Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-08


Ii YOU stand here and watch me while kneading
the dough-"
begged for permission to stay. Shed not listen
Tae sweet little tyrant said, ono, sir no no p
Yet when had vanished on being thus banished,
NV heart STAYED with Nancy while kneading the
dough.
I'm dreaming, sweet Nancy, and see you IN fancy,
Your heart, love, has sOfiel led and ptied my woe,
And we, dear, are rich in dainty wee kitchen ,
Where Nancy, my Nancy, stands kneading the
|iJohn A. Fraser, Jr., in the Century.
Nothing 90 better together, says Balti-
more epicnre, than fried oysters and celery
salad.
If nutmeg is grated and mixed with the
ginger in hard gingerbread, piquant flavor
is given.
New dinner cards are in the forms and
shapes of musical instruments, from the
bass drum to the French horn.
Fancy aprons for ladies who edo their
own busting " cost about as much as the
wages of the hired girl for a month.
New dessert dishes take the form OF
curled leaves, with fruit attached to the
handle or under the edge for decoration.
Napkins, towels, finger bowl mats, and
other table linen are frequently given gold
thread borders and fringes, and sometimes
the whole stuff Is damasse, or brocaded IN
gold.
At a recent fashionable dinner party the
round table had tall handle in the center,
upon which was affixed a very large Jap
snese umbrella, with lighted lanterns hung
around the edges.
Fancy stationery is properly voted vul-
gar. There is nothing more genteel taan
Plain white paper and envelopes, and 1t Is
still more " genteel and after the manner
of the "old school " people to use sealing
wax.
Grandmother minute pudding is made
in this way: Let some sweet milk come
to boil. then stir in -four which you have
sailed; this must be done very brlskly or
it will be lumpy. Stir every moment I'M
til the pudding is about like mush. Serve
while hot. with sugar and cream flavor
the cream with nutmeg or vanilla.
The latest novelty in bed linen consists
of sheets, pillow cases, and shams hem
stitched ana embroidered, and decorated
with dismond-shaped and square blocks OF
linen, hemstitched on in geOmelric pat
terms of various kinds, and bordered by
frills hemstitched and vandyked on the
edges. Others are hemstltched in rings
and dots.
A pretty bag to hold cards is made by
taking two squares of pasteboard OF the
same size and covering them with satin
on the upper part of the outside one put a
lid OF velvet or plush finish the edge with
a cord and hang by narrow ribbons. The
back need not be covered with satin ST.
lesia OF the same color can be used. Tne
bag should be ljued.
An excellent recipe for mullins is here
given: Four quarts of Stirred flour, one
teacupful of sugar, one teacupfal OF but
ter, one cup of yeast, four eggs, htIle
salt, and two quarts OF sweet mllk; let
this rise all night after mixing thoroughly.
OF course the quantity here mentioned can
be reduced, keeping the same proportions.
Bake III mudia-ring in a quick oven.
A light and puffy icing for the top only
of a cake is made by beating the wnIte OF
one egg to a stiff froth beat IL gradually
then a quarter OF a pound Of powdered
sugar with not quite half teaspoonful Of
baking powder mixed with it, Flavor to
suit tie taste This is nice for the top OF
almost any kind Of baked pudding,
whether it is to be served in the dish II
which 1t is baked or il aaucers.
Nice bread cake is made CT two cups Of
light bread dough, one and q half cups OF
sugar, halt a cup Of butter, three table
spoonfuls of sour milk, half teaspoonful
of soda, half a grated nutmeg, a teaspoon
full Of cinnamon, q cup of raIsins chopped
and with hour busted over them. STR oil
in but the raisins, and put them in the last
thing. l. should rise for half an hour and
then be baked in moderate oven.
Handsome covers for sofa pillows and
cushions are knitted in silk pieces. The
real foundation for the stripe-for it is
made in strlpes-is knit of common yarn,
and is knit with medium sized needles
knit three rows, then draw through each
loop on the next row bit OF silk. The
silk must be en-. Ia narrow strips of equal
length and width. The yarn must be
drawn firmly down to hold the silk in
place Old and even soiled ribbons may
be used in this way.
For cinnamon cookies Take one cupful
Of sugar, one egg, one cupful OF thick sour
cream, a teaspoon two thirds full each
OF salt and saleratus. Beat the egg add
the sugar then the cream, salt and soda
stirred in some flour, aud stir in enough
-four with spoon TO make it very stiff.
Then drop bit half as big as an egg on
the moldiug- board, which has already been
spread with four tablespoonful of sugar
and two of cinnamon. Roll the cake IN
this mixture until no longer sticky then
put in the form Of cake and bake New
England Farmer.
A lady whose beautiful plants are the
delight of her life and the envy of all her
acquaiutauces reveals the following secret
of success: The sol is about two-thirds
good garden soil, and the rest is sand. 1t
is kept light and loose about the roots
there are watered as they appear TO need
it. and not according 10 any particular rule;
bat the chief reason for their wonderful
growth and bloom is this When any
of the leaves wither and fall, instead OF
picking them up and throwing them away,
make little rolls of them, and tuck them
down in the earth and let them decay /;
and this is the only fertilizer | have ever
used. This, she added modestiy, "ssems
to be natures way. And the plants that
have the afternoon sun only, grow and
rival those that have the morning sun.