The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-09-06
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

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GREEN CoRS PUDDING. Take a dozen
ears and CRATE them; add teaeupful of
milk, spoonful of butter, teaspoonful
OF salt and some grated nutmeg mix well
together put in q pan, place in an oven
and bake for an hour.
IcEING.-The white of an egg not beat
en-, one teaspoon of cold water and pin t
of powdered sugar stirred together, wi II
make iceing for one cake. Less sugar
makes the iceing seen on bakers cake.
An Ice PocKET. Make double pocket
of any kind of thick wooden cloth, with q
space of two inches or SO between the in
ner and onter pockets; fill the outside
one with clean feathers. One thus made
and kept closed at the top will Keep ice
for many days.
MEAD.-One gallon of water, one pound
OF loaf sugar, one half-ouncc of race
ginger, one lemon, sliced, take out
the seeds, one teaeupfui of yeast; let
1t stand over night to feiment, tlien pour
off without stirring, adj to each bottle
one raisin; cork tight.
SrEHED CUcrMBERs. selsonable dish
may be prepared by pairing cucumbers,
cutting them in half lengthwise, boiling
them gently till tender in sailed water,
laying them on toast. and pouring over
them white sauce or drawn butter. to
which cup of milk has been added.
To PREsERvE HAM.-Take off the rind /;
| slice 1t as for the table; partly cook it by
frying on spider; put in the jars in lay
| ers pour over it the fat which fries ont
OF the meat; when the jar is nearly full
cover with lard to keep from the air. 1T
can be kept long time in this way.
APPLE PRAsERyM-Take some pleasant
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bottom and leave the stem at the top.
1 Make q syrup of white sugar and water
to cover them half way up. Bake or boil
them until they are just done through,
and serve up whole with sugar and
cream.
DESSERT CAKEs.-Four eggs, half pound
butter, half pound sugar and half pound
of flour mix the butter, sugar and the
yolks of three eggs thoroughly, then add
the flour and mix again, then the whites
of the eggs beaten to a thick froth, CRATE
in little lemon peel bake in mu fin
pans, filling each about one-third full and
bake until done.
WINE JELLY.-One pint of wine (rale
sherry or white), one pint of cold water,
one package of Coxe's gelatine, Juice of
two lemons and grated peel of one, one
quart of boiling water, one good pinch of
cinnamon soak the gelaiine in cold
water an hour; add to this the sugar,
lemons and cinnamon pour over all a
quart of boiling water, and stir until the
gelatine is thoroughly dissolved put in
the wine, strain through a double flannel
bag without squeezing) into shallow
dishes, then cut it in blocks now ready
for the table.
EFFERvEscING SoDA.-Mix half a tea.
spoonful of powdered bicarbonate ofsoda
thoroughly with two tablespoonfuls of
syrup of any flavor to suit the TASTE Then
add six or eight times as much cold water !;
while mixing it mix in a half teaspoon
full of powdered tartiric acid, and drink
at once. This is for immediate consump.
ton. For bottling-Mix the syrup,
favor the water in the usual proportions,
and fill into bottles; put in each bottle
half drachm each of crystallized bicar-
Donate of potassa and crystallized tartaric
acid, and cork Immediately. The above
quantity is for soda-water bottles; wine
bottles will REQUIRE double the quantity.
RYE DRoP CAKES AND PANcAKEs.-Rye
Three well-beaten eggs, one pint of new
milk, one cup of -four, one teaspOonfnl of
salt, one tablespoonful of sugar and one
half cup of rye; half fill earthen cups,
put them in an old pan, set in the oven
and bake one hour. Pancakes--One pint
of milk one small cup of -four, three eggs,
one teaspoonful of salt. Beat the eggs
well; add salt to them; then beat them
into the flour, adding little at time.
Be sure to beat very thoroughly. Have
in readiness q couple Of small, hot fry
pans. Butter we'll. and just cover with
: the mixture. Fry few minutes roll up
) the same as omelets, or spread with
jelly.
SUMNER DRINKS. - Milk Lemonade =
Loaf sugar, one and half pounds, dis
solved in quart of boiling water, with
half pint of lemon jnice and one and a
half pints of milk. This makes capital
summer beverage. Still lemonade-The
Juice of three lemons, the peel of one
lemon, quarter of pound of lump sugar
and a quart of cold water. Mix, digest
for FIVE hours and strain. Lemon whey
-One pint of boiling milk. half pint of
lemon juice, sugar to taste. Mix and
strain. In the tropics iced tea is a
favorite beverage, and is found to afford
an admirable combination OF tonic and
refreshing qualities. 1t is usually taken
without milk, and many like the Russian
addition of little lemon juice. Even
those who are accustomed to the moderate
use of alcoholic beverages have been com
PEELED to admit that as "a steady drink"
the iced tea was preferable in extremely
hot weather.