The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-10-23
HOUSEHOLD KNOWLEDGE.
For Earache.-Roast . rasin and bind
on a. hot a. can be borne

HOUSEHOLD kNOWLkDGE.
For Earache.-Roast . rasin and bind
on a. hot a. can be borne.
Homemade Crackers.-To Eve pounds
Of Hour take ten ounces of hutter, one
pint Of cold water and an even teaspoon
ful of salt. II will take deal Of strength
to knead them. Roll thin and bake.
| New York Confessions cup sugar,
two thirds cup Of butter. one-half cup of
milk, two teaspoonfuls Of cream Of tartar.
| one-half teaspoonfui Of soda. and one egg.
Add -four to roll thin and cut in rounds.
Sponge Cake.-Four large eggs, two
cups OF flower, two cups of sugar. even
full; beat the two parts of the egg scpar-
ately, the whites to froth; then beat
them together. STIR IN the flower, aud
without delay, put IT into the oven.
Toasted Oys:ers.-"Anscls on horse
back" is the name given by an English
paper to oysters cooked in the follow
ing way: Place large cooking oyster in
q piece of fat bacon, tie If up with cord
and Just toast for moment before the FIRE.
Serve on piece Of toast
Com Cake.-One cup sugar, two eggs,
four tablespoonful Of sweet cream. two
cups sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls saleTa-
tus, four teaspconfuls cream tartar. two
cups Of corn meal and one Of flower. Let
1t set In the warming close; of your stove
i've minutes, then bake ave minutes.
Standing Cus,ard.-Boil together and
strain half pint Of new milk. one quar-
ter of pound of sugar. one half ounce Of
isinglass. and thicken with the beaten
yolks OF four eggs; stir Il until II Is al
most cold: put In a mold and keep II in
water until quite cold. then turn out.
Bazaar Tongue Toast.-Mince very inc
cold boiled tongue. mix with cream. and
to every half pint of the mixture allow
the well beaten yolks of two eggs. Place
on the stove and let simmer a minute or
two. Have ready some nicely buttered
toast, flower over the mixture and serve
hot.
Mrs. X s Fruit Cake.-one pound but
ter. one pound sugar Drown. the yolks
of twenty, or ten whole eggs beaten to a
cream with the butter and sugar, one
pound -four containing one teaspoon bak-
ing powder. one and a half pounds cur
rants, one and enc fourth pounds raisins.
and one half pound ciiron.
Birds Nest Pudding.-Takc eight or
ten good favored apples. pare and core.
leaving them whole; place IN a pudding
dish: ill the cores with sugar and a little
grated nutmeg. Then make n eustard.
allowing three eggs and half pint OF
-four 10 n quart Of milk, and sweetcn TO
taste. Pour this over the apples and
bake about halt an hour.
Scotch Short Bread.-Four pounds -four.
two pounds shortening thalf lard and half
butterl. one egg and As much milk as
would fill an egg shell; beat well toccih-
er, and add TO the -four and butter one
pound fine sugar; then with YOUR hands
work the whole until II is soft enough 20
roll out on your baking board about half
an inch thick: cut INTO any form you may
wish: pinch the edge with your finger and
thumb and bake.
Damascus Biscuits. -Beat the whites Of
three eggs to froth: a quarter pound
beef suet chopped fine: half ounce bitter
almonds. blanched. chopped fine. all beat
en- well with the frothed eggs. Take the
yolks Of the eggs. mix with SIX ounces
-ifted loaf sugar. beat well, pour into the
almonds and white Of egg; mix well;
shake in tao ounces OF -four. sufficient
lemon 10 favor. Pour into small tins OF
moulded paper; bake in a quick oven.
Oyster Fritter-Take a pin, and
half Of milk. pound and a quarter Of
-four, tour eggs. The yolks Of the eggs
must be beaten very thick, 20 winch add
the milk and stir the whole well together.
Whist the whites 10 stih broth and stir
them gradually into the batter. Take
spoonful OF the mixture, drop an oyster IN
II and fry IN hot lard. Let them bc
light brown on both sides. The oysters
should not be put IN the batter all a, once
a. that would thin IL.
lsinglass Fros,ing one shec, OF
Iisinglass. pour about half a cupiul Of
boiling water on II and stand IL IN a warm
place TO dissolve slowly. When there j.
no scum on top add 10 Il one pound Of
powdered sugar and hcaping teaspoon
| sul Of starch. Let the cakes be cold,
pour the fro-tng over, smooth u down a.
little as possible and let II away IN a cool
place 10 get hard. This Is a nice aud
! much easier way than 10 make frusting
Of sugar and beaten eggs.
Pottagc a la Grey, and slice two
pounds Of carrot, one pound Russia tuf-
nips and four ounces OF onions; put them
| TO boil in three quarts o. water or soup
stock. II you have any ready. with a table
spoonful OF salt and quarter Of a sal'Spcon.
fol OF pepper. when the vegetable. are
quite tender. winch will be IN about two
hours, strain them out of the soup, rub
them through a sieye with a wooden spoon
or potato masher and mir them again
with the broth. and serve the soup BIO, a,
once.
To make something 81 for king. put a
pint and a half Of milk 30 boil in a thor
| oughly clean saucepan. sweeten and ga
vor u with some orangc-Ho~er water or
any other cssenee. Beat up the white. 81
eggs until they arr quite firm and crisp,
lik. NOV. Put q Tablespoonful into bolt
ing milk. turning them after n few sec
Onds. Arrange in a pyramid ca a deep
dish. LIT the milk get cool. and then
make eDstard with the yolss and pour
around. The whites sboald be beaten IN
| a cold pace.
A Cream Puddlnr-ons pin, Of .west
cream, into which stir smoothly ons tezc1p-
| fol sne -four: stir this until quite thiek
over the Gre. then take Of. and whsn .. is
cool STIR into Il four beaten eggy. add SEQ
tssoup. o. white sugar and one 81 otron
chopped fine. Bake till se.. This u a VERY
sne padding. II the lA,; operation Of bAk-
ing IL done night Mzby persons bake
cor.ard. too long, until they become va
.ery. which spoils them. Ia, tn, pad
ding cold: can be eaten with ssaos. u de-
| sired. bat /. r~ry good without.
Boiled Flour for Cruel Take pound
Of -four add he 4 a, tight a, g,ps.lble IN
padding cloth. A pteos q -eIl-u.ss..i.
unbleaohed muslin answers even psryose
Pa; tins taed-up -four into a PCT a boiling
water and is, u boil twelve hosns, AIDING
boiling water from time b time. remove
the bag ard hang !. up al night. - nat
Il vail cool and dry; oyen the bag ssd
remove With knife the diso0l0rsi ,sIn