Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-01-30
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Delicious Pound Cake.-One eupful
Of butter, ono aod one-half cupfuls Of
sugar, five eggAstw" scant cupfuls of
-four, nutmeg or mace. Good House.
keeping
Honey Candy. Take one pint of
sugar, two tabsespoo isfuls OF water.
half q piat Of strained honey. Boil
until brittle. Fnll when cooL-Farm
and Fireside.
TO clean BOTTLES. cut a raw potato
into small piec,s and put tlem into
bottle with tablespoonful of salt aud
two tablcspoon1nls of water. Shake
we'll together Until every mark is re-
m wed.
1T wns not 1png ago the fancy OF a
young mother lp mark each piece of
the dainty wardrobe made for her fist
child with whita violets. This pretty
idea so delight1d many mothers who
heard Of it that 1ow hundreds of babies
are born under the shadow of some
flower, and womcn who are not skillful
with their needles are delegating the
delightful work 20 needlewomen.
Stuffed Egg Plant.-Cut egg plants
in half lengthwite and parboil them in
salted water. coop out most of the
inside and pou1d this to paste in a
mortar with a slittle fat bacon and
some mushrooms previously chopped
up, and little onion, also chopped,
pepper and sale to taste and a little
bread crumb soaked in gool stock.
Fill each half with this mixture, lay
them in a wellIbuttered tin and bake
for about a quarter OF an hour.-De-
troit Free Press.
A--1o ,,,o 6o vo1lr~
of two eggs with little warm milk,
ada one-half pound Of flour, a dessert
spoonful of butter, pinch of salt and
enough warm milk to make the batter
of such co1sisteu ucv that it will drop
from the spo n. Stir it quite smooth,
and lastly beat into the mixture the
well-whislzed whites of two eggs.
Peel some apples and cut them into
thick slices, stamping out the core
from the middle Of each slice. Dip
them into the batter, thoroughly coy
ering them, and fry on both sides in
boiling lard. Lay them on blotting
paper in front Of the fire for a few min.
utes and serve very hot with any nice
sirup. -Houselseeper.
Rabbit With Onion Sauce. or
dinary stewed rabbit is nice served as
follows: 'Into frying-pan slice from
four to six good sized onions, put very
little water on them and let cook till
tender. The rabbit should also cook till
tender. If properly cooked there will be
| 40 water to drain off. To the onions add
| a large tablespoonful of butter mixed
with the same quantity OF flour The
inicc of a lemon may be added together
| with pint of the rabbit broth. Put
the rabbits into covere l turc,n. Pour
| over them the onion sauce, cover closely
and let stand for five or ten minutes
III a warm plaesD be fore serving.
| White Layer Calse.-B .at to 4
cream one-half cupful of butter and
two cupfnls of pulverized sugar, add
one-half cupful of sweet milk, two
| and one half cupfuls of flour sifted with
| two and one-hatf teaspoonfuls Of bak.
! ing powder, the whites of two eggs
bake in layers and put together witt
| thin icing: boil half tca-cupful o.
! water and three tea-cupfuls of sugar
! till thick, pour this over the we'll be ater
| whites of three eggs. and beat all to.
| Cether till cool, and beat thorough '
| before putting on each layer; sprinkle
each layer thickly with grated cocoa
| nut.-Oid Homeste adj