Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-01-09
RECIPES. &C.


CHARITY PAM Mix one cup of sugar,
two cups oi iour. one uI-eununi,l of sal
eraLus. Il piece of butter the size OF q hens
egg, ana spice To your taste.
BOILING VEGErABLEs.-A piece of red
pepper the size of your tinUcr nail, put into
meat or vegetables when first beginning to
cuok, will aid greatly in killing the unplea-
sant odor arising therefrom Remember this
for boiled cabbage, green beans, onioLs,
chickens, mutton, etc.
DELICIOUS ERUIr CAKE.-One pound
flour, one pound butter, one pound white
sugar, twelve eggs, a large glass "f brandy,
one glass rose water, QUE pound citron, TWO
pounds raisins, two pounds currrants. Two
tablespoons cloves aud cinnamon, two nut
noHs-
STARCH PoLIsH.-Take common dry
potato or wheat starch sufficient to make a
p:nt of starch when boiled. Then add half
a drachn of spermaceti and half drachm
of white wax, and then use 1t as common
starch, only using the iron as hot as pos
sible. In this manner brilliant polish Is
produced. .
| ANorHER WITHOUT EGGS.-Two pounds
| Hour one and three forths pounds sugar,
one piat milk, one-half pound butter, one
| hail aspOonful salt, one-halt teaspoontul
sOua dissolved in IL little hot water. one nut
. ~.
This makes three tmyes. Warm the milk,
add tu il the salt-work the sugar and
batter to i, cream, add the milk. then the
flour, then soda, lastly spice and fruit.
CALVES Foor JELLY.-Take two
calves feet and add to them one gallon of
water, which reduce by boiling to one
quart. Strain it, aud when cold, skim
the fat entirely oil Add TO this the white
OF six eggs well beaten, pot ol VINE, nan
a mound of loaf sugar. ada the juice OF four
lemons and let the II be well mtyed. Boil
the whole for lew moments, stirring con-
stantly, and then pass il through flannel
, strainer, This forms very nutritlous ar
ticle of diet for the sick and convalecent.
: The wine may be omitted or added at op-
tiUu.
3 OYEsrERs SrEw.-Drain the juice from
one quart OF oysters, removing them with
a spoou, and not piercing with fork.
: Measure the Juice. and il not half pint in
Q quantity, add water enough to fll the mea-
sure. Place over the fire in porcelain
e stew pan, adding piece OF butter the size
q of a large walnut, When it comes to O
u boil, reinove all scum that may arise. Put
G in the oysters, and let them heat through
Q not cooking enough to shrivel them add
q little more than half pint Of cream let 1
q scald through again, remove from the stove
=
u do instead of cream, and the stove shoulG
" be very hot, so as TO cook them quickly
- FRUIT PUDDINGs. Take of suet
- - pound, Indian meal pound, tour pound
a salt II teaspoonfuls, ounces quarts suga
" tablespoonfuls, water enough TO moisten
y, Chop suet very fine, add the meal and salt
" rubbing well together; then add the hou
" " and thoroughly mix. When well rubbe'
W together aud from Jumps, add the cold wa
ter little at time, till the mass is SUN
cieutly moist to roll out-beins like pi
a crust. Roll out on aoured board, makln
r. long narrow crust about eight inche
he wide and % feet long, having one end
an little wider than the other, Chop The ounce
n very fine spread over the whole crus'
he sprinkle tho sugar over them, aud then ro
No. all up, ,conn,enemg at the narrow end. no
,rs up like rof of paper, close up the ends
no and put in a iioured pudding bay and DO
ite in pot of bo ling water steadily for tw
ar hours. Serve with any pudding sauc
I'M apples chopped tine, peaches cut up, or al
ln- .f the berries can be substituted for u
ounces.