Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-31
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

COP STEAKS WITH Mock OYSTER
SAUCE-Sprinkle the cod with salt and
fry, either with or without bread crumbs,
a golden brown.
TENDERLoIN ON TOAsT-Cut pork ten
derloins in very thin slices; stew them in
a little water till they are nearly done:
then put little butter in saucepan,
and fry them till light brown. Serve on
buttered toast and raw tomatoes sliced
thin.
For cakes, sour milk is as good as
sweet, always provided that baking pow
der and carbonate OF soda are so proper
toned to the Tactic acid in the milk that
there shall be no sOuring from excess of
acid and no taste of soap from excess of
soda.
SQUASH CAKEs-Sieve two and one
halt cups OF cooked squash; add pint Of
milk, two eggs, pint of flour, one tea
spoonful OF sugar, two teaspoonfuis of
baking powder and a little salt. Beat
together until smooth and fry brown in
butter.
PARsNIP FRTTrERs-Boil four or five
parsnips till tender, mash them up and
add teaspOOnful of -four one beaten egg
and little salt; make the mixture into
small cakes with a spoon and fry them
in butter delicate brown. Serve on a
napkin.
BUTTER needs to be kept cool as well as
fresh. To put it in salt and water har-
dens it better than anything except ice.
To put it in basin that stands in salt
and water is not quite so etfectual, but
avoids the difficulty of putting it actually
under water.
Mock OYSTER SAUCE-One teacupful
of good gravy, one of milk, three dessert
spoons OF aneh0yy sauce, two dessert
spoons of mushroom catehup, two ounces
OF butter, one teaspoOnful Of pounded
mace and whole black pepper. All to be
boiled until thoroughly mixed.
ONION FLAvOR-lf you wish to give a
delicate aud yet distinct onion flavor to
the dressing lOr fowl, boil the onion till
tender, changing the water twice; then
chop 1t in very small bits, just as il it
were raw. Roast goose and wild duck
gain to most palates by having the dress
ing thus Favored.
SPANISH FRIrTERs-Cut some slices
of bread into any shape you like, pour a
very little brandy on each piece; mix Two
eggs with two spoOnstul of flour and a
little milk; cover the pieces of bread with
this batter, let them rest for half an hour,
then fry in lard or butter and serve hot
with little preserve on each fritter.
GATEAU OF PRUNEs-Stone one and a
half pounds of prunes. crack the stones
aud add the Kernels, hlanched. Stew till
soft with the rind and Juice Of lemon,
sugar to taste, and pint and half OF
water. Stiffen with one ounce of gelatine
dissolved in a little water. 1t can be tint
ed with c0chineal if.desired, and is best
served with custard or cream, and orna-
mented with few almonds.
NANTUCKET PUDDING-Six ounces
rice, six ounces white sugar, four eggs, a
pinch OF carbonate of soda; put it all in a
bowl, and beat 1t up until IL is very light
and white. Beat four ounces of butter to
a cream, put it into the pudding, and ten
drops OF essence OF lemon. Beat all to-
gether for five minutes. Butter mold,
pour the pudding into 1T, and boil for
two hours. Serve with sweet fruit sauce.
WE need, perhaps, to remind some
readers that baking powder is made OF
soda and acld-usually tartaric acld-
and that the Use OF sour milk only means
the substitution of a Tactic for all or a
part Of the tartaric acid. OF course, milk
that il distinctly sour is good for nothing
IL il wise TO keep few tins OF condensed
milk IN che house during the summer
months for cooking purposes and nursery
use. Many persons dOnot appear to know
that il can be had unsweetened.
COOKING ONIoNs-A correspondent
asks: May onions be cooked In such a
way that the consequences may not be-
disagreeableY Different methods are
recommended. Boiling in two waters
well sailed, or letting them lie in cold
water. is thought 20 be effective. Boiling
in milk used TO be thought the best way
to remove the rank favor, but the onions
we are able T. purchase now, even in the
country, are not so strong in Od0r or taste
as was the onion OF our fathers. The
Bermuda, the ideal onion OF tue Span.
ish. needs nothing beyond boiling In two
waters.