The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-12-10
FIREsIDE FRAGMENTS.

To fasten labels to tin cans, add
one teaspoonful of brown sugar to one
quart Of paste Detroit Free Press.
Thick sweet cream thickened and
favored, and thickened with little
flour or corn starch and baked between
two crusts, is excellent.
Egg Chowder: Fry slices of pork;
cook onions and potatoes as for fish
chowder; just before serving, break in
to it as many eggs as eaters. Boil for
a minute and serve. Boston Budget.
To Boil Salt Mackerel: Wash the
mackerel, and soak over night in clear,
cold water and boil gently thirty min
utes. Serve with them plain boiled
rice and boiled potatoes.-Detroit Free
Press.
One of the latest novelties for diu-
ner table decoration is a heart of vel
vety pansies, suggestive of the poetic
name of the flower heartsease. The
splendid mass of deep-toned blossoms
are deity brought into strong relief by
spray of white stephanotes thrown
lightly across it's surface.-N. Y. World.
Chicken and Okra Southern Gum
boz: Cut up a chicken, roll in flour, and
fry in boiling lard; add sliced onion.
Pour two cupsful of boiling water over,
and let simmer ten minutes; add pod
of red pepper, let boil thick, season with
salt and tablespoonful of butter. Dish
and serve with boiled rice.-Good House
keeping.
-Waffles: Beat the whites and yolks
of four eggs separately. To the yolks
add two tabespoonsful of butter, one
quart of milk, ono teaspoonful of soda,
salt, two teaspoonsful of cream of tar
tar and flour enough to make thin
batter. Add the whites of the eggs
the last thing and stir we'll. Bake in
waffle irons. Baking powder may be
used instead of tho soda and cream of
tartar if preferred.-Prairie Farmer.
Buns: Three cupsful sweet milk,
one cupful yeast; -four enough to make
stiff batter. Set this sponge over
night; in the morning add one cupful
sugar, one-half cupful melted butter,
one-half a nutmeg; tablespoonful of salt:
-four enough to roll like biscuit; knead
well and set to rise FIVE hours; roll one
half an inch thick; cut into round cakes
and put into the pan. When they have
stood one-half an hour make a cross on
each one and put into the oven instant
ly.-Chicago Herald.
An idea for cushion which is mere
~ an elaboration of the covers made OF
mems white linen hemstitched handker-
chiefs was seen in a suburban parlor
recently. A large-sized plain black silk
muller, with hemstitched border, had
been powdered all over with tiny
Johnny jumpups, their gay little
faces worked in purple and gold floss.
The square was then fitted on a cushion,
whose lining was gold silk, and the four
corners had heavy tassels made of gold
colored fax-N. Y. Times.
--Stewed Mushrooms on Toast: Cut
the stalks from some fresh mushrooms
Have two bowls; one-half full of col
water. Rinse the mushrooms, one by
one, in the water, and drop them into
the second bowl. (They should not rest
n moment in the water, as that would
| impoverish them.) For one pound OF
mushrooms put into the upper pan two
| tablespoonfuls of butter; cut the mush
rooms into this, and sprinkle over then
one tcaspoonful of salt and half a salt
spoonful of pepper Cook them gently
for ten minutes. having the wicks of the
lamp low, and serve on toast.-Ladies
Home Journal.