The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-08-25
Domestic Recipes.


Waffies. Take one quart Of -four, add
a pint of milk and a bali cup Of soft.
ened butter. Beat thoroughly, and add
another pint of milk. little salt, tea
spoonful of sugar and three tablespoons
full of distillery yeast, or twice rs much
home made. Beat till the mass blister!.
and set in warm place at night to rise.
In the morning add two wcll-beaten
eggs, and let the batter rise half an
hour. Bake in hot waff1e-irons, and
butter the cakes as soon as they are
baked. Serve at once.
Strawberry Short-C Cake. - Take two
teacups of sour milk and teaspOon!ui
of carbonate of soda; when dissolved
add one cup of butter or lard, and flour
enough to make soft dough; roll il
thin cakes large enough to fill the p"n
in which they are to be baked. Dust /"
frying-pan with flour, place in the cake.
and bake over the fire, turning rs soon
rs the under side is done. Split the
cake while hot. and butter well. Lay on
II plate one-half cake, and put on lay.
or of well-sugared strawberries; put on
another half. then more Strawberries.
and so on, until there arc six layers;
then serve.
Baked Tomatocs.-Wash, wipe AMI
cut the tomatoes in halves, and place
them in q baking-pan with the skin
downward; season with pepper and salt'
bake in q hot oven until tender; then
take up carefully. and serve on toa It
with bit of butter on each tomato.
Brook Trout. nearly to the
tail, wash and clean well, and fold to-
gether again. Let them lie wrapped
singly in q clean dry towel for a few
minutes. Drcdge with flour and salt.
and put i'm pan with fresh. sweet lard.
which. iould be hot, but not burning.
Do I'm until brown enough for the
tai One of the most essential things
in ~ trout or fish of any kind, is
to !. every thing hot ard quickly
dis...1 $50 that all may 20 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 off 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
u raw egg, moulded in your hands, and
rolled in flour. Turn rs they brown.
and, when done, drain off the grease,
and dish with tho beef.
Boiled Macaroni. half n pound
of macaroni into short pieces. and cook
about twenty minutes in sailed, boiling
water. 1t should he clear ut tbs 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 a great lump of pepperetl
butter, and serve hot in a vegetable
dish.
In buying fish one test appears to all.
whether large or small. If fresh the
eyes are full and clear, the fins are stiff.
and the skin and scales bright. If the
eyes arc dim and sunken it is not tit for
use, and no protestation from tho fish.
man should induce one to buy.
To remove sunburn and freckles and
beautify the skin. put quantity OF
elder flowers into a jug. pour boiling
water on them, let the mixture stand
fortwenty-four hours, and strain through
muslin. Wash the face with this every
morning.