Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-09-28
DOMESTIC RECIPES.

hppfe oeuy.-lake one dozen nice APP
pies, quarter and core halfof them; put on
and boil in two quarts of water and half
pound Of sugar; take the apples out
and put on dish to cool; then quarter
and core the other half, and boil as the
first; when done put on the dish. Hav-
ing melted one ounce Of gelatine in a
little water, add to it the syrup of the
apples, with little more sugar if need
full; boil little, and pour over the APP
piles. Serve with cream.
Lemon Custard Take the grated rind
and juice of two good sized, rough, fresh
lemons; let the pulp soak in one pint of
water while preparing the following: the
yelks of SIX eggs, four tablespoonful of
sugar Tor to the taste), one large table
spoonful of melted butter beaten very
hight; then squeeze the pulp well and get
all the juice lastly add the whites of the
eggs beaten to stiff froth. This guam
tity is sufficient for three large pies.
".Jersy Wonders" Take two pounds
Of flour, six ounces of butter, six ounces
Of white sugar, q little nutmeg, ground
ginger, and lemon-peel; beat eight eggs,
and knead them well together; taste
Of brandy improves it. Roll this about
the thickness of your wrist; cut off a
small slice and roll it into an oval about
three inches long and three inches wide,
not too thin; cut three Sits in it, but not
through either end; there will then be
three bands. Pass the left one through
the aperture to the right, and throw it
into brass or bell-metal skillet of boil
ing lard, or beef or mutton-dripping.
You may cook three or four at a time.
In about two minutes turn them with
fork, and you will find them Drowned
and risen in two or three minutes more.
Remove them from the pan TO a dish,
when they will dry and cool.
To Settle Coffee scithoa Eggs-Put the
ground coffee 1.-TWO tablespoonful or
more, according To the size of the family,
to soak over night in about a tea-cupful
of water. In the morning add more wa
ter, put it over to boil, boiling fifteen or
twenty minutes; then fill in what water
is necessary, and put the coffee-pot on
the stove-hearth; in fifteen minutes or
so the coffee will pour off as clear as am
ber-colored claret.
Xeas.-Take two cupfuls of grated po-
tatoes; one half cupful of sugar; one
fourth cupful of salt. Place these in a
pan and pour over the mixture one quart
of boiling water, stirring meanwhile.
Place the whole on the stove and let il
boil up once. When cool enough (about
blood-heat) add half cupful of good
yeast. Set it in a warm place to rise.
1t is very light and foamy, and does not
sour readily. Like all soft yeast, keep il
in covered vessel as cool as possible
without freezing.
Omelet Sou6as.-From five eggs remove
the whites of three and put in a separate
dish. Beat the five yelks and two re.
manning whites together; add half q
cupful of milk, and pour into frying
pan with butter in it Just hot enough moi
spread over the top the three whites
beaten to a stiff froth, and set in hot
oven two or three minutes. Fold, over
turn on q platter, and serve hot.
A Laundry Secra. THE following re
cipe for doing up shirts will be found o.
use by many housewives; Take two
ounces of fine white gum-arabic powder
put it in a pitcher and pour on it a pin,
or more of water. and then, having GOV
cred it, let it stand all night. In the
morning pour it carefully from the dreg.
into q clean bottle and cork it, and keeI
it for use. A tablespoonful of gum
water stirred in pint of starch made in
the usual manner will give to lawns
either white or printed, look of new
ness when nothing else can restore them
after they have been washed.
Hon. TO Destroy Ants-A chalk-mark
at least half an inch in depth, around
the upper edge of sugar-buckets, barrels
etc., will keep ants from getting into
them. The same mark drawn on the
edges of shelves will also prevent the ap
proach of ants, as they are not able ia
crawl over the chalk But if they are
numerous among jars and jelly-pots, take
a large sponge, wet it in cold water and
squeeze it nearly dry, and then sprinkle
fine white sugar over it, Place it on
the infected shelf, and next morning dip
it quickly and carefully into bowl of
boiling water.
Hoc TO remore rease-spots-Saturate
the spot with benzine; place blotting.
paper on both sides of the spot; apply a
hot flat-iron to the upper surface, and
keep it there some time.
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