The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-10-06
HOUSEHOLD.
EGG CHOWDER.

potatoes as for fish chOwder; just be-
fore serving, break into it as many
eggs as eaters. Boil for a minute and
erve.
CHICKEN TEA.
Cut a quarter of a chicken in small
pieces. take off the skin and remove
all the fat, add to it a pint of cold
water: cover it, and let it simmer till
reduced one-haIf. Strain 1T and serve
warm with toast lightly drowned. Add
salt to suit.
DRIED PEACHES o PIES.
These are cooked in the same manner
as dried apples, only they are favored
with a piece of lemon or o~range-peel
stewed with them. When they r
done, take out the peel and mash
them, add sugar to the taste. They
require no butter.
CAEAP RAISIN CAKE.
One-haIf cup butter, II cups sugar,
one cup sour milk, n teaspOonful
soda. One-half teaspoonful cinnamon,
one-half teaspoonful nutmeg, three
cups -four mixed with II cups raisins
stoned, chopped, and Toured with part
of the measure of -four.
CHILL SAUCE.
Four quarts ripe tomatoes peeled,
four peppers chopped fine, n table
spoonful whole cloves, one tablespoon
full whole ~allspice, one tablespoonful
peppercorns, two tablespoonfuls salt,
two cups brown sugar, u quart vine
gar. Put spices in a lace bag. Cook
slowly three hours.
GINGERBREAD.
One pound Of sugar, one pound of
butter, three pounds of flour, two
tablespoonful Of ginger, n gill of
can n pint of molasses. Rub the
butter in the flour; add the other in
gradients. Roll out the dough, cut it
into cakes, place them on buttered
tins, and bake in a moderately cool
oven Wash the cakes over with mo-
lasses and water before you bake
them.
OYSTER PIE.
One cup flour, heaping, one saltspoon
salt. one teaspoon baking powder, one
tablespoon butter, melted, one-half
cup milk. Mix salt and baking pow
der with the flour. Put the melted
butter with the milk, and stir them
into tie flour, mixing as soft as car be
handled, Roll out to fit the top of the
dish. Fill a deep pudding-dish with
oysters, dredge each layer with -four,
salt, pepper and butter. Cover with
the crust, leave an air-hole in the
centre and bake quickly.
BLANC NANCE.
One p Mt of milk, n pint of cream,
n ounce of isinglass, the grated rind
and Juice of one lemon, sugar to the
taste. Boil the milk and pour it while
hot over the isinglass, let it stand near
the fire until it is perfectly dissolved,
then strain it through a flannel jelly
bag into the pint Of cream, to which
add the grated rind and juice of n
lemon, and sugar to the tase. Let the
whole boil once; take it off the fire,
strain it again through your jelly bag,
and pour it in moulds. Set it in a cool
place.
ELECTION JAKE.
Two pounds of sugar, three-quarters
of a pound of butter, one pint of milk
made into a sponge, four eggs, two
tablespoonfuls of cinnamon and flour
enough to make a dough. Set a sponge
the evening before with a pint of milk,
a gill Of yeast, a little salt, and flour
enough to make a thick batter. The
next morning stir the butter and sugar
together, whisk the eggs, and add to it
the sponge and other ingredients, and
-four enough to form a dough. Knead
it, butter your pan, put in the bought;
let it rise. When it is light bake it.
CHEESE STRAwS.
To make "cheese straws" at home,
take two ounces Of fine flour, which
has been sifted, a good pinch of cayenne
pepper and a little salt, mix together and
add two ounces of grated Parmesan
cheese and one ounce of Gruyere or
Cheddar cheese, also grated, and two
ounces Of butter; then, with the raw
yoIk Of an egg, mix into a smooth
paste. Roll out on a Toured board so
that the paste is very thin, not more
than an eighth of an inch in thickness,
and cut into narrow strips, place on
lightly CREASED baking tins, and bake
in a hot oven for about ten minutes,
until they are a nice biscuit color, and
serve when cold.