Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-20
FOR THE HOUSE WIFE.
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I. Raked Qninces. 60

SD t Baked Quinces. E-7 1874 I
Bake them and remove the skins; then
slice them and serve with cream and
sugar. -'A .F
I-l Tomato Griddle Bake. 4
Take large tomatoes; skin and slice
them; cover them with nice batter and
| fry them on a griddie. .l-.l7.. ..
5l.4 -sa q Q Ginger snaps. Id
One pound of -four, large cup of milk,
large Gun of molasses, two teaspoons OF
baking powder, large spoon of ginger,
spoon of butter. III n I'd ~ ID -..-.--..-.
ag-- ,aaa. Lemon Bake. 3 rl s....-
Two cups of pulyerized sugar, half
cup of butter, three cups of flour and
four eggs, small cup of sweet milk, and
teaspoon of soda, juice of one lemon. Z
-1 .F Potted Beef
Take four pounds of beef well sailed,
season with pepper, lump of butter and
all-spice, little clover and nutmeg, put
it in a jar and press as closely as possible.
Baked Beets.
Put your beets in pan and bake them
just as you would sweet potatoes; when
soft stir them, dress them with butter,
pepper and salt; in this way the beet re-
tains all its sweetness.
Green Corn Cakes.
Mix pint of green corn cut fine with
teacup of flour, half teacup of milk,
half teacup melted butter, one egg, tea
of salts, and little pepper; drop on
griddle with spoon; bake or fry fifteen
minutes. b. E|.s --.. .gf-
Almond Sponge Cake.
Take five eggs, half pound of sugar,
quarter of pound of flour, and little
lemon extract; beat this altogether then
add quarter of pound of sweet almond,
blanched and pounded bake in quick
oven. @ ..-T
-.--.....-.. 81 Squash Pie. H
Stew the squash until soft, pulp
through colander, stir in rich sweet milk
to make thick batter; use spice, sugar,
and salt to suit the taste beat four eggs,
and add to the mixture; bake in under
crust. -r ----... .... ..
Egg Plant Fricasseed.
Peel the egg plant, slice and boil in
water with spoonful of salt, until they
are done, then pour off the water and
cover with milk, and large lump of butter,
dredge over little -four, let it thicken,
and then stir in the yelks of three eggs
just before serving.
Tomato Soup.
Boil piece of veal three hours, cut up
two onions with pepper and salt, and one
dozen tomatoes. Boil two hours and
drain through sieve. Toast some bread,
| cut it in small bits, and pour the soup
over the toast, and it is ready to serve.
E-..l Apple Marmalade.
Take ten pounds of apples, pared and
quartered, make sirup of ten pounds of
sugar, stew the apples perfectly soft, and
add the strip; cut three oranges and add;
stir all the time until thick, then let it cool;
put in jars, and put paper over the top OF
the fruits cover close. -
Jelly Rolls.
One cup powdered sugar, one-half but
ter, three eggs well beaten, one-half tea
spoon soda, one teaspoon cream tartar;
| dissolve the soda and cream tartar in one
half cup sweet milk, one cup flour. Bake
on long tins; spread each cake with jelly
and roll when hot. The same receipte
answers for Jelly cake. Bake in round
tins and spread jelly between. ---
Peach Leather.
Peel and stone ripe and highly Favored
| peaches, mash them to pulp, mix them
with half their weight of sugar, and
spread thin upon plates. Dry in the hot
sun under mosquito netting to keep the
flies out. When dry, sprinkle with pull
verified sugar, roll up and put away In
paper bags in a dry closet. To be used
like cannedfruit. ssI6 s.5.. .-.g
-.1--a Tomato jam. .r
| Peel and seed the tomatoes. For every
pound of fruit allow a pound of sugar
and two lemons. The lemons should be
boiled till soft, the seeds removed, the
skin and pulp mashed fine and added &c
the tomatoes. Stir constantly while boil,
ing until the jam is perfectly smooth aud
quite thick, then put in jelly glasses Of
jars. Dr. aI G1 val -.--a .. --
| .. Paste for Labels.
Take linseed oil, varnish and turpen.
| tine, each half an ounce, of glue an ounce,
and of rye flour one pound make paste
of the rye flour in the usual way, ther
dissolve the glue and put it in. Add the
other ingredients and mix all thoroughly
When the paste is for ordinary uses, il
may be made by taking two ounces Of
glue, ten of water, four of rock candy,
and one and half of gum-arabic. Thil
makes the mucilage used on most of ou
envelopes. ss s.f .a ......... -.-.
I -a 1 Peach Jelly.
Cut dozen peaches in halves, take GU
the stones, and peel them. Into clear
boiling syrup, made of a pound of whit,
sugar, put the peaches and kernels. Boi
very gently for ten minutes, lay half tht
peaches on plate, boil the rest ten min
utes longer. Then mix with the liuuo
of the peaches the strained juice of tire
lemons and an ounce of isinglass dissolv
ed and strained. Fill the mould half ful
:, of Jelly; when that is set, put in part O
the peaches and little more Jelly, an
when that is set add the rest of tn
peaches, and fill the mould with jelly
This makes an elegant table ornament.
! How to Make HOminy.
RI The I've In which the corn is boile,
I must not be strong; it is better to be wea
/ and boil it longer. Three hours are lon
e enough to boil it in I've. Then pour
out into tub in which is pail or two @
e water. Drain it off and put on enoug
q clean water to cover it well. Then tax
: a clean broom, and stir, and scrub, an
|. | wash the corn with it briskly. Do tn
J, three or four times, after pouring off an
v adding clean water. Then let it stan
! half an hour in the last clean water pourt
b on it. There is no need of putting Il