River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-02
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Roast Shoulder of Mutton: A
shoulder of mutton should not be baSted
in roasting, but simply rubbed with a
little butter; serve with onion sauce
Boston Herald.
Large perfora ed and small plain
wooden spoons are needed in desert
making. On no account should butter
be creamed, fruit juices measured, or
cream beaten with an iron spoon.
Indian Biscuits: One quart of cold
Indian mush, one quart coarse wheat
flour, one-half pint of milk. Make the
biscuits as soft as you can well handle
them. bake in quick oven for twenty
minutes Detroit Free Press
When washing black eress goods,
soap must never under any circum-
stances be applied directly to the ma
terial. In order to obtain the neces-
sary suds. il must be shaved and entire
ly dissolved in a basinful of boiling
water, and then thrown into the wash
tub.
For salad dressing boil together
one-half pint of vinegar. one large ta-
blespoonful of butter and one table
spoonful of sugar. Beat two whole
eggs, or the yollzs of four, with one-half
cupful of cream. Add one teaspoonful
of mustard to the boiling vinegar. Mix
all together and stir constantly till it
thiclxens.-N. Y World.
Boiled Turnips: Pare the turnips
and cut them into quarters, put them
into a stewpan with boiling water and
salt, boil them until quite tender; then
drain them dry and rub them through
a colander with n wooden spoon. add
one or two tablespoonfuls of cream
and put them into the stewpan again
with large piece of butter and little
white pepper; stir them over the fire
until thoroughly mixed and very hot;
serve with boiled mutton.-Boston Her
aid.
-Omelet: Allow one egg for each
person; two eggs make a small omelet.
Beat tire eggs well till light, season
with pepper and salt and a spoonful of
finely chopped ehives or shallott and
parsley; put a little butter in pan,
and when it is melted and hot, put in
the eggs, etc, and fry. When the I'M
der side is colored and the top is about
the consistency of scrambled eggs, slip
it out of the pan into hot dish, fold
il over and serve at once.-Boston
Budget.
bananas in Jelly: Make with boil
ing water a quart of strong and sweet
lemonade, using only the juice of the
| lemons. Soak half box of galatine
one hour in small cup of cold water;
stir it into the boiling lemonade and set
| it where it viii cool, but not harden.
/ Cut three bananas in lengthwise halves
and lay them in mold wet with cold
/ water, cover them with half the jelly
and set the mold upon the ice until the
| Jelly sets. Then slice in three more
bananas and pour in the remainder of
| the jelly. Serve with cream or soft
| custard. Springfield Republican.
Cheap cuts of meat and tough poul-
| try require long and slow cooking 10
render them tender. Give plate meat
| costing five cents per pound. five or six
hours for quietly simmering, then an
/ hour before dinner roast it down in its
own liquor, and it viii probably be as
| tender as desired. The bones should be
removed and the meat rolled and tied
! in shape, then put in a pot to cook.
/ This cut from the fore shoulder con-
| tains more fat and bones than lean
meat, but five pounds of plate meat is
sufficient for as many persons, and the
bones will make excellent soup.-N. Y.
/ World.
If You have young chicken it is
| best to split it down the back and broil
/ it. 1t is also good dredged with flour
and Drowned in an iron pan in some hot
butter, first on the outer side, then on
the inner, sprinl1ling with salt after the
| former is turned uppermost. When
/ done and removed on to a hot platter,
| pour little cream into the frying-pan
| to boil up and mix with the brown de-
/ post in it, salt it slightly, add a few
drops of lemon-juice and pour over the
chicken. Serve it trimmed with punches
of parsley, ethics fresh or fried crisp in
some boiling lard
Cream Meringtes: Four eggs (whites
only whipped stiff with one pound of
powdered sugar, favored with vanilla
| or orange. When very stiff heap in the
shape of half an egg upon stiff letter
! paper, lining the bottom of baking
/ pan. Have them at least a half inch
/ apart. Do not shut the oven door
closely. as they burn very easily. Watch
very closely, and when light yellow
brown take them out and cool quickly;
| slip a thin bladed knife under each,
scoop out the soft inside and fill with
cream whipped very stiff as for Char
! lotte- Russo. The oven should be very
| hot Ladies' Home Journal.