The Quilt Inn Country Cookbook

Aliske Webb

ammonia to the defective tooth. Sometimes the late sufferer is prompted to momentary

laughter by the application, but the pain will disappear.” (Try suggesting this to your

dentist!)

Relief From Asthma

“Sufferers from asthma should get a muskrat skin and wear it over their lungs

with the fur side next to the body. Or, soak blotting paper in saltpeter water, then dry,

burning at night in the patient’s bedroom.”

Earache

“Take a bit of cotton batting, put it upon a pinch of black pepper, gather it up and

tie it, dip in sweet oil and insert into the heat, put a flannel bandage over the head to

keep it warm. It will give immediate relief.”

Cough Syrup

“Syrup of squills 4 ounces, syrup of tolu 4 ounces, tincture of bloodroot 1½

ounces, camphorated tincture of opium 4 ounces. Mix.” (I wonder where you can find

squills these days?)

When I think of a hearth I always think of the smell of warm loaves of bread

baking. But don’t be intimidated, thinking you can’t make bread. You can!

It’s important to refrigerate your yeast to keep it fresh, and use before the

expiation date on the package. It must be dissolved in water before it is added to the

flour. A key element in making a yeast bread is the gluten. This is achieved by

mixing and kneading the dough (and who doesn’t knead more dough?) You knead,

sorry, need to feel some elasticity in the dough and it should shine a bit, too. Some

of our recipes have different flours in them for flavor sensation, but you cannot use

these special flours alone. They have very little gluten to contribute to the bread (No

thanks, I gave at the flour mill). Anyway, that’s why all yeast breads use a greater

proportion of all purpose flour or bread flour in relation to any other ingredients.

Another point. Your relationship with bread dough is not very fulfilling. It needs

time but doesn’t need you. Mix the dough and go shopping. Come back and punch

it down and visit a neighbor. If it’s rising too fast, put it in the refrigerator and it will slow

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