The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-09
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Sweet Potato Pie.-Make a rich pie crust,
and fill it with thin slices of apple and Of
steamed sweet potato; spread thickly with
butter and sugar and grated nutmeg. Cover
with thin crust and bake.
Advocate Jumbles.-One cup of butter,
two cups of sugar, one cup good rich milk,
four eggs, one teaspoonful of baking powder,
heaped, little grated nutmeg and flour to
roll. Dust with white of egg and sift sugar
over before baking.
Good Filtering Medium.-Chamois leather
makes an excallent fltering medium. 1t
should be previously washed in a soda solu-
ton TO remove grease and well washed IN
water after each using. Tinctures, elixirs,
sirups and mucilages will run through it in
most satisfactory and expeditions manner.
Plain Lemon Pie.-To the grated rind and
Juice of two lemons and two cups of cold
water, TIE beaten yolks of FIVE eggs. two cups
OF sugar. and put IL over the fire. Blend two
large tablespoonfuls of cornstaTch i'm very
little water, and add, when boiling, stirring
briskly for few moments, until it becomes
thickened. Pour into a good undercrust.
This amount makes two medium-sized
pies, and may be enriched by adding little
butter.
Soft Molasses Gingerbread.-One and one
half cups molasses, one cup OF beef shorten
ing or butter, or half of each, two cuus of
sour milk, one-half cup of brown sugar and
TWO ltdSpOODlulS Oh SdldTdtuS. nave Teduy
in pan two or three cups of flour, with the
sugar, little ginger and cinnamon; and
when you have boiled up the molasses but
ter and shortening; pour it upon the ingre-
dents ia the pan and stir il well. Then add
the sour milk and salaratus and flour enough
TO make it as thick as a cup cake. Beat
thoroughly.
Baked Egg Plant.-Trim Off the stem end
and boil the egg plant tor twenty minutes in
salt water, and then lay in the colander TO
drain until perfectly cold; peel open and
take out the seed, mash the egg plant
smooth, pouring off any water that comes,
and add TO il half grated nutmeg, a salt
spoonful of white pepper, half a teaspoonful
of salt, teacupful OF milk, a tablespoonful
of butter, two eggs and bread crumbs enough
to make a thick batter OF it; bake for twenty
minutes in the dish you will serve ii in; two
tablespoonfuls of minced ham is an improve
ment,
To Make Corn Bread.-For corn bread,
beat two eggs the whites and yolks sepa-
rately, take one pint eff sour milk or butter
milk, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one table
spoonful of butter, warmed so it will mix
readily with the other ingredients and q lit
tie salt. Mix all these together we'll with
the exceI ton of the whites of the eggs. Pat
two-thirds of a teaspoonful of soda, abso-
lutely free from Jumps, in a pint of corn
meal, and sift and stir them into the milk,
etc; then after beating the whites of the
eggs add them also. Butter a pan thor.
oughly, and bake in a moderate oven.
A Cup of Good Coffee-'It is one of the
simplest things in the world" said Miss Car
son, in her lecture recently, "to make a cup
of good coffee, and this can easily be accom-
plished by applying little common sense,
If you put boiling water on coffee, and do
not let il boil" she continued, "you have all
the good qualities preserved. One reason
dyspeptics can not drink coffee is because it
is boiled. The style of coffee pot is just a
matter of fancy. l have made as good coffee
in an old tomato can as / have ever slipped
from cup filled from the finest French
coffee urn. We should take lessons in this
matter from the Turks and Arabiaus who
grind their coffee to fine powder. When the
coffee is ground as fine as possible, put it in a
| little bag of nbleached muslin, which should
be tied tightly enough TO prevent the escape
of the grounds. If you use a cup of un-
| ground coffee you can make over a quart OF
| very strong black coffee. In making coffee
many people sacrifice flavor boiling. When
| boiling water is placed on the bag of ground
| coffee, 1t should stand at least three minutes
before serving. Remember, the longer il
| stands the stronger it becomes. Be careful
not to allow the watered coffee to boil "A
| favorite mixture of Coffee said Miss Corson,
in answer to a lady in the audience, is
Mocha and Java, in the proportion of two
parts of the latter, which is less expensive
| to one of the former"