Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-20
DOMESTIC RECEiPS.

To wipe the dust from papered
walls, take a clean, soft piece of fan
mel or course, il must not be damp.
but the dry flannel viii remove the
dust,
Pretty table covers and covers for
shelves and lamblequins also are
made of the new shades Of flannel,
which come in double widths. For
some uses it is even preferable TO
felt, and is found to be very service
able.
Excellent cocoanut jumbles are
made of two cups of sugar, one cunof
butter, two eggs, one large cup of
grated cocoanut Use flour enough
20 make a dough that can be rolled.
Cut in fancy shapes, and bake in
quick oven.
Petty splashers TO put behind the
wash stand in common rooms may
be made of parts of old curtains;
wash and starch them, line them
with bright colored cambria and tack
them up. Ii you have old torchon or
any suitable lace trim the edges with
that
Try this for tea some night: Pick
up one teacupful of Goldfish. let il
soak IN lukewam water while you
mix two cups of cold mashed potatoes
with one pint of sweet milk, two eggs,
a good sized lump of butter. and pep
! per and sauce if il is necessary. then
add the Goldfish, mix all well. and
bake IN battered pudding dish for
from twenty-five minutes to half an
hour; serve hot
a delicious prune pudding is made
| by stewing a pound of prmes TIL
they are soft remove the stones, add
sugar TO your taste, add the whites OF
three eggs beaten to stiff froih.
Make a puff paste for the kottom of a
pudding dish. After beating the eggs
and prnnes together till they are
thoroughly mixed spread then ON the
crust. Bake them half an hour, or
until You are sure The crust is done.
Chocolate blaze mango without
corn starch is made by dssolviug
half an ounce Of geatiue in as little
cold water as possible Let one quart
OF milk boil, with four ounces or
grated chocolate mixed with il. for
five minutes; then add one cup of
sugar; stir constantly till the SUGAR is
dissolved; then add the gelatinc. It
should then boil for five or six min
utes, and the greatest care must be
observed To- prevent its scorching
Take from the fire, flavor with vinilla,
: pour in molds TO cool, and serve with
cream.
Roasted ducks Having tussed
the duck, put into each thick piece
of soft bread place in a quick oven
and bake an hour Before they go TO
, table squeeze over each the juice Of
3 lemon or orange. and serve up very
hot with their own gravy about them
4 Eat with culrant Jelly. Have ready
also, a gravy made by stewing slowly
S in "A saucepan the giblets of the ducks
IN butter rolled in flour, and as little
water as possible. Serve up the addi
tional gravy in a bowl
Pearl wheat. This is an excellent
t form of breakfast cereal. which is too
little known Take half a cup Of
: pearl wheat, two cups of milk and
four cups OF water, with scant tea
spoonful Of salt. Let the milk and
water boil up ia a saucepan on the
stove, then stir in the wheat and salt.
Put the wheat in the inside kettle Of
I steamer 70 cook, pouring boiling
water in the outside kettle around it.
Boil two hours Let the steamer
stand all night on the bacl, Of tho
range and IN The morning Jet it heat
, slowly a. the fire comes up. The
wheat will be ready TO serve when
breakfast is ready
Apple pudding. Stew a half dozen
large apples intoa nice, smooth sauce
and add while warm a half table spoon
Of fresh butter and sugar enough to
make thoroughly sweet Heat a lit
tie butter IN frying-pan, and then
! pour ia a cup Of bread crumbs which
p, must then be stirred over the fire un-
til they are pale brown Then sprinkle
J these ON the bottom and sides, Of a
! buttered mold put three wellbeaten
eggs and half a teaspoon Of lemon
juice into the apple sauce, then pour
r it into a mold stew some of the
bread-cumbs over the top, and bake
fifteen minutes Turn out en- a hot
dish and serve with wine sauce.