The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-25
Domestic Recipes.

Domestic Recipes,
Naflles. Take one quart of flour, add
pint Of milk and "A half a cup of soft
ened butter Beat thoroughly, and add
another pint Of milk, little salt, a tea-
spoonful of sugar and three tablespoons
full Of distillcry Yeast, or twice a much
home made, Beat till the mass bi'tcrs
and set in a warm place at night to rise,
In the morning add two wrll-beaten
eggs, and let the batter rise half an
hour. Bake in hot waile-irons. and
butter the cakes as soon as they are
baked. Serve at once.
Strawberry Short-Cake - Take two
teacups of sour milk and a teaSpoonful
Of carbonate of soda; when dissolved
add one cup of butter or lard, and flour
enough to make a soft dough; roll in
thin cakes large enough to fill the pan
in which they are to be baked. Dust a
frying-pan with flour, place in the cake,
and bake over the fire, turning ~ soon
as the under side is done. Split the
cake while hot, and butter wes Lay on
plate one-half cake, and put on lay
er Of well-sugared Strawberries; put on
another half. then more strawberries,
and so on, until there are six layers;
then serve.
Baked Tomatoes Wash. wipe aud
cut the tomatoes in halves, and place
them in baking-pan with the skin
downward; season with pepper and salt;
bake in hot oven until tender; then
take up carefully, and serve on toast
with a bit Of butter on each tomato.
Brook Trout, Split nearly to the
tail, wash and clean well, and fold to-
gether again. Let them lie wrapped
singly in a clean dry towel for few
minutes. Dredge with flour and salt
and put in pan with fresh, sweet lard
which should be hot, but not burning
Dv not ,urn until brown enough for the
table. One Of the most essential things
in serving trout or fish of any kind, is
to have every thing hot and quickly
dished, 50 that all may 20 to the table
at once,
Roast Beef and Round Potatoes
Roast the meat in the usual manner,
and about half an hour before taking it
out, pour off three-quarters of the gravy
from the dripping-pan, and lay about
the meat some balls of mashed potatoes,
worked smooth, with pepper, salt, and
a raw egg, moulded in your hands, and
rolled in flour. Turn as they brown,
and, when done, drain off the grease,
and dish with the beef.
Boiled Macaroni Break half pound
of macaroni into short pieces, and cook
about twenty minutes in sailed, boiling
water. 1t should be clear at the edges
but not ragged Drain well, pepper and
salt, and stir in a tablespoonful of but
ter. Strew grated cheese over the top
when dished, and pass more with it at
table.
Green Peas. Cook from twenty to
twenty-five minutes in boiling water
with little salt; drain well when ten
der stir in great lump of peppered
butter, and serve hot in vegetable
dish.
In buying fish one test appears to all,
whether large or small, ii fresh the
eyes are full and clear, the tins are siil,
aud the skin and scales bright. If the
ewes are dim and sunkcn ii is not tit for
use, and no protestation from the fish
man should induce one to buy,
To remove sunburn and freckleS and
beautify the skin, put a quantity OF
elder flowers into jug, pour boiling
water on them, let the mixture stand
fortwenty-fourhou and strain through
muslin Wash tn. face with this every
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