American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-10-25
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

! STEwED APPLES.-Pare your apples
and place them in Il steamer, with a
Glove in each; then put the steamer
over pot of boiling water, until soft :;
then take them up in the fruit-dish and
shake pounded sugar over them
Hot SLAw.-Shave the cabbage fine :;
put it on with just water enough to
cook it; when it is done put little milk
in, salt and pepper; then rub little
flour in some butter and stir in. We
think it very nice. Sometimes i stir in
an egg in place of the flour
Potato PUTFs.--Whip mashed pota-
toes light and soft with milk, butter and
two raw eggs; season with pepper and
salt, and beat in Il few spoonfuls of pow
dered cheese; pile upon n neat bake
dish and brown nicely; serve in the
dish. Omit the cheese if you please.
COCoANUT PIE.-Two eggs well
beaten, one cup sugar, one cup milk,
two tablespoonfuls cocoanut (soak the
cocoanut in the milk for two hours)
small piece butter; when baked add the
whites of two eggs and two tablespoon
fuls sugar, well beaten; set in the oven
| to brown. -
SPONGE CAKE.-Beat four eggs, two
cups sugar, two cups flour with two
heaping teaspoons baking-powder sifted
in) all together thoroughly; then add a
little lemon and two-thirds cup of boil
ing water Beat well and bake and you
will have us fine Il cake as was ever
eaten. s-- .- 1911. -. ... :.
GINGER COOKIES.-Three cups New
Orleans molasses, one and half cups
shortening, three eggs, one tablespoon
full each of ginger and soda. one tea
spoonful of salt; roll no thinner than
one-fourth inch. These are splendid, to
use one-half the recipe with two small
eggs.
STEwED SQUAsn.-Pare, seed and
quarter; cook in boiling water, sailed,
until soft; mash in a colander; rub
through it and put back into a saucepan,
with tablespoonful Of butter rolled in
flour, few tablespoonful of milk, pep
per and salt to taste; stir until it begins
to bubble, then pour into deep dish.
APPLE BATTER PUDDING.-Take one
pint of milk and two eggs (water will
do), a nip of salt, mix with sifted flour,
to make a batter; then heat tin, put
in half the batter, cut up six apples
(Which have been pared) in slices, lay
these in the batter, then cover with the
remainder Bake brown; eat with milk
and sugar. ~ '''t- - +iil
TOMATO CATsUP.- peck of to-
matoes, wash, cut out the stem and boil
till soft; strain; boil one hour; then sea-
son with a gill of salt, two teaspoonfuls
of cayenne pepper, one teaspoonful of
black pepper and half teacupful of
ground cinnamon Ono. cloves nor all
spice) boil half an hour; then add a
quart of good cider vinegar; boil again
few moments. Cool, bottle and seal
up -t. .t.- .-a..-- H. ..-.. .s.-... u
NoNPAREIL PUDDING.-Yelks of
eighteen eggs, beaten until very light,
with pound of fine sugar; whites of
fonr eggs, well beaten, six ounces (about
a cupfuD butter; juice and rind of one
lemon, also Juice of an orange. Bake in
bottom crust in pie-plates. When done
spread on top meringue made of the
remaining fourteen whites, beaten until
perfectly light with fourteen tablespoon
fuls sugar and, at the last, juice of a
lemon. Return to the oven and bake a
light brown This makes four buildings
and is splendid.
Butter-Naktng In July and August.
Butter-making can be carried on in hot
weather as successfully as in June by using
the Gilt-Edge Butter Maker. 1t reduces time
of churning one-half. Increases production
6 to 10 per cent. Storekeepers pays to scents
pound extra for butter made with it.. Sold
by druggists, grocers and general .storekeep-
ers. Send stamp for Hints to Butter Max
ers." Address, Butter Improvement Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
OUAoUAGA DAIRY, SUsQUEHAnNAl
VALLEY, N. Y, May 18th, 1879. : +.
BUTTER IMPROVEMENT Co., Buffalo. N: ":
Ge,ifle1len-flease accept q sample OF butter
made from shay fed - cows and with the use
of your Gilt Edge Butter Maker; without it's
use the butter made was almost as white as
lard while with its use las you will observe
from the sample sent you) the butter is OF .
very beautiful, even golden color, leaving
nothing to be desired in that direction. Sew
eral of my neighbor dairy farmers have tried
your powder anil are loud in its praise. 1t
passes In market as " creamery BUTTER" and
is worth from to cents per popnd more me
Consumption Cured.
An old physician, retired from practice,
having had placed in his hands by an East
India missionary the formula Of simple