The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26
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LIGHT CAKE.

LIGHT CAKE.
Two cups of sugar, two of -four, two
eggs. one cup of sweet milk, two table
~sDoonfuls of melted butter, two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder, two teaspoontuls
of lemon extract.
sTEAMED OATMEAL
Half-pint oatmeal, one t~easpoonful of
salt; put in two7quart basin, and pour over
it one quart of boiling water; put IN a
steamer and steam two hours. do not re-
move the cover during that time.
SWEET III GEMs.
Beat one egg well, add a pint of new
milk. a little salt and graham -four until it
will drop off the spoon nicely. Have ready
four gem pans, well creased and heated.
Bake in a quick oven and send to table
hot.
DROP K
One cup sugar, one cup sou cream,
teaspoonful of soda, one-half cup of cur
rants, one and one-half cups Of flour;
flavor with nutmeg and cinnamon n
drop from spoon into a buttered pan; bake
in a quick oven.
POTATO D
One dozen medium-sized potatoes boiled
and mashed mix with n pint Of flour
and and one teaspoon of salt roll into lit
tie balls; boil three pints of milk, drop the
balls in, and stir on the stove till stiff; lift
out and serve with butter and sugar.
CRACKERS.
Butter, one cup; salt, one teaspoon;
-four, two quarts. Rub thoroughly to-
gether with the hand, and wet up with
cold water; beat well, and beat in -four to
make quite brittle and hard; then pinch
off pieces, and roll out each cracker by
itself and bake.
APPLE SAUCE.
Core and bake, filing the holes with
sugar, seven or eight apples. When very
soft, mash them through a sieve into a
small pudding dish; CRATE in the rind of a
fresh lemon, and spread over the top the
white of one egg beaten with half a cup
OF sugar, and brown slightly. Eat cold.
FRIED RAW POTATOES.
Pare and slice thinly into cold water
some medium-sized potatoes, drain IN a
colander and put into a frying pan in
which is two tablespoons melted butter;
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to stir them from the bottom to keep from
burning; cook another ten minutes, STIR
ring until lightly Drowned.
CORN CAKES.
Two cups of buttermilk, a Tablespoon
of salt, half-teaspoon of soda ~(unless the
buttermilk should be quite sour, in which
case add a little 'more); stir in two small
handfuls of corn meal, making a very thin
batter; grease your pan well, pour in the
batter, and bake it until it ceases to boil
and gets nicely Drowned.
LEMON CREAM.
Boil the thin peel of two lemons in one
pint of cream, strain and thicken with the
well-beaten yolks of three and the whites
Of four eggs, into which half a teacup of
white sugar has beer beaten. Add half a
saltspoon of salt, stir rapidly with the egg
heated until nearly cold, and pour it into
glasses or cups. This quantity will fix six
good-sized cups.
BLACK K
Two cups of brown sugar, IL cups of
butter, six eggs, beaten separately, three
cups of -four Drown the four), two table
spoonfuls of molaSses, one of cinnamon,
one ~teaspoonful of mace, one of cloves,
two cups of sweet milk, two pounds of
raisins, two of ~currants, half pound of cit
ron, n teaspoonful of soda, two of cream
of tartar. Bake three hours.
GINGER SNAPS.
Cup Of molasses, cup of sugar, cup of
butter q use part lard or beef drippings),
set on the fire and let it boil up, then add
two. eggs, a teaspoon of ginger, teaspoon
fof cinnamon, a.ittle nutmeg, salt and a.
tablespoon of soda, scant, dissolve in a full
tablespoonful of vinegar, -four to make
stiff enough to roll out, cut in thin round
cakes and bake in a moderate oven. This
makes sixty.
FRENCH FRIED POTATOES.
Pare the potatoes. cut in blocks an inch
long and a little larger than a lead pencil,
soak in ice water an hour, drain and dry
with a towel, have as much hot lard as
you would to fry doughnuts, put as many
OF the potato strips as will go in without
OVERLAPPING, and fry until a golden brown,
stirring them up often that they may
brown evenly, take out into a colander,
and dust lightly with salt.
APPLE BATTER PUDDING
Put into a bowl half a pound of -four.
add q pinch of salt, and stir in very grad
ually half a pint of new milk. Beat il
until smooth, then add three eggs. Pour
about half the mixture into a buttered ME
dish nd'put it into the oven to get firm.
Then nearly fill the dish with apples pared
cored, sliced and slightly stewed with a
little sugar and lemon rind. Pour the rest
of the batter over them, return to the
oven and bake one hour and a half.