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T1IH RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Hulled Com. 
Will you give* me recipes for making hominy 
and hulled corn? c. h. p. 
Connecticut. 
New England taste demands a well- 
ripened white Hint corn for hulling, 
other sections prefer yellow, but it is al¬ 
ways flint corn. Babbitt’s potash is used 
to remove the hulls, the proportion being 
one full pound to a bushel of corn. Of 
course, when preparing corn for home 
use, the same proportion would be ob¬ 
served in smaller quantities. An iron 
kettle half filled with water is put on the 
stove, the potash added when the water 
warms, and the corn put in when it comes 
to a boil. In about an hour the starch 
will come out of the corn, thickening the 
lye. The corn must be well stirred from 
the bottom, to avoid burning, and the ket¬ 
tle kept back on the stove, so the corn 
will simmer without boiling bard. After 
4798 Girl's Costume, 8 to 14 yre. 
the first hour corn must be dipped out 
and tested in cold water, to see if the 
hulls slip. If left in the potash too long 
it becomes dark and sodden; if too short, 
it cannot be cooked tender. About 1J/2 to 
two hours is the usual time. The corn is 
then washed in clear water. When made 
in large quantities a clean, new broom, 
with about six inches of the straw cut off, 
is used to rub off the hulls; a stiff whisk 
would answer the same purpose with 
small quantities. A quantity of water 
will be used during this scrubbing, the 
hulls being poured off with the water. 
Put the corn on to boil in clear water; 
when it reaches the boiling point draw 
it back, so that it may simmer. It should 
not be stirred, as this makes it mushy. 
It requires long, slow simmering; when 
sufficiently cooked it may be salted to 
taste, and drained in a colander. When 
served it is either eaten with milk, or 
warmed up with butter in a frying pan, 
and served like a vegetable. In the Sum¬ 
mer hulled corn would ferment very 
quickly, so its manufacture takes place 
only after hard freezing has started in the 
Fall. Hominy is only made commercially 
now, we believe, except in some of the 
primitive mountain communities of the 
South. Its appearance as now made sug¬ 
gests a coarsely ground white cornmeal. 
To keep the onions white they should be 
pickled in white wine vinegar, but we 
prefer cider vinegar, because we feel surer 
of its purity. It gives the onions a yel¬ 
lowish tint. 
We have had no experience with dill 
pickles, nor have we this recipe in our col¬ 
lection. Wg should be glad if some of 
our readers can supply it. The only dill 
pickles we have tested have been the com¬ 
mercial product; these were large cucum¬ 
bers, sliced in half down the center, first 
preserved in brine and then pickled in 
spiced vinegar, which, we infer, included 
dill seed among other spices. 
To make peach jam, select large, juicy 
ripe freestone peaches. Peel, halve and 
remove the stones; crack a few of the pits 
and return to the fruit about four kernels 
to a pound. Weigh and allow half a 
pound of sugar to every pound of fruit. 
Put sugar and fruit together in a pre¬ 
serving kettle, with a little water to pre 
vent scorching, and cook slowly until 
uniformly clear. This is delicious, ana 
quite as rich as we care for, but peaches 
are also made into a pound-for-pound 
preserve. Some housekeepers prepare the 
peaches over night, putting them in lay¬ 
ers with the sugar, pound for pound, 
then in the morning put them on to cook, 
adding the kernels, simmering carefully 
until clear. The fruit is lifted out of the 
syrup without breaking, put into jars and 
allowed to cool, then the syrup is poured 
over it. Our objection to the prepara¬ 
tion over night is that there is some risk 
of the fruit getting a stale taste, so that 
the highest flavor is not secured. The 
quicker peaches are cooked after peeling 
the better. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The pretty girl’s frock shown would be 
very suitable for light woolen fabrics, 
but, as illustrated, is made of white lawn 
with frills of openwork embroidery and 
yoke of insertion held by fancy braid. 
The lawn and similar washable fabrics are 
greater fullness at the wrists than at the 
shoulders, and the collar finishes the neck, 
t he quantity of material required for the 
medium size (6 years ) is 3->4 yards 24 
inches wide, 234 yards 27 inches wide ot 
2 '/& yards 44 inches wide, with 2 yards of 
braid to trim as illustrated. The pattern 
4800 is cut in sizes for girls of 2, 4, 0 and 
8 years of age. Price 10 cents. 
The Norfolk coat would make a very 
suitable style for a young girl’s jacket suit, 
or for a separate wrap. The coat is made 
with fronts and backs that are laid in box- 
pleats which extend for full length, and 
are joined to shallow foundation yoke. 
The shaped yoke is arranged over the 
4809 Missos’ Norfolk Coat, 12 to 16 yrs. 
whole and the belt passes over the pleats 
at the back, under those at the front. The 
sleeves are large and ample, laid in box- 
pleats above the elbows and torming full 
puffs below, and are gathered into cuffs 
shaped in harmony with the yoke. The 
quantity of material required for the me¬ 
dium size is 4-)4 yards 27 inches wide, 234 
yards 44 inches wide or 234 yards 52 
inches wide. The pattern 4809 is cut in 
sizes for misses of 12, 14 and 16 years oi 
age. Price 10 cents. 
Onion and Dill Pickles; Peach 
J am. 
Will you give recipe for pickling small 
onions and dill pickles; also how to make 
peach jam. miss. j. t. n. 
First pour boiling water over the onions 
to loosen the skins. As soon as cool 
enough to handle begin to- peel, dropping 
the onions as peeled into salt water (not 
brine), to prevent their being discolored. 
Make a strong brine, heat to the boiling 
point, and pour over the onions. Leave 
them in the brine 48 hours, then drain. 
Spice vinegar according to taste, heat 
to boiling point and pour over the onions. 
Set away for two or three days, pour oft 
the vinegar, heat it again and pour over 
the onions in the jars in which they are 
to be stored; lie up the jars and set away. 
4809 Child's Coat, 2 to O yrs. 
liked imlined, but when wool is used the 
fitted body lining is desirable and the 
frills can be made from the material quite 
as well as from embroidery, whenever 
liked. The frock consists of waist and 
skirt. The waist is made witli front and 
backs that are full and arranged over the 
foundation, when that is used; joined to 
the yoke when it is omitted. The sleeves 
are full with straight cuffs, and the yoke- 
collar falls well over the sleeves. The 
skirt is five-gored, gathered at its upper 
edge and joined to the waist. The quan¬ 
tity of material required for the medium 
size (12 years is 6 yards 27 inches wide, 
5 >4 yards 32 inches wide or V/ 2 yards 44 
inches wide, with 9 yards of insertion and 
8 /i yards of embroidery to trim as illus¬ 
trated. The pattern 4798 is cut in sizes 
for girls of 8, 10, 12 and 14 years of age. 
Price 10 cents. 
The pleated coat forms a very suit¬ 
able model for a child. 'The coat consists 
of fronts and back, with the collar and 
sleeves. Both fronts and back are in- 
pleated, that are pressed fiat for their en 
tire length, hut those at the front are also 
stitched with silk to give a tuck effect. 
The sleeves are the favorite ones, with 
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