Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-06-08

The flavor of bean soup is improved
isa few slices of ham are boiled with
the beans in the beef stock. They
may be removed before serving the
soup.
Arrow root is recommended as the
:hickening for custard and sauces Of
all kinds, both for buildings and for
meats. 1t is preferable to corn starch
by many. on account Of the flavor.
Apretty way to make border for a
patchwork quilt is to piece one narrow
strip of straight bits of silk !; sew this
to the quilt then put around it low
of blocks matching the center of the
quilt, and outside of this put a wide
strip similar to the narrow one. The
effect is very pretty, and this is a very
good way to atilize the strips OF silk left
that could not be used in the blocks.
A delicious dish for desert to be ser
we'd with wine and fruit cakes IS made
by taking one pint ofsweet, thick cream
and beating it until it is very light;
then add the grated rind of one large
lemon, and the of two half a pound OF
pulverized sugar must then be stirred
with the cream. Serve this in wine
glasses, or in small china cups that
will hold as much as the after dinner
coffee cups.
Steamed corn bread is particularly
wholesome when made with buttermilk
Ifthis cannot be procured uselobbered
milk. To two cups of Indian meal al
lowed one cup Of white flour, two and
half cups Of flour, two tablespoonful OF
white sugar, two and half cups of milk,
one teaspoontul of soda, one of salt,
one tablespoonful and a half OF melted
butter; steam for two hours in a well
buttered TIN, and dry it offin the oven.
A delicate omelette is made thus:
Beat the yolks of eggs, and while beat
ing mix with them a teaspoonfull of
flour, two tablespoons of pulverized
sugar, a pinch of salt, and any flavor
ing extract that you choose. This, Of
course can be decided with reference
to the other dishes which make up the
dinner. Beat the whites of four eggs
to froth and mix with the other. Bake
this on buttercd dish; a deep plate
will answer; it will rise very light and
brown nicely in a few minutes. Send
to the table hot. If you please slit pow
dered sugar over it before sending it to
the table.
MUTroN STEw.-Chop the mutton,
which has been previously cooked, fine
and put in stew-pan with. cup of
gravy; season with pepper and salt and
scatter over it, stirring all the time, a
teaspoonful of flour. When boiling
hot break into the saucepan a half doz-
en- eggs. Serve hot.
COFFEE CAKES Beat four eggs
very light; add one and half cups of
sugar, three-quarters of cup of butter,
one cup of sweet milk, three teaspoon.
fuls of baking powder. Make a stiff
dough by kneedlng in sifted flour, then
roll it out to about half an inch in thick
ness, sift ground cinnamon and little
powdered su gar over it roll it Up as
for jelly-rolls. and cut off slices half an
inch thick, dip in granulated sugar, and
bake in tin which you have first butter
ed well and then scattered flour over.
When the head of the barrel falls in
does the bottom drop out of the cooper
question:
When is soldier not half a soldier
When he is in quarters.
1t costs less than half a cent a day
@ take weekly newspaper; less than
one cigar a week, and a very cheap
,ne at that; less than barber would
charge by the year to keep ones hair
less than an energetic k,tch-
N girl will waste in a week. One-half !
penny can be saved many better
way than stopping your newspaper. A |
nan ought to be ashamed to say he
amt afford to take his home paper.
Yam Bxyxn Democrat.