The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-19
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4 Hops are 90 easily raised, and arc 80
useful In the household, both for bread
and medicinal purposes, that country
housekeeper - quite inexcusable for
not raising Thorn. Household.
Try cooking pancakes in dry pan.
II the pan il smooth and hot, and the
batter Of the right consistency, one will
experience no difficulty and will lind
the cakes just as light and more deli.
cato than II cooked in the old way
The Housekeeper.
Oyster Pie: Line deep pan with
rich crust. Put In quart of oysters,
season with butter, salt, pepper and a
little nutmeg. Add we'll beaten egg
and half pint of crushed hackers, pour
In the oyster liquor, cover the top with
crust and bake brown. II
velvet Cream: One-half box of GEL
atine, one quart of milk, three eggs,
one cup of sugar. Soak the gelatine in
cold milk one hour, put on the stove to
scald; beat the eggs thoroughly, add
the sugar, stir them into the scalding
milk, let 1t heat together a few min
utes, flavor with vanilla and pour into q
wet mold.-Detroit Free Press.
Those who think mince-pies can not
be made palatable without the addition
OF wine or spirits in some form are alto
gether mistaken: any fruit-syrup may DO
used with much better results, and if
the houskeeper has not put up any fruit
juices for winter use, orange juice may
be used and will give well-sweetened
pie delicious favor.-Demorest's Mag
azine. 30
Jelly Pie: Yelks of Ave eggs, we'll
beaten, one-half pound butter, one pound
OF sugar, mix as for cake. Bake nice,
fiaky pastry in three pie-pans, spread a
layer of jelly on the crust, pour in the
custard, and bake till nice brown
Whip very stiff the whites, add a cup of
sugar, put over tho tops, and brown
|lightly.-The Housekeeper.
For years somber mahogany, walnut
and ebony held sway. Now, however,
light woods, such as antique oak and
ash, are used in preference. They give
cheerful, light tone to a room, and
save the housekeeper lots of worry, for
the highly polished dark woods always
appear with coat of dust, despite re-
peated brushing and busting.
Peach Toast: Cut some round slices
off milk rolls, remove the crust, and fry
them pale yellow in butter. Take a
tin of preserved peaches, turn out the
juice into saucepan. add a little sugar
and glass of white wine; boil it up, put
in the peaches, simmer few minutes,
drain them and place half a peach, con-
cave side uppermost, on each piece of
bread, places piece of currant jelly in
the cavity of each peach, pour the syrup
round, and serve.
-Tapioca and Cocoanut Pudding; One
cupful of tapioca soaked over night, one
quart of milk, yelks of four eggs and the
whites of two, one cupfu1 of sugar, half
tablespoonful of salt, two tablespoonful
of grated cocoanut; bake threequarters
of all hour; make a frosting of the whites
of two eggs, three tablespoonful of SUI
gar, two tablespoonfuls of grated cocoa
nut; flavor with lemon or vanilla; spread
on the top of the pudding when it is
baked, and place in the oven to brown
slightly.-Western Rural.
Time, to the housewife, is money
consequently, purchase such machines
| as will save both. One can not afferd
| to beat eggs with a fork, when for ter
| cents a beaten can be purchased that
| will do the work in one-tenth the time
A farina boiler IL necessity, as there
is no danger Of scorching and wasting
the food. A meat chopper and braisine
pan enable one to use the cheaper pieces
! of meat. There are many other ma
chimes which are of great use in intelli
gent hands.