St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-06

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der, add potatoes sliced, milk and
onion, and salt and pepper to taste;
when the potatoes are nearly cooked,
add the eggs well beaten and the
crackers.
ADDITION TO SOUPS.
A good addition to soup is made by
cutting bread into little square pieces
and frying them in butter until they
are Drowned on every side. They can
be served at the table with the soup or
added short time before it is removed
from the fire.
MARYLAND BISCUIT.
One quart of -four, one teaspoonful OF
salt, two tablespoonful of lard worked
into the flour; moisten with sufficient
water to make very stiff dough; work
it we'll; then lay it on board and
pound it until it is smooth and soft, and
make into small, fiat biscuits, lay them
i'll pan and bake in moderate oven.
Serve cold.
DATE CAKE.
One cup of butter, two cups of sugar,
one cup of sour milk, four eggs, one
pound of dates, one teaSpOonful of soda
if sweet milk is preferred, add two tea
spoonfulS of cream of tartar. Remove
stones from dates and cut in small
pieces.
DROP COOKIES.
One cupful of butter, two cupfuls OF
sugar, three eggs, One-half teaSp0onful
of soda, one teaspoonful of cream of
tartar; add flour until batter is the con-
sistency of loaf cake; drop in tins and
bake in quick oven.
APPLE EGGS.
Pare and core a convenient number OF
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with sugar and cover with water, and
prepared as for an omelet, pour over the
apples, aud return to the oven for about
10 minutes: CRATE over them nutmeg,
and serve with cream or nice milk.
TIP-TOP CAKE.
Beat well together two eggs, one and
half cupfulS of sugar, little salt, a
little nutmeg, two tablespoonfuls OF
butter, one teaspoonful Of cream of tar
tar, one-half teaspoonful of soda dis
solved in a cup of milk, two and half
cupfulS of flour.
RAILROAD PUDDING.
One cupful of molaSses, one cupful of
Suet, one cupful of sweet milk, four
cupfulS of flour, one teaSpoonful of sale
ratuS and one teaSpOonful of salt, one
cupful Of chopped raisinS, one cupful OF
currantS; warm the mOlaSSeS and StiI
the Saleratus into it; mix suet with
flour; then stir all together and steam
four hours.
MOUNTAIN DEW PUDDING.
One pint of milk, the yOlks of two
eggs, two tableSpoonfuls of cocoanut,
One-half cupful of cracker crumbs and
one teaspoonful of lemon extract; bake
One-half an hour; make frosting of the
whites of two eggs and one-half a cup
full of sugar; spread over the top of the
pudding, and return to the oven to
brown slightly; the quantity can be
doubled if larger pudding is required.
LEMON JELLY FOR TARTS.
Juice of two lemons and grated peel
of one, two cupfulS of sugar, one table
spoonful of butter, three eggs; cook
over steam or hot water.
COTTAGE FRITTERS.
One egg, one pint sour milk, one
small teaspoonful of soda, little salt,
flour sufficient to make a good batter
Fry on hot griddle.
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.
Fish may be scaled much easier by
dipping into boiling water about a
minute.
Salt fish of any kind is quickest and
best freshened by soaking in sour milk.
Clear boiling water will remove tea
stains and many fruit stains. Place a
bowl under the fabric where the stain is
and pour the boiling water through.
Ripe tomatoes will remove ink stains
from white cloth, and also from the
hands.
Boiled starch is much improved by
the addition of little salt or dissolved
gum arabic.
BeeswaX and salt will make rusty fiat
irons as clean and smooth as glass. Tie
a lump of wax in rag and keep it for
the purpose. When the irons are hot
rub first with wax rag, and then scour
them on a paper or cloth sprinkled with
salt.
In watering plants put teaspoonful
of ammonia into the water once a week.
A teaSpoonful of turpentine boiled
with white clothes will aid the whiten-
ing process.
Kerosene will soften boots or shoes
that have been hardened by water, and
render them pliable as new.
Kerosene will make the teakettle as
bright as new. Saturate wooden rag
and rub the kettle with it. 1t will also
remove stains from vanished furniture.
Rain water and soda will remove ma
chine grease from washable fabrics.