The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-17
DOMESTIC HINTS.
CANNED FRUIT.

tANNED Thtit"
Put the prepared fruit in a jar, an
cover with boiling syrup sweetened
taste. On three successive morning
drain of the syrup, boil again, ant
pour over the fruit. The last morninI
let the fruit and syrup come just t
the boiling point, but do no boil; thel
seal Immediately. Fruit prepared Il
this way has been tested by the autho
and found perfect. Strawberries pre-
serve their shape, and never ferment
SWEET PICKLES.
Eight pounds of fruit, four pound
of best brown sugar, one quart of vine
gar and one cup of mixed whole spices
stick cinnamon. cassia buds, allspice
and cloves.-less of the latter than OF
the former. Tie the spices in a bag
and boil with the vinegar and sugar
Skim well; then add the fruit. Cook
ten minutes, or till scalded and tender.
Skim out the fruit and put into stone
jars. Boil the syrup five minutes
longer and pour over the fruit. The
next day pour off the syrup and boil
down again, and do this for three
mornings. Keep the bag of spices in
the syrup.
POACHED EGGS.
Break your egg into a teacup previ-
ously well buttered, stand it into a
frying pan of boiling waite up to the
middle of the cup; as soon as the white
hardens it is done; put a knife gently
around the edge and slip the egg onto
a plate; it is rather more trouble to
dress them this way, but repays you
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pact and do not look so ragged as
when broken into the pan of water,
the usual mode of cooking them.
ALMOND CAKE.
One-half cuptul butter. two cupfuls
sugar, four eggs, one-half cupful al
monds, blanched-by pouring water
on them until skins easily slip off
and cut in fine shreds, one-half tea
spoonful extract bitter almonds, one
pint flour, one and a half teaspoonfuls
baking powder, n glass brandy, one
half cupful milk. Rub butter and
sugar to smooth white cream; add
eggs, one at a time, beating three or
Tour minutes between each. Sift flour
and powder together, add to butter,
etc., with almonds, extract of bitter al
monds, brandy and milk; mix into
smooth, medium batter, bake careful
ly in rather hot oven twenty minutes.
APPLE JELLY CAKE.
One cupful butter, two cupfuls
four eggs, three cupfuls flour,
one and one-half teaspoonfuls baking
one cupful milk, six apples,
unc sugar, n t~easpoonful but
ter. Rub together butter and sugar to
inc light, white cream. add eggs. two
It a time, beating ten minutes between
'ach addition. Sift flour and baking
together, add to butter, etc.,
nth milk, and mix into rather thin
after. Bake in jelly cake tins care
lilly creased. Meanwhile have apples
eeled and sliced, put on fire with
agar; when tender remove, rub
fine SIEVE, and add butter.
men cold use to spread between
.yers. Cover cake plentifully with
lgar, sifted over top.
LUNCH CAKE.
Two cupfuls butter, two cupfuls
gar, one and a half pints flour, one
aspoonful baking powder, six eggs,
70 teaspOonful each of extract rose, ,
nnamon and nutmeg. Rub the butter +;
d sugar to a very light cream; add I
Q eggs, two at time, beating five /
inutes between each addition; add -,
Q flour, sifted with the powder, wine, :
tracts; mix into a smooth batter; :
It into a thickly papered, shallow J.,
Ike pan and bake in moderate oven :
10 and a quarter hours. When cold :
the bottom and sides with white ,
ing. d,
RICE CAKE. 7
One-half cupful of butter, two cup r
Is sugar, four eggs, n and a half y
lps rice -four, one and a half cups n
'ur, one teaspoonful baking powder. q
cup cream, one teaspoonful n
lemon. Beat the eggs and
gar together ten minutes; add the r
tier, melted; sift together flour, rice :
and the powder, which add to the
gs, etc., with the cream and the ex-
lct; mix into a thin batter, and bake
patty pans, well CREASED, in a hot
en-, ten minutes. 81
RICE PUDDING. Il
)ne-half cupful rice, one and one- n
If pints milk, one-half cupful sugar,
ge pinch of salt, one tablespoonful ii
ION rind chopped fine. Put rice. g
shed and picked, sugar, salt and Sc
TX in quart pudding dish; bake in il
derate oven two hours, stirring fire. b
first one and a quarter hours, te
permit it to finish cooking, with i'd
ut colored crust. disturbing it no I'll
re. Eat cold with cream. fc