The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-07-12

To make Old-fashioned short cake,
Without soda. take two pounds OF hour,
and rub IN one-hah pound Of butter OF
lard cold; add little salt, ard mix with
sweet milk o. cream, cold; roll ont - bis
Cult and bake Quickly
There lie no emp1oyments which
give more time for Study md reflection
fhan agriculture. BY the pillow, III the
wagon, caring for his stock, OF BY the
wayside. the farmers mind should go out
eagerly for new ideas.-Ioea STATE Reg
istey
Ginger Drope. One half cup short
ening, one cup sour milk, two teaspoons
OF SODA, one teacup brown sugar, half q
cup OF moIasses, two eggs, one teaspoon OF
ginger. Grsase drippiDg-pan well.
Make the batter ~ It will crop from the
spoon in drops as large as IN efg.
Repeated experiments hare proven
that pof1to sprouts, which are generally
thrown away, will produce just as good
potatoes, just as early and Just as many
a. the tUbers themselves. In times Of
scarcity the sprouts may be planted and
the tubers used for the table.-Detrott
Tribune.
Pineapple Pie IL cupful of sugaf,
half cupful Of butter. one of sweet cream,
five eggs. one pineapple grated; beat but
ter and sugar to cream, add beaten
yelks Of eggs, then the pineapple and
cream, and la1fly, the beaten whites
whipped in li6hfiy. Bake with under
crust only.
Egg Plant.-Pare and cut them IN
slices about quarter of an inch thick /;
season them with salt and pepper. Have
ready some hot butter in pan; put in
the slices, and fry them very slowly till
they are perfectly soft. There should be
enough butter in the pan to prevent them
from sticking to the bottom.
Sugar Candy.-Six cups OF sugar,
one of vinegar, one of water, one spoon.
ful of butter, and one teaspoonful of soda,
dissolved in little hot water. Boil Alto
gether, without stirring, for half an hour.
Flavor with lemon or vanilla This is
very good when ''pulled" like the old
fashioned molasses candy, or it may be
cooled on a buttered plate.
Green Pea Soup.-Boil the empty
pods of half peck of green peas one
hour; strain the broth, and add to it four
pounds of lean beef cut in small pieces,
and boil an hour and half; strain the
broth, then add the peas, salt and pepper
to taste, teaspoonful Of sugar; a few
minutes before serving stir in a half cup
OF cream, thickened smoothly with a ia.
5lespoorful of flour.
TO can corn, cut the corn from the
cobs, and then scrape the cobs enough to
get off all the corn; select Large cob to
pack the corn in the jars, and cut the butt
off square. Have funnel to fit into the
neck of the jar, and fill with corn, pack
ing it solid with the cob. Set the jars,
with tops partly screwed up, into a boiler
having crate in the bottom, or something
to keep the jars from direct contact with
the bottom. Fill the boiler with cold wa
ter to the shoulders of the jars, bring to a
boil, and keep it boiling three hours; take
out, and screw up the tops tight In an
hour screw up again and set away in a
cool, dark place Western Rural.
-Minnehaha Cake.-ODe and a half
cups granulsted sugar, half cup butter
stirred to cream, whites of six eggs OF
three whole eggs, two teaspoonfu.s cream
tartar, put into two heaping cups of flour
and both sifted together, one teaspoonful
soda in half cup of sweet milk. Bake the
cake in three layers. For filling take a
tea-cup of sugar and a little water; boil
together until brittle when dropped into
cold water; remove from the stove and
stir quickly into the we'll beaten white of
one egg; add To this cup of stoned
raisins, chopped fine; or cup of chopped
hickory nut-meats, and place between
layers and over the top of the cake.