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NEW ENGLAND FAEMER. 



Sept. 



sour or butter-milk; then dissolve a large tea- 

 spoonful of salcratus or soda in warm water, and 

 stir it in. If you wish for a loaf, mould it with 

 water into a bread^pan ; if biscuits, shake flour 

 upon the moulding board — enough to move and 

 handle it easily — roll it to the thickness of half an 

 inch, and cut them with the cover of the dredging- 

 box and bake immediately — for fifteen m(nutes, — 

 in a quick oven. Sweet milk, with the addition of 

 another spoonful of cream-tartar, the other ingre- 

 dients remaining the same, makes very nice bis- 

 cuit; water, with cream, or a trifle more of shoi't- 

 ening, may also bj substituted to good advantage. 



HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY. 



CONTRIBUTED FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Cold Starch. 



I have not seen anything in your paper 

 among the receipts, that speaks of the man- 

 ner of making cold starch ; but I have a way 

 of my own that I think is a little saving of 

 starch. I take a teaspoonful and a half of 

 starch, and a piece of fine salt, the size of a 

 bean, to a teacup of cold water ; this does 

 nicely for collars, shirt bosoms and cuffs, «&c. 

 After using, let it settle, then pour off the 

 ■water, and let the starch dry in cup. 



Colebrook, N. H., 1868. Saphena. 



Lemon Fie. 



Grate one-half the outside of one lemon; 

 to the juice and pulp add one cup of water ; 

 one of sugar ; three tablespoonfuls of flour ; 

 use the yolks of three eggs, reserving the 

 whites for frosting, which is to be put on when 

 the pie is cold. Bake with one crust and 

 brown the frosting in a moderate oven. 

 Com Beer. 



To two quarts of shelled corn add five 

 quarts of luke-warih water ; one pint good 

 yeast ; one pint of molasses ; two tablespoon- 

 fuls essence of wintergreen. Let it stand in 



a cool place through the day, bottle at night, 

 and drink in the morning. 



"Mary Morrison's Fruit Cake." 



Three cups of butter ; four cups of sugar ; 

 six large eggs ; five cups of flour ; one-half 

 cup of molasses ; one-half cup of milk ; two 

 pounds of raisins ; two pounds of currants ; one- 

 half pound of citron ; two wine glasses of 

 wine or one of brandy ; one teaspoonful of 

 saleratus. Bake four or five hours. Will 

 keep six months. Emilxe. 



West Campion, N. H. 



Sponge Cup Cake. 

 Two cups of sugar ; three of flour ; one of 

 milk ; one-half cup of butter ; four eggs ; one 

 teaspoonful of soda ; two teaspoonfuls cream- 

 tartar ; flavor with lemon. 



Citron Cake. 

 Four eggs ; one cup of butter ; one of milk ; 

 two of sugar; three and one-half of flour; 

 one teaspoonful of soda ; two teaspoonfuls of 

 cream-tartar ; one-half pound of citron. 

 Lemon Cake. 

 Three cups of white sugar ; one of butter ; 

 one of milk ; four of flour ; five eggs ; one 

 teaspoonful of soda ; lemon ; two cups currants. 

 Railroad Pudding. 

 The receipt for railroad pudding, contained 

 in the Sept. number, 1867, may be very much 

 improved by adding one cup of raisins chopped 

 fine, and eating with a nice sauce. 



Mrs. Reuben D. Pulsifer. 

 Stetson, Me., 1868. 



Remarks. — We are much obliged to our 

 correspondent for the commendation bestowed 

 on the Farmer. We shall endeavor to retain 

 her good opinion. We have several commu- 

 nications on file for this department of our 

 paper. 



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