The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-06-03
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.
MRS S. A. NETTI.B.

basin, pierce the bottom 10 allow Tue
water 10 run of, cover the basin with
putty and then with cookie shells 50
that it will be completely covered, and
you will find that you have dainty
addition to window or piazza.
Theu what pretty playshings for
baby, how he Will delight in the pret-
ty colors and shapes and sizes! Tie
him in his high chair, or bolster him
up with pillows on the floor, and give
| him lapful of shells, and You will
not hear much from him for a while
at least; and then VINO knows, dear
mother, perhaps lie may become ia
nous naturalist some day.
CocoASUr CAKE-1his is very deli
cious, and if covered with chocolate
icing after it is baked, or even with
plain icing, it makes a very pretty
dish on the tea-table. Put IA ID.
butter and IA lb. fine sugar i'll q
basin, beat them to a cream, add
three well-beaten eggs and little
| milk (the cocoanut milk in preference
if fresh cocoanuts are used, but the
dessicated nut answers equally welD,
and stir in by degrees 1-2 ID. fine
-four, mixed with teaspoonful bak-
ing powder, and 3 OF. grated cocoa
nut. Flavor with vanilla or rosewa-
ter. Butter q small cake tin, pour in
the mixture, then lay a thick piece OF
white paper (buttered) over the top
to prevent scorching. Bake in a
brisk oven. Chocolate icing should be
used for the above.
NICE CAKE-One cup light brown
sugar, tablespoonful butter, 2 eggs
and half cup of cold water, l cupful
of -four (sifted), 2 spoonfuls OF bak-
ing powder; bake in two jelly pans.
Filling: CRATE 1 lemon and two ap-
Piles, add one cup of sugar, boil TWO
minutes; when cold, spread between
the cakes. Frosting: One cup of
confectioners sugar, 3 teaspoonfuls OF
cold water and little lemon juice.
Rub smooth and spread on top of the
cake; put in cool place to harden.
MOUNTAIN Dew PUDDING Very nice).
One pint Of sweet milk, the yolks
Off eggs, 2 tablespoonfuls of cocoa
nut, - cake or cracker crumbs, l
teaspoonful of lemon extract. Bake
half an hour Make frosting with
the whites of the two eggs, add half a
tea cup of granulated sugar; spread
this on top of the pudding and re-
turn to the oven to brown slightly.
The quantity can be doubled if a lar
ger pudding is required. You will
note that the only sugar in this pud-
ding is put on top.
BAKED APPLES (my taste Take
large sound apples, when they can
be bad, wash and wipe dry. Cut or
scrape lust the surface portion of the
blossom end. Then with narrow
blade knife or corer, cut out the cen
ter Containing seed, ETC. from the
stem, cutting only through to just be-
yond the core. Put in baking pan
with the opening up. Mix best fresh
butter, sugar, and nutmeg or other
flavor. Fill the opening in each ap.
pie with this butter, etc. Put half
pint of hot water, or enough water to
no more than just cook them done.
Bake in not too hot an oven till done
and nice brown. Then remove to
covered or other dish, and set on
back or near stove to keep hot while
YOU add some sugar to the water in
baking pan, so as to make syrup.
When YOU think it is cooked enough
set on back of stove and baste them
with this syrup till you think they are
nicely favored. Nice either warm or
cold.
Rich CRuLLERs.-Beat to cream
one-quarter pound of butter, and mix
with it the same quantity OF fine
granulated sugar, four well beaten
eggs, and -four enough to roll out;
do not forget a pinch of salt. Gut
the paste into oblong pieces four or
five inches in length with paste cut
ter, divide the center into three or
four strips; wet the edges, and plait
one bar over the other, so as to meet
in the center. Throw them into suf-
fcient boiling lard that they may
readily swim; the lard must be hot
enough that the cakes cook at once
when thrown into it. When of light
brown color, take them out, place in a
colander lined with absorbing paper,
and let them drain before the fire.
MNcE PHs.-The mince must be
made beforehand, and kept in cov-
cred iar till required; and it is the
better for standing some time. But
if quantity is required in a hurry, l
have found it a good plan to put the
jar of freshly prepared fruit etc. (all
except the brandy into a cool oven,
ard let it remain there for two or
three hours. This plan certainly
makes the "mince" more digestible.
Take 2 lbs. beef suet, finely minced;
2 lbs. of apples pared, cored, and
stewed with two tabie-spoonfuls OF
water, and then allowed to cool; 2
lbs. best raisins stoned and chopped
small; 2 lbs. best currants, picked,
washed, and dried; 3-4 ID. mixed
candied peel, chopped very small; IL
lb. soft brown sugar, 2 grated nut
megs, a teaspoonful salt, the grated
rind and juice of one fresh lemon, l-2
or. ground ginger, do. cloves, do. all
spice. Mix all together thoroughly
the dry spice being mixed previously
with the salt aud sugar. Moisten
with 2 wineglassfuls brandy and 2 OF
sherry (Which preserves as we'll as
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