The Bossier banner., 1891-08-13
EIREsIpE FRAeMENTs.

Hermit Cakes: One-half cup butter.
one and one-half cups sugar, one emp
currants, three eggs, one teaspoon OF
all kinds of spices, one-half teaspoon
soda dissolved in tablespoon of water,
flour enough to roll Roll thin and cut
with coolzy cutter. Keep in well-cov-
cred iar-Boston Budget.
Lemon Sauce: One teacup of sugar,
one-half teacup butter, one tablespoon
ful of -four, all well mixed together.
Add grated rind of one lemon and pint
of boiling water, Boil five minutes.
When ready to serve put in the juice OF
one lemon.-Home.
Equal parts Of glycerine and bay
rum applied at night is good for rough
hands. For those who dislike the effect
of glycerine, camphor ice or cold cream
will be found beneficial. The white of
an egg and a little powdered alum is
also good.-N. Y. World.
Cream Mullins: Half pint of flour,
half pint of sweet cream, third teaspoon
full of salt. thr>e eggs Beat whites OF
eggs to a stiff froth; beat the yollzs thor
oughly; add salt; add the cream very
gradually; STIR in the flour and then the
whites very gently. Bake in buttered
gem pans, IN quick oven for fifteen
minutes, Free Press.
Preserved Cherries: Weigh the
stoned cherries, allowing ten pounds OF
sugar to twelve pounds of fruit. Fut
fruit and sugar together in large jar;
let it stand over night. The next day
drain off the juice and cook till it begins
to thicken, then add the cherries and
cook till as thick as desired viii keep
in stone jars. Cover with buttered
paper when cold and tie extra layers
ver.-Housekeeper.
Silver Pie: Peel and CRATE one large
white potato, add the juice and grated
rind of one lemon, the beaten white of
one egg, one cupful of fine white sugar,
one cupful of cold water, bake in a nice
paste. Beat the white of three eggs
stiff, add half cupful of sugar, and
flavor with lemon, spread on the pie
and brown dehcately. Just before
taking 1t to the table lay on small
pieces of jelly or jam, to be eaten fresh.
Boston Herald.
bers, cut them into halves, then into
quarters, and then into eighths, boil in
salted water for fifteen minutes Have
ready two slices of toast, cut them in
two, and spread lightly with butter.
Lift the cucumbers carefully with a
skinner, and place them on the but
tered toast. Make a sauce with one
tablespoonful of -four, one of butter,
and half pint of milk, season with
salt and pepper, and pour over the GU
umbers-DemoEest's Monthly.
Eastern Plum Pudding: Two and
| one-half cupfuls of flour, one cup Of
milk, one-half cupful sugar two table
| spoonfuls butter, two heaping teaspoon
| fuls baking powder, whites of three
| eggs, about a quart of apples cut up and
| sliced. Rub butter and sugar together,
beat whites of eggs to stiff froth, mix
| the flour and baking powder, add milk
to butter and sugar, stir in the flour
with baking powder, add beaten whites,
pour into buttered cooking dish; stick
full of apples, add one teaspoon of va
llilla; bake in moderate oven three
quarters of an hour. Sprinkle flour
over the top after putting in the apples
When the kitchen range is cleaned
out" there will be found in the flue
under the oven a considerable quantity
of gray dust 1t is not ashes exactly,
nor yet SCOT, but a smoke deposit, as
near akin to lampblack as a coal fire is
able to produce, soft, light, impalpable,
finer than the finest -four. Not MANY
| among those who throw this into the
ash bin are probably awareoth that this is
the best thing in the world for polish
ing tinware, far surprising all the pre-
pared powders and pastes sold for that
purpose. Apply it to the tin with a
damp cloth, and few strokes will pro-
| duce such a'luster as is on new ware, or
as the engraver puts upon his zinc plates
by the use of charcoal-Boston Budget