The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-25

mold, vbichyou have dippedinto cold water;
this'will prevent the Jelly from sticking 20
themold. Let it stand all night, or longer;
it will then turn out like jelly. and It will
be found 10 be sweet and yet tart. A larger
quantity may be prepared. as il will keep as
we'll as any jelly.
Curried beef is a favorite supper dish in
some families. Take slices Of cold roast beef,
cut them up into small bits put large piece
of butter into saucepan and put the meat
into il, with two onions sliced very thin. a
little water, one tablespoonful of curry
powder. Let this simmer for ten or fifteen
minutes Line an earthen vegetable dish
with boiled rice and pour the curried beef
into it. Serve hot.
Sage custard, which is both nourishing
and palatable, is made by soaking two table
spoonfuls of sagO in half pint OF water for
an hour and half; then boil ii in the same
water until it looks clear; then add tum-
bier of sweet milk; let this boil for minute
or two, add sugar to your taste, and when
you remove il from the fire add one we'll
beaten egg, and flavor to your taste.
Apricot pudding, if made properly, is an
excellent dish. Heat one pint of sweet milk
to the boiling point; pour it over three
quarters of pint of fine bread crumbs; let
it cool little add three ounces of sugar
free from lumps), the well beaten yelks of
four eggs, and one glass of sherry; cut some
apricots into halves, remove the kernels and
mix with the other ingredients. The guam
tity of fruit must be determined by taste.
Line the sides of pudding dish with thin
crust, and make a nice looking edge of crust
around the top; then pour in the mixture.
Bake until well Drowned.
With the advent of cold weather the florist
regalns prominence. Flowers are needed for
the decoration of dinner tables, for we'd
dings, for theater and opera parties, for gifts
TO friends and sweethearts and other Occa-
sions where they seem the only fit symbol
that can be used. Talks with the florists
show that they have a laudable ambition To
create new styles of decoration and bring
| forth new varieties of flowers for pubic
favor. But the men in the business find il
is not so easy matter TO improve on La
France rose or TO invent an entirely new
method of decorating dinner table
.Custard Fritters.-Boil pint of milk with
cinnamon and lemon. add four ounces sugar
one ounce flour, grain of salt and six eggs
beat all together and steam this custard in a
plain mold, previously spread inside with
butter. and when firm and quite cold let il
be carefully cut into square pieces, dipped
in frying batter in which there has been
mixed a little cream, and dropped separately
in a frying pan OF boiling lard when they
are light color all over drain and dish
them up with some kind of preserve round
them.
ingredients required Half q
pint of milk, four ounces -four, two ounce;
sugar, two ounces butter six ounces cream
curd, the rind OF an orange rubbed on sugar
a very little salt and One-half pound puff
paste. Put the milk, butter, sugar and sail
into a stewpan on a stOve-lire and, as soon a:
they begin 10 simmer, fill in the flour 10y
stirring the whole with wooden spoon for
two or three minutes over the fire; then ado
| the CHrd (from which all the superfuou.
moisture must be extracted by pressing il
with napkin), and work in the eggs one
after the other. Make One-half pound puff
paste and give il nine turns; roll this out &c
| the eighth OF an inch in thickness; STAMP
| out about two dozen circular pieces with &
tin cutter about two inches in diameter anC
| place them in neat order on n baking-shee
| about an inch apart from each other; theT
| place teaspOonful of the preparation de
| scribed above in the centre of each; wet then
| round the edges. and then turn up the side.
50 as to form each of them in the shape OF &
| three-cornered hat; egg them over with
| paste-brush; bake them OF a light brown
| color, and when they are withdrawn from
| the oven shake some fine sugar over them
| These cakes may be served either hot or cold
| Minnie's Lemon Pie.-Four eggs, one cuJ
| sugar, juice of two lemons, one cup of colo
water, one tablespoonful of flour. Hav,
! your paste ready and POUR mixture in; bak,
1 slowly half an hour; s; she white and bea
to a stiff froth with ohe cup of pulverizeC
sugar; spread over the top, return to over
| and let brown.
Sliced Apple Pie.-One pound of prepared
| -four, three-fourths IOund of butter, ic,
water to make stiff dough- pare, core anC
slice juicy pippins; put layer within tn,
| crust, sprinkle sugar literally over it, strev
half dozen whole cloves upon this, thel
II Il, I.-l = ell
| cover with crust and bake.