National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-01-03


Apple Frlttes-Make batter, not very stiff,
with one pint of milk, two eggs, and -four to
bring Il to a right Cousistence. Pare aud core
six apples large ones, chop them small, and
mix them well In the batter. Fry in lard, and
serve with powdered sugar sifled over them
Pork Cake-Chop alf pound of pork very
fine, pour in a half cupful Of boiling water and
let IL stand TO dissolve, add cupful Of
molasses a half cupful ofsugar, a teaspoonlul
each Of Glove, cinnamon, aud soda, stir stiff
with -four, add pound of raisins, or less, II
you prefer bake rather slowly in a loaf
Johnny Cake for Breakfast--Two cupfuls of
Indian meal In your mixing dish, and pint
of sour milk or buttcrmilk, u spoonful of cream
or other Shortcomings beat well together and
add q cupful of flour with ateaspoonful soda
slfted through w. Bake in quick oven and
serve hot.
Irish stew-A layer OF pared potatoes, cut
thin, a little stepped tapioca sprinRled over
layer of nice Spanish onions and so on till
your pan Is iilledi pepper and salt to taste, and
n little cold water. Put on nice red fire and
cook about half an hour This, with cup OF
milk, is Il nice, nourishing dinner for chill
dren.
Dreamed Potatoes-ono cupfil of milk a
tenspoonful Of butter, salt, and pepper to taste;
put the butter In small frying pan, and when
hot but before Il browns, add enough flour TO
thickcn; stir till smooth, and gradually add
the milk; have your cold boiled potatoes ready
sliced, turn them into this, and let them
grated over the potatoes before frying inn
proves the flavor. Salt and pepper, and serve.
Wheat and Maize Scones-Ono and quarter
pound fine wheaton -four and u fourth of a
pound maize -four, one.quarter ounce carbo.
nate of soda, one-eighth ounce tartaric acid, a
pinch of salt, mix With buttermilk, and fry on
the griddle. These scenes might be varied by
substituting barley or oatmeal for the maize
| meal. Or you may use double quantity OF
| soda and no tartaric acid which Il not neces.
/ inlpgg milk hp napl which rputiirpa
some kind of acid to ncutralize the Soda there
is a natural acidin buttermilk.
Company Cake-Four eggs, cupful and q
half Of sugar, n half cupful of sweet milk, two
thirds cupful of butter, two and a half cupfnli
OF flour, with two even teaspoonfils of cream
| of tartar, and an even tcaspoonful of soda
silled Through 1t; beat the eggs separately
then together. add cupful Of the sugar anC
| beat, stir the half cupful to cream with the
| butter, put all together, stir in the milk
| gradually, pour these ingredients into the
| confer of the flour, which should be showed {
little up the sides Of the mixing bowl, stir II
| gradually with the -four with the same motor
round and round till all 10 thoroughly mixed
flavor with lemon, vanilla, or nutmog g, bak'
In sheet, and you have a nice cake.
Duck in Jelly-Boil two calves feet in tw,
quarts of water until they fall in pieces from
| the bones. The water will be much bOilet
down. Strain out the bones and put into tn
liquid a well.cleaned duck or pair of ducks
n sprig of tarragon or little tarragon vine
gar, half lemon, six cloves, dozen brulse'
allspice, some thyme, salt, pepper, and
small onion. Pour in stock enough 10 jus
cover the duck, cover Il close, and let 1t sim
mer until the meat will part from the bones
two hours or more. Then cut off the moa
in slices, stripping oil the bones, which ma
4 be returned to the stewpan and boiled dow
longer. Taste If the Jelly be piquant an
well favored. Cheyenne pepper, lemon juic
or vinegar may be added. Strain 1t througl
a napkin or Jelly bag and take the fat OF
| Put u few BpOOnsful of the Jelly in q rattle
shallow mold or deep pie-dish. When tn
Jelly has set, lay 1t on an ornamental deyic
of different colored things, such as u wreat
of hard egg slices, the white rings and tn
yolks separate, green pickles, beet root, caper
&c. Pour gently over these, with spooi
some more liquid jelly. Wait till this has S,
firmly, then lay on the slices of meat, not &c
closely packed, and pour over these CAREFUL
the half-cold jelly. Let It stand night, the
warm the mold for minute over hot wat,
and turn out the jelly. An ounce Of pun
gelatine, dissolved or softened in a little col
water, will do as well as calves feet, and say
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