Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-11-19

mix them with two eggs, with Unelr
weight in butter; beat all to cream;
pour into a mould and steam. This
is excellent, cold, with fruit, such as
stewed prunes or apples.
CABINET PUDDING-An excellent
pudding for company dinner, quite
as good, doubtless, as the far-famed
English plum pudding. One cupful
each of suet, mOlasses, and sweet
milk, three cups Of -four, one tea
spoonful OF soda, grease the pudding
mould, and boil fully three hours. |
use a small tin bucket with close
fitting lid \; when ready to serve, if
the bucket is inverted the pudding
will easily slip out. Sauce to be eat,
Ell with it can be made by mixing to.
gether half cup of butter, one cup Of
sugar, and one large tablespoonful of
tiour; when thoroughly mixed, add
one quart OF boiling water, allow it
TO come to boil, simmer awhile,
then add flayoring.
People who like macaroni will find
pleasure in eating it when prepared
in this way Boil it until it is ten
der, taking care to preserve the shape
so far as possible. When it is done
drain off all the wat I, and pour over
it little sweet milk, with lump Of
butter and plenty Of pepper and salt.
While the macaronl is boiling, cook
in a separate saucepan enough toma-
toes to make pint when stewed.
When the macar0ni is ready for the
table pour the tomatoes over it;
serve hot.
OAT- MEAL BLANC-M NANCE
Take one quart Of boiling milk,
slightly sailed, or boiling water will
do, and two heaping tablespoCnfuls
Of Oat flour, mixed in little cold
water to form a paste, and stir into
the boiling milk, and continue to
stir it twenty minutes. Turn into a
mold. May be eaten either cold or
warm, with sugar and cream.
RICE PUDDINGs are greatly i'm
proved by the addition Of stale bread
crumbs, one-third being the proper
proportion.
RUsKs.-One quart Of light bread
sponge, two cups of sugar, one-half
cup shortening, and a beaten egg
Make into soft dough. When very
light, roll out an inch thick, and cut
into rounds. Let rise again and
bake in moderate oyen-a heat that
will not form a hard crust at top or
bottom. These are very nice with
coffee or tea. When stale, split
them, toast them slightly, butter and
eat at once.
SWEET APPLE PICKLE.-Sweet
apples make delicious pickles peel
and quarter them, boil them until
tender in vinegar and water; to one
quart of vinegar add two pounds OF
sugar: heat the vinegar and dissolve
the sugar in it; add cloves and Gin
uamon, and pour over the apples
while hot.
A FEW dried or preserved cherries,
with stones out, are the very best
things possible to garnish sweet
dishes.
FREEZING will take out all old
fruit stain, and scalding with boiling
water will remove those that have
never been through the wash.
A CLEAN cloth and ice cold water
will remove marks from a piano or
other highly polished furniture. BE |
careful to wipe dry with soft cloth. |
CoUGH SYRUP.-Four teaspoon |
fuls Of castor oil, four teaspo0nfuls |
of molasses, one teaspoOnful of cam
phor and one teaspoonful of paregOr- !
lie. Mix together and take tea
spoonful at a dose four or five times
a day. Mothers, try this month
old baby can take few drops, six
months a half teaspoonful, and a
year old spoonful. When a child /
has cold and threatened with Group, !
begin giving the syrup during the
day and on going to bed. Fit coughs !
during the night give more. 1t will
not fail to prevent Group and cure a |
cough. a grown person can take q
large dose.
CRACKERS which have been kept
in the house some time, and have
become soft, may be freshened by
leaving them in hot oven for few
minutes.
CREAM OF TARTAR DRINK
Two spoonfuls of cream of tartar,
the grated rind of a lemon, half a
cup Of loaf sugar and one pint of
boiling water. This is Il good sum-
mer drink for invalids, and is clean
sing to the blood.
TARNIsHED gold embroidery may
be cleaned with brush dipped in
burned and pulverzed rock alum,
THE best way of saving soap grease
during summer is, to throw it into a
kettle of strong lye; keepit covered,
and if standing in the sun it fire.
quently results in very good soap.
PEEL off the outside bark of the