The Wilmingtonian. (Wilmington, Del.) 1882-188?, 1884-05-17
ESPECIALLY FOR THE LADIES.

Ter, SIX tablespoons sugar, SIN eggs, Hour 10
roll. Fry in hot lard
MKs. BROWNS CUP cAKE.-Three cups
flour, two cups butter, one pound of sugar,
seven eggs; beat the whites separately; favor
with vanilla.
The BURNING quEsTIoN.-Mistiess to
new cook; ION Wednesdays and Satur-
days I shall go to market with you" New
cook: Every we'll, mum; but whose goin to
carry the basket the other days, num-"
VERY palatable dish can be made of
mashed potatoes and little finely chopped
meat of one Or more kinds, mixed together,
favored with salt and pepper, and fried in
small fiat cakes.
To CLEAN bottle, pour half full of soap
suds, or washing soda, and water pour in
some shot, and shake until the friction of
these against the glass removes whatever
may adhere.
CHILDREN's PLUM PUDDING, HALF pound
of sultanas, Or chopped currants, half
pound of bread soaked in milk and beaten
smooth, quarter pound of flour, two ounces
of candied peel, half pound of sugar; boil
six hours or lie S, according to size.
SOFT GINGER cAKEs.-one cup of sugar,
one cup of sweet milk, half cup of butter,
one egg, two teaspoonful of baking POWDER
ginger and rasins to suit the taste. Stir in
Hour enough to make soft batter, not as
thick as ordinary cake. Bake slowly.
VEGETABLE soUP.-Cut into small pieces
two carrots two turnips, three onions, two
heads of celery, ard five or six potatoes, add
half pint of lentils; boil for two hours, then
rub through a sieve, add pint and half
of milk, IA little of the water the Vegetables
were boiled in, and pint of cream; season
with pepper and salt to taste
BREAD PUDDING BAKED.-Cut any stale
pieces of bread into small pieces, put into
basin, pour over it boiling milk sufficient
to soften the bread, cover closely, and let it
stand for half an hour; beat up well with a
fork, taking out all the hard Jumps, add /
ounce hard butter, J pound currants, /
pound moist sugar, and little nutmeg; put
into pie dish, and bake for an hour.
SUGARED PINE-APPLE.-Use sound ripe
pineapple; peel and slice them about half
an inch thick, removing the little brown
circles with small sharp knife, after the
fruit is peeled weigh it, and allow a pound
and quarter of crushed sugar to each pound
of fruit; roll the sugar until it is quite fine:
put the pineapple and sugar into glass Jars,
in altarnate layers, using the sugar profusely.
After filling the jars seal them alright, and
keep them in cool place until the pine
apple is required; the fruit will keep long
time if the jars are properly sealed.
LADIES CAKE OR WHITE cAKE.-Take the
thoroughly beaten whites of five eggs and
mix with them one and half cupfuls OF
'-''.'s'ii'e sugar and half cupful of butter
stirred together to cream. Add half Il cup.
full of milk in which one quarter of a tea.
spoonful of soda has been dissolved. Stir IN
two and u half cupfuls of -four with half a
teaspoonful of cream tartar mixed with it,
Flavor with teaspoonful of extract OF bit.
ter almonds. Bake in small cakes and frost
with the beaten whites of two eggs mixed
with two cupfuls of sugar and one table
spoonful Of cornstarch.
CHICKEN WITH GREEN PEAs.-Carefull,
pluck and SINCE tender chicken, draw il
without breaking the intestines, cnt into
small joints of even size, put into sauce
pan with enough boiling water to cover it
half dozen small green onions and small
bunch of parsley tied together, and palat
able seasoning of salt and pepper, and gen
tly stew all these ingredients together unit
the chicken begins to grow tender; then ad,
pint of shelled green peas, and continu,
the cooking until they are done; serve tn
chicken and peas on the same dish, afte
taking out the onions and parsley.
BOILED INDIAN PUDDING.-Str into tire
pints of scalding hot milk enough Indial
meal to make a stiff batter. II milk is nc
abundant water may be substituted. Stir ii
three spOonfuls of sugar and two of whea
flour, two level teaspoonfuls Of ground Gin
namun and one of salt; also three eggs wei
beaten with little melted butter or hal
teacupful of chopped suet This makes
large pudding Do not have the pudding
bag much more than half full of batter, a
it needs considerable room to swell. l
should be boiled three hours at least. Sery
with butter and sugar, or sour sauce
preferred.
LAMB sTEwED WITH ToMAToEs.-C
neck of lamb in slices about half an inc
thick,put into saucepan and season it wit
salt and pepper peel and slice half doze
small onions, and put them on the IamI