The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-18
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
From tie Cincinnati Enquirer.I

From tie Cincinnati Enqurer.l
MOCK DUCK.
Take steak from the round Of beef and gil 1t
with dressing made of bread, pork, sage, onions |;
season the beef, sew it up, put two slices of pork
on the top, put it In pan with q pint OF water,
cover it tight and cook 1t slowly for two hours
then take off the cover and brown. Serve while
hot.
Take q tender round of beef (six or seven
pounds), rub the meat with half ounce of salt
peter, quarter of pound of brown sugar; let 1t
stand in this for one day, then make mixture of
half ounce of black pepper and tablespoonful OF
mace, quarter of ounce OF pounded cloves; mix
well, and rub into the beef with little salt, bind
it with Q cord, cover 1t with some finely chopped
suet, bake 1t four hours slowly, add pint of
water.
SAUSAGE OF VEAL.
Take three pounds of lean veal and one pound
and half of salt fat pork Chop it, as for sausage
meat use salt. pepper and sage, and you will find
it equal, not preferable, to any other sausage
meat.
POOR MANS CAKE. .ra
One cup of sifted -four, one egg, one cup Of
pulverized sugar, lump of butter, the size of a
walnut, half cup OF sweet milk, teaspoon Of cream
tartar, bslf toesPovu or soua put All 10 pan,
and stir fifteen minutes bake quick; this makes
an excellent jell cake.
PLAIN BUNS.
Fsur pounds Of -four, one Of sugar, a gill OF
good yeast, one pint of milk, with enough Of the
flour TO make it the thickness OF cream, let 1t
stand two hours to rise, then melt one pound OF
butter stir II into the other ingredients to make it
a soft paste, let it stand one hour. mold IL into
buns as large as an egg, lay them In rows three
inches apart on tins set them to rise until their
size is doubled. then bake them good color. By
adding seed they are called seed buns, or plums,
plum buns.
CORN PUDDING.
| Take ten ears of green corn, cut of the corn,
| take one quart Of sweet milk, three eggs, table.
| spoonful Of sugar and one of -four, teaspoon of
| salt; mix all well together and bake two hours
Butter and sugar sauce.
CORN OYSTERS.
| Take half dozen ears Of boil corn, cut 1t from
| the cob +; take the yolks Of three eggs; q table
| spoonful and o half of -four mix them together
beat the whites to Q stiff froth; stir it In with ths
| corn and yolks; season with pepper and salt
put dessert spoonful at time In the frying pan o.
hot butter, and fry light brown on both sides.
PICKED PLUMs AND PEACHES.
To seven pounds OF fruit take four pounds o.
brown sugar and one quart OF cider vinegar
Heat the vinegar with half the sugar, and poul
| over while boiling hot; let it stand until mex
day, pour of the vinegar and add the rest OF thu
sugar; heat again, adding spices tied up II
lunches, cloves and allspice; pour over boiling
hot let It cool, and cover tight, and set in coo
place. Be sure the fruit lie quite ripe.
TOMATO PICKLES.
Half peck tomatoes, four green peppers, choI
| them fine, and let them stand two days In veal
brine, then pour off the brine and scald in vnega
fifteen minutes skim out and add horseradish ant
\ spice pour over cold vinegar and set them wa.
for use.
CAULIFLowER PICKLE.
Take full blown caulifower, put them In ket
| tie and boil them well, then take out and dram
| take o sufficient quantity of vinegar, put in
mace, and spices tied up in small punches, to sui
the taste boil the vinegar and spices and pou
| over the caulifower while hot.
| ICE CREAM.
For those living In the country, and not havinI
freezer, but plenty of milk can make ice cream
by scslding two quarts Of rich mornings milk. sti
in half cup Of corn starch, beat six eggs and pou
the scsldng milk on the eggs. stirring WELL whel
cold, add the extract TO suit the taste. with suga
and q little salt; pour the mixture into til
| bucket Just large enough to hold it; cover ii an
| set il in large water bucket; pound up the To-
in small bits pack 1t around the bucket containing
the cream mix pint Of salt with the Ice, and lie
1t stsnd for twenty Eve minutes. 1t will then b
ready for use.
| STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM.
Take three pounds Of nice strawberries, pic
them, and rub through hair sieve; take one poun
Of pusverized sugar take three coffee sups OF swee
| Green, r,ix all all to0ather and freaza