Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-28
HOUSEHOLD eRsvlTIss.


Dried Beef Take one-auarter
pound Of beef, put on in cold water
and boil for few minutes Take OF
and chop Make a dip OF milk with 3
little thickening, a small piece of but
ter, add the meat and serve with toast
Very nice for breakfast-GoodH House
keeping.
Whipped Cream.-AIlow ono quart
OF thick sweet cream for one dozen per
sons, set in q pan of cracked ice until
very cold. then with an egg-beater beat,
take off the top in a separate dish and
beat again. taking it off as fast as it
gets stiff; when all is whipped sweeten
with fine sugar, and flavor with vanilla;
serve in sherbet glasseS-N. Y. OBJ
server.
Barley Broth.-Put pound of NUT
ton or beef to cook with half a pound
barley and four quarts of water. boil
for an hour, then add a piece of cabbage,
q turnip. a carrot. a piece of parsnip.
an onion cut in two, some parsley and
few stalks OF celery. Boil for an
hour and half, strain, season and serve
Add more water If too much boils AWAY.
Household Monthly.
Salmon Salad.-One cup of cold sal
mon minced and mixed with an equal
quantity of chopped celery. Line a
dish with lettuce leaves. turn into it
the mixed salmon and celery, and over
all pour dressing made of two table
| spoonfuls of oil, three tablespoonful of
vinegar, salt and pepper. A mayonnaise
dressing may be used, but with salmon
the plain dressing is to be PREFERRED
Ladies' Home Journal
EARLY Hour Biscuit-Sift one quart
of flour, one teaspoonful of salt and two
of baking powder. Add to this half an
ounce of sweet butter and mix well to-
gether. Add milk Tor water and milky
just sufficient to make dough that
can be handled. Dredge the dough-
board, roll out the dough gently. dredge
-four over the top, cut out with cutter
into biscuits, and place in the buttered
pie-pans. Bake in a quick oven.-De-
troit Free Press
-Bashawed Lobster. Take lobster
| from the shell and cut it fine; chop
| small onion very fine and add to it a
sprig of parsley. Season it with pepper.
salt and a little mustard Put in all
the coral and the juice of the lobster.
Cut up a small piece of butter into bits
and mix with it, and fill the shell part
| of the lobster with the mixture. Cover
| the top with bread crumbs and bits of
| butter; bake in the oven for fifteen min
utes, and serve in the shell, garnished
with parsley and hard-boiled eggs. This
| is delicious, and also makes nice side
| observation-disclosures
| Egg and Nilk.-Talze a fresh egg,
break it in a saucer, and with a three
pronged fork beat it until it is as thick
as batter. Have ready half a pint of
new milk sweetened with white sugar,
stir the egg into the milk, and serve it
with piece of sponge cake or slice of
toast 1t is considered very light,
nourishing food for an invalid Some
prefer the yolk and white Of the egg
beaten separately. The yolk should be
beaten till it is very light and thick,
| then pour it into the sweetened milk;
afterwards beat the white till it viii
stand alone, and add gradually half
teaspoonful of white sugar: pile the
white on the top of the milk and serve
as befOre..Boston Budget. =
When linen has been stained with
| fruit juice of any kind, it should be
| Immediately washed in hot water to
which little soda has been added IF
the stains are of long standing and are
very obstinate, draw the discolored
| fabric over a vessel filled with boiling
water and allow IT to become saturated
with the steam: then, while it is held
| in this position. rub salts of lemon upon
| it until the STAINS are removed, place 1t
| in hot water and leave 1t to soak. IL
this does not avail, dip the stained part
of the material in a weak solution of
| chloride of lime, and then wash It
| thoroughly with cold water. The so
luton must not be too strong, and the
| fabric should be allowed to remain in
| it for cnly very short time.