The Portland daily press., 1889-05-07
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THE USE OF RHUBARn

THE USE OF RHUBARB.
Rhubarb is one Of the earliest and healthl-
est vegetables we have. and should be made
free use Of in the springtime. when the sys-
TEN seems to require something acid. II the
plants have been properly cared for an abun-
dant supply can be obtained from them very
early in the spring. We get so tired OF the
old vegetables that 1t Is with delight we wei
come the coming Of this plant II can be
prepared In many ways for the table, q few
Of which are as follows; Remove the skin
from 1t, cut In pieces an inch or so long. put
in baking dish In layers with an equal
weight Of sugar and a very few drops Of wa
ter, cover closely and bake.
For rhubarb r0ly-2oly make crust the
same as for shortcake, with perhaps little
less shortening, and add three tablespoon
fuls Of sugar. Half the quantity, using a
pint OF flour, will be sufficient for a small
family. Peel and chop the rhubarb, though
not very fine. Roll out the crust half an inch
or little less In thickness, and spread on the
chopped Ihubarb about as thick. Roll up,
pinching the ends together, roll in a cloth
that has been Toured, tie the ends closely
and baste along the center, put into boiling
water and boil an hour or more without
stopping, or put In steamer and ceOk stead
IJ lVA an uOuAs w Htn uOut IbiuONt the tluLn
cut In slices, and serve with sweetened milk
or cream.
For pies the rhubarb should be chopped or
sliced thin. Roll the under crust out and put
upon the pie tin; dredge with flour and sug-
ar. Put layer Of rhubarb. then layer OF
sugar, and dredge with flour, then another
layer OF rhubarb, more sugar and flour; put
on the top erust and bake IN not too hot an
oven till well DONE The under crust should
be nearly an inch larger than the pie tin and
folded over the edge Of the fruit, wet slightly
with water or the white Of an egg before
putting on the top crust, and you Will not be
troubled with the juice stewing out. The
top crust should be cut through the centre
Two cups OF rhubaTb, one cup Of sugar and
a tablespoonful OF -four Is good rule for a
medium-Sized pie.
FIVE WAYS TO CURE A COLD.
III. Battle the feet In hot water and drink a
pint of hot lemonade. Then sponge with
salt water and remain in a warm room.
2. Battle the face in very hot water every
five minutes for an hour.
8. SNUFF up the nostrils hot salt water
every three hours.
1. Inhale ammonia or menthol
5, Take four hours active exercise In the
open air.
The Medical News, which recommends the
above. says that summer colds are the worst
OF all colds oftentimes, as IL Is then diffeult
to protect ones self properly. A ten grain
dose Of qulnins will usually break up a cold
in the beginning. Anything that win set
the blood actively In circulation will do il
whether 1t be drugs or the use OF bucksaw.
A destructive fire is reported from Winni-
peg Man.
Dr. p. II. Cronin OF Chicago, has mystic
riously disappeared and there are suspicious
Of murder.
Dispatches from the Northwest report de-
structiye hres raging In Northern Minnesota
and Wisconsin.
Saturday evening, Henry McAleenan and
John McAleenan, a father and son. Isaac ri
Flynn and Clementson Flynn, an uncle ana
nephew, Henry Burns and Thomas Ander-
son, who had been at ST. Andrews, NJ B..
way TO Dlgdequash where they resided
when the boat capsized and All on board
were drowned. The bodies have not been
recovered.