The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-08

the appearance OF an ascending snow
storm When the lead is all precipita
ted, the crystals of chloride OF leat
begin to descend as genuine NINA
ture snow storm, forming grotesqut
masses rescmblinga winters landscape
If the vessel containing the CRYSTALS i,
not disturbed, it often preserves it:
beauty tor week or two.
CREAM CAKES. -For the cuisine We
have the following for a tea-tab,e
delicacy, furnished TO the Country
Gentleman by lady correspondent:
"Three-fourths pint of water-three
large cups of fiour-one cup Of butter
seven eggs. Boil the water, butte,
and -four together When ccol. add
the eggs. Bake half ali hourin quick
oven.
g l also add a recipe for cream cake
which makes very nice dessert.
Zone cup of sugar-one tablespoon
full OF butter, two yolks Of eges-one-
half cup of milk-with one-half tea
spoon of soda in 1t-one and a hall
cups of flour, with one teaspoon cream
tartar The whites of two eggs beaten
separately and added after the butter,
sugar and yolks are well rubbed to-
gether. Bake in two tins.
"For the cream-one cup of milk
put to boil-one egg -one half cup Of
sugar one.fourth cup Of butter. Beat
together and stir carefully into the
boiling milk. It should be allowed
to cook until it grows thick as
cream, but not too long or 1t will cur
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between the cakes"
In the household" of last week
was given a recipe for cream puffs.
The same contributof-ad.ls the follow
ing, which makes the recipe complete :.
If Julia will take one tumbler of
water, and while boiling stir in one
quarter pound of butter and one and
one-half tumblers of four-mix well.
and when cool stir in five unbeaten
eggs, mixing one at time-drop On
tins and put them III a quick oven for
fifteen minutes, she will have no trouble
with her cream puffs, ample space be
ing found for the cream. The secret
IS hot oven"
FLOATING IsLAND--It is the desire of
every good housewife to have some
thing new to exhibit and admire. We
can easily imagine miniature floating
islands prepared in this WISE
Take the whites of three eggs, beat
them to a froth put four spoonfuls of
any kind of jelly or roast apple; beat
them together till it becomes a sub
stance that will heap on a spoon.
Meanwhile, have made boiled one and
half pints of milk TO the three unused
yolks. Put the island on, and pile up
like rocks.
Another Way.-The whites of eight
eggs in deep earthen bowl; add a
tea-cupfrl of currant jelly, beaten all
together until 1t forms Il stiff froth in
cold place; the eggs should be at least
two days old, and very cold. Pour
cream INTO glass bowl and drop the
island from large spoon on to the sur
face of the cream.
TAPIoCA PUDDING Two ounces of
tapioca to one pint of milk, softened in
the oven, and when nearly cold add
three eggs and a little butter and sugar.
Bake or boil one hour.
ADELAIDE's PUDDING. Pare and core.
and fill up with nutmeg, sugar and
butter, five apples. Make a batter of
the eggs, patent -four, half pint milk,
and pour round. Alttle salt in batter.
CThese varieties Of apple dessert are
healthful, cheap, easily made and ex-
cellent)
BAKED IHDIAN PUDDING Gut up a
quarter of a pound of butter In a pint
of molasses {; war-Tz them till melted,
Boil one quart milk, and pour over a
pint corn meal; stir In the molasses
gradually; when cold, beat six eggs
and stir them In; add the peal Of q
lemon, grated, or ether spices: stir
very hard, pour into a buttered dish.
and bake two hours,
How TO VASE FLASNEI.s. ASKING
fannels is always attended with some
difficulty to persons not understanding
the nature of the ibers contained in
them and the action of different soaps
on them. The following suggestions
may be useful;
Two things are to be noted First,
the soap must contain no resin, as this
hardens the fibres of the wool; second,
the water should be boiling, or as near
that temperature as possible. II a
washing machine is used, there need
be no difficulty cn this latter nci1lt
Fill the washer with boiling suds, pass
the tiannels through it, wringing them
out, scald in bluing water. wringing
again and hang out to dry without
delay"