The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-24
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Very thick cream should be beates
with a fork. AS fast as the froth is
beaten skim it off.
Banana Cake: Bake any light cake
In shallow pans as for cream or Jelly.
cake. When ready to serve mot be-
fore) cover the cake with sliced bananas,
sprinkle with powdered sugar and
orange juice. Put on the other cake
and cover in the same manner.-Boston
Budget.
Bran water is considered very good
for washing calico. Boil one quart OF
bran in one gallon of water for an hour
or so, then strain and add one-third OF
1t to enough water to wash dress.
Rinse in two waters, adding a portion
of the bran water to each rinse. Dry
in the shade.-N. Y. World.
Canned Cherries: Wash first, then
stone them, straining the juice and add.
ing to the cherries. Allow one cupful
of sugar to every quart can; let it stand
q few minutes to extract the juice, then
put in the preserving kettle and cook
slowly ten minutes. Can the same as
any other it.-Housekeeper.
Saddle of Lamb; Allow one-quar-
ter of an hour for each pound in cook
ing. Cover it with buttered paper, and
roast briskly. constantly basting it after
removing the paper and before, first
with butter, then with the drippings in
the pan: have it a delicate brown; serve
with mint sauce.-Bostcn Herald.
Egg Salad: Mince fine half dozen
hard-boiled eggs, and cover them with
creamed dressing made by beating to-
gether one egg, one teaspoonful OF
sugar, half teaspoonful each, of salt
and mustard, one-fourth Of teaspoon
full of pepper, half a cupful of vinegar,
and cook until thick in a bowl set in a
vessel of hot water Add one teaspoon
full of chopped onion, and serve either
cold or warn.-Demorests Monthly.
Beef Loaf: -Four cupfuls of lean
beef, chopped fine; one-fourth cupful OF
salt pork, chopped fine; one teacupful
ofrolled crackers, two well-beaten eggs,
one teaspoonful salt, one teaspoonful
pepper, sage to favor. Sprinkle crumbs
over the top and bake two hours and a
half. Basic while baking with one-hali
: teaspoonful of butter dissolved in one.
half cup of hot water To be served in
slices when eold.-Detroit Free Press.
The eyes should always be wiped
toward the nose, as it presses out the
fine lines from the corners. Every
, woman has heard of the virtues of rain
) water for the complexion, but it is hare
. to procure this in our Cochituate-sup
. piled houses A good substitute is tt
! keep pitcher of water for toilet use ii
r which lemon, orange or cucumber pee
4 is allowed to soak. Water SO impreg
mated, it is said, imparts healthy glow
a and really freshens the complexion
4 while it softens the skin. a.s
9 Cheese Ramakins: Four table
/ spoonfuls grated cheese, one gill O
a milk, yolks of two eggs, two table
s spoonfuls butter, one-half pint of breat
S crumbs, one-third tablespoonful mus
tard, whites of three eggs, dash o
cayenne pepper, one-half teaspoonfu
of salt. Put bread and milk on to boil
stir till smooth, then add the cheese an,
butter, stir over the fire one minute
a take off, add seasoning and yollSs O
It eggs. Beat whites to stiff froth, AM
T. stir them carefully in. Pour into
). creased baking tin, and bake fifteel
r minutes in quick oven. Some recipe
J. call for dried bread crumbs, some TO
n stale, The difference is this: Drie
d crumbs are those which have dried il
e the oven and are then rolled. The stal
Y crumbs are those which come from tn
9 center of a loaf soine days old In thi
k recipe use the stale crumbs. Put a b
d of soda with the ingredients, and tn
a dish will be less apt to hurt the eater.
d Boston Globe.