The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-09
HOUSEKEEPERS' HELPS.

POTATO PUFF.-Take two cups of
cold mashed potatoes; stir into it two
large spoonfuls of melted butter beat to
a cream. Beat WE'LL pour into deep
dish and bake in n quick oven till nice
ly Drowned. 1t will come out light and
puffy.
AN EXCELLENT Cough SIRUP.-Mix
two ounces wine of ipecac, two ounces
strip of senega, two ounces sirup of
squills, two ounces paregoric, and shake
the bottle before using. For an adult
take teaspoonful three or four times
day, and about half a teaspoonful for
children several times q day.
CHICKEN CHEESE. 1.-TWO chickens
boiled tender, chopped not too fine, and
seasoned with salt and pepper. Boil
hard three or four eggs and slice, with
which line molds and pour in the chick
ems, adding the liquor in which they
were boiled. When perfectly cold slice
for luncheon or Sunday tea, or for
sandwiches.
RECIPE FOR NICE KE.-This recipe
makes very light cake-it is nice
baked in layers, with any filling You
choose: One cup and a half of sugar,
half cup of butter, two-thirds of cup
of sweet milk. two and half cups of
flour, two eggs and two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder. The favoring must
depend upon the filling.
To CURE CRoUP.-Croup, it is said,
can be cured in one minute, and the
remedy is simply alum and sugar.
The way to accomplish the deed is to
take a knife or CRATER, and shave off
III small particles about teaspoonful
of alum; then mix it with twice that
amount of sugar, to make it palatable,
and administer it as quickly as possible;
almost instantaneous relief will follow.
Guam on ToAsT.-Dry-pick them,
SINCE them with paper, cut off heads
and legs at first joint, draw, split down
the back, soak i'll salt and water for
five or ten minutes, drain and dry with
q cloth, lard them with bacon or butter
and rub salt over them, place on boiler
and turn after dipping two or three
times into melted butter; broil about
twenty minutes. Have ready as many
slices of buttered toast as there are
birds, and serve bird, breast upward,
on each slice.
BUCKwHEAT CAKES. one pint
of sweet milk and one pint of water
Zone may he cold and the other boil
ing); put half this mixture in stone
crock, add five teacups buckwheat
-four, beat well until smooth, add the
rest of the milk and water, and last q
teacup of yeast. Or the same ingredi-
ents and proportions may be used, ex-
cept adding two tablespoonful of
molasses or sugar and using one quart
of water instead Of one pint each of
milk and water.
A STANDARDIZATION good-sized APP
pies, the rind of half lemon, six
ounces powdered sugar, half pint of
milk, half pint of cream whipped,
two eggs. Peel. core and cnt the APP
pies into thin slices, and put them into
a saucepan with two tablespoonful of
water, the sugar, and minced lemon
rind. Boil all together until quite ten
der. and pulp the apples through sieve;
if they should not be quite sweet enough
add little more sugar and put them ut
the bottom of the dish to form thick
LAYER. Stir together the milk, cream
and eggs. with little sugar, over the
fire, and let the mixture thicken, but DO
not allow it to reach the boiling point.
When thick, take it Oft the fire; let it
cool little, then pour it over the APP
pies. Whip some cream with sugar,
lemon-iuice, etc. the same a. for other
trifes; heap it high over the custard,
and the dish is ready for the table. It
may be garnished, as fancy dictates,
with strips of bright apple jelly, slices
of citron, etc.