The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-20
SEASONABLE RECIPES.

SEASONABLE RECIPES.
RICE BATTER CAKEs.-Mix one-fourth
wheat -four to three-fourths of rice flour;
add little salt raise and bake as buck
wheat cakes.
INFANTS FOOD.-Mix the rice -four
with cold milk and stir it into boiling
milk until the proper thickness sweeten
with loaf sugar.
RICE MUFFINs.-TO one quart of sour
milk add tire well beaten eggs, a little
salt, tcaspOOnful of soda and enough of
rice -four to thicken to a stiff batter.
Bake in rings.
RICE CUsTARD-IntO a quart of boil
ing water stir two tablespOOnfuls of rice
-four, dissolved in a little cold milk; add
two well beaten eggs to boiling mixture;
sweeten and flavor to taste.
RICE SPONGE CAKE hree-fourths
pound of rice flour, one pound white SUI
gar, ten eggs; beat the yelks with the
sugar and flour together little at a time;
flavor and bake in shallow pans.
ROLLED JELLY CAKE.-One cup SUI
gar, one cup -four, three eggs, one table
spoonful sweet milk, half teaspOonfuI
soda, essence, etc. Beat sugar and eggs
slightly, then put all together and beat
thoroughly.
COCOANUT CANDY QUICKLY MADE
Crate the meat of cOcOanut, and hav-
ing ready two pounds of finely sifted
white sugar, the beaten whites of two
eggs and the milk of the nut, simply
mix all together, and make into little
cakes. In a short time the candy will
be dry enough to use, and found to be as
good as if boiled.
| Hot SLAw.-Butter the size of an egg,
half cup of milk, yellow of two eggs.
| teaspOOnful of salt, One-fOurth teaspoon
| full of pepper, small level teaspoonful OF
| dry mustard and three tablespOOnfuls OF
! vinegar. Put the butter into the skillet
with the fine-c cut cabbage and the other
ingredients, and stir all the time until
the cabbage heats we'll through.
! CRACKERS FOR INvALIDs.-One quart
of flour, two eggs, one tablespoonful Of
sugar. The eggs and sugar must be
beaten well together. One large spoon
full of butter and lard, mixed, TO be
rubbed well into the flour. Mix all to
gether, and beat long and well. ROl
out as thin as wafer, and prick with
fork before putting into the oven tx
bake.
TO MEND CHINAwARE.-Tak a very
thick solution of gum arabic and sti
into it plaster of Paris until the mix
ture is of proper consistency. Apply i
with brush to the fractured edges o
the chinaware and stick them together
In a few days it will be impossible t
break the article in the same place. Tn
wilderness of the cement renders it deu
bly, valuable.
LEMON PIE.-Yelks of four eggs an,
one whole one, nine tablespoons of gran
F ulated sugar, juice of two lemons, ant
the grated rind of one, three poundet
milk crackers soaked in one tumbler 0
milk, mix and bake; then beat tn
whites of the four eggs with four table
, spoons of powdered or fine granulate,
sugar, and spread and put in the oven t
brown. This makes two pies.
GERMAN CRIsPs.-I'wo cupfuls sugar
one cupful butter, three eggs, and tn
rind and juice of one lemon. Mix thol
Oughly, either with a spoon or the hand
adding sufficient -four to make ther
thick enough to roll out; roll very thir
2 and cut in small cakes with a cutter
| after placing in the pan rub the tor
| with egg, and sprinkle with white sugar
l Two eggs are enough for the tops of til
cakes. They only require few mil
2 utes to bake.
COCOANUT CAKE.-FOur cups
-four, three of sugar, one cup of mill
, five eggs, beaten separately (save til
whites Of three for icing), one cup
: butter, two teaSpOOnfuls of cream-tarta
= one teaspooniul of soda, the half of
= cocoanut grated and put into the cal
y the other half put with the whites
}, three eggs and half cup of pOwdere
= sugar, with little orange water or len
!, on juice for the icing; bake the cake
!, ielly-pans; when done, spread the icir
between and on top put in the oven f
> a few minutes.
4 SUNDRY USEFUL HINTS. - A fe
a drops of carbolic acid in pint of wat,
! will clean house plants from lice in
n very short time. If mosquitoes or Otht
# blOod-suckers infest our sleeping room
!. at night, we UncOrk bottle of oil
pennyroyal, and these insects leave
great haste, nor will they return so lor
as the room is loaded with the fumes
. that aromatic herb. If rats enter Il
- cellar, a little powdered potash throw
" into their holes, or mixed with meal al
:; scattered in their run-ways, never fails
: drive them away. Cayenne pepper wi
keep the buttery and storerOOm fir
= from ants and cockroaches. If a mou
;, makes an entrance to any part of yoI
e dwellings, SatuTate 4 rag with cavern
= in solution and stuff it into hole, While
- cannot be repaired with either wood
y mortar; no rat or mouse will eat that II
y for the PuPose of opening commune
- ton with depot of supplies.