Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-03-20
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Mock MINCE PIE.-Four Boston I
crackers rolled, two-thirds of cup of /
cold water, one cup of tnolasses, half {
cup of sugar, half d cup of vinegar, one
egg, and raisins and spices as for mince
pies.
FRUIT CAKE.-One pound butter, one
pound brown sugar, one pound flour,
ten eggs, one-half pound sliced citron,
two pounds dried English eurrants
(washed and dried), three pounds seed
ed raisins, one tablespoon each of mace
and cinnamon, one teaspoon cloves, two
grated nutmegs. Bake slowly i'll an
evenly heated oven.
CoCoANUT CAKE.-One cup sugar,
half cup butter, two eggs, half cup milk,
two cups fiour, two teaspoons baking
powder. Bake in thin layers. For
icing, beat together the whites of two
eggs, and one cup powdered sugar:
Spread layer of this on the cake, and
strew it thickly with grated and sugared
socoanut. Place another layer OF cake
on that, and proceed as before; on top
put only icing.
SNOWFALL PUDDING.-Boilon one quart
of rich milk, and then thicken itwith a
tablespoonful of -four or arrowroot;
beat up the yelks of four eggs with
three tablespoonfuls of white sugar,
, then pour the milk slowly into the eggs
and sugar, stirring all the time. Pour
|, this custard into pudding-dish and
brown it slightly; beat up the whites to
a stiff froth, adding four tablespoonful
! of sugar, and favoring with lemon;
u drop it on the custard (when browned
in the form of balls as large as an egg.
y Set it back in the stove to brown lit
tie.
!. BATTER PUDDING.-Two eggs well
> beaten; one pint butter-milk; one table
IS spoonful sour cream; a rounding tea
10 spoonful of soda; little salt and flour
az to make mass so stiff that it would
"a keep the shape of very rough noun
,e tain if made into one. Stir in ripe ber'
ries, cherries or currants-or in the alb
st sence of these, the dried it'll they
" are as close together as the stars in thu
q. Milky Way look to be. Steam tive
ID hours. Serve with croam-not the mix
no ture of milk and yelk of eggs used b.
II. city housewives-and sugar to which
little nutmeg may be added.
in CoCoANUT PUFFs.-The whites @
he three eggs beaten very light, n sma
am teacupful of fine white sugar, one table
cir spoonful of corn starch. When thes
an ingredients are mixed, put the mixtur
ley into custard saucepan or a jug, set
to pan of boiling water, and stir cor
mt stantly for twenty minutes; then TAX
her it off the stove, and add quarter of
for pound of desiccated or grated cocoanu
When well mixed drop in teaspoonfu
en- on buttered paper. Bake in a vel
'ort slow oven, as they must not brown
nal all.
BEEFsTEAKs 'STEwED WITHOUT w.
ecu TER.-Get three or four pounds of run
az steak, cut about an inch thick; put /
m a ounce of butter in frying pan lar!
for enough to hold your steak, and let Il
, be butter melt without browning; wa
the steak quickly in cold water and p
Of it in frying pan, covering closely. !
nv soon as it is thoroughly heated, seas'
10 in with teaspoonful of salt and sa
:. spoonful of pepper; then push the p
1y.. back on the stove where it will simm
ON. not bookkeeping it covered all t
He time, and weight on the cover.
led. will be found to be cooked and perfect
4 to tender in an hour and half. Put OF
hot dish and add half teacup of ton
ed to or two tablespoonful of walnut C
rs OF sup to the gravy in the pan, and poul
ring over the steak.
ence REAL GOOD ToAsT.-Comparativ
udi. few know what really good toast
ntrol Cut slices of uniform thickness,
pre- plump half inch or five-eighths inc
k for move around over brisk fire, to h'
ex. all parts toasted alike; keep only
nited near the Goals that the pieces will
ad- heated through when both sides
ssing Drowned. If the slightest point
blackened or charred, scrape it off, o
inery will spoil the flavor of the whole.
'ex', covered with an earthen bowl, it '
Ex' keep both warm and moist. A eli
urat' towel or napkin will answer if it is
can 90 at once to the table. But nob'
can make good toast out of poor bre
the Stale bread may be used for milk to
n the sour bread may be improved
WIN toasting it through; heavy br
ears, makes poor toast. Sweet, light bre
Oh as only day old, or less, makes the
toast.