New Hampshire Journal Of Agriculture

DOMESTIC RECIPES.
From the Genesee Farmer.

Rose Salve.—Four ounces best olive oil; one ounce spermaceti; one ounce white wax; eight drops attar of roses. Melt over a slow fire.

Potato Crust.—Par-boil and mash twelve potatoes; add one teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of butter and half a cup of milk or cream. Stiffen with flour until you can roll out.

Sweet Apple Pudding.—One pint of scalded milk; one-half pint of Indian meal; one teacup of molasses; one teaspoonful of salt; six sweet apples, cut in small slices. Bake three hours.

Washington Cake.—One pound of sugar, one pound of flour, three-quarters of a pound of butter and five eggs; a small cup of sweet milk a teaspoonful of saleratus; cinnamon and cloves to your taste; one pound of raisins, one wine-glass of wine and another of brandy.

Muffins.—Three tablespoonfuls of butter melted in three pints of milk; when cold stir in six eggs, one teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of yeast; flour to make them as thick as you can beat it. Should rise in three hours.

Mince Pies.—Two pounds of lean beef (rump piece) when chopped makes three bowls full. Nine bowls of sour apples chopped; half a pound of chopped suet, two pounds of raisins, two pounds of currants, two heaping teaspoonfuls ground cinnamon, two of allspice, two of cloves, one of mace and one of salt; two grated nutmegs, a gallon of sweet cider, one pint of currant wine and a pint of brandy. Put in four pounds of sugar, and add more if necessary. This will make sixteen large pies.