Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1878 — About the House. [ARTICLE]

About the House.

Batter Pudding. —One cup molasses, one cup sour milk, three small cups flour, three eggs, one-fourth teaspo nful seda, pice and fruit to taste. Steam three hours. Butterscotch. —Tpke one pound of sugar, three-quarters of a pint of water, and set over a slow fire; wheu done add one and a half table-spoonfuls of butter, and lemon j uiee to flavor. To Mend the Kettle. —Take a piece of copper, heat red-hot, shape it to fit the hole, and rivet it with a hammer on both sides ; if ft gets cold before you get it tight, heat again and pound till closed. Rich Jumbles. —Rub to a cream a pound of butter and a pound of sugar ; mix with it a pound and a half of flour, four eggs, and a very little brandy; roll the cakes in powdered sugar; lay them on flat, buttered tins, and bake iu a quick oven. To Color with Catechu. —One pound catechu, four ounces of bichromate of potash, two ounces of alum, in with tho catechu. I put the catechu in sufficient water to color the goods. When all dissolved and hot, dip the goods in, and then iu the potash, dissolved in cold, soft water, dip till you get the required shade. Yellow, Orange, Green, and Blue. —For five pounds of cotton goods, dissolve ten ounces of sugar of lead in cold water enough to cover the goods; let them soak for half an hour. Dissolve in cold water seven ounces of bichromate of potash (I pound the bichromate to a fine powder to save work) ; take out your goods and put in the potash ; repeat this several times, and you Avill have a nice yellow. Suet Pudding.— One cup of suet, chopped, one cup molasses, one cup sweet milk, three cups flour, one teaspoon of soda, two teaspoons cinnamon, one-half teaspoon cloves, one-half teaspoon ginger, one cup currants or raisins, after taking out the seeds. Sauce to be ei-ten on the above—Two cups sugar, one cup butter, one-half large nutmeg, one pint water; put it in a basin and let it boil; then thicken Avith flour or com starch. Tried aud pronounced splendid. Steam the above pudding three hours.