The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-05-14
Useful Receipts.

FaozEN CusTARD.-SIice Vanilla bean
and boil IL slowly in half piut OF milk, 'till
all the Strength is extracted and the milk
highly Favored with The Vanilla, then strain
i, aud sell it aside. Mix quart of cream
and pin, of milk, or, if you can procure
cream, take three (s) pints of rich milk, land
put them into skillet or sauce pan; set 1t
on hot Goals aud boil il. When it has come
10 boil, mix table spoonful OF -four IN
three t3) table spoonfuls of milk and stir 1t
into The boiling Afterwards add two (2)
eggs, wh ch have been beaten up with (2)
tasle spooutuls OF mix, pouring them slow
Is into The mixture. Take care to stir il all
The time ii is boiling. Five minutes after,
stir in gradually hall pound of powdered
Loaf sugar, aud then The decoction OF Vanil.
L.. Having stirred Il hard few moments,
lake il of the fire, aud set it 10 cool. When
qui.e cold put into mould and freeze II, as
yon would ice cream. for which il frequent
ly passes.
You may favor il with tea spoonful OF
strong oil OF lemon. stirred in just before
you take il from the fire, or with a quarter
OF pound of shelled almonds, bIanchei
pounded in mortar with lille water, and
lheL boil il in half pint of milk till The fla
vor is extracted
Lex CREAM Split into pieces Vanilla
bean. aud boil il in very little milk till the
| flavor is well extracted, then strain it. Mix
! two IN table spoonsfuIs OF arrow root pow
der, or The same. quantity Of fine powdered
! starch, with just sufficient cold milk 10 make
/ il thin paste !; rubbing il till quite smooth
Boil together pint OF cream and pint o
rich milk, ard while boiling stir in the prep
ara,ion OF arrow-rooi and the milk in which
The Vanilla has been boiled. When 1t hai
/ boiled hard, take it off, stir in a.half pount
of powdered loaf sugar, and let 1t come tc
boil again Then strain it, put it into I
freezer, placed in Tub that has hole II
bottom 10 let out the water, and surround 1t
on all sides, with ice broken fine, and mix
ed with coarse sal, turning the freezer con
linually 70. twenty minutes, then let i; resi-
occasionally taking off the cover and scra
ping down with q long spoon the cream
that sticks 10 the sides. When it is wei
frozen transfer it TO a mould, surround
with fresh salt and ice, and then freeze
over again.
If you wish 10 favor it with lemon in
stead OF Vanilla, take large lump OF sugar
bsfore you powder il, and rub it on the out
side of large lemon till all the yellow
rubbed off upon the sugar; then when IN
sugar is all powdered mix with il the iuic'
For strawberry ice cream, the juice of
quart of ripe strawberries squeezed throng
} linen bag.
PRIzE Corn Bread REcEIPE.-The prlz
of $40 offered by Orange Judd, the publish
Ell of the american Agricuiturah't, for th
corn bread loaf, was awarded TO Mr. jaime
O'Brien, OF Carrick, Penna. The receiI
} for making the bread is as follows II
! two quarts of meal add one pint OF bres
{ sponge water sufficient TO wet the whole
add half pint Of -four and table spoonl'
? of salt lei ii rise then knead well tor II
second time and place the dough IN II
, oven, and allow il TO bake al hour and
4 hall.