The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-22

Domestic Recipes.


Waffies.-Take one quart of flour. add
pint of milk and half a cup OF soft
ened butter. Beat thoroughly, and add
another 9int of milk, Il little salt, tea
spoonful of sugar and three tablespoons
full of distillerv yeast. or twice as much
home made Beat till the mass blisters,
and set in a warm place at Il ight TO rise.
In the morning add two well-beaten
eggs, and let the batter rise half an
hour. Bake in hot waffie-irons. and
butter the cakes as soon as they are
baked. Serve at once.
Strawb berry 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 -four
enough to make a soft dough; roll in
thin cakeS-large enough to till the pan
in which they are to be baked. Dust a
frving-pan with flour, place in the cake,
and bake over the fire, turning as soon
as the under side is done. Split the
cake while hot. and butter we'll. Lay on
a plate one-half cake, and put on lay
err of wel-sugared strawberries; put on
another half then more strawberries,
and so on, until there are six layers;
then serve.
Baked Tomatoes. wipe and
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 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 clean dry towel for a few
minutes Dredge with flour and SALT
and put in a pan with fresh, sweet lard,
which should be hot, but not burning.
Do not turn 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, SO that all may go 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 of 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
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 a 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 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. If fresh the
ewes are full and clear, the fins are stiff,
and the skin and scales bright. If the
ewes are dim and sunben it is not fit for
use. and no protestation from the fish
man should induce one to buy.
To remove suIburn and freekles and
beautify the skin, put a quantity of
elder flowers into jug, pour boiling
water on them, let the mixture stand
for twenty-four hours, and strain through
muslin Wash the face with this every
morning.