The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-04-21

-four, four eggs, two cups ralsins and
currants mixed, one teaspoonful yeast
powder.
Sour MILK PANCAKES. quart OF
sour milk, one teaspoonful OF soda dis
solved in hot water, little salt, one egg,
add -four and mix to the consistency OF
thick cream. They are very nice.
LEMON JUABLEs.-One egg, one-half
teacup butter, three teaspoonfuls milk,
two teaspoonfuls baking powder, two
small lemons Guice of two and grated
rind of one); mix rather stiff; roll and
/ cut out with a cake-cutter.
LETTUCE SA1Ap.-Cut up q head of
/ lettuce very fine, then make dressing
/ of one cup vinegar, half teaspoonful
mustard, one of sugar, add little salt
! and pepper if liked. Place slices of hard
| boiled eggs over the top.
! COMMON CAKR.-(Nice for children J
| Bake ginger cake in tins as for Jelly
cake. Spread golden syrup between the
| LAYERS. Frosting made from the yolk of
one egg gives it nice finish. The yolk
of an egg is just as nice for frosting as
the white.
RICE DRoPs.-Boil rice to a mush:
when cold beat three eggs well and stir
/ in; add teaspoonful of yeast powders,
sprinkle of salt; drop q tablespoonful at
time in boiling lard. when brown take
ont and sprinkle sugar over them; serve
| hot. Very nice for breakfast
BAKED SPONGE PUDDING. Three eggs,
their weight each in butter, sugar and
| flour, beat the eggs very light; add the
butter beaten 10 n cream, then sugar and
| flour. This Will make four large cupfuls;
fill them half full; bake in a moderate
oven ten minutes and serve with same
MAYoNNAIsE FowL-Cut a fowl in
pieces, separating each joint; put into
a stew pan with wine glassful of olive
oil and fry till brown. Dredge In a tea
spoonful of flour: add a teacup of boiling
water, cover closely, simmer half an hour,
season with pepper, salt and minced
onion, then IA tablespoonful of mushroom
catsup. Take out the meat, arrange on
toast; boil gravy up once, pour over
fowl and toast; serve hot.
CREAM PIE AND ORANGE DESSERT
Cut the oranges in thin slices and sprinkle
sugar over them let them stand for two
or three hours; serve on ordinary fruit
plates. The pie is made with a bottom
crust only, and that not thick, but light
and flaky. Take one coffee cup of thick,
sweet cream, half a cup of pulverized
flavor with lemon extract bake until
you are sure the ernst is brown and hard,
so that it viii not absorb the custard
CREAM OF RICE SOUP. - Take two
quarts of chicken stock (the water in
which fowls have been boiled will answer),
one teacup of rice, quart of cream or
milk, an onion, a stalk of celery, and
salt and pepper TO taste. Wash the rice
carefully, and add the onion and celery
to the chicken stock Cook slowly two
hours, rub through a sieve, and add
seasoning. The milk or cream, which
has been allowed TO come Just to a boil in
a separate saucepan, should be added
the last thing. If milk is used, add q
tablespoonful of butter.
VEAL CRoQUErrEs. These can be pre-
pared for breakfast the night before, and
so be ready for the table in few min
utes. Chop the veal fine; mix half q
cup of sweet milk with about n teaspoon
ful of -four. Melt n piece of butter the
size Of an egg, and stir the -four and milk
IN 1t then let it come to a boil Mix
this thoroughly with the meat form it
in balls or fat cakes; lay OH a platter !;
scatter little pepper and salt over it,
and let 1t stand till morning. Then beat
one egg very light add a little milk /;
dip the meat balls in the egg, and then
cracker crumbs. Fry till brown in hot
lard.
SPONGE CAKE.-One cup sugar, yolk
of three eggs; sugar and eggs beaten
together ; one-quarter cup boiling water,
one cup unsifted flour, one teaspoonful
baking powder. The above baked in
layers with the following filing makes
delicious orange cake: To the whites of
| three eggs allow one and quarter pounds
/ Of powdered sugar. beat stiff as for icing :
take out enough to cover the top and set
aside add to the rest the Juice and half
| the rind of one orange; when the cake
/ is nearly cold spread filling between the
layers beat into the icing reserved for
/ the top, little lemon Juice and, if
needed, little more sugar. It should
be sitter than that spread between the
| layers.