The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-03
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
SPONGE CAKE.-4 eggs. beaten for


SPONGE CAKE.-4 eggs. beaten for L;
hour, cupful sugar, ] cupful -four
BREAKFAST CAKE.-About a pint Of
sour milk and tablespoonful of SOU
cream, teaspoonful soda; Stir ri back
wheat flour enough to make moder.
ately thick batter, and bake. in a cake
tin.
FLANNEL. CAKES pint of flour
add IL pint of corn-meal, 4 eggs, /
tablespoonful yeast, with milk enough
to make stiff batter; set to rise over
night. Thin, with warm milk and water
before baking next morning. III
RICH RICE PUDDING.-Soak l cupful
rice over night in cupfuls water; take
the yelks of eggs beaten with 6 table
spoonfuls white sugar, 1 quart boiled
milk, and flavoring according to taste /;
beat the whites to stiff froth; add 3
tablespoonfuls of white sugar; pour it
over the top, and bake a few minutes.
Potato PUFF.-Any left over mashed
potatoes may be made into an excellent
dish for next days dinner Mashed po-
tatoes, two cupfuls; melted butter, two
tablespoonfuls,t If theTpotato. was not
sufficiently seasoned for the table, salt
will be required. Bake in quick oven
until the top is a light brown.
Morn PREVENTIVE Mix ~ pint of
alcohol, the same quantity ofspirits of
turpentine, and ounces of )camphor.
Keep in a stone bottle, and shake before
using. The clothes, or furs,. are to be
wrapped in linen, and crumbled up
pieces of blotting-paper dipped in the
liquid are to be placed in the box with
them, so that it smells strong. This
requires renewing about once year
ROAST FILLET OF VEAL.-The bone
should be taken out; fill the cavity with
ADDRESSING made of bread crumbs, pep
per and salt and sweet marjoram; a
piece of butter the size of an egg, or a
little bit of fat pork chopped very fine,
and one egg. Mix this up well, skever
the veal tight to keep the dressing in
1t adds to the look and taste of a fillet of
veal to lard it with pork. If this is not
done it should be basted often with but
ter. A piece weighing Spounds requires
4 hours to roast. \ i. ~ ~
BRoILED BREAST OF MUTTON, Trim
and lay it in stew-pan, with slice of
fat bacon and some pepper whole, an
onion stuck with cloves. sliced car
rot, some celery cut up and bundle of
sweet herbs; moisten with stock and
let it braise an hour; when done enough
pull out the bones and lay the breast be-
tween two plates with a weight on, to
get cold; brush over well with melted
butter, cover with bread crumbs, broil
on a clear fire and serve hot, with the
Juice of lemon under it and sprinkled
with pepper. ssH - 8 q - 4
PAINT FOR FLOORS, ETC.-There is
but one paint suitable for floors, and
this is French, ochre. First, if the boards
have shrunk, clean out the joints well,
and with small brushgive a heavy coat
of boiled linseed oil, then putty up solid.
Now paint the whole floor with mix
ture of much oil and little ochre for the
first coat; then, after it is well dried,
give two coats of much ochre and little
oil; finally, finish with coat of first
rate copal varnish. This is an extreme
ly durable paint for floors, indoors or
out, such as verandas, porticOs and the
like. A floor stain is best mixed with
oil and finally vanished.