The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-10-20
Receipts.

It, and pour II on tea-cupfull OF -four.
Tako 10 on. white sugar; stir this into the
milk weigh OF. butter and 2of lard; now
add one teacup Of yeast, (if the milk is mol
yet too hot,) and the butter and lard; make
soft dough. Do this at noon. In the
evening It will be light. Knead i over, and
set in cool place till morning. Now roll
tho dough upon the pie.board, and cut 1t In.
TO small cakes. Let them stand till very
light before baking.
TonAro SoY.-One peck tomatoes. cur
salt, 2 tcaspoonful ground cloves,2 do. Gin
namon, ! do. black pepper. a onions, and
ripc peppers chopped hno. Boil 4 hours
and alter IL Is cooled add quart Of vinegar.
Put it up in wide.nouthcd bottles. sealed.
PEAcHrs.-Qnarter Of pound Of sugar to
one pound of fruit. Make q syrup, ant
when boiling, drop in the fruit. Lot them
boil up, then put them in hot jars. made &C
by boiling them in water. Seal while hot.
CRoouErrs.-Chop to q paste as much vcal
and ham as you have. Put little onion
chopped pery Gne; add bread, or cracker
crumbs, pepper, salt, nutmeg, parsley, sweet
marjonm. and sweet basil. Make little
thickened milk, or water, with few spoon
fuls of flour; mix it into tho paste OF meat
&c., then make It out into little shapes, IA
jely.glass Is good mould y dip in the yolk
of an egg, roll in the crumbs, and fry in
lard.
MARBLE CAKE.-Half.pound -four. half.
pound sugar, halfpound butter, the whites
of eight eggs, one.eigth pound almonds,
blanched and split, quarter.pound citron.
Get little cochineal from the confectioners,
las that from the druggists will impart a
purplish hue to the cake.) Directions
Cream together the butter and -four; add the
eggs, beaten, then the sugar; then beat oil
together until It Is extremely light. Color
ono.third of the batter, put into mould
half of the remaining white batter, then
llayer of citron and almonds; then put In
the pink batter, and another layer of citron
and almonds; finally, put in the lest OF the
white batter. Bake in moderate oven.
AVERY NICE PUDDrNo.-Soak over night
six or seven broken soda crackers In one
quart Of milk. In the morning add eggs,
l.2 tablespoons Of molasses, brown sugar
cinnamon. and nutmeg to the taste; when
ready for the oven, put on the top bits ol
butter; this will greatly improve the crust
This may be greatly improved by adding
fruit.
Oar CAKK.-Melt half an ounce OF salt
butter or lard in pint Of boiling water, and
having put pound Of oatmeal into basin'
pour the watcr, quite boiling, upon 1t. Stir
it as quickly as It is possible to do 1t, into q
dough. Turn this out on a baking.platc
and roll It out until It is as thin as II can be
to hold together, then cut 1t out into the
shape OF small round cakes. Make these
frm BY placing them over the fire on grid
die for o very short time, and afterwards
toast them on each side alternately before the
fire until they become quite crisp.
WEBSTER CAkE.-l cup of butter. Of su.
gar. 5 of -four, 2 eggs, l teaspoon Of soda,
spice to the tastc-mix with sour milk to
the right consistency. =
CoURr PLASTER A beeves' feet into
large quantity Of water: let them boil until
tho meat will leave the bone; thcn take
them out. skim the oil carefully of, put the
liquor on again in smaller vessel, and boil
It til! It is Of suitable consistence to spread
on silk (say tho thickness Of molasscs) with
brush.
For CoLoRrSo SEA WEED REp.-Dip the
moss into boiling solution Of l OF. alum in
l pint water. Dry it. Mako solution OF
Ia OF. cochineal, Ia OF. cream tartar, ono
tablespoonful spirits hartshorn to l.2 tum.
bier water. Dip in tho moss, wiring, and
dry in the shade.
CoLp CRxAM.-Take l.2 OF. white wax, do.
of spermacsti, and 3 OF. of almond oil. Put
the whole into basin, and place 1t IN hot
water till fused; then gradually add 8 OF
rose water, elder water, or orange flower wa.
ter. stirring oil the time with fork or small
whisk. When coldit Is ct for use.
CaYsrALIzEp GRASSES OF. alum dissolv.
ed in pint water. Put in the grass when
the alum water 10 cool enough to bear the
hand; watch il, and take II out when tho
crystals are largo as you wish: dry them on
paper. If you wish colors, get n few pow.
dered paints and sprinkle over, directly rs
It comes from the water; heat alum over
when il becomes cold
In the story Of "Miss Marjoribanks, /"
published in Blackwood, there Is dcscrip.
ton Of the psychological condition, as OK.