Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-10-07
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.


of sweet milk, one pint of flour. two
tablcspoonfuls each Of melted butter
and sugar. two tablespoonfuls of bak-
ing powder. Steam from twenty to
twenty-five minutes. and serve with
sauce.
Sweet Potato Pies-When the POI
tatoes are dry and mealy, take quart
after they have been pared, boiled and
mashed; quart of milk, four eggs,
salt, nutmeg cinnamon and sugar 10
taste. Bake the same as squash pies.
II tho potatoes arc very moist use less
milk.
Excellent soft gingerbread Is made OF
l cup of sugar, cup of butter, / cup
of sour cream, cup of New Orleans
molasses, 4 cups of sifted -four, table,
spoonful of soda dissolved in little
hot water, Tablespoonful of ginger. .
well beaten eggs, the rind grated OF l
lemon. Raisins If wanted.
Molasscs Fruit Cake-rwo cups OF
molasscs, / each of butter. sugar and
sour cream, u tcaspoonlul OF powdered
cloves. two nutmcgs, two teaspoonfuls
Of soda, raisins and currants. Make
about rs thick rs cup cake. This will
make two cakes, the fruit can DO omit
ted rs it Is good without II.
To Uso Canned Salmon--One can Of
fish rubbed into four tablespoonfuls OF
melted butter, add four well beaten
eggs, onc-half cupful OF fine bread or
cracker crumbs, pepper, salt and
minced parsoloy. Put into pudding
mold CATER thoroughly beating to-
hAn -.
Cabbage Salad-Two cabbagcs chop
ped fine; sprinkle with salt; let stand
over night. One pint vinegar half cup
of ground mustard, three eggs. Beat
eggs thoroughly and add to boiling
vinegar; pepper and salt to taste; let
all come to u boil. Pour over cabbage
and stir thoroughly together.
Fish and Rice --"Piok mp" and bone
cold fish, DO IL either salt or fresh.
Season and heat in n stew pan with "A
piece of butter the silo Of and egg.
When hot add teacupful Of cold
boiled rico and four chopped boiled
eggs. Stir until thoroughly heated
through. Dish and serve with pickles.
To Prepare Corn-Cut of the kerr
nels from six largo ears OF corn. Boil
until tender In sailed water, about
twenty minutes, Drain and then put
in saucepan with cup of milk, into
which u tablespoonful of cornstarch
has been smoothly mixed; add two
beaten egg. Cook until tho cornstarch
Is done, and serve.
A pretty pudding is made by putting
bread crumbs of cake crumbs in u
buttercd mold and sticking among
them nj intervals either preserved cher
ries or peaches, or bits of citron or Or
angc. Then pour II plain custard OF
eggs and milk into the mold, cover
with n bit Of buttered paper or stiff
pasteboard and bake.
Plum Jam-Let your fruit DO dry and
FREQ from leaves and stalk. Take equal
quantities of plums and sugar, put into
n clean vessel aud boil one hour STIR
ring Il thoroughly, Damsons prepared
the same way are very good. Care must
be taken when cold TO cover all pre-
serves closely and stand In cool, dry
place.
Egg drinks are popularity advertised
In many tempting mixtures and de-
coctions ut the cOnloctionors', tho res
IL Is not generally known that tho well
beat up white Of an egg, added to any
of the cooling fruit drinks (not to tea)
makes them moro readily absorbed into
thc-system, doing their refreshing work
more quickly. --.-......-....----
Drowned Buttcr--Put one-qnarter of
pound of butter into fryingpan over
clenr fire; when the butter smokes,
have ready and throw into 1t, ono table
spoonful Of minced parsley, three
tablespoonfuls of vinegar, salt and pep
per and simmer one minute longer.
Most excellent upon fish either salt or
fresh, or as sauce for clans, qua
haugs. lobster, scallops or oysters.
To Pickle Pears and Peaches--Select
mcdium-sizcd pears and smooth free
stone peaches; stick them full of cloves.
Boil seven pounds OF sugar with one
gallon Of vinegar, an ounce OF mace
and an ounce of allspice. When It
boils put in the fruit and lot it cook
till straw will pierce il. Remove the
fruit with a skinner and boil the syrup
down for few minutes; then pour it
over the fruit. Cover close.
| To Boil Fish-Cut an onion in quar-
tiers, stick Glove in each, put bit of
parsley or thyme with it and lay inside
Of the fish, salt and pepper, pin the
whole up in u clean white cloth or
mosquito netting and put into water
that has had two gills of vinegar added
and that is boiling. Do not lay the fish
into cold or even warm water. Never
put meat or fish into other than boiling
hot water to boil, except for such as
are intended for soups or chowders.
A very simple way to fill in the
yawning space Of an open fireplace Is
to tear four yards of very coarse I'M
blcached muslin into half yard lengths,
and ravel it. When all done, fill your
crate with paper and put the Rawlings
all over and up to the fender. Get
three moderate sized white fans. Tie
those together in center, letting each
| Of the three be seen. Fasten variety
Of the little japanese insects--toads,
beetles, &c.--all over the fans, then
put these in the center of the fender or
| before the crate.