The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-06-29
HONE INTERESTS.

HONE INTERESTS.
CREAM Phi cup Of sweet cream
2 eggs, sugar to suit the taste. ~ !.
enough milk to make it for & round -.
flavor with lemon or vanilla.
MUTToN HAsH.-Chop the lean ~,
OF cold mutton; put in q spider. Nh
little butter, and brown; have read~ I.
much potato as meat, chopped m a /
put in with the mutton, stirine III i
whole with knife 80 that it do ~
stick to the pan, and gets thoroueiS
mixed.
BREAD GRIDDLE-CAKRs.-Snel 49,
over night in milk, sweet or ~, q
sweet, sift baking powder in IL 49,.
it sour, use soda), by pouring bo;l;.s
water on the soda, stirring Wsll. -
the hot water into the cakes ~
the dregs; cup flour, eee Is 4 ~
OF soaked bread sufficient milk = 81
q good batter. When rightly maS. -.
preferable to batter cakes.
CHOCOLATE CUsrARD.-1 div,.;.. ~
q cake of chocolate dissolved a. r,eisss
in little water. To this put ! - y
new milk and the yelks of 5 err. -
the chocolate into the milk snd han {
few minutes. Sweeten with pospd i
sugar, and then pour it boiling M &
the eggs, which have been previoS.s.
beaten till light. Return all % ~ ri.
tie, and stir rapidly until it thickeps Z,
is upon the point Of boiling. Nken 4
must instantly be poured o. and Sc
aside to grow cold.
CREAM COOKIEs.-Stir together Tn.
oughly l cup of sour cream and u eura
OF white sugar; add . small teaepcos..
full OF soda, dissolved in ittle vns.
water; stir in Immediately about ! ~
of flour, then the white 81 eer ~
beaten; mix in enough four 8 Nj
easily; roll thin, as they win raiee 80
than half. Bake in moderatelg. NJ 4
oven, being careful onot brown 80
and they will be as white a. silver q
delicate cake.
GINGER SNAPs.-1 teacup Of molasl
ses, teacup of brown sugar, team
of melted lard, 2 tablespoonfuls Of MI.
verified alum, dissolvedin . tablespoon
full of boiling water (be sure that Il =
well dissolved), 5 teaspoonfuls Of ao1s
dissolved in 4 tablespoonful 81 boilinr
water, teaspoonful of salt, and : taAle
spoonfals of ginger. Min b ~
dough, or q little more so than cookhe:
roll the same thickness Of cookies, ani
cut into squares "a inches, and baks i
. quick oven. They are very god.
RUGs FOR FLooRs.-Take ! piecs 4
coffee sack, say the half Of one, bintik
with something dark, tack it 70 Inn
laths, which makes it like Z quilt WIN
in the.frames. Next have hook madn
Of wood or iron, the same Is : crocfet
hook, only larger; tear the rags y Il
q carpet, then place the end Of ) ~
under canvas, put yeur hook throusi,
and draw it up; then skip every CHR
thread, and draw up in loops -
long. Care should be taken 70 dr1W
each end Of the rag to the top d ~
canvas. Dark rags for border, ~
plain, such as copperas color, mahS i
nice ground, then bright for fcNag'
Old red flannel, and green Of any III,
make very handsome border.
PoACHED EGGs WITH CREAM. II PIT
OF water, teaspoonful OF salt -
spoonfuls Of vinegar, 4 fresh seel
gill of cream, salt, pepper, end pcll
ed sugar to taste, i ounce Of butfef.
Put the water, vinegar, and salt h;te >
frying-pan and break each egg ipa6 !
separate cup; bring the water, &C., =
boil, and slip the eggs gently into \
without breaking the yelks. Simnsg
them from 5 to minutes, but not leaEs
er, and, with slice, lift them out Ca y
q hot dish, and trim the edges. E1FAy
the pan Of its contents, put in ths0fean
add q seasoning to taste Of psppess sak
and pounded sugar; bring the wh0le y
the boiling point; then add the butt,
broken into small pieces; toss tha11
around and around till the buft8 }
melted; pour it over the eggA -
serve. To insure the eggs NOT ~
spoiled while the cream, ETC., il pre-
ing, it is good plan to warm the O.
with the butter, ETC., before the -
are poached, SO that it may be p0uf0d
over them Immediately after tiey -
dished.
Aleck Stephens q Hsne.
Mr.. Stephens is poor now, and wefs'
greet to know that he Is burdened toeup'
port many dead-beats, which mus y