The Republican., 1891-04-17
FIRESipE FRAGMENTS.

If sponge-cake is mixed with cold
water, it is yellow; but if the water be
boiling hot the cake will be white.
For cankered throats, mix equal
parts of powdered borax and sulphur,
and blow little into the throat through
quill. ...a
Salmon Salad: Free the contents of
n can of salmon from skin and bone,
and arrange them on bed of lettuce
leaves. Pour over the salmon half a
cup of lemon juice, and serve very cold.
Ladies' Home Journal.
Brown Sauce: Melt tablespoonful
of butter, stir until brown, add table
spoonful of -four, mix well, pour in half
a pint of soup stock and stir until it
boils; season with salt, pepper and onion
juice.-The Home.
"A very large fish should not be
cooked whole, as the thin part at the
tail would be done in much less time
than the head and shoulders would re-
quite. If you wish to cook it whole,
shape it like the letter S, by tying a
string around the tail, then wind it
around the body, and finally fasten
around the head.
Pie crust may be glazed to prevent
a juicy mixture from soaking into the
crust, rendering it heavy and unfit to
eat. Beat an egg till light, line the
baking tin with the crust, and brush it
over with the egg just before pouring
in your fruit. If top crust is used,
traat in tho coroa yoonnar The rlo,o
is also an Improvement to rolls, ginger
cakes and rusks; for the latter little
sugar should be added.-N. Y. World.
Queens Pudding: One pint of bread
crumbs, one quart of milk, four eggs
(yolks), two tablespoonfuls of sugar,
grated rind of one lemon. Bake about
one hour, then spread the top with cur
rant jelly. Beat the whites of four
eggs to a stiff froth; add one cup of
sugar dissolved in the juice of lemon.
Spread over the pudding and brown
Boston Budget.
A tested receipt for the delicious
''pop-overs," which are so welcome on
the breakfast-table calls for two cups
of flour heaped a little, two cups of
sweet milk, butter the size of a walnut,
two eggs beaten separately, one table
spoonful Of sugar and a little salt.
These should be baked in hot gem pans,
the pans being only half full, for tw nty
minutes, and it goes without saying
that they should be eaten at once.
-Deviled Eggs: Boil twelve fresh
eggs, take off the shells and cut in two
in the middle, take out the yollzs and
mix them with one-half teaspoonful OF
mustard, one-half teaspoonful of pow
dered celery; salt and pepper to taste;
butter size of an egg and one-fourth OF
a cupful of vinegar or less. Cut thin
slice off from each end of the white OF
the egg, SO that each little cup will sit
firmly on the platter; fill the cups with
the prepared mixture; garnish the dish
with celery, lettuce or nasturtium
leaves.
breakfast Biscuit: If you happen to
have your bread dough rising early
enough, these nice biscuit may be
quickly made and the b4king will take
only twenty-five minutes, providing the
oven is hot as il should be. Take a
piece of the risen bread dough and work
into it one tablespoonful of butter and
one beaten egg. When it is thoroughly
mixed, flour your hands and make into
small balls or oval shaped tiny loaves
and put on hot buttered tin to bake.
Send them to the table Immediately on
taking from the oven.-Prairie Farmer.