Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-19
Recipes.

FARMERS FRUIT CAKE.-Take three tea
cupfuls Of sour dried apple, soak over night
in warm water, then drain aud chop it
aud put it with nearly three cups of mo-
lasses Tor one cup molasses aud two of sugar,
and simmer them an hour and half, stirring
them occasionally; then crate in one nut.
meg and add half teacup of lard or pork
gravy, one teaspoonful of salt and let it stand
until it will be about milk warm then add
and and one-half teaspoonluls Of soda and
one teacup Of sour milk, one egg, and stir
in flour till it is pretty stiff; bake in mod.
crate oveh an hour or more, according to the
sizs of the loaves water can be used in the
room of milk by using the same amount oil
cream tartar as there is soda and adding a
little more shortening.
APPLE CAKE.-One cup sugar, one cup
sweet milk, piece OF butter half as large as
an egg, half nutmeg, teaspoonful Of salt
and one Of saleratus. Nix q little thicker
than for fritters, and add one pint of thinly
sliced apple; bake in slow oven about an
hour.
DoUGuNUrs.- pint buttermilk, one
cup sugar, oue-third cup butter, one egg
one teaspoonfu saleratus, spice, usually
use a little cinnamon) and -four to roll.
RICE PUDDING.-Soak a cup of rice in
enough warm water to cover it over night
next morning add uine cups of milk piece oil
butter half as large as hens egg; sweeten
to taste add little salt and nutmeg after
it has been 10 the oven about half an hour
stir it from the bottom and add cup OF
cream or milk do not bake it too long, an
hour and half will suffice.
CooKIEs.-Take two eggs, one and hall
cups sugar, little nutmeg, half teaspooAful
of saleratus, oue.half cup butter stir in
-four till it will roll. $. Ms.
POTATo YEAsr-Grate four good sized
potatoes, aud put boiling water enough in
them to make the required thickness, add
one half.cup Of white sugar, and half tea
spoonful Of ginger, little salt; when
nearly cold add the yeast for rising.
BRowN BREAD.-One pint each of but.
termilk, sweet milk and hot water, one tea.
spoon soda, half cup of moassos, little
salt, equal parts of rye and Indian meal
make q stiff dough, Stir weH.
CREAM PIE.-Yolks of three eggs, two
tablespoonfuls four beaten with half cup
Of sugar scald iu quart of nc W milk, moi
allowing it to boil much. When thick flavor
with lemon, and turn into the paste already
baked. Whip the whites of the eggs to q
stiff lroth sweoten and flavor to taste, then
spread it on the pie, set it in the oven aud
brown slightly.
Coop PLAIN CAKE.-Two eggs, one and
onc.half cups sugar, one cup cream, one tea
spoonful soda, little salt and nutmeg, two
aud oue.half cups -four.
HARD GINGERDREAD.-Two cups molass es
one Of sugar, one of cream, one toaspoonfu
of alum dissolved in a little water. One
tablespoon Of soda, salt and ginger to taste
! SOFT GINGERBREAD.-Two.t thirds coiFe,
cup cream, and Gll with new milk, one tea
spoonful cream tartar and one Of soda, on,
cup molasses, three cups -four, one-half tea
spoon ginger. Salt.
JELLY CAKE.-YOlks of 4 eggs, one cul
Of cream, one of sugar, flavor with lemon
salt and soda. | fiud this a convenient wa.
to use the Voks when have used the whites
for something else,)
TEA BIsCUIT,-One quart OF -four, il
which mix one teaspooniul cream tartar
one-half teaspoOnful soda and littl
salt, add one pint creamy sweet milk, an
mould as little as possible. ANNIE.
In the winter, when there has been fal
Of light snow, the following makes a delight
ful dish for dessert and reircshment. Tax,
of the thickest sweet cream you eau get, on
pint to it add one teacupful of white oil
light sugar; beat we'll together, then adj
enough clean, dry snow, stirring well till o
the consistency of Ice cream add havorin
of lemon, vanilla, strawberry or raspberr
syrup made for the purpose.-HOusehOld.
Having been a sufferer from the toe nail
growing 10 for about fifteen years, | give
recipe that has been we'll tried. Wind
wooden thread two or three times around th
smallest part Of the toe and tie it, not s
tight as to stop the circulation-and yol
will have no more trouble with the nail
growing in. tried it two years ago az
have not had any trouble since.--HOuSehoic
Cut away the nail where it grows into tn
flesh aud then crowd lint under the edge {