The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-11
Everyday Bills of Fare.
Written for the Journal by Marion Harland-Copy-
lighted. 1889.

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one quart Of boiling milk, two tablespoonful Of
sugar, half a yeast cake dissolved in warm water,
one tablespoonful of lard and the same of butter;
one even teaspoonful of salt. Scald the meal
with the milk, stir in the sugar and shortening,
and when it is almost cold beat in the yeast.
Let 1t rise all night. Beat up again one hour
before breakfast, and set it for a second raising.
Heat a drlpping-pan, grease well and drop the
stiff batter on it by the spoonful. Let these be
an inch or two apart, that they may not run into
one another, and shut up in a quick oven to bake.
They should be rough on top and higher IN the
middle than at the sides. If the batter runs, add
q very little -four. 1t must be stiff enough to
stand in a heap. Eat very hot.
Deviled Beef in Batter-Cut slices of under
done roast beef. and lay them for an hour In a
mixture of half a cup of vinegar, half a teaspoon
full each of salt and made mustard. Turn them
over and over several times to absorb the dress
ing. Lay on a clean cloth; press with another to
take up the liquid and dip in a batter made in
the proportion OF one egg, half a cup of milk and
two tablespoonfuls of prepared -four, with a little
salt. Fry. in dripping or lard, drain off the
Drowned Potatoes-Boil in their skins, dry off
and peel, set in a baking pan in the oven, and as
they heat butter three times at intervals of five
minutes to glaze them.
LUNCHEON.
Scalloped Cod, Halibut or Salmon.
flashed Potatoes. Drowned.
Cold Bread. Butter. Pickles.
Crackers and Cheese.
Lady X. Cake.
Scalloped Cod, Halibut or salmon-Two
pounds Of cold boiled fish, two cups of milk, one
even cup Of bread-crumbs, two tablespoonfuls of
prepared flour and two of butter, pepper, salt,
and a tablespoonful of finely minced parsley,
two eggs. Pick the fish fine with a fork, heat
the saited milk in a saucepan, rub the -four and
butter together. stir into the milk with pepper
and parsley, and pour this on the beaten eggs.
Strew the bottom Of the baking-dish with crumbs,
put In a layer of the sauce, then one of fish, an
other OF sauce, and SO on until the ingredients
are used up. Cover with the rest of the crumbs,
and bake. covered, until it bubbles over, then
brown.
flashed Potatoes, Browned-pare and cut po-
tatoes into dice; lay these in cold water half an
hourj stew tender but not soft in hot salted
water; turn this off and cover the potatoes with
q cup OF hot milk In which you have melted a
tablespoonful of butter cut up in a teaspoonful
of prepared -four. Turn all into a creased pud-
ding or pie dish and brown lightly in a quick
oven,
Lady Cake-One and a half cups of powdered
sugar, half a cup Of butter. two tablespoonfuls
OF milk, whites Of FIVE eggs, two even cups of
almond davoring. Rub butter and sugar to a
cream, add the milk and f1avoring, then whites
and flour alternately. Bake in jelly cake tins,
and when they are cold divide by layers of
whipped cream. sitting sugar on top.
DINNER.
Catfish Soup.
Larded Liver.
Canned Corn Pudding.
Russian; ian. Cream. Light Cake.
Catfish S~oup-Three pounds of fish when they
have been cleaned, skinned and beheaded, two
cups of milk, heated with a tiny bit of soda, two
tabiespoonfuls of prepared -four rubbed up with
three OF butter. two beaten eggs, two tablespoon
fuls OF minced parsley, three cups of cold water: |
pepper and salt. Cover the fish with cold water
and stew gently until the flesh slips easily from |
the bones; take from the fire, pick out and throw |
away the bones; chop the fish, strain the liquorin |
which it was boiled, and return all to the fire; az |
it boils, stir in Toured butter, seasoning and |
parsley: boil two minutes; pour the scalding milk
from another vessel over the eggs, turn into the
tureen, add the fish soup and serve. Line the
tureen with Boston crackers, split and soaked In
boiling milk, before pouring the soup upon them.
Larded Liver-Wash a fresh calls liver and |
soak it for an hour in cold water slightly salt.
Wipe dry, and with a sharp knife make perpen-
dicular missions clear through the liver about
an inch apart. Into these thrust strips OF fat
salt pork long enough to project on both sides. |
Into the bottom Of q pot or saucepan put a
tablespoonful Of minced onion, some chopped
parsley or strained tomato juice. On this lay |
the liver. sprinkle as much onion on top as there
Is below, cover very tightly and set at one side
OF the range where it will not reach the boiling
point under an hour. Gradually increase the |
heat, but never let it be strong for two hours
more, when uncover the pot for the first time |
to test with q fork if it be tender. Il should
be SO tender that the fork enters as easily as into |
the GRUMPY heart of a well baked loaf. Take
out the liver and keep hot, while you strain the
gravy, thicken with a great spoonful of Drowned
-four wet in cold water, and when it boils add
q glass of sherry. Pour over the liver. Carve
the later horizontally. 1t is as good cold as hot.
Canned Corn Pudding-Minc the corn fine.
Beat up three eggs, add two tablespoonful of
sugar, the same of melted butter, an even tea
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corn. Beat hard and bake covered in a creased
pudding dish half an hour, then uncover 10
brown delicately.
Stewed Tomatoes-Cook twenty minutes be-
fore seasoning with a tablespoonful of butter, an
even teaspoonful of sugar, less than half as
much salt. a dash of pepper, and the merest sus-
picion of minced onion. Stew five minutes
longer, add a teaspoonful of fine crumbs, boil up
and serve.
Russian Cream-Half a package of Cooper's
gelatine soaked four bours in water enough to
cover 1t. One quart of milk, four eggs, two cups
of sugar, q generous glass of sherry, two tea
spoonfuls of vanilla. Scald the milk, take from
the fire, and stir into it the yolks of the eggs
beaten light with the sugar, also the gelatine.
Stir all the time while mixing and return to the
fire, boil FIVE minutes, still stirring, remove to
the table, add the whites beaten TO a froth, the
favoring and wine, strain through a sieve, and
pour into mol9s wet with cold water. Set in a
cold place to form. 1t is well to make it the day
before it is to be eaten if you have an early din
ner; in the early morning, if you dine in the
evening. 1t is I'd delicious. Eat with cake.
Household Hints.
Carpets should never be shaken, as their
weight inclines them to part. but be laid on a
rope. and then beaten at the back.
In choosing carpet, if q border Is desired. let
the carpet itself be Of a small design. Large
figures kill the effect Of the border.
For picture-frames. old brass, deliberately de-