The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-16
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Sausage CroquetteA Take two
pounds Of sausage. four egga one cup
of butter. one cup Of sweet milk; add
sufficient bread crumbs to thicken;
roll in cracker meal and fry brown.
ALI pencil should never be wet
It hardens the lead and ruins the PEN
Gil This fact Is known to Newspaper
men and stenographera But nearly
every one else does wet q pencil before
using it
IL the hat-iron Is dirty tie up
piece Of yellow bees-wax in rag. and
when the iron is almost. but not quite
hot enough to use rub it quickly with
the wax. and then with coarse cloth
Good OIecr.
Chocolate Jelly. seven spoon
fuls Of grated chocolate. the same Of
white sugar, one cup Of sweet cream;
mix together and set over tho fire and
let come to . boil Pour it over corn
starch pudding. or put between layers
Of cake.
To wash fine blank cts, add half o
cupful each Of ammonia and alcohol
mixed to . suds with CASTLE soap, to
every two gallons of water. Sop the
blankets up and down in it, rinse in
tepid water. shake them well and hang
up to dry.
-Frizzled-Ham: Cut the lean part
of ham in thin shavings. put q table
spoon of butter in a frying pan. and.
when hot. put in the shaved ham. fry
five minutes. then sprinkle over it
tablespoonful of flour. fry until brown;
now pour one pint of sweet milk over
it and let boil one minute. Pepper to
taste.
-Poultices made of Indian meal are
quite suitable for application in inter-
nal inflammations, such rs pneumonia.
pleurisy, Inflammation of the bowels.
etc 1t is used in the form of hot
mush. prepared just as if it was to be
eaten. II one part Of mustard is add
ed to four parts of meal. the poultice
will excite moderate irritation of the
skin. but can be kept on for hours
without blistering.
Scotch CoOkies.-Beat two cups
sugar with one Of butter and five table
spoOnfuls of milk. in which has been
dissolved one teaspoonful of soda
Beat two eggs quite light and add
them. Mix two teaspoonfuls of cream
of tartar with half a pound of flour and
tablespoonful of powdered cinnamon
Mix the whole together. adding moro
flour from time to time to make a
dough. Roll very thin, and bake quick
ly in large round cakes.
Apple Short Cake-Pare and stew
sour apples in very little water until
tender, then rub them through sieve;
use no sugar or flavoriDg, but spread
over q cake made with one quart of
flour. one and half teaspoonfuls of
baking powder. ono tablespoonful Of
sugar. one tablespoonful of butter.
kneaded soft and baked quickly. One
pint and half sweet milk. the yelks
of four eggs, three tablespoonfuls Of
sugar. one tablespoonful of vanilla
Let the milk come to boil; then add
the well-beaten egg yelkA sugar and
vanilla
"A delicious candy Il made by first
getting ready cream. which is pre-
pared by putting two cupfuls Of granu-
lated sugar and . half cupful Of boil
ing water into granite or porcelain
basin, leaving 1t to boil ten minutes.
When taken from the stove pour into .
china bowl. flavor and beat rapidly to
a paste. Stir into this chopped nuts
and make into squares or bars A fruit
mixture may be made from seeded
raisins. figs and citron chopped fineI
The cream may also be mixed with
melted chocolate and made into various
shapes and combinations