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THE GENESEE FARMEK. 



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OKIGINAL DOMESTIC KECEIPTS. 



[■Written for the Genesee Farmer by various Correspondents.] 



Blackberry Wi>rE. — Measure your berries and 

 bruise them, to every gallon adding one quart of 

 •water. Let the mixture stand twenty-four hours, 

 stirring occasionally ; then strain oif the liquor into 

 a cask, to every gallon adding two pounds of sugar ; 

 oork tight and let it stand till the following Octo- 

 bei', and you will have wine ready for use without 

 any further straining or boiling. 



To MAKE A Boiled I^^)IAN Meal Pudding. — 

 Take one quart of buttermilk, two eggs, one tea- 

 spoonful of soda ; add meal enough to make a thick 

 batter, tie it tightly in a bag, drop it in a kettle of 

 boiling water, and let it boU one hour. Eat it with 

 sauce to suit the taste. 



Fob a Baked Pudding. — Set to boiling one quart 

 of sweet milk; then add two eggs well beaten, 

 with three table-spoonsful of Indian meal and one 

 of flour ; bake it three quarters of an hour. Serve 

 "with cream and sugar. 



A NICE Disii OF Baked Beans. — Parboil half an 

 hour, adding a little soda ; then pour off the water 

 and rinse thern ; add your pork, already notched, 

 cover them with water and let them boil an hour, 

 adding a tea-spoonful of sugar to every quart of 

 beans; then put them in a baking dish and let 

 them brown nicely. 



To Clean Ribbons. — Take equal quantities of 

 alcohol, soft soap, and honey, mix together, spread 

 tlie ribbon on a table, and rub it on with a cloth or 

 sponge; it requires considerable rubbing. Rinse 

 it well in several portions of water, till it looks 

 clear. If white ribbon, blue the water. Dry 

 quick, and iron when nearly dry. 



Soda Cake. — One egg, one cup of brown sugar, 

 or two cups of white sugar, one cup of sweet milk, 

 (me tea-spoon of soda, two tea-spoons of cream tar- 

 tar, one table-spoon of butter or some other short- 

 ening, stirred rather stiffer than sponge. Flavor 

 if you choose with lemon or rose. 



Soft Ginger Cake. — Three cups flour, one cup 

 melted butter, two cups molasses, four eggs, one 

 tea-spoon of ginger., one tea-spoon saleratus ; beat 

 well. 



Another Ginger Cake. — Put one table-spoonful 

 of butter in a tea-cup with two table-spoons of 

 loppered milk, nearly fill the tea-cup with molasses, 

 or quite fill it if you like it very sweet ; add one 

 tea-spoon of saleratus, half a table-spoon of ginger, 

 and two and a half tea-cups of flour. Twice this 

 measure makes a nice cake. 



Jelly Cake. — Two cups of flour, one cup sugar, 

 half a cup of butter, two eggs, two table-spoons of 

 cream, one tea-spoon of saleratus. Bake in square 

 tins; when done, spread jelly on the top of one 

 cake, place another upon it, then jelly and cake al- 

 ternately, till thick as you wish. 



Crumpets. — Take three tea-cups of raised dough, 

 and work into it half a tea-cup of melted butter, 

 three eggs, and milk to make a thick batter Bake 

 in a hot buttered pan, for half an hour. 



Tarts. — One tea-spoon of tartaric acid, one tea- 

 cup of water, one tea-cup of sugar, (white sugar is 

 the best,) three table-spoons of flour; boil on the 

 stove till well cooked. Add more flour if not thick 

 enough ; flavor with lemon. Make a good crust 

 for tarts, and bake ; when nearly done, if the crust 

 pufis up, flatten it down with a clean cloth. When 

 baked, put in the acid preparation. Can use two 

 crusts if you choose for common pies. 



Telegraph Sponge. — Three eggs, one cup sugar, 

 one flour, half a cup of butter, two table spoons of 

 sweet milk, one tea-spoon of cream tartar, half a 

 tea-spoon of soda, dissolve in the milk ; one tea- 

 spoon of lemon ; stir only enough to mix. 



Fruit Cake. — One pound of butter, one and a 

 half pounds of sugar, one and three-fourths pounds 

 of flour, three pouiwis raisins stoned and chopped, 

 two pounds washed and dried currants, a quarter 

 of a pound of citron, one pint of milk, four eggs, 

 two nutmegs, two tea-spoons of saleratus, brandy 

 to your fancy. Beat well and bake moderately. 



To Remove Grease from Books. — Lay upon the 

 spot a little magnesia or powdered chalk, and under 

 it the same ; set on it a warm flat-iron, and as soon 

 as the grease is melted it wUl be aU absorbed and 

 leave the paper clean. 



Apple Jelly. — Take half a gallon of the green- 

 est apples, pare and core them ; put them in a pan 

 with water to cover them, boil one hour ; strain 

 the juice, and to every pint add three-fourths of a 

 pound of sugar, the juice of two lemons and the 

 rind of one. Boil one hour. 



Boiled Flour Pudding. — One quart milk, nine 

 eggs, nine spoonfuls of flour, and salt ; put in a 

 strong cloth, and boil half an hour. 



Pint Cake. — One pint light dough, one cup 

 sugar, one of. butter, three eggs, and one tea-spoon 

 of saleratus. 



AMERICAN FARMEKS' DAUGHTERS. 



In his North America^ its Agriculture and Cli- 

 mate, Robert Russell, a Scotch farmer of great 

 intelligence, though a bachelor, is frequently con- 

 strained to compliment American farmers' wi\'e8 

 and daughters, not only for their beauty and ac- 

 complishments, but also for their intelligent and 

 skillful performance of household duties. In com- 

 pany with Prof. Holmes, he visited the farm of the 

 President of the Michigan State Agricultural Soci- 

 ety, at Prairie Round, and says : 



" The President was from home ; but his daugh- 

 ter, a pretty and intelligent girl, acted as hostess. 

 As all rise early in America, dinner is usually 

 served up about noon. The Americans are com- 

 monly good cooks, and great mechanical skill has 

 been displayed in adapting the kitchen stoves for 

 cooking. I do not think our fair hostess had any 

 help to prepare our excellent dinner, with its great 

 variety of dessert ; but things went on so smoothly 

 that one could hardly believe that lotli the cooTa 

 and the lady were combined in her ferson. After 

 having had some good music and native airs from 

 our entertainer, Mr. Holmes and I found our way 

 in the dark to Kalamazoo, highly pleased with our 

 visit to Prairie Rond." 



