St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-12-09


Plum Posridge: Take two gallons
Of strong broth, two pounds Of cur.
rants, two pounds Of raisins Of - sun.
half an ounce Of nutmegA cinnamon.
salt and mace. . pound Of sugar. .
quart Of claret, pint Of sack. the juice
Of four oranges and three lemons,
pound of prunes, and thiclken II with
grated bread, and use IL when called
for.-Good Housekeeping.
-Nasturtium Pickles: Take the seeds
when full grown, but not old, pick OF
the stems or not ~ you choose, put In
. glass jar OF bottle and turn scalding-
hot vinegar. 70 which has been added
. tablespoonful Of sugar for each pint,
over them. Cork and set away. They
are an excellent substitute for capsrs
with boiled mutton.-N. Y. Observer.
"A pretty tea cloth may Be made Of
. very large dinner napkin or . piece
of table linen Of suitable size. Select
. pretty pattern and outline the de-
sign with wash silks Old gold, deep
rose or dark blue is pretty. Another
il of fine linen with IN inch-wide Dor
der, hem-stitched, then . row of drawn
work. then . wide border Of cross
stitching worked in wash silks.
Velvet or Corn-Starch Pudding:
Four cups Of boiling milk, four beaten
yolks, one-half cup of sugar, two table
spoons corn-starch dissolved, beat we'll
together, flavor, let boil for . minute,
pour into baking dish and cover with
the beaten whites sweetened. Brown
and set on ice to be served with whip
ped cream. More corn-starch and fewer
eggs may be used, and IL Is not neces-
sary to put il in the oven IL in . hurry.
Fish Chowder: Fry slices Of onion
with bacon and add . quart of water.
after putting in alternate layers of two
chopped potatoes and two or three
pounds of fish well seasoned with salt,
pepper and celery seed. Then add to-
matocs and pint of milk, well sweet
ened, stirring well to prevent curdling.
Afterwards add six or more crushed
soda-crackers and let come TO . boil.
Red pepper Is always used in quanti-
ties to suit the taste.-Detroit Free
Press
Tomato CAtsup: Four quarts Of
ripe tomatoes, sliced; cook until soft,
then pass them through the colander
or seive. and add: Half Of pound of
brown sugar; one quart good vinegar;
six large onions (boiled soft; one ounce
black pepper; one tablespoonful Of all
spice; one tablespoonful of cloves; one
teaspoonful cayenne pepper. Boil the
pulp. vinegar and sugar together half
an hour; skim, add the spices, and boil
nearly half away. Seal. and keep in .
cool. dark place. Farmer.
The royal recipe for the browning
of game is rs follows: Beat fine four
ounces of sugar and fry IL with one
ounce Of butter; when it begins to be
frothy hold it higher over the fire, and
have ready one pint of red wine, to be
poured into the pan and well stirred.
Pour in half An ounce of Jamaica pep
per, six cloves. four shsllots, peeled,
two or three blades of mace, three
spoonfuls of mushroom sauce, . little
salt and the rind Of one lemon. Boil
slowly for ten minutes and take OF the
scum.-N. Y. Advertiser.
-Caulihower Sweetbreads: Take
four large sweetbreads and two cauli-
flowers Split open the sweetbreads,
remove the gristle, soak awhile in luke
warm water, then put them into .
saucepan Of boiling water and boil ten
minutes, and lay them in . pan Of cold
water to harden Wash, drain and
quarter the cauliflowerA Put them
into . wide stewpan, with the sweet
breads on top; season with . little
cayenne pepper. salt and . dish Of nut
meg; add boiling water TO cover them.
Put on the lid of the pan, and stew
gently for one hour. Take two table
spoonfuls of butter, roll in -four, and
add to stew, with . teacup of milk. Let
il boil up once, and serve hot In . deep
dish.-Household.