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. Never Boil Tea: 



It dissolves from the tea tannin, which is not 

 to the digestion. 



How to Make Tea: 



Let the water boil hard. Take one teaspoonful of tea 

 for each cup to be made, and add the boiling water. Let the 

 water stand upon the tea leaves for five minutes, then serve. 

 Tea should be made in an earthen pot, which has previously 

 been warmed by having hot water put into it before the tea 

 is made. If you do not prefer the tea rather strong, let it 

 only steep three or four minutes. 



How to Make Baking Powder Biscuits: 



2 cups flour ; 2 tablespoons lard ; 



1 teaspoon salt ; 1 cup sweet milk ; 



2 teaspoons baking powder; 

 (Use water if you have no milk) . 



Sift flour into a pan and with a large spoon measure 

 two cups, putting the flour into the cups gently, and not 

 mashing it down. Put the flour that is measured back in 

 the sifter and add to it two teaspoons of baking powder and 

 one teaspoon of salt. Sift it all into the crock or a lar-v 

 bowl and add two tablespoons of lard. Rub the lard into 

 the flour (" Crisco " is a good substitute if you have no lard) . 

 Rub lard into the flour, using tips of fingers, or a spoon, 

 until this is well mixed. Add the cup of sweet milk (or 

 water) slowly, working the dough all the time with the fin- 

 gers or spoon until it is as soft as it can be handled. Take 

 the dough out of the crock and place it on a board sprinkled 

 with flour. Work it with the hand just a little, then roll it 

 out with a rolling pin to about one inch thick. (The empty 

 olive bottle makes an ideal rolling pin). Cut with a sin, ill 

 biscuit cutter, which may be the baking powder can, and put 

 in a shallow pan. Bake in a hot oven for about fifteen i N i n - 

 utes until thoroughly done. 



