Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-12-12
FIREsIDE FRAGMENTS.

Hops are so easily raised, and are 50
useful in the household, both for bread
and medicinal purposes, that country
housekeeper is quite inexcusable for
not raising them.-HouSehold.
Try cooking pancakes in dry pam
II the pan is smooth and hot, and the
batter of the right consistency, one will
experience no difficulty and will find
the cakes just as light and more deli
cate than if 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 well beaten egg
and half a pint of crushed crackers, pour
in the oyster liquor, cover the top with
crust and bake brown.
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 it heat together a few min
utes, flavor with vanilla and pour into 3
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
gethor mistaken; any fruit-syrup may be
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 a well-sweetened
pie delicious flavor.-Demorest's Mag
aZine.
Jelly Pie: Yelks of five eggs, we'll
beaten, one-half pound butter, one pound
of sugar, mix as for cake. Bake nice,
fa1y pastry in three pie-pans, spread
layer of jelly on the crust, pour in the
custard, and bake till nice brown.
Whip very stiff the whites, add cup of
sugar, put over the 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
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 little sugar
and glass of white wine; boil 1t up, put
in the peaches, simmer few minutes,
drain them and place half a peach, con-
cave side uppermost, on each piece OF
bread, place a 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 cupful of sugar, half
a teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonful
of grated cocoanut; bake three-quarters
of an hour; make frosting of the whites
of two eggs, three tablespoonfuls 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 fork, when for ten
cents beater can be purchased that
will do the work in One-tenth the time.
A farina boiler is necessity, as there
is no danger of scorching and wasting
the food. A meat chopper and braising
pan enable one to use the cheaper pieces
of meat. There are many other ma
chimes which are of great use in intelli-
! ppnt hands