The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-08-10
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
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furniture by the use of II little
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move paint from black silk or any
other material.
Corn Cake. "A quart of sour
milk, three eggs, teaspoonful OF
soda, teacup of -four, yellow corn
meal enough to make batter as
thick as for pancakes. Bake the
cakes quickly in pan we'll but
tered with sweet butter.
Lunch Cake.-One large table
spoonful of butter or lard melted
in one cupful of hot water, two
cupfuls of molasses, one quart OF
-four; stir two teaspoonfuls Eureka
yeast powder into the molasses,
mix, line your tin with buttered
paper and bake.
New England Sponge Cake
Eight eggs, their weight in sugar,
half their weight in -four, lemon
rind grated, the juice Of one lemon;
beat the whites of the eggs sepa-
rately and add last; line the pan
with buttered paper and bake in a
quick oven nearly an hour.
Potato Doughnuts-One pint
bowl of mashed potatoes, one pint
bowl of sweet milk, one egg, a
piece of shortening as large as an
egg, one large tablespoonful of
yeast /; set to rise in half the milk /;
cloves mix thin. and cover with a
cloth to cool, after cooking.
Cookies.-Three eggs, three cups
of sugar, one cup of butter or
lard, one cup of sour cream (but-
ter-milk will answer ,one teaspoon
full of salaratus, season to taste.
This will make quite a quantity,
but they will keep a long time
indeed, they improve with age.
Meat Loaf.-Boil two pounds of
veal or beef until tender, chop it
fine, add two eggs, six Boston or
soda crackers rolled fine, one table,
spoonful of salt, one teaspoouful Of
pepper, one teacup of water. Pack
In a pan and bake one hour To
be eaten cold, sliced thin. A nice
dish for tea.
Cream Sponge Cake.-Two tea
cups of sugar, three teacups OF
-four, two teaspoonfuls of cream
tartar, one teaspoonful of soda,
one-half teaspoonful of salt, and
four eggs. Break two eggs in each
cup, fill with sour cream, and then
stir all together and bake in lay
ers. Put jelly between.
Beef Soup.-Take four pounds
of fresh beef, or, what is better and
more economical, nice shank OF
soup-bone, put it into four or five
quarts of water, salt it and let II
boil slowly FIVE or six hours, skim
well, and half an hour before you
wish to take it up put in cur
partly full of rice, small quantity
of potatoes, carrots, onions and
celery cut in small pieces.
Lemon White Sauce. Put the
rind of small lemon INTO a sauce
pan with half a teaspoonful of salt
Simmer gently for half an hour
strain and add half pint of hot
cream, also four ounces of butter
rolled in dessertspoonful of flour
Simmer this for five minutes, ther
add carefully a tablespoonful O
lemon Juice, stirring well to pre-,
vent curdling. This is fine sauce
for fowls or rabbits.
Orange Extract for ke.-Takt
the peel from fresh oranges, cut i
into long thin strips, then Sew the
peel in water till all the bitterness
IL extracted. Throw out this water
and stew again in syrup made o
pound of sugar to a pound o
peel, using just water enough t.
form thick syrup. Seal up in ,
glass jar "a self-sealer is the best
When wanted for use take out {
small quantity and chop it fine. L
may be in either cakes, pudding
or pies.
Stuff Whitefsh. out the
backbone to within two inches O
the tail /; make the dressing O
stale bread that has been soaked
in water melt an ounce of butter
chop into it a small onion and ado
the bread, with salt, pepper and
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