The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-03-12
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BOILED FRosT1NG.
One cup of ~granulated sugar and five
tablepoonfuls of milk, boil four OF five
minutes, then stir till cold and put in a
cool cake.
DoUGHNUTs.
Two heaping t~easpoonfuls of baking
powder, one quart of -four, two eggs, one
cup sugar, one cup milk and one teaspoon
full of butter.
RICE D
Half-cup soaked rice, one quart fresh
milk, half-cup r~aisins, one tablespoon
sugar, half a t%easpoonful of salt and but
ter and a little grated nutmeg; serve with
sauce.
BAKED APPLES.
Pare and core and fill the apples with
sugar, butter and candied lemon peel.
Brush all over with sweetened water, and
sprinkle with bread crumbs Drowned in
hot butter. Bake.
JELLY CAKE.
One cup of butter, two cups of sugar,
one cup of sweet milk, three eggs, four
cups of sifted -four and two t~easpoonfuls
of baking powder. Bake in layers, put
tart Jelly between them, and ice the top.
One quart of flour, one tablespoon of
lard and butter mixed, and one tablespoon
of salt; make into a stiff paste, with cold
water; beat dough until it blisters, roll
thin, prick with a fork and bake quickly.
BUTTERMILK MUFFINs.
Beat hard two eggs into a quart of
buttermilk, and stir in -four to make q
thick batter (about one quartz stir in a
teaspoonful of salt, add the same of soda
bake in a hot oven in well creased tins.
Pull open with the fingers and butter.
WALNUT CAKE.
Three eggs, II cups of sugar, one-half
cup of water, two cups of -four mixed
with two ~teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
Beat eggs and sugar thoroughly five
minutes, add water and -four alternately,
Bake in two oblong tins in a quick oven.
CHICKEN POT PIE.
Wash and cut chicken, and boil for
fifteen minutes, then take out and put in
q kettle with several slices of salt pork,
and two or three pintS of water, one
tablespoon of butter, a sprinkling of pep
per, and add dumplings. Let cook about
an hour.
SOFT GINGER CAKE.
Five cupfuls of slfted -four, two cup
fuls brown sugar, one of molasses, one of
butter, one or two of sour milk or clabber,
five eggs, one tablespoonful of ginger,
one of allspice, one of cinnamon, one tea
spoonful of cloves, one t~easpoonful of
soda dissolved in syrup.
COLD sLAw.
Shave off a hard white head of cabbage
and season with the following dressing:
One cup of cream, II teaspoons of mustard,
) one teaspoon of salt, one teaspoon of but
ter, one tablespoon of sugar and yolk of
one egg beaten light. When boiled, add
one cup of strong vinegar, stir we'll and
pour V the cabbage.
CRUMB PUDDING.
One quart of sweet milk, one pint of
bread crumbs, three-quarters of a cup of
sugar, yolks of four eggs, butter size of an
egg, flavor with lemon; bake in a slow
oven; when done spread over a LAYER of
jelly, whip the whites of the eggs to a
froth, add one cup of powdered sugar.
pour over the Jelly and bake a light brown.
Serve cold.
CHICKEN OUTLETS.
Trim the remains of a cold roast or
boiled fowl into nice outlets. Cut pieces
of bread of the same size and shape. FRY
the bread to a pale brown in butter. and
put in the warming oven, with door open.
to keep warm. Dip the outlets in melted
butter, mixed with the beaten volk of an
egg; roll in cracker dust, season with salt
and pepper, and fry for five minutes; serve
each outlet on a piece of the bread.
CREAM CAKES.
One cup of hot water, one-half cup but
ter; set on the stove; when it boils add
one cup -four and cook till thick. Set this
aside and let it get cold, then add three
well-beaten eggs and half a teaspoon of
soda. Drop this on a buttered tin, a table
spoonful for each cake, II inches apart.
Cream for filling: Scald one cup of milk,
add one egg, two dessertspoons corn
starch, and one-half cup of sugar: a small
teaspoon vanilla.
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING.
Boil one quart of milk, keeping out one
small cupful; mix this with five even
t~ablespoonfuls of indian meal, stir it into
the milk, and boil for ten minutes. Take
the kettle from the fire and melt into the
mush two ounces of butter, stirring it well
! In. Then stir in n t~eacupful of brown
sugar, one teacupful of molasses. half a
nutmeg (grated), one tablespoonful of
9gSTround cinnamon, half a teaspoonful of
grppund cloves, and four eggs beaten yerv
Bake two hours.