New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-17
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.


CELERY SOUP.-Boil a small cup of rice in three
pints or milk until 1t Will pass through % sieve
Crate the white part of three heads of celery
bread CRATER add this to he milk after it has been
strained; put to 1t quart Of strong veal stock: let
it boil till the celery Is very tender. Season with
salt and cayenne pepper, and serve.
HAM-TO boil ham, scrape and wash carefully in
plenty of cold water. Put it 10 cook IN boiling water
enough to it entirely, hook end up let II re-
main on the front OF the stove TIL the ham begins
to boil then put ii back, and Leu 1t simmer stca l.
lily for three hours; Take 1t or the fire. ald let the
ham remain IL the water 1T is boiled III till cool
enough TO handle then skin IT, put in a baking
pan and sprinkle With about three ounces OF brown
sugar; run your pan into hot 0yen aud let IL re-
main a half-hOuT, or until the sugar has formed a
brown crust Tins not ONLY improves the flavor Of
the ham but preserves its Juices.
COLD SLAw.-Beat the yolks of four eggs TO a
very light cream, then stir gradually into them
five tabespoonfuis OF cider vinegar. Add two OF
three teaspOOuIulS of sugar and stir the mix tnre
over the FIRE until ii Bogus to tmcken Ike boiled
custard; then remove ana add teaspOontul OF Du;
ter and nearly tthspOOnIul OF ahclOVy mustard
Set the sauce upon ice to become cold. and pour 1t
over tle sliced cabbage just before serving; Celery
IS of en- mixed with the cabbage Tor this salad.
ANCnovY SAUCE Make drawn butter sauce
and add 70 it two or three teaspoontus OF anchovy
pasto When it thickeus remove ii from the Ere +;
you may AID lemOn juice IL you like 1t.
RABBIT PIG-Cut up the rabbit remove the
brcastDOne and bone the legs Put the rabbit, a
few slices of ham, few f0rcemeat balls, and three
ard-UOied eggs, by turns. III layers, and season
each with pepper sat, two blades oil pounded mace,
and one nail-teasDoOuful OF grated nutmeg Pour IN
about one ha.f-piut water, cOVer with crust, and
bake in a well-heatcG oven Tor about one hour ANA
a half. When G0Ac pour IN at the top, through the
hole in tho middle OF tho crust, lttlo good gravy,
winch may be made of the breast and leg bones OF
the rabbit and two or three shank bones Favored
win onion, HERDS and spices. Rabbits, which are
III the best condition IN dNlntermay 90 ffcaSSood
ike chicken in white or brown sauce. To roast
stuff with dressing maze OF DreadcrumD5, chopped
salt pork, thyme. onion and pepper aud salt,
sew up ruO with little butter. or pin on IL
few slices OF salt pork, add little water in the pan,
and haste often Serve with mashed potatoes and
currant jelly.
BEEFsrEAK WITH TOMATO SAUCE.-Take dozen
ripe iona oes skin and scald them canned tOma toes
may be Us d. put them Ill saucepan with hall
pint OF good beef gravy season with salt ana
~ pper, aud put them To stew fOT al hour When
le seak Is nicely blolled send 1t to table with the
sauce in q tuTeen.
PARADISE PUDDING.-Pare, core, and mincc three
apples into small pieces, AMI nix them with one
quarter of n pound OF Dread-crum6s, TIRES eggs,
three ounces OF sugar three ounces Of currants the
rlnd of one halt lemon, one half wlnegiass of
brandy, salt and grated nutmeg 10 taste Pat the
pudding into butteTed mould, lie 1t down with a
cloth, boil Tor two hours, and serve with sweet
sauce.
CHRISTMAS PLUM PCDDING.-Stone one pound
and half OF Talslns, wash, pick, aud dry ono-halt
pound of Currants, minco fine three-auarter5 of a
pound suct cut into thin slices one half pound of
mixed peel urange and lemOn), and CRATE ine three
quarters OF o pound Of bread crumbs. When all
lIcHt ulg lusitNltHls tiO pIcpdlbl iulA tut NNAA
together, then mOlsten tue mixture with eight eggs
well beaten, aud one winegaSs Of brandy; sur
well, that everything may be thoroughly blended,
and press the pudding into buttered mould; tie IL
down tightly with Toured cloth, and boil SIX
hours. On Christmas day sprig Of holly is usually
placed in the middle OF the pudding and ABOUT
wineglassful ofsbrandy poured round II, which, at
the moment of SOL wing, IN lighted and the pudding
thus brought to table encircled III llames
ENGLISH Pound CAKE.-One pound OF butter,
one pound OF sugar one pound of hour, twelve eggs,
one hound of rasins, three pounds of currants hall
a pound of ciiron hall pound OF almonds, gill or
brandy. Bake like Palmetto CAKE.
SOFT IcING.-Beat the whites of two eggs to O
stif froth add gradually half pound of best pull
yerzed sugar beat we'll for at least half an hour.
flavor with lemon juice. To color a delicate pink
use strawberry, currant or cranberry juice or the
grated peeng of an orange or lemon moistened with
the juice ana squeezed through thin cloth, will
color handsome yellow.
RAISED DoUGHNUTs.- Set sponge with one quart
of milk AS for bread. After il rises work into IL