National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-14
HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.
SOMETHING TO TICKLE THE PALATE.
Planned Oysters, Boiled Mutton, white soup, ysL
Outlets, Eggs BrOulles, Ham Delaware Style,
Terrapin, Spinach, Soda Biscuits,
Dried.Apple Padding, Sc

Ncatness and cleanliness are OF so much import
ance In the kitchen that too much attention cam
not be given TO them. II is impossible to make
delicate SOUPS, good cake and bread without tho
vessels and utensils in use being kept perfectly
sweet and clean, and, as very few servants can bo
trusted with these matters Il Is well for the house,
wife, II she does not give her personal supervision
to the work. 10 make tour OF inspection each day
to see that they have been properly attended To
All kinds Of cake require moderate oven whiio
bread rolls, and biscuit must be baked In quick
oven.
PANNED OYSTERS
Take three pints oflarge oysters, with fork liz
each one from the liquor, put them In n oolander.
mix tablespoonful Of salt with them. and place
the oolander under the hy ydrant and wash and
drain them we'll Have pan ready over tho FIRE.
with quarter Of pound Of butter IN IT, Put the
oysters in add plenty OF cayenne pepper, and sait
Unnecessary. As US they begin to shrivel they
arc done. Serve yeryhot.
WHITE sour
Select plump, fresh chicken. Aher carefully
drawing and washing II, put It In stew pan with
two quarts OF water and half cup Of rice. simmer
two hours, until the fowl quite tender remove
1t from the soup and add salt and Cayenne pepper
to taste, and two stalks of celery. Boil few min
utes longer. and thicken with butter and -four
rubbed together until perfectly smooth Beat up
one egg In the tureen aud add 10 II one cup Of
sweet cream. Pour the boiling soup upon II and
serve Immediately.
BOILED MUTTON.
Take leg of mutton weighing five pounds, wash
well and plunge 1t into kettle of boiling water,
adding little salt to the water Cook slowly about
one hour and half. When done take one pint OF
the water In which it was boiled and thioken Il
with butter and -four rubbed together. adding salt
to tnste. Have two hard boiled eggs nicely chopped
and add them to this gravy. Place the meat upon
Nat dish pour some Of the sauce over It and send
the remainder TO the tablo In gravy boat. Cur
rant jelly should always be served with boiled
mutton.
VEAL OUTLETS.
Wash, and make very dry with a clean towel two
| pounds OF outlet, sprinkle with salt and pepper
and dip first Into two beaten eggs and then into
rolled crackers or bread, which has been pre-
viously dried and Drowned In the oven. Have
some sweet lard boiling hot in the frying pan and
| Try The outlet very slowly until well done and
nicely Drowned Serve with gravy.
EGGS nRouuLEs.
| Break six eggs Into stew pan. add quarter Of
pound of fresh butter cut into small pieces, some
salt, pepper nutmeg. If liked, and half glass OF
| milk. Whip them well as IL making an omelet:
then put the stew-pan over the fire and stir rap
idly with wooden spoon. When they begin to
ring until they are thick and light, Pour them ON
platter and serve garnishcd with squares Of
bread Drowned in butter
HAM, DELAWARE STYLE
Wash an old ham and put 1t OH to boil in a large
| kettle OF cold water. When Il boils up once
change the water and add pint of vinegar TO tho
second water. As hnms vary so in size and no two
ranges cook exncty alike, tits impossible to give
any length oftimo for cooking them, but 1t is very
easy to try them with fork, and when quite ten
| skin while the ham is warm, and with tho hand
rub cup of brown sugar thickly over II. Place u
IN quick oven and brown nicely. but do not lot u
burn. Tryit.
TERRAIN
Boil the tcrrapins until tender and pick them
very carefully, removing the sandbag, gall, and
| Cutruilg. Ont the meat into nppCS fnol
and cut Off the claws with sharp knife. Save
all the eggs, and put them with the meat and
| liver into stew pau. Dredge tablespoonful oi
flour over them, and TO three terraplns add half
pound OF butter with half lumbler of water or OF
oyster Juice. Season with salt and Cayenne pep
per. Boil gently a few minutes and add tn,
yolks of three eggs beaten in two tabespooniI,s
Of winc. Remove Immediately from the .frS
stirring until the dressing thickens, and add hall
a cup Of MADEIRA wine. Serve very hot.
SPINACH.
Pick very carefully and wash in several waters
| to remove tho grit. Pour boiling water over u
and boil slowly for half an hour or until tender
Drain well In q coandcr ami then return Il to the
Kettle, ds, o Add butter butter pepper and snl and chop
OF hard-boiled eggs laid over or around 1t.
SODA BIsCUITs
Add small teaspoonful of salt and three tea
spoonfuls of Rumford's baking powder TO one quart
OF Hour and silt the whole into n lurge bowl Rub
two tablespoonfus of lard thoroughly through Tho
flour and with sweet milk mix 1t into dough, but
not too soft knead slightly TO make 1t stick to-
gether aud roll out about an Inch thick; cut tho
dough into round cakes, stick each with a fork,
and bake about fifteen minutes In a quick oven.
DRIED APPLE PUDDING
Soak one pound Of dried apples over night, first
washing them very clean, so that they DO
cooked In the same water in which they ara
soaked Stew slowly until they are quite son.
Rub them through a colander add two cups OF
milk, two eggs, we'll beaten, n tablespoonful OF
butter, and sugar and cinnamon TO taste. Bake in
all open crust and serve cold
PLUSKETs,
Rub quarter of n pound of butter and half a
pound of sugar to u cream, add four eggs, tho
yOlks and the whites beaten separately. Flavor
with lemon or bitter almonds and add slowly half
pound of corn starch. Bake in little tins about
icing.
ORANGE CAKE.
Beat to cream one large cup of butter and twa
cups of sugar; add one cup of cream and five
eggs yoks and whites beaten separately, aud
leaving out whites of three of them. Flavor with
tho juice and grated rnd of two oranges. Stir ia
slowly three aud three quarters of cup of -four,
which has been siftcd with hulf teaspooniul oi
sada aud one tcaspOnnlul of cream tartar Bake
in jclly-cnke pans. When cold spread IL frosling
between the layers and over the top made as fol.
lows Whites of three eggs, beaten hard, with one
pound and Il quarter of powdered sugar, and fla
vored with juice and grated rind OF Two oranges
4 HARD GISGERBREAD.
Silt two pounds OF flour into IL bowl and rub
small bowl of brown sugar. a teaspoonful OF salt n
hcaping tablespoonful OF ground ginger, n tea
spoonful of cinnamon, and the same of cloves:
mix all into II dough with molasses, knead 1t well
roll out thin and cut ont with cutter into round
cakes. Bake on bultered tins In quick oven.
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