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Show DRY YEAST. - A large handful of hops tie up in a cloth and place in a crock or bright stew pan; pour one and one-half quarts boiling water over them and steep 15 minutes; remove from fire squeeze the water from the hops and lay them aside; put one quart flour, one tablespoonful of ginger and three of sugar into the hot water, which should be hot enough to thoroughly scald the flour; when cool add a couple of cakes of good dry yeast; then stir the mixture frequently; every time it rises, stir it down again; let it stand overnight; the next morning stir as before; when it is all of a light foam stir thick, with corn meal; make into cakes and dry in the shade. CITRON PRESERVES. - After cutting the citron, lay it in salt water forty-eight hours, or longer if preferred. Then soak in clear water. Scald it in alum water in a brass kettle, with grape leaves over the top; then scald in ginger tea; make a plain, thin syrup, [??? A complete line missing in fold of paper???] and boil the citron in it. Let stand in that syrup for five days, then make syrup of one and a half pounds of sugar to one pound of citron; take citron out of first syrup and boil it in last syrup a few minutes. A general rule for preserves is one pound of sugar to one pound of fruit. SCALLOPED EGGS. - Mince any kind of cold meat, season with pepper and salt, adding a few breadcrumbs; cover the bottom of preserve-saucers with it, putting in each a small piece of butter, break a fresh egg on top, set on a slide in a hot oven; when the egg begins to cook, sprinkle a few breadcrumbs rolled very fine on it, with a dust of salt and pepper; send to table hot, breakfast of lunch, TO COLOR ICES. - For yellow, use yolks of egg or a bit of saffron steeped in the liquor and squeezed. The flow of the crocus is also used; it has no taste, For white, use almonds finely pounded, with a drop of water; or use cream. For red, use beet root sliced and some liquor poured over. For green, pound spinach leaves or beet leaves, express the juice and boil in a teacup or a saucepan of water to take off rawness. To stiffen a crepe veil. Always keep it folded and pressed under a heavy book, and when it looks gray, take alcohol enough to wet it thoroughly, then shake it dry, fold it nicely and press. Cayenne pepper blown into the cracks where ants congregate will drive them away. The same remedy is also good for mice. MUCILAGE THAT WILL NOT SOUR. - Dissolve the gun Arabic in cold water and it will not sour or ferment. |