The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-07-26

One punt OF corn meal, the same o
rye, one~hslf teacupful molassss, and one
coffee cup of sour milk, one teaspoonful
of soda, one of salt, ard sweet milk or
wster suf6 Gent to make it soft enoueh
to turn into pan or dish; cover it
tight and steam it four or five hours. /,
PARsNIP STEW.
Cut thin layers of pork and place In
the bottom OF the Kettle then put in q
layer of parsnips cut rather thin, then q
layer of potato, then parsnips again and
so on, till you have enough, season put
in water enough to just cook them
nicely, and let them fry brown.
TO FRY EGG PLANT.
Slice very thin, sprinkle salt on both
sizes, lay one slice on another till enough
is prepared; then place heavy weight
on ttop-this will draw out any bitter
taste. Let it remain few hours make
q rich batter or prepare crumbs with
egg, dip in the eggplant, and fry in
boiling lard. Ii too rich broil in fish
broiler.
PARsNIP sTEw.
Clean them nicely; slice; have some
salt pork cut in small pieces well fresh
ened, but not too much go; stew the
pork one hour. then put in the parsnips,
with a little pepper; when boiled up,
taste to See If it is salt enough stir until
well cooked and very little gravy left.
1t will be We ~ nice if made in this way.
sometimes put in with the parsnips
few slices of potatoes.
CRACKERS AND CREAM.
Split six Boston crackers; slice them
in q soup plate and pour boiling water
over them /; as soon IS they are softened,
dram of all of the water and sprinkle
the crackers lightly with aalt, then pour
over them sweet cream. This is an
especial dish with little children who are
not feeling very well, and is often relished
Nv older people.
A MATTER OF HEALTH.
Never stand when you can do your
work sitting. Every housekeeper, and
especially every mother, should heed
this. Have variety of seats of different
heights, from the low cricket to the
Office stool of moderate height. 1t is a
matter not only of comfort but health
LEMON MARMALADE.
To make lennon msrmalade, squeeze
the lennon, boil the peeis in water till
soft, then take out the pith. and pound
the remainder in q mortar till quite fine,
mix with it q little of the juice. Pass il
all with the rest of the juice, through q
sieve into q preserving pan. To every
pound of pulp add three-quarters of
pound of loaf sugar. Boil it for halt an
hour or more, 10 that it sets, when cold,
into jelly.
JUMBLEs
One cup of butter, two of sugar beaten
together one cup of milk, half teaspoon
full of soda stirred into the milk, and four
eggs; best it well together; add any
kind of spice and six cups OF -four; roll
rather thin, cut it with tumbler and
with wire glass to form ring brush
them over with the white of an egg, and
sift on a very little fine sugar before
baking. Bake them fifteen or twenty
minutes.
CALVES LIGHTS Al BLANC.
Scald the lights in boiling water for
fifteen minutes. Cut in small pieces;
pnt In q saucepan with piece of butter
about as large as an egg, pinch of -four,
salt, ground pepper, parsley, thyme and
laurel, the herbs of q bouquet; add to it
half pint of beuilien; when half done,
put few small onions and mushrooms
into it,; thicken wAen done with the
yolk of an egg, adding 9 half teasPoonfnl
of vi aegar. Let it cook shout two Lours.
"A Nevada tramp applied to q doctor
for some work, and the doctor asked
him what be could do. @Well,n said he,
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