Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-03-07

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Cranberry Tarts. Stew the Gran.
berries till soft and sweeten to taste;
run them through a cullender and fill
pastry shells, then bake; ornament the
top with cross-bars of pastry.
For hiclSory-nut candy boil together
until brittle when tested in cold water
two cupfuls of sugar and one-half cup
full of water; flavor to taste and pour
over hickory-nut meats spread upon
buttered platter; when partly cool
mark the candy off into squares with
knife.
flashed Beef for Second Course
Take some of the boiled beef, cut it
into very small pieces mix little salt,
pepper and ground cloves with it, also
part of an onion, add some Of the soup
fat, strew bread or cracker crumbs over
the top, and bake half an hour.-Boston
Herald.
Silver Cake.-One pound Of sugar,
three-quarters of a pound of flour dried
and sifted, half a pound of butter one
pound of citron, whites of fourteen
eggs. Beat the sugar and butter to a
cream, add the egg whites beaten to a
stiff froth, and lastly, add the -four with
half teaspoonful of pounded mace and
the grated rind of one lemon. Just be-
fore baking stir in the citron, which
must have been well Toured. Bake
carefully and ice-Boston Budget
Mock Duck.-Takc one and one
] bo1f ,No,,D1c Of wound 1,anFc+noly IN n lxa n
dressing of bread crumbs, add a little
sage and summer savory, season well
with pepper and salt and add table
spoonful of butter, using about one
! quart of bread crumbs; mix with one
! egg and little milk-sufiicient to bind;
cover your steak with the dressing, roll
and tie it up with a string; bake in a
moderate oven in a rooster, or it must
be well basted; you can use two tins,
one over the other. Household.
"A physician, who is also an enthusi-
astic cyclist, believes that it would be
better for young folks If riding the
wheel were postponed until the body
approached maturity. The possible
dangers resulting from too early riding
would be ~ arrangement of the con
formation OF the framework of the
body" As, for instance. q kind of rid.
ing which has tendency TO throw the
body forward in a bent position viii ii
time produce a permanent stoop. An
other tendency is to over-dcyelop the
large muscles in the fore part OF the
thigh.
-Suasburg Pottod Meat.-Cut two
pounds Of lean rump beef into very
small pieces, and put it into an earther
iarw two tablespoonfuls Of butter, Sc
the jar in a deep stewpan filed witt
boiling water, and let it boil until tn,
meat is half done, then add seasoning
of pepper, salt. cloves allspice nutmeg
and cayenne; set the jar into the waite,
again, and let it boil until the beef il
very tender; let the meat become COLI
and add six anchovies boned; chop tn,
meat very fine, mix the gravy from tn,
jar with it, and press it into small jar
or mould, cover the top with meltcC
suet.-Boston Herald.
In every illness, whether slight o
serious, a slip should be made when tn,
doctor pays his first visit, and the hou
marked for every thing the patient i
to take, medicine, nourishment or stim
liant, for the next twenty-four hours, o
until the doctor makes his next call
This slip should lay beside the watch
and both should be placed where tn
eyes of the nurse will constantly fal
upon them. When the hour has come
and the medicine, stimulant or nourish
ment, whichever it is, has been given
. that hour should at once be crossed OF
so in case of change of nurses, or an
other contingency, the dose will not b
repeated.