The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-23

DOMESTIC RECKPEs.
TH1N GINGERBREAD.-Boil one quart
of molasses twenty minutes; add imme.
distely one tablespoonful soda, one cup
of butter, ginger to taste, -four to make
paste to roll.
To RENoyATE A BLACK CHIP Hat
Add to one pint cold wafer teaspoonful
spirits ammonia; use with q soft tooth
or nail brush; when clean rinse with
cold water and place in sun to dry. Do
not soak or scrub sufficiently to destroy
the shape. 1t viii look as good as new.
10 ROAST A STEAK.-Take three
pounds OF juicy round steak, pound it
well to make it tender, make dressing
as Tor goose or duck; spread it on the
steak, rolling it up tightly and tie with
strong cord; sprinkle with pepper and
salt and basic well with butter; roast
slowly, cut in slices and serve hot with
gravy. Good cold.
ICELAND Moss JELLY.-One handful
Of moss washed in several waters and
soaked an hour; one quart of boiling
water; Juice of two demons; one wine
glass of sherry one quarter teaspoontul
Of cinnamon. Soak the moss i'm little
cold water; stir into the boiling and
simmer until dissolved. Eweeten, favor
and strain into molds.
STRAWBERRY TAKTs.-For each tart
take two eggs, one and half teaspoon
fuls sugar, small piece of butter size of 8
partridge egg; beat well together; add
one cup sweet milk roll paste thin;
place in pie pan; after pouring In the
above mixture strew into it one layer of
nice berries; bake until the eggs are
oked, and you have o delicious tart.
No fayoring ia needed except the bert
sies
ARROW RooT FOB GIcK PEoPE.--The
following / often use for my patients:
take dessert teaspoontul of arrow
root and add q tablespoonful of milk;
wet and rub it smooth. To this / add
ateaspoenful Of powdered sugar. Heat
ahaf pint of good rich milk and bring it
just up to the boil. Then, when it boils,
stir in carefully the arrow root and
sugar. Allow it to boil three minutes,
and give either warm or cold.
PEACH PUDpING.-Take three eggs,
one tablespoonful Of butter, one of sugar;
beat together; add one cup of sour mill,
and soda in proportion to scid Ia milk ;
stir in -four enough to make stiff bat.
ter; beat briskly until smooth; have
your pan buttered; pour in half the
batter; put into lit one and q half piats
81 ripe peaches sliced thin, or enc pint
Of berries; pour over this balance of the
batter; bake until done, serve with hot
sauce.
CoRNSTARoH MERLNaUE.--Foureggs
one quart of milk, three quarters of .
cup Of sugar four tablespoontuls Of corn
starch, half Q cup Of jelly or jam Heat
sae milk TO boiling and stir Ia the corn
STARCH which has previously been dis
solved in little cold wster: boil fifteen
minutes, stirring all the time, remove
HON the FIRE and while still hot add
gfadsany the yolks of the eggs, beaten
4p With the sugar and 6ayoted with va
allla or lennon; pour this into q pudding
dlsh, well buttered, and bske fifteen
minutes, or until the custard begins to
set. Draw to the door Of the oven and
spread quickly and lightly upon It .
merlpgue Of the whites, beaten stiff with
! nall cup ~ jelly. Bake, covered for
nve minutes; then Drown lightly Pa
cold with powdered augar sifted thickly
over the top.