River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-06-16
Useful Recipcs.


RECIPE FOR DoUGHNUTs. Two cups
sugar, 3 cups buttermilk, 2 eggs, tea
spoonful saleratus. Salt and spice to
taste.
CHAMPAGNE HAM.-Boil the ham very
tender, skin and cover with brown
sugar. moistened with champagne. Re
peat three times and brown in an oven.
Slice cold.
FEATHER CAKE cup sugar, l tea
spoonful butter, | egg, 3 cups flour,
two-thirds of cup of sweet milk, / tea
spoonful cream tartar, half one of soda.
Flavor with lemon.
A NICE DEssIMT. -Grate into dish
layer of cocoanut, then place layer
of quartered oranges and sprinkle with
sugar. Continue alternating until the
dish is full, with grating of cocoanut
on the top.
CHERRY PUDDING cups but
termilk, 3 eggs, 3 cups cherries, l
teaspoonful soda, pinch of salt. Stir
well, and thicken with flour, and bake.
Serve with sauce or sweet cream and
sugar. Any other fruit is as good as
cherries.
RUsK.-Three cups of sweet milk,
one cup Of yeast, one cupof sugar, mix
ed over night with flour enough to make
stiff batter. In the morning add one
cup of butter, one cup of sugar, and
cinnamon and soda. Mold and let them
rise before baking.
To Boil HAM.-If dry, soak it over
night In the morning put it in warm
water, and boil slowly five or six hours
Remove from the fire and let the liquor
get cold before the ham is taken from
it. Then remove the skin and CRATE
| toasted bread over the ham. Keep the
skin as whole as possible, and cover the
ham with it when it is taken from the
table.
LIGHT Corn BREAD.-Scald l quart
white corn meal with quart hot water
then add half cup molasses, l teaspoon
full salt and ] quart cold water. Stil
well, and add j quart meal, half PIN
yeast. Let rise in a warm place for tel
hours, then stir well, put it in the skill
let and bake by the fireplace four hours
If you haven't hop yeast, add half pint
salt-rising yeast before putting it t.
bake.
! PLANTING TREES AND SHRUBBERY.
Fruit trees can be planted month later
than the usual time if this precaution
is needed Never allow any portion OF
the tree TO become dry after removing
it, until it gives evidence of vigorous
new growth Young, thrifty trees OF
shrubs should be selected for trans
planting. Dig large, deep holes, and
partly fill them with rich soil finely
pulverized, then pour in them three
gallons of water, and place the tree N
the centre, and fill them with rich soil
about two inches above the level of the
ground, and twice day put three OF
four buckets full of water on them, alsc
wetting the tops, and keeping the sol
above the level of the ground, and they
will be sure TO grow.
Fruit CAKE.-Mix | pound sugar,
pound butter or lard, 2 eggs, teacul
sour milk, ! teaspoon of cream tartar,
of soda. Add -four enough 10 make
thin batter. Bake in thin layers in PIE
pans. When cold spread stewed apples
or dried peaches, or any kind OF fruit
between the layers Of cake. Ofcourse
this is not a regular fruit cake compos'
cd of currants, raisins, citrons, &c, bu
/ can make that kind, and lack of spac'
il all that keeps me from sending m.
recipe. But in all these things "prac
tice makes perfect" aud IL has got e
be done time and time again before w
can become good cooks, aud many
woman Of my acquaintance is laborinl
year after year, but is still far IRON be
ing " good cook.