Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-01-31
Recipes.

LEMON CAKE.-Four cupfills flour,
three cunfuls sugar, one cupful butter,
one cupful milks, five eggs, season with
| lemons.
To CLEAN WALL PAPER.-WaIl paper
may be somewhat cleaned by using
fine, dry Indian meal, rubbing it on with
a soft, dry cloth.
For SEARCHING LINEN.-Use one tea
spoonful powdered borax to one quart
of boiling starch; it will improve the
stiffening and gloss.
SUET PUDDING-One cup beef suet
chopped fine, two cups sour milk, one
half teaspoon salt, one teaspoon soda,
one cup raisins. Steam two hours.
To MAKE TAFFY.-Two cupfuIs OF
molasses, one cupful of sugar, half a
cup Of milk, a teaspoonful butter and q
piece of chocolate an inch square,
boiled together about thirty minutes,
will make nice taffy.
DRYNEss OF THE THROAT.-A remedy
for dryness of the throat will be found
in small piece Of muriate of ammonia,
about 10 or Is grains every two hours.
Use the best quality, and allow it to
dissolve slowly in the mouth.
KITCHEN ODoRs.-A lump of bread
about the size of billiard-ball, tied up
in linen bag and inserted in the pot
which boIls green's, will absorb the
gases which oftentimes send such an
insupportable odor to the regions
above.
TEACUP PUDDINGs.-On dessert spoon
full of corn -four, half pint of milk, six
Jumps of sugar, a few grains of salt;
stir these on the fire, to boil five minutes;
add one egg; beat up until well mixed;
pour this into buttered cup, and boil
twenty-five minutes.
BUNs.-Six ounces of butter, three
quarters of a pound of sugar, one
pound of flour, four eggs, half cup of
sweet milk, a tablespoonful of soda,
one of cream of tartar, a small nut
meg; work the butter to a cream; add
the milk next, putting in the flour and
soda last
GRAHAM PIE CRUsT-Take thin,
sweet cream and prepare a dough, as
for crackers, roll out and make your
pie as with crust of grease and fine
flour, and you will have an article that
Is very eatable and healthful.
CURE FOR INCIPIENT CoNsUNIPrON.-t
Live temporarily, avoid liquor, take
daily sponge bath, wear flannel next |
the skin, and take every morning one
half pint of fresh milk from the COW.
mixed with wineglass of the expressed |
juice of green hoarhound. To be sue |
cessful it must be persisted in for some
time.
INDIAN PUDDING.-One quart of milk,
half a pint of corn meal, half cup of
suet, one cup of mOlasses,
one teaspoonful of ground allspice, one |
egg, and a little salt; boil half the milk
and stir in the corn meal; let it cool;
then add the remainder of the milk (.
and the other ingredients, pour all into .
a buttered dish, and bake one hour. /
DoUGHNUTs.-One pound of white
sugar, one quart of milk, one-half
pound of butter or lard, one pint yeast, .
flour sufficient to stiffen. Let the dough I
rise, then lift small portions lightly and .
twist into shape Cook the nuts in lard .
deep enough to swim them Dust with I
sugar while hot. The same receipt
makes an excellent rusk
Brown BREAD.-Two cups of Indian
meal, two cups of rye meal, one cup Of
two cups of sweet milk, one
cup of sour milk, one teaspoonful of
soda, pour into tin pudding dish or
two quart pail, shut cloth in under
the cover to make it tight, set it into a
kettle of boiling water, and let it boil
steadily four hours.
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING.-One quart
Of scalded milk, while hot stir in twelve
of Indian meal, little
salt, and three-fourths of a teacupful of
set it by to cool, and just be-
fore putting into the oven add one-half
pint of cold water, and bake two or
5hree hours.
CUsTARD IN CUPs.-Beat three eggs
with three tablespoonfuls of sugar and
4 little nutmeg and salt, add full