River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-10-23

A VETERAN hOusekeeper affirmS that
the scarcity of good servants is largely
attributable to the scarcity of mistresses
who know how to keep house as one
should be kept.
LOAF Recommendations cup butter,
two cups molasses one tablespoonful
ginger, two eggs very well beaten, one
! teaspoonful saleratus, one cup milk
(sweet or sour; il sour, heap your spoon
with saleratus), flour to the consistency
of pound cake.
CoCoANUT CAKE.-One pound of
sugar, one pound of grated cocoanut,
onc-half pound of butter, three-quar-
tiers of pound of flour, and six eggs.
Stir the butter and sugar together, add
the beaten eggs, then the flour and the
cocoanut. Bake III small tins, and ice
the cake.
SMALL SPONGE CAKES. Beat well to-
gether two eggs, and then stir in a tea
cupful of powdered white sugar, and
beat for five minutes; add slowly tea
cupful of flour, beating all the while:
grate-half lemon into it, and bake in
scallopcd tins.
SUGAR SNAPS. One cup of butter.
two cups of sugar, four cups of flour,
one egg; stir sugar and butter TO a
cream; add the egg well beaten, and
small teacupful of water with n quarter
of teacupful of soda dissolved in it:
stir half a spoonful of cream tartar into
the flour; roll ont very thin, and bake in
n moderate oven.
4 Il
tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate; one
pound of graduated sugar; the whites
of four eggs; beat the eggs to froth:
not too stiff; add the and sugar choco-
late, and stir well together; flavor with
thirty drops of vanilla; drop on buttered
paper with teaspoon; bake in mod
crate oven for ten minutes.
LEMON TARTLErs. Rub teacupfulof
sugar in humps over the rind of fresh
lemon, 50 AS 10 absorb all the essential
oil; squeeze the Juice of the lemon over
the sugar; crush il fine with a sponge:
add to 1T two eggs well beaten. and two
tablespoonfuls of sweet butter: beat all
together, and bake in little patty pans,
lined with puff paste.
Lemon CAKE. Stirtoacream one cup
of butter with two of sugar; add the
whites of six eggs beaten 20 n stiff
froth, one cup of milk tone half tea
/ spoonful of soda dissolved in it,. and
| flour enough to make it as stiff MS
pound cake; with the flour stir in one
tcaspOonful of cream of tartar enc
ounce of the essence Of lemon, or the
Juice of two raw lemons. Beat a long
| time.
RAW BEEF FOR DYsENTERY. Take
half a pound of Juicy beef, free from
fat; mince il very finely: then rub il
into "a smooth pulp, either in mortar
or with an ordinary potato. smashcr. and
press it through fine sieve Spread n
little out upon plate, and sprinkle
over II some salt or some sugar, if the
child prefers il. Give il alone. or
spread upon buttercd slice of stale
bread. II makes an excellent food for
children with the dyscntery.
BouuEp TURKEY. Hen turkeys are
preferable for boiling, on account If
their Wilderness and tenderness. and one
of moderate size should bc selected ne
q large one Is not suitable for boiling
After having dressed, trussed. ana
stuffed the bird, put it into sufficient
boiling water 81 cover Il; lot il come Ia
boil, then carefully remove all the
scum. Let II simmer very gently from
one and half 10 two hours. according
10 size. Serve with melted butter
sauce, or with oysters. In the latter
case. the turkey should be stuffed with
oysters.
Bgourr MurroN CHors. Cut tho
chops from we'll hung tenaerloin #
mutton remove a portion II the fat and
trim them into nice shape; slightly