Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1887 — THE KITCHEN [ARTICLE]

THE KITCHEN

Choicn Jlrrript*. Scrapple.— Boil a pig’s head until bones will strip from the meat; chop meat fine, skim grease from liqaor, return meat, senson highly with salt and pepper, add corn-meal until the consistency of mush. Cook slowly one hour or more, pour in pans and set in cool place. Slice and fry for breakfast. To Scour Tins, Coppers, Etc.— Wash in hot suds, then dip a wet rag in fine sifted coal ashes, scour well and then polish with dry ashes. Coppers, if much stained, can be cleaned w ith vinegar and salt, or oxallic acid. Put 10 cents worth of acid in a quart of water and bottle. Label poison in large letters and keep for use. It is a dangerous article, vet very useful to have at hand. Keep it by itself in some place inaccessible to children.