Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-12-10

kecipes.
If you are buying a carpet for dur
ability, choose that with small fig
ures.
Scotch snuff put on the holes
where crickets come out, will destroy
them.
A hot shovel held over vanished
furniture will take out all white
spots.
A bit Of glue dissolved in skim
milk and water will restore old
Grape.
Ribbons of any kind shonld he
washed In cold soap-suds and not
rinsed.
A gallon of strong lye put in
barrel of water, will make it as soft
as rain water.
Lemon Pie.-One cup of sugar, one
cup Of milk, three eggs, one lemon,
two teaspoontuls of flour.
Sponge Cake.-Two cups Of sugar,
two cups Of flour, six eggs, one cup
of milk, two teaspoonfuls Of baking
powder.
Doughnuts.-One quart of flour,
three teaspoonfuls Of baking powder,
three eggs, one cup Of sugar, butter
the size OF an egg; mix with water as
soft as can be rolled.
An Excellent Ginger Cake.-One
cup of moIasses, one-half cup of wa
ter, one-half cup of butter, one-half
leaspoonfnl Of ginger, one-half tea
spoonful of soda, two cups Of flour,
one egg.
Measurement of Hayden cubic
yards of meadow hay weigh a tom
When the hay is taken out Of old
stacks, eight or nine yards will make
ton. Eleven to twelve cubic yards
OF clover, when dry, will weigh a
ton.
Steam Pudding.-One quart flour,
one coffee-cup of chopped raisins or
currents, one teacup Of chopped suet,
one teacur half filled with molasses,
finish with brown sugar, one tea
spoonful of soda, two teacups of
sweet milk, and a little salt. Mix
and steam three hours. Sauce.
Apple Jelly.-Pare tart apples and
cut them up; put to them little wa
ter and let them boil until it becomes
glutinous and reduced; then strain it
and put one pound of white sugar to
each pint of juice; flavor with lemon
essence and boil until it is fine,
clear jelly; then strain it off into
moulds.
Omelette Souffle. -One cup Of -four,
one pint of milk, one spoonful of SUI
gar and small piece of butter the
size of walnut. Scald milk, -four
and butter together. After the bat
ter is cold, stir in the yolks Of five
eggs. Stir in the froth of the whites
Just before baking. Bake in quick
oven. Sauce.
To Preserve Eggs.-If you take
the eggs as soon as the hen has laid
them, and smear the shells with lard
or butter, they will keep as well as
new-laid eggs for some time; but if
you rub the shells with butter at any
time, they will keep good for months
and this process will prevent their
being Matched.
French Rolls.-Work one pound
of butter into pound of -four; put
to it one beaten egg, two teaspoontuls
of yeast, one teaspoonful of salt, and
as much warm milk as will make a
soft dough; strew -four over it, cover
it with a cloth and set it in a warm
place for an hour or more, until light;
flour your hands we'll, make it in
small rolls, and bake in quick
oven.
Soft Gingerbread, Without Eggs.
Six cups Of -four, three cups of mo-
lasses,. one or two cups of butter, one
tablespoonful of ground giuger, and
three tablespoonful of saleratus, or
two of sal volatile, dissolved in cup
of milk. Beat it well and bake in
quick oven, in square tin pans. One
cup OF butter is sufficient, but the ad-
ditional cup of butter is great I'M
provement.
Apple Dumplings.-Take tart, mel
low apples, pared, remove the core
and fill the place with sugar; then
take one quart of flour, two or three
teaspoonfuls of baking powder and
one-Aalf teaspoonful of shortcomings
mix with sweet milk or water-mix
soft as possible roll 1t out; cut
in squares of sufficient size to roll the
apples in, set on plate and place in
steamer.
Plum Pudding.-Take halt pound
of flour, half a pound of raisins, ston-
ed and chopped, and some currants,
washed, picked and dried; use milk
enough to stir easily with SPOON
add half a pound Of suet chopped
fine, teaspoonful of salt, and four
well-beaten eggs: tie it IN a Toured