Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-06-27
DOMESTIC RECIPES.

Prepared for the nerlcal Farmerl
I'VE thank our esteemed CORES pondaul no,
only Tor the following recipes, but for the clear
and beautiful mannpr in winch they are writ
ten IL the penuanship lie any indication of
thelr worth, hey must be excellent. We eou-
sIa,Liate our eompositoIs o. having for once
readable eopy.-kdtTess.l
GINGER CAKE. No. I.-Ik teacups molasses.
y cup of sugar, spoonsfuis ofbuiter, 4 cup of
sour milk, eggs, and teaspoonsful OF soda
spoonful TO be surred into the tnolasses 49,
o. medium thickness. The shove will make
~ o medin m-sIzed cakes.
GINGER GAZE, No. al teacup OF molasses-
l OF sour cream, : teaspoonful ofsoda, one-half
stirred IN the noiasses, and the remaining bsif
IN The cream; 5tabie-spoonsful OF butter. tea
spoonful of ginger and cinnamon. Stirfln foQr
70 thick batter. Bake in square tin.
nut IN q I isaspeaD $3.50 cup Of mSlasss.,
with boiling water, and stir till IL foams; x
cup OF butter, cup sugar, and a teaspooufui
OF singer. Nix hard eno0eh to roll out Bake
IA square tin.
! GINGER SNAPs.-t cup of molasSss 4 ta.
spoonful OF soda, tables poonsful Of water and
tablespoonsful OF butter, teaspooIful OF eiu-
ger, ard little black pepper. Nix hard. Roll
quickly.
AFPLE Pudding, No. Lime 8 deep TIN
Win crust made same as for cream biscuit
Pare AND quarter pie apples for layer over
the crust Sprinkle on sugar enough To-
sweeten. Poar IN enough weei cream 20 nearly
cover the apples. Nutmeg. Bake Al a uoder-
ate oven hlI the cream becomes like custard
APPLE PUDDING, No. Al cup sour cream.
teaspoonful Of soda; salt NIX. and roll one
crust for lining pie tin. Slice in apples same
as Tor pie. Pour in AM REQ uired q uantity OF
water for stewing the apples. Cover with
cIust Bake IN moderate oven. When done
remove top crust. Stir and sweeten the apples,
Hkt OUT part OF the sauce, lay on the crust
again top down. Spread over it the sauce ts-
ken out. Spice 10 SUIT Eat with sweetsnsd
cream.
INDIAN BREAD.-3 bowls OF Indian meal n
bowl OF rye meal; mix the rye and Indian meal
togetheT; put An enough scaldlng mot bolliugl
wafer 70 seald the meal well; when cool, sur in
PM OF yeast, add bowl OF graham or boltsd
hour. either Will do: teacup Of molasses, salt,
mix, and put into q hye quart milking pan.
smoothing over the top with the wet hand Set
over Kettle of boiling water, and steam two
hours, covering over with q larger pan or
cover Then remove TO a moderate oven ana
bake an hour.
Potato STARCH PrK--Grate potatoes. put in
water, and pour into a sieve, letting the water
drain through into dish. Let II settle, then
pour on the water from the starch. Add more
water, stir water and starch together, then LET
settle and pour OF as before. Use cold water
Put starch on plates and dry. 2 tablespoons
full of the starch, wet with little cold milk.
then SUR II INTO three pints OF boiling milk,
sweeten, and spice to taste. Bake same as Gus
tard pie.
PoTAro STARCH PuDDrNe.-Pour 4 quartof
cold milk over bread crumbs, and set in A
warm place TIL soaked soft Wet tablespoons
full Of starch with little cold milk stir into a
quart OF boiling milk, mix ali together.
sweeten, salt. and spice. Bake.
GRAHAM CRAcKEIs.-l cup sweet cream \
teaspoonful pulyerized alum dissolved an n
little hot water, add II teaspoonful OF soda and
then SUR into the cream. "a full of bat-
ter salt, mix hard with graham -four.
IRA CAKE.-3 cups white coffee sugar, cup
sour cream, teaspoonful ofsoda, cup bu1er,
eggs, nutmeg Mix soft, roll thick, and cut
out with small cups. Bake IN q moderate
oven.
PLAIN TEA CAKE.-2 cups brown sugar,
cup sour cream, I teaspoonful soda, one half
emp butter. egg; mix 10 medium Stiffness roll,
and cut ont Bake In quick oven.
sALvR FOR CHAPPkD HANps--Nelt q niece
Of mutton tallow, the size Of hens egg Put
IN a tablespoonful Of strained honey, s,so n
spoonful Of strained pine pitch melt but not
cook, and stir TIL entirely cold, else il win
separate. r-..F 4 800
wAsBIKe FLUID.-Put an ounce Of vhite
vitriol INTO quart OF soft water, and bottle
up. Put q teaxpoonful Of the fuid into A pint
Of soap. Make q suds of that. Soap the
clothes with The same, and soak in the suds
twenty minutes, or over night is sun besear.
Either pound or rub out OF the SOAKING wat.r .
and wash in the usual manner Use the soao
with fluid for making boiling suds. bat vines
rubbing and otherwise soaping the clothes, use
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