The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-06-01
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

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OYsrxR MAcARoNr. Boil inacaroni in
cloth to keep it straight. Put layer
in dish seasoned with butter, salt and
pepper, then layer Of oysters, alternate
until the dish is full. Mix some grated
bread with beaten egg. Spread over
the top and bake.
DfsrErsIA BREAp.-One pint bowl Of
Graham flour; dissolve one-half tea
spoonful Of soda in two-thirds Of cup
of yeast, and add to the mixture one
teacupful of molasses pour in sufficient
warm water to make it somewhat thinner
than -four bread.
KING GEoRaE's PUDDING. pint
Of bread-crumbs, half-pint Of -four, tea
spoonful Of baking-powder sifted in
-four, little salt, half pound of rails
ins, quarter of a pound Of eaTants,
quarter of pound Of chopped suet, Aof-
fee -cupful of milk, one egg; tied tightly
in o bag, and boiled three hours to be
eaten with hard auce.--From AGss NJ.
Parloa's Recipes.
SAUCE FOR VENIsoN .SrEAK. Put one
cup of stock, small tsaspoonful of salt,
half teaspoonful of pepper, ana very
little cayenne, two or three cloves, and a
few allspice in saucepan; let all boil
up, then stir in a piece of butter half the
size of an egg, in which teaspoonful Of
-four has been well mixed; one teaspoon
full of currant jelly, one wineglassful Of
claret; heat it once more, pour it
through strainer so as not to remove
the whole spice.
CUP CAKE.-One cupful butter, two
cupfuls sugar.. four eggs, one teaspoon
full baking powder, three cupfuls
-four, twenty drops extract bitter
almonds. Rub the butter and sugar to
cream; add the eggs, two at time,
beating it five minutes between each ad-
dition. Mix into a smooth, medium bat
ter bake in well CREASED cups or muffin
pans, in rather hot oven, twenty mip-
utes.
WHEN putting away the silver tea or
coffee pot, which is not used every day,
| lay little stick across the top under the
cover; this will allow fresh air to get in
ard will prevent mustiness it will then
be ready for use at any time, after hav-
ing first been thoroughly rinsed with
boiling water. Nothing is better to
clean silver with than alcohol and am
monia after rubbing with this take a
little whitening or soft cloth and polish
in this way; even frosted silver, which
is SO difficult to clean, may be easily
made clear and bright.
LORD CHANoEL1oR's PUDDINa.-Boil
a pint of cream, in which is infused
some lemon peel and salt; then add the
yelks of eight eggs and the whites Of
six. The mixture is added to bread
crumbs and poured in mold, which is
immersed, tightly covered, in a stew
pa. ,f boiling water, with fire placed
over the lid. The s.cce is composed ol
spoonful of arrowroot, white wine
brandy, loaf sugar rubbed on lemon
peel rum can be substituted for bran
dy. and the pudding is delicious when
cold
APPLE CoMPoTE. - Peel, core ard
quarter six large apples, trimming each
quarter so Us to get them all of size
drop them as they are done into cold
water, with the juice f lemon 50 le-zed
into it to prevent their turning brown
Have ready strong sirup (made with q
pound of sugar and one quart of water,
boiling hot; put the apples into this
with the thin rind of lemon and two ol
three cloves. As soon as they are
cooked (great care must be takel that
they do not break) take them o 1t and
dispose them on glass dish. Pour the
sirup over them and garnish with SLICED
citron.