The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-09-14
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FRICASSEED OYsTERS.-lOO oysters,
pound butter; brown the butter,
then put in the oysters and let all
simmer for 10 minutes braid / table |
spoonful of flour and butter well to-
gether, add spoonful chopped parsley, !
some salt and pepper; when ready 10 |
serve, add the yelks of 3 eggs wen
beaten; serve on toast.
SPICED BEEF BAKED.-1 ounce OF
saltpeter, pounded fine; rub it well on
piece of beef; hours after rub .
pound of brown sugar, and little salt
now and then; let the meat lie in this
pickle over days; then take ounce
of ground pepper, ounce OF mace,
few pounded cloves; cover with suet
and bake in an oven. The spices must
be rubbed in well. q
STUFFED EGG PLANT.-Cut off the
stem nicely to admit knife and spoon,
remove the inside, and boil 1t with o
few drops of water and an onion for 10
minutes. Afterward chop up both tlne
and mix with J cup of bread crumbs
and a little chopped parsley, and season
with butter, salt and pepper. Stand 1t
on the stem end in small pan to bake
] hour m the oven. Put good tea
spoonful of butter or fat in the bottom
of the pan.
RUSSIAN SALAD.-Take of red beets,
carrots, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes
and string beans ] pint, after being
boiled and cut up about the size of peas.
Then add picked cucumbers and 2
stalks of celery, cut up the same size; l
onion chopped very fine, and pint can
of green peas. Mix all these ingredi-
ents well, without breaking; add near
ly teaspoonful of salt, and mOisten all
well with salad oil and vinegar, in equal
parts in which has been well dissolved
] teaspoonful of mustard. Garnish with
| light lettuce leaves and hard boiled eggs
cut in quarters or rings.
CHICKENS IN JELLY.-This looks very
handsomely on the table and relishes
always, although it is q cold dish. First,
prepare the meat jelly in which to en-
case the chicken. Boil calves feet, )
onions, ! teaspoonful whole cloves, the
same of pepper-corns, l teaspoonful
salt, carrot and bunch of celery in .
quarts of water, slowly for hours.
Strain and cool; when cold, take off the
fat, and just put the rest in a preserve
kettle with sliced lemons and the
whites and shells of 6 eggs. Boil 20
minutes, then add cup cold water, let
| it stand Is minutes; then strain through
a ielly-bag. The birds should have
been stuffed and roasted, and put into
the mold, breast downward; then the
molds filled with the hot jelly from the
ielly-bag. The molds, of course, should
be wet, so the form will come out hand
somely. Serve from platter. Garnish
with bright-colored jelly and sprigs OF
parsley laid alternately around the
edge.
PEACH STAINs.-After peaches have
been served at table, let little care be
taken not to wet the table-clOth or nap
kins until they are to be washed. Then
place them in tub or other vessel, by
themselves, and pour direct upon the
stains boiling water, and plenty of it
When quite covered with the water, lei
them stand until cold, when they may
be washed in the usual manner. This
is valuable recipe for all fruit stains
especially on colOred goods, which will
not bear the application of the alkalies
A little experience will aid the treat
ment materially. If the stains accumu
late on white goods, treat them witt
iavelle water, which can be obtained Of
the druggist or made with washing sodi
and chloride of lime, 3 lbs each, treated
with quarts of boiling water Gin Woo
or stone), covered day, stirring occa
sionally, and then straining through
ticking or other thick goods. Grea
care should be taken in making anC
using it, as it will eat both hands anC
clothing.