The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1876-01-26
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
norGHNuTs WITHOUT EGGS.

sour milk, same OF cream and OF sugar,
one teaspoonful of salaratus, spice and
salt TO taste add a little yeast, -four
enough to mold, and let it rise before
frying or if an egg a be put III,
the yeast can be left out and the dough
fried at once.
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING.
Scald a quart of milk, and while
boiling thicken it with a pint Of corn
meal. emove from the fire, thin with
cold milk to the consistency of batter,
add two ~well-beaten eggs, a cup Of
r%aisins, sugar to taste, a little salt, Gin
namcn or nutmeg, and bake two or
three hours in a moderate oven.
A E WAY TO CooK APPBEs.
Fill a quart bowl with alternate lay
ars of thinly sliced apples and sugar
add half a tea-cup of water, cover with
a saucer held in place by a weight.
Bake slowly three hours. Let stand
until cold, and you will turn out a
rounded mass of clear red slices I'M
bedded in firm jelly. Cooked in this
way, few desserts are more delicious.
PLAIN sUET PUDDING WITHOUT SODA.
One pint of milk, one-half pound Of
suet, chopped fine; three eggs, well
beaten one-half ~teaspoonful Of salt;
add -four gradually until you have
made a thick batter. Tie in a cloth
which has been dipped in boiling water,
and well sprinkled with -four let the
water boil before putting in the pud-
ding, and boil two hours. To be eaten
with canned or preserved fruit.
TO KEEP II HAIR FROM FAILING OUT.
Wash the head every week in salt wa
ter, and rub the skin of the head with
a coarse towel. Then apply a dress
ing composed of bay rum and sweet
oil, in which a few drops of tincture of
cantharides have been mingled. This
will stimulate the skin and keep the
hair from falling out and turning gray.
The dressing for the hair may be
scented with cinnamon oil or some
such warming essence.
COTTAGE PUDDING.
Three eggs well beaten, one pint
sweet milk, one-half tea-cup -four,
mixed dry, with one teaspoontul Of
yeast powder, with a lump of butter
the size of a walnut bake twenty
minutes in a quick oven serve hot.
Sauce for same one teacup sugar, one
tablespoon corn-starch, one-half tea
spoon tartaric acid, half teacupof water;
boil together. If the corn-starch is
mixed first dry with the sugar it will
not lump. When liked, a little wine
or brandy is an improvement to the
favor.
TO COOK POULTRY.
All kinds of poultry and meat can
be cooked quicker by adding to the
water in which they are boiled a little
vinegar or a piece of lemon. By the
use of a little acid there will be a con-
siderable saving of fuel, as well as
shortening of time. Its action is
beneficial on old, tough meats, render
ing them quite tender and easy of diges-
ton. Tainted meats and fowls will
lose their bad taste and odor if cooked
in this way; and, if not used too freely,
no taste of it will be acquired.
Ported MEATS.
1t not infreguently happens in a
family that quantities Of cooked meats
remain on hand. Such should be
potted. Gut the meat from the bones,
chop fine and season high with salt,
pepper, cloves and cinnamon. Moist
en- with vinegar, sauce, or melted but
ter, according to the kind of meat, or
to suit your own taste. Then pack it
tight into a jar, and cover over the top
with about a quarter of an inch of
melted butter. 1t will keep months,
and always afford a ready and excellent
dish for the breakfast or tea-table.
ooRN-sTARcH CAKcE.
This is a simple and digestible cake,
easily and quickly made, and generally
liked. Rub well together one cup of
butter and two cups of sugar. Add
the white of six eggs beaten to a froth.
Stir in M cup of sweet milk, two cups
of flour in which have been thoroughly
mixed two tea+spoonfuls of baking
powder or two of cream of tartar and
one of soda, and flavor with one tea
spoonful of extract of bitter almonds
(or other flavor desirad). Lastly, stir
in one cup of cornstarch, which acts ,
both as food and shortening. Imme-
bake in a moderately quick ]
oven. {
REST FRosTTNG.
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