The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-02
VALUABLE RECIPES.

late; piece of butter the size of an
egg, and a teacupfu. Of vinegar. Stir
until done, and then pour out in p
dish, and, when nearly cold, cut in
little squares.
SPICE CAKE.-Five eggs; four and
a half cups of flour; three of sugar !;
one of butter, and one and hslf cup,
of sour cream teaspoOnful of soda !;
cinnamon nutmeg and cloves to
taste.
Cocoa MACCARooNs.-Grate o CO.
coanut, and spread it on q dish, and
lett dry gradually, for a couple of
days. Add to it double its weight of
finely-sifted sugar, and the whites of
eight eggs, beaten to a stiff froth.
Roll the mixture into small balls,
place them into a buttered tin pan,
and bake them in a gentle oven for
twenty inmates move them from the
pan while warm.
TEA RUsK.-On putting your light
bread to rise, save two or three
pounds of the dough take five or six
eggs and half pound of lard or but
ter, and one pound of brown sugar I;
add flour, and work the dough as
stiff as that of lard cover it up; and
set away in a warm place to rise.
When the dough is light, work it out
into rusks as large as heh's egg,
and place them in your pan or oven,
and set away again to rise; when
they rise half an inch, prime them
with the yellow of an egg, mixed
with sugar and water, before you put
them to bake. Fifteen minutes will
bake them, if the stove Is in good
order.
ASTRINGENT POWDER FOR SHEET
Takeprepared chalk, a quarter of an
ounce ginger, half a drachm ;catechu,
powdered, half a drachm; powdered
opium, two grains. Give this in a
little cruel, once or twice daily, un-
til the purging abates. -
MOUNTAIN CAKE.-The whites of
eight eggs one cup of butter; one of
sweet cream two and half teacups
OF sugar; three and half of flour,
1 with two teaspoonsful of yeast pow
ders stirred in the -four.
SUGAR PIEs.-One cup of brown
sugar add to it half cup of water
boil until thick when cold add two
eggs, beaten with a tablespoonful of
flour; then a piece of butter the size
of an egg, melted, and put in the last
season to your taste. Bake your
crust little before you put in the
mixture.
WELSH RABBIT.-Cut your cheese
into small bits, or CRATE it if conven-
lent; put the cheese into pan with
lump of butter. Have ready the
yolk of an egg, beat light, with a
glass of wine, and as much beer OF
ale. Stir your cheese when melting
until it is well mixed with the but
ter then add gradually the egg and
wine. Keep stirring until it forms a
smooth mass; season with pepper
4 and nutmeg. To be eaten with hot
I toast.
LEMON vBIsOUIT.-Oneo pound and
quarter of flour; three quarters of a
pound of butter; four eggs; one
ounce of lemon peel; two desert
spoonsful of lemon juice; rub the
-four into the butter; stir in the SUI
gar, and the lemon peel finely mix
ed; when these ingredients are well
mixed, add the eggs well beaten and
the lemon juice; beat the mixture
well for minute or two, then drop
it from spoon into buttered tin
pan, about two inches apart; bake
fifteen or twenty minutes.
To PICKLE WALNUTs.-Put the wal
nuts in weak lye, and rub the fur off,
and then put them in a strong lime
for a week or ten days; take them
out and expose them to the air for a
few minutes to blacken them, but do
rot let them remain in it long; boil
enough vinegar to cover them well !;
add spice, cloves, black pepper, and
mace to your taste; strain the vino
gar, after boiling well; tie up in a
muslin bag teacupful of mustard
seed, and a large tablespoonful horse
radish; or, put the spices i'll the vim
egar and pour over cold.
FRIED BREAD.--Put into common
biscuit pan, heaping teaspoonful of
! DulltI. anu lCJ IL HIclt anu spTedu
over The pan then take enough slices
of bread (stale answers as well as
anyJ to cover the bottom of the pan,
and make mixture to dip them in
by beating well two eggs, and pour
ing in milk enough to sour the bread !;
season it with a very little pepper
and salt j: make the bread quite moist !:
then lay it on the bntter and fry
brown one side, and il too soft to
turn, put them into the oven to brown
on the top, and you will have a dish
that serves for meat and potatoes,
consisting of neither.
Work on the long projected tunnel
under the Detroit river, which is to af-
ford easy transit from Detroit to Wind
sor, will commence this summer. There
are to be three departments, running
parallel with each other, two of which
will be about sixteen feet high, and the
other, somewhat less will be built be-
meath and between the two others. Il
will take about two years to finish this
piece of cngin3e ring.