The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-09
HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.

To Make Apple cider.-we know Of
only one way; that is, to get cider
press, extract the juice from the apples
put in q cask or barrel and bung up
close.
Snapper Soup.-Cut the meat into
pieces and put into q kettle with three
pints OF soup stock, veal is the best;
add little cayenne pepper and salt to
taste. Roll three crackers very fine;
add to the soup and boil twenty min
utes; add two taplespontils OF butter
and pint OF cream.
Almond Jumbles. half pound
Of butter to cream, with half pound
of loaf sugar; mix this with pound OF
-four and n quarter OF Il pound Of al
monds, blanched and cut very fine, the
Juice OF one lemon; work all well to-
gether, then roll it thin, cut it into
small, round cakes, and bake them in a
quiet oven.
Melon Jam-Peel and cut in slices,
and boil in little sailed water until soft
enough to put through a colander.
Make syrup, using one pound Of su.
gar to pound OF melon, and pint OF
water to every two pounds of sugar.
Boil the syrup and skim; add one lemon
TO every three pounds of fruit and q
hall ounce OF green ginger When the
syrup is clear add the melon and cook
slowly until it thickens like Jelly, then
seal up.
Rice Pudding With l'rult.-Put your
rice in n steWOnn. with very little milk,
that is, to one cup OF rice one gill OF
milk. Stand it where it will be hot, but
not boil; when the rice has absorbed
all the milk, add to it q quarter Of a
pound OF dried currants and one egg,
well beaten. Boil it in bag till the
rice is tender, and serve 1t with sugar
and cream. More fruit may be added
to the rice If it should be preferred.
Baked Tomatoes Select smooth,
round tomatoes, Of uniform size, not
very juicy. Put them in hot water, re-
move the skin cut them in halves and
scoop out all the seeds. Chop and rub
to u powder one-third Of cup OF boiled
ham or tongue, add two-thirds OF cup
of soft bread-crumbs, one teaspoonful oil
chopped parsley, or one tablespoonful OF
thyme, a little pepper, and sufficient
melted butter to moisten. Fill the to-
matoes with the mixture, place them in
u shallow dish, and bake fifteen min
utes.
Ban mas in jelly-Make a mold Of
lemon jelly. Cut bananas in slices, and
line the bottom and sides of mold.
Pour the jelly in slowly, that it may not
float the fruit. Keep in ice water until
hard. II you have no mold, use small
round, glass dish. Put the sliced ba-
nanas on the bottom, then turn in a
little jelly; when hard, put row round
the sides with spaces between, and fill
the centre with bananas; add more
jelly, enough to cover. Reserve cup
full Of jelly, and, when ready to serve,
break this up lightly, and scatter it over
the top.
Lemonade.-This favorite and well
known drink is very delicious when
well made. Take four lemons to every
quart of water, and eight tablespoon
fuls OF sugar; rub or squeeze the lemons
soft, and slice them upon the sugar
pour over them little boiling water
and let them stand fifteen minutes
then add the necessary amount OF
water, well iced, stir well and serve.
0rangeade is made in the same way,
substituting oranges for lemons, but
much less sugar is needed.
White Mountain Rolls.-Four cups OF
-four, one cup OF milk, one-quarter cup
OF butter, two tablespoonful Of sugar,
one third cake of compressed yeast,
half teaspoonful OF salt, white OF one
egg beaten stiff. Have the milk warm.
Add the butter melted, warm but not
hot, salt, sugar, yeast and the flour.
Mix we'll; then the white of the egg,
the last thoroughly mixed in with the
hand. Let them rise over night. In
the morning roll into shape, cut and
fold over or make into any other form.
Bake in o quick oven after they have
stood one hour.
To Preserve Grab Apples Whole.-Se-
lect perfect apples, leave the stems on,
wash, and heat slowly to boiling in
water sufficient to cover them. When
the skins break skim them out, and
when cool enough to handle remove the
skins. Throw the water away in which
they were boiled. Weigh the apples.
Allow II pounds of sugar and teacup-
full of water to each pound OF fruit.
Boil the syrup until clear or until the
scum ceases to rise. Add the juice Of
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