Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15

Mayonnaise of Lettuce.
Cheese Fritters.
Cream Rose Cake. Lemon Jelly.
Coffee.
Following are recipes that will help tn,
earnest housekeeper in her effort to hsv,
palatable and healthy meals:
BISCUIT.
sift together, twice, one quart Of -four. twt
heaping teaspoonfuls of good baking powder
and one teaspoonful of salt.
Rub through the -four. thoroughly, two large
tablespoonfuls Of cold, firm lard.
Add sweet milk enough to make sof
dough.
Mix with silver fork, and turn out on well
houred molding board.
Handle as little as possible.
Roll out smooth, and cut with a keen edged
knife into small squares, fingers or diamonds.
Prick with fork lightly.
Dredge the baking pan with -four.
Bake in brisk oven l5 minutes.
CREAMY oMELEr.
Beat the yelks of four eggs lightly with a
full of cream.
Season with scant teaspoonful of salt and a
little peper.
Stir in the whites beaten stiff
Have the omelet pan perfectly clean, smooth
and hot.
Put in generous tablespoonful of butter,
and Just as soon as it melts-be careful not to
scorch it-turn in the mixture and at once
begin to shake the pan with regular motion.
While the top is still soft and creamy set the
pan in the baker (Which should be hot) and re-
move the instant it becomes set, or just tinged
with brown.
Roll with cake turner onto platter that is
quite warm.
Garnish with parsley sprigs.
If the complete directions given here are
carried out, delicious omeIet, entirely worthy
of its name. will be the result.
LENTEN SANDWICHES.
Cut graham bread into thin slices.
Butter lightly and sprinkle with minced water
cress and grated Parmesan cheese.
BEET SALAD
Boil one-half dozen beets until quite tender
Change into cold water and rub of the
skins
When quite cool, cut into dice and mix with
an equal quantity of rd-boiled eggs, minced.
Serve with cream salad dressing.
cREAMED OYSTERS
Put into double boiler one quart of oyster
liquor.
When the boiling point is reached skim care
fully.
When about to boil add the oysters and re-
move at once from the fire.
Have seasoning of SALT pepper and butter In
the tureen; also pinch of cayenne.
Pour in the oysters and serve at once.
II thickening is desired, add little cracker
meal, or beaping teaspoonful of flour mixed
with a little milk.
LEMON PIE.
We hope the following recipe will be given a
fair trial 1t has been well tested and pro-
nounced most excellent.
Beat the yolks of four eggs until very
smooth.
Add the grated peel of one lemon and one
and one-half cupfulS OF sugar.
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Add the juice of one large lemon Tor two
small ones) and two-thirds of cupful of water.
Stir well and pour into pie tins lined with
puff paste.
Beat the whites of the eggs to stiff froth
with four tablespoonfuls of pulverized sugar,
Spread over the pies, when baked.
Return to the oven and brown slightly. This
recipe makes two pies.
In using the peel of lemon or orange scrape
OF lightly with very sharp knife the yellow
part only-whlch contains the OIL
By scraping or grating deeper bitterness is
impaired.
CHEESE FRITTERS.
Crate two ounces of rich, sharp cheese
Mix with two dessertspoOnfuls of bread
crumbs a deSSertspoonful of butter a pinch of
cayenne and one egg.
Reduce TO paste, and shape into balls about
Flatten little. dip into fritter batter, and
Try brown in hot fat.
CREAM ROSE CAKE.
Cream. together one cupful of butter and
,hres cupfuls of powdered sugar.
Stir into this mixture one small cupfuI of
,neam Unto which 1t is safe to put pinch of
oda).
Beat minutes with the dover, until the
mixture is like whipped cream.
Flavor with vanilla and put in by turns the
whites of ten eggs beaten to a standing froth,
md nearly five cupfuls of prepared flour.
After taking out the two white LAYERS color
he remainder with teaspoonful, or less of |
Iquid cochineal, sift in Qast) two teaspoonfuls |
,aking powder.
Bake i'll jelly-cake pans.
ICING FOR CREAM ROSE CAKE.
Take two and one-half cupfuls granulated |
ugar and one-half cupful of water.
Boil three minutes.
When cool add the whites of three we'll |
eaten eggs, and one teaspoonful of vanilla.
Grated cocoanut sprinklsd in the icing makes
very pretty effect.
LEMON JELLY.
Soak package of gelatins with enough cold
STIR in the juice of three lemons, and the
rated peel of one, and two cupfuls of white
ugar.
Pour over this scant quart of boiling water
nd stir until dissolved.
Strain through flannel into a wet mold.
When about to serve stand the mold for a
linute in tepid water and turn out. |
Surround with whipped cream.
Here are some general recipes:
CREAM CAKE.
One cupful Of sugar and two eggs, beaten to-
sther.
Add one cupful of sour cream, two of sifted
our. a teaspoonful of cream of tartar. a half
of soda, and pinch of salt
Bake and eat fresh
BANANA PUDDING.
Line deep dessert dish with slices Of sponge
Ike.
Alternate with sliced bananas and cake until
Ie dish is nearly full.
Pour over pint of cold-boiled custard and
,ap with whipped cream.
WHIPPED CREAM.
Sweeten one-half pint of sweet cream with
me loaf sugar, which has been we'll rubbed
/ the outside of lemon and then crushed.
Put into cold vessel with the beaten white |
one egg.
Whip to a stiff froth in a cold place.
CHICKEN FRITTERs.
Mince coid-boiled chicken, seas on we'll and
tx ; ith tritter batter.
Drop by spoonfuls into hot fat.
BOILED CHOCOLATE CUsTARD.
Crate a quarter of pound of chocolate.
Add one-half pint of hot water and stir con-
antly until it dissolves without boiling.
Beat together four eggs and one-half pound
Add quart Of polling milk and stir in the
ocolate.
Strain through sieve.
Return to the fire and stir with wooden
Don, without ceasing, for five minutes.
Set on ice until ready to serve.
APPLE CUsTARD PIE.