Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1882-12-07
DOMESTIC.

| Poor MANS SoUP,-Put one ounce
of butter iut0 saucepan with three
large onions shred fine and fry them
pale brown color; add half tablespoon
ful of flour, stir for q few minutes, but
do not allow the mixture to darken; then
add one quart of common stock, pre-
viously favored with carrots, turrips,
celery, leeks and parsley boiled in it;
stir until the soup boils, and season 1t
to taste with pepper and salt. Peel
one or two potatoes, cut them into
small dice and put them to boil with
the soup. Cut some crusts of bread III
long pieces, dry them in the oven, and
at the time of serving throw them into
the soup, then STIR into it off the fire
the yolks of two eggs beaten up with
little milk aud strained.
POTATO PAsTRY.-Chop cold beef fine,
season with pepper and add little
drawn butter, putting in parsley and
onion pickle, chopped. Pour this mix
ture into q creased bake dish; cover
with hard boiled-eggs, sliced. Work
large cup of mashed potatoes soft, with
a cup of milk and two tablespoonfuls of
butter. Add prepared -four until you
can just roll it out the softer the bet
ter, so long as you can handle it. Roll
into thick sheet. Spread upon the
surface of your mince, printing the
edges, and bake in u moderate oven to
fine brown.
ONLY the finest roe shad should he
used in frying. After cleaning, washing
and vlping. split it and cut each side
into four or five pieces. Sprinkle on
salt, allowing a large teaspoontul to each
one; pepper lightly; roll in flour and
fry III lard or sweet dripping, seeing
that it is at boiling point before the fish
is put in. Fry to q bright brown, which
will require not less than ten minutes;
drain we'll and serve hot on hot plat
ter, garnishing with sliced lemon and
parsley.
CUCUMBER ToAsT.-Peel fresh, crisp
cucumbers of medium size; cut length
wise into slices and place in cold water
for few minutes; drain and dip each
slice into flour; then fry quickly, until
of light brown, in butter or beef drip
pings. Placed the slice of buttered
cucumber, hot from the pan, between
slices of buttered toast and serve ut
once. The cucumbers may Ee seasoned
with pepper and salt, and q little mus
tard may be added when taken from the
pan.
PEAR BUTTER.-Cut the fruit in small
pieces, removing the core, skin aud all
limperfectlons; allow q quarter OF a
pound of light brown sugar to each
pound Of fruit, and half pint of cold
water to every two pounds of the pears;
do not add the sugar until they have
cooked an hour or so; then put it in
with quart of cider to each two pounds
of sugar, and let all cook slowly, until
thick, marmalade-like substance is
formed, which will be in about four
hours. If it should seem to dry while
cooking, add more cider.
BAKED GARBAGE. two firm white
cabbages fifteen minutes, changing the
water then for another from the boiling
kettle. When tender, drain and set
aside until perfectly cool. Chop fine
and add two beaten eggs, a tablespoon
full of butter, pepper, salt, three table
spoonfuls of rich milk or cream. Stir
all well together and bake in buttered
pudding dish until brown. Eat very
hot.
| OUNCE AND APPLE JELLY.-Cut small
and core an equal quantity of apples
and ounces; put the ounces in pre-
serving kettle with water to cover them
and boil until soft; add the apples, still
keeping water to cover them. and boil
until the whole is nearly pulp; put
the whole into Jelly bag and strain
without pressing; add three-quarters of
a pound of sugar to pint of the juice,
and boil together until it iellies.
HERE is something especially for the
children Make a light but not rich
layer-cake; then shave up fiue a cup
full of nice white maple sugar add
about two tablespoonfuis of water let
this boil till, in the language of a cook,
it "hairs from the spoon - stir it till it
begins to cool have the white of an
egg beaten to a standing froth stir this
INTO the sugar and spread between the
layers of cakes.
TOMATO JAM. Peel ripe tomatoes,
taking out all seeds; put in preserving
kettle with one-half pound of sugar to
each pound of prepared tomato; boil
two lemons soft ana pound them fine;
take out the pipes and add to the toma-
to; boil slowly, mash1ng to a smooth
mass; when smooth and thick put in
jars and tumbleIs.
OUNCE JELLY. Slice the ounces
without either pairing or coring; put
them into preserving kettle and just
cover with water; put over the fire and
boil until soft; remove from the stove
and strain off the liquor; to every gal
Ion add tour pounds of white sugar, and
boil very fast until it becomes stiff
Jelly.
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