Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1879 — USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. [ARTICLE]

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Jelly covered with pulverized sugar will keep, without mold, if it is set away cm a high shelf, when small boys cannot get at it. New Tom Coodb.-One cup sugar, two-thirds cap of batter, onehsli cup of mfflt, two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda, and one egg. Add nour to roll thin and out in rounds. Home-made Crackers. —To five pounds of floor take ten ounces of butter, one pint of cold water and an even teaspeonful of salt. It will take a deal of strength to knead them. Roll thin and bake. . W Bazar Tongue Toast.— Mince very fine cold boiled tongue, mix with cream, and to every half pint of the mixture allow the well-beaten yelks of two egga. Place on the stove and let simmer a minute or two. Have ready some nicely buttered toast, flour over the mixture, and serve hot.

To Roast a Calf’s Lives.— Wash thoroughly and wipe dry; cut a long deep hole in the side; stuff with crumbs, bacon and onions chopped; salt and pepper to taste; bit of butter and one egg; sew or tie together the liver; lard it over and bake m the oven, basting frequently; serve with gravy and currant jelly. — N. Y. Times. Le Cultivateur remarks that rats, mice and insects will at once desert ground on which a little chloride of Ume has been sprinkled. Plants may be protected from insect plagues by brushing their stems with a solution of it. It has often been noticed that a eatch of land which had been treated i this wav remains religiously respected by grabs, while the unprotected beds round about are literally devastated. Fruit trees may be guarded from the attacks of grubs by. attaching to their trunks pieces of tow smeared with a mixture of chloride of lime and hog’s lard, and ants and grubs already in possession will rapidly vacate their position.—N. Y. Herald. Cauliflower Sauce. —One small cauliflower, three tablespoonftils of butter, one onion, one smalt head of celery, a pinch of mace, Balt and pepper, one teacup of water, one teacup of cream or milk. Boil the cauliflower in two waters, changing when about half done, throwing away the first, reserve one cupful of the last. Take out the cauliflower, drain and mince. Cook in another saucepan the onion and celery, mincing them when tender. Heat the reserved cupful of water again in the saucepan, add the milk; when warm Eut in the cauliflower and onion, the utter and seasoning—coating the butter thickly with flour; boil slightly until it thickens. This is a delicious sauce for any boiled meats. —Detroit Post and Tribune.