Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-12-28
HE HERALD.
Household Recipes.

COFFEE CAKE.-One cuptul strong
coffee, one cupful butter, one and one
half cupfuls sugar, one tea-spoonfnl
cinnamon, one teaspoonlul cloves, one
nutmeg about three and half cup.
fuls -four, one egg, one tea-spoonful
soda, and one cupiul raisins. This will
keep a long time.
BEEFsTEAK PIE A paste made of
one pound of flour and one-half pound
Of beef suet minced very fine, is very
nice for this pie; line the sides OF
your dish !; place in it your steak.
trimmed free of bone and part of the
fat ; season with pepper and salt, and
add Jumps of butter rolled IN flour;
bake in a moderate oven or you can
cut up your steak in inch pieces, or
have it minced very fine by the butch
err, adding one quarter of pound of
fat salt pork to every two of beef, and
lou can also add beef kidney par
boiled and cut in pieces; besides.
this pie made in mold and boiled
is very rich and nice.
PoT RoAsT.-Take any piece of
fresh beef, lay in flat-bottomed pot
with two good sized onions cover
ouly even with the top of the meat
with boiling water cover very
tiyht. and let stew slowly until the
water is exhausted turn it over once
or twice; when it begins to brown
watch that it does not burn, and then
season it with salt and black pepper,
aud spice, if you choose.
.sMINCE IEs.-Boil foursor five.pounds
top sirloin of beef, keep the soup for
the pies. After chopping the meat
fine, chop as much of tart apples;
let it measure as much as the meat
when chopped add two pounds of
stoned raisins, two pounds of currants
washed and dried one-half pound
citron, cut fine all the soup. more
than a quart; one tablespoonful poun-
ded mace, one of cinnamon, one-half
tablespoonful cloves, one ounce graf
ed nutmegs, pint of black molasses,
one and one-half pounds sugar, one
quart cider, one and one-half plnts
brandy. one pound suet. After mix
ing and stirring well, try it and add
such ingredients as are needed.
OYSTER PfE.--Make q rich puff
paste: line baking dish with it. and
fiji it with bread crumbs butter the
edges Of the dish, put on the top cover,
and edge with leaves cut ont Of the
paste, and bake in moderate oven
wash the oysters in water, strain the
LIQUOR, PIT it in a saucepan over the
fire, and let it come to a boil ; put in
your oysters, which should be large
and fresh, season with salt, cayenne
pepper, mace and nutmeg; thicken
with yolk hard-boiled egg, grated and
fine bread crumbs and butter; when
the oysters are plump, and the paste
baked take off the top lid very care
fully, turn ont the bread, and fill with
the prepared oysters hot az possible,
put on the cover and send to table.
LEMON CREAM PTE.-Jnice and
rind Of one lemon, one cupful sugar,
the yolks Of two eggs, two tablespoon
fnls flour, one pint milk; make an
nnder-crust; when nearly done pour
over it a frosting made OF the whites
Of the eggs and two tablespoonfuls
sugar; put in the oven and brown
slightly; this will make one pie.
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING, lone
quart sweet milk boiled. pour into a
pudding-pan and thicken with meal
aud handful of flour about as stiff as
for griddles; one teaspoonfu salt,
two-thirds of cupful molasses; spice
with cinnamon, if You please. Quar-
tered sweet apples are an improve
ment. Bike this till red, which will
require at least four hours.
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING, lin
pint of molasscs, put quarter of
pound of butter set en- fire and warm
together. Boil one quart OF milk and
pour boiling over pint of sifted In
dian meal-stirring to keep free from
lumps-add the molasses and butter
cover it and let stand an hour; when
cold beat up six eggs very light and
stir in gradually; also one teaspoon
ful of ginger, one of cinnamon, and
half a nutmeg bake two hours; have
q mOlasses sauce, or wine if you
choose.
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING, Ill
Four eggs, two quarts milk, one cup
full of meal, half cupful molasses, half
cupful of sugar. one teaspoonful of
salt, one teaspoonful ofgrated nutmeg,
two teaspoonfuls ground cinnamon.
Wet the meal with cold milk put the
rest of milk over TO boil: when boil
ing stir in wet meal, boil ten minutes,
stirring all the time. Add molasses,
sugar and butter while bot. When
cool adj eggs, well beaten, salt and
spices. Put in buttered dish, bake
one hour To be eaten hot. Grated
lemon peel is an Improvement if it is
liked.