St. Landry democrat., 1880-03-13
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
The Table.


Fried Cakes: Two cupfuls of sugar,
two cupfuls of buttermilk, one cupful of
sour cream, one teaspoonful of soda,
and nutmeg.
Cookies: One-half cupful of butter,
two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of sour
cream, two eggs, one-half teaspoonful
of soda, one teaspoonful of cream tartar,
nutmeg. Mix very soft, and sprinkle
sugar over before baking
Fruit Cake: One cupful of butter,
one cupful Of sugar, four eggs, one and
one-half cupfuls of molasses, one cupful
of sour cream, five cupfuls of flour, two
pounds of fruit, one teasnoonful of soda ;
spice to taste. This is sufficient for two
large loaves.
-Tapioca Pudding: For family of
eight or ten persons Onc-half coffeecup
of tapioca put in a pint Of milk to soak,
and kept warm until it becomes soft !;
then add four eggs and two cups of sug-
ar, butter the size of q butternut, and
one teaspoonful of salt; when we'll beat
Ell add two quarts of milk, and flavor
with vanilla or lemon; bake the same as
custard.
Apple Batter Pudding One cupful
Of sour milk or buttermilk, one cupful of
sour cream,o one teaspoonful ofsoda, two
Well-beaten eggs, pinch of salt, flour
to render 1t as thick as it will drop from
the spoon, land two cupfuls or a little more
of raw sour apples cut in small pieces.
Bake little less than an hour in one
long tin and one round one Serve with
sweet sauce, seasoned with nutmeg
One can omit the apples if preferable.
Cream Biscuits: Two cupfuls of
buttermilk, one cupful of sour cream,
one and one-half teaspoonfuls of salera-
tus, one teaspoonful of cream-1aftar
mashed fine and mixed evenly in the
flour, and one-half teaspoonful of salt.
Mix quickly and rather soft, touching
them lightly with your fingers, and bake
in rather 4 quick oven. If the cream
and buttermllk are very sour. omit the
cream-tartar
White Cup Cake: One cupful of
butter, two cuptuls of sugar, four
cupfuls of flour, five eggs, one
cupful- OF sour cream, one
small teaspoonful of soda, and nutmeg.
This is an excellent cake, and will keep
long time. By adding cupful of
stoned raisins and cinnamon, it is very
nice fruit cake. Roll the raisins in flour
before putting them in. In making this
cake always stir the butter and sugar
to a cream; then add the beaten eggs,
and the cream and flour gradually. Put
the soda in the cream. Bake in two
loaves.
Miscellaneous.
Paint splashes on window-glass can
be easily removed by a strong solution
of soda
To Remove Iron-mold: Rub the
spot with little powdered oxalic acid,
or salts of lemon and warm wafer. Let
it remain a few minutes, and rinse well
in clear water,
Furniture Polish: Take spirits of
turpentine in the proportion of two
ounces to one of linseed oil, apply with
rag, and polish with buckskin, and af-
forwards with the hand This polish
looks splendid on pianos or organs and
gives them a neWness not otherwise OBJ
tainable
Small holes in white walls can be
easily closed without the assistance of
the mason by taking equal parts of
plaster of Paris and white sand used in
the family to scour with Mix with
water to paste and apply Immediately
Smooth off with flat knife or piece of
wood. This mixture hardens very
quickly, and therefore only small
quantity should be prepared at a time
To Paper Whitewashed Walls
Make flour starch, as you would for
starching calicoes, and apply it to the
wall with whitewash brush. Let it
become dry, then when ready to put on
the paper again 60 over the wall with
the starch, also the paper, and apply.
Walls may be prepared in this way
which have been whitewashed for years
in succession. Alum is one of the best
additions to whitewash to prevent it's
rubbing off. Smoky walls may be i'm
proved by adding plenty of indigo to the
water before mixing in the lime and
other ingredients. }45f
Gum Arabic Starch: Take two
ounces of white gum arabic powder,
put it into pitcher, and pour on it a
pint OF more of boiling water according
to the degree of strength you desire),
and then, having covered it, let it sit all
night. In the morning pour it carefully
from the dregs into a clean bottle, cork
it and keep it for USE A tablespoonful
of gum-water stirred into pint OF starch
that has been made in the usual manner,
viii give the lawns-either white, black
or printed-a look of newness, when
nothing else can restore them after
washing. 1t is also good, much diluted,
tor thin white muslin and bobbinet.