The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-08-22
FiREsIDE FRAGMENTS.


maple sugar sauce is cspe cially
nice to eat with rice croqucstes Boil
a quarter of a pound of maple smear
and half cupful of water together till
!. threads; stir in the Juice of one lemon.
the whites of two eggs, well beaten.
and half cupful of thick cream. = N.
Y. World.
Sugar Biscuits: Two eggs, one-half
pint OF milk, one tablespoonful of lard.
Two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one
cupful sugar, one and one half pints
hour, pinch of salt Mix into smooth
batter, pour into gem pans and bake
Tor ten minutes in a hot oven.-Detroit
Free Press.
Bowl Cake: One pint bowlful of
sugar. one pint bowlful of raisins
stoned, one bowlful of sweet milk, three
oowlfuls OF flour, one cupful of molasses,
one half bowiful of butter. one tea
spoonful of soda, add spice of all kinds,
mix well and bake carefully; this guam
uty makes two loaves. Herald.
delicious Sponge Cake: Beat the
yoiks and whites of two eggs separate
~ and mix all of one cup of sugar with
the whites, the rest with the yolks. Add
one cup flour, one generous teaspoon
baking powder, and one-quarter tea
spoon salt. After mixing all these well
together. add one-half cup boiling
water. Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Fried Onions: Have frying-pan hot,
put in agood-sized piece of butter Tor
meat fryings after frying meat, put in
the onions sliced: sprinkle with pepper
and salt and pour in just little hot
water. cover closely, let cook twenty
minutes; add teaspoonful of flour in a
little milk, and when it boils it is ready
to serve
-Raisin-Layer Cake: Three-fourths
cup butter, two cups sugar, yolks of
four eggs, one cup milk, three cups
flour mixed with two and one-half tea
spoons baking powder. one teaspoon
lemon extract Bake in four jelly-cake
tins. fill with raisin-cream, made of
whites of four eggs beaten well, half
cup fine sugar, half-pound best raisins
chopped fine, half-cup chopped currants.
Boston Budget
Buying cheap boots is about the
most extravagant act woman can be
guilty OF. Only poor leather enters
into their composition, therefore they
keep in good condition but few weeks;
they are usually uncomfortable, I'M
shapely, and bad fit.. neat, we'll
made boot goes far toward promoting
the elegance of toilet, and. unless
utterly impossible, o fair price should
always be paid for this commodity.
House shoes and slippers are of less i'm
portance, but even here the cheap arti-
Gle is the dearest in the end.
For polishing furniture there are
various preparations that can be bought,
but very simple aud satisfactory
polish is a mixture of linseed oil and
vinegar, well shaken in a bottle before
using. All dust should be removed
from the furniture and the mixture
rubbed over small area only at a time.
Apply with an old piece of flannel and
polish up quickly with soft, clean rub
bers, ending with an old silk handker-
chief. This homemade preparation
does not in time form sort of cake
over the furniture as do some patent
polishes when frequently used.-N. Y.
World.
kitty Gray's Lemon Pie: The juice
and grated rind of one lemon, one cup
OF sugar, the yolks of two eggs, three
tablespoonfuls of flour and one pint of
milk. Line large pie dish with crust,
and pour in the mixture. Bake until
nearly done; take from the oven and
spread over it the whites of two eggs,
well beaten, with two tablespoonful of
white sugar. Set in few minutes to
brown. Mix the lemon juice. grated
rind and sugar together. Wet the -four
with little of the milk, smoothing it |
carefully. Then add the beaten yolks |
of the eggs, the remainder of the milk, |
then stir in the other ingredients Re-
serve teaspoonful of the lemon juice |
to flavor the whites of the eggs.-Detroit |