The bee., 1884-01-12
Miscellaneous Recipe.

Mushroom Catsup-Cut them all up fi.i.,
md to every pound of mushrooms add :.
tablespoonful of salt; put away for twenty
four hours in cool place, and drain off the
Juice, using pressure; boil this juice viii.
three cloves and half dozen peppercorns,
md let it boil slowly; strain carefully,
when cold, and add to each pint of fluid
wine-glassful of sherry; must be stopped
carefully; if not salt enough, add salt.
Greengage Marmalade-When the plums
are thoroughly ripe, take off the skins;
weigh, and boil them quickly, without su.
gar, for so minutes, keeping them well
stirred; then to every four pounds add
three of good sugar reduced quite to pow
der; boil the preserve from five to eight
minutes longer, and clear off the scum per
fectly before it is poured to be put in the
jars. When the flesh of the fruit will not
separate easily from the stones, weigh and
throw the plums whole into the preserving
pan, boil them to pulp, pass through
sieve, and deduct the weight of the stones
from them when apportioning the sugar to
the jam. The Orleans plumes may be
substituted for greengages in this recipe.
Greengages stoned and ,kinned, six pounds,
50 minutes. Sugar, four and half pounds,
to 8 minutes.
Ho,O to Fry Fish.-The frying of fish of
any kind requires much patience in teach
ing an inexperienced servant, but the re-
suit is worth aiming at. There is nothing
so good as clarified mutton fat for frying
fish in. Lard makes the fish greasy and
spoils its flavor. In frying delicate fish
like smelts, ETC., make an exception to the
general rule. Nothing is fit for such ex-
cept oil. A medium-sized bottle of the
best olive oil can be purchased for twenty
five cents, and for cooking purposes it is
best to open small bottles, so as to keep
them fresh. A couple of wine-glasses of
this will be found quite sufficient for fry.
ing these fish, enough for party of six or
eight. Let the fish be delicately cleaned,
have ready some egg well whipped to
froth, drop in the fish lightly, then dip
them into plate of sifted bread crumbs,
which should be beside the eggs, then
throw into the boiling oil. A few minutes
will be sufficient to cook them, and always
have half sent up at time, so that the7
may appear very hot.
IceGfedm and Ies.-Two quarts of new
milk, ten eggs, one tablespoonful corn
starch, beat the eggs, wet the cernstarch
and stir it in the milk, then stir in the
eggs and cook, but do not let them curdle;
one and a half punds of sugar. Cook the
night before so that it will be thoroughly
coId, add two teaspoonfuls Of vanilla. If
you wish a strawberry flavor to the cream
mash and strain them, and add sugar, one
pint of berries, four ounces of sugar to two
Of DI1f hn iy,fn
freezer and set in tub or pail, fill the pail
with broken ice, strew coarse salt between
each layer of ice, taking care that none
gets into the cream. Break the ice by
putting it in an old grain sack and pound
ing with an ak. AS the cream freezes
scrape it from the bottom and sides of the
freezer with spoon. A large size lard
can or tin pail may be used instead of
freezer, but i'll that case the cream must
be often scraped from the sides and well
beaten to make it fine Grained:
torresponde # writing from Lewisburg,
". Va, tells the following anecdOte of the
Rev. John McElhenny, the famous timer
ant, who never announced any stated hour
for evening service always saying "Breth-t
rem and sisters, we'll meet at early candle-
lightin';;" "He was preaching the funeral
sermon of an aged member of his flock,
whom we will call Mrs. Smith. After a
few Introductory remarks he was possessed
of the strange idea that it was Mr.. Smith
whose remains were before him. Having
known him intimately for years, he deEv-
cred glowing eulogy Of his character, his
Christian conduct, his benevolence, charity,
kindness of heart and possession of all
those virtues which makes up we'll
rounded Christian life. As he closed his
remarks one of the elders quietly entered
the pulpit and whispered to him: doctor,
YOU have made mistake; it is Sister Smith
who is dead Brother Smith, her husband,
is sitting in the first pew" WE'LL replied
the old minister, in tones of thunder, 1T
makes no difference. All have said about
Brother Smith is equally applicable to her
whose inanimate body is before u.s."