Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-03-05
FAMILY MATTERS.
MARLBORO PIE.

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MARLBORO PIE.
One pint of soul apple stewed fine or
soft, three eggs, n cup OF sweet cream
or milk, sugar to taste, flavor with nut
meg and lemon; cover with good crust.
HOME CUP CAKE.
Two cups sugar, n cup of butter,
one cup OF milk, three eggs, three table
spoonful cream tartar, n of soda, -four
to make it proper consistency.
GOOD COFFEE.
Warm three t~easpoonfuls of coffee in
the tin coffee-pot, which must be dry,
when we'll heated pour in a pint Of boil.
ing water, stir with q wooden ladle for
three minutes without boiling, then add
q pint and q half of boiling water and
set the whole back on the stove to steep
for ten minutes.
IRISH POTATO PIE.
One pound mashed potato, rubbed
through a cullender, one half pound of
butter creamed with the sugar, six eggs,
whites and yolks beaten separately, one
lemon squeezed into the potato while
hot, t~easpoonful nutmeg, one tea.
spoonful mace, two cups white Mnear,
Mix and bake same as sweet potato pie.
PEACH PIE.
Peel, stone and slice the peaches.
Line q pie-plate with crust and lay in
your fruit, sprinkling sugar literally
over them in proportion to their sweet.
ness. Allow three peach kernels, chop
ped fine, to each pie; pour in a very
little water and bake with an upper
crust, or with cross bars of paste across
the top.
SOFT GINGER BBEAD.
One cup of sugar, one cup of molasses,
one half cup of butter, n cup of sour
milk, two eggs, n tablespoonful Of Gin
namon, n t~easpOonful of cloves, one
half of a nutmeg, mi tablespoonful of
! ginger; do not mix very stiff; Two tea
spoonfuls of soda dissolved in a little
hot water); put this in last; bake in a
quick v Q in q square tin.
SWEET POTATO PIE.
One pound mealy sweet potatoes, one
half cup of butter, three-quarters cup
white sugar, one ~teaspoonful cinnamon,
one teaspoonful nutmeg, four eggs,
whites and yolks beaten separately, one
lemon, juice and rind, and a glass OF
brandy. Parboil the potatoes and CRATE
when cold. Cream the butter and sugar,
add the yolk, the spice and the lemon.
Beat the potatoes in by degrees until al
is light, then the brandy and stir in the
whites. Use no top crust.
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Procure six fine red carrots, scraped
and wash we'll slice very thin; also, two
heads of celery, two onions, two punches
of ham, similarly; two cloves, one blad,
of mace, sprig of thyme, n ter
spoonful of salt, one of sugar, half-ta-
spoonful of pepper, small bayleaf If
handy; place the whole ip a stewpan
with three ounces of butter stew gently
for one hour, rub through)a flour seive,
place the pulp in same ttew-psn, add
two quarts Of " stock" II broth, and
bring to a boil, stirring al the time add
a little plain boiled rice in the absence
of broth add a little mix, O, water, in
Lent.
TARTAR sfcE
Put the yolk of a rF egg into a bowl,
with one level teaspOnfu OF dfy mus
tard; one level teaspbnfniof salt, and as
much cayenne peiber rs a be taken
up on the roint IF a small pen.knife
blade; stir thes/ Ingredients with a
wooden salad-spyn or spatula until they
are smooth: thu add, a few drops at a
time, n gill 4 salsd-oil and three tea
spoonfuls OF le6on juice, stirring quickly
all the time. When the is thick
and smooth i'd the following ingredients
to it. and hep it cool until wanted for
use: one tablespoon each of chopped
parsley, cpers and gherkin, and n tea
spoonfulbf chopped onion.
ITO FRY BEET's LIVER.
Cut The liver in slices about two
thirdsbf an inch thick; soak in cold
water about quarter of an hour; have
read some butter in the spider; when
hotbour in the liver; season with salt,
pepber, and an onion chopped fine;
dut q little flower over the top; cover
txht to keep steam in as much as pos
Able; add 1 little water while cooking,
H. keep from getting dry lido not let It
'burn); when brown turn on the other
side; put on ) little more salt, pepper
and -four; when done take the liver out
on q platter put in about a teacup of
sweet milk; # not thick enough, add a
little mere fur, wet with milk, until
you get it shout the thickness Of beef
gravy; pur over the liver and serve.
This is The Swedish way of cooking it.