The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-25
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LIN 5sait POUND oAKs aTa La3j sri
One pound sugar, one pound butter,
one pound -four, eight eggs, two teaspoons
baking powder and lemon 'lavoring to
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Lay the CLAIMS on q hot gridiron till the
shells open, then take them out upon a
hot dish and preserve the liquor to serve
them; season with butter and pepper,
and you will have a nice clam roast.
'E' POTATO CAKES.
Two pounds of mashed potatoes, four
ounces of butter and a little salt, two
pounds Of -four, and milk enough to make
a batter 3one-haf cup of yeast; set to
rise, and when light bake in cakes the
size of mullins. ~a|ro * tn@"a
z9fI .1at.E. MINT SAUCE. r.- .TFe.a
Remove the leaves from the stalks of a
whole bunch of mint Cut in fine bits
and place in the sauce bowl. Bruise with
three t~easpoonfuls of sugar. Pour over
the whole half a pint vinegar which if
very strong should be diluted. xaFrL n .
PLUM PUDDINa SAUCE.
An excellent sauce for plum pudding
Gamble made from the following receipt.
Stir to a cream a cup of butter, three cups
of powdered sugar. When quite light,
add the juice of one lemon, two teaspoon
fuls of nutmeg and the whites of two
eggs beaten very stiff. : ~Ts'fE.
LEMON CREAM.
Beat one and one-half pints of cream
to a stiff froth, sweeten to taste with fine
sugar, squeeze in the juice of four lemons,
add one tablespoonful of gelatine soaked
in cold water, and dissolve in a little hot
water. Pour into an oiled mold. It is
best to make it the day before it is re-
quired.
Bake three sheets of sponge cake as for
jelly cake; cut nice ripe peaches IN thin
sweetening and adding -four of vanilla, if
desired; put layers of peaches, between
the sheets Of cake; pour cream over each
layer and over the top. To be eaten soon
after prepared. --ref ar7
BRICK OF Ported BEBF.
Three and a half pounds of lean beef,
chopped fine, fourIcrackers, rolled, three
eggs well beaten, tablespoonful salt, tea
spoonful pepper; Use thyme or other
herb. Mix well and mold into a brick.
Cover with bits of salt pork and bread
crumbs. Put a coffee cup of water in
the pan and haste of+tens Bake one heuR
e WHITE CAKE. To- -
Half a cup butter, two cups sugar, one
cup milk, one cup corn starch, two cups
of -four, whites of seven eggs; lemon or
vanilla hayoring according to taste; three
t~easpoonfuls of baking powder. Bake in
layers and fill with boiled icing and
raisins. Cover the top Of the cake with
grated cocoanut, thickly sprinkled with
POTATO EGGS.
Mash some potatoes (not too new with
a little warmed milk, or cream, butter,
salt, and the yolk Of an egg well beaten
up. Form the mixture into ~egg-shaped
balls by pressing it into an iron spoon
(buttered); slip the potatoes out of the
spoon upon buttered paper, put them into
the oven to thoroughly warm, but not to
become Drowned.
NODDED Il r.
Make a mush by stirring graham -four
slowly into. boiling water, it must not be
too thick; cook ten minutes, using the
mush stick as little as possible. Then stir
In a few s%poonfuls of milk or cream, and
also a cup of fresh dates, cook too minutes
longer, taking care not to scorch in the
bottom. Pour into a mold or cups wet
with cold water, and set it away till cold.
ORANGE FLOAT.
One quart of water, the Juice and pulp
of two lemons, n coffeecup sugar. Let
it come to a boil and put in four table
spoons corn starch. Stir it continually
until it has boiled about fifteen minutes.
When cold pour it over four or FIVE
oranges that have been sliced thin, and
over the top spread the beaten whites of
three eggs sweetened and favored with
vanilla.
PEACH sHoRTcAKE.
One egg, one cupful sugar, one cup
milk, q cups Of -four, two tablespoonful
baking powder, a pinch Of salt, one table
spoonful of butter, one cup sweet cream.
Sift the flour and stir into it the sugar,
salt and baking powder, then the milk
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