Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-09-11
THE EVENING STAR.
SODA BISCUIT.

SODA BISCUIT.
/ have been a reader Of the Rural for few
months and have found many recipes which
think very good. As do not wish to keep
all the good things and not tell of some that
know, and thinking that recipe for Soda
Biscuit would be of service to you, give 1t,
for krow il can not be beat as my mother
has used il for over twenty years. and has never
known il to fail once. Six tumblers of -four;
two tumblers ofmilk Sweet; three teaspoons
Of cream tartar; one teaspoon Of soda; butter
the size Of an egg, one-fourth teaspoon Of salt.
Dissolve the soda in the milk, and rub the
tartar in the -four; bake quick This will make
tWenty-four good-sized biscuits.-LUcE A.
CAMP, LINING, Mtch., 1851.
TO DRESS cUCUMBERs.
Take three good sized cucunbrrs, pare them,
put them in cool water for an hour, take them
out and cut them in the usual way; sprinkle
salt upon them, and let them be so until an
hour before dinner; drain off the salt liquor;
put them in vegetable dish. Take pint
Of sour cream, mot too old,) good tablespoon
full Of cider vinegar, piece Of butter the size
of a hickory nut; put it on the fire and let it
hot, set them by in cool place until dinner.
We think this is the only way to eat them.
Try it.-AmeTtcan Farmer.
ICE CREAM.
For one quart of new milk, take the white
Of four eggs, beat them into a froth; the yolks
of four eggs, beat well, mix with them one
pound Of white sugar, and stir well; pour in
the white Of eggs, mix well and pour into the
milk. Stir all we'll and put them into the
freezer; favor with lemon or any thing else you
choose.
BREAKFAST ROLLS.
Pare and boil four good sized potatoes, mash
fine, pour in water sufficient for four or six
quarts Of -four, three tablespoons of hop yeast,
one of salt, one cup of lard or butter, two well
beaten eggs. Knead well over night, work in
a tcnspoOnful of saleratus in the morning, cut
them out as you would biscuit and roll them
long, put them on the tin, let them stand till
light and bake in quick oven.
COOKIES.
Two and one-half cups Of sugar; one cup
butter; three eggs; one cup cream; one teaspoon
ful saleratus; one tablespoonful carraway seed.
Knead soft, roll thin and bake in quick oven.
Mrs. WIN. E. SHELDoN, Aliens GrOUe, WIS. D,
1861.
DRIED BEEF.
Slice dried beef very thin, then put it in the
spider with water sufficient to cook it tender,
add sweet cream Tor sweet milk with little
butter will ahsweS;l let the milk come to boil;
stir in little -four previously wet with cold
milk, and let it boil long enough to cock the
flour. This is an excellent dish to eat with
baked potatoes. Try it
STEAMED WHEAT FLOUR PUDDING.
One quart Of sour milk, teacupful of cream,
eggs, | teaspoonful of soda and little salt
Stir in -four so as omake a stiff batter. Steam
one hour, and serve with sweetened cream.
TO REMOVE NILDEw FROM wEITE CLOTH.
Dissolve one tablespoonful of chloride of lime
IN gallon OF warm water, soak the cloth or
garments in it one hour then rinse in warm
sosp suds, and hang in the sun. What the
preparation does not remove the heat of the
sun will. / have tried this for dozen years
and never knew it to fail or injure the cloth, if
not left in the water more than ten hours
SUBSCRIBERS, Nsw Bedford, Mass 1861.
TO CLEAN SILKS.
The pulp Of potatoes scraped into water
cieanses the finest kinds Of silks without injury
TO the fabric or color.
TO DRIVE AWAY RATS.
To drive and keep rats from corn-cribs and
granaries, place some gas tar in them, and daub
some in their holes. and they will leave the
premises at once. The tar can be obtained at
any place where gas is manufactured.