The Pennsylvania German cook book

Cut round steak into dice, take out all the fat. put meat into a new tin pail with a tight lid, sprinkle just enough salt on it to keep it from tasting flat, only a few grains, then put on^ lid, .set pail in a kettle with water and let it boil an hour or more, then pour off juice and l)ress the meat. The doctor will tell you how to use it. SAGO MILK. Three tablespoons sago soaked in a cu]) of cold water one hour, add three cups boiling milk, sweeten and flavor to taste, simmer slowly a half hour, eat warm. BAKED MILK. Put one-half gallon of milk in a jar and tie it down with writing paper, let it stand in a moderate oven eight or ten hours, it will be like cream and very nutritious. ORANGE WHEY. One pint of milk and the juice of one orange, heat slowly until it curds, strain and cool. Egg Lemonade.— White of one egg, juice of one lemon, one tablespoon sugar, one glass of water. Beat all together. Beef Tea and Egg.— Heat an egg ami some beef tea together, then let it thicken in a double boiler, serve hot. TIIK I»KNN'8YLVANI A (8ERMAN <’(>OK H4>OK. TA TOAST WATER. Toast a piece of bread quite brown, then put in a bowl and pour on cold water, add a little ice. Slippery elm water is good for fevers, and black, strong coffee is said to be especially helpful in cases of typhoid fever. CREAM SOUP. Cut or break bread into a bowl, put on a sprinkle of salt, very little butter, pour on boiling water, then add one tablespoon sweet cream. WINE SOUP. Break bread as in the foregoing, add no salt, but a tablespisin sugar, and a thick sprinkle of nutmeg, a little butter, pour on hot water, then add one tablespoon pure, good wine. PARCHED FLOUR SOUP. Put a little butter in spider, then when hot put in a cup of flour, stir and roast until brown, pour on hot water to the consistency required, season with salt and butter. HOME REMEDIES. A SURE CURE FOR GAPS. Put turpentine into the chicken feed, it will relieve immediately, if too far gone to eat. force a little unsalted fat meat saturated with turpentine down their throat, repeat if first dose does not cure. HOW TO CLEAR WATER IN A CISTERN. Take five cents worth of alum and five cents worth of borax, put in a stew pan, and pour on about a quart of water, let stand on the back of stove until all is dissolved, then pour it into your cistern, in a few days the water will be clear, unless there should be too much water for this solution, then add a little more. GOLDEN OIL. Linseed oil one quart, origanum oil one-fourth ounce, cedar oil one-fourth ounce, hemlock oil one-fourth ounce, sassafras oil one-fourth ounce, camphor gum one ounce. An excellent remedy for the household, colds, etc. CANCER. (THIS HAS CrRED KNOWN CASE.S.) Two ounces senna leaves, two ounces quassi chips, two ounces licorice root, one and one half ounces saline of potash, one-half pint alcohol, one-half dram wintergreen oil, two pounds loaf sugar.