The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-17
USEFUL FAMILY RECIPES,

USEFUL FAMILY RECIPES.
Strawberry Syrup - For five quarts of
fruit allow twelve pounds Of sugar and one
pint of water; sprinkle the fruit with some
of the sugar and let it stand over night;
then crush the berries, strain, washing out
the pulp with the pint of water; add the
remaining sugar and bring to the boiling
point; again strain; bottle and cork at once;
keep in cool place.-[E M. S., Ravenna, o.
Baked Tomatoe.-Skin the tomatoes; put
into baking dish layer of rolled cracker
and small pieces of butter, then layer of
tomatoes slioed; add another layer of
cracker and butter, with pepper and salt to
the taste; then layer of green corn, cut
from the cob; repeat until the dish is filled
Bake three-quarters of an hour Mrs A.,
MeMinnyille, Tenn.
Poached Eggs - When The water has
boiled in the frying-pan break the eggs sep
arately in saucer; remove the pan from
the stove, and slip the eggs Zone at time)
on the surface of the water; when all are in
place the pan again on the fire, and boil
three minutes; take them out with skim
mer, drain well, lay them upon pieces of
buttered toast place on a hot dish, salt to
taste; garnish with parsley.-[M. G. K,
Flagg Springs, KY.
Spanish Pudding-To pint of water put
two ounces of fresh butter and little salt
when it boils, add as much -four as will
make it the consistency of hasty pudding
is taken off the fire and stood till quite cold
beat it up with three eggs; crate little
| lemon-peel and nutmeg, add them to the
mixture; drop the batter with spoon into
frying pan with boiling lard; fry them
quickly. When taken up, heap them in
| the dish high in the middle; throw some
powdered sugar over them.-[S. E. G., Ok
| ford, 0.
Preserved Strawberries -Three-quarters Of
| a pound of fruit and pint of water to sever
pounds of sugar. Put the sugar and water
| into a porcelain kettle and boil from sever
to ten minutes according to thickness; ther
add the fruit previously washed and drained
and boil four minutes; skim out the fruit
turn the syrup into the pans and set in the
sun, adding the berries as soon as it is cool
let stand in the sun-protecting from in
sects-the sunny part of two days; put into
glass and screw down; it is not necessary
however to have them air tights. l..
| Windsor, Ont.
White Mountain Cake--One cupful O.
butter, two of sugar, three of -four, witt
two teaspoonfuls baking powder and a little
salt one cupful of milk and the whites O
eight well-beaten eggs; bake in layers o
different sizes, decreasing in size as it il
built up. Icing-Two cupfus white sugar
with Just enoug water to moisten; boil tt
thick syrup, pour boiling hot on th
whites of two well-be eggs; add one
third teaspoonful citric acid, and stir til
cold, flavor to taste, and ice on top.-[L. G
R., Oakland, Ind.
| Rhode Island Johnny-cake-A quart o
Indian meal; if unbolted sift into six
quart bowl. Have kettle Of boiling wate
ready and pour on to the meal sutficien
water to moisten it thoroughly, stirring i
| with spoon; salt to taste; add half pin
or a pint of milk. The mixture befor
cooking should be considerably sitter thai
ordinary griddle-cake batter. Bake on tn
griddle rather less than half an inch thicl
| for half an hour. The excellence of thes
cakes depends on the meal being fresh an'
well scalded.-[E B. B., New London Conn
A Good Apple Pudding-Make stiffba
| ter of sour milk or buttermilk and graham
-four all the better if an egg is used; greas
a deep dish, such as will set in the steamer
put in batter an inch or an inch and hal
deep, then layer of good sour apples cu
smaller than quarters, sprinkle with suga
according to the acidity of the apples, flavo
with cinnamon or nutmeg; some woul
like little butter; cover with the bate
about the same thickness. A two-quart bs
sin needs to steam one and half or tw
hours. This is excellent with cream, an
can be cooked with less fire than to heat a.
oven.-[M, Columbus, Miss.
Every season verdict is brought in favo
of the originality and beauty of the woo