The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-02-21

WArrLHs.-l pint Of milk, en-,
tablespoonful q butter, ! teaepoouful Of
soda, 1 Of cream-tagtAr, tablespoonful
Indian meal; Hour sufficient TO make :
batter.
s P0rATo SALAD large cold boiled
potatoes cut fine, 2 small heads luttuce
broken in small pieces, half . small
onion cut fine, 2 hard boiled eggs, I t.
blespoon capers, Nayonnaise dressing,
or . dressing made OF French mustard
oil. and vinegar.
CocoANUT PIE.-1 pint grated COCOA.
nut, quart Of milk, egg, ! pound
sugar; boil milk, put In cocoanut and
sugar, add yelks Of the eggs; makes 2
pies. Make . rich pastry for bottom
crust and bake; beat the whites to .
stiif froth; add cup ofpowdered sugar;
flavor with lemon-juice, and brown In .
quick oven. Do not put on the me-
ringue until the pies are cool.
GINGER SNAPs.-1 cup Of sugar, ! Of
New Orleans molasses, Of butter, or
part butter and part lard, s tablespoon
fuls Of ground ginger, ! teaspoonful OF
cinnamon, / teaspoonful each Of cloves
and allspice, teaspoonful OF soda dis
solved il tablespoonfuls Of hot water:
-four sufficient to thicken to roll ont
easily; roll thin; cut them small bake
them crisp and brown in . quick oven.
APPLE JELLY.-A very nice firm, rich
Jelly may be made from the parings of
apples and the cores. Cover them with
water and let them boil until the water
has wasted little and the apple-ski
are very soft; then strain them, and add
an equal quantity of sugar - there is
liquid. A little lemon-juice, . few
cloves, and some ginger improve the
jelly.
SALLY LuNN.-D Dissolve 1 tablespoon
full of butter in / piut of sweet milk ;
whip the whites of eggs to stif froth:
and beat the yelks and eggcupful OF
pulverized sugar light; stir the yelks
and sugar in the warm milk, and add 4
coffeecnps of sifted -four, 8 tablespoon
fuls of yeast-powder, and the whites OF
the eggs; pour the butter in CREASED
cake mold, and bake in quick oven Sc
minutes.
FAyORIrE MEAT PE.-Tako cold
roast beef, or roast meat Of any kind,
slice it thin, cut it rather small, and lay
it, wet with gravy and sufficiently pep
pered and sailed. in meat-pie dish. Il
liked small onion may be chopped
fine and sprinkled over it. Over the
meat pour couple of stewed tomatoes
a little more pepper, and thick layer
of mashed potatoes. Bake slowly in q
moderate oven till the top is Light
brown.
To KEEP BEEF sTEAK.-Have the
steaks cut about the usual thickness
Mix together some salt, sugar and some
finely powdered saltpeter. In an earth
en- jar lay steak, and sprinkle it will
the mixture; put on another. anc
sprinkle the same as before. and ovel
all turn over plate with heavy weigh
on it. This will form brine OF it
own, and the meat will keep sweet II
this way. This is . very good receip
for people who live away from cities
Do not let it freeze.
ENGLISH MUFFINs.-Time,2 20 to ~
minutes. Ingredients, II ounces of Ger
man yeast, quart of warm milk, tea
spoopful Of salt, and some flour. ADD
the milk and SALT the yeast; then mir
it it into rather soft dough with q sui
ficient quantity of -four for that pur
pose; cover it over with q thick clotl
and set it to rise near the fire; whel
risen divide it into as many pieces q
you please. and form them into rount
with your hands; spread thick laye
of flour on a wooden tray; put the NUT
fms ON it and let them rise again; theI
} bake them on hot stove or plate unit
they are lightly colored, turning then
once; when done pull them open, but
ter them, lay them on hot plate, AM
cut them across.