Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-24
The household.

Boiled Ham. This should be well
boiled and kept few hours on ice,
If possible, before using. Slice very
thin, lay in uniform order on the
platters, and garnish with sprigs of
parsley.
Lemon Puddlpg.-Two lemons
grated; two cups sugar; one cup
cream; two tablespoons butter; five
eggs; three tablespoons arrowroot.
Line a deep dish with paste and bake
half an hour.
Soft Molasses Cake.-One cup of
molasses, one-half cup of butter or
lard, one egg, one-half cup of sour
milk, one teaspoonful of saleratus,
onc-half table spoonful Of ginger;
nix soft with flour.
Chocolate Blanc Mango .-Onc-half
box of gelatine, well soaked. Let
one pint Of milk come to the boiling
point; one cup Of grated chocolate
mot the sweetened), twelve table
spoonfuls OF sugar. Add the gela-
tine just before turning in the molds.
TO be eaten when cold with sugar
and cream.
Celery Sauce.-Take two or three
heads Of celery; cut fine; put into a
sauce pan with three pints of water,
n little salt; boil two hours. Beat
into a quarter Of "a pound of butter
Il tablespoon of flour; stir it III with
half q cup Of cream; add the LIQUID
and let it boil once.
Light Rye Tea GLADSTONE pint
Of sweet milk, two eggs well beaten,
one tablespoonful Of brown sugar,
half q tcaspoonful Of salt. Stir in
to this sufficient rye flour to make it
as stiff as common griddlc cake bat
ter. Bake in "gem pans" half an
hour Serve hot.
Rye Mutfins.-One pint of milk.
three eggs, three pints of rye flour,
one handful OF wheat flour, half a
teacuptul of home made yeast, or a
penny's worth of bakers YEAST
Make over night. Set in warm
place to rise, aud bake in rings or
round tins half an hour.
Paradise Pudding.-Three eggs,
half a pound Of bread crumbs, three
apples, a cnp Of currants, juice of
half lemon, nutmeg and salt to
taste. Mince the apples, beat the
eggs, and stir all together. Rub the
currants in -four, and stir in the last
thing. Boil one hour and a half
Eat hot with sweet sauce.
Halliday Pudding.-Takc a quar-
ter of a pound OF linely-chopped SUI
ct; the same Of grated bread-crumbs,
currants, raisins and flour; to these
add two tablespoonfuls of treacle
and half a pint Of milk, all of which
must be well mixed together and
boiled in mold for three and half
hours. Serve with wine or brandy
sauce.
Chicken Broth-Put into cold wa
ter the feet and legs THAT is, to the
first joint or unieathcrcd parD of
fowls, or other poultry or game, stew
long, slowly and gently, the liquor
from which should be Il stiff Jelly
when cold; it may be favored as
thought best, and the strength of
broth regulated according to the di-
gestive powers; two sets to pint of
water is about the proportion.
Roquet Pickles.-One gallon of
chopped cabbage, two quarts of
green chopped tomatoes, SIX onions
sliced thin, half an ounce of ground
pepper, half an ounce of whole all
spice, half an ounce of celery seed,
half gallon Of vinegar, onetoulth
of an ounce Of whole cloves, one
fourth cup Of white mustard-seed,
one-hali' gill OF salt, one-half pound
of brown sugar.
Liquid Pudding Sauce. Beat one
egg and one cup white sugar to a
troth; make ready very thin batter
with one cup and a half of water,
and a piece Of butter half the size of
an egg; pour this better, boiling hot,
over the egg and sugar just as it
goes to table; flavor to taste. Beat
while mixing the boiled butter and
sugar.
Coffee Custards.-tor six cups
measure out four cupsful of boiled
milk, put it in basin with one cup
full of very strong coffee, add five
yolks Of eggs and one ounce and q
half sugar, mix well and strain, fill
the cups with the mixture, skim of
carefully all froth from the surface
put them III flat stew-pan with
boiling water to halt the height Of
the cups, put the stew-pan with live
Goals on its cover over slow fire fol
fifteen minutes. The water should
only bubble slightly. When set, LEI
the custards cool in the water. Wipe
the cups off and serve.
To make potato bread, either
sweet or white, take one fourth o
the amount Of flour used, and replace
it with that much boiled potatoes
mashed very fine. If white potatoes
are used, put a piece of clean lime
the size of a hickory nut in the wat
err. If sweet are used. put piece o
charcoal in the water.
The incest ironing and polishing
we have ever had done, and it wa,
not to be surpassed, was done with
out the addition of butter, lard, can
die or anything else to the starch
which should be first moistened will
cold water, then stirred while the
boiling water is added. Boil few
minutes, and it is ready for use with
out any seasoning of any kind, but ;
willing hand well applied, with plen
ty of lubrlcation about the elbows
Use large regular hat-irons for plair
parts, but small, round edged ones
for smaller parts and places, and the
whole process Is much facilitated.
A mechanical defect in tool, We
hiclc or machine, is often confirmed
by time and usage, instead of being
corrected. The common thimble
skems now in general use on wagons
are an illustration of this fact. IheN