The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-05
Domestic Recipes.

Puff Paste with Milk.-Mix with a
spoon three-fourths of a pound of
butter with one pound of flour; then
add milk enough to moisten the whole
so as to roll easily. Do not mould it
with the hands at all, or as little as
possible, and tho crust will be. found
much nicer made this way than by the
old methods requiring more labor.
Liberty Cake. One cup butter, two
cups sugar, one cup milk, one and one
half pint of flour. three eggs, salt and
spices. and three teaspoonfuls yeast
powder.
Potato Cakes Make cold mashed
potatoes into flat cakes, seasoning we'll,
and Touring all over. Fry good
brown in dripping. Take up and drain
rs soon as they are done, and serve
hot.
favorings for custards, stewed rhubarb,
buildings, etc, is made from the brandy
in which lemon peel is soaked. BID A
wide-mouthed bottle should always be
kept, in which to put all spare lemon
peel; pour brandy over to cover it, and
keep it corlled. This is always ready
for use. Another bottle should be kept
for some of the spare peel, which should
be chopped very fine, and q little salt
put over it, to be used for forcemeats
or meat flavorings. Also dry some peel
in a cool oven, and use this, crumbled
fine or grated, for apples and various
other things.
Mullins, T.-Ono quart sifted flour.
two eggs, one teaspoonful melted but
ter, one tablespoonful sugar, one tea
spoonful salt Quot heaped), quarter
yeast-cake dissolved in Il little water;
mix with sufficient sweet milk to make
a medium stiff batter; beat the eggs
very light, stir all together, set to rise
over night, add one small teaspoonful
soda just before baking; bake in gem
pans on top of stove to set the bottom;
finish in quick oven; not to be turned
over. / obtained this receipt from a
Southern colored cook twenty-five years
ago.-lN,S. u. b, II.
Mullins, II.-Mix a quart of wheat
flour smoothly with pint and u half of
lukewarm milk, half teaspoonful of
Yeast, q couple of beaten eggs, q heap
ing teaspoonful of salt, and a couple OF
tablespoonfuls of lukewarm melted
butter; set the batter in a warm place
to rise; when light, butter your muffin
cups, turn in the mixture, and bake the
mullins till light brown.-L q.
Quickly Made Beef Tea.-Take any
desired quantity of steak from the top
part of the round, as this has less fat
and more juice than any other part;
remove all the fat and divide the meat
into small pieces, cutting across the
grain; put the meat IN q dry saucepan
and allow it to sweat for five minutes
over a slow fire, stirring occasionally to
prevent sticking. After sweating for
five minutes, you will find the meat
white in color. and surrounded by a
rich nourishing gravy, which, in case
of great exhaustion, may be given in
this form But ordinarily we next pour
over the meat its weight in cold water,
allowing pint of water to pound OF
beef. Stir until the water boils; it
must not boil again, but simmer gently
for five or ton minutes until all the
sauce is drawn out, then stir carefully
into bowl. and if there is q particle OF
fat on the top, remove it with piece OF
brown paper, unsized paper. BY this
method you may take off every star OF
fat without wasting any of the beef tea,
as is done when using a ladle or spoon.
Salt according to, taste. but alwaJs
lightly.
To Remove Sunburn. little lemon
juice put into cup of milk, and then
the face washed with the milk, is q
/ complete remedy for sunburn. We
would not advise its being applied too
frequently, as all things are moro OF
less hurtful to the skin when applied
too often.