Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-09-05
HOUSEHOLD eREv,Ttes.

-Toast.-Grate some rich cheese, a,ad
pepper to taste, a beaten egg and milk
to make it the consistency of thick
cream. Warm the mixture on the fire,
and when it is quite hot pour it over
some slices OF hot buttered toast Serve
ediately.-Detroit Free Press.
To rid ones self of dandruff. take
one ounce of sulphur. one quart of wa
ter, repeatedly agitated during inter
walls of a few hours, and saturate the
head every morning with the clear
liquid. This will, after few weeks
faithful application, remove every trace
of dandruf from the scalp. and the hair
will become soft and glossy.
Coffee Ice Cream.-Grind the coffee
as coarscly as your mill will let yoa
and put, with one pint of cream, into
an oatmeal boiler, and let it sc2.5 Cor
lay clean cloth over your sieve and
strain all through it; then stir into it
half a pound of sugar, and when cold,
add another pint of cream, and freeze
it in the usual manner.-Good House
keeping.
Liquids can be filtered by running
them through blotting-paper or the
flter-paper such as is used by drug
gists. Fold it across both ways, corner
to corner, through the center. When
opened out the paper SO folded will
form a sort of cup, which will go
through the mouth of bottle and hold
a little of the liquid to be filtered, or if
used with funnel waste can be avoided.
N. Y. World.
-Cocoanut Macaroons the
whites Of five eggs until light, not stiff;
then add by degrees one pound of pow
dered sugar; add a teaspoonful of rosc
water and a half-pound of shredded
cocoanut; mix carefully and thoroughly
together, and place by teaspoonfuls on
a creased paper. Bake in moderate
oven until l'ght brown. They should
be first busted with powdered sugar
and placed at least two inches apart on
the paper.-Boston Budget.
Black Cake.-One pound Of butter
and the same OF white sugar stirred to
light cream; twelve eggs (whites and
yolks beaten separately, one nutmeg
(grated), one level teaspoonfu1 each of
ground cloves and ground mace and
one pound of flour sifted twice. Beat
this mixture thoroughly and add two
pounds of raisins (stoned), two pounds
of currants, one-fourth Of a pound of
citron (cut In thin strips), and one-half
chopped}, all of which should be lightly
dredged with flour, that they may not
sink to the bottom of the cake. Bake
slowly in a very moderate oven.-Good
I
Rich Plum Cake.-Two pounds OF
prepared flour (this is made by mixing
two ounces of carbonate of soda and
one and one-quar:er ounces of tartaric
acid. and two ounces of common salt
with one gallon of fine tiour), one
pound of butter. one pound of white
sugar, two pounds of currants, one
quarter of pound of mixed candied
peel. and six eggs. Use any flavor pre-
ferred. and half pint of new milk.
Mix together all the dry ingredients,
then add the yolks of the eggs and the
milk; beat the whites and add last,
mixing them in lightly but thoroughly.
Line L large tin with oiled paper, and
bake until done in moderate oven. -
Detroit Free Press.
Roast Sweetbreads. Time, thirty
minutes. Trim off the tough part of
two sweetbreads, and blanch them for
nearly two hours in a stewpau of boil
ing water with little salt. Then take
them out and put them into cold water
until they are cool. Run skewer
through the sweetbreads and fasten
them on spit, brush them over with
the yoik of one ell-beaten egg. Shake
bread crumbs over them and sprinkle
them with clarified butter and again
with bread crumbs; roast them for
half an hour. When done take them
from the sllewers, and make q gravy
of a little butter, a little lemon juice, a
pinch of cayenne: make it hot and
serve it in the dish under the sweet
breads. Garnish with slices of lemon
boston Herald.