River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-20
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Fried cucumbers are considered a
great delicacy by many persons, and
they have the advantage of being
more wholesome than when served raw.
Pare the cucumber and lay in ice water
half an hour. Cut lengthwise into
slices nearly half an inch thick and
lay in ice water ten minutes longer.
Wipe each piece dry with a soft cloth.
sprinkle with pepper and salt and
dredge with flour. Fry in a delicate
brown in sweet clarified dripping, good
lard or -Womankind.
Picked Walnuts (receipt over a
hundred years old: Walnuts for pick
ling should be gathered when the nuts
are young and tender. Pour boiling
salt water over them, and let them
stand nine days, changing every third
day. Then take them from the brine
and place in the open air on a fat dish
for few moments. turning them care
fully during the time, after which put
them into the jar and strew over them
with black peppers, cloves, little gar
lie, mustard-seed, and scraped dried
horse-radlsh. Cover with strong cold
vinegar and seal. No cooking is re-
quired. = IIarper's Bazaar.
Whole Wheat Bread: The whole
or entire wheat flour requires different
treatment from ordinary wheat flour
in bread making. Set the bread early
in the evening as follows: Soak a
cake of yeast in cup of lukewarm
water; meantime make a batter with
quart and pint of water, half cup of
molasses, a tablespoonful of salt and
flour to make it as stiff as ycu can
well stir it with a spoon; add the yeast
and more flour, if this Trims the batter
too much; pour into well creased pans
and let it stand all night. This should
make four loaves. Do not put the
pans more than one-third full. Bake
after breakfast.-American Agricultur-
list.
Cottage cheese is wholesome and
cooling relish in warm weather if
properly prepared. The ordinary
method of fashioning il into balls re-
quires quite high temperature in or
der to make the curd adhere. 1t is de-
liciously creamy and appetizing if the
sour milk is heated just enough to
cause the whey to pass off readily.
Drain through colander. press light
ly, salt, and at once rub freely between
the hands. Put it into any con-
venient receptacle and beat in liberal
amount of sweet cream-or sour if for
immediate use. Ifthose preparing cot
tage cheese for customers will make il
in this way, they will find it will com
mand higher price Farm and Home.
Spice Loaf: Mix three tablespoon
fuls of baking powder and half tas-
spoonful of salt with one pound of
flour, rub into this half pound of but
ter, lard or sweet beef dripping, or
portions of each. Add three-quarters
of a pound washed, dried and picked
currants, quarter of a pound stoned
and chopped raisins, half apound moist
sugar, two ounces candied lemon peel
cut into narrow strips, and n small nut
meg grated. Mix these ingredients
thoroughly, whisx two eggs for five or
six minutes. Mix with them four drops
of almond essence, and a little new
warm milk. Stir this into the flour,
and add as much milk as will make il
into light dough. Put into large
buttered tin or two small ones, and
bake Immediately for one or two hours,
according to the size of the tins.-Liv-
erpool Mercury.