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Newspaper
Alton Observer
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1837
Page
4
Article discusses using apples to fatten pigs without corn and notes the value of grinding apples for swill feed. It also includes a preservation method for jelly and preserves using simple ovens and molasses, warning against brass or tin utensils. The author signs from Nantucket August 1836 and requests publication in Yankee Farmer.
The article presents a Tennessee reader's corn bread recipes and a long temperance tale from Illinois. It follows Duckey Dinpie guidance on ducks, a temperance piece about Lucy Warren Elmore, her husband Elmore, and their son Frederick, tracing decline, ruin, and tragedy from intemperance and a mother's unwavering devotion.
A recipe passage describes making batter cakes by combining water milk eggs and meal. It instructs boiling water then mixing cold water with meal, boiling until clear, and using a batter of six eggs two and a half pints milk one teaspoon salt and three pints meal sieved thrice. Keep batter stirred during frying to prevent settling.
Directions for cooking tomatoes include skinning with boiling water then stewing for sauce to serve with roast meat. Green tomatoes yield pickles, and ripe ones make a catsup with salt pepper mace garlic mustard seed boiled down and bottled without added liquid. Garlic is removed before bottling.
The markets in Algiers present an enriching sight with rainbow hues. Splendid heaps of purple grapes, oranges, peaches, lemons, and pomegranates sit beside large golden melons and pumpkins. White garlic, scarlet and green peppers, and brown melogines are also visible.
An observer remarks on Barbary figs sold cheaply abroad. The writer compares Barbary figs to true figs, noting their distinct taste and nutritious value. They describe the fruit’s wild roadside growth and use by Arabs during peak season in Barbary.
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