The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-04-19

be made from the same recipe, only not
quite SO much butter is needed when
nuts are used.
How TO TREAT HYACINTHs.--Ass soon
as the hyacinth is done Towering in water
you may transplant it to pot of earth,
and so leave it to dry off, when you will
lay it away till autumn. Offshoots should
be removed as soon as they appear, and
be put in small pots where they will soon
make roots, and in time form Towering
bulbs.
DoUGANUTs.-Two eggs, two cupfuls
sugar, two and half cupfuls milk, one
cupful butter, or little less, cre pint OF
yeast, nutmeg kpead stiff like bread at
nights keep in warm place; in the
morning knead again, cut into cakes, let
them rise again till so light they will not
sink in the fat, and fry; the more you
knead them the better they will be.
MINING CAMP SLAPJACks.--Mix at
night batter of sour milk and -four stiff
enough so it will run slowly from the
spoon. Let it stand in warm place. In
the morning dissolve small teaspoonful
OF baking soda in little warm water
add to batter; add also salt and large
spoonful of melted butter. A great deal
OF the success of griddle-cakes lies in the
fire being hot enough TO bake them
quickly without burning. A slow fire
will tougher the best materials ever put
together,
Hot SLAw.-Take a piece of butter
the size of half hens egg, a teaeup Of
vinegar, teacup of wator, a teaspoonful
of black pepper, and tablespoonful OF
salt; put them all in a tight-covered
kettle and set over brisk fire. Chop your
cabbage finely; have three pints of it
when the liquid is boiling hot empty the
cabbsge into the kettle, and let it boil
slowly one hour, Serve hot in saucers
1t is very delicious prepared in this
manner.
MAKING BIsCUT.-One quart of -four,
butter the size of an egg, two rounded
teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar, one tea
spoonful of soda, and enough sweet milk
to mix very soft dough. The flour
should be OF good quality. Melt the
butter, and after pulverizing the soda,
measure it little smaller than the cream
tartar, and dissolve in little sweet milk
Place it in cup and rub it with the
finger until sure that no sediment is left
sift the cream tartar with the -four, turn
in the butter, milk and soda, and mix
with a spoon, adding sweet milk enough
for very soft dough. Handle as little
and lightly as possible ; roll, cut and bake
Immediately in quick oven, for fifteen
or twenty minutes.
FISH CHowDER.---Buy part cod and
part haddock; skin fish and boil head
and bones in three quarts cold water and
little salt; then cut fish in squares, wipe
dry, and -four little; then fry out in s
pot four slices nice lean salt pork and two
large onions cut up; take out pork anc
wipe pot dry; turn back fat and lay OF
one layer of fish, pepper, salt, and frleC
sliced onions; then layer of thicl
sliced potatoes, with pepper and salt
then layer of Boston hard crackers spill
in two; then fish again until all i
finished; boil slowly, adding one gooC
pint of milk, one quarter pound butter
pinch OF thyme, and one bay leaf; whel
fish is done take out carefully with
large spoon, so as not to break up tn
fish more than is absolutely necessary
Do not stir the chowder, but turn PO
around.