The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-11-21
HELPS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

BAKERS GINGERBREAD.-Thrcc quar-
tcrs Of pound of flour, one quart of mo-
lasscs, one-fourth of pound of butter.
one ounce Of salcratus and one ounce of
ginger.
4 NICE TEA CAKE-One half cup of
butter or cream one of sugar; one egg :;
ouc.half cup Of thick milk or buttcrmiK
tcaspoonful Of soda handful of currants.
Use flour to make the proper thickness.
LEMON BEER.-put in kcg one gallon
of water, one sliced lemon, one tcaspoonful
of ginger, one pint Of sirup, one. half put
Of yeast. In twenty four hours it will he
ready for use. If you bottle it, the corks
must be tied down.
APPLE JELLY.-A very nice, firm. rich
jelly is made from the parings ofapplcs ana
the cores. Cover them with water and let
them boil until the water has wasted little,
and tn. app!cSNins are very soft; then
strain theul, and add an equal quantity Of
sugar as there is liquid.
WELSH RARE BIT-Slicc bread half an
inch think, and toast it very slightly on both
sides, cutting off the crust Then slice
some rich cheese not quite so large as the
toast, upon which lay the cheese in toastcr
b fore the fire. Watch it lest it burn or
grow hard. Butter each piece slightly,
and use in eating it mustard, pepper and
salt
To PREPARE CocoANUr FOR CAKE
One cocoanut grated, ono half cup Of sugar,
two eggs and the rind and Juice Of cac
lemon. Put the ingredients together ana
cook until the eggs thckcn, stirring all
ho IL
cate cake that has been baked in Jelly cake
pans. Save onc.f0urth Of the cocoanut for
the top.
IRISH SrEw.-Cut some potatoes and
onions into slices, and put layer of them
at the bottom OF the saucepan add some
pieces Of mutton with little pepper and
salt; put in more potatoes and more chops
IN the same away, until the sauce pan is
full add a little mushroom catsup and let
it stew very slowly until done but the po-
tatocs should be slightly boiled before they
are put with the meat, as the water pota>
toes arc boiled in is very detrimental to
health.
RICE .-Ingrcdicnts-
ounces OF rice, one quart of milk, favoring
of essence Of almonds, sugar to taste, one
piut Of cusard. Modc-boil the rice in
the milk with sugar ard favoring essence
Of almonds until the former is tender, add.
ing if :ccssary, 4 little more milk should
it dry away too much when the rice is
quite soft put it into tcacups, or small round
jars, and let it remain until cold ther
turn the rice out in deep glass dish, pour
over custard, and on the top Of each bail
place a small piece of bright colored jIl".
Lemon peel or vanilla may be boiled with
the rice instead Of the essence Of almonds,
but the flavoring Of the custard must cor
respond with that Of the rice.
"Did you make the train 2" "No." was
the reply; "lt was made in the car shops
IL mean did you catch the train Z" "Ofl
course not; it's not Infectious" "Wcll,
you darned fool, did you arrive at the dc.
pot in time Z" "No, you blamed idiot,
arrived i'll an omnibus" "Grcat Scott :"
shrieked the interlocutor, "did .,you board
/, the cars p. -saJunpfng Jet'uIsalcm !" howled
the questioned man, you know 1 don't
keeps a boarding house"
A good lass is she who, upon finishing
lunch in company with her owncst own,
turns her ruby irs'to him and saws: Now