St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-16
HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES.

Sugar Drop GLADSTONE pound of
Hour, three-fOurths pound of sugar, one
half pound of butter, four eggs and one
gill OF rOsewater; bake on paper. This
will make sixty drops.
Sweet Cream COokieS-One cup of
sweet cream, two cups of sugar, two
eggs, three pints of sifted flour, three
teaspoonfuls of baking powder sifted
with the flour and little salt; flavor to
taste.
Feather Cake-One cup of sugar well
beaten with three tablespo0nfuls of
butter, one-half cup of milk, one egg,
three-fourths cup of flour, two tea
spoons of baking powder; bake in
quick oven.
Gingerbread-One teacup each of
sour milk and molasses, one egg, one
tablespoonful OF soda and ginger, one
heaping tablespoonful of butter or level
tablespoonful of lard. Flour enough to
make stiff batter.
Stewed POtatoes-Cut in small pieces
enough cold boiled potatoes to fill a veg
etable dish; put with them one pint of
milk, half cup of butter, salt and
pepper to taste; thicken with one tea
spoonful OF flour; stew five minutes and
serve.
Fried Apples-Slice the apples with
out removing the skins, and put in
frying-pan in which has been melted
equal quantities of butter and lard;
stir often, and when nearly ready
SWeeten to taste and add a half-tea-
spoonful of cinnamon.
Cold Water Plea good substitute
for custard pie when milk is scarce.
Two tablespoonsful of flour. level, two
tablespoons of sugar, heaped, one egg,
a lump of butter the size of a hickory
nut, nutmeg to taste and good half
pint Of water. This makes one pie.
Birds Nest Pudding-Peel and core
enough apples to cover the bottom of
your dish and fill the holes with sugar,
sprinkle one ounce of sugar over them,
add little lemon peel and nutmeg,
cover the whole with water and bake an
hour. 1t eaten hot let it stand five min
utes.
Breakfast Gladstone cup of Indian
meal, one teaspoOnful of salt and one
tablespoonful of sugar. Scald the meal,
then add two tablespoonfuls of milk or
water, one egg and one tablespoonful of
flour. Stir well. Put large spoonfuls
OF the batter on a buttered griddle, and
fry light brown.
Chicken Salad-Cook one chicken
until tender, then chop fine one head of
cabbage and five cold, hard-bOiled eggs;
season with salt, pepper and mustard;
warm one pint of vinegar, add half
teacup OF butter, stirring until melted;
pour hot over the mixture, stir all
thoroughly and set away to cool.
Cheap Sponge Cake-One egg beaten
lightly. tWO-thirdS cup of sugar, one
half cup of milk, One-half teaspoonful
OF soda and one teaSpoOnful of cream of
tartar, one and one-half cups of flour,
nutmeg and little salt. This is very
Too olr m
three layers of Washington pie.
Black Cake-One cup of butter, one
and half cups of brown sugar, a half
cup of mOlaSseS, one cup of milk, three
eggs, well beaten, one teaSpOonful each
OF cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves;
four cups of flour, two teaSpOonfulS of
baking powder, two pounds of seeded
raiSins, one pound of currants and one
quarter OF a pound of citron sliced fine.
Bake Immediately.
Vermicelli-Put tablespoonful of
lard in porcelain dish; when hot put
in the vermieelli, broken in small pieces,
with some thinl!y-sliced onions, pepper,
salt, few cuminSeed, pulyeriZed, and
sprinkle of red pepper. Stir to prevent
burning. allowing it to become light
brown; then add a little hot water, and
boil until tender. BY the time the
water is evaporated it will be done.
Boiled Ham-Soak in water over
night. Next morning wash hard with
coarse cloth or stiff brush and put on to
boil with plenty of cold water. Allow
quarter of an hour to each pound in
cooking. and do not boil too fast. Do
not remove the skin until cold. 1t will
come off easily and Clearly then, and
the juices are better preserved than
when it is stripped hot. Cut very thin
when carving.