Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-31
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Domestic Economy.


The refuse from our kitchen would give
them dainty dinner. From the well
picked bone, the dried bread crust, and the
odds and ends of vegetables, a delicious
soup can be concocted. The old ham
bone, which, with US, is thrown away,
gives delicious flavor to pea soup; even
chicken and turkey bones can be MADE OF
service in soup making If the econom1-
cal housekeeper would keep soup jar.
ito which could be thrown all scraps OF
meat, all crumbs of bread, every bit OF po-
tato. cabbage or onion used, for one day,
or two DAYS; then. in the morning add two
Quarts of boiling water, salt and pepper,
and simmer slowly for several hours; half
an hour before dinner strain it, add tomato
catsup, or any seasoning desired, and heat
to Boiling point, then serve it-she will
find that out of what Bridget may style
refuse and rubbish, she has nicely sea-
soned and appetizing soup. We all &C
knowledge that soup is great addition
to our dinner, yet daily we throw away
the needed materials.
Very good soups can be made without
one particle of meat. Take one quart can
of tomato, or twelve large tomatoes. If the
latter, prepare them as usual, and chop
very fne, then boil one hour; if the former,
CHOP bIcIi1, DuJ buC oDup Cdu DC llloeiO vi
rectly When boiling add half of small
teaspoonful of soda or saleratus, when the
efervescing has ceased, sprinkle in two
Boston crackers, finely powdered, and add
one and half pints of milk, salt. pepper,
and teaspoonful of butter. Boil all fiji
teen minutes, and you will have soup re-
sembling oyster soup. This, with canned
tomato, can be prepared in twenty-five
minutes. 1t is economical and nourishlng.
White soup can be made from onions,
bread and milk Crumble through cul
lender one-quarter of a common sized loaf
of bread Boil one quart ofmilk with two
good sized onions chopped very fine; boil
half an hour. BY putting the milk into a
pail, and the pail in kettle ofwater, there
is, no danger Of burning the milk. Sprinkle
in the bread crumbs Cracker crumbs can
be used as welD, add one large tablespoon
of butter, salt and pepper to the taste,
serve, and you will find most relishing
soup Two eggs well beaten, added just
before you take it from the stove, stirring
so they will not curdle, will make it richer.
White soup made from veal bones is deli
cious. Boil your bones three hours with
one onion, one turnip, and two carrots.
Strain and boil again just before you
serve it, add one pint of cream milk will
do if the cream is not at handy, with three
eggs we'll beaten remove from the stove
and stir rapidly. This recipe is much
liked, and is not expensive where milk and
eggs are abundant. There are many richer
soups but the above are very economical.
We might initiate our neighbors across
the water in rechauffes. We roast six to
ten pounds of beef or mutton, and if our
families are small, live for day or more
on the cold remnants, then give or throw
away the bone. Few Of us care for cold
meat for any length Of time, but we can
make delicious dish out of those despised
slices of beef or mutton. Take deep,
yellow happy, cut your slices of meat thin
as possible, and cut off the grizzled edges
put layer in the dish, dust over pepper
salt and sifted sweet marjoram or sage, or,
if liked, a chopped onion. Fill your dish
half full, in this manner then add the
cold gravy left from the roast, taking off
every particle Of fat. Turn in half tea
cup of catsup, or if canned or ripe toma
toes can be had, a quantity of those. Fill
the dish inearly full with boiling water
and put plate over it, right side down.
This keeps all the flavor in the dish.
Bake two hours in the oven; mash your
potatoes with butter, or cream and salt
Make high wall around the edge of a
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consulted beat up an egg, and with
brush or feather egg over the wall, and
brown in the oven. AT any rate, turn
your meat and gravy inside the wall, and
you have dish fit for patriot, if not a
king. Indeed, it is often preferred to the
freshly roasted meat of the previous day.
Uncooked beef or mutton can be cooked
in the same method, but must remain in
the oven one hour longer The toughest
mOrsels of beef are tender as turkey,
cooked in this manner. The raw meat
must be cut as thinly as possible.
Veal may be cooked in dozens of ways.
1t is not as nutritious as beef or mutton,
but in many places is much cheaper.
Cooked with ham or bacon; it has a fine
flavor. One method of cooking the two
combined, is to line large bowl, which is
well buttered with slices of hard boiled
eggs. Then alternate thin slices of veal
and ham, sprinkling pepper, salt and
grated lemon rlnd on the veal, pepper and
lemon on the ham. Fill the bowl nearly
to the brim, make thick paste of flour
and water, cover over the top and press
tight to the outside edges of the bowl
Put in water, not enough to boil over the
paste, and boil three hours. Leave the
paste on till nearly cold; do not turn out
of the bowl till next morning then, if the
bowl was well buttered, you find very
appetizing looking dish Cut in very thin
slices, and it is excellent as supper, break
fast, or side-dish at dinner. 1t is styled
Melton veal, as it was much used in years
past at the Melton races
1t is great pity that our daughters can
not be educated as housekeepers, as well
as to play on the piano, and to read French
and German. The literature of the last
named language might teach them les
son. There young girls of responsibility
are taken into the household of the more
affluent, and regularly trained in all the
duties of the housewife. What would our
young girls think of such a procedure?
Yet how invaluable would the training be /!
How many pale faced, sad-eyed wives say,
eff mother had only taught me to cook,
to iron starched clothes, to clean house,
how much easier all this work would be
to me-" We are really in pitiable condi-
ton at present. Our young men cannot
marry. Few of them can attain to 81 900
income; most of them earn from $500 to
500 year. On this, could the young
wife do her own homework, the wheels Of
the household would run right merrily.
She could hire her washington buy a
good washing machine. Then, with the
help of a woman ito clean house" once
month, how smoothly the sands OF life
would run! Now our young couple must