Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1874 — RECIPES, ETC. [ARTICLE]

RECIPES, ETC.

—A writer Bays: “’ The“ Spaniards have a mode of preserving which is quite peculiar to themselves. A slice being cut from one end of a large melon, the seeds and soft part of the flesh are removed, and into the hollow thus* formed a luscious heterogeneous crowd of apricots. nectarines and pieces of oranges, both sweet and bitter, or slices of pineapples, of strawberries, of raspberries, is pressed and closely packed; then all is steeped in the preserving sirup, the slice is restored to the end of the melon, reunited by the stickiness of the sugar. How long it remains under treatment, how- often the sirup jnay be made to simmer, are details unknown to us; what we do know is that the final result is altogether the supremest form of preserved fruit.” —To Make Mince Pies:—Mix lightly into a pound of sifted flour six ounces of fresh, pure lard, adding a pinch of salt; make into a smooth paste w’ith cold water and lay it upon the board. Take the point of a knife and use up four ounces of butter by cutting off bits, pressing them into the dough—flouring with a dredger, folding over and rolling out, repeating the process until all is used, with as little handling and as much expedition as possible. Butter the dishes, line them.. with. the.. mincemeat, moisten the edges with cold water, cover, trim the edges neatly, make small apertures with the point of tl» knife, and bake long in a slow oven. If they brown too quickly cover them with paper, as they need to be thoroughly done. —llearth and Home. —The ravages of diphtheria in Australia have been so extensive within the last few- years that the Government oilered a large reward for any certain method of cure, and among other responses to this was one by Mr. Oreathead, who at first kept his method a secret, but afterward communicated it freely to the public. It is simply the use of sulphuric acid, of which four drops are diluted in threefourths of a tumbler of water to be administered to a grown person and a smaller dose to children, at intervals not specified. The result is said to be a coagulation of the diphthertic membrane and its ready removal by coughing. It is asserted that where the case thus treated had not advanced to nearly- fatal termination the patient recovered in almost every instance.