The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-03
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.
From the Detroit Free Fress Household

From the Detroit Free Fress Household
JELLY CAKE.-Two eggs, one cup
sugar, one teaspoonful soda and pinch of
salt.
GINGER SNAPs.-One cup sugar, one
cup molasses, one cup butter, one-half
cup sweet milk, one teaspoonful ginger,
one teaspoonful soda.
SWEET APPLE PIE.-Stew six sweet
apples until perfectly tender; mash
through sieve; beat them with an egg
and teacupful of new milk; spice to
your taste and bake with one crust.
LEMON PrE.-Grate two lemons; add
two cups of sugar, two eggs, half cup
of New Orleans molasses, half cup of
water, one tablespoonful Of butter, and
one of flour. Tris will make six pies.
FRUIT CAKE.-One-half cup of butter,
one and a half cups sour cream, two cups
of brown sugar, two eggs, two teaspoon
fuls of soda, two cups of raisins, three
and half cups of flour, season with
cinnamon. cloves and nutmegs.
CREAM SHERBET.-Put the yolks of six
| eggs and a teaspoonful of orange flower
water into two quarts of cream; boil it
up once in covered stewpan, then strain
it; add to it three-quarters pound sugar.
When cold froeze, serve as ice cream.
CINNAMON CAKE.-Two pounds brown
| sugar, two pounds flour, one teaspoon
full baking powder, one pound butter,
three tablespoonfuls of cinnamon, three
eggs (beaten lightly; mix all well as
usual for cake /; roll very thin, cut and
bake.
CHOCOLATE CAKE.-Two cups white
sugar, one-half cup butter, three eggs,
| one cup sweet milk, three veaspoonfuls
baking powder or one of soda and two of
cream tartar. Filling: Whites of three
eggs beaten to froth, one cup of sugar
and one-half cup of grated chocolate.
SWEET Potato PM.-To one pound Of
potatoes, baked and rubbed through .
sieve, add half pound of butter, three
quarters of pound of sugar, one pint of
milk and six eggs; flavor with nutmeg
or cinnamon and beat the whole together
thoroughly. Bake with one crust. This
will make three pies.
Snow PUDDINe.--Pour over three ta-
blespoonfuls of cornstarch dissolved in
cold water) one pint of boiling water,
beat whites of three eggs and pour in
earthen dish; steam ten minutes.
Sauce: Beat the yolks of the eggs, one
cup OF sugar, one cup of milk and butter
size of walnut; boil till thick. This
is incest to be eaten cold.
SLICED SWEET Potato P1E.-B Boil
some sweet potatoes until tender; peel
and slice them; line your pan with a
good crust; lay in tho potatoes till full
enough, then cover them with sugar,
one quarter pound of butter and nearly
a cup full of sweet milk flavor with q
nutmeg. Put on top crust and bake.
and you will have a most delicious pie.
Nut TART.-Four ounces almonds and
four ounces walnuts are pounded with a
little water and stirred to foam with one
half pound sugar, two whole and ten
yolks of eggs Add the beaten whites
Of five eggs and one and one-half ounces
flour. Cook and fill with the following
eight ounces walnut kernels, scraped
with milk and sweetened with sugar and
stirred with cream.
QUICK MADE COTTAGE PUDDING.
cup Of sugar, two eggs, one cup of soul
cream, two cups Of -four, one cup oi
raisins, one teaspoonful of soda flavor
with nutmeg, and bake in long tin OF
cake bar. Sauce for same: One cup o
sugar, one-half cup of butter, four heap
ing tablespoonfuls Of -four rub together
and flavor with nutmeg; pour over thi,
mixture three pints of boiling water, lei
it boil up well and it is ready for use.
LA BoUILLABAIssK.- differen
kinds of fish, as trout, white fish, or an,
small fish that may be at hand ant
a few well cleaned crabs. Place in
stewpan sliced onion, piece of garlic
some parsley cut fine. piece Of orang
peel, pepper, salt and spice, and waite
enough to cover the fish and little oil
Let this mixture cook we'll, cut the fisl
in pieces, put it in, stir all we'll togethe
and cook it over q fierce fire from fifteel
, TO twenty minutes.
COLD SLAw.-Cut o hard head Of cab
bage into shreds sprinkle with salt an
put into saucepan with vinegar an
, water, half and half, Just to scald it
drain it and spread on 9 dish to cool
now take . bit of butter the size of
} walnut and rub it smoothly with tea
: spoonful Of -four to this add the yolk G
. an egg and little pepper pour a small
quantity OF boiling vinegar over this