The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-25
HOUSE AND FARM,
Recipes OF Various Sorts.

IOU0E AND FAkM.
Recipes OF Various Sorts.
Sour MILK CAKE.-Beat together one
cup of sugar, half cup of butter and one
egg. Add one cup Of sour milk with one
even teaspoonful OF soda stirred into it,
Then add two cups of sifted flour, hall
cup Of chopped raisins, and spice to taste
SWEET PICKLE.-Take lbs green toma
toes, and chop fine; add 4 lbs brown sugar,
and boil down three hours; add a quart OF
vinegar, q teaspoonful each Of mace, CHINA
mon and cloves, and boil about fifteen
minutes; let cool and pat into jars or othe,
vessels.
For BURNs.-Raw potatoe sscnped and
applied to burns IRE very soothing and
healing. Common starch made into {:
paste with cold water and applied is also
good. This is an excellent remedy fol-
chahng IN infants.
PASTE FoR SCRAP BooKs.-There is
nothing at the same time SO cheap and SO
good for FASTING SCRAPS into a book as
flour paste. Make it quite thick and per-
tectly smooth. A tablespoonful of pulver-
lied alum to q quart of paste will mako it
keep long time. Photographers paste
may be bought in quart bottles, and is ex-
cellent for the purpose. A Mark Twain
scrap. book is the ideal convenience, rs the
pages require only to be moistenod with
clear water to receive the scraps.
BLACKBERRY CoRDIAL.-Simmer the
b]ackberries till they break, strain, and to
each pint of juice put pound of white
sugar, one half ounce :innam on, one quar-
ter ounce mace, two teaspoonfuls cloves.
Boil fifteen minutes, and when cool add
little brandy, though the brandy is not
al essential.
LEMON BUTTER FOR TAETs.-Lemon
butter is excellent for tarts. 1t is made as
follows: One pound pulverized white
sugar, whites Of six eggs and yolks of two,
three lemons, including grated rind and
juice. Cook twenty minutes over a slow
tire, stirring all the while.
CHOCOLATE ROLL PUDD1NG.-This
pudding consists of cake, frosting and sauce.
1t is very nice. Beat the whites of three
eggs to stiff froth, and add the yolks
Beat into the eggs one cupful of sugar and
one of flour, AS soon as all ore thoroughly
mixed, stir in half cupfu! Of cold water,
in which has been dissolved soda about the
size of pea. Pour thin into buttered
twelve to fifteen minutes. When baked,
sprinkle the top with two tables poonfuls of
milk. Frosting- Beat the whites of six
eggs to a froth. and divide into two parts
Put teaspooniul Of sugar to one half, and
one teaspoonful Of sugar and three Of
grated chocolate to the other. Take the
cake from the pan and put it on fiat dish
or tin sheet. Spread half of each mixture
over the top. Return to the oven for about
five minutes, to harden the frosting. Take
out aud roll up. Put the remain der Of the
frosting on the top and sides of the roll
Put again in the oven to harden the frosting
Take out and slide on fiat dish. Pour III
:auce around, and serve. The yo]ks Of tb =,
eggs may be used for buildings or custards
Sarce-One egg, one teacupful Of powder
ed sugar, five tablespoonfuls of hoilin;
milk, one teaspoonful of vanilla extract.
Beat the white of the egg to stiff froth,
and gradually beat in the sugar. Add the
yolk Of the egg. the vanilla, and lastly the
boiling milk From Mss Porloa's Neac
Cool Book.
SWEET BREADS WITH TOMATO SAUCE.
Lay two sweet breads in cold water for
IN hour, then carefully remove all fat, sim
ows and meat from them: wash and put
them IN steWpan with sufficient cold wat
erto cover, teapooaful OF salt, pinch of
cayenne pepper, quarter of RI onion and a
>prig Of parsley; put the pap on the stove
aud let 1t come to q boil, taking of the
scum carefnlly; then cover and let it sim
Ger for half an hour, adding boiling water
80 as to always keep the sweet breads we'll
covered; take the sweet breads OUT and re-
move any Of the seasoning or scum that
may adhere to to them, SO as to have them
perfectly white; then lay them in the center
OF dish OF tomato sauce, made after the
following receipt: Season can of tomatoes
with an onion, six alIspica, tablespoonful
of white pepper, pinch Of cayenne, tea
spoonful! Of salt, two slices Of breakfast
bacon, teaspooaful of chopped parsley;
add pint of water. Let it stew steadily
for two hours; then cream together an
ounce each of flour and butter, and stir
it into your boiling tomatoes. Pass the
whole through coarse sieve with the DO
,to masher.