River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-08-04
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

-Cannelon. Mince and season with
salt and pepper. Add a beaten egg and
about one-half as much fine bread
crumbs as there is meat Make moist
enough with gravy 10 shape into a roll,
and bake ohe-half hour in the oven
Serve with tomato sauce poured around
it-Good Housekeeping.
Graham Custard Pie: Beat togeth-
er two eggs and half cup of sugar;
add a quart of milk and half a cup of
graham flour. Stir all together and
bake in a well-heated oven. The
graham flour sinks to the bottom of the
pie-dish as the custard bakes and forms
a crust-0hio Farmer.
-Dutchess Potatoes: Take two cups of
mashed potatoes, add a gill of hot milk
and a tablespoonful of butter. season
with salt and pepper. Beat the pota-
toes rapidly until they are perfectly
white and light. Then form them into
little balls; stand them in a CREASED
baking-pan, brush them over with milk,
brown in the oven and serve immedi.
ately.-N. Y, World.
To Can Ounces: Allow Just as
tnany tart apples as you have ounces;
rub the down off, peel, quarter and core
the ounces, cook in cold water until
tender, prepare the apples, and weigh
them and the cooked ounces together
Make sirup with the juice the ounces
were cooked in, and half a pound of
sugar 10 each pound of fruit. When
hot, put in and cook slowly, until the
apples are tender; then dip into cans
and seal Save the cores and peelings
to make jelly of.-Houseleeper
Most houselxeepers keep themselves
provided with rubber gloves, to protect
the hands while engaged in any light
homework. A woman who used hers
10 wash dishes in was chagrined to find
that pair of the best would last only
ten days or a fortnight. The dealer
told her that il was the grease in the
water, which ate through the rubber
like an acid. She was careful after.
ward to use one OF the mop dishcloths
with wooden handles, and her gloves
resrmed their former period of service
N. Y. Times.
Pressed Chicken: Take an ordinary.
sized chicken, and after dressing 1t boil
II III Just tiOuRi NtAtE W tONtI III wei.
until it is thorcSphly done. Then take
the skin off and pick the meat from the
bones, keeping the white and dark meat
separate. Chop the meat fine, season il
with salt and pepper and put it into
crock or any sort of mold, putting first
a layer Of white and then a layer OF
lark meat until it is all used. Boil
down the water in which the chicken
was cooked until il makes a small cup
full. Pour this over the chicken and
put a weight ON it. When it is cold il
is ready to serve in slices. This is nice
for lunches or for cold meat for supper.
-DemOrest's Magazine.
Sun Preserved Fruits: For straw.
berries, sprinkle a scant pint of sugar
over a pint of the berries after they are
hulled and placed on shallow plates OF
platters. Set them in the hot sun and
cover with glass or netting. At night
keep up the drying by placing them in
a warm. but not hot, stove oven. In
two or three days the juice win have
stiffened and the fruit become prac.
tically dried and transparent. They
may now be placed away in glass bot
ties or in self-sealing jars and kept for
winter use. Blackberries. raspberries.
cherries, etc, are all said to be nice il
dried in this way and are thought by
many to be more delicate than the
canned or cooked Orange Judd
Farmer.
Clear Soup: Five pounds lean meat
cut from the lower part of the round.
FIVE quarts cold water. Bring to a boil
very slowly and skim carefully for the
first one or two hours A little salt
will help the scum to rise Let it sim.
mer slowly from eight to ten hours.
About two hours before straining ado
one onion, one carrot, little parsley
and celery tops, all cut in small pieces.
Six whole cloves. stick of cinnamon and
three whole alspice. Salt and pepper
Ito taste. Strain through a cheese cloth.
set in a colander and let it stand all
night and skim all the fat off carefully
in the morning. If there is bone in
the meat do not let the butcher crack il
or it will make the soup muddy. This
quantity may be used for two dinners.
old Homestead.