Dodge City times., 1879-03-22
HINTS FOB THE HOUSEHOLD.

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Sotf Ginger5read.-2 eggs, butter the
size of an egg, 4 cup Of water. cup OF
sugar, l cup molasses, 4 teaspoonful
soda. 2 cups flour. Bake in 2 tins.
Fried Cdkes.-1 teacup OF cream, l
egg, well beaten, piece of saleratus the
size of a hickory-nut, teaspoonful Of
salt, and flour enough to make them roll
out thin. Fry in hot lard until of light
brown.
WaMes.--1 pint of sweet milk, eggs,
large cupful of cold rice or hominy, a
little salt, flour to make stiff batter,
baking-powder in the proportion of 3
teaspoonfuls to quart of flour.
Farmers jelly Cdke.-1 cup sour
cream, l cup of sugar, egg, 1 small
teaspoonful Of soda; beat the egg and
sugar together; add the cream, and
-four enough to make thick batter.
Bake in round tins and spread jelly be-
tween.
Corn Mu6fns.-3 eggs beaten light, l
pint of buttermilk Gfvery sour use less),
/ teacup cream or milk, l small tea
spoon soda. Lard or butter the size of
an egg. Meal enough to make the bat
ter the consistency of pound cake.
Bake in muffin rings.
Nice Breakfast Dish.-Cold mashed
potatoes, made into little balls and
slightly flattened; dip them into an egg
slightly, so as to mix the yelk and white
roll them in cracker crumbs. Fry them
in hot lard or butter. Send to the table
hot.
Hot SlaW.-3 spoonfuls of sugar, of
salt, cup of vinegar, spoonful of
mustard; mix well together. Chop the
cabbage very fine: put it in the pan
with tablespoonful of water; let it get
well heated through, and then pour the
above ingredients over it.
Birds Nest Pudding.-Pare and core
tart apples; fill the openings with but
ter and sugar; put into pan heaping
teaspoonful of dry tapioca and sugar to
each apple; then put in the apples;
sprinkle over them cinnamon; fill the
pan nearly full of water and bake.
PRIME PisS.-Take pound of prunes
and soak them over night, so that the
stones will slip out easily; stew in some
water with as many raisins as you
wish, and sweeten; use less water than
for sauce; when both are soft, CRATE in
the rind of lemons and fill the pie, al
lowing crusts.
fine, eggs, boiled hard and chopped
or mashed fine, 2 tablespoons mixed
mustard, teaspoon cayenne pepper,
spoon salt, teacup melted butter,
tumbler Of vinegar, teacup cabbage,
and cup celery, chopped fine; mix
we'll together.
Quick Graham, Mush.-1t pints sour
milk, cup New Orleans mclasses, a
little salt, 2 teaspOonfuls of soda, dis
solved in little hot water, and as much
Graham flour as can be stirred in with a
spoon; pour in a well creased pan, put in
oven as soon as mixed ,andbake hours
Kiss Pudding.-Scsld quart of milk
and dissolve 6 tablespoonfuls of corn
starch in cold milk; add the yelks of
eggs, and stir into the scalding milk
put the whole into dish and let 1t stand
and cool. Take the whites of the eggs,
beat with l cup of sugar, put on top,
and set in the oven, to brown.
HoV to Cook Fish.-Fish should not
be put into fry until the fat is boiling
hot. 1t should be dipped in Indian-meal
before it is put in, the skinny side up
permost when first put in to prevent its
breaking. 1t relishes better to be fried
after salt pork than in lard alone. Never
put fresh fish to soak in water. If you
want to keep it sweet, clear and wash
1t; wipe dry with towel, sprinkle salt
inside and out, put in a covered dish
and keep on the cellar bottom until
you want to cook it. If you live re-
mote from the seaport, and can not get
fsh hard and fresh, wet it with an egg |
(beaten) before you meal it, to prevent |
its breaking.
Hints for Cooking Meats.-In roasting |
meat have the pan hot when you put