Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-07-29

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C.rLLERs.---Mrs. S. IL. sends the
following: Take two cups of sugar,
three eggs, half cup butter, one
cup sour cream, one cup of butter
milk, one tablespoonful Of soda; then
add all ingredients together and ru Ill
ali the -four YOU cln hnra,l in; kneui a.
long as Z will take in any -four. Now
roll it out as thin As ci'l'. for pie and
cut any desired ahap" AMI Try III |ar'l
s:;i.e as other cakes The beauty al:
crullers consists IN kDea,iin,; them hard
ami rolling thin. This amount will
make a ,hree-s gallon jar full They will
keen any lengti, of tiiae.
NtrHF,: C.,KH. - Oi:o cIln butter, )
eggs. , cup, s,r.,r. ::::.:.;.:.,. I cups
tiour, lind of lemon l cup i.'.lk,
teaspoon soda, , teaspoons cream tar
ter. Filst mix butter and sugar to-
getner, then add cups -four, cup
milk. the 3 eggs beaten, the nntmegg
grated, also rind Of lemon. then the
other 2 cups of flour, with the cream
tar,er mixed through it, and lastly the
| cup milk with the soda dissolved
therein. Beat all thoroughly and bake
in bread pans buttercd and papered.
CUCUMBER CATsup.--Grate large Gu
cumbers before they begin to turn vel
low; drain out the juice and put the
pulp through a seive to remove the
large seeds; fill bottle half full of the
pulp. discarding tie juice and add the
same quantity of ten per cent. vinegar;
cork tightly, when used, add pepper
and salt; salt kills the vinegar if put in
when made. This is almost Ike fresh
sliced cucumber when opened ;or use.
GRAHAM BREAp.-Palatable graham
bread can be made in making sponge
of white -four at night. In the morning
add two tabIespoonfuls, of molasses fol
each loaf, and make it as thick with
graham flour as you can stir it with a
spoon. Fill your pans half full; let
them rise till full; have the oven pretty
hot at first, and cool it off after the
crust has set. A great deal of graham
bread is baked to death.
To COOL RooM.--The simplest and
cheapest way to cool a room is to wet
cloth of any size, the larger the bet
ter. and suspend it in the place you
want coole.l. Let the room be well
ventilated, and the temperature will
sink from ten to twenty degrees in less
than an hour This is tae plan adopt.
cd by many eastern nations.
UTILIZING CoRx BEEF FAr.-Part
several potatoes, slice thin, throw then
in the fat that has saved in boiling beer
corn beef. Boil the fat and potatoes
three quarters of an hour, skimlnine
earthly and drawing off from the sedi-
ment. The fat will be sweet and solid
suitable for ordinary cooking purposes
Sponge DROP CAKEs-Make sponge
cake, heat dripping pan hot enough to
cook griddle cake, butter muffin rings
and set them in pan, and when the
rings and pan are hot, drop tablespoon
of cake in each ring, and set them in the
oven few minutes. Have icing ready;
and whiten them while hot
FRICAssEE OF PARsNEps-Boili il milk
till they are soft, then cut them length
wise into bits two or three inches long
and simmer in white sauce made Of two
spoonsful of broth, bit Of mace, half a
cupful Of cream, bit of butter, ant
some -four, pepper and salt.
SWEET RusK.-One pint warm milk
three-fourths cup yeast, one egg, three.
fodrths cup sugar, one-half cup short
ming, and little nutmeg. Sponge it,
and after it is raised mould and let ii
rise again. Then roll; cut into cakes
and let them rise and bake.
Corn OYsrERs.-Nine ears of corn,
eggs, 2 tablespoons -four, pepper and
salt. Cut the rows of corn length wise
and then scrape it off the cob; beat the
eggs light. add the -four, pepper and
salt, and fry the cakes about the size oil
an oyster in butter.
DELICIOUS Brown BREAD.-Two coffee
cups corn meal, one tablespoonful salt
one of salteratus, and two eggs. Stil
with -four or shorts about as stiff as TO,
cake. Bake in pudding dish. This
is excellent, and any one tasting it will
pronounce it good.
RHuBARB MARMALADE.-Peel five or.
anges taking away the white rind and
pips; put the pulp into stew-pan, with
the peel cut very small; add five pounds
of loaf sugar. Three lemons instead Of
five oranges make an agreeable change.
MILK CAKE.-One cup sugar, one
half cup butter, one cup sweet skim
milk, one teaspoonful soda, and little
seasoning. This makes very nice
cake, aud is very convenient when eggs
are scarce.