Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-09-05
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
PEACH CUsTARp PIE.

PEACH CUsTARD PIE.
Use one crust; peel peaches and TURF
the hollow side upward; sweetcn as you
would peach pie; take one egg, .
pinch OF salt one tablespoon sugar;
beat; add milk enough to cover the
peaches; bake. Eat when nearly cool
Canned peaches will answer as vol ~
fresh.
PEACH TAPIoCA.
Soak some tapioca over night and In
the morning boil until perfectly clear.
adding more water from time to time
as needed; slice five nice peaches with
silver knife and sprinkle literally
with sugar; when you take the tapioca
from the stove, stir the peaches into it.
Eat with sugar and cream.
sTEwED DUCKS.
Clean and truss but omit tho stuffinQ.
Sprinkle the bottom of the pot with
onions and a little sage. Lay in the
ducks; cover with thin slices Of fat salt
pork and pour in largo cupful of cold
water. Fit tight top on tho pot and
set where the contents will not boil in
less than an hour. Stew slowly two
hours and half before raising tho lid {;
then turn the ducks and leave until
tender; probably for an hour or more.
Put the fowls on n hot dish to keep
warm; strain the gravy, thicken with
Drowned flour. boil up and pour, part
ly on the ducks, partly into boat. A
good way to dispose Of tough fowls.
LIGHT BISCUIT.
Two quarts of best siftcd -four, one
pint sweet milk. in which melt one
quarter pound of butter. one teaspoon
salt in the milk, one teacup fresh yeast;
make n hole in the center, pour in the
yeast (well shakcn). stir diligently with
a fork; let the milk, ETC., be just luke
warm (no more), then knead as bread;
cut it across through and through with
q knife; let it rise six or seven hours,
rs il may require; take from the pan.
kncad it well, cut in small cakes and
put to rise in an hour or more before
baking; this recipe. with sugar and
suitable spices. makes excellent dough
nuts.
RAW TOMATOES. -
Skin the tomatoes by putting them
in scalling water for minute, allow
to cool, cut into slices and squeeze 0
good lemon over them.
ROLLS.
One quart of flour, two ounces but.
ter well rubbed together. one we'll
beaten egg. little salt, two teas poons
baking powder we'll dissolved and
as much milk as required to make
q stiff batter; beat it well. set TO rise
when light roll out thin. cut into gems,
brush edges with melted butter. fold
them over, place in pans, separated q
little, let them stand while to rise
again and bake.
BREAD PUDDING.
One quart of grated bread crumbs.
one quart milk. yolks Of four eggs,
we'll beaten, butter sac Of an egg, one
cup sugar, two teaspoons baking pow,
der and two teaspoons extract Of
lemons; mix all well together and bake;
beat the whites Of the eggs with CUP
of powdered sugar. flavor with one
teaspoonful extract of lemon OF
orange, cover the pudding with it and
bake until Drowned little.
WATERMELON CAKE.
White part: Take two cups of white
sugar and one of butter. cream well
together, add one cup sweet milk,
three and half of flour, whites Of
eight eggs, beaten very light. two tea.
spoons cream tartar, one of soda dis
solved in little warm water. Red
part: One cup red sugar, half cup but.
ter, third of n cup sweet milk, two cup:
flour, whites of four eggs, teaspoon
cream tartar, half teaspoon soda. tea
cup rasins; seed raisins, rub them vel
into little flour and your cake will
not be so apt to fall; after both kind:
of dough are ready spread we'll the bot
tom and sides of your pan with white
dough. fill up with the red. leaving
enough OF the white to cover over en-
tirely; b, very careful in baking.
TO CAN CORN.
Put the corn raw into cans. then fiji.
tin with cold water even with the tor
OF the corn; solder up the can, prickina
a small hole in the cover; solder thai
also. Boil the cans and contents II
boiling water two and half hours
then with a hot iron open the small
hole and let the gas blow out. aftel
which solder up and boil again two and
half hours and set aside for use
Peas, string beans and Lima beans car
DO put up in the same way,
CHILLI SAUCE.
Thirty tomatoes, three large onions
three peppers, one tablespoonful all
spice, cloves, cinnamon, two nutmeg
two tab!espoonfuls of salt, one quart o
vinegar. one cup of sugar; chop onion!
and pepper very fine; cook tomatoes
some first, mix thoroughly;