St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-06
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Potato Salad: One pint Of cold
boiled potatoes, cut into small pieces;
two tablespoonfuls of grated onions,
four tablespoonfuls of chopped beetS
Mix with the dressing.-Ohio Farmer.
Spinach for chronic constipation,
celery for rheumatic troubles, toma-
toes. for action upon the liver. and
onions for their laxative properties are
all vegetables having valuable medici-
nal properties, and more agreeable
when well cooked than pills. powders.
and tonics.
-Old-fashioned housekeepers say
that the dough for cookies or ginger
bread is much more easily handled
and rolled and stamped the day after
it is made than on the same day. In
cool weather it should be set where it
will not become hard.-Farm, Field
and Fireside.
To Use Up Cold Meat: Prepare
your meat as for hash, line a deep dish
with boiled macaroni, on top of that
place the hash. cover it with tomatoes,
over which sprinkle bread-crumbs with
pieces of butter on top. Pour over the
whole half cup of thin gravy or stock
and bake until nicely Drowned.
Drop Cakes: One cup butter, three
cups sugar, five cups flour, three eggs
beaten light. one cup sweet milk, one
teaspoonful Of soda, two of cream tar
tar. mix thoroughly, drop in tins and
bake quickly. For molasses drop cakes
use two cups of molasses instead Of
sugar, and add two teaspoonfuls OF
ginger.
Iced tea may be palatab bic. but it IN
certainly not wholesome. The better
way to make it is to fill the glasses
partly full of cracked ice: then make
the tea double strength and pour il
boiling hot over the ice. Then, If you
like, add your lemon and sugar. You
get less tannic acid in this way than
when the tea is allowed to stand and
cool before using.
Blackberry Cordial-A quart brandy;
two quarts black berry juice:two pounds
white sugar: one ounce each powdered
cinnamon and nutmeg: one-half ounce
each powdered allspice and cloves.
Boil the juice and brandy and the
spices these tied up in thin muslin
bags) for fifteen minutes. Take from
the fire, add the brandy. and when
cold, strain, bottle and seal-Harper's
Bazar.
Fancy Cakes: Beat the whites Of
two eggs and one cupful of fine granu-
lated sugar for fifteen minutes. Add
the white of one egg and beat five min.
utes more; add another white and beat
until stiff. Shape by using the pastry
tube into little cakes about a table
spoonful on an unbuttered paper and
bake in a very slow oven twenty min.
utes. Before baking sprinkle some red
sugar. others with chopped nuts and to
a part of the mixture add some color
ing or chocolate. Before serving put
two cakes together sticking them to.
gether with the white Of an egg.
How can / keep my hands white
and do my housework is a question.
Gloves save the hands from dust,
scratches and dirt; SO. first, wear them
all the time when working about the
house. They must be easy and large.
Always use meal or bran in the water
when washing the hands, and only the
best soap. Glycerine and rosewater arc
good. bnt honey much better. Lemon
juice is indispensable to0remove stains
from the nails. 1t also prevents the
cuticle from going over the nails.
Lemon juice and salt will remove all
stains from the hands, and is prefer.
able to soap. At night rub a little old
cream or milk on the hands-a tea.
spoonful will be enough. Do not dry
the milk of. The nails must be longer
than the fingers and of the same shape.