The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-17

One eSS, OIe cuPiui VI HuSoi, ohi0
cupful of milk, two cupfuls of -four,
one tablespoonful of butter, one tea
spoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls of
cream of tartar; bake quickly and
eat warm with sauce or cold with
= -a MOLAsSES PUFFS. .5trun If.
These are easily made, and nice
when eaten hot. One cupful Of su-
gar, one-halfcupful of butter, one
cupful of molasses, one egg, II Ia
blespoonful of ginger, n teaspoon
full of soda, one cuptul of hot water,
four cupfuls of -four and a pinch OF
salt. Bake in gem pans.
WHITE MOUNTAIN CAKE.
Three cups of sugar, OneNof butter,
one-half cup of sweet milk, whites of
ten eggs, three teaspoontuls OF bak-
ing powder ,sifted into four and a
half Gu ~ otfour; flavor with bitter
almond or vanilla. Bake in layers !;
put icing bctween, made OF the
whites of three eggs, and one pound
of powdered sugar. 4r,i i-s.s~lti
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING.
One quart sweet milk, boiled !;
pour into a pudding pan and thicken
with meal and a handful Of -four
ABOUT as s; IF as for gridlles; one
teaspoonfui salt, twC-thirds OF a cup
full nloiasse>; spice with cinnamon,
if you please. CHARTERED sweet APP
pies are an improvement. Bake this
till red; which will requiTe at least
four hours. -
sos# LIGHT GINGERBREAD. - g.
One pint of New Orleans molasses
set on the corner of the range until
warm enough to melt one-half pound
OF lard in 1T; beat it up well; one
half nutmeg; one teaspoenful each
of cinnamon and cloves, and two ia
blespeenfais ginger, a pinch of salt,
ne- cupfnl milk stirred in two beat
en- eggs, and prepared -four with
two teaspoonfuls baking powder adj
ded; mix, just stiff enough for the
dough to break off clear when you
pour it from the spoon.
+, = .t} an. ADHESIVE PASTE.
To make such paste as is used on
the backs of postage stamps, follow
this receipt dextrine, two ounces;
acetic acid, four Idrachms alcohol,
fourSdrachms water, twoeand ashalf
ounces. Mix the dextrine, acetic
acid and water, stirring until thor
oughly mixed; then add alcohol.
For attaching labels to tin, first rub
the surface with a mixture Of mu-
riate acid and alcohol; then apply
the label with very thin coating of
the paste, and it will adhere almost
as we'll as on glass.
CREAM CAKES.
Put in a sauce pan two cups of
water and one cup of butter; boil
together and stir in two scanty cups
of flour. Stir very briskly, and when
nearly cool stir in five eggs, one at
a time, and bake in small round
cakes, dropped on a sheet iron from
a spoon. Have them of uniform size
duu SLdpS. VHcH CtOl SpllU open
onesside land fill with cream made
of two cups of boiling milk" into
which is stirred one-half cup of -four,
three eggs, one cup Of sugar and
lemon or vanilla fiavoring.
.4HIIId GLOSSY STARCH. f1a M
Take two unces of white gum
arabic powder, put into a pitcher
and pour on it a. pintIof boiling wa
ter, according to the degree of
strength you desire, and then, hav-
ing covered it, let it stand aAnight.
In the morning pour it carefully
from the dregs into a clean bottle
keep it for use. "A tablespoonful of
gum water stirred into a pint of
starch that has been made in the
usual manner will give lawns, either
black or printed, a look of newness,
when nothing else car restore them