The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-05-26
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

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ted chocolate, milk, molasses and sugar
each one cnpful, and = piece Of butter
the size Of an egg; boil until it will
harden when dropped into cold water;
add vanilla; put in a buttered pan, and
before it cools mark off in square blocks.
PEA Sour WITH CE1ERY.-Boil split
peas till they are in thorough mash;
melt little fine-chopped suet well in a
pan, and frizzle in it ely-chopped
onion; mix this with the peas add
more water to make soup, pepper, salt
and powdered sage, and let it simmer
we'll for twenty minutes.
ELDERBERRY WINE.-Take one quart
Of pure elderberry juice, two quarts
water, three pounds sugar (the best
sugar for this purpose is what We cali
molasses sugar, VIZ, sugar that settles
from molasses into the bottom of hogs
heads); mix oil together, and let it fer
ment until it works itself clear strain
and bottle leave the bottles uncorked
until it is done working, then cork and
put away in 4 cellar, and in few months
you will have good wine, but age will
improve it.
ORANGE PE OR PUDD1Na.-One pound
of butter, one pound Of sugar beaten to
cream, one glass of brandy, wine or
rose-water; ten eggs beaten to high
froth; have two oranges and boil the
rind until it is tender; change the water
two or three times while it is boiling,
then beat it in mortar and squeeze the
juice in, together with the rind of one
lemon grated and the juice of the same;
mix all well together with the other in
gradients, and bake in puff paste with
out an upper crust; half this quantity
is sufficient for two ordinary-s sized pies.
TOMATO SoUP.-Place in q saucepan
one carrot, one white turnip and one
onion, all sliced and fried brown in but
ter, and quarter Of pound Of ham;
when the moisture is evaporated add
two tablespoonful Of -four, and brown
with the vegetables; add three pints Of
good beef broth, one can of tomatoes,
few bay leaves, a pinch Of ground cloves,
stalk Of celery, a little grated nutmeg;
boil till the vegetables are done, and
pass forcibly through seive; place on
fire. bring to boil and skim serve
with plain boiled rice or small squares
of bread, fried brown in butter.
PUMPKIN PH.-Cut the pumpkin into
as thin slices as possible, and in stewing
it the less water you use the better;
stir so that it shall not burn; when
cooked and tender stir in two pinches of
salt ; mash thoroughly, and then strain
through seive while hot add 4 table
spoonful of butter for every measured
quart Of stewed pumpkin add quart Of
warm milk and four eggs, beating yelks
and whites separately; sweeten with
white sugar and cinnamon and nutmeg
to taste, and q salt-spoon Of ground GIN
ger. Before putting your pumpkin in
your pies it should be scalding hot.
CHOCOLATE BLANc-MANaE. - Take
three pints of warm milk and soak in it
package Of gelatine allow it to re-
main for two hours sweeten with four
table-spoonfuls Of sugar, after the gela-
tine is softened or melted; scrape Z
square Of sweet chocolate, and put in
small saucepan with two spoonfuls OF
hot water; if you use unsweetened
chocolate, ada to the water two table
spoonfuls of sugar stir this all the time,
until perfectly smooth /; then. having
your milk and gelatine on the fire,
watching it closely SO that it shall not
burn, add by degrees your chocolate
mixture have molds ready in which to
put your blanc-mange.
TAP1ocA. is nutritious ana
easily digested article Of diet, and it and
the rice are both especially adapted to
accompany the fruit diet for prospective
mothers. A favorite way Of cooking
tapioca is to soak teacupful over night,
OF several hours, in q quart of water,
then add pint of rich milk, little salt.
and cook by putting it in tin pail With
tight cover and setting the pail in boil
ing water, let it boil IN hour sometimes
add raisins. Serve either hot or cold,
with cream and sugar or fruit.
ANECDOTE OF CARLYLE.
After having passed sleepless nights
owing to the horrible noise made by
Cochin China cock in neighboring gar
den, Carlyle interviewed the proprietor
Of the fowl, and expostulated. The
owner, woman, did not think Mr.. Car
lyle had much cause for complaint the
cock only crew three or four times in the