Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-05-25
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
Po.cHEp EGGS AND SPINACH.--fui
/ n shallow saucepan with water ana SAT-
ouantum surf add a little vinegar and
some leaves Of parsley. When fhe
wafer Is on the point Of boiling lt
sbould never be allowed to boil) break
two or more eggs into 1t, according 10
the size of the pan, and put on the
cover, When done, take them OUT
carefully, brush tfem clean on Dotn
sides with a paste brush, and cut eacn
EGG with a round fiuted paste cutter,
SO as to get them Of uniform shape.
Serve on a puree made as follows:
Pick and wash perfectly clean Two
pounds or three pounds OF spinach,
nut IL into a saucepan with little
water and let il boil till quite done;
turn il out on hair sieve to drain
squeeze the water, out, and pass the
spinach through the sieve. Put
good lump of butter into q saucepan,
fry 1t light brown, add a pinch OF
flour, mix well, put In the spinach,
pepper and salt to taste, and little
milk: stir well; dispose the spinach
on a dish, LAYING the poached eggs on
TOP of 1t, and a border of fried sippets
round Ii.
GRAHAM BREAD.-Boll pint of milk
and thicken with Graham flour; then
add cold milk enough to make the
whole as thin as batter. As soon as
cool enough not to scald, add half
teacupful of hop yeast and set In a
warm place to rise when light put
in a little salt and half teacupful Ct
syrup-or sweeten to taste-and rs
much Graham flour as can be stirred
in with spoon. Sprinkle little fine
-four On the dough boards. and mould
the brown bread until IL works clear
from the bread and hands, being care
full not to get it too stiff and dry. Put
il into a round basin that will fit nice
IL in your steamer) and return to
the warm place to rise, When light
enough to bake put it into the steamer
over boiling water and let it cook an
hour: then lake twenty minutes in the
oven. Do not open the steamer while
the bread Is looking or the bread will
be heavy.
DOLLY WARDEN CAKR.-Whites of
five eggs, one coffee cup of white su-
gar, one cup of sweet milk, one tea
spoonful of baking powder, well mix
ed in flour; bake In jelly pans. Yolks
OF five eggs, one cup of sugar, one
half cup Of butter, two cups of flour,
one half cup sweet milk, one tea
spoonful of baking powder, one pound
currants; flavor with cinnamon and
nutmeg; bake in jelly pans. Jelly for
the above. Two lemons grated and
squeezed, two tablespoonfuls of but
ter; cook until quite thick, and STIR
ring all the time. Place cake after
baking in alternate layers with jelly
between.
DAT MEAL.-One cup and half of
oatmeal for twelve persons; cover
with pint OF cold water; stir around
and drain Off the black specks; then
put in two quarts of cold water and
boil ii very slowly from forty--five
minutes to an hour, often stirring 1t;
while boiling add salt and sugar eat
it with scalded milk or otherwise, ac-
cording to your taste. DR.. johnson,
who hated everything Scotch and
never missed an opportunity to ex-
press his prejudice in his dictionary,
thus defined "Oats:" SIN England
food for horses, in Scotland food for
men," The excuse for him Is, that
he never ate oatmeal prepared after
the above recipe.
BAKED CoD.-Have piece from the
middle, skin it, make stuffing of stale
bread crumbs, some grated lemon peel
salt and pepper; fry an ounce of but
ter with as mucn chopped onion as it
will tase up until brown; soak your
bread in warm water for a few MIN
utss, then wiring dry in cloth, stir |
with the Drowned onion your season. |
ing, adding either fresh par ;ley or a |
dIiei bay leaf crumbled into 1t. Tn N |
stir in the bread, adding spoonful of |
hot water to make it all smooth, or else |
bind it with an egg. Sew this in the |
fish, put it in the oven, basting fire. |
quently with either butter or hot wa
ter, or soup stock, as you prefer.
PRAIRIE CHICKEN FRIED.-This dish |
provides for the util zing of the uu-
derdOne prairie chicken, which is |
sometimes left over from the preced-
ing day. Cut in pieces of good shape,
pepper and salt them, and then dip In
a batter made of beaten egg with milk, |
fl our ands alt added. Fry in hot lard ,and |
serve piled upon hot dish and garn- |
tshed with parsley. The lettuce
Mayonnaise is served at table with the |
chicken.
Toad IN THE HoLE.-Take one pound
OF round or chuck steak, cut it into
small pieces, season with salt and pep
per, and lay it in small dish; pour
over it four tablespoonfuls of
colu water aud set it in the oven for
ten minutes, or until the juice cooks
out of the meat. Have ready
a batter made of a quarter pound OF
flour, one egg. half pint of milk, and
a pinch of salt. Pour it over the steak,
and bake half an hour in a moderate
Iy hot oven.
DEBFsTEAK PUDDING.-Make a crust
as for apple d1mplings and put 1t in
round or chuck steak, cut IL in small
pieces. Place it in bowl, tie a cloth
,vei il and boil quickly. A pound of
steak will cook in about an hoar and
,en minutes. Ifthere be any danger
hat the meat will be tough, stew it
or few minutes before putting il
nto the pudding. 1t is better to use
{ raw, if possible.
A MERINo or cashmere dress may be
nended neatly by wetting a piece of
,Ourt plaster of exactly the same
hade as the goods, and putting it on
he wrong side, pressing down every s
rayed edge and every thread, and
aging weight on it until it is tho &
'oughiy dry. {
CHARCOAL is quite necessary to the {
perfect health of fowls, and the best
way to supply it to theu is to char /
.ars of ripe corn well, and shell of
he corn. They will eat it greedily, ,
o the great benefit of their health and
he increase of eggs. !
LEMON PIE.-Three tablespoonfuIs
II corn starch, dissolved in three of
old water; two cups of boiling wa
er; two cups of sugar; grated rind
.nd juice of two lemons; two eggs.
This will make one large pie