American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-12-20
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

FktIf CAkE.-One cup butter, one of
brown sugar, half pint of molasses, two
eggs, cup sour milk, teaspoon soda,
pound of houi7 tne OF currants, one of
:aisins; spice to taste.
RAIsIN CAKE.-One cup sugar, small
half cup of butter, half cup sweet milk,
whites of four eggs beaten to froth
one and half CUPS rf fi6hr, 4 TEASPOON
baking powder, two Of iernon, cup
seeded raisins. Bake slowly.
FROZEN PuDDING.-Maket two quarts
of rich, boiled custard; add to it two
tablespoonfuls of gelatine dissolved in q
little milk. Pct into an ice-cream
freezer, and as soon as it begins to
freeze, stir in grated cocoa-nut and
few blanched almonds. Let it become
solid.
LEMON Mrn,saauE puDprNG.-One
quart of milk, two cupfuls of grated
bread-crumbs, four eggs (yelks), half
cupful of butter, one cupful of sugar,
one fine lemon Guice and rind). Bake
in a buttered dish. When slightly
brown, Cover with meringue made of
the whites of the eggs and four table,
spoonfuls of sugar.
DRIED APPLE CAKE.-One cupful of
apples chopped very fine; ecak6d over
night; in the Morning boil half an hour
iii one-half cupful of molasses, then add
one-half cupful of brown sugar, one-half
cupful of butter, one and half cupfuls
of flour, one egg, one teaspaonfn, Of
soda. one tee.pccnful Of cinnamon, and
ohc-half ieaspoonfnl Of cloves.
MARBLEb CHOCOLATE CAkE.-Make
q batter ia faE white cake, take out one
teacup, add to it five tablespoons of
grated chocolate, moisten with milk and
favor with vanilla. Pour layer of the
white batter into the baking pan, then
drop the chocolate batter with d spooh
In spots, and spread the remainder of
the white batter over it.
ITALIAN CRfAM.-S5ak biie-third of d
box of gelatine in little cold milk.
Bring to boil one quart of rich milk !;
then stir in a cup of sugar, the beaten
yelks of six eggs and the dissolved gela-
tine. When it begins to thicken, take
from the fire and pour over the beaten
whites. Whip together; flavor to taste,
and pour into a form. Make few
hours before needed.
CHICKEN PIE WITH OYsTERs.-Boil
the chicken-a year old is best-until
tender; line dish with nice crust; put
in chicken; season with salt; pepper,
and butter; add the liquor, which
should be about pint, in which chicken
was boiled; cover closely with a crust
having slit cut each way in the mid
die. Drain off liquor from a quart of
oysters, boil, skim, season with butter,
pepper, salt, and thiekening Of -four
and water, add oysters, boil up once,
and about twenty minutes before the
pie is done), lift the crust and put
them in.
CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING Take
one-balf pound of stoned raisins, cne-
half pound of well cleaned currants,
one half pound of beef suet, chopped
fine, two ounces of powdered white
sugar, two ounces of flour, one-half
pound of bread-crumbs, Il almonds,
blanched, chopped small, half nut
meg, grated, two ounces candied citron,
the peel of half a lemon, chopped fine;
when all is prepared separately, put in
basin, break over four eggs, and add
half gill of brandy, mix all well the
day before wanted, cover over till MORN
ing, then add half gill of milk, and
stir vigorously; slightly butter cloth,
flour it, tie up your pudding in it (using
bowl or noD, boil for two hours and a
half, and serve.
Few children know-and many par
ents may be equally ignorant what a
large proportion of the playthings
which are scattered about the nursery
are made in France, England and Ger
many. Almost all the simple wooden
toys are imported, being made by hand.
Some wooden toys are turned, and these
are made in this country; but the ami
mails in Noah's ark, the fantastic vii
lagos, warehouses, stables, jumping
jacks, etc., are generally handmade.
AS to dolls, the handsome wax ones
come from France, and the china ones
from Germany. Austria sends us
jew 's-harps, tin trumpets, and some
other miniature musical instruments.
But numerous tin, iron, and pewter
playthings are made in America. In
all mechanical toys our own manufac-
lures excel, and every holiday season re-
veals some novel invention in this line,
which is the wonder and admiration of
curi0ns h0vs and GIRLS