St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-13
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


Before laying the carpet, wash the
floor with turpentine to prevent buffalo
moths.
If the stopper Of bottle is refrac-
tory about coming out. light match
and run it swiftly around the neck Of
the bottle while it is burning.
To remove the odor Of onions from
kettles and saucepans, put some wood
ashes into the utensil, add boiling
water and let it stand for a short time
on the back of the stove.
Pumpkin Pie.-Yolks of two eggs,
one cupful Of stewed pumpkin, three
quarters of = cupful of sugar, two cup
fnls of milk: ginger and cinnamon to
taste, a dash Of red pepper and salt
n. Y. Observer.
Lavender water is made by slowly
sleeping for one hour in q covered fa-
rina boiler one pound of fresh laven-
der with one pint of water. On its re-
moval from the fire add two quarts Of
alcohol. filter and bottle for use.
A shoe drawer. divided into COM
partments 50 that each pair of shoes
may always be found together without
delay, Is : convenience appreciated by
. busy woman. A top bureau drawer
is also more convenient and easily kept
in order if partitioned into compart-
ments of various sizes to hold laces,
ribbons and wells.
-Cocoanut Drops.-Grate = cocoanut
and weigh it, then add half the weight
bf powdered sugar and the white Of
one egg beaten to q sti6 froth. Stir
the ingredients together, then drop the
mixture with dessert spoon upon but
tered white paper or tin sheets and sift
sugar over them. Bake in = slow oven
fifteen minutes.-Boston Budget.
Cream Of Rice Soup.-Two quarts
Of chicken broth, one teacupful Of rice,
one quart of cream, one small onion,
one stalk of celery, one tablespoonful
Of salt, one-third teaspoonful Of pepper.
Add the rice, onion and celery to the
broth, cook slowly two hours, run
through = sieve. add cream and season
ing, let come to boil, and serve hot
United Presbyterian.
Water Ices.-Water ices are made
with the juice of the orange, lemon,
raspberry, or any sort of fruit, sweet
ened and mixed with water. To make
orange water ice, mix three oranges
and that of one lemon. Rub some fine
sugar on the peel Of the orange to give
it the flavor. Make it very sweet and
freeze it. Other fruit ices are made in
like manner.-Ram's Horn.
Boiled Beef.-The possibilities of =
beef shank are many. Purchase =
shank. put over the fire in cold water
with tablespoonful of salt. Boil till
tender and remove from the stock, =
part of which can be served warm for
dinner with prepared mustard and the
remainder made into meat pie. pressed
beef or hash, while the stock can be
utilized for soups.-Ohio Farmer.
Canned Plums.-These make nice
sauce and are less rich than the pre-
serves to which many object on the
ground Of their EMBELLISHMENTS.
Prick with = needle to prevent burst
ing; prepare a sirup allowing = gill Of
pure water and = quarter Of pound Of
sugar to every three quarts of fruit
When the sugar is dissolved and the
water blood-warm, put in the plums.
Heat slowly to boil. Let them boil
five minutes-not fast or they will
break badly-fill up the jars with
plums, pour in the scalding sirup until
it runs down the sides, and seal. Green
cages are very fine put up in this way;
also damsons for pieS-Western Ru-
ral