St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-04-27
Let it stand two hours before the fire be-
lore irving in yery hot lard.

Let it stand two hours before the fire be
lore frying in very hot lard.
DEoDoR1zERs.-A pail of clear waite
in newly painted room will remove tn
s:ckening odor Of paint. Coffee pounded
in mortar and roasted on an lion plate
sugar burned on hot Goals, and vinegar
boiled with myrrh and sprinkled on tht
floor and furniture of sick room are
excellent deodorizers.
| PARSLEY SAucE.--Pick free from
stems, wash in warm and cold water, and
Cry in cloth, handful of parsley
throw it into plenty of boiling water,
with salt; after it boils, reckon one
minute, then drain it; chop it fine on the
back Of plate; put it in the sauce.
tureen with desertspoonful of hot
water; add buttersauce and stir it I'D
we'll.
MOUNTAIN CAKE One cup of sugar :;
three eggs; one'halt cup of butter; one
half cup of sweet milk; one and halt
cups of -four; one teaspoonful Of cream
of tartar; one-half teaspoonful soda or
baking powder, Very nice nut cake can
be made fl m the same recipe, only not
quite so much butter is needed when
nuts are used.
How TO TREAT HYACINTHs.--Asso 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.
DoUGHNUTs.-Two eggs, two cupfuls
sugar, two and halt cupfuls milk, one
cupful butter, or little less, one pint of
yeast, nutmeg knead stiff like bread at
night; keep in a warm place; in the
morning knead again, cut into cakes, let
them rise again till 50 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, teacup of
vinegar, 8 teacup of water, teaspoonful
If black pepper, and tablespoonful of
'alt; put them all in tight-covered
Kettle and set over brisk fire. Chop your
,abbage finely; have three pints of it;
when the liquid is boiling hot empty the
'abbage into the kettle, and let it boil
lowry one hour. Serve hot in saucers.
t is very delicious prepared in this
manner.
MAKING BIsoUIT.-One quart Of -four,
utter the size of an egg, two rounded
of cream Of tartar, one tea !
poonful of soda, and enough sweet milk
o mix very soft dough. The -four
hould be OF good quality. Melt the
'utter, and after pulverizing the soda.
MEASURE it q little smaller than the cream
artar, and dissolve in little sweet milk.
Place it in cup and rub it with the
niger until sure that no sediment is left;
lift the cream tartar with the -four, turn
n the butter, milk and soda, and mix I
With spoon, adding sweet milk enough
Or very soft dough. Handle as little
nd lightly as possible roll, cut and bake
in quick oven, for fifteen
r twenty minutes. -
FISH CHowDER.---Buy part cod and
art haddock skin fish and boil head
nd bones in three quarts cold water and
title salt; then cut fish in squares, wipe
Try, and -four little; then fry out in q
'ot four slices nice lean salt pork and two
arge onions cut up; take. out pork and
wipe pot dry; turn back fat and lay on
ne layer Of fish, pepper, salt, and fried
Iced onions; then a layer of thick
Iced potatoes, with pepper and salt;
hen layer of Bostsn hard crackers split
n two; then fish again until all is
boil slowly, adding one good
int of milk, onequarter pound butter,
inch of thyme, and one bay leaf; when
lsh is done take out carefully with a
arge spoon, SO as not to break up the
lsh more than is absolutely necessary.
10 not stir the chowder, but turn pot
round.
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