Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-03-03
PANCAKES In VARIETY.

On cold winter mornings pan cakes
OF all kinds hold an important place al
the breakfast table. The cherished
buckwheat cake, most prominent OF
all, from Thanksgiving Day until
early Spring is seldom absent from the
morning meals in the genuine Ameri.
can household. When properly made,
is the most delicious of all the griddle
cakes, but it has been against it when
made from yeast or risen over night
that it was difficult to make light and
sweet, and that disagreable effects fire.
quently followed its eating. 1t is
found that by the use of the Royal
Baking Powder to raise the batter
these objections have been entirely
are made most delicious food, light,
sweet. tender and perfectly whole
some, that can be eaten by anyone
without the slightest digestive incon-
venience. Once tested from the fol-
lowing receipt no other will be used
Two cups of buckwheat, one cup OF
wheat flour, two tablespoonful of Roy
al Baking Powder, one half teaspoon
full of salt, all sifted well together.
Mix with milk into thin batter and
bake at once on hot griddle.
The purest and richest syrup is
made by dissolving sugar in the pro-
portion of three pounds of sugar to
one pint ofwater. Many persons pre-
fer the flavor ofsyrup made of Orleans
sugar to that made of the white.
Rice griddle cakes are very delicious.
The rice is cooked until perfectly soft,
drained dry, mashed with a spoon
until the grains are well broken up.
For each cupful of rice take two eggs,
one pint of milk, one heaping teas
spoonful of Royal Baking Powder,
one-half' teaspoonful of salt, and -four
enough to make thin batter.
For hominy cake take two cupfuls
OF cooked hominy, and crush it with
a potato-masher until it is smooth
mass. Add one level teaspoonful of
salt, two teaspoonfuls of Royal Bak-
ing Powder, one-half teaspoonful of
salt, and one cupful of -four. Stir to-
gether; then add by degrees one quart
of milk, and lastly three we'll beaten
eggs. Bake in thin cakes.
Very delicate and delicious cakes are
made by allowing two teaspoonsful of
Royal Baking Powder and one-half
teaspoonful of salt to one quart ofmilk,
and sufficient corn meal, mixing all
into smooth, thin batter; no eggs or
butter are used for these. The cakes
bake quickly to rich deep brown, and
are extremely tender and light.
A very delicious sweet pancake Is
made by taking one pint of sweet
milk, four eggs, two tablespoonsful of
powdered sugar, two tablespoonsful of
melted butter, one teaspoonful of
Royal Baking Powder, and flour
enough to make moderately thin
batter. Beat the eggs, whites and
Jokes separately, until well frothed,
| stir the butter, sugar, and one cupful
of flour, into which the baking-pOw-
der has been mixed, into the yolks,
then add the milk. If needed, add
more flour. Bake in small cakes,
| butter each one as ii comes from the
fire, place four in a pile, with very
thin layers of any kind ofjelly be-
tween, and powdered sugar over the
top. They should be baked very thin
and four served to each person.
| A STRANGE ITEM.-We sometimes
hear newspaper item called
strange" if it happens to relate
some unusually startling incident. 1t
is the news which it conveys, that is
strange, and not the item itself. The
following information is neither start
ling nor strange, and yet it will be
read by musical people with as much
interest as if it were more thrilling.
Among the new musical publications
of the month, are the following:
Wedding March," for piano, by
Rubenstein, $50 cts.) The Harle-
quin," snowy piano piece by Kowal-
ski, (40 cts.) " Plymouth Bells" for
piano, by Goeriele. (in cts. "Chant
Polanaise," Ghoi,ti, go cts.), and
"Polacca'' iy Won y Ter, (75 cts.),
piano piece played by the wonderful
child pianist, Josef Hoffman,. Then
there are the beautiful songs: Zone
Most Noble Lady," song from HUI
guenots,, alto, (35 cts, !" Deep in the
Mine," choice song by Jude, $50 cts.);
/" While old Time Rolls Gaily On"
duet for tenor and bass, by Hatton,
Us cts. "There is no one Like Her."
a ballad from the opera of" Joan of
Arc,n (40 cts. " Old Tubal CAIN"
bass song, by Harris, $50 cts.). Any
of these pieces sent to any address on
receipt of price by Oliver Ditson & Co.,
Boston, Mass.