The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-03-10
PRIZE RECIPES,

Split Pea Soup.-One gallon OF water
one quart split peas which have been
soaked over night, one pound salt pork
cut into bits an inch square, one half
pound beef. Put over the fire and boil
slowly for two hours, or until the quanti-
ty Of liquor does not exceed two quarts.
Pour into colander and press the peas
through it with wooden or silver spoon.
Return the soup to the pot, adding a
small head of celery chopped up, little
parsley, or, if preferred, summer savory
or sweet marjoram. Have ready three
or four slices of stale bread, toasted or
fried in butter until they are brown; cut
into slices and scatter them on the sorp
after it is poured in the tureen.
Tomato Salad.-Twelve medium sized
tomatoes peeled and sliced; four hard
boiled eggs, one raw egg we'll beaten; one
teaspoonful salt, one half spoonful cay
enne pepper, one teaspoonful white
sugar, one tablespoonful of salad oil,
two teaspoonfuls OF made mustard, one
teacup of vinegar. Rub the yolks to a
smooth paste, adding by degrees the salt
pepper, sugar, mustard and oil. Beat
the raw egg to froth, and stir in lastly
the vinegar. Slice the tomatoes about
quarter of an inch thick and set on the
ice while you are making the dressing.
Stir large lump of ice rapidly in the
dressing until it is cold, take it out and
cover the tomatoes with the mixture and
set on ice until you send to the table.
Minute Mufins.-Three cups of -four,
three eggs, one tablespoonful of melted
butter, large cup of milk, two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder, pinch of salt.
Bread Cdke.-Take from your bre
dough after it's second rising, two cups
of dough; then take also two cups of white
sugar, one cup of butter creamed with
the sugar, three eggs, two tablespoonful
of sweet milk (cream is better, one tea
spoonful soda dissolved in hot water, one
half pound currants, well washed and
dredged; one teaspoonsul of nutmeg, and
one teaspoonful of cloves. Beat the yelks
very light, add the creamed butter and
sugar, spice, milk, soda and dough. Stir
until thoroughly mixed; put in beaten
whites, lastly the fruit. Beat hard five
minutes, let it rise twenty minutes in two
well buttered pans, then bake half an
hour or until done.
Mdry's Graham Genas.-Three cups
Graham -four, two cups wheat -four, one
half cup OF sugar, three eggs, one cup of
milk, two teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der, little salt.
Rice Waties. One pint of milk, one
cup:of cold boiled rice, two eggs, lard the
size Of walnut, one half teaspoonful Of
soda, one cream tartar, and one teaspoon
full salt; -four for thin batter.
Neeo Years Cake.-One and one quar-
ter pounds of sugar, one pound of butter,
one half pint of cold water, two eggs,
three and one-quarter pounds -four, one
teaspoonful soda dissolved in hot water
four tablespoonfuls caraway seed sprink-
led through the -four. Rub the butter,
or what is better, chop it up in the -four;
dissolve the sugar in the water, mix all
we'll with beaten eggs; cut in square
cakes or with an oval mold and bake
quickly.
MoldsSes COOEies.-One cup butter,
two cups molasses, one teaspoonful
cloves, one teaspoonful ginger; sufficient
-four to make stiff batter, not dough.
Mold with the hands into small cakes,
and bake in steady rather than quick
oven, as they are apt to burn.
SLIDER Cake One pound sugar, three
quarters of pound of -four, one-half
pound OF butter, whites of ten eggs
whipped very stiff, one large teaspoon
full essence bitter almonds. Cream, but
ter and sugar; put next the whites Of the
eggs, then the -four, lastly the havoring.
Flavor the icing of silver cake with rose
water.
Sugar Candy.-Six cups of grsnulated
sugar, half cup of vinegar, half cup of
water; put all on the stove and boil with
out stirring) until it hardens when drop
ped in cold water, flavor with vanilla
and pour into buttered tins. This may
be improved by adding English walnuts.
Cream Wdlnuts.-White of one egg
beaten to a froth, and teaspoonful of
cold water; stir in enough confectioners'
sugar to make thick paste; the sugar
should be sifted before using. When
stiff enough to mold with the hands form
into little balls the size of cherry; then
press the half of an English walnut into
each side and set aside to harden. Van
lila improves this.
THE HORSES OF NORWAY.