The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-16
Domestic Recipes.

Presidents Pudding, Cut some sill
ccs OF stale bread and dip each one in
custard made thus: Beat up one egg
with wine-g lass full OF milk and one
half ounce Of powdered sugar, fry the
bread quickly in butter, pile on dish
with layers Of jam between the slices,
pour a thin boiled custard over and sift
some sugar, then serve.
Queens Pudding One pint of fine
siitod bread crumbs, one quart Of milk,
one cup OF sugar, the yolks of four eggs,
piece Of butter the size of an ego;
bake until done (but do not allow it to
become watery), and spread with u lay
er OF jelly. Whip the whites of the eggs
to still froth with five tablespoonfuls
OF sugar and juice of one lemon, spread
on the top, and brown lightly. This is
good with or without sauce. 1t is very
good cold, served with rich cream.
Pyramid Pound Cake. One pound Of
white pulverized sugar one pound of
butter, one Of -four, and ten eggs; bake
IN drlpplng-pan one inch in thickness;
cut when cold into pieces three and a
half inches long by two wide, and frost
tops and sides; form on the cake-stand
IN pyramid before the icing is quite dry
by laying first in a circle five pieces with
some space between them over the
spaces between these lay five other
pieces, gradually drawing in the col
umn, and GROWING the top with bou-
quet of flowers.
Light Paste for Tarts and Cheese
cakes.-Beat the white Of an egg to
strong froth; then mix it with as much
water as will make quarters of a
pound of fine flour into a stiff paste; roll
II very thin, then lay the third part Of
half-pouGd Of butter upon it in little
bits dredge it with some flour left out
at first, and roll it up tight. Roll it out
again and putin the same proportion of
butter; and so proceed till all is work
ed up.
A Nice Tomato Dish. of the
incest and simplest ways Of dressing TO-
matOes is 10 cut them in halves. Law
them in baking-dish, cover each piece
with some bread crumbs, little pep
per and salt, and some fnely-chopped
parsley, pour little oil over, and bake
In good oven.
Mr,caroni with Tomatoes. Take a
quantity Of tomatoes, cut them up, and
remove from each the pips and watery
substance it contains; put them into a
saucepan, with a small piece of butter,
pepper salt, a bay leaf and some
thyme; add few spoonfuls Of either
stock or gravy; keep stirring on the fire
until they are reduced to a pulp, pass
them through a hair-sieye, and dress
the macaron with this sauce and plenty
OF Parmcsan cheese freshly grated.
Storing Ice in Feather Pillows II
you want to keep a lump of ice in warm
weather, and have no cool place to put
it, throw it into stone pot, well cover
ed, and put a couple of feather pillows
securely fastened around the pot. 1t
will last as ice Shotid last, in this way,
for two Or three days, Feathers are
non-conductor Of heat.
Yeast mixed with about one-eighth of
pure glycerine will keep well for a long
time, if placed in a cool cellar or cham
ber
A very simple and efficient remedy
for mosquitoes is tncture Of Persian
powder II the powder is pure, q few
drops Of the tincture on the neck and
hands VIII rcpel the most bloodthirsty
mosquito from the thinnest skinned and
most persistent of fishermen.