Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-06
FAMILY MATTERS.
FRIED BEES LIVER.

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Cut quite thin, roll in -four, cut on both
sides fry in good deal of hot butter, OF
drippings, turning often.
CURRY AND KIDNEYS.
Remove every particle of fat from the
kidneys, cut in squares, put them in salt
water for 80 minutes, then on the stove
to cook in clear cold water. When cook
,, ed add one onion, one apple.
CREAM WALNUTs.
Two cups granulated sugar, half CUP
water; boil from five to seven minutes;
then take enough of the cream Cooling
somewhat) to make a fat, round candy;
put two walnut-meatsoni it; place them in
creased set them away to harden almost
a pound for 10 cents.
BRIDES CAKE.
Two cups of pulverized sugar, one half
cup butter; stir this to a cream; add two
thirds of cup of sweet milk, the whites
of eight eggs beaten to froth, one-half
i teaspoon of soda dissolved in milk, one
teaspoOnful cream tartar mixed in two
and one.half cups -four; bake in moder
ate oven.
POOR MANS PUR1M CAKE.
Two cups ofsugar, eighth-pound of but
ter, rind of one lemon. one cup of milk,
two eggs, teaspoonful of baking powder,
three cups of -four; beat sugar and butter
together, then the eggs, add milk last;
then -four and baking powder, sitting it
in; mix we'll, and bake in moderately
heated oven.
BLACK GINGERBREAD.
One cup ofsugar-house molasses, phil
adephia) one cup of sugar, brown, one
cup warm water, II heaping teaspoons
full sifted -four, teaspoon of soda; mix with
the -four tablespoon of ginger, teaspoon of
cinnamon, tablespoon of butter, one egg;
mix molasses, sugar, and butter well
together with the warm water, then
the other ingredients, and bake in Sar-
atoga roll-pans.
GRAHAM UNFERMENTED BREAD.
One and one-half pints of graham, one
half pint -four, one tablespoon sugar, one
teaspoonful salt, two teaspoonfuls baking
powder, one and one-half pints of milk
or equal parts milk and water; sift
together graham -four sugar, salt, and
powder; add milk (or milk and water
mix rapidly into q soft dough, which
pour from bowl into a creased tin, and
bake in rather hot oven forty minutes
Protect the loaf With paper the first
fifteen minutes.
VEGETABLE SOUP.
To one quarter pound of fresh butter,
boiling hot, add onions chopped very
fine, When they are quite soft, throw in
spinach, celery, carrots, kidney, turniP,
small quantity of parsnip, parsely (all
chopped fne,) and peas. Stir them well
in the onions and butter until they begin
to dry. Have ready a kettle of boiling
water, and pour about pint at time
over your vegetables until they have
sufficient soup. Serve with bread OF
toast in the bottom of the dish. Pepper
and salt to taste. A chopped green pep
j per improves it.
MUTTON PIE.
Take cold boiled mutton; slice ii
thin; have a crust made Of one cup OF
beef-suet one-half cup of butter, one
cup Of cold water; mix this with pre-.
pared -four, as stiff as for tea biscuit;
take two-thirds of the crust and line q
four.quart earthern pie-dish; then I'll
the dish two thirds full with the meat;
have quarter of a pound of butter cut
in small pieces, one teaspoonful of fine
sugar, one of salt, and Tablespoonful
of pepper, one cup of water; cover the
pie with the remainder of the crust, and
bake in a moderate oven for one hour.
| GRAHAM CRACKERS.
One quart best graham -four, one table.
spoonful sugar, one-half teaspoonfuls salt,
one-half teaspoonful baking powder, two
teaspoonfuls butter, little more than
half pint milk. Sift together graham,
sugar, salt and powder; rub in the lard,
Ccold, add the milk, and. mix into q
smooth, consistent dough; -four the
board, turn out the dough, and knead il
we'll five minutes; roll it with the roll.
ing-pin to the thickness of one-quartel
inch; cut it with knife into small en-.
velope-shaped crackers; bake in rathe,
hot oven, with care Gas they burn easily, ,,
ten minutes; handle carefully while hot;
when cold, store for use.