Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1874 — FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. [ARTICLE]

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

—Minutt Pudding.—One quart of sweet milk, a little salt; let it come to a boil, then stir in good wheat flour; let it boil five minutes; keep stirring to prevent burning. For the sauce take a pint of new milk, piece of butter size of an egg, two tablespoonfuls sugar, a little nutmeg; make it hot but do not boil; eat vety soon. i —Sugar Cake—Half a-pound-of but’ ter, half a pound of sugar, one pound of flour, three eggs, and milk enough for a dough. Beat the butter and sugar together, whisk the eggs light and add them, stir in tfie milk and flour alternately so as to form a dough 801 l the dqugh out, cut in cakes, and bake in a moderate oven. —Snow Balls. —Beat the whites of ten eggs till very dry, then add very gradually one pound of pulverized sugar, and then add two or three drops of the essence of lemon. Have ready some white paper and with a spoon drop the mixture in balls upon the paper. Set them in a moderate oven and w hen tinged with brown take them out. —To Press Flowers. —Procure two boards 12x18 inches and a large lot of old newspapers folded and cut to the size of the boards. Lay upon the floor one of the boards and on it place two or three of the newspapers. Noiv lay on the plant to be pressed, add another newspaper and then the next plant, and so on t ill all the specimens in hand have been disposed of. Oh top of all place the other board, upon which place a weight of not less than sixty pounds. Tlie papers between the plants should be changed at least once a day? for fresh ones, so that tlie plants may dry as rapidly as possible. Care should be taken not to remove the plant from tlie press until it is thoroughly dry. It is more convenient, especially with tlie delicate plants, to place them in the press be-~ tween a single fold of soft brown wrapping paper, as tlie plant can be left in this fold till dry, anil the 'specimen may be transferred to fresh papers without danger or injury. Very fleshy, succulent plants can best be dried by immersing them in boiling water before putting them into the press. —Bheumade.—Wlien green currants and gooseberries and the ripe summer fruits come on, tlie rhubarb begins to be neglected. Often tlie large succulent stalks grow* and decay in tlie garden, which might be put to better use. A. new -and exeellentusc for them is in making a summer drink after the following fashion: Pull the stalks and dress them, and put to stew after the usual fashion. As soon as they begin to boil, drain off tlie water closely and put by the latter to cool. To this add an equal amount of water, if liked, and sweeten to the taste, and you will have a most refreshing, drink, quite as wholesome as the pieplant stems used in any other way. It is a veritable “ade,” not a wine, called after “ Rheum,” the genuine name of the plant,, and is pleasanter to many than lemonade. It may be improved by flavoring with pineapple juice. Tlic rhubarb left can liiivc as much water added as was taken away, and then when stewecl for sauce be as sour as most people care for, and it will besides not require so much sugar. It may also be canned for future use. — Exchange.