River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-20
Household Recipes.

RICE GRIDDLE CAREs.-Use boiled rice
half, and half flour, to thicken the batter.
They are delicious. Rice left from the pre-
vious day may be used for this purpose.
BEEF LIVER. the liver in thin slices,
dip each slice in wheat flour or rolled crack
ers, and fry in hot lard or beef dripping;
season with pepper and salt. 1t must be
thoroughly cooked and a fine brown.
BUTTER SAUCE.-Beat quarter of a
pound of butter 20 cream, add a tea
spoonful of pepper and salt, each, beat it
well together, and serve with a roast or
baked or boiled potatoes and cold meat; or
over boiled vegetables.
SPOTTED DICK.-Three.fourth of a
pound of -four, half pound of beef suet,
hall pound currants, two ounces of sugar
half teaspoonful cinnamon, two eggs, two
gills sweet milk. Boil in a cloth an hour
and half. Eat with sauce.
WASHING BLACK CALICo.-After wash
ing in warm suds, rinse in cold water, with
handful Of salt thrown in the rinse, OF
perhaps III the starch-have not tried the
latter. A little bran in the first suds will
make it wash easier. On no account soak
the goods. as that fades them badly.
COLD FEET.-If YOU are troubled with
cold feet, imnlerse them morning and even
ing in cold water, rub with rough towel
and run about your room till they burn. In
one month you will be entirely relieved. All
those red Pepper and mustard applications
are like rum to the stomach-relieved to-
day, but leave you colder tomorrow
ONIoNs.-After they are peeled, boil
them in milk and water if small, they will
cook in halls IN hour; when they are done,
pour of the water; put in cream, butter,
and salt and let them stew a few minutes.
Small onious are much better for cooking,
as they are not so strong.
BREAKFAST PUFFs.-Take two eggs we'll
beaten and stir into a pint Of milk little
salt, piece of butter, and pint and half
of -four. Beat the eggs and str tn milk.
melt the butter, and stir in. Then pour all
into the -four, so as not to have il lumpy.
Stir it up thoroughly and grease the cups
into which the batter is poured, filling
them two-thirds full.
ROAST Pork. Cover a spare rib with
CREASED paper till half done, then dredge
with -four and haste with the gravy Just
before taking IL up, cover with cracker or
breadcrumbs seasoned with pepper, salt,
and powdered sage; let it cook ten minutes
longer. Skim the gravy, thicken with
flour, season with little sage or tomato
catsup, strain and pour over the meat.
Pork must be cooked slowly, and very
thoroughly, and served with apple sauce.
CREosoTE FOR WAITS. DR.. Rainey, of
st. Thomas Hospital London, has written
an article for the Lancet, detailing the eff
fects of creosote applied to warts. lie APP
piled il freely TO an obstinate, warty excrcs-
cence on the 0nger, then covered il over
with q piece of sticking plaster This
course he pursued every three days for two
weeks, when the wart was found 20 have
disappeared, Ieaying the part beneath il
quite healthy.
Pies or CANNED FRUIT-Canned pears,
peaches and ounces usually will bear
sealding in their own liquor before putting
them in a pie.plate. When tender, skim
out and lay in place TO cool. Then add 10
the liquor enough sugar 10 make syrup,
more or less, according 10 the taste OF those
who are 10 eat them. When both the fruit
and liquor are cold, il the pears, peaches or
ounces are in halves cut them in slices
quarter Of an inch thick, and lay into the
pie.plate pour over a. much Of the syrup
as il will hold, having first put on the under
crust and laid an edge Of crust around H.
Fill the plate not quite an inch thick. This
IL more economical and much nicer than 10
use the fruit in large pieces. Cut few
small bits of butter, aud lay over the spice
put on the upper ust and bake rich
brown, but be careful not 10 scorch the
crust, az q little scoroh spoils the best Of
pastry. Plums must not be scalded before
baking, as they come 10 pieces very easily,
but prepare the liquor in which they are
canned the same a. for pears peaches, and
ounces