Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-27
HOME AND FARM.


lin cooking spinach and other
green's, use only water enough to keep
them from burning; in fact, they
should be cooked slowly in their own
juices.
"A good disinfectant is made by
dissolving half a drachm Of nitrate of
lead in pint Of boiling water, then
dissolve two drachms of common salt
in eight or ten quarts of water:
strawberry Preserves: Allow
three-quarters of u pound of sugar to
4 pound of fruit. Let the sugar SIM
mer twenty minutes. adding. perhaps,
a tablespoonful of water to start it.;
then add the strawberries; let them
come to u boil; cover and move back
to steam five minutes. Put them in
glass jars while still scalding hot, and
seal them lcrmetically.
"A mother once said she wanted to
make her boys feel that home was the
pleasantest place OIL earth, and she
took care TO interest her sons early in
fruits and flowers, and instructed
them in the growth and development
of all forms Of plant-life. Next to the
warm, paternal affection. she deems
the in ltuence of flowers and fruits as
the most Potent agencies in making n
pleasant home.
A good soap for whitening and
smoothing the hands may be made of
oil ho ~
accumulated in the different rooms of
the house. They should be put in a
tin vessel, set on the stove, and al
lowed to simmer until thoroughly
melted; then there should be stirred in
it enough finely powdered pumlce
stone to give tia grayish color. When
cool. it should be made into balls.
Salmon Croquettes: Boil half a
pint of milk. thickcn with q table
spoonful of -four. and let it become
cold. Mince u pound can of salmon
or one pound of fresh salmon. When
very fine add Il tablespoonful of white
pepper Moisten the minced salmon
with the boiled milk. work to Il paste,
and add bread crumbs if too thin.
When want I'd. shape into cakes, rolls
or cones. dip in egg and crumbs, and
fry in hot fat.
CELLARS should be kept continu-
ously clean. pure. and with healthy
air. and not be allowed to become
dirty, 10 be cleaned ut stated times.
The housckeepcr should therefore
watch daily to prevent any foreign or
impure matter from getting posses
sion. the daily labor of which would
be small; but months accumula-
ton would be large.
-Frittcrs furnish one of the choicest
ways to cook parsnips. After scrap
ing and cutting them. if thew are
large, boil until tender in sailed boil
ing water; then mash them and add.
for four or five parsnips, large tea
spoonful of flour. an egg or two we'll
beaten. and salt and pepper. Mold
into small cakes about three-fourths
Of an inch thick. and fry in a little
butter to pale brown. turning them
to color both sides. Serve very hot.
Pebble gravel, consisting of small
stones and sand. is the best material
for roads. The stones furnish the
best wearing material. and the sand
packs closely around them, holding
them in place. This makes a hard.
dry surface the year round, and this
material can be put on the roads late
in the fall and the fall rains pack it.
If put on in dry weather. it will not
pack; it has first to be wet up; then
it sets like cement by travel. 1t
should be put on from eight to twelve
inches thick. rounding y little in the
center. making it wide enough for two
teams to pass. -RvrG5 Nsw Torke