The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-09-12
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

GREEN Corn PuDDING.-Take a dozen
ears and crate them add a teacupful of
milk, spoonful of butter, teaspoonful
of salt and some grated nutmeg; mix well
together put in a 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 a pint
of powdered sugar stirred together, will
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 woolen cloth, with
space of two inches or so between the in
ner and outer pockets; fill the outside
one with clean feathers. One thus made
and kept closed at the top will keep ice
for many days.
MEAp-One gallon of water, one pound
of loaf sugar, one half-ounce of race
ginger, one lemon, sliced, take out
the seeds, one teacupful of yeast; let
it stand over night to fe1ment, then pour
off without stirring, add to each bottle
one raisin; cork tight
STEwED CUcuMBERs.-A seasonable dish
may be prepared by pairing cucumbers,
cutting them in half lengthwise, boiling
them gently till tender in salted 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 it 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 out
of the meat: when the jar is nearly full
| cover with lard to keep from the air. 1t
can be kept a long time in this way.
APPLE PREsERvEs.-Take some pleasant
sour apples, remove the core from the
bottom and leave the stem at the top.
Make a syrup of white sugar and water
| to cover them half way up. Bake or boil
and serve up whole with sugar and
| cream.
DESSERT CAKEs.-Four eggs, half pound
butter. half pound sugar and half pound
! of -four mix the butter, sugar and the
| yolks of three eggs thoroughly, then add
| the -four and mix again, then the whites
| of the eggs beaten to thick froth, CRATE
| in a little lemon peel bake in muffin
| pans, filling each about one-third full and
| bake until done
WINE JELLY.-One pint of wine (pale
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 gelatine 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 double flannel
bag (without squeezing) into shallow
| dishes, then cut it in blocks now ready
| for the table.
RYE DROP CAKES AND PANCAKEs-Rye
Three well-beaten eggs, s,one pint of new
milk, one cup of flour, one teaspoonful 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 flour, three eggs,
| one teaspoonful of salt. Beat the eggs
| we'll; add salt to them; then beat them
| into the -four, adding little at time.
| Be sure to beat very thoroughly. Have
| in readiness couple of small, hot try
the mixture. Fry few minutes roll up
the same as omelets, or spread with
| jelly.
SUMMER DRINKS. - Milk Lemonade =
Loaf sugar, one and a half pounds, dis
solved in quart boiling water, with
half pint of Lemon Juice 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 a 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. It is usually taken
without milk, and many like the Russian
addition of a 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.