The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-04-05
THE HOUSEKEEPER.


one-half cup sugar, one half cup melted
butter, one half cup hot water, one and one
half tea3poonfuls soda, one teaspoouful
ginger, Mix soft and bake in hot oven.
Potato Pie.-Boil or wash common or
sweet potatoes and strain through fine
sieve; to each pint add one aud a half pints
of milk, q little melted butter, two eggs,
salt, nutmeg to the taste bake in one crust,
like custard pie.
Rolled Jelly Cdkc.-One cupful sugar,
one cupful flour, four eggs (whites and
yolks beaten separately two teaspooufuls
baking powder. Bake in dripping pan.
When done turn the cake out upsidf down
on towel. Spread with jelly or igtng and
roll up carefully; it will not break
apple Johnny. CaLes-<Scald one quart
Of fine or medium corn meal with one quart
of boiling water, and add one pint of sweet
apples, pared, corsaT and chopped. Mix
evenly, spread one inch thick on tin and
bake forty minutes in quick oven, or until
the apples are tender Serve warm.
Hot RoHs.-A nice breakfast arrange
ment, where there are no dyspeptics in the
family, is to take quart oflsifted -four, one
fuls OF thick cream, q tcaspoonful of soda |;
stir up quickly and put into roll-bakers, we'll
buttered, or cup cako tins, and bake in q
quick oven. They are very palatable and
easily made.
10 Fry Chichens.-M Many people prefer
chickens fried to any other way. Dissect,
salt and pepper with cayenne; roll the pieces
In flour and fry in lard. When done, pour
OF the lard and put in quarter of pound
OF butter, teacupfLl of cream, little
flour, and some parsley scalded and chopped
fine for the sauce.
Rye Brcad.-M. j. G.. sends the follow
Ing recipe: Two and onc-half cups sour
milk, twothrds cup of molasses, one tea.
spoonful (heaping) of soda, one-half tea.
spoonful of salt, two cups sftcd -four and
three and ono-half of rye meal, or, if dc.
sired, all rye may be used. This may be
baked in loaf or in gem pans. If made
as biscuit, roll out and mix harder.
Beef Soup.-Take shin bone of beef,
put it into pot and cover well with cold
water; when it bols put in one can of to-
natoes, one large carrot and one small tur-
nip, grated one onion, cut in thin slices :;
onc-half teacupful Of rice and little pars-
ley, cut fine. Cover tho pot and let it boil
slowly for three hours. The meat can then
be taken out and leave thick soup, or
strain it aud put in some vermiccll for
thin soup. The thick is the ''old-fashioned
kind."-County Gentleman.
Indian Pm7diy-This Indian pudding
IS so easily made think you will like it !;
scald quart of milk (skimncd milk will do
and stir in seven heaped tablespoons of sif-
ted Indian meal, a teaspoon of salt, a tea
sPoohiul OF ginger or ginger, ana cinnunrUu
mixed half and half, tablespoon or more
OF chopped suet, tcacup of molasscs; last,
one egg. If you want whey, pour in
little cold milk after it is all mixed, ready
to put in the oven. Bake one and half
or two hours.-Rural Home.
Kentucky Corn Cuhcs.--Takc one quart
of cornmeal and two tablespoonfuls of
common wheat -four (not preparcU add
salt to taste, and mix thoroug ghly with
sufficient quantity of buttcrmilk to form a
batter. Next melt heaping tablespoonful
of lard, stir it with the batter well and bake
on hot grddlc, pouring them thin. by
this recipe the full flavor of the corn meal
is obtained, unmixcd with the taste of mo-
lasscs, which many people mistakenly deem
necessary to cause the cakes to bake brown.
White GingcrJrcad-Rub half a pound
Of butter into one pound of -four, add half
pound of loaf sugar, which should be
finely powdered and sifted. and the rind of
one lemon very finely minced, one ounce of
ground ginger and nutmeg grated. Mix
these we'll together; make one gill of milk
just warm, stir in half teaspoonful of car
Donate of soda, and work the whole into
nice smooth paste, roll it out into cakes and
bake in moderate oven from fifteen TO
twenty minutes.
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