St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-11-08

-Spiced Fruit: Six pounds Of fruit
four pounds Of sugar, one cup Of vine
Gar. ono tablespoonful of cinnamon. one
teaspoonful Of cloves. one teaspOonful
Of sllspice.-Detroit Free PresA
Picnic Cake: Two eggs. whito Of
one. two cups ofsugar. half cup ofsweet
milk, three cups Of -four. two teaspoon
fuls Of lemon or any other aav0ein&.-
Yankee Blade.
-6uocotash: Three ears corn. one
pint lima beans. ono tablespoon butter.
ono cup milk. Boil corn and beans
until done; turn OF water. add milk.
butter. pepper and salt and let simmer
ten minutes A-Housekeeper.
Apple Cream Custard: Bake i've
apples and then remove cores and
skins; beat whites Of three eggs to q
froth. add apple and beat Servo with
boiled custard made Of ono quart Of
milk. yelks Of three eggs. small cup Of
sugar, quarter OF cup OF 0our. little
salt-Ladies' Home Journsl
-Pickled Nasturtiums: Pick the
green seeds (after the flower has
dropped on) with stems about ono and
one-half inches long. lay them in mod
erately salted cold water for forty.
eight hours Then lay them In fresh
cold wster twentv-four hours, drain.
pack in bottles oe jars. and cover with
boiling vinegar. Tie un and stand
away at least four weeks before you
use them. These may be used IS sub
stitats for caperA-Boston Budget
Frozen Pudding: One large pint
milk boiled, one cup powdered sugar.
one-fourth cup hour. two tablespoons
gelatine dissolved In . little water.
three beaten sggA Cook all ingredieats
. few moments until thick. Strain;
when cool odd ono pint Of cream. one
pint cold milk, ono cup sugar. one-hslf
pound candied cherries. few slices Of
citron. one-foarth cup dried currantA
one-fourth cup seedless rasinA Freese.
then pack It until you wish to use it
-Pineapple for Diphtheria: Pinesp-
pie juice II now reported 70 be . sure
cure for diphtssria- Get . ripe pine
apple. squeeze out the Juice. and let the
patient swallow It This jaice II Of 80
corrosive nature that It will cut out
the diphtheric m"cus and il you will
give tho juice OF pineapple. not yet
ripe. to person whose throat is well.
1t will make the mucous membranes Of
the throat sore. Pineapple juice 10 =
simple remedy. cheap. easily procured
and easily tried.
-Stewed Corn: Cut young corn from
tho cob. put 1t in . basin. and add
enough milk to cover it Stir 1t fire.
quently. Let IL cook for fifteen minutes,
then season to taste with butter, pep
per and salt and add some rich cream,
In which has been stirred little -FOUR
Tho addition Of little sugar il. , great
70 all corn except the very
kinds. Corn should never be
cooked in iron; tin 10 pre(erable.-
French Soup: Take two dozen
lrogs' legs and pour over them luke
warm water. let them remain In IL
about dve minutes. but not to cook,
pour Oh the water and add equal guam
Iities Of milk and water sufficient to
:over: cook moderately about half an
hour; simmer . small onion chopped.
IN butter: add IL to the soup with one
quart Of rich milk. two tAblespoonfuls
II butter. little salt and pepper and
J desertspoonful OF chopped parsley;
kim the legs from tho soup. and re- /
move the meat from the bones, put tho |!
neat into the tureen with , tablespoon. |
ul Of thick cream and . little celery
chopped very nne; pour in the hot soup
md serve at oncc.-Boston Herald.