The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23
HOME, FARM AND RANCH.


man, Louisville, Ky.
HOME, FARM AND RANCH.
SUMMER PARTY REFRESHMENTS.
MeringueS, which are pretty TO Serve
| with cake at summer evening enter
| tainment, are made after this recipe
To one pound Of pulverized sugar, al
low the whites Of eight eggs; beat the
eggs and sugar slowly together; sltt IL
little sugar over sheet of thick, white
paper, and drop from sloOn the mix
ture of sugar and tgg upon 1t.--A
tablespoon evenly full will LHaKe them
the proper size and-shape: Allow
/ 'ahG4ts- two inches OF space between
them. Have the oven 50 hot that
they will bake with the door left open
so that you can watch them; the mo-
ment that they are Drowned take them
out. If you choose to take the trouble
remove the soft inside, and fill with
ice cream or red jelly. a deep platter
with whipped cream in the center and
| the meFingRes AROUND the edge Is Il
handsome ornament for the table.
| Chocolate cake still retains its pop
ularity, and some one seems to be eX-
perimenting on it continually. Here
| is new way to frost the top: Make
Il regular boiled froSting; after the
sugar will hair" from the spoon, pour
it over the Well-beaten whites of the
I eggs, and, after stirring this for two
| or three minutes together. beat in as
much grated chocolate as you choose;
if you like the flavor, two heaping
! tablespoonful will do for one egg.
| The cake may be made after any good,
rich recipe; 1t should he baked in
broad, flat tins, and pains must be
taken to have it smooth on the top.
If it should rise much in the centre,
cut the everesceRcas- Off-LeaVe the
cake in the tins, and put strip Of pa
per around the cake inside the tin;
join it rs tightly as you can, and then
pour the frosting on; it may need to
be smoothed with knife wet in hot
water. Set it where it will keep cool,
though not in refrigerator. Leave
the cake in the tin and cut it while in
there; cut it in square blocks. 1t may
trouble you to cut the first piece, but
after that is out it will be an easy
matter TO cut the rest. This cake
keeps well.-Tribune and Farmer.
HOME COOKING.
Vienna Rolls.-1 quart sifted flour
Irresponsible baking powder, l table
spoonful butter, and milk enough to
make it stiff enough for biscuit; roll
Is inch thick, cut out with biscuit cut
ter, wet with milk and turn over, then
turn wet with milk on top, this makes
it in the form of a roll.
Rusks.-Milk enough mixed with
y cup of yeast to max pint; make
a sponge and rise; then add e cups
of white sugar, 3 eggs, q cup butter;
spice to taste, mould, then put in pan
to rise; when baked. cover the tops
with sugar dissolved in mix.
Buns.-Two cups bread dough, 2
eggs, 1 cup sugar, spice, a few cur
rants; mould like rusks and let rise
before baking,
Lemon jelly paper of gelatine,
let it stand | hour in warm water,
then add l quart of boiling water, the
juice of lemons, and ~ pints of
sugar.
Fried Cakes.-3 eggs, IL cups of
sugar, cup of sour cream, z cups
buttermilk, teaspoonful soda, do not
mix very stiff.
Cream Cake.-l cup cream, ~ cups
sugar, 2 cups -four, 2 eggs, teaspoon
full soda, flavor with lemons,
Drop Cakes.-l quart sweet milk. 2
eggs. teaspoOnful soda, salt to sea-
son, flour enough to make the batter
so it will drop from the spoon. Fry
in lard.
Cookies.--1 cup butter, 2 Of sugar, 3
eggs, Is cup cream, teaspoOnful soda,
51a cups flour.
Molasses Sponge Cake.-1 cup mo-
lasses, a Of flour, 3 eggs, teaspoon
full of soda. Bake in quick oven.
Loaf Cakes cups flour, l Is of SUI
gar, of milk, of raisins, l of but
ter, teaspoonful cream tartar, y tea
spoonful of soda, | egg.
Cream Pie.-Take as much thick
sweet cream as will fill your pie dish,
to which add the whites of two eggs,
beaten to froth, and sugar to suit
your taste. Flavor with lemon.
Orange Cream.--1 pint cream, yolkS
of eggs, 6 ounces powdered sugar,
orange, mix thoroughly, heat and stir
till cold.
Egg plant is very nice prepared and
baked in the same way as tomatoes.
LEMON CREAM-which is nice for
the filling of a pie, or for layer cake,
tartS, or in place of sauce, is made in
this way: The quantity can be indefi-
nitely increased, but the proportion
should be the same; one lemon, with
the rind grated and the inner portion
cut up fine with knife, not in a chop
ping bowl, for much of the juice is
wasted; one cup sugar, two thirds cup
water, one-half cup butter, and three
eggs. Let the lemon, sugar and but
ter come to boil, before adding the
well-beaten eggs; when it thickens
take from the fire, and let it cool be-
use two eggs and Il tablespoonful of
common flour. rubbed smooth in
water.-Philadelphia Tribune and
| Farmer.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
Saving Seed Corn.-This will soon
be in order, and here is how an Hi
nois farmer does it : MY plan for
saving corn for seed, which I know
from long experience to be a good
one, is to gather the necessary amount
at that stage of growth when it is in
hard roasting ear, and, if possible, be-
fore any frost comes. This will pre-
vent any possibly of freezing. L
break the outer shucks off and with
the inner ones of each two ears aud
tie them together. then hang it up
in some dry, airy place, and let it re-
main until planting time. When
picked early and put up in this way it
will never fail to grow"
Pure Cistern Water.-A hint as to
the way to keep cisterns pure, is given
by the Germantown Telegraph. 1t is
simply to run the supply pipe to near
the bottom of the cistern. The fresh
water being heavier than the old,
forces the latter up to the top, where
it is purified by the air, or is consumed
before it becomes impure. In addi-
ton, clean out the cistern thoroughly
at least twice a year.
Berkshires and Poland. Chinas.-A
writer in the Breeders Gazette saws:
'For some years past l have been
breeding both Berkshires and Poland
Chinas, and have often felt at lost to
decide which / preferred. have just
been asked this question. and it haS
set me to thinking over the matt