Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-06
EVERY DAY BILLS OF FARE.
BY MARION HARLAND.
CODBrjghts1, 1885,
BREAKFAST.

Ten. Coffee.
GREEN CORN PORRIDGE.-Shave the
grains from the cobs of dozen ears of
green corn. using a sharp knife for the
purpose and leaving no grain whole. Put
into farina kettle; barely cover with
milk, fit on a lid and steam rather than
stew for half an hour after the boil is
reached. Stir in then tablespoonful Of
butter rolled in corn starch. boil five
minutes. beat in two eggs, already frothed,
cook for two minutes more Rnd turn out.
Eat with butter or with cream, or, still
again, with sugar and cream. 1t is very
good.
DgvTLFD KIDNEYs.-Split the kidneys
(vea or lamb in half, taking out the hard
'cores," and dip in mixture Of butter
"a teaspOontul for each kidney. made
mustard, lemon juice and a suspicion OF
cayenne. Law them within an oyster
broiler and cook gently fifteen minutes,
turning often, over o clear fire. Rub
chatting dish hot with half an onion, lay
in teaspOonfui of butter. and when this
has melted dish the kidneys.
Mammals MUFFINs.-Three cups Of
prepared flour, one cup (even) of white
cornmeal, quart OF lukewarm milk, four
eggs, half teaspoonful of salt, one table
spoonful of lard and one OF sugar, stirred
with the warm milk. Beat the eggs light,
add the milk, lard and sugar; sift salt
meal and -four together twice and put in
last. Beat hard and bake in muffin tins.
MEI ONs.-All varieties OF the cante-
loupe family, musk and nutmeg melons,
are welcome to the summer breakfast
table; cut each in half lengthwise, scoop
out the seeds, put lump of ice in the
hollows thus made and send 10 table.
They are eaten by SOutherners with pep
per and salt, at the North with sugar.
Give your guests their choice of condi-
ments.
LUNCHEON.
Goldfish Scalloped, with Mushrooms,
Raw Tomato Salad.
Terhune Corn Bread.
Dried Rusk ana Milk.
Berries.
CoDFIsH SCALLoPED, WITH MUsH-
RooMs.--TwO cuptuls OF cold boiled cod
fish fresh "picked" rather coarsely, one
cupful of good drawn butter. half a can
of mushrooms, half cup of fiue crumbs,
pepper and salt, minoe the mushrooms
and strew between the layers of the fish
in buttered dieh, moietening as you 70
on with the drawn butter and seasoning
with pepper and salt. Cover the t0pmost
layer with the drawn butter, then with
crumbs, stick bits OF butter in these ana
bake, covered half an hour, then brown.
You can make this dish of salt cod, soaked
before It Is cook ed. In this case beat up
a couple OF eggs in the drawn butter.
RAW TOMATO SALAD.-Peel very cold
tomatoes, cut in two cr0sswise and serve
with mayonnaise or plain dressing.
TERHUNE CORN BREAD.-Tw0 cups Of
white cornmeal, one cup OF -four, two Ia
blespoonfuIs OF white sugar, three cups
OF sour milk or buttermilk. Half "lop-
pered" cream makes ii particularly good.
a.. al 60, g,,1 NJ 4
OF salt siited three times with -four and
meal, one large tablespoonful OF lard; slit
-four, meal, salt and soda into bowl;
beat lard and sugar together and stir into
the milk; pour the latter into hole in the
middle of the flour and stir all gradually
to a thick batter; beat hard with upward
strokes, raking the bottom OF the bowl
with eachsweep. for two minutes; turn
into creased pudding mold set In pot
of boiling water and cock steadily four
hours, keeping the water about 1t at
slow boil all the time. Turn out and cat
hot. IL Will be found very nice.
DRIED RUsK AND MILK. excellent
Two cups OF milk, two eggs, half cup
of butter, half of yeast cake, dissolved
in warm water; one quart of flour, one
even teaBpoontul OF salt; mix the milk,
butter, yeast and pint of -four into a
sponge and let it rise five or six hours, or
until light; beat In the eggs, salt and the
rest OF the -four; roll out the dough into
paste more than half an inch thick; cut
into round biscuits, set rows Of them in
baking pan, rub the tops lightly with but
ter and put another row on these; let them
rise for half an hour before baking. Re-
move from the oven and let them get nearly
cold before dividing the upper from the
lower stratum; pile lightly IN pans and
leave in a cooking oven all night to dry.
They should not be Drowned at all In dry
ing. Hang them in clean bag in the
kitchen closet or other dry, warm place.
In two days they will be ready for use.
set n bowl at each place; lay rusk.
cracked in two or three places. In 1t, a bit
OF ice on this and pour enough rich milk
10 cover the rusk well. lnthree minutes,
IL well dried, the desIccated biscuits will
DO soft and delicious. Pass sugared ber-
rIes as an accompaniment.
DINNER.
Lakewood Chowder.
Chicken, tried whole.
Potato Fritters.
Summer squash.
Cucumber Salad.
Peaches and Whipped Cream.
Sponge Cake.
Black Coffee.
LAKEWOOD CHowpER.-Four pounds
OF cod or halibut, half pound OF sliced
fat salt pork, two minced onions, eighteen
Boston crackers, split, toasted and we'll
buttered, a glass OF Sauterne or other
clear. sour wine. pepper and salt, cold
water, pint OF milk. Fry pork and one
sliced onion IN the bottom of the chowder
pot; take out the pork and bits OF onion
with perforated sDoon and lay the fsh