Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-10-06
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Recipes.

BAKED TOMATOES. Select thoroughly
ripened fruit, cut them in halves;
sprinkle over the cut half with bread
crumbs, sugar, salt, pepper and butter.
Place them in baking pan, cut side
upward, and bake in an oven for two
hours. Serve on platter garnished
with curled parsley.
Soft GINGERBREAD.-Two cups of
molasses; one of shortening (either but
ter or drlpplngs,) one cup of boiling
water, one tablespoonful of ginger, enc
Of soda, and -four to thicken.
lea DIsH.-One pound of steak
chopped fine; three soda crackers, rolled;
small piece of butter; two tablespoons
of water; salt and pepper to taste. Bake
in a deep pan. This will be found sui
fcient for small family.
ONE-EGG CAKE.-one- half cup of but
er, and one cup of sugar beaten to-
gether; then add one cup of milk; three
and one-half cups of -four, with the
white OF one egg; one teaspoonful of
baking powder. Stir in, the last thing,
one cup of raisins, chopped.
Cork CAKE.-One cup of sugar; one-
half cup Of sweet milk; one cup of flour:
one tablespoonful of butter; Que half
teaspoonful of soda; one teaspoonful of
cream tartar; the whites Of two eggs,
Flavor as desired.
HAM ToAsT-Make some nice slices
Of toast, with all the crust trimmed off,
dip each slice for an instant into bowl
of hot water, then butter it slightly.
Have ready some grated cold ham, and
spread it thick over each slice of toast.
Tongue toast is made in the same man
ner.
PoTAToE PR.-One eupful of cold
mashed potatoes, two cups of milk,
hree eggs and half an ounce of butter.
Beat the potatoes, eggs and butter into
cream; add the milk; sweeten to taste;
favor with lemon Or vanilla. Line a
deep dish with puff paste, and fill with
the potato custard. Bake thirty min
utes. j. I. M.
ESSENCE OF LEMoN.-Best alcohol, 1
pint; oil of lemon, 1 o.; peel of two
emons. Break the peels, and put in
with the others for few days; then re-
move them. It does not cost but
trife compared with that which is kept
for sale at the stores. Give it a trial,
and I think it viii be found satisfactory.
J. A. T.
CHEAP Dressing TAB1E.-You can
make very convenient dressing table
for chamber, hy standing up a dry
goods box of right size and hight, COW
ering the top and curtaining it. Let
the open part be in front, and put
shelves inside and you have substitute
for g bureau. The handy boys can ar
range the box, and the girls can cover
it.
ORANGE CAKE-One cup of sugar, one
half cup of butter. one-half cup of cold
water, three eggs Deserving the whites
of two for frosting), two even cups of
sifted -four. two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, juice and pulp of one orange.
Bake in three Jelly tins. Make frest-
ing of the whites of the eggs, two-thirds
Of cup Of white sugar, and grated
peel OF one orange, spreading it on
each layer.
SALT-RAIsNG BREAD, GRAHAM BREAD,
ETe,-Some one wishes to know how to
make salt-rising bread. will send a
recipe: Take bowl and spoon, scald
well; dip in three spoonfuls of new
milk, one spoonful Of sugar; little
salt and small piece Of 3oda; turn
boiling water into it until the bowl is
half full, or little more; let it cool un-
til it will not seald the -four; stir In un-
til it will heap little on the spoon,
then cover and set In kettle of warm
water; after about two hours, stir In
twa teaspoonfuls more of -four, care
fully. and do not stir again; keep warm,
and it generally rises in about six hours;
sometimes I set the rising ct night,
leaving it in warm water, and, in the
morning, warm the water and replace
it; it will be light in two or three hours;
then take a pen of -four, scooped out in
he centre, str in a pint of boiling
water, then cold water until it will not
scald; then turn in the rising, and stir
altogether, adding soda the size of a
pea. dissolved; dust -four over the top,
and set in warm place. It will rise
and crack the -four. Then mould into
loaves, let rise again, and bake about
half an hour.