Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-22
Household Help.

WATER PUDDING.-The ingredients:
Water, eight tablespoonfulls; lemon,
one tablespoonful; sugar, quarter pound;
butter, quarter pound, and four eggs.
Crate the rind and squeeze out the
juice of the lemon; beat the eggs,
yolk and whites separately. Mix all
together, and bake ore hour in slow
oven.
Fta PUDDING Wash, dry and mince
half pound of best Naples figs. Soak
two cups bread crumbs in two scant
cups milk; stir in three eggs which
have been well beaten with cup of
sugar, The figs, half cup powdered suet
and little salt. Add pinch of soda
dissolved in little hot water. Beat all
together and boil three hours in but
ter mold. Eat hot with sauce.
To CURE ingrowing toe nails one au-
thority says: Put small piece of tai
low ia a spoon, heat it until it becon es
very hot and pour on the granulations.
Pain and tenderness are relieved at
once, and in few days the granula-
tons are all gone, the diseased parts
dry and grow destitute of all feeling.
and the edge Of the nail exposed so as
to admit of being pared away without
any Inconvenience.
VELVET CREAM-"Velvet cream" to
be eaten with cake, is made in this
way: Beat the whites of four eggs to
a stiff froth, add two teaspeonfuls of
sugar, two tablespoonfuls of current
Jelly, two tablespoonful of raspberry
jam. beat all well together; cream may
be added or not, as you choose but it
is great addition, provided this real
cream. Velvet cream is fine accom-
paniment to blancmange.
ANDALUTIAN SALAD.--To make it,
fine cucumbers, ripe tomatoes, with
sold rosy flesh, and Spanish onions,
large and succulent, are required; the
onions and cucumbers are peeled and
minced, and the tomatoes peeled and
sliced; the vegetables are arranged in
layers, lightly sprinEled with fresh
bread crumbs, and dressed with salt,
pepper, oil and vinegar; the salad thus
prepared is kept in very cool place
for an hour before it is used.
FRICAssER OF VEAL.-Cut eight small
pieces of salt pork and fry brown; take
out the pork and put in thin slices of
veal those cut from the leg are the
best, sprinkle with salt and pepper,
and fry brown; when all the veal has
been fried, mix with the boiling fat two
tablespoonfuls of dry flour; then add
two cupfuls of boiling water, and sea-
son with salt and pepper; put the veal
into the gravy and simmer about fif
teen minutes; dish out and pour the
gravy over it.
ANGEL CAKE.-One and half tum-
blerful of powdered sugar, one tum-
blerful of flour, eleven eggs, the whites
beaten stiff, one teaspoonful of cream
Of tartar and pinch of salt; flavor
with vanilla; sift the sugar and flour
with which the salt and cream of tar
tar have been mixed) four times sep
arately; mix the sugar and eggs to-
gether; add the -four do not stir much
after the flour is in), and add the flaw
oring last. Turn on the side to cool
when done. Use q three quart pan
with hold in the centre.
FRICAssEE OF ONIoNs.--Peel two or
three dozen Of the very small, round,
white onions, sprinkle them with salt,
let them remain for one half hour,
then roll them upon a cloth to dry
them slightly, and dredge with flour;
throw them into stewpan in which
you have melted two ounces of fresh
butter, toss them over gentle fire for
five minutes, drain the fat from them,
add pint of rich milk, minced lemon
peel, white pepper, salt and butter
Simmer for ten minutes and serve in
the sauce.