The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-08-19
pailp ARGUS.
DOMESTIC RECIPES.

Peach Potpie.-Put plain pie crust
round the edge of pan; cut up some pea.
ches, and put layer of them into your psn,
then . layer of sugar and nutmeg; cover
with crust, and bake slowly for two or
three hours.
Mince meat The necessary ingredients
are: -Four pounds of beef, after it is boiled
four pounds of stoned rsisins, six pounds of
sugar, about sixteen pipin spp,es, four
pounds of suit, two pounds of ourranss, two
ounces cinnamon, one ounce of cloves, two
lemons; CRATE the rinds and squeeze out
the juice; citron: a small quantity of mace
and nutmeg, and enough cider to make i,
moist-sbout q gallon; add quart of su-
gsrhouse molasses and six oranges.
Lemon CustArd.-Six eggs, beaten we'll ;
six soda-crakers. rolled fine or grated; three
lemons, grated; two cupfuls of milk, two
cupfulls of white sugar, quarter of pound
of butter, end a nutmeg. Bake on q crust.
This quantity of material is sufficient for
six pies.
Custard Ito be used with Pastry Mix
in six spoonfulls of -four with one quart OF
milk boil it like starch, and let it become
cold sfterwsrd beat in FIVE eggs, adding
essence of lemon, whatever spice, and as
much sugar rs you prefer. Make good
paste, pour in the mixture and bake,
Dried apple Pie. To a quart of dried
apples or peaches, stewed and mashed, take
one tesoupiul of cream, two eggs, well bea-
ten, and a seasoning of cinnamon and lemon.
Swee,sn it to your liking. Bake in pie
paste.
Apple Custsrd.-Tske q pint Of boiled
apples, and mash them as fine as possible.
Add the yolks of six and the whites OF three
eggs, well beaten one tescupfull OF sweet
cream. little rose water, some nutmeg.
cinnamon and small lump of butter. Mix
ell together, and sweeten it we'll. Then
make good crust. Pour in the mixture
and bake.
Oyster Pies.-To seventy>fve oysters take
two boiled eggs (the yolk chopped) and
some bread crumbs mixed In with them.
Add some butter to the oysters, as much
pepper as you like, twelve cloves, some
mace and an onion. Fill your pies, put the
top crust on, and bake them in the oven
half an hour. This receip, is sufficient in
quantity for two pies.
Mince meat Pies.-Procure two pounds o {
beef, scrspe it free from skin and strings,
and boil it with salt, or add salt to it, mix in
two pounds of suit mixed and chopped, one
pound and half of currsnts, vud one pound
and half of rsisins-or, two pounds ofeach
nicely cleaned and dry then add six pounds
or more Of chopped apples, two nusmegs,
cloves, allspise and cinnamon, ground fine
of each about three quarters of an ounce !;
also mace if you like it. Put the whole into
a deep vessel, after mixing it well, and ceep
it well covered) in cool place When
you bake your pies. add to the mine emeas-
some cisron and little cider. Sweeten it
to your taste.
Potatoe Pie.-The ingredients are: One
pound of white sugar, two and half pounds
of potatoes, one pound of butter, six eggs,
one nutmeg grated, the juice of one lemon.
and very little salt. Bake in fine puff
paste.
Soda Cake Pie Take four soda crackers
grated fine: three cupfuls of warm water
one fourth of teaspoouful of ,artsric acid,
the grated rind of an orange, three cupfulls
of sugar, three tesspoonfuls of butter, little
salt; make good short crust fill it with
this mixture, and bake in q quick oven.
To make Rye and Indian Bread For a
good thick loaf, one pin, of rye. and three
pin,s of Indian meal, half cup molasses or
brown sugar; stir in boiling water to thor
oughly scsld it, cover and let stand until
cool, then reduce with cold milk until quite
thin, so as to pour into pan; bake ell day;
let stand in oven all night if convenient.
Cocoanut Cakes.-Grate the cocoanut, add
the white of two eggs, and the juice OF one
lemon, with sugar to taste; beat up the mix
ture, drop it on water-paper, and bake it in
quick oven. They should be small rough
cakes. the points just Drowned.
Cream Pie.-One pint of good sweet
cream, one egg, one tablespoonful Of -four,
one pinch Of salt; flavor with lemon
and sweeten to taste. Beat the eggs light,
then add the -four and stir in the cream.
The above is for one pie in the baking dish.
Put lemon on the sugar