The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-10-05

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
The HOusekeePer.

Muffins.-A pint OF sour milk,
two eggs, lump of butter half as
large as an egg, a small teaspoon
ful of soda. Bake in gem pans IN
"a hot oven fifteen minutes.
Kings Puddins.-Beat six eggs,
add one quart of sweet milk, one
pound of white sugar. one dozen
soda crackers, four large apples
cut in very thin slices, and a little
salt. Spice to taste and bake for
about two hours.
Landy Pudding.-One quart Of
milk, two large spoonfuls of -four,
the yolks of four eggs we'll beaten
and mixed with milk, beat the
whites of the eggs separately, mix
with four teaspoonfuls of sugar
and drop on the top and bake.
Icing for Cake. Beat the whites
of four eggs, then add gradually
one and a quarter pounds of pull
verified sugar, beating it for half
an hour. If too thick to run, thin
with a little vinegar. Flavor with
lemon. The cake sholud be al
most cold and we'll Toured before
you attempt to ice it.
Eggs a la Creme. = Six eggs
boiled hard and chopped fine, and
stale bread. Put in a dish alter
nate layers of chopped egg and
grated bread. When the dish is
full pour on a pint of boiling milk,
seasoned with salt, pepper and
tablespoonful of butter. Bake to
a light brown.
Linen Polish. - Take of white
WAX one ounce, spermaceti two
ounces, and a good pinch of salt.
Mix and melt these together, and
when cold it will form hard cake.
Put piece the size of a pea in the
starch for every three shirts, and
when ironing go over the linen
quickly second time. This will
increase the polish.
Lemon Pie. - One lemon, one
tablespoonful of corn starch dis
solved in cold water, one cup of
sugar, one egg, a piece of butter
the size of an egg, one cup of hot
water; boil few minutes. Make
a merringue of the whites of two
eggs and two tablespoonful of pull
verified sugar. Bake a shell first
so as to have the crust dry.
Jelly Cake Rolls. - Four eggs,
beat whites and yolks separately,
one teacupful white sugar, one tea
cupful sifted -four, two teaspoon
fuls Eureka yeast powder, flavor
with the juice OF one lemon, beat
all well together; spread quarter
of an inch thick in square tin,
bake quickly, then turn bottom
side up, spread with jelly and roll
up while hot. This recipe makes
three rolls.
Gen. r. E. Lee Cake.-Ten eggs,
one pound of sugar, half a pound
of -four, the rind of one lemon and
the jnice of half a lemon. Make
exactly like sponge cake and bake
in jelly cake tins. Then take the
whites of two eggs, beat to froth
and add one pound of sugar, the
grated rind and juice of an orange,
or the juice of the other half of the
lemon. Spread it ON the cakes be-
fore they are perfectly cold, and
place one layer upon an other.
This makes two cakes. ffiss
Scraprle. - Take a fresh pigs
head or other cuttings of pork; if
it is head, carefully clean it. put
it into a pot with a gallon of water,
let it boil until the meat leaves the
bone, then strain, putting the liq-
uor back into the pot. (be careful
to get all the bones OUT, put the
meat into chopping bowl. mince
fine, season with salt, pepper. sage,
thyme and majoram; stir well and
add it to the liquor, thicken with
yellow Indian meal until the spoon
stands alone. Let it boil ah hour,
stirring occasionally, turn it into
square tin pans, when wanted for
use cut into thin slices and fry
light brown.
Baking Beans.-Soak three pints
of beans over night in plenty of
of water, then parboil them two or
three times (this can be done
while preparing breakfast), then
have ready a jar or dish with