The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-03-05
FIREsIDE FRAGMENTS.

r'HsS'OE FRAGMENTS.
-Stewed Pears: Peel. ouorter On,
remove the core from ripe fall pears:
make a rich strip, drop the fruit in
cook until clear and tender. Farm and
Eireside.
Every Day Dark Cake: One-half cup
fut each OF sugar, molasses and milk, a
small one-half cupful of butter, one
egg one cupful Of chopped raisins, one
teaspoonful OF aoda, spice of all kinds,
and Hour enough to make stiff batter
Bake IN . deep tin, having a slow Are
-Iooc Housekeeping
Coffee Rolls: Work into a ouart
OF bread dough q rounded tablespoon
tui OF butter and half teacup of white
sugar; add some dried currants well
washed and dried in the oven), sift
some flour and sugar over them, work
into the dough thoroughly, make into
small, long rolls, dip them into melted
butter, place in the pan, let it rise
short time and bake.-Boston Budget
Turkey Dressing.-Rub to crumbs
loaf OF stale bread from which the
crust has been pared or removed. Sea-
son sharply with salt and pepper, and
snoisten until sufficiently rich with
melted butter This will make light,
dry. diqostible stuffing acceptable to a
majority OF tastes, but oysters, celery,
sage. thyme, basil or other fiavoring
can be aided with the salt and pepper,
II desired Globe
bruised Beef-Take piece of rump
steak an inch thick and fry slightly in
OUTER on both sides; and enough hot
stock to just cover the steak; season
with pepper, salt and sprinkle of
herb' add also a carrot and sliced
onson; let it simmer slowly an hour
and ashalf or two hours; put a piece of
butter and some flour in another sauce
pan and add the gravy in which the
steak was stewed and little tomato
catsup; lay the steak in platter, ar
ranging the carrot neatly around It, then
pour over it the hot sauce-Boston
Globe.
"A sandbag is one of the most useful
OF household articles Its virtues are
equal If not superior to the hot water
Gag, and the cost is considerably less
The sand should be fine and clean, and
should be thoroughly dried out before
being "bagged II is better to cover
the flannel bag which holds the sand
with cotton one, as this prevents the
sand from sitting out A bag not larger
than ten inches square is an available
size. Mothers whose children are sub
Ject to the earache will find these bags
invaluable; they hold the heat long
time and their composition is such that
they are easily adjustable to the affected
parts.
"A Good Plum Pudding: One and
one-half pound raisins, one and three.
quarters Of pound of currauts. one
pound of figs. two pounds moist sugar,
two pounds of bread crumbs, sixteen
eggs. two pounds finely chopped suet,
six ounces mixed candied peel, one
ounce ground nutmeg, one ounce ground
cinnamon, one-half ounce bitter al
monds, one-half pint molasses Mix all
the dry ingredients together and moist
en- with the eggs; when all well mixed,
-four strong pudding bag; put in pud-
ding, tie well and boil eight hours A
nice sauce is to take one cupful of sweet
cream, whites of three eggs and three
tablespoonfuls of powdered sugrr
When the cream Is chilled, whip and
put in a cool place, beat the whites stiff
and add sugar and cream. Any flavor
ing may be used. Home Journal