Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-11
l]ecfsal Recipes.

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REc1rE FOR DouanNurs.-Two cups
sugar, 3 cups buttcrmilk, 2 eggs, l tea
spoonful sAleratus. Salt and spice to
taste.
CHAMPAGNE HANl.-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.-1 cup sugar, / tea
spoonful butter, egg, 3 cups flour,
two-thirds of a cup of sweet milk, toa-
spoonful cream tari.s-~, half one of soda.
Flavor with lemon.
A NICE DEsskRT.-Grate into dish
q layer of cocoannt, then place a layer
of qnartered oranges and sprinkle with
sugar. Continue alternating until the
dish is full, with n grating Of cocoanut
on the top.
CHERRY PuDD1Na.-Thrce cups but
termilk, 3 eggs, 3 cups cherries, l
teaspoonful soda, pinch of salt. Stir
we'll, and thicken with -four, and bake.
Serve with sauce or sweet cream and
sugar: Any other~fruit is as good MS
cherries.
RusK.-Three cups Of sweet milk,
one cup of yeast, ono cupof sugar, mix
ed over night with -four enough to make
. stiff batter. In the morning. add one
cup OF butter, one cup of sugar, and
! cinnamon and soda. Mold un.i 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 l quart hot water :
then add half cup mo1asses, teaspoon
tul salt and quart cold water. Stir
well, and add l quart meal, half pint
yeast. Let rise III warm place for ten
hours, then stir we'll, put it in the skill
let and bake by the fireplace four hours.
If You haven't hop yeast, add half pint
bake.
PLANTING TREES AND SHRUBBERY.-
Fruit trees can be planted month later
than the usual time. if this precaution
is needed. F: Never allow any portion of
the tree to become dry after removing
it, until it gives evidence of vigorous
new growth. Young, thrifty trees or
shrubs should he 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 in
the centre, and fill them with rich soil
about two inches above the level of the
ground, and twice a day put three o,
four buckets full of water on them, also
wetting the tops, and keeping the soil
above the level of the ground, and they
will be sure to grow.
FRUIT CAKE.-Mix 1 pound sugar, ]
pound butter or lard, 2 eggs, 1 teacuI
sour milk, ! teaspoon of cream tartar,
OF soda. Add flour enough to make 6
thin batter. Bake in thin layers in pie
pans. When cold spread stewed apple.
or dried peaches, or any kind of fruit
between the layers of cake. Ofcourse
this is not q regular fruit cake compos
ed of currants, raisins, citrons, SC. bu
can make that kind, and lack of space
is all that keeps me from sending m,
recipe. But in all these things 'prac
tice makes perfect" and it has got *
be done time and time again before W,
can become good cooks, and many
woman of my acquaintance is laborin,
year after year, but is still far IRON be
ing a " good cook"