Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
Household.

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ally too full of busy preparation for any
reading of homilies, and it is well that
once a year the busy housewife finds
work in pleasure.
The Christmas customs of foreign lands
have never obtained in this country to a
great extent, but it is pleasant to observe
q growing interest in the revival of time
| hOnOred usages.
1t is not well to let the prosaic always
rule. a touch of poetry brightens life
wonderfully, and child life, full as it is of
imagination, often staTves in the dull
routine of hard practically.
Many of the English customs are very
pretty, among these is the use of mistle-
toe and holly in decorating the home
and there is little excuse if here, in the
land of mistletoe, our houses are not
| bright with it, the wax berries and the
red of holly forming beautiful contrasts.
Let no mother count it trivial, but lend
her hearty support to the work of boys
and girls in adjoining the home, however
unpretentious it may be.
Christmas trees are easily obtained and
a few candles, a little tinsel with the aid
of popcorn, nuts and candies, and if
| possible few simple toys and the cup of
| juvenile pleasure will well nigh overflow.
"The Christmas dinner must not be
| overlooked. In old England boar 5 head
| with gilded tusks always formed the piece
| de resistance, and the wassail bowl with
| roasted apples floating was freely passed,
that all might drink to mutual good
| health. Roast turkey, the American
bird, is here the favorite Christmas dish
and old Virginians sip egg-nog, finding
| ready imitators among those who are not
! total abstainers. In both countries plum
| pudding succeeds the meat courses and it
| is a time hOnOred customed to pour
! brandy over it just before bringing to the
table, setting it on fire, the
blue flames give a weird eff
feet and the burnt spirit aids
digestion that is liable to be overtaXed
by so much of Christmas cheer. a word
of caution to an ambitious housewife,
be sure and educate your husband as to
this burning pudding lest he, like ''that
husband of mine - rush frantically from
the table to rescue the servant bearing
it from the peril of the fire.
An old-fashioned game that has afforded
| generations of English children infinite
| amusement is snap dragon "a shallow dish
has raisius put it, brandy poured over
and set fire, and the fun consists i'll
| snatching these out without burning the
| fingers. Be sure and hang the mistletOe
in convenient places, the girls never mean
to get under it, oh, no! but sometimes
the boys catch them there and then there
is a pretty show of resistance and plenty
of fun.
These few words are only plea for
relaxation from the rigid line of duty, it
may and doubtless will entail work but
with the goal of happiness so near there
can be no complaining if it cost a little
extra effort to reach it.
One word and THE GAZETTE will say
Merry Christmas to8ll let each member
OF the family seek out some needy one
and by their efforts enable that one to
share in the common joy by ministering
to his or her creature comfort, or heart
hunger, and when the day closes there
will be happiness where else all might
be dark.
RECIPES.
Breakfast MufTins-Two cups of oat-
meal, one cup of flour, one large spoonful
of butter, the same of molasses, one
small teaspoon of soda; use milk enough
to make batter.
Ham Salad-One pound of boiled ham,
chopped fine, one half dozen small
plNAiCS, tllSO S-pPpCl mt, tlNAIA d llblIC
chopped celery, and serve with Il dressing
as for chicken salad.
Chocolate Cake-One cup of butter, 3
cups of brown sugar, = teaspoonful of
salt, 8 eggs, l cup of milk, l teaspOOnful
of soda, dissolved in water, y cake of
chocolate grated, 3 cups of flour, flavor
with vanilla.
Sponge Cake-Three-quarte pound
of crushed sugar in half-tumblerful of cold
water, heat until thoroughly dissolved on
the stove. Have six eggs beaten very
light, add the sugar and water; grated
rind of lemon; three teaspoonfuls lemon
juice; half pound of sifted flour Mix
well together.
Sweet Sauce-Beat mp the yelks of
four eggs with four Tablespoonful of
powdered sugar; add tumblerful of
sherry and liquor glass of brandy: put
the mixture in jug; place this in a
saucepan of boiling water on the fire,
and froth up the same with a chocolate
mill.
Silver Cake-One and one-half cups of
sugar, one-half cup of butter and
cornstarch, one and one-half
cups of flour, one-half cup of
sweet milk, the whites of six eggs
and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder;
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one-half teaspoonful of vanilla a
"New Way Potatoes-Twelve boiled
potatoes, three boiled onions, mash them
together, adding three ounces of butter,
tablespoonful of chopped parsley, one.
half pint of cream, salt and pepper 10
taste. Use small vegetable dishes, and.
add a piece of lemon peel to each dish;
bake fifteen minutes.
Potato Pudding-Boil four large pota-
toes and pass them through sieve; stir
into them powdered loaf sugar to taste,
and the yelks of two or three eggs; add
few drops of essence of lemons then the
whites of the eggs whisked TO a froth;
mix quickly and well; pour into plain;
mold buttered and Predetermined, an&s
bake for twenty minutes in quick oven9S
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