New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-30
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

SorPs.-To make nutritious and paatabc soup,
with vOrs well mingled requires study, practice,
and good taste The best basis for soup IL lean I'M
cooked meat, pound OF meat To quart OF water,
to which may be added chicken, turkey, beef or
mutton benes well broken up; a mixture oil 0eei,
mutton, and veal, with bit Of ham bone. all cut
fine. makes higher Favored soup than any single
meat the legs OF all meats are rch IN gelatlle, an
important constituent of soup. The best herbs are
SAGE thyme sweet marJOran, tarragon, mint, sweet
basil parsley bay-eaves, cloves, mace, celery SEED
ana onions The best seasoning Is that when Is
made up OF the smallest quantity from eachol many
spices The good soup maker must be sAHilul
faster.
REED BIkDs.-Roa,ting by suspending on the lit
tie wire which accompanies the roastcr Is the best
method; turn and basic frequently or wash ana
peel with rs thin parng as possible large potatoes
of eauaI size cut a decp slice of end OF each,
and scoop ont part OF the potato; drop piece OF
butter IN each BIRD pepper ana salt. ana pun IL i'll
the hOOws made IN the potatoes; put on as covers
the pieces cut OF, and emp the other END LOT mem
to stand on. set IN a baking pan upright WlUn Il
LITTLE water TO prevent burning, bake slowly mtll
the potatoes are well done ana Drowned ana serve
i'm the dish IN which they are baked. Another good
way Is to toll them in a crust like dumplngS.
CURRIEp BNEF-Cut your beef into pieces an
inch SQUARE, put some butter IN saucepan ltbe
alaie ware is best with couple OF onions and Try
until brown then aud sufficient curry powder and
mix thoroughly add hall "a pint OF milk and
the beef let stew gently Tor an hour, stir II occa-
siOnally 10 prevent burning. Serve WIN rlce'
MARAscHINo JELLY.-To one pint of clarified
terrn luice of two lemons, and eIl and nan OF
genuine maraschno; pour this INTO Il Jelly-mould
ready set III rough Ice.
PINEAPPLE PIE-Takc a cup of puyerzed sugar
a hall cup of butter, and beat together to cream
add the beaten yolks of live eggs, then one pine
apple Grated; to this add one cup oil sweet cream
and lastly the beaten whites " hipDed III Lghtly
Bake with under crust Only.
ALMOND ICF-CREAM.-Take six ounces of bitter
almonds: blanch tnem and pound them III mortar,
adding by degrees "a little TOse-water. Boli them
very gently In pint Of cream until you lind that 1t
Is very highly favored with them. Then pour the
cream INTO bowl, stir in pound OF powdered Loaf
supar cover il and set IL away TO cool gradually.
men il Is cold strain II and stir gradually but very
hard into three pinis OF cream. Freeze and let
stand about two hours. when freeze the second time
and serve at once.
TOMATO ToAsT.-Run quart of stewed ripe toma-
toes through a coander, place IN porcelain Stow
pan, season with butter, pepper and salt and sugar
To taste; cut slices OF bread thin, brown ON bOth
sides butter and lay on platter, and Just as the
bell rings for tea Sunday add pint OF good sweet
cream To the stewed tomatoes, and pour them over
the toast.
BANBURY CAKE.-Take an equal quantity OF clean
well-picked cuTants. graduated sugar and hney-
chopped lemon peel and NIX II all together anu lheh
add nice tiayOring OF ginger ana cinnamon NO"
add GOOD fresh butter snongn 10 tofn the whole INTO
"A nice paste, Take the best puH-paste ron IL OUT III
a sheet one fourth of an inch thick; cut TINS IN
pieces two inches square, aud place piece OF tle
pre pared butter cuantS etc. IN the centre ol each
now take tho two corners the one nearest 10 you
and the one opposite To YOU bring them up, press
them together and then with the palm oil the hand
nress them down fiat. This makes the piece oval IN
shape and leaves two ends which are folded to-
gether liberty to rise now wash the part that Il not
folded with water and add as much powdered sugar