The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-10-01
PORK CAKE.

Tho art of making pork cake from a
-,.,,a,,er recipe is familiar to me now.
remained at home the other day
mart laziness, part accident), and in the
ofternoon nv wife said she would make
q sspork" cake, or something of the kind.
She had seen the recipe In the Kitchen
COMPANION" which she takes regularly
for kidding purposes.
First she sent me out for rals1ns and
about four pounds of fat salt hog. When
T returned She found she had forgotten
to tell me to bring some molasses SO L
had to 90 out again. I dislike staying
home any day, except Sunday; but
above all, despise myself when COM
PEELED to go along the street during bus
mess hours with syrup Jug IN my hand:
So put the jug in basket, and started
off irving to look serene and unconcern-
90. When got back from the grocery
stor. =, I found that the jug had upset,
ond ~ at the molasses was about an inch
daa . =, the bottom of the basket, besides
bayino n wed out and run down the side
of NV nan, tloons in generous stream;
anfnot y swearing man, but just at
this time W. anted to be.
IL said some thing to myself, and my
,r;fo e oaIIed me- stupid. Then I let her
90 for more mola sses hefseH.
Whom che ret,1r ned she set me to work
70 c,1t the rind and lean out of the salt
hog. To humor went TO WORK Win
caryino-knife. and 6. lceeeded In spread
mo about a pound of athe unctuous mess
over INV hands. sleeves and shirt-bosom,
and handed over to her 5 asy-looAl1 y
mass-for which she called n. aWk% 7!
Then she put it in a chop p1ng-boWl
and told me to chop IT. :,1,;,o.
Tn the meantime she had been pl. hlng
the raisins, eating about 25 per cei'b. VI
them, while Bobby absorbed about the
same discount latter kindly COM
ing to wipe his hands on my coat-talls.
About this time wife commenced bus
mess. She cleared off the table, and
then piled thereon various essential ma
terials and utensils, till there wasn't a
spot of table to be seen.
Then she SIZED some -four, at the same
time scratching her nose and leaving
dab of whitewash on the point OF that
organ. Then she found she was out OF
yeast powder, and putting a red table
cloth over her head, started next door
to borrow some.
While she was gone Bobby found out
the basket with the molasses lining, and
commenced scooping it up (the molasses
I mean) vigorously, and, from the look
of his face, tried to get 1t into his ears:
When my wife came back she slapped
that sweet clotted face, and scratched
her jaw, which produced startling Ell
feet upon that part of her physlognomy
I laughed, and she desired me not to be
a fool!
[ was getting tired chopping- the ole
4,,n 1
went at it more vigorously, however, land
managed to scatter chunks of fat over
the floor and on my clothes. Ny wife
noticed the ring of grease around where
I sat, and, taking the chopping-
from me, called me an idiot.
I thought that would let me out (pork
cake was getting monotonous), but L
was mistaken. She burst eggs into
bowl and told me to beat them. l did.
Then she poured hot water on the hog
fat, and scalded her finger. To relieve
the pain she stuck it in the flour, but
the yeast power raised a blister. dad
smile, although I tried to avoid doing it
openly, and she called me a blind fool
The eggs being obstinate, and not yield
ing as readily as [ desired to the persua-
sions of the dinner fork my wife had given
me, [ tried the toasting fork. The result
was small army of omelets over my
vest, besides large one in Bobby's eye
which set him bowling.
Then my wife said was as stupid as
''biled owl!'
She took the eggs herself to finish the
walloping, and requested (requesting is
mild way of Putting iD me to read the
recipe again. Then she found she had
mixed the hot water with the hog fat,
instead of with the -four, and said it
was my fault!
About this time she got large COB of
dough under her left eye, which improv-
ed her appearance and temper wonder
fully.
I thought it was about time to change
my clothes, and just as [ got down to
my drawers q beg pardon), my wife
shouted to me to go to the front door, as
my mother-in-law was ringing. l mutt
tered something about ''let her ring,
and went down when [ was ready.
When [ did open the door my amiable
relative wanted to know what Z meant
by keeping her outside for half an hour.
but [ had the precaution to bring down
my hat and coat, and left incontinently,
leaving the women to their own devics.
That cake was not success. And, at
tea-tlme, she told me to read that recipe
over again. did so, and she found she
had forgotten to put in the molasses and
sugar. She then deliberately told her
mother that if it had not been for that
crazy. thick headed dolt, the cake would
have been splendid.
She meant mel IF ever [ stay home
again may I-weu- MilaUaukee Month
y.
WONDERFUL DIsCovERY.-H. Horn
schwanz, living in Gilbettown, Iowa,
Il e ! l. L