Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-09-08
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A BATCH OF EXCELLENT RECIPES-sEASONABLE
SUGGEsTIONS-LOyELY WRAPS FOR THE BABY
HOW TO MANAGE LAMPS

SUGGESTIONS LOVELY WRAPS FOR THE BABY
HOW TO MANAGE LAMPS.
HE yeik of an egg mixed with little molasses
makes rich brown glaze for the top of rusks
and buns.
HARD -BOHED EGGS pressed with chicken OIL
veal add to the relish and the appearance also
of these dishes when cut in Slices Pains must
De taken not to press the eggs out OF shape.
Potato PUDDING.-Two pounds OF potatoes
boiled and mashed, one-half pound sugar. one
half pound butter, six eggs, wine glass brandy.
one nutmeg. Line dish with paste and bake.
BANANAS sliced and served with cream are a
deiicacy. They should be sliced and nave some
powdered sugar sprinkled over for about an
hour before serving: set them in the refrigerator
for that length of time.
Delicious LITTLE CAKES for children are made
of equal parts of arrowroot and wheat flour a
little salt. small lump OF butter, and are wet
with sweet milk. Roll them quite thin. mixing
the dough hard; cut in fancy shapes, and bake
in quick oven.
FRIED POTATOEs.-A good way to warm over
cold potatoes is to first chop them. not too fine;
neat some butter in frying pan. put the pota-
toes IN few minutes; Just before taking them
from the fire, stir in some we'll beaten eggs:
serve hot; garnished with parsley.
THIS Is an excellent recipe for Graham gems,
and differs from any before given: One cup of
Graham flour, one cup of fine flour, two eggs,
two cups of sweet milk one fourth of a tea
spoonful of salt Have the gem pans hot and
the oven hot, and twenty minutes will be long
enough to bake them.
INDIAN SuET PUDDING-One-half pound suet.
chopped fine; one cup molasses, one pint milk,
one egg. meal to make very thin batter tea
spoonful ground cloves teaspoonful ground Gin
namon. one teaspOOnful salt. a little nutmeg. a
few curlants or chopped raisins. Boil or steam
three hours. Serve with sauce
BEEKsTEAK LA MAIrRE D'HoTEL.-Cut the
nllets or tenderest parts from some choice ten
derloin steak. Shape them into neat oval
pieces. each large enough for one person, and
broll them daintily. Spread with matre d'hOtel
butter and serve on hot platter, surrounded
Dy green peas or Saratoga potatoes and pars-
ley
LANDED FRUITS.-BOil peaches, plums, pears,
aprlcOts or almost any fruit. dressed in thick
syrup made with a teacuDful of water to each
pound OF sugar. until tender-nO longer Let
them remain two days in the syrup, then take
them out, drain them, and sprinkle sugar over
each piece separately. Dry them slowly in the
sun or in an oven not too warm.
How TO Cook CORN.-Green corn as q rule, is
cooked too much. Young, juicy ears do not re-
quire more than ten minutes boiling, for they
grow hard instead of tender by excessive cook
lng Leave the inner husks on, but strip off the
SILK and put them into boiling water slightly
salted: Remove the husks before sending to
the table, and serve wrapped in napkin
STEwED KIDNEY.-Trim away the fat, skin
and cut each kidney into thin slices; put the
slices into stew pan, dredging them first with
Hour; then put in a tablespoon full of butter,
salt and pepper; let them simmer SLOWLY fifteen
minutes; then add glass of claret and the Juice
OF q lemon. boil ten minutes; serve the kidney
In the sauce adding some minced parsley.
CARROTS AND CREAM.-Trim a quantity of the
smallest new carrots that can be obtained. and
boil them in sailed water. When done drain of
the water. Melt an ounce of butter in a sauce
pan; add to it a desertspOOnful of flour, pepper.
sai.' grated nutmeg, pinch of powdered sugar,
ana small quantity OF cream. Put in the car
rots, simmer gently few minutes and serve.
THE BEST GINGER COOKIES that 1 ever tasted
had in place of the usual cup of water a Gun OF
sweet milk. This gave lightness to the cakes
that water cannot give. The formula for these
U.s. Two cups of New Orleans mOlasses, one cup
OF sugar. one cup of sweet milk. halt a Gun of
lard, one teaspoonful each of ginger and of soda,
and half teaspOonful of SALT The lard instead
flour
the same as for pie-crust.-N. Y. Post.
Potato FRIrTERs.-Burst open four nicely
baked potatoes; scoop out the insides with
spoon and mix with them winegass of cream.
tablespoonful of brandy, two tablespoonful of
powdered sugar. the juice of one lemon and
three well-beaten eggs; beat the batter several
minutes. or until it is quite smooth. and drop
large tablespoonful of the mixture into boiling
fat and fry light brown; dust powdered sugar
over them and send to the table on hot dish
CINNAMON TARTs please the children To eight
ounces of butter allow one pound Of flour, one
pound OF brown sugar, three eggs; rub the but
ter and sugar to cream, add the eggs, leaving
out the white Of one, stir in the -four, roll thin
and cut In three-inch squares; before putting
into the oven rub the top with the white of the
egg, and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar
mixed. blanched almond or an English wal
nut may be placed In the center, or may be
broken In bits and piece put at each corner.
RED CABBAGE mixed with white makes an ex-
cellent pickle. Slice the cabbage very fine; for
three heads of cabbage scald two quarts of vine
gar OF medium strength, add two tablespoonful
of sugar; put into a bag one Tablespoonful each
OF cloves and cinnamon. and half teaspoonful
of black pepper; put the little bag of spices in
the vinegar when you scald it, and let It remain
In the pan when you pour the vinegar in over
INC Cauust&cs press the CABBAGE down with q
plate with a weight on it, 80 that the cabbage
will be under the vinegar.
LOVELY LITTLE WRAPS for the baby-carriage
are made of two pieces of flannel-one, for in
stance, Of blue, and one of white; pink the
edges Of both. If the blue is to serve for a lin
ing. put pretty design in outline stitch on It.
and then catch the blue and white together
with a row of feather stitching about two inches
from the edge. II you wish to make It still
more ornamental a handsome bow of blue satin
ribbon just above the embroidery is handsome.
How long 1t will remain so depends on how
well-behayed the baby is.-N Y. Post.
MARBLED CAKE.-One cupful of butter and
two cupfuls of sugar beaten to q cream. Stir in
tour well-beaten eggs and one cupful of milk:
sift two teaspoonfuls Of baking powder with
three cups Of flour; beat in well with the
creamed butter. Dissolve large spoonful O
chocolate with little cream and mix with
cupful OF the batter, cover the bottom of pan
with the batter and drop upon 1t in two or
three places spoonful of the chocolate. form
Ing rings, and then another layer of the batter.
and SO On until all is used. Bake in o moderate
oven.
CELERY MAYONNAIsE.-The yelks Of two eggs.
a very little mustard, salt, pepper, the Juice of