The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-26
FlReslpE FRAGMENTS.

Potatoes la Maitre d Hotel: Wash
potatoes and boil thea in cold water
slightly saltej. When done, peel them,
and cut in thin, round slices. Put chem
into saucepan with throe tablespoon
fuls of butter, salt, pepper, and little
nutmeg, the juice of a lemon and a
tablespoonful of chopped parsley, and
when very hot serve with the fish. -
Housekeeper.
Lady Sutherland's: One quart of
flour, three eggs, one piece of buttqi
the size of walnut, three cnps OF
sweet milk and teaspoonful of salt.
Beat very light after you mix the i'm
gradients. Bake quickly in small tin
patty-pans, Make as shortly before
these cakes are to be served as possible,
lest they fall, and lose their delcacy
with their lightness. -Harper's Bazaar.
Chocolate Vanilla Creams: Take
two cups of pulverized sugar and a half
cup of cream Boil for five minutes,
and divide Off into balls while hot. Take
as much grated chocolate as is neces-
sary and steam over tea kettle. When
soft, cover the balls and set away to
harden. If you wish to have vanilla
flavor, add the extract before putting
on stove. Ladies' Home Journal.
Spread Eagle Pudding. Cut off the
crust of three good-sized rolls, and slice
them in IA dish; set three pints of mill,
over the fire, and let it scald, but not
boil; then pour over the bread; cover il
close and let it stand an hour; then put
in large spoonful of sugar, very
! little grated nutmeg, a pound of suet
half pound of currants, four spoonfuls
of cold milk, ten eggs-but the whites
of five onty-after all ingredients are
in, mix well and put in buttered disf
and bake. Boston Herald.
To cure the very worst cold catch
able, take one teaspoonful of faxseed
one ounce of licorice, and one quarter
of Il pound of raisins. Put the above
named ingredients into two quarts O.
water, and over n slow fire boil it dowr
to one-half it's original bulk. Now
pound till very fine one-quarter of {
pound of rock candy, add it to the mix
ture, and finish by adding one table
| spoonful of lemon juice. Drink half
| pint of this upon going to bed, and {
little more whenever the cough il
troublesome. This is u sovereign bal
samic cordial for the lungs. .-Detroi
Free Press.
-Beefsteals bones need never bt
thrown away, rs they will make an ex
cellent soup Crack the bones in piece,
and put them in u closely covered sauce
pan with just enough water to cove
them; let them simmer slowly a couple
of hours, then add two sliced potatoes
two carrots chopped fine and one slicet
onion. If you want tomato soup, ado
half dozen tomatoes peeled and sliced
or tapioca or vermicelli. Add as mucl
water as you will need for the quantit,
of soup desired, boil for two hours, re
move the bones, season and serve. N
Y. Tribune.
Apple Cream Cake excellent. j.
One-half cupful each of sugar and swee
milk. one egg, one-third cupful (scant
of melted butter, one teaspoonful eacl
of lemon and cream tartar, and one
half teaspoonful of soda mixed wit
flour to make a smooth batter by sift
ing twice This will make three round
in layer-cake tins. Between the layer
and on the top put filling made b
grating one large sour apple, addin
one cupful of sugar the beaten whit
of an egg, one teaspoonful of vanilla
and beating together with an eg
beater. Good housekeeping