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THE GENESEE FARMER 



DOMESTIC EECIPES. 



Tomato Pickles.— Take tomatoes two-thirds ripe 

 (when they begin to turn a little red), prick them with 

 a fork, put them in a strong brine, and let them re- 

 main eight days ; then put them in weak vinegar to 

 remain twenty-four hours; remove them from this, 

 put them in stone jars; and to a peck of tomatoes 

 add a bottle of mustard, an ounce of cloves, and an 

 ounce of black pepper ground, laying alternately a 

 laver of tomatoes and spices. Then pour on strong 

 vinegar cold, and they will be found to be dehcious. 

 The brine should be prepared by boiling and putting 

 in as much salt as will dissolve, then suffered to cool. 

 For anykmd of pickles it is best when prepared xn 

 this wav. 



A^-oTHER. — Take the small round tomatoes, let 

 them lay in weak vinegar two or three days; then 

 prepare the best of vinegar by putting in cloves, all- 

 spice, pepper, cmnamon, and such spices as one may 

 fancy, and then scalding it well When entirely cold, 

 pat In the tomatoes, and if there is sufBcient body to 

 the vinegar, your pickles will never require any fur- 

 ther trouble, providing they are kept from the air. 



Greek Corn- Soup.— Cut the com from the cob 

 (sweet corn to be preferred) ; put it into a stew-pan, 

 with a quart or more of sweet milk; add a teaspoon- 

 ful of salt; let it boil gently for half an hour, then 

 add a bit of sweet butter the size of an egg, and pep- 

 per to taste; and serve with rolls or toast. _ This may 

 be eaten -with nutmeg or mace, to flavor it. 



To Keep Greex Corn.— Take ears of a right 

 age for boihng; pull off' the outside husks, leaving 

 onlv the thin one next to the corn. Tie the husks 

 over the end with a thread, pack the ears in salt, and 

 set them in a cool, dry place. They will keep till 

 mid-winter. 



Ginger Snaps.— Beat together half a pound of 

 butter and half a pound of sugar; mix with them 

 half a pint of molasses, half a tea-cupful of ginger, 

 and one pound and a half of flour. 



Cxjp Cakes.— Mix together five cups of flour; 

 three cups of sugar; one cup of butter; one cup of 

 milk; three eggs, well beaten; one wine-glass of wine; 

 one of brandy, and a little cinnamon. 



Gingerbread.— Mix together three and a half 

 pounds of flour; three-quarters of a pound of butter; 

 one pound of sugar; one pint of molasses; a quar^ 

 ter of a pound of ginger, and some ground orange 

 peeL 



Ju5n?LES.— Take one pound of loaf sugar, pound- 

 edfine; one pound and a quarter of flour; three- 

 quarters of a pound of butter; four eggs,_ beaten 

 light, and a little ro.se-^Yater and spice; mix them 

 well, and roll them m sugar. 



Sponge Cake.— Take the weight of the eggs in 

 suo-ar; half their weight in flour, well sifted; to 

 tw'elve eggs, add the grated rind of three lemons, and 

 the juice of two. Beat the eggs carefully, whites 

 and yolks separately, before they are used. Stu: the 

 materials thoroughly together, and bake in a qmck 

 oven. 



Substitute for Cream.— If you have not cream 

 for coffee, it is a very great improvement to boil 

 your milk, and use it while hot. 



^ _ les only in wood ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^f a maiden; it attracts the pai 

 or stone ware; anything that has held gjease will | ^^^^ ^^ but all know the drug they advertise. 



To Keep Pickles. — Keep pickles only in wood 

 ; anything that has held grease will 

 spoil pickles. Stir them occasionally, and if there 

 are soft ones take them out and scald the vinegar, 

 and pour it hot over the pickles that are in a sohd 

 state. Always keep enough vinegar on them to 

 cover them well. If it is weak, take fresh vinegar 

 and pour it on hot. Do not boil vmegar and spice 

 over five minutes. 



To Make Fine Pancakes, Fried without But- 

 ter OR Lard. — Take a pint of cream and six new- 

 laid eg,?s; beat them well together; put in a quarter 

 of a pound of sugar and one nutmeg or a little beat- 

 en mace — which you please, and so much as will 

 thicken— almost as much as ordinary pancake flour 

 batter; your pan must be heated reasonably hot, and 

 wiped with a clean cloth; this done, spread your 

 batter thin over it, and fry. 



PtOCK C.iKES.— Mix together one pound of flour; 

 half a pound of sugar; half a pound of butter; half 

 a pound of currents or cherries, and four eggs, leav- 

 ing out the whites of two; a little wine and candied 

 Eeiaon-peel are a great improvement 



PEOVEEBS ON WOMAN. 



When cats wash their faces, bad weather is a 

 hand; when women use washes to their complexions 

 it is a true sign that the beauty of the day is gone. 



Choose not your wives as you do grapes, from th 

 bloom on them. 



How many women have been ruined by diamond; 

 as bkd catchers entice the lark from heaven to eart 

 with sparkling glass. 



Like the colored bottles in a chemist's window, i 



sers by, but all know the drug they advertise. 



He who marries a pretty face only, is like a buyer ( 

 cheap furniture—the varnish that caught the eye wi 

 not endure the fire-side blaze. 



The girdle of beauty is not a stay lace. This is th 

 excuse for tight lacmg: a good housewife should ha\ 

 no waste. 



When a maiden takes to spaniels and parrots, 

 means that her beauty has gone to the dogs, ar 

 henceforth her life is a bird^n to her. 



Many powder their faces that their skins may see 

 white; it is as a poulterer flours an old hen, that 

 mav pass for a tender chicken. The stepping stoi 

 to fortune is not to be found in a jeweler's shop. 



An Agricultural Princess.— Princess Mura 

 wife of AcHELE MuEAT, son of King Joaquin, at Is 

 pies has a residence near Talahassee, Fla., when 

 she recently sent the Florida Sentinel a new pota 

 weighing fifteen ounces. Her husband is a Flondi; 

 by choice, but we believe is now in Paris. 



