The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-09-04
SEASONABLE RECIPES.


ROAST LAMB-Take the leiny put 1t
in the pan, .dredge With egg. Erumps,
parsley, pepper and salt; fill pan hall
full of water; haste often; roast one
hour and half. -
AN Ice PoeKEF.-Ma kessa double
pocket of any kind of thick wooden cloth,
with space of two inches or SO between
the inner and outer pockets, I'LL the out
side one with clean feathers. One thus
made and kept closed at the top will
keep ice for many days.
T MIXED PICKLEs.-Boil the beans UNI
til they are tender, then pour them into
boiling vinegar; scald the cucumbers
and put them in; slice the onions and
the cauliflowers and scald them; tie two
ounces of allspice, two of cloves and a
quarter pound cinnamon bark in bag
and put in. a~s3 i :.
MUFFINs.-One pint raised dough,
three eggs, three tablespoons butter, nan
a cup white sugar. When your bread
has passed its second rising, work into
the above named quantity the melted
butter, then the eggs and sugar, beaten
together till very light. Bake about
twenty minutes in muffin rings srv.s -
PEACH pickles .-Pare the peaches,
stick Glove in each, o., II Preferred,
put them in the sirups tiHsan earthen
jar with peaches. packed; fill up with
sirup made Of white OF brown sugar,
and in short time you will have pickles
fit to tempt the fastidious taste of the
gods. To keep well seal air tight.
BAKED MACARoNI.-Lay a quart bowl
full of macaroni in cold water and Jet il
soak half an hour then put Sit htte q
deep baking-lish add one pintcof rich
milk, ne-quartsr Of pound Of butter,
one teaspoonful salt. Cut the macaroni
in small pieces and CRATE plenty OF
cheese over the top. Bake light
brown.
WAFERs.--One pound flour, two tai
teaspoons butter, little salt; mix with
sweet milk intosa stiffydoagh;s rollet.t
very thin; cut into round cakes, and
again roll these ass Chin as they
J can be handled; lift carefully; lay in a
pan; bskesquiekly3s flour the baking
pan instead OF greasing. Nice for in.
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MARMALADE OF MIXED FRUITs.-
! Pare equal quantities ofaapples, pears
peaches and OUNCES; cut them fine and
put them to boil with a pint Of waterAte
six pounds of fruit; 1et thenlscook thor
oughly; take out and mash well clear
the kettle and put them back, with hal
their weight in sugar and cook slowly
1 two hours. @aA1i 80
To PICKLE. BEANS. Apreparee then
: the same as to- cook for. the~table s.; tina
: is, string and break Between each bean
: wash, put on to boil, cook till they be
: gin to burst open, take off, cool them
! then salt as to use fresh, pack away in ;
stone jar or nice tub, add tolerabl,
L weight; then prepare weak brine ant
: pour over; cover, and in a few week
: they will be sour. - 's'
: GREEN APPLE PIEs.-Pare, quarter
e core and stew nice tart applesin waite
: enough to prevent them from burning
o When tender, sweeten very sweet witt
n white sugar; fill the pie plate, syhicl
4 has been lined and edged with put
v paste; CRATE in little nutmeg, cove
and bake forty-five minutes. When tn
4 paste is rolled one-quarter Of an incl
: thick the pies should be baked one hour
SPIcED. APPLEs.-Eight apounds. 9
e apples, pared and quartered; fou
a pounds sugar, one quart vinegar, on
d ounce of stick cinnamon, one-half ounc
l. cloves. Boil the vinegar, sugar an
|, spice together; put in the, apples Will
It boiling and let them remain until tende
} (about twenty minutes) then put tn
apples in a jar; boil down the strip IN
til thick and pour over Them
CUCUMBER PICKLEs.-Fill two-ga
lon stone jar with very small cucun
d bers, and cover them with boiling waite
$. and salt the second and third 1nornin
L boil the brine and pour over again; th
le fourth morning take them out of tn
W brine and put them in boiling water j
y which pieceof alum the size of an eg
N has been dissolved; let them remain
W this twenty-four hours; the fifth an
a, sixth days cover with. boiling vinegar
< well spiced, and let them remain IN Til
10 until used. -
t. ENGLISH PICKLE.-Two quarts yln,
$. gar, two ounces curry powder, tw
rs ounces mustard. Rub curry powdt
a. and mustard together with half a PHI
n salad oil; add the vinegar, one oune
/" turmeric, half a pound. sugar and DO
io together HVe minutes. 10 prepare I'll
g pickles take small eucumbers, nastu
N tiums,s eauliAowers, soniops, setese 4,
ct them stand in brine tlirty-six hour
ld Then drain, put in Jars and pour ov.
re them The above mixture sboiling no
v. Ready for use in a month. a.. ,9shr,Ea.,
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