The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-29
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PEACH CREAM.

PEACE CREAM.
One cupful of thick, sweet cream, one
cupfuI of sugar; beat smooth and add the
whites Of two eggs, beaten stiff. Have a
dish of sliced, ripe peaches. Sprinkle
with sugar and pour the cream over.
Serve very cold.
EARLs.
Two cupfuls white sugar, one-half cup
full butter, one cupful sweet milk, whites
of seven eggs well beaten, two s~poonfuls
baking powder, three small cupfuls Of
-four; flavor with almond or rose. Bake
in small, round tins, and ice thickly.
CoCoANUT SHEETS.
Whip stiff the whites of ten eggs, CRATE
two fresh c%ocoanuts and add, with one
and a-half cupfuls sugar and one cupful
of -four, we'll sifted, with a spoonful of
baking powder. Bake one-half hour in
thin sheets. Ice and sprinkle with Cocoa
nut.
VANILLA SNOW.
Cook one cupful of rice in a covered
dish to keep it white. When nearly
done. add n GU full of cream, a pinch of
salt. the beaten whites of two eggs and
one cupful of sugar. Flavor with vanilla.
Pile in a glass dish and dot with jelly.
Serve with cream and sugar.
LIGHT ROLLS.
One cupful warm water, two Gu yfu!s
milk. one yeast cake; -four to make a
soft batter. When light add a large Spo IN
full Of butter, and one Of sugar, and mold.
When we'll risen, divide into small pieces,
make into rolls; rise again; glaze with
the white of an egg, and bake.
LEMON TARTS.
Fill a number of tart shells with puff
paste and bake. Crate the rindS of two
lemons, add two cupfuls of water, one
cupful Of sugar, a spoonful Of almond
AaYoring and boil and thicken with two
s~poonfuls of corn starch. A small lump
of butter improves it for some tastes. Fill
the tarts while warm; ice the tops.
FIGS.
Three cupfuls of rich milk, one cupful
of sugar a lump of butter, two we'll
beaten eggs and two spoorfuls of corn
starch to thicken when the milk boils.
Place a layer in a glass dish and spread
sliced figs thickly over. Add more cream
and another layer of figs; continue till
all are used. Ice the top and serve cold.
PRESSED HICKE
Stew two chickens until the meat will
drop from the bones. Chop fine, season
to suit taste; a very little sage is an i'm
provement in some cases. Place in a
deep jar, cover vii I a plate after moisten-
ing with the liquor in which the chicken
was cooked. Weigh down with a stone
or h~at-iron. 1t will be ready to cut in
ten hours.
BLACKBERRY EMPRESS.
Two cupfuls milk, one egg, half a cup
full of butter, a spoonful Of baking pow
der, and -four to make a Thin batter.
Place a layer in a pudding dish; cover
with a quart of ~blackberrieS we'll covered
with sugar and a few dabS of butter.
Cover with the remaining batter. Bake
one hour; serve, either hot or cold, with
sweetened cream. This is delicious, and
other fruit may be used, if desirable.
ORANGE CIRCLES.
Two cupfulS sugar, one cupful butter,
n cupful milk, whites of four eggs and
yOlkS of FIVE, two ~spoonfulS of baking
powder, a spoonful of lemon favoring,
and favor to make a smooth batter; bake
quickly in round baking powder box
covers Take the white of one egg, and
beat stiff with sugar; add the Juice of one
orange. Place two cakes together with
the icing between, and ice the top. The
grated skin may be used, if de tired, in
the icing.
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