The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-06

PUFF CAKE-TwO cups of sugar; one
cup OF butter; three beaten eggs; one
cup of milk; one teaspoonful of soda
and two of cream of tartar three cups
OF -four; bake in small pans.
HICKoRYNUT CAKE-Fwo cupfnls sU-
gar, twO-thIrds cupful butter, three and
one-half cupfuls -four, whites of four
eggs well beaten, three teaspoOnfHls bak-
ing powder mixed with -four, one cupful
sweet milk, one and one half pints of
sliced (not chOppedl hickorynuts. This
makes two rather small leaves
SPANISH CREAM.-Three tablespoon
fuls of sifted, ground rice, yolks of three
eggs, three spoonfuls of water, two of
orange-fOWer water, one pint of cream,
Two spoonfuls fine sugar. To the rice
add the sugar and mix it smooth with
water and Orange-hower water; then stir
in, gradually, the pint of cream, and stir
the whole over q clear fire until it is very
thick.
ITALIAN CREAM.-One quart sweet
milk, one half box gelatine, four eggs,
six tablespoonfuls sugar, one teasp0Onful
vanilla; boil the milk, then stir IN the
gelatine that has soaked in little cold
milk for ten minutes; beat yolks and
sugar together; add to the boiling milk;
favor; remove the custard from the fire,
and add the whites of the eggs previous"
~ beaten to stiff trOth pour in forms !;
set on ice.
To Boil RICE.-Rice, to be used as
vegetable, should never be served mushy.
The grains should be separate. Wash
the rice in two or three waters until it
is perfectly white and clean. To every
FL ,,r. 4 I,,1c fl,
OF water and q little salt. Boil until
YOU see little dimples on the top; take
! off the cover and push the pipkin Tin
| which it should be boiled) one side ON
/ the range or stove, where it will keep
( hot but not cook, until the moisture
/ eVaporates. Don't stint, unless you
wish to use it as a poultice.
! PRESERVED PINE strip
of three quarters of pound OF sugar and
! not quite one>half pint OF water to each
! pound of fruit; put over the fire in q
/ porcelain kettle, and just before it bOils
/ stir in the beaten white of an egg with 8
! tablespoonful of cold water as It boils
remove the scum until no more rises
Have the pineapple pealed and sliced OF
cut into dice; add to the strip and boil
gently until the strip has penetrated the
truit and the pieces look clear. Put into
cans and seal.
] KNOW from experience how the tired
and overburdened farmers wife often
racks her brain for something to fill out
her meagre bill OF fare, when time is pre-
cious ana every step counts. l have
been SO benefited myself by recipe OF
suggestion from some one more expert
enced, that l add my mite, hoping it viii
/ be tried by those VINO are in the habit Of
making cheese from sour milk. Take 8
( pan of thick milk, after it has been
skinned, place it over kettle of boiling
water after cutting it in squares with 8
( knife. Let it stand until thoroughly
4 heated, then set aside until cool, and
I pour into coiander or sieve tn drain.
When the whey has drained of, turn
into a pan, pour on plenty of cold water
and let it soak two or three hours. Drain
/ again and then with q fork mash fine,
season with salt to taste, and stir in few
spOonfuls OF thick, sweet cream. Beat
well with the fork and turn into a d SD
for the table, putting it on ice in q very