Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-24
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Simple Dessert.-Put eight crack.
ers into = deep dish and pour on
enough boiling water to cover. Let
them stand till soaked, and then crate
over them nutmeg and white sugar,
with sweet cream enough to make .
nice sauce.
Oyster Pie.--Line deep dish with
puff paste, dredge the crust with flour.
pour in the oysters, season well with
bits of butter, salt and pepper. and
sprinkle flour over; pour on some Of
the oyster liquor and cover with q crust
having an opening in the center to al
low the steam to escape. One pint Of
oysters will make this pie.
/. Apple butter is made by boiling sliced
apples. first pared and cored, in sweet
cider. The cideris boiled down to about
:one-half its bulk before the apples are
,stewed in it. The butter is packed in
kegs. jars, or bottles, and win keep .
long time. A large quantity is made
for use on sea-going vessels. Any kind
of fiavoring spice may be used, but no
sugar is required.
Snow Cake. -Four cupfuls Of fine
white sugar, and a heaping cupful of
butter. beaten together till fine and
smooth. While beating. add gradually
two-thirds of q cupful Of milk, and then
add the whites of twelve eggs beaten to
good foam. Sift three cupfuls Of
flour. a cup two-thirds full Of corn.
starch, and two teaspoonfuls Of baking
powder together, and stir in gradually.
Mustard Pickle.-One ounce each
of cloves. allspice, black pepper and
tumeric, one pound mustard, one gal
lon vinegar. of which reserve one quart
to mix with the mustasd. Put the spice
in a thin cloth and boil in the vinegar,
then take out the spice and stir the
turmeric and mustard smoothly into tho
boiling vinegar. Pour this ON the
pickles. Bottle and cork tightly.
An instructive experiment is that
reported of q farmer who piowed in 4
quantity of cornstalks on an acre Of
land, and burned an equal quantity ON
another acre. Both acres being plant
ed with corn, the burned one gave the
best start, but the acre of the plowed-
in stalks eventually caught up, ran
past, and completed the best crop. Re-
suits would vary with light or heavy
soils, but would doubtless show most
profit on the same side in all.
Pop Overs.-Make q batter with
two cups of sifted flour, two eggs. two
cups of milk and little salt. Beat the
eggs to foam and the batter like sixty;
don't use any baking powder or any
thing else to make it light; the beating
is to do that. Have the muffin tins
we'll buttered and piping hot, put
in the batter as quickly as possible
and bake in a very hot oven. They
will puff up most astonishingly and be
as light as q feather II they are well
made and baked.
Fried Steak and Onions-Melt .
lump of butter in q frying pan; cover the
bottom of the pan with onions sliced
very thin; then lay the steak over them;
when the onions are fried until they
are tender, put the beef on the bottom
of the pan and cover it with the onions;
add butter or lard as you need it. Liver
cooked in this way is nice also. When
it is done lay it on platter and heap
the onions on the meat. A very little
gravy made in the pan in which you
have cooked the meat and onions ID an
esSAAioiOhs bue AaoAO OuAy q AtLA0 0u0 tuI0
over the meat. seasoning it we'll with
salt and pepper.
-Soiled under-garments or the wash
clothes should not be put into . closet,
ventilated or not ventilated. They
should be placed ina largo bag made
for the purpose, or roomy basket, and
then put into well-aired room at some
distance from the family. Having thus
excluded one of the fertile sources Of
bad Odors in closets. the next point ID
to see that the closets are properly
ventilated. 1t matters not how clean
the clothing in the closet may be; Il
there is no ventilation that clothing
will not be what it should be. Any gar
ments after being worn for awhile win
absorb more or less Of the exhalations.
which arise from the body, and thus,
contain an amount of foreign-it may bo,
hurtful matter, which free circulation
of pure air can soon remove.