The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-04-05
THE HOUSEKEEPER.

4HOitSScS COOhtcS.-One cup molasses,
onc-half cup sugar, one half cup melted
butter, one half cup hot water, one and one
half tca3poonfuls soda, one teaspoonful
ginger. Mix soft and bake in hot oven
Potato Pic.-Boil or wash common or
sweet potatoes and strain through fine
sieve to- each pint add ono aud half pints
of milk, little melted butter, two eggs,
salt, nutmeg to the taste bake in one crust,
like custard pie.
Rolled Jelly Cdkc.-One cupful sugar,
one cupful flour, four eggs (whites and
yolks beaten separately two teaspoonfuls
baking powder Bake in a dripping pan.
When done turn the cake out upside down
on towel. Spread with jelly or ICING and
roll up carefully; it will not break.
APplc Johnny. Coke-<Scald one quart
Of fine or medium corn neal with one quart
of boiling water, and add One pint of sweet
apples, pared, cors& and chopped. Mix
evenly, spread one inch thick on Il tin and
bake forty minutes in quick oven, or until
the apples are tender. Serve warm.
Hot RoNs.-A nice break fast arrange
mcnt, where there are no dyspeptics in the
family, is to take quart of sifted -four, one
HrU n,rurssav o9 -vvus spoarss
fuls OF thick cream, tcaspoonful of soda J;
stir up quickly and put into roll-bakers, well
buttered, or cup cake tins, and bake in
quick oven. They are very palatable and
easily made
To Fry Chichcns.- Many people prefer
chickens fried to any other way. Disscct.
salt and pepper with cayenne; roll the pieces
III flour and fry in lard. When done, pour
off the lard and put in quarter of pound
OF butter, tcacuptLl of cream, little
flour, and some parsley scaldcd and chopped
fine for the sauce.
Rye B"cad.-M. j. G.. sends the follow
ins recipe Two and ouch half cups sour
milk, two.thirds cup Of molasses, one tea
spoonful (hcaping) of soda, one-half tea
spoonful Of salt, two cups siftcd flour and
three and ono-half Of rye meal, or, if de-
sired all rye may be used. This may be-,
baked in y loaf or in gem pans. If made
As biscuit, roll out and mix harder
Bccf' Soup.--Takc shin bone of beef,
put it into pot and cover well with cold
water; when it boils put in one can of to-
mators, ono large carrot and one small tur-
nip, grated one onion, cut in thin slices;
onc-haf teacuptul of rice and little pars-
Icy, cut iue. Cover the pot and let it boil
slowly for three hours The meat can then
be taken out and leave thick soup or
strain it aud put in some vcrmicclli for
thin soup. The thick is the ''old-fashioncd
kind."-Comi'y Gentleman.
M'iw P""liny-This Indian pudding
is so easily made think you will like it
scald AZ quart of milk (skimncd milk will do
and stir in seven heaped tablespoons Of sif-
ted Indian meal, 4 teaspoon of salt, tea
spoonful OF ginger or ginger, and cinnamon
mixed half and half tablespoon or more
Of chopped suet, tcacup Of molasscs last,
one egg. If you want whey, pour in
little cold milk after it s all mixed, ready
to put in the oven. Bake one and half
or two hours.-Ru.ul Homc
kentucky Corn CukcS.--Takc one quart
Of cornmeal and two tablespoonfuls of
common wheat -four (not preparct) add
salt to taste, and mix thoroughly with
sufficient quantity Of buttcrmilk to form 4
batter. Next melt 4 hcaping tablespoonful
Of lard, stir it with the batter well and bake
on a hot srddlc, pouring them thin by
This recipe the full flavor of the corn meal
is obtained, unmixcd with the taste Of mo-
lasScS, which many people mistakenly deem
necessary to cause the cakes to bake brown
White Gmycyb.cad.-Rub half a pound
Of butter into one pound of -four, add half
Il pound of loaf sugar, which should be
finely powdered and siited. and the rind Of
one lemon very finely minced, one ounce of
ground ginger and a nutmeg grated. Mix
these we'll together; make one gill of milk
just warm, stir in half a tcaspoonfu of car
Donate of soda, and work the whole into
nice smooth paste, roll it out into cakes and
bake in moderate oven from fifteen to
twenty minutes,
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