lht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
I 43ff 
From the Lonely (?) 
Farmhouse 
October’s “bright blue weather” is with 
us, and we have all been enjoying it to 
the full so far. Perhaps having others to 
enjoy Nature's masterpiece accounts for 
our own greater pleasure. We women of 
the lonely (?) farmhouses certainly know 
how to sympathize with the sisters who, 
at the end of the season, find their 
strength overtaxed and their gardens 
weedy and their nerves drawn taut. The 
chances are, to use slang, “We’ve all been 
there.” 
We must have been born under a lucky 
star, for although our last visitors depart¬ 
ed only October 11, and we are looking 
forward to a few more visits from friends 
before our blanket of white is spread, our 
friends are our greatest blessings and 
riches, after our boys. But there was a 
time, and Jack thought we would be 
friendless because I simply would not be 
burdened by people who simply came be¬ 
cause they wanted to go somewhere, and 
also be boarded. Such people I have met 
at their auto and told “I was very glad 
they called; it was kind of them to re¬ 
member us,” etc., and I would ask them 
to stay, but we were expecting guests, or 
were going away, even if it were no fur¬ 
ther than the garden or berry field. 
Understanding friends, the “Evergreen 
People” Jerome Iv. Jerome writes of so 
beautifully, like to come for a week or 
two of quiet, bring a few dishes, cook 
their own food, and incidentally we invite 
each other to dinners, real country meals, 
served farmer fashion, being a treat (can 
you imagine a grown-up never having 
potato and cream until they sat at your 
table?), and again we were guests on a 
trip ’way up on the side of old Mt. Strat¬ 
ton ; potatoes and broiled steak over an 
open fire, Jack Frost’s wondrous painting 
all around, and then a trip to the old, old 
cemetery begun in the eighteenth century. 
At one stone I always used to pause; 
the inscription simply “Sarah—Good 
Wife” ; no other name nor date, but her 
whole life history and a sermon in the 
words. You can see her, can’t you, piling 
the brush as her husband cleared the 
land, caring for the babies; nurse, 
teacher, spinner, weaver, knitter, tailor- 
ess, dipping candles, making soap; effi¬ 
cient indoors and out. This was “Sarah 
—Good Wife.” 
The boys get a picture of another side 
of city life. The man says at different 
times something like this: “Except for 
the disgrace, I might as well be in jail, as 
I shall have no more out of door daylight 
till next Spring.” The men under him were 
not such as were there perhaps 10 years 
ago. “It is impossible to get them inter¬ 
ested in good and decent conversation; 
their talk is vile. Here it seems as if you 
take time to live.” 
Perhaps in this rushing age it is not a 
compliment; we openly confess that sev¬ 
eral times we have left undone many 
things, packed a lunch box and gone with 
friends to places of interest, and come 
home the next day and worked all the 
harder, and the boys hung a new picture 
on memory’s wall. “There it is, ‘Keeping 
up with Lizzie,’ or trying to get ahead of 
her.” Will the towns have quite as much 
influence on the boys when a calm, well- 
educated, ambitious man sums it up like 
this, and frankly envies the farmer? Not 
his money, although the average farmer, 
according to statistics, is full as well sit¬ 
uated as the average laborer anywhere, 
and country folks are such good neigh¬ 
bors. 
One hint, if it could be made to auto 
visitors, is this: Even your dearest 
friend would appreciate it if you are 
obliged to visit her Sunday, and espe¬ 
cially if you go without writing her and 
then fill your car with your friends, just 
carry your own lunch. Even the best of 
us get tired of cooking “company din¬ 
ners” every Sunday for a family of 12. 
If you don’t bring a full dinner, carry 
sandwiches, a cake or cookies, saying 
“they were a new recipe, or one you re¬ 
member she liked.” 
I didn’t intend to write a lecture, and 
will change the subject. This is a won¬ 
derful month, and farmers are harvesting 
a large crop of excellent potatoes, that 
sell for 75c to 85c per bushel. All kinds 
of fruit have been abundant, and 35 
bushels of Winter apples will give us 
each an apple a day. Today I tried Mrs. 
D. B. P.’s recipe for apple butter, and 
the school boys think it will be fine in 
their lunch pails. 
Was boiled cider apple sauce mentioned 
in uses of sweet apples? A neighbor says 
his folks always made a barrel of it, put 
it in a cold place and let it freeze, then 
cut it out and thaw it as needed. Per¬ 
fectly fresh cider must be used, and two 
quarts boiled down to one, then the sweet 
apples, pared, quartered and cored, were 
put in and boiled until thoroughly done. 
If boiled cider is used, add a quart of 
water to each quart of boiled cider. 
Once more we are starting fires in 
unused stoves, preferring to have a fire 
and open doors. Every year brings fire 
losses that might easily have been avoid¬ 
ed. Have your chimneys and pipes all 
been perfectly cleaned? Ours have, and 
the pansies and roses will come up to 
call the man-of-house to say: “Just look 
how velvety the pansies are this year: 
did the roses ever look so healthy, and 
they are full of buds! Did the soot do 
it?” And we know it did. 
MOTHER BEE. 
The Sugar Cure for Hams, 
Shoulders and Bacon 
The sugar cure for hams, shoulders 
and bacon produces a flavor finer than 
any other method of curing; the meat is 
juicy, tender and not too salty. All too 
often the meat that has been put in brine 
before smoking is very firm and far too 
salty to be palatable. When using the 
sugar cure, care should be taken that the 
seasoning is distributed evenly, thereby 
insuring a uniform finished product. 
For each 100 lbs. of meat allow one 
quart of salt, iy 2 oz. black pepper, 1 y 2 
oz. saltpeter and 5 oz. of brown sugar. 
Mix these ingredients very thoroughly. 
Do not omit the sugar and saltpeter; 
both are preservatives; the sugar im¬ 
proves the flavor, and the saltpeter gives 
it a finer color. 
The salting should be done as soon as 
the animal heat is out of the meat. Do 
not permit the meat to become frozen, as 
frozen meat will not take salt and will 
not keep from spoiling if salted. The 
most favorable time to salt meat is when 
the weather is moderately cold and damp. 
If the meat, at the time of salting, is 
moist and yielding to the touch, it will 
only be necessary to sprinkle the season¬ 
ing on. If, however, the meat is rigid 
and the weather cold, it will be necessary 
to rub the skin side with the gloved hand 
to make it moist and yielding to the 
touch, so the salt will penetrate to the 
bone. Care must be taken to get some 
salt into every depression and into the 
hock end of every joint. After the meat 
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is salted lay it out flat on a table with the 
skin side down. In two to three weeks 
it will be ready for smoking. 
Cloudy, damp days, are the best for 
smoking meat. It seems to receive the 
smoke better, and there is less danger of 
fire. The meat should be hung close to¬ 
gether, without actually touching. Oak 
and hickory chips impart the best color 
to the meat. Corncobs make a good smoke 
for meat, but they must be wet before 
laying on the fire. Hardwood sawdust is 
also good. Some woods, as pine, ailan- 
thus, persimmon and mulberry, are ob¬ 
jectionable, as they impart a disagree¬ 
able flavor. About a week of constant 
smoking will give the meat that bright 
gingerbread color that is generally pre¬ 
ferred. 
Smoked meat needs air and a cool, dry, 
dark room for keeping well in Summer. 
The least degree of dampness is detri¬ 
mental, causing it to mold. mbs. j. w. b. . 
Potato Cake and Doughnuts 
Mashed Potato Cake.—Two-thirds cup 
shortening, two cups sugar, yolks of four 
eggs, one cup hot mashed potatoes, two 
squares chocolate melted, half cup - milk, 
two cups flour, 3y 2 spoonsful baking 
powder, one teaspoon cinnamon, one tea¬ 
spoon nutmeg or mace, half teaspoon 
cloves, one teaspoon chopped walnut 
meats, whites of four eggs. Put together 
in the order named. 
Potato Doughnuts.—One and one-half 
cups hot mashed potatoes, two cups 
sugar, three eggs, one cup milk, five tea¬ 
spoons baking powder, one tablespoon 
butter, one teaspoon salt, flour to roll. 
Handle as soft as possible. b. b. b. 
Mayonnaise Without Eggs 
I have a very good, easy to make, and 
inexpensive mayonnaise dressing, which 
may be of use to some busy farmers’ 
wives, like myself. Mix in order given : 
two teaspoons salt, 1 y 2 teaspoons white 
pepper, 2 y 2 heaping teaspoons dry mus¬ 
tard. Mix well, then add 8 oz. of 
evaporated milk and mix well together, 
then add one quart of salad oil and beat 
well. When thick add vinegar to taste 
or lemon juice. Keep in jars. I make 
half this quantity for my use; it keeps 
well. MRS. G. A. K. 
A Delicious Sponge Cake 
Measure everything before starting to 
mix, and put together in- the order given. 
Put in the mixing bowl three egg yolks 
and beat thoroughly ; one-fourth teaspoon 
salt, one scant cup sugar (mix till sugar 
is dissolved), then add five tablespoons 
hot water, one teaspoon flavoring, three 
tablespoons cornstarch in cup, one tea¬ 
spoon baking powder; then fill the cup 
with flour and level it. Mix thoroughly. 
Fold in the stiffly beaten whites and bake 
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