THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
474 
Sunday as causing great spiritual loss, and 
advise all members of churches to quit buying 
and reading secular Sunday newspapers. 
The serene, silent beauty of a holy life is 
the most powerful influence in the world, 
next to the might of the Spirit of God. 
Domestic (Ccononnj 
CONDUCTED BY MRS. AGNES E. M. CARMAN. 
KITCHEN TALKS. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
We were talking of foods at table the other 
day and the head of the family advocated the 
free use of cheese during the summer months, 
as more suitable food. He was reminded of 
the fact that one Autumn not loug ago the 
physician blamed cheese as the cause of a 
severe bilious attack. But he would not be 
convinced, saying in reply that one pound of 
skimnied-milk cheese, if cooked property 
supplied more nutriment thau three pounds of 
beef. It. is a curious fact, said the Student, 
that every country has its favorite diet—or 
rather national dish. Now the Italian would 
enjoy your cheese grated with macearoui, 
while the Scotchman would rather have his 
oatmeal porridge, the Irishman his potatoes, 
and the Englishman his beef. Our Freuch 
Canadian population enjoy pea soup, and the 
New Englander his brown bread and baked 
lteans, while the Southern uegro thinks there 
is nothing equal to hog and hominy. Scient¬ 
ists ailirm that flsk is the best brain food and 
that asparagus will restore exhausted vitality 
as notliing else but raw eggs can do. Yet 
how little we think of the ill or good our food 
will do when preparing, or when eating it. “I 
don't believe in pork and potatoes,” said the 
Critic scornfully. “Yet I notice you can hide 
away quite a plateful” said the Jester of the 
family amid a general laugh. “Yes, on a cold 
winter’s morning,” he began in defence, and 
the Student interrupted, “That’s where the 
difference comes Iu. Now it is Summer, and 
we need cooling fruits, boiled eggs, light, dain¬ 
ty dishes of various grains, such as are used 
in a tropical country all the year. There is no 
craving for fat meats, or heavy food with the 
thermometer in the nineties, but when it goes 
down to zero we are fain to mildly follow the 
example of the Esquimaux and take iu some 
carbou to keep us warm. 
But during the heated term, cooling salad, 
and juicy fruits are needed to allay fever and 
thirst. Strawberries aud raspberries are 
wisely placed within our reach wheu the sys¬ 
tem requires ripe fruit, aud it is only when 
unripe, or stale that it proves injurious. 
It is strange how true thesayiug is that what 
is “one man’s meat is another’s poison” for 
one member of our family cannot taste straw, 
berries, the very aroma causing nausea, and 
an attempt to taste one resulting in a sudden 
rash ail over the hotly, and a tendency to 
faiuting. Another, who is not easily daunted 
by anything, dislikes the smell and taste of 
milk. This, I consular quite an affliction as 
milk contains all the elements necessary to 
nourish the body and will keep up strength 
when other things fail to do so. 
A good healthy appetite is a “consummation 
devoutedly to be wished,” auil none need 
despise it. “You look cross” I said to a gen¬ 
tleman lately, aud he unsweml simply—“1 
havn't. had my dinner.” This may look ab¬ 
surd to some people, but t he stomach doubt¬ 
less influenced the mental faculties, aud he 
was a man of consequent “crossness.” True 
it is that “civilized men cannot live without 
cooks,” and so we may be proud of our calling, 
who have to cater uot only for the stomach, 
but for the brain and temper, aud heart. 
ODDS AND ENDS. 
A VERY successful washwoman of my ac¬ 
quaintance puts a tcuspoonful of kerosene 
into starch for from 12 to 15 shirts, to help 
gloss bosoms, says she has tried wax, etc., aud 
different preparations, and likes this best. 
She certainly does excellent work. 
How many of the Rural readers know of 
and use pulverized borax as an addition to the 
toiletd One teuspoouful in a quart of water 
iu which you bathe hands and face, removes 
dirt wonderfully and leaves a very uice feeliug 
to the bauds. Five cents worth lasts a long 
time. 
Try a sweet potato pie; made much like 
pumpkin pie, but instead of (os mauy do) 
cooking potato, grate first the raw potato into 
the pie. 
I found and tested a new ami excellent re¬ 
medy for diarrhea this Summer. Eat a hand¬ 
ful of “sourgrass” or ground sorrel, aud take 
a drink of water. If one dose does not check 
repeat Inter in day, or next day, usually one 
dose is enough. It is harmless, easy to take 
and much to lie preferred to paregoric or 
laudanum. p. g, brown. 
DESIGNS FOR QUILTS, 
Fig. 289 is known as the Philadelphia pave¬ 
ment pattern. Fig. 290—the basket—origin- 
Fig. 289. 
Fig. 290. 
ated with me and is very much liked by those 
who care for elaborate quilt patterns. 
• MRS. E. ANNIE WRIGHT. 
BREAD AND BISCUIT. 
•‘The Gods know Hmt I speak thus in hunger for 
bread.” 
It is a trite expression that the fault of poor 
bread lies oftener with the cook than with the 
flour. One would think that since Shakes- 
)>eare used the expression, “ Crammed with 
distressful bread,” he must at some time have 
had a cook uot uulike many of the present 
day. A lady who has a reputatiou as a bread- 
maker par excellence furnished me with the 
following, which 1 send to such of your read¬ 
ers as may have trouble iu making good 
bread, with the assurance that it may be re¬ 
lied on; One cake of compressed yeast is suf¬ 
ficient for four medium-sized loaves of bread. 
Crumble the yeast, into a bowl, being very 
careful not to hamlle it too much; sprinkle ou 
it two teaspoon fuls of sugar and pour over 
a pint of warm water. In the course of teu 
minutes the yeast will have risen to the top. 
Then stir it until it is all dissolved. Sift dry 
flour into a deep tray; the question of quan¬ 
tity is a delicate ouo, as various brands of 
flour are unequal as to the amount, of gluten 
they contain, but it is safe to start with two 
quarts. Make a hole iu the center of the flour 
ami pour in the yeast. Stir iu the flour lightly 
from the edges until you have a thick batter; 
sprinkle salt (a tablespoonful for each loaf) 
around the edges where the flour is heaped 
up, taking care to keep it away from the 
sponge, as it is apt to give it a slightly bitter 
taste. Set the pan in a warm place. It is 
most important to keep it from draughts. If 
the temperature of the room is warm and 
even, say 70 deg. Fahrenheit, the bread will be 
nicer if it is raised away from the fire; other¬ 
wise it must be kept moderately near. In an 
hour the sponge will be light and feathery. 
Knead the bread with slightly warm water, 
another pint at least. Never use entirely cold 
water, but always have it warmer on a cold 
day than on a warm one. Knead the flour iu 
slowly; good kneading is essential to good 
bread. If kept at the right temperature it 
will be light again in three hours, when it 
should be again well kneaded aud moulded 
iuto loaves ami put into the pans. In another 
hour it will be ready for the oven, and if the 
above quantity has been divided iuto four 
loaves, they will bake iu forty minutes. The 
oven should bo sufficiently hot to brown the 
loaves in twenty minutes, after which the 
oven should bo cooled somewhat aud the bak¬ 
ing finished slowly. 
Almost, every one has a way of her own of 
making biscuits, but a friend assures that 
neither with her own uor with anybody elso’s 
way can she succeed in making anything but 
a heavy and unpalatable article. I told her 
to try the following:—Sift thoroughly through 
one quart of flour, three even teaspoonfuls of 
baking powder and one of salt. Mix to a soft 
dough with very cold milk, and handle 
as little as may be; roll out an inch thick 
and cut with a small cake-cutter. Place 
them on a buttere<r»tin, aud bake in a 
quick oven. They are very nice if rolled 
Zp less than half an inch thick, and placed 
y one on top of the other two deep in the 
pan. Soui 1 milk biscuits are made some¬ 
what differently, and are nice for variety, 
as they also taste very different from 
those made with sweet milk. Sift three 
pints of flour into a bread pan. and make 
a cavity in the centre; pour into this one 
pint of sum - milk in which has been dis- 
solved a tablespoonful of salt, also four 
tablespoonfuls of sour cream, and one 
teaspoonful of soda, even measure, dis¬ 
solved iu two tablespoonfuls of hot water. 
J Stir quickly together with a strong spoon. 
Dip the hands into dry flour and mold in¬ 
to small biscuits flattened to half an inch 
in thickness. 
Corn bread is another much-abused 
article, but delicious if made after the 
following recipe: Beat one egg thorough- 
u ly with a tablespoonful of cold water. 
H stir in a teaspoonful of salt and two of 
white sugar. Add two-and-a-half cups 
of sweet milk, two heapiug cups of Indian 
y meal. one even cup of wheat flour, 
through which has been sifted two full 
teaspoons of baking powder; lastly a 
ity tablespoonful of melted butter. Beat 
> very bard for five minutes. Put in a 
quick oven and bake steadily. 
A notable housekeeper has given me 
V this recipe for making yeast, and as 
mauy of the readers of the Rural live 
\ in the country where fresh compressed 
Vi yeast, caunot always be had, I think it 
S may prove useful Boil a good-sized 
iS handful of hops in two quarts of water 
_J for two hours. Mix one eup of flour 
smooth with cold water, and over this pour 
the water in which the hops were boiled. The 
hops should be tied up in a small muslin bag 
before 1 icing boiled. Stir in three tablespoon¬ 
fuls of sugar aud two of salt, and when cool 
enough, or rather when lukewarm, add a cake 
of compressed yeast that has been dissolved iu 
a cup of warm water. To make bread with 
this yeast use half a cupful for five large 
loaves; set. a sponge at noon, mix the bread iu 
the evening, mold and bake early the follow¬ 
ing morning. palmetto. 
HELPS. 
If you do not use the patent perforated pie 
plates, make your old tin plates over by taking 
a hammer aud small nail and putting some 
holes in the bottom of them, thus allowing the 
steam to escape and preventing the paste from 
living a soggy mass. 
Rub the bottom of your sauce-pan in which 
you boil milk with a little butter to prevent 
the milk from sticking. 
Before putting your rolls into the oven to 
bake rub the edges with a little sweet fat and 
you will find that, they will not stick together 
when done. 
A very delicate cake may be made by tak¬ 
ing any good sponge-cake recipe aud bakiug 
it as for jelly cake, allowing it to lie about an 
inch in thickness wheu baked. Take one 
pound of almonds, blanch them and pound 
them in a mortar, a few at a time, using rose 
water to keep them from oiling. When all 
are done, stir them into a pint of cream, to 
which you have added sugar to sweeten it to 
your taste, aud vanilia to flavor it. Let the 
cake be cool when you spread your almond 
cream between it and over the top. 
Inexpensive, but very effective portieres 
may be made of double-faced Canton flannel. 
Any shade can be used, but peacock blue with 
a border of cream-colored felt w itb applique 
figures or flowers stiehed on them, will be 
very handsome, costing but little time in the 
making and expense for material. 
A bag for soiled linen may be made of linen 
crash lined with turkey red, having a hornet’s 
nest embroidered on it iu outline stitch. 
AUNT ADDIE. 
' DOMESTIC RECIFES. 
EXCELLENT EGOLESS PAN CAKE; MUSH; PIE. 
Take two and one-ludf cups of flour, a lit¬ 
tle salt, aud two tenspoonfuls of cream of tar¬ 
tar stirred into the flour; mix with buttermilk 
and part sweet milk until the batter will drop 
from the spoon, then dissolve one teaspoonful 
of soda iu water, and beat well. Fry in hot 
drippings. 
Mother makes the best dish of mush I ever 
ate, much healthier than fried. Take part 
sweet milk, part water may be added, let it 
come to the boiling point., add salt, then stir 
in corumeal until thick, boil well. Put some 
butter in a skillet, break up some bread in very 
small bits and slightly brown, then put a layer 
of bread and a layer of mush, then serve. I 
think rather coarse corumeal is best for this. 
To-day for dinner we had pie made of a mix¬ 
ture of boiled (hied apples and canned sour 
cherries, which was an excellent imitation of 
plum pie. * HARRIET BROWN. 
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