New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-19
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

CROUTE AU POT-Cut off the bottom crust of n
| loaf leaving the same thickness of crumb as there
is crust. Cut II out in rounds the size Of dime.
Soak these rounds IN some good clear stock, lay
them in a wcll-buttered tin. and put il into the
oven to remain till quite dried up. Then lay them
in the soup tnreen with pieces OF carrots, turnips,
and onions, that have been used to ma Ike the stock
cut out In rounds, pour some clear stock boiling hct
over, and in few minutes serve.
CHOUFLEUR AU GRA1IN-DIspOse on q buttered
dish boiled cautower, cut IN two pieces. Melt n
piece of butter the size OF an egg, add tablespoon
full Of -four, stir the fire couple OF minutes add
gill OF milk and two ounces or more OF grated
Parmosan cheese pepper and salt to taste STR
til the sauce boils pour 1t over the caul flower
sprinkle few baked bread -crumDs over, and bake
| in quick oven until well Drowned.
PAINTED LADIEs-Remove the eyes and stalks
from some nice round-looing apples that will cook
well, and psel them very evenly to preserve their
shape. Place them in a shallow stewpnn large
enough to hold them in one layer. Dissolved loaf
sugar in sufficient water to completely cover the
| apples, allowing four ounces of sugar to each pint
of water; add a few cloves and a little lemon peel
| and stick cinnamon. Cover the sicwpan. and sim
mer the apples gently, or they will break be-
fore being cooked thoroughly. When done. and
they are cool enough lift them carefully to n glass
| DISH and with a small brush tint them decafely
on one side with little liquid cochincal or melted
red currant jelly; strain the syrup, return to the
stewpan, and boil 1t rapidly until reduced to one
third of pint. When cold stir to 1t winegla of
sherry and the juice of half lemon. and pour it
round but not over the apples The wine may be
omitted.
PRESERVED PsARs-One half-pound sugar to one
pound pears dissolve the sugar with about one and
oneha plnts of cold water to eight pounds OF
When dissolved, add three or four lemons sliced,
and about six inches of ginger (scraped) and sliced
thin put in the pears. and let them boil till soft
enough to put a straw through. boil the syrup down.
If too tnn after taking out the pears, and putting
them in the jars
APPLE FRTTERs.-Make batter. not very stiff.
with one quart of milk, three eggs and -four to
bring it t, right consstence Pare and core a
dozen apples. and chop them to about the size of
small peas and mix them well in the batter. Fry
them in lard, as you would doughnuts Sprinkle
powdered sugar over them.
RAISED MUFFINs.-Five eggs, one quart milk, two
ounces butter teaspoonful salt. two large table,
spoOnfuls OF brewers yeast, or four of home
made yeast and enough sifted flour to
together, and add to them the salt beat the eggs
very light, and stir them into the milk and butter
then stir in the yeast. and lastly sufficient -four to
make thick batter cover the mixture and set it
to rise In warm place about three hours when IL
Is quite light. grease yonr baking-iron and muffin
rings set the rings on the iron and pour the batter
into tbem-bake them light brown. When YOU
split them to put on the butterdo not cutthem with
a knife, but pull them open with your hands cut
ting them hot will make them heavy.
OYSTER CATsUP.-One quart oysters, one table
spoon salt one tablespoon cayenne pepper, table
spoon mace, one teacup cider vinegar, one teacup
sherry. Chop the oysters, and boil in their own
as it rises. Boil three minutes, strain through hair
cloth. return the liquor to the fire add the wine,
pepper, salt and mace. Boil fifteen minutes, and
when cold. bottle for use.
CHICKEN la MADERR.-Boll fine, large tender
chicken when done, and while yet warm, cut 1t
from the bones into small pieces. for chicken sal
ad put it into stew pan with one gill of boiling
water then stir together until perfectly smooth,
onefourth pound butter, teaspoon -four. and the
yOlk of one egg, which add to the chicken half at
time, stirring all we'll together then season with
salt aud pepper. After letting II simmer about ten
minutes, add one-haif gill Madeira wine, and send
to table hot.
TOMATO JELLy-Tcar In pieces some ripo. toma-
as little water as will keep them from burning;
put the pulp into jelly bag. and. when the julse
each pint of juice and boil rap idly until 1t jeilies
II the color Is not bright red, lew drops Of cocbi