St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-02-07
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Egg stains can be removed by rub
bing them with common table salt
Tar can easily be removed from
clothing by immediately rubbing 1t
| we'll with clean lard and then washing
out with warm water and soap
An excellent way Of testing tea is
to put teaspoonful in glass Of water
and shake 1t thoroughly. II the tea is
pure the water will be . pure amber
tint but II adp}terated strongly COL
ored.
Mashed Sweet Potatoes: Either
bake or steam nice sweet potatoes. and
when tender. peel mash them we'll.
and season with cream and salt to taste.
They may be served at once. or be
made into patties and Drowned in the
oven.
-Ambrosia: Two sliced oranges, six
sliced peaches, one lemon peeled and
chopped fine. two bananas sliced.
Sprinkle two cups Of sugar between
the layers. Put the beaten whites Of
four eggs with one-hals cupful OF sugar
on top Serve in glass dish. Or. use
oranges, cocoanut and bananas. for the
fruit with less sugar.-Good House.
keeping.
-Crullers: One cupful Of sugar. .
piece Of butter - size OF An egg. rub
bed well into the Pur. two eggs beaten
into the sugar and butter. one cup of
milk. three tesspoonfuls of baking pow
der mixed with . cupful Of flour. Add
little salt unless tho butter is very
salt Flavor with ono and a-half tea.
spoonfuls Of lemon extract Mix very
soft-Indianapolis Sentinel.
Turnips with Cream Sauce: Wash
and pare the turnips. cut them into
half-inch dice. and cook in boiling water
until tender. Meanwhile. prepare q
cream sauce by heating . pint of thin
cream to boiling, and thickening with
q teaspoonful Of -four rubbed smooth
in little cold milk or cream. Drain
the turnips. turn the cream sauce over,
let them boil up once. then serve.
-Buckwheat Cakes: Two quarts
water. one cup buttcrmilk. half tea
spoonful soda; stir warm water. butter
milk and good buckwheat -four to-
gether, and let stand over night; in the
morning add one cup hot water and
soda; have hot griddle and you will
be sure to have good cakes. Save .
little of the batter and add moro butter.
milk-about one or one and . half cup
fuls-and you need not start new batter
oftener than once in two weeks.
Ivory handles Of knives that havo
become discolored may have the white
ness restored to them II the following
directions are carefully followed: Wash
them with soaped flannel and luke.
warm water, then wipe very dry. Let
the handles soak for one hour in alum
water that has boon boiled and allowed
to cool, then remove them and brush
we'll with nail-brush. After this take
q linen-towel or napkin. dip it in cold
water, wiring it and wrap around tho
handles, leaving them in it to dry grad.
ually. II dried too quickly the handles
will be injured.
Chestnut Pudding: Th:ow into boil.
ing water good pound and . half OF
and let them boil soft enough
to peel; skin and pound fine in . NOR.
tar; boil half pint OF milk, and drop
into it teaspoonful OF vanilla extract
then let 1t cool; meanwhile cream .
quarter Of pound Of butter. and then
adj to 1t quarter Of . pound Of sugar
and the yelks Of six eggs; stir these
well with the cooled milk, thcn mix in
the pounded chestnuts, and lastly the
whites Of the six eggs whipped to a
snow. Boil in buttered mold an hour
and half. and serve it with snowflake
sauce. Instead Of vanilla for fiavoring.
that Of bitter almonds may be substi. |
tuted.-Hsrper's Bazaar.