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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 



still, it would seem to be better that salt should 

 be used. If the lard is to be used for burn- 

 ing in lard latn])s, salt would be injurious. 

 If the fat is not skinned before trying, the glu- 

 ten in the skin will make the lard impure and 

 frothy. Save the scraps and skins for soap 

 grease. 



Potato Paste. — A dough or paste can be 

 made from a mixture of potatoes and Hour that 

 is easy of digestion. Take three or four good- 

 sized potato(!s, boiltht^m well, mash as smooth- 

 ly as possible, then add a quart of tlour and 

 as much lard as may be desired. Work all 

 well together and I'oU in the usual way of 

 flour paste. 



Doughnuts for New- Year and After. — 

 Boil one quart of new milk and melt in it half 

 a pound of butter. Beat three eggs with two 

 pounds of sugar, then pour on the boiling milk, 

 stirring all the time. When nearly cold stir 

 in a teacup qf yeast, a teaspoonful of salt, and 

 flour enough to make a stifF batter ; when quite 

 light knead in flour enough to make a soft 

 dough. Add a grated nutmeg and a little 

 mace. Let it rise again imtil very light, cut 

 in strips, or according to fancy, and fry in hot 

 lard. — Ger. Telegraph. 



A Delicious Swiss-Cuce. — Beat the yolks 

 of five eggs and one pound of sifted loaf-su- 

 gar well together ; then sift in one pound of 

 best flour, and a large spoonful of anise-seed ; 

 beat this together for twenty minutes ; then 

 whip to a stiff froth the five Avhites, and add 

 them ; beat all well ; then roll oul the paste 

 an inch thick, and cut them with a moulded 

 cutter rather small ; set them aside till the next 

 morning to bake. Rub the tins on which they 

 are baked with yellow wax ; it is necessary to 

 warm the tins to receive the wax ; then let 

 them become cool, wipe them, and lay on the 

 cakes. Bake a light brown. 



Seed-Cake. — Take half a pound of butter 

 and three-fourths of a pound of sugar, cream- 

 ed ; tliree eggs, beaten lightly, and two table- 

 spoonfuls of picked and bruised caraway 

 seeds ; dissolve half a teaspoonfid of soda in a 

 cup of new milk ; mix these well together un- 

 til the}' are about the consistency of cream ; 



then sift in two pounds of flour, mix well with 

 a knife, and roll them out into thin cakes, 

 about an inch in thickness. Bake in a quick 

 oven. 



Buckwheat Cakes. — Have ready two 

 cups ; put one teaspoonful of tartaric acid in 

 one cup, one teaspoonful of soda in the other 

 cup ; add to each about two tablenpoonsful of 

 cold water ; stir it Avell. Make one ([uart of 

 buckwheat meal into a thick batter, Avith mod- 

 erately warm water ; add the contents of one 

 of the cups ; stir it well ; then pour in the con- 

 tents of the other cup ; stir that well also ; 

 add to the whole one tablespoonful of melted 

 butter, and bake on a griddla nicely cleaned 

 and greased with good lard. The batter is 

 ready for use as soon as mixed. 



An Excellent IMarm-sxade is made by 

 boiling sweet apples alone, in cider made of 

 sweet apples, and boiled down so as to be 

 very rich. The sauce is in this case strained 

 warm through a very coarse sieve or riddle, 

 and boiled again a little while ; or it may be 

 put into deep dishes and set into the oven 

 after the bread is drawn. 



Boiled Pears are eaten with roast meat 

 instead of apple or cranberry sauce. Choose 

 fair, smooth ones : put them into cold water 

 and boil them whole, without paring and with- 

 out sugar. It will take an hour and a half, 

 according to the size of the fruit. 



To Pickle Red Cabbage — Get a head of 

 the darkest red cabbage, and slice it very 

 thin ; shake on it a little coarse salt and let it 

 rest twenty-four hours to drain. Boil an 

 ounce of black pepper and an ounce of allspice 

 in a quart of vinegar, and when cold pour it 

 over the cabbage, then pack it close and keep 

 it well covered. 



Agassiz says that in a certain Amazonian 

 tribe, on the day of the marriage, whilo the 

 wedding festivities are going on, the bride- 

 groom's hands are tied up in a paper bag 

 filled with fire-ants. If he bears his torture 

 smilingly and unmoved, he is considered fit 

 for the trials of matrimony. 



