The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-03-09
HOUSEHOLD T

APPLE-FLoAr-Fo make this, take ore
pint of stewed applas; when cod, sseeten
and favor to taste. just as you want to
send 10 table. add the beaten whites of four
eggs, lightly stirred into it.
GRAHAM CUP CAKE.-The ingredients of
this are: Unbolted wheat meal, twocupfuls;
butteT1nilk, one cup; molasses, one-half
cup; butter, quarter of a cup eggs, two;
soda, half a teaspoonful. Bake half an
hour.
To educate the mind when the body is in
a nervous, feeble condition is a ~fruitless and
useless task. The first thing to be sought
is a sound body with physical vigor. This
should take precedence of every thing else;
without this, any acquisition can be of but
little avail
YEAST NJ HOMEMADE BREAD.-Boil
one pound of good four; a quarter of a
pound of moist sugar, and half an ounce of
salt, in two gallons of water, for an hour.
When nearly cold. bottle and cork it close
ly. 1t viii be fit for use in twenty-four
hours, and one pint will make eighteen
pounds of bread.
PeP-ovERs-For these, the followingisan
excellent recipe: Four eggs, four cups of
tine Graham -four, four cups of milk, or
simply good milk and the hest white -four
made into q rather soft batter. These may
be baked in gem tins or gem irons, or small
cups, which should be previously heated.
Bake in a hot oven, and eat with fruit
sauce.
BREAKFAST MUFFrNs.-This recipe will be
valued by housekeepers as n dainty SUBJ
stitute for bssssl at breakfast or tea. Two
eggs well beaten, with a cupful of sugar
and a lump of butter the size of an egg;
to this add one pint of milk, with a tea
spoonful of soda, one quart of -four and two
tablespoonfuls of cream tartar bake in
muffin rings on top of range. or ingen pans
in a quick oven.
LEMON PlE.-The Danbury Ne,rs gives
this among its recipes. 1t is serious. Three
eggs (save the whites of two,) juice and peel
of one lemon, one cup of boiling water, one
tablespoonful of corn -four, one cup OF flour.
one cup of sugar. Crate the lemon and
pour the boiling water over tie juice and
peel beat the eggs with the corn -four and
add to the boiling water; let it cool before
adding the sugar. Beat the whites of the
eggs with one tablespoonful of sugar, and
spread on top of the pie.
1t is remarked by some writer that eek
cess of ceremony shows want Of good breed
ing" This is true. There is nothing so
troublesome as overdone politeness. A
truly well-bred man makes every person
around him feel at case he does not throw
c~ivilities about him with a shovel, nor toss
compliments in n bundle, as he would hay
with a pitchfork. There is no evil under
the sun more intoler.ble than ultra-polite-
ness.
ERAsIvE SoAP.-The Manufacturers Jour
ma, givesan excellent recipe for making gen.
uine erasive soap that will remove grease
and stains from clothing. Two pounds Of
good CASTLE soap and half a pound Of
rcarl-ash, dissolved in half a pint of hot
water. Cut the soap in thin slices, boil
it with thepcarl-nsh until it is thick enough
to mould in cakes also add alcohol, half an
ounce camphor, half an ounce; hartshorn,
half an ounce color with half an ounce of
pulverized charcoal.
SALLY-LuN CAKEs.-Make a hole in the
middle of one pound of -four in pan, put in
half a teaspoonful of good thick yeast (not
bitter, pour in a quarter of q pint of milk,
warmed as for buns, mix it up with a part
of the -four, and set it to rise. When it has
risen, put an ounce and a half of butter, one
ounce of sugar, and a little milk, over q slow
fire whilst this is melting, break four eggs,
and put the yolks, with half a teaspoonful
of salt, into the -four and yeast; when the
butter and milk are lukewarm, mix them
with the other ingredients, and make all
into a scottish dough. Butter some cake
hoops, and put them on buttered iron plates;
fill the hoops about an inch deep, and set
them in a warm place to rise. When quite
light, bake them in a warm oven.
CHICKEN SALAD.-Take the meat from a
pair of boiled chickens. Chicken, as well as
celery, should be cut rs large as acranberry.
Have equal quantities Of chopped chicken
and celery-if anything, more of the celery.
Take a level tablespoonful of dry mustard
and rub it very smooth with the yolks of
four hard-boiled eggs. and the yolks OF two
raw eggs. Then pour ON very slowly, STIR
ring all the time. one-third of q large bottle
of salad oil, alternating with tho juice of
one large lemon, or two smaller ones; then
add a large tablespoonful of salt and two or
three ~tablespoonfuls of rich cream. Just
before serving, mix the chicken well through
this dressing; then add the celery. You
may garnish the top with the tender leaves
of the celery, very thin slices of lemon, a
few capers here and there, and a half dozen
stoned olives. Some add half a teaspoon
full of cayenne pepper to the dressing.
while others object to it.-Country Gentle
man.
RESPECT DUE TO WIVES. DO not Jest
with your wife upon q subject in which
there is danger of wounding her feelings.
Remember that she treasures every word
you utter. Do not speak of great virtues
in another mans wife to remind your own
of a fault. Do not reproach your wife with
personal defects, for if she has s~ensibility
you infict q wound difficult to heal. Do
not treat your wife with inattention in com
pany, it touches her pride and she will not
respect you more or love you better for it.
Do not upbraid your wife in the presence of
a third party. the sense of your disregard
for her feelings will prevent her from ac-