Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-18
THE HOUSEHOLD.
LIGHT CAKE.

Half cup of butter half cup of sugar,
three eggs beaten separately. one cup of
sweet milk. three cups of -four. three tea
spoonfuls of baking powder sifted through
the flour.
TOMATO WINE.
To one gallon of juice add pounds of
sugar and two tablespoonful of Yeast. Let
it ferment for few days, then strain care
fully, bung up close and bottle in about six
weeks.
PUDDING SAUCE.
One cup of sugar. butter the size of an
egg. one egg; beat the butter and sugar to
cream. add the egg; set on the top of
boiling teakettle, or some vessel of hot
water, and stir until it is like cream.
PEACH POT PIE.
Put into a baking dish, lined with
paste some sliced peaches; sprinkle them
with soft, white sugar and little powder
ed cinnamon. Let it bake slowly for three
hours, until the juice candies. When cold
it Is very delicious.
LEMON SAUCE.
One teacupful of sugar, one-half teacup
of butter, one teaspOonful of -four, all well
mixed together Add also grated rind
of lemon and a pint of boiling water.
Boil five minutes. When ready to serve
squeeze into sauce juice of one lemon.
FRIED PEACHES.
Brush the skins well off fine. firm peach
es. Halve them and remove the stones
Melt little butter in frying pan. set on
1t the peaches, skin side down; add either
salt and pepper or sugar. Do not let them
burn. Serve with roast veal or with veal
outlets.
NUT CAKE.
One cup of butter two of sugar. three
of -four, one cup of sweet milk, the whites
of five eggs. beaten separately. very light,
one cup of chopped hickory-nut meat, three
tabespoOnfuls of baking powder. Lay
some whole meat of the nuts on the icing
of the cake.
ROCK CAKES.
Rub l pound of butter into one-half
pound of sugar, adding IL pounds of
flour, one-quarter pound of sliced citron,
one-half pound washed and heated dried
currants and a dessert-spoonful of baking
powder; beat up two eggs, with either
wine-glass of Malaga or sherry. and one
half pint of milk, mix this into the dough.
Pull off enough to make small, rough
cakes and bake in a quick oven for ten
minutes.
WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE.
Take one gallon of ripe tomatoes, mash
and simmer in three quarts of water Boil
down and strain through a sieve Now
add to the juice two tablespoonful of GIN
ger, two of mace, two of whole black pep
per, two of salt, one of cloves and one of
cayenne pepper. Let simmer until reduced
to one quart. Pour in half a pint of the
best vinegar, strain through hair sieve;
seal tightly in half-pint bottles.
CHEESE MUFF.
One and half ounces of butter. 4 ounces
crumbled cheese, one teaspoonful of salt,
half a teaspoonful pepper, four eggs well
beaten. Put the cheese and butter and Il
few bread crumbs into a saucepan over the
fire, or, better STILL into a chatting dish over
alcohol lamp. When they begin to melt
add the eggs well beaten and the season.
ing, stir and cook until you can push it up
into soft muff-like form. Serve at once
from the chatting dish or the skillet. Sill
yer Slillets, to be brought to the table with
any of these dainty preparations, are
among the choice things for girls at silver
weddings or to mark the birthday of some
eplcure friend, man or woman.