Connecticut western news., 1872-04-12
Farm, Garden and Household.

SUGAR CAKES. pound of sugar, six eggs, three quarters of a pound of butter, one nutmeg, two teaspoonfuls of soda, one cupful of cream. To be baked in quick oven.
 FRIED HALIBUT.-Have the slices sea. soneu some hours before frying, as il will be less liable to break in turning. When ready to fry dip it in eggs beaten up, and roll in bread crumbs fry in hot lard.
 HARD GINGERBREAD.-Op quart oi molasses, two cupfuls of sugar, three quarters of pound of butter and lard one cupful of ginger, teaspoonful oi black pepper, and tablespoonful ot cloves, cinnamon and al1spice.
 FRUIT CREAMS. Dissolve half an ounce of isinglass in warm water, enough to cover it add to this a pint of cream, sweetened with four spoonfuls of sugar, and boil it. When cool, lay some apri, cot, rasberry or peach preserves in a glass dish, and pour the cream over it.
 PUFF PUDDING. eighteen eggs eighteen tablespoonful of flour and eighteen tablespoonful of sweet milk Separate the whites and yolks of the eggs, heat them to froth, then add the milk and flour to the eggs, mix we'll to. gether, put in small molds and bake in a quick oven. Serve hot with sugar and butter.
 CHOCOLATE CAKEs.-One pound oi sugar, half pound of grated chocolate, the whites of eight eggs mix these in- gredients together, and stir them fol half an hour, then mix in cinnamon, cloves, or vanilla, and add six ounces oi flour. Butter a pan, and drop small cakes upon it, baking them in a cool oven. It is we'll to add to the above in gradients, two pounds of almonds which have been beaten fine in mortar.
 COUGH SYRUPs. give couple o1 recipes for cough syrups, said to be tex cellent." 1. Take one tea-cupful of fax-seed and soak it all night. In the morning put into kettle two quarts of water, ahandful of licorice root, split up, and a quarter of pound of raisins, broken in half. Let them boil until the strength is thoroughly exhausted then add the fax-seed which has been pre- viously soaked. Let all boil half an houl or more, watching and stirring that the mixture may not burn. Then strain, and add lemon juice and sugar. 2. Boil one ounce of aax-seed in quart of water fol half an hour strain, and add to the liquid the juice of two lemons and half @ pound of rock candy. If the cough is accompanied by weakness and loss o1 appetite, add half an ounce of powdered gum arabic. Set this to simmer fol half an hour, stirring it occasionally. Take wine-glassful when the cough is troublesome.
 WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. - To each gallon of ripe tomatoes washed and cut up, take three quarts of water and let it boil down half. Stir occasionally to prevent the tomatoes, from sticking. A double vessel, by the way, is valuable in preparing all sauces. After boiling thus, steam the tomatoes through { sieve, and add two tablespoonful ot ginger, the same of black pepper, the same of salt, one of clover, and one O. red pepper. Boil all down to a quart and add tumbler of vinegar. Strain bottle and cork tight A still better imitation, we think, is the following To every gallon of ripe tomatoes washed and sliced, add five tablespoonful O. salt, two of cayenne pepper, two O. ground black pepper, one teaspoonful o mace, one of alsplce, one of cinnamon half one of clover, two large onion. sliced, one tumbler of good brown sugar one quart of good apple vinegar, on' large tablespoonful of ground mustard and, if you like it, little garlic. Mi all and put them into stewpan. Sim mer gently four hours, stirring frequent ly to prevent scorching. Strain, ant when cold, bottle. Be sure to use ney corks,