Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-16
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butter washed the day before in cold water;
a heavy, broad -bladed table-knife IA large,
wooden spoon, ice or ice-cod water, and a
marble Slab 10 work on instead OF pie.
ooafu, are necessary to make such puff
paste as is seen at the best confectoners,
Take one pound Of flour. and one pound OF
butter; cut the butter into four equal parts
and then cut one part Of the butter into
thin, very thin, slices. DO not touch it
with the hands, the object being to keep it
as cool as possible. Then make dough
with the flour, butter and cold water.
dredge the slab and roll the dough quite
thin; cut another quarter of the butter as
before, lay the chips on the dough, fold it
over after dredging wi h flour, roll thin, add
another quarter OF the butter, dretlge and
roll, and then add the last in the same man
ner, but this time leave it one-half to three
quarters of an inch thick. Cut the dough
into as many pieces as is required for the
number of pies or tarts, and as nearly Of a
size as may be. Place on plate upon ice
until wanted, say three or four hours. For
making the crust for pies or tarts, use a
small rollng-pin, only two inches long by
two inches thick, and with this roll lie
middle Of the bottom crust quite thin.
leaving the edges of the crust three times as
tAlck. The top crust may be nearly as thin
as the middle Of the bottom one. Have tha
iilllng thoroughly cooked before il is put in
the pie; always bake in tin, and then have
| the oven SO hot thatstea mlnutessr Tine viii
bake II. For tarls or open top pies, bake
the crusts. let them get cold, and nut ia
the fruit just before serving. This makes
the finest puff paste. Cheaper kinds are
made by adding more and more flour to the
poundaot butter as above, and again by sub
stituting half butter and half lard, or all
lard, for the original pound of butter.--
| Chief Cook u. Rurat NeaO Yorker.
Hoau to Preseype Rhubo1b. Some time
during the summer my wife found recipe
for keeping rhubarb, which has worked SO
well that will give it: Cut the rhubarb
into shart pieces, as il you were intending
to put it In pie, and pack it in glass fruit
cans as full as possible, and then Till with
! cold water. Let stand and settle and then
fill again and SEAL When you use it traln
OIL all the water you can, and you will find
it as good and fresh as the day it wss gath
cred. We had pies on Thanksgiving day
from rhubarb put up in this way. There
is nearly always a good summer crop Of
rfnbarb which can be canned. You must
always use glass cans, as the acid will corr
rode tin.--Ec.
Cocoanut Cahe.-Beat one and one-halt
cups OF sugar and a small halt cup of butter
to cream; add one-halt cup of milk and
two cups OF flour, INTO which two even
tablespoonsful of baking powder have been
sifted. Lastly, stir in the whites of five
eggs which have been beaten to a stiff
troth. Flavor to taste. Ii your eggs are
light, this will fill four jelly cake tins.
Beat the whites Of two eggs and stir in
| powdered sugar enough to make thin
trosting. Spread this in a tnin layer on the
oayes while they are hot and sprinkle
thickly with prepared cocoanut, though o
fresh grated cocoanut is nicer.
Rorbnry Pudding.- any pieces of
bread that may be left from making stuff
ing or from other dishes; cut into very
small pieces and pour over it sufficient hot
water or milk to soak it; then beat it smooth
with a fork, and stir into it three ounces of
fine, moist sugar, little nutmeg, the peel
of a lemon grated, and halfa pound of cur
rants. Mix all well together, with two or
three beaten eggs, and bake in a buttered
pie dish.
Headache Cure.-Apply peppermint to
the frontal or forehead (never rubbing it),
and fan it. Repeat this three or tour times,
and then apply cologne, end fan again. If
the headache is caused by Il foul stomach,
then swallow small portion OF hot water
and peppermint.
Ginger Drops. One cup OF molasses, one
) of brown sugar, one of cold water, one-half
OF butter, one tcaspoonsful of saleratus, one
teaspoonful of ginger cinnamon is very
nice i'll place of pinger). Stir rather hard
and bake in a quick oven. Drop on but
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