Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-01-28
DOMESTIC HINTS.
BEEF OR VEAL STEW.

BEEF OR VEAL STEW.
Cut two pounds of cold or raw meat
Into small pieces and put into just
enough cold water to cover; add ono
pint canned or fresh tomato, and ono
onion chopped fine, with salt and pop
per to the taste. Mix lump Of butter
the size Of walnut with very little
Hour, just enough to make a nico gravy,
and pour over slices Of evenly Drowned
toast.
OYSTER STEW.
Put one quart of oysters In their own
liquor over tho fire, and when tho edges
begin TO curl skim out the oysters and
add one-half pint Of hot cream with
salt, pepper and butter to the taste;
skim. put back the oysters and sorve
with toast or crackers.
To BAKE FISH,
Wash clean and wipe dry. Do not
remove the head or tail. Stuff with
seasoned bread crumbs. and sew or
wind u string tightly around the fish,
laying thin slices of salt pork over tho
top; sprinkle with pepper, salt and
bread crumbs and little water. Pour
some hot water in the pan, and basto
often while baking. Serve with drawn
butter sauce.
SALMON SALAD.
One can of salmon, four lunches OF
celery, both chopped as fine rs for
chicken salad. Pour over tho following
dressing; The yolks OF two eggs beat
en- light, one teaspoonful mustard, salt
and pepper to tho taste, and three
tablespoonfuls table oil, added very
gradually, and two tablespocnfuls Of
vinegar.
SOUTHERN BATTER-BREAp.
Two cups of white corn meal, ono
cup cold, boiled rice, three eggs well
beaten. ono tablespoonful OF melted
butter, two aud one-half cups Of milk
or enough for soft batter, ono tea
spoonful of salt and tcaspoonful Of
soda, Beat well for three minutes and
bake quickly in shallow pans. Very
nice for breakfast.
VIENNA BREAD.
Two pounds OF sifted -four banked
around your pan, ono-half pint milk,
ono-half pint Of water, miv thin hat
ter and quickly Sno,.. ...-pnit Of
milk In which has been dissolved one-
half ouce of compressed yeast; leave
the remainder OF the Hour against the
side Of tho pan, cover from tho air
forty-iivo minutes, then mix in the rest
Of the -four until tho dough leaves tho
sides and bottom Of the pan. Let II
stand for two and one-half hours;
divide into one-pound pieces and SUBJ
divide into twelve pieces. Fold the
corner Of each piece TO the center and
turn over to rise for thirty minutes.
Bake in hot oven twenty minutes.
BREAD PUDDING.
One quart rich milk, four eggs beat
On separately and tho whites to be saw
cd for the meringue; two cups Of fine,
dry bread crumbs, one tablespoonful of
melted butter, a pinch of salt. one tea-
cupful OF sugar, and the juice and graf
ed peel Of one lemon. Beat the eggs,
sugar and butter together. Soak the
crumbs In the milk, and mix all thor
oughly. Season and bake in n buttered
dish or pan. When almost done. cover
with the meringue made Of the whites
of the eggs and powdered sugar
enough to make 1t spread nicely, Eat
cold with cream.
RoLY-poLY PUDDING.
Mix nice paste as for pie; roll IL out
thin, and spread with jam Of any sort
leaving an inch all around or the jam
will run out. Roll IL up in the shape
of lobster; tic II in Toured cloth and
boil or steam one and half hours.
Eat with hard or liquid sauce.
CREAM PIE.
Three cups milk, three tablespoonfuls
corn starch, cup sugar. grated rind OF
one lemon, a pinch Of salt. Put all
over the fire and stir until it thickens.
Bake the crust; spread on the custard
and use whites for frosting. Brown
slightly.
ORANGE PIE.
Take the juice and grated rind OF ono
large orange, one cup Of sugar, two
of corn starch, one tea
cupful OF hot water in which one-half
box Of gelatine has been dissolved. Mix
all thoroughly and add to good pie
crust. This makes two pies without
covers. To be eaten cold.
cRULLERs.
Two coffee cups Of sugar, one Of milk,
four eggs, six tablespoonful of butter,
two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar and
one heaping one of soda. Flour enough
TO make II stiff enough to roll out and
Havoring to the taste. Twist or cut
into any disired shape and boil brown
in hot lard the same as doughnuts.
spIcEp GINGERBREAD.
One and three-fourths pounds Of flour,
one quart of molasses, six ounces OF
butter and the same of sugar, one nut
meg, one teaspoonful Of powdered
cloves, two Of cinnamon. Do not have
very hot oven. When you lay them
in your pans put them far apart or they Z
will run together.
FRENCH LOAF CAKE.
Three cups Of flour, three of sugar.
one of butter, one OF cream, ono
pound of stoned-foured raisins, four
eggs, one nutmeg. Put all together
and beat until very light and smooth.
Add one teaspoonful of soda dissolved
in little hot water the last thing be-
fore putting into your pans.
SOFT GINGERBREAD.
Three cups of molasses, one cup OF
sugar. one Of butter. one of sour cream,
six Of flour, three eggs, ginger to the
taste, ono tcaspoonf,ll Of cloves, one
teaspoonful soda.
WASHINGTON CAKE
Ono and threc-quarter pounds OF flour,
one and onc-quarter of sugar, three