Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-09-06
DOMESTIC.

SPARKLING BRoTH.-Procnre one
quart of small black beans, or white
ones will do, and soak them IN boiling
water over night. In the morning put
the beans IL six quarts of water IN a
large boiler, adding some beef or NUT
ton or any kind of cold meats that you
NAV have in the house, first cracking
the bones and cutting off the fat from
the meat. Put to 1t one large onioL,
some nutmeg and whole peppers. Set
| If on the fire where 1t will simmer nine
hours. Then strain it, rubbing all the
mealy parts of the beans through the
sieve. Wash the boiler and return the
soup to it to heat up. When served cut
up half lemon in very thin slices and
lay in the bottom Of the tureen, pouring
the soup, boiling over them
CHKEsE OMEIHr.-MiI to o smooth
batter three tablespoOnfuls of fine -four,
with half a pint Of mlk. Beat up well
the yelks and whites OF four eggs. lit
tie salt, and q quarter Of Q pound OF
grated old En0lish oheese. Add these
to the flour and mix, and whnk all tho
ingredients together for half an hour.
Put three ounces Of butter into frying
pan, and when it Is boiling pour in the
above mixture, fry it for few minutes,
and then turn it carefully: when it is
sufficiently cooked on the other side,
turn 1t on to hot dish and serve.
VANILLA IcE CRHAM-Slit and put in
sauce pan half a vanilla bean, with n
little boiling milk, to lnfuse for fifteen
minutes on the side of the fire without
boiling; pat in timed basin eight egg
yelks. with half pound Of fine sugar;
mngle well, dilute with quart OF boiled
milk; set the infusion on the fire and
stir continually with a wooden spoon un-
til it thickens; Then strain Immediately
through fine sieve into an earthen yes
SCI, stir once in a while while cooling;
freeze In the ordinary way, and serve
either nodded or recher-like, on folded
napkin.
BKRAKFAsr CAKEs.-The requisites
are two pounds of flour. four eggs, a
pound and half Of butter, some ginger,
caraway seeds, oitron, half pint of
cream, some milk, and little yeast.
Mix the butter with the -four, beat up
the eggs, add the cream, put ginger,
caraway seed and citron to taste, then
three tesspoonfuls of yeast, and milk
enough to make it OF right thickness.
Beat all thoroughly together with q
spoon, set 1t before the fire to rise, and
when it has risen, drop it in cakes upon
tins and bake them.
BUrTHRArLk GRAHAM CAKEs.-Take
three cups of rich buttermilk; add to it
one teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in
hot water, mix with it one large handful
of bolted flour, and enough Graham
flour to make it as stiff as gridale-cakes;
put in pinch Of salt, and one egg thor
ouShIy beaten. Put "gem" pan on
the stove and heat it very hot; butter
the apertures and turn in the batter I;
then bake in hot oven for twenty min
utes. These are more delicious than
cakes raised with yeast.
PoTAro PuFFs.-Take cold roast meat
beef, mutton or ham and veal together
clean Of sristle, cut small, and season
with pepper and ealt; also. cut pickles
if liked; boil and mash some potatoes,
make them into paste with an egg,
and roll out, dredging with flour; cut
round with ssucer; put some of the
seasoned meat upon one half and fold
the other like puff; pinch neatly and
fry light brown.
LEMON AND ORANGE TINCTURE.
throw away lemon or orange peel; cut
the yellow outside off carefully and put
it into a tightly corked bottle, with
enough alcohol to cover it; let it stand
until the alcohol is a bright yellow, then
pour it off. bottle it tight, and use it
for fiavoring when you make rice pud-
ding; add lemon and alcohol rs often as
you have it, and you will have nice
flavor.
IT is said that bleeding from a wound,
on man or beast. may be stopped by a
mixture of wheat flour and common
salt, in equal parts, bound on with a
cloth. II the bleeding be proiuse, use
large quantity. say from one to three
pints. 1t may be left Oh for hours or
even days, if necessary. The person
who gave us this recipe says: "In this
manner saved the life of horse. which
was bleeding from a woundcd artery;
the bleeding ceased in five minutes after
the application.
OUNCE CHEEsE.-Pare the ounces,
and cut into quarters, removing the
core; put them Id stewpan, with lit
tie cider or water. and an equal weight
of sugar; boil until they are mashed up
and look clear; then pour into a Jelly
bag. The juice will make an excellent
Jelly; and what remains in the bag,
pressed into jars, thick and tirst-rate
cheese fer desert
CHICKEN SSoUP-Roast or bake chick
en- until turning brown; put it in a
soup-kettle with three pinss Of water,
aud set on slow fire; skim off the scum |;
add middling-slzed onion, little eel
cry, and simmer about three hours; take
out the chicken and vegetables, strain,
and use; the chicken may be used for
salad.
EXCELSIOR FRUIT CAKE.-One cup of
sugar, one of butter, one Of -four, ten
eggs, beat the yolks, sugar and butter
together; beat the whites separately.
One-hah pound citron, one pound Eng
lish currants, one pound raisins, one
ounce mace, one ounce cinnamon, one
ounce cloves. Bake in slow oven two
hours
TAPIoCA MKRINGUR.-Two cups of
tapioca; soak in the milk or water over
night; in the merning put 1t on to boil,
adding little milk at a time until il he
comes Of the consistency Of cream; add
yolks Of five eggs; sweeten to taste; fla
vor delicately; when cold cover with a
meringue made of the whites of eggs.
AGUE PowDERs.-Take of powdered
Peruvian bark 1 or; carbonite potash,