The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-05-25

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Housekeeper.

same OF currants and shred suet,
sugar and nutmeg to taste; mix
with four eggs or two spoonfnis of
milk or cream; boil in a Toured
cloth or basin that just holds 1t, for
three or four hours.
Chicken Bean Soup.--Cut up
your chicken and put to cook IN as
much water as yon want for your
soup. Cook about a teacup of
beans in a separate vessel until
they begin to crack, then put them
with the chicken; season with salt,
butter and pepper.
White Cake.-The whites of 3
eggs, half II cup of butter, oneacup
sugar, two cups flour, half cup Of
milk, three teaspoonsful yeast-pow-
der. Mix butter and sugar with
the hand to make fine grained
cake. This is delicious cake if a
thin frosting is made, using orange
extract as a flavor.
Potato Soup.-Peel and slice 3
or good sized potatoes, put them
in nearly two quarts of water and
cook until they break to pieces.
Season with salt, pepper and but
ter, with an even tablespoonful of
-four well mixed with cold water.
Some prefer to season it with few
slices of pork, not very fat.
Sweet Potato Buns. - Boil and
mash two potatoes, rub IN as much
-four as will make it like bread, add
nutmeg and sugar, with a table
spoon level full of good yeast.
When it has risen work in two
tablespoonfuls of butter, then form
into small rolls and bake on tins to
nice brown. Serve hot.
Boston Crackers.-One quart OF
yeast, one quart of water and ono
pound Of flour; mix well and let it
stand for twelve hours, then add a
cupful of butter and a teaspoonful
of salaratus; knead thoroughly
and let it stand another twelve
hours, after which the preparation
is ready for baking.
Orange Custards. -The juice OF
six oranges strained and sweeten-
ed with white sugar. Stir over a
a slow fire till the sugar is dis
solved, taking off the scum. When
nearly cold add the yolks of six
eggs we'll beaten and a pint OF
cream or milk. Stir over the fire
till it thickens and serve in glassea
? 1t should not come to boil.
Veal Loaf-To a pint of cold
veal finely minced add q pint Of
bread crumbs, two eggs well beat.
en-, wineglassful of milk, very
little salt pork, chopped fine, salt
pepper and a pinch of thyme
Bake in a buttered dish, and when
cold turn out upon plate and
serve in slices. Cold beef or mat
ton may be used.
To Prevent Pickle Mold.-The
horseradish, grated and mixed with
pickle, will prevent mold forming
on the top of the jar. Leaves OF
horseradish laid over the top will
answer the purpose. 1t is said
that this puneent root, if grated
and mixed with cider and eaten
with the food, viii both prevent
and cure paraly sis.
A Beautiful Whitewash. To five
gallons Of whitewash made Of we'll
burned white lime, add a quarter
of a pound of loaf sugar, three
pints Of rice flour, made into a
thin and we'll cooked paste, and a
half pound of white glue dissolved
in water. Apply warm. Previous
to applying scrape off all old scaly
whitewash. This is like kalsom-
inc, and is very brilliant.
A Relish for Breakfast Take
one-fourth of pound of fresh
cheese, cut in thin slices, put in Il
frying pan, turning cup of sweet
milk over it; add one-fourth tea
spoonful of dry mustard, pinch
of salt and pepper, and a piece of
hutter ahout the size of a hicknrv
nut; stir the mixture all the time.
Roll three crackers very fine and
sprinkle in gradually, then turn at
once into warm dish and send to
the table immediately. /.
White Gingerbread Rub half Il
pound of butter into one pound of
flour, add half pound OF loaf su-
yar which ehould ha fn.lv ,,,,.-.