squash or two small ones, cut them in
pieces about an inch square, put them
over the lire in salted boiling water,
and boil them until they are tender; in
the meantime for three plnts OF squash
mix together over the fire u tablespoon
full each Of butter and flour, and stir
them until they are brown; then grad
ually add pint Of boiling water and a
high seasoning OF salt and pepper when
this sauce bolIs set it aside until the
squash is done;after the squash Is
drained from the water in which 1t was
| boiled. put it into the hot brown sauce,
and serve 1t at once.
TOMATO SAUCE. - One gallon of
| green tomatoes, six medium-siZed on.
ions, four tablespoonfuls Of salt, one
tablespoonful Of cloves, one tablespoon
full Of black pepper, one teaspoonful of
. mace, one gill Of white mustard seed,
vinegar. Chop up the tomatoes and
onions. and add the spices. Pack down
in stone jars ill the vegetables come
within four inches of the top. Fiji up
with best vinegar.
If only very little quantity of gran
ulated honey is put into liquid honey it
will all be granulated in short time,
so barrels or vessels which have held
| granulated honey will, If retllled with
| liquid honey, soon cause it all to become
solid. In the same way sections which
have been partially filled one season
and the uncapped cell granulated, will,
If used another season, make all the
honey granulate.
CREAM CAKE.--One cup OF butter,
two cups of sugar, whites of two eggs,
three and half cups of flour, one cup
of sweet milk, one teaspoonful Of soda,
one teaspo0nful Of cream tartar. For
the cream: One pint Of sweet milk
sweetened to taste. yolks Of three eggs;
thicken with flour to the consistency of
custard, flavor with lemon. This
amount makos two good-szed cakes.
SLAW DRESSING. Heat together to
boiling point in stew pan gill OF
vinegar and an ounce of butter. Stil
in an egg well beaten and q gill OF
sweet cream. Season to taste and pour
over finely chopped cabbage. Another
way Is to mix together gill Of water
and gill Of vinegar; thicken with hall
an ounce Of flour. Cook two minutes
add an ounce Of butter and sweeten tc
taste.
CREAM TOMATO SoUp.--Take q
knuckle Of veal and beef bone for
soup, boil slowly with some celery fol
one hour. strain and add can Of toma.
toes. Cook half an hour, Strain
again. Mix one tablespoonful Of crack.
ers, powdered, with cup of cream in
q bowl, add to it some of the soup, mix
thoroughly and pour all back into the
pot. Boil few minutes gently and
serve.
STRAWBERRY RUP.-Take four
pounds Of the best double refined sugar
and one quart Of filtered strawberry
Juice; put them together IN the balm
marie; stir until thoroughly dissolved
take off the skum and bottle, In my
opinion the flavor Of this sirup may be
heightened by the addition of a Qili of