The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-04-03


teaspoon Of soda dissolved in milk, ons
te&spOontul cream tartar mixed in two
and one>half cups -four bake in mod
crate oven.
POOR MANS PURM CAKE. ~
Two cups of sugar, eighth pound Of
butter, rind of one lemon, one cup Of
milk, tive eggs, teAspOonful of baking
powder, three cups of -four best sugar
aud butter together, then the eggs, add
milk last; then -four and baking powder,
sitting it in mix well, and bake in mod
erately heated oven.
BLACK GINGERBREAD.
One cup OF sugar house molasses (Phil-
adelphis), one cup OF sugsr (broWn), one
cup warm water, IL hesping teaspoon
tuls of sifted -four, teaspoon Of soda;
mix with the four tablespoon OF ginger,
teaspoon of cinnamon, tablespoon of
butter, one egg; mix moasses, sugar
sud butter well together with the warm
water, then the other ingredients, snd
bake in Saratogs roll pans.
GRAHAM UNFERMESTED BREAD.
One and one-hslf pints of graham, one
half pint -four, one tablespoon sugar, one
teaspoOnful salt, two teaspoonfuls baking
powder, one and one-half pints of milk
or equal parts milk and water; sift
together graham -four, sugar, salt and
powder; add milk Tor milk and water;
mix rapidly into a soft dough, which
pour from bowl into a CREASED tin, and
bake in rather hot oven forty minutes.
PROJECT the loaf with paper the first lew
minutes.
VEGETABLE 6oUP.
To one-ousrter pound of fresh butter,
boiling hot, add onions chopped very
fee. When they are quite soft, throw
in spinach, celery, carrots, kidney, tur
nip, small quantity of parsnip, parsley
(sll chopped ine), and peas. Stir them
well in the onions and butter until they
begin to dry. Have ready kettle Of
boiling water, and pour about pint at
a time over your vegetables until they
have sufficient soup. Serve with bread
or toast in the bottom of the dish
Pepper and salt to taste. A chopped
green pepper improves it.
MUTTON PIE.
Take cold boiled mutton; slice it
thin; have crust made of one cup of
beef suet one, hall cup OF butter, one cup
of cold water; mix this with prepared
-four, SIS stiff as for tea biscuit; tske
two thirds Of the crust and line a Jour,
quart esrthen pie-dish then fll the dish
two thirds full with the meat; have
quarter OF 8 pound of butter cut in
small pieces, one teaspOonful OF fine
sugar, one OF salt, and Tablespoonful
Of pepper, one cup of water; cover the
pie with the remainder of the crust,
and bake in s moderate oven for one
hour.
GRAHAM CRACKERS.
One quart OF best graham -four, one
tablespoonful of sugar, One-half teaspoon
ful salt, one-halt teasPoonful baking
powder, two teaspooniuls butter, little
more than hslt-pint milk. Sit together
graham, sugar, salt and powder; rub in
the lard, cold, and add the milk, and
mix into 8 smooth, consistent dough !;
-four the board, turn out the dough, and
knead it well five minutes roll it with
tne rolling pin to the thickness of one
quarter inch; cut it with knife into
small envelope-shaped crackers bake in
rather hot oven, with care (ss they burn
easiiy), ten minutes; handle carefully
while hot; when cold, store for use.
BAKED SCOTCH HERRING.
Cut off the heads of six herrings and
spit the fish, taking out the backbone !;
chop spoonful oi parsley and mince up
an onion fine, ado little thyme and
msioram; take piece OF stale bread, if
not dry enough, put it in the oven when
crisp, CRATE or pound it p; take spoon
ful OF sal. and quarter as much ground
pepper and sprinkle it over the fish /;
make a layer of fish at the bottom of a
tin pan, sprinkliDg over them the bread
crumbs, parsley, onions; add to each
layer a small piece of butter, a table
spoonful altogether win suffice; cover
over the baking pan with dish, and
bake by q slow fire about half an hour.