Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-22
JUST sow TO MAKE GINGER
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"a. u Nc did not all IL "a know how
Ia 10 ANYTHING a. simple az that, al
ready =" cNclaims some young bat very
u lee hou.sk..I-r. Hut dld YOU know,
my dear, that there arr two Kind. ~ thi.
toothsomc aud delicious, not Ia ay
h.alihiui. adjunct to our breakfast
tablc.y No. then "lend me your ears
while give you, In detail ilr.i, of course,
my way.
Take ~ New orleans molasses, sugar.
and butter. Zach one cupiul. -Four Into
a .ts~Ian ~ hasln, then all your cup
u i'm h., water aud pour about tNo-,hiri.
Of that into your other "lngrgienc~-,
rcsefSing the onc-thlrd la the cup az q
di..ol,rnt for the soda. New stir thor
ougIly aud pl,c, on the range where the
mixture will come Ia q toll without
.cofvhing, tlisu remove tO III" table, aud
let n cool hit brforc adding the four,
then stir In gradually. until stif'enc'i.
little -four. then add tablespoonful 81
soda ,ssH dissolved In the rcscr,cd third
20 a cupful - water, Tablespoonful oi
ginger ,or m"rr II YOU Ike a 'e,il-'-,'ii'n
egg, and Pitch ~ salt. Again siir well
together. adding hour a. long a. you can
stir easily, then pour into hollow ln
some iiour In your pan. aud pr"cc~'l Ia
mix With the hand. until YOU can roll II
out readily.
EolI out a quarter or half-lnch thick,
a. YOU like thick az thin cookies, cut Into
g,nerou.-.iud cakes, anil hak. In quick
oven, REMEMBERING Ia grease your tin.
Al first, which, uecd not b. done sgain.
when done, frmoyc Ia the table, LEI them
stand on the tins few moments, then
lift carefully With knife aud lay on a
folded towel. WHERE they should remain
until cool, or nearly so, II YOU wish them
Ia preserve their shape. Finally, ar
range loosely Ia = pan or Jar,-and plac"
under lock aud key u yea wish them Ia
keep any length oi time: they have
way, peculiar Ia themselves, Of e,apo-
rating. ar, az all events, disappearing.
- much for my wsy; nov "I.ook on
that picture. then GA THE"
Firmly believing In the perfection OF
INV Iong-tried receipt, I Que. gave IL Into
the hands ~ young housekecpcr, and
u hill. she proceeded la evolve It, occult
mysteries 1 took q seat by a window Ia
al. kitchen aud (o.tensibly) read. She
threw the ingredients hastily together,
gave the mas. Hop or two, then tossed
the soda into the water, CAV. u stir
With n spoon. aud added that Ia the
already SETTLING mass. And here the
laugh came ln, a. she gave little scream
aud ran with the mixture towards her
pan IL hour, which kindly received what
dId not fall GA her dres. or the foor.
She then prOce~ied Ia subdue the re-
fractory mes. by vigorous W. ~ her
hands, aud the hour went In Ia strcaks.
like everything else. She finally got the
first instalmcnt Into her oven, aud after
II had done Il. part she tore the cookies
Of the tins aud dumped them Into her
pan re,i-hot, where they steamed aud
warIed aud adhered Ia each other bcanti-
fully, cannot describe them; they
wer. guarded aud knotty and striped ani
olka-siottsd aud a. yariegated as
Joseph. coat of old. I -bouii have felt
sorry for Ter a. ! saw the look OF morii-
flcaiion and disgust on her beautiful face,
only that shc was one of those ~lse one.
who think ''pain.taking aud business
are anonymous words.
Now, after long year. OF hou.ekeep-
ing, I .toutly maintain that II IL just ss
necessary 10 exercl.c careiulncss In cook
ing o. In building q house. There are
more ways than one "a boil q potato,
even. And here let me say that many
good things are utterly spoiled through
4 failure ~ thoroughly Incorporate the
ingredients before pouring Into the hour.
Away. do that part ~ IL In weasel, aud
aoi In the four-psn. soda, especially,
aims at consplcuoasness, aud will come
To the front unless we'll sub'luei la wa
ter. An egg, too, will he Ia foam or In
shrcds. as YOU desire IL; sugar In lump.
ar Invisible, "a you exercise care aud
labor In the preparation.
"Before taken "a b. well shaken,' the
well-knowD direction for medicine. might
he construed Into "liefore baking Ia be
we'll stirred, In the cuisine. '.what h
worth doing at all IL worth doing we'll"
IL q rule which admits Of few cxcep-
lions In the kitchen. Does u pays Yes:
Ia good food, good health. good disPo..
sltions, and In the feeling Of general
satisfaction you experience even though
you are manufacturing nothing greater
Than go batch Of ginger cookies"