Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-15


solve boraX In boiling water and apply
with cloth or soft brush; rinse carefully
and dry in the sun.
EGG SAUCE.
Beat the white of one egg till stiff;
then add the yelk and beat well; one cup
full of sugar, with teaspoonful of lemon
or vanilla; then add one cupful of cream
or rich milk.
QUICK PUDDING
Three eggs, one small cupful CT -four.
four tablespoonfuls of baking powder:
steam in small cups for twenty-five min
utes; this quantity will make FIVE
A frying-pan should never touch water.
Scour them out with salt the moment they
are done with, and wipe clean with a
cloth. A washed omelet-pan makes poor
omelet.
FOR WASHING RED TABLE LINEN.
Use tepid water with little powered
borax, which serves to set the color; wash
the linen separately and quickly, using
very little soap: rinse In tepid water con-
tanning a little boiled starch; hang to dry
In the shade add iron when almost dry.
DINNER ROLLS.
Blend one pound of -four with as much
good sweet oil as will make very thick
paste, add a good pinch Of salt the yolk
of two eggs we'll beaten ard as much
baking powder as will lie level In salt
spoon, dissolved in half gill of milk
Mix all well together, -four your tins, and
bake for half an hour in moderate
oven.
COTTAGE PUDDING.
Nne pint of -four, one teacupful of sweet
milk, one egg, one-half teacupful of sugar,
two heaping teaspoonfuIs of baking pow
der, pinch of salt, bake twenty to thirty
minutes. Sauce: Rub together one-half
teacupful of -four, one tablespoonful of
butter, add one egg beaten, one-half cup
of sugar. add boiling water; let come to
boil, flavor with vanilla.
LEMON CAKE.
Two cupfuls Of sugar, one-half cupful of
butter, three eggs, one cupful of milk,
three cupfuls of -four, three level teaspoon
fuls of baking powder; bake in layers.
For the jelly use the grated rind and juice
of two lemons, one cupful of sugar, one
egg, one-half cupful of water, one tea
spoonful of butter and one tablespoonful
OF -four mixed in a little water. Boil until
it thickens, let it cool, and spread it be-
tween the layers or cake.
CITRON PUDDING.
Mix one-half pint of cream or rich milk |
with tablespoonful of -four until they are
perfectly smooth, then add ounces of fine |
sugar, a little grated nutmeg and three
well-bcaten eggs, the whites and yelks |
separately; when thoroughly incorporated. |
add 2 ounces of citron cut in slips dredged |
with -four. Pour the mixture into moulds |
and bake fifteen minutes in quick oven |
Send to the table hot.
KIDNEY SOUP
Take one beef kidney, skin it and cut it
into small pieces on board with 2 ounces
of -four. Cut up large onion, fry it and
the kidneys in a stewpan with ounces of |
butter until brown; when quite brown add |
one pint of water and let it simmer; if any
fat rises skim it. Add one carrot, one
turnip cut into dice, little pepper and
salt, herbs and celery, or celery seed
bruised In a mortar. and two or three
Cloves pour in gradually three pints more
of water. and let all simmer slowly for two |
or three hours. When done squeeze in
little lemon juice.
ORANGE CHARLOTTE.
One-eighth box gelatine, one-eighth cup
cold water, one-eighth cup boiling water
one cup sugar, one cup orange juice and |
pulp, juice of one lemon, whites of three !
eggs. Soak the gelatine in the cold water !
until soft, then add boiling water, sugar
and lemon juice; strain and add orange /
juice and little of the grated rind Cool |
when the jelly begins to harden, heat until |
light then add the beaten eggs and beat |
together thoroughly. Have mould lined /
with lady fingers and pour the mixture
into it; before serving pile one pint of I'M
whipped creamon the top of the charlotte.
To Prevent Rolling Land Washing.
Prairie Farmer.
Land that is broken or rolling demands !
considerably different management from +.
that which is nearer level. Hard rains
in the spring and summer will wash
broken land badly, unless considerable care
is taken in blowing and cultivating, and
after wash gets started it requires con-
siderable work to stop it, while the soil
that is taken off is rarely returned. The
better plan is at the start to manage so