The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-22
Domestic Recipes.

Presidents Pudding.-Cut some sill
ces of stale bread and dip each one in a
custard made thus: Beat up one egg
with q wine-glass full of milk and one
half ounce of powdered sugar, fry the
bread quickly in butter, pile on q dish
with layers of jam between the slices,
pour II thin boiled custard over and sift
some sugar, then serve.
Queens Pudding. One pint of fine
sifted bread crumbs, one quart of milk,
one cup of sugar. the yolks of four eggs,
piece of butter the size of an egg;
bake until done (but do not allow it to
become watery), and spread with q 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 10 very
good cold, served with rich cream.
Pyramid Pound Cake. -One pound of
white pulverized sugar, one pound of
butter, one of flour, and ten eggs; bake
in dripping-pan one inch in thickness;
cut when cold into pieces three and u
half inches long by two wide, and frost
tops and sides; form on the cake-stand
in pyramid before the icing is quite dry
bylaying 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 browning the top with bou-
quet of flowers.
Light Paste for Tarts and Cheese
cakes.-Beat the white of an egg to q
strong froth; then mix it with as much
water as will make three-quarters of q
pound of fine flour into stiff paste; roll
it very thin, then lay the third part of
half-pound 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 put in the same proportion of
butter; and so proceed till all is work.
ed up.
A Nice Tomato Dish.-One of the
incest and simplest ways of dressing to-
matoes is to cut them in halves, lay
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.
Macaroni with Tomatoes. q
quantity of tomatoes, cut them up, and
remove from each the pips and watery
substance it contains; put them into u
saucepan, with q small piece of butter,
pepper. salt, bay leaf and some
thyme; add a few spoonfuls of either
stock or gravy; keep stirring on the fire
until they are reduced to pulp, pass
them through hair-sieve, and dress
the macaroni with this sauce and plenty
of Parmesan cheese freshly grated.
Storing Ice in Feather Pillows.-If
you want to keep lump of ice in warm
weather, and have no cool place to put
it, throw it into a stone pot, well cover
ed, and put couple of feather pillows
securely fastened around the pot. 1t
will last rs ice should 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 q cool cellar or cham
Der.
A very simple and efficient remedy
for mosquitoes is tincture of Persian
powder. If the powder is pure, few
drops of the tincture on the neck and
hands will repel the most bloodthirsty
mosquito from the thinnest skinned and
most persistent of fishermen.