The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-03-11
HIsTsIFoR THE HOUSEHOLD.



-Delicate Cake: One cup of butter,
two cups of white sugar, three cups of
flour, two iseaspoonfuls of cream of tar
tar, one ts,aspoonful of soda, the whites
of eight eggs; stir butter and sugar to-
gether to d cream; into one cup of sweet
milk put tsyo-thirds cup of -four, mix
this with butter and sugar, then add
soda, sift -four and cream of tartar TO-
gether, add to above, and lastly the egg
beaten to 3. stiff broth, and bake moder-
ately till dpne.
Corn Bread: Two eggs, two cups
of sweet milk, one and one-half cups of
corn meal, one and one-hah cups of
wheat flour, butter half the size Of an
egg, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar,
one-half tsaspoonful of soda, one-half
teaspoonftil of salt, one-half cup of SUI
gar; beat eggs, sugar, salt and soda to-
gether, then add flour, meal, and cream
of tartar, after being sifted and thor
oughly mixed together, and bake three
fourths of an hour.
Lemon Pie: Crate the rind off a
fine lemon, and express the juice. Beat
the yelks Of four eggs, add to them one
cupful of Sugar, one cupful of cream or
rich milk, one tablespoonful of flour,
and the lemon. Beat the mixture well,
and bake in a crust. While it is baking
beat the whites stiff with four table
spoonfuls of sifted white sugar. When
the pie is baked, spread the whites on
smoothly, and set in the oven to brown
slightly. This quantity will make two
small pies.
Good Coffee: The editor of Truth
says there is nothing easier than making
good coffee, and gives the following
simple recipe: % Put the ground coffee
in a saucepan-two spoonfuls for each
output the saucepan or the fire; just
before the water boils throw in few
drops of cold water and take the pot
off; strain the concoction through q
piece of muslin, and you will have better
coffee than is produced by the most
complicated and costly patent ma.
chine"
-Omelet: Allow two tablespoonful
of milk to each egg; beat the yelks and
whites separately; add a little salt
pour into Il hot skillet, in which piece
of butter the size of a walnut has been
melted. The skillet should be as hot
as it can be without scorching the but
ter. As the omelet bubbles and rises,
run a thin-bladed knife under every
now and then, that it may not burn
cook two or three minutes, or until the
eggs set; fold over, shake the skillet,
turn on to hot platter and serve al
once.
Boston Baked Beans: Soak a quart
of common white beans in water over
night; then cut up Il pound of salt pork
fitch is best; put beans and pork IN
alternate layers into an earthen crock
and put in enough water to cover all ;
cover with plate, and bake in mod
crate oven from six to twelve hours. Ii
put in after the bread is baked, toward
noon, will usually be done by supper
time. They can be warmed over, if not
used at the first meal, and are just as
good as when first baked. The pork
supplies enough salt.
Crackers: Rub quarter of a pound
of butter into a quart of sifted flour,
add half q. teaspoonful of salt and mix
into stiff dough with sweet milk. Lay
this on Toured board and beat 1T with
the rolling pin as long as time and
muscle VIII permit. The longer the
better, but it should not be less than
half an hour, and the dough must be
frequently turned. Roll it out very thin
and cut round into whatever size you
may desire, prick each one deeply,
wash the surface with milk and bake
hard in an oven moderate enough to
give only a light color.