Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-22
The HOUSEHOLD.

Iht HOUSEHOLD.
CHRISTMAS PUDDING.-One pound
raisins, stoned, one pound of currants.
cleaned and dried, one pound of beef
suet. chopped fine, one pound of bread
crumbs (stale are the best), one pound
of brown sugar. Then cut in stall
pieces two ounces OF lemon, orange and
citron, candied peel, half a nutmeg
grated, half teaspoonful of ground
ginger, one teaspoonful of mixed spice.
half saltspoonful of salt, eight eggs.
Mix all well together with your hands.
except the eggs, which must be beaten.
yolks and whites separately, whites to
a froth with the back of knife, if
you have not any egg beater. Now
mix your eggs with the other ingre-
dients, it must be quite thick or it will
fall apart. If not moist enough add one
or two eggs, Hair this quantity is
enough FOR a small family. Grease
your mould or bowl, fill with the mix
ture, grease a plate and put over the
top. wrong side up; dip your pudding
cloth in boiling water. dredge It with
hour and tie securely. Have a large
pot of boiling water ready; plunge your
pudding In, moving it about for a min.
ute; always keep your pudding covered
with wateri keep a kettle near by to
replenish withi never let the pot go
OF the BOIL or it will spoil your pud-
ding. Boil six .hours the first day, and
when you are ready to eat it boil two
hours more; before untying the cloth,
plunge the pudding into Cold water.
then your pudding WI not stick. Cover
it with Hnely powdered sugar before
sending it to the table.
POTTED BEEF.-To make this relish.
take nice piece of beef,-a part of the
round is the best: parboil it. and,
when cold, chop it up, fat and lean, as
line as possible; chopping it in a saus-
age mill is the best way of doing it.
To six pounds of beef add four ounces
Of salt, six toblespoonfuls of black
pepper, three of cayenne two tea
spoonfuls OF powdered cloves, one OF
allspice, six teaspoonfGls of powdered
sage, and three onions chopped fine.
Put the beef in mortar, and work in
all these ingredients; if desired, hard
boiled eggs and mushrooms can be ad-
ded, and moisten it with catsup, and
occasionally with butter. When it is
all thoroughly worked, have ready
some stone jars, dry and clean. Rub
them inside with melted butter; pack
in the meat, and leave a space OF about
two inches from the top. Have ready
some reelted butter. and pour it over
this. Put a cover of writing paper,
and another of stout brown paper; tie
down well. 1t will keep for six
months in dry place.
FRUIT AND Nut CAKE-Four cups
of flour, two cups of sugar, one cup of
butter, six eggs (white and yolks seper.
ated), ore cup Of cold water, one cot.
fee-cupful Of hickory-nut kernels, free
from shells, and very sweet and dry
one half pound OF. raisins, seeded
chopped, and dredged with flour; one
teassoonful of soda, dissolved in hot
water; two teaspoonfuls of cream OF
tarter, sifted in the flour; one teaspoon.
full of mixed nutmeg and cinnamon
Rub butter and sugar together to a
smooth cream; put in the yolks, then
the water, spice, soda, next the whites
and flour. The fruits and nuts stirred
together, and dredged, should 90 in
last. Mix thoroughly, and bake in two
loaves,
PRESERVED ORANGE pEEL.-Weigh
the oranges whole, and allow pound
for pound. Peel the oranges neatly
and cut the rind into narrow shreds
Boil until tender, changing the water
twice, and replenishing with hot water
from the kettle. Squeeze the strained
juice of the oranges over the sugar
let this heat to broil; put in theshreds
and boil twenty minutes. Lemon peel
can be preserved in the same way, al.
lowing more sugar.
Prof. Osborne Reynolds. has been
trying to discover why, Under certain
circumstances, drops of water may be
seen aoating for some time on the sur.
face of pools during shower before
they disappear. He believes that his
experiments prove that the suspension
depends only on the purity of the sur.
face of the water, and not at all on the
temperature or condition of the air.
To Cook STEAK.-The best wav "a
cook steak is to use a wire broiler
Have a hot fire with plenty of Goals
take cover off of stove, and place steak
in broiler over it; turn as needed. and
when done, season with salt and pep.
per, and put on few Jumps of butter
THE NEw-YORK Tribune is respon.
sible for the statement that the En-.
press of Austria reads ST. NICHOLAS
to her children. and enjoys the stories
herself; and the American REGISTER of
Paris rays that Queen Marguerite of
Italy also reads ST NICHOLAS.
CANNED TOMATOES TO STEw.-Stew
fifteen minutes slowly, then add a tea.
spoonful of butter, two of sugar. and
two of -four, and little salt and pep
per.
MEAT CAKEs.-Take cold meat
mince fine with fat bacon; season with
pepper and salt; mix well; fry in
cakes and serve in gravy.
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