American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-04-05
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
CHEAP CAKE.-2 cups of flour, cup
of molasses, egg, tablespoonful of
shortening, teaspoonful of soda in
cup of boiling water.
SODA WAFFLEs.-1 pint of -four, l
pint of milk, teaspoon soda dissolved
in the milk, 2 teaspoons cream-tartar
mixed in the flour, 2 eggs, tablespoon
butter. Beat up and bake quickly.
To CLEANSE LARD. the lard in
your kettle. When it is melted wash,
but do not peel, or large potatoes,
and slice them into it; let it boil until
they go to the bottom.
SCorCH SHORT BREAD pound
-four, 4 pound butter, t pound sugar;
cream the butter and sugar together
and add the flour. Roll it half an inch
thick and bake slowly. If the cake is
preferred very sweet use six ounces
sugar. .a...- tsrI-
CRANBERRY JELLY.-Wash and pick
over quarts of cranberries, add pint
of cold water, and place on a quick fire
in porcelain lined saucepan; stir occa-
sionally to prevent burning; when soft
mash through colander; add quart
of sugar, boil 10 minutes, and pour into
fancy molds.
LEMON CAKE.-14 cups sugar, 1 of
butter, "a of -four, 8 eggs beaten sep
arately, teaspoons sweet milk, i tea
spoon cream tartar, ! teaspoon soda.
For Jelly-take 1 coffeecup sugar, ia
blespoons butter, 2 eggs, and the juice
of lemons; beat all together. and boil
until the consistency of jelly. For
orange cake, use oranges, instead of
lemons. j. - q
ENGLISH PLUM PUDDINa.-1 pound
of flour, pound Of raisins, pound OF
currants, 1 pound of sugar good
weight), pound of suet, chopped fine,
/ pound of almonds, chopped fine, juice
of lemons, grated rind Of /, nutmeg,
1 an ounce of cinnamon, an ounce Of
allspies,-A of 3 5-cent loaf Of bread,
grated, eggs, 2 glasses OF brandy, l
tablespoonful of salt. Mix with beer.
and boil hours in water enough to
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| WHIrEwAsH FOR POULTRY HOUSES.
The best whitewash for poultry
houses: Into the whitewash pail drop
q teacupful of soft-boiled rice, and
mix thoroughly. Then pour into
3 quart of cold water, say 1C
or - drops of crude carbolic acid. Min
this into the rest and swab- the interior
of your hen house with it. For outside,
use rock salt dissolved instead Of boiled
rice, and dispense with carbolic acid.
No other preparation of whitewash
equals this for poultry houses.
CREAM PUFFs.-a pound of butter,
pound flour, 8 eggs, 1 pint of water.
Stir the butter with the water, which
should be warm; place upon the stove
and bring to a boil; add the flour and
boil l minute, stirring constantly; take
from the fire and let cool. Beat the
eggs very light and add to the cooled
paste, first the yelks and then the whites.
Drop in large spoonfuls upon buttered
paper, though they are nicer shaped
baked in muifin-rings placed in drip
ping pan. They must be placed far
enough apart SO as not to run into each
other. When cold, cut out the center
with a sharp knife, and fill them with
thin boiled custard. Season with lemon
or vanilla.
BOILED APPLEs.-A friend who
knows about good things to eat, writes
to us that f" about the incest morsel that
ever tickled the palate is boiled apples
not boiled like potato, nor steamed
like pudding, but as follows 2" Place
a layer of thin-skinned' Baldwins-or
any nice variety-in the stew-pan, with
about a quarter of an inch of water.
Throw on about 1 cup of sugar to 6
good-sized apples, and boil until the ap-
pies are thoroughly cooked and the sirup
nearly thick enough for jelly. After
one trial no one would, for any eonsid-
Grafton, have fair-skinned apples peeled.
The skins contain very large share of
the observation-disclosures
and impart a flavor impossible to OBJ
tain otherwise" He also says: ga
wise housekeeper, instead of throwing
away the skins and cores of such pie
apples would use them for jelly. A
tumblerful of the richest sort can thus
be obtained from dozen apples. Boil
the skins, etc., few minutes, and strain.