St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-22
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etpfuls Of sugar and one-half cupfil
Of butter; then add one cupful Of sweet
milk. also three cupfuls of -four, into
which has been sifted two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder. Lastly add tho
whites of five eggs beaten to . stiff
froth. Flavor with vanilla.-IIouse-
keeper.
Ground Rice: Two tablespoonfuls
OF ground rice, one pint Of milk. Boil
the milk and stir in the rice. which
must have been previously mixed with
cold milk Let It boil slowly twenty
minutes; If 1t should be thicker than .
thin batter. add . little more milk.
Swectcn il to the tsste. Pour it into
tea cups. and serve it with cream
Boston Budget.
Stirred Egg: Mix six or eight exgA
half an ounce Of fresh butter. table
spoonful of sweet cream and some suit,
stirring them in proper dish over the
fire till they form q moderately thick
mass They are then ready to be dished
and served at once Soft boiled vcge-
tables, such rs asparagus, cucumbcrs
or cauliflower, cut fine, may be stirred
into the mass il relished.-Goo.l
Housekeeping.
Egg Said: Boil some eggs hard;
lay In cold water. and afterwards re-
move the shells; cut in two Longitude
nally, remove the yellss and mix to .
paste with melted butter or mayon-
naise. add finely-minced crosses: fill
the whites again, press the two halves
together and lay in q little tulip-shapcd
nest formed Of the white inner leaves
of lettuce; put q spoonful of mayon-
naise on top Of each.-Country Gentle
man.
Plum Pudding: One pound of -four.
one pound of sugar. one pound of rails.
ins, one pound of currants, half a
pound of citron, one pound of suet well
chopped. one dozen eggs. one teaspoon
full OF cinnamon, Of nutmeg and OF
mace. Mix the suet thoroughly with
the sifted -four, stir in the sugar, add
the eggs well beaten. then the fruit and
spices, stirred thoroughly through the
mixture. Boil four hours.-Harper'a q
Bezar.
Crushed Oatmeal:, Take q cupful ol
oatmeal large or small. os may be
needed). mix about half . teaspoonful
of salt with it, put it in q basin and
pour on it as mnch cold water a. will
cover it. Let it cook for an hour. then
pour of any water that il not absorbed.
Take spoonfuls of this oatmeal and
drop them IS thickly as possible on .
baking tin. Bake in q moderate oven
till brown and crisp. - Springfield
(Mass.) Republican.
Rice with Lemon: Boil or steam
the rice until tender. Just before serv-
ing turn over Il sirup made by pre-
viously cutting two fresh lemons in
thin. wafer-lilsc slices, sprinkling each
thickly with sugar, and allowing Il ia
stand for an hour or more until a sirur
is formed. When the rice Is ready to
serve, arrange the slices Of lemon over
the top SO that one or two may be
served with each dish, and turn the
sirup evenly over all.-Good Health.
lin cases Of fetid feet where the free
use of soap and water fails to relieve.
and scrapea ~ith dull paper cutter o.
dull caseknife every night Sefcre retir
ing. Wash with cold water in the
morning and then vigorously rub with
y coarse towel This treatment re.
moves the surplus Of scales or epitheli.
um under which the offensive secre'
tions accumulate. Going barefooted is
said To be the natural mode of cure, fol
in so doing the epithelium is removed
ty wear.-Ilealth Monthly.