Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-27
RECIPES, ETC.

-Jumbles.-Two cups of sugar, one
cup of butter, one egg, five cups of flour,
one-ha cup OF sweet milk, one half tea
spoonful of soda.
Ginger Snaps.-One and half cups
molasses, one cup of water, one cup of
butter, one teaspoonful of soda, two OF
ginger; flour enough to roll out.
Rose Lip -Salve.-Two ounces almond
oil, one ounce of white wax, one dram
of alkanet, and slowly melt. Stir till
sufficiently colored. Strain and add six
drops of altar of roses we'll stirred in.
-Hiawatha Cake.-Take two cups of
Indian meal and one of flour; two table.
spoonfuls of brown sugar, two teaspoon
fuls of cream tartar, one of saleratus, one
of salt, two cups of new milk. This
bakes best in shallow tins.-Hearth and
Home.
For Bruise or Blow-Apply hot
water long time with wet cloths Beef
brine is an excellent lotion for both sprains
and bruises A veteran among horses
claims that it will almost set a Joint or
heal fracture. Norwood or tausy
lotions are also good.
| -Staffordshire Pudding. shall
low dish with puT paste, and put rasp-
berry jam, about an inch in depth, over
the bottom; beat the yolks of four eggs
| and the white of one, to which add quar-
ter of pound of powdered loaf sugar,
| three quarters of pound of butter, and
| flavor with little essence Of almonds.
Mix all we'll together, pour 1t upon the
jam, and bake.
Jelly Cake.-Beat together thor
| oughly one cup of butter and two cups of
sugar; add the beaten yolks of four eggs;
stir in one cup of milk and two even cups
and one scant third cup of flour; beat the
| whites of the eggs and stir into the batter;
then add one teaspoonful Of lemon ex-
tract and two and half teaspoonfuls of
baking powder. Stir ten minutes and
pour into pans.
Rice Cake.-Grind about four ounces
of rice, sift three ounces of flour into it,
and add eight ounces of sifted loaf sugar.
the rind of lemon grated fine, six eggs,
using all the yolks and but half the whites.
Beat the whole together for about twenty
minutes, and bake about three quarters
Of an hour.
To Cure "Dried Beef" flake eight
pounds of coarse salt, four gallons of
water, four ounces Of saltpeter, four
pounds coarse brown sugar. boil for one
hour, strain, and when cold pour over the
beef. Let it remain eight or ten days,
then hang up to drain, and it may be hung
up in warm room for two weeks, then
smoke it if it is so desired Rural Neao
Yorker.
"A hot lemonade is one of the best
remedies for a cold 1t acts promptly and
efficiently, and has no unpleasant after
effects. One lemon should be properly
squeezed, cut in slices, put with sugar,
and covered with half pint of boiling
water. Drink just before going to bed,
and do not expose yourself the following
day. This remedy, it is said, will ward
off an attack Of chills and fever, if used
promptly.
Every Day" Pudding loaf
of stale bread soaked in quart of milk;
four eggs, four tablespoonfuls of flour;
little fruit, dried or fresh, is great addi-
ton. Steam or boil tbree-fourths of an
hour Serve with the following sauce:
Butter, sugar and water thickened with
little corn starch, and favored with lemon
extract or lemon juice and rlnd.
Baked Beans-Take small white
beans, put to soak at six p. NJ, in a deep
vessel; change the water late in the even
ing, and again next morning, and parbon
for two hours, changing the water at the
end of the second hour. Then pour off
nearly all the water; take raw pork scored
on top; put the beans in deep dish, the
pork in the middle, sinking it SO as to
have it just level with the surface Add
very little molasses, and bake at least
six hours, raising the pork toward the
last, so that it may crisp on top.
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