The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-09-17
FlReslpE FRAGMENTS.

boil four or five onions in n pint of
water and put it on with a soft brush.
breakfast Rolls. Two cups of flour,
one cup of sweet milk, one cup of water
and one-half teaspoonful of salt. Bake
twenty-five minutes in a quick oven.
They are very nice.-Detroit Free Press.
--Tarragon Vinegar. Put into wide
mouthed bottle one cup of freshly gath
cred tarragon leaves, and cover with n
quart of good cider vinegar. Cork the
bottle and stand aside for two weeks,
shaking frequently; then strain and
squeeze through a flannel bag. Pour
into small bottles, cork, and keep in a
cool place. Union.
Raised Cake e--One pint of melted
butter, two pounds white sugar, one
quarter ounce of mace, teacupful of
yeast, one quart of milk, flour enough
to make stiff batter. Beat and set It
| in warm place to rise. Mix it at night
and let it rise until morning, then add
one pound of stoned raisins work well
through and half fill your cake molds.
Bake in hot oven for half an hour.
Boston Herald
Lemon Custard. eggs, beaten
separately, three teacupfuls of sugar,
one-half cup of butter; four cups of
water, five tablespoonfuls of cornstarch,
two large lemons. Slice the lemons,
and put them in the water to boil till
the strength is extracted; then dip them
out and drain the water. Beat the
yollks, butter and sugar together, and
pour the water over them; return to the
| jar, and when ready to boil stir in the
starch: beat the whites to stiff froth,
and stir in lightly after it is taken of
the stove.-Boston Budget.
"A large, padded chair, with high
back and high sides of the kind known
as winged chair" is especially de.
sirable for an invalid's room, as it sup.
ports the head and is protection on all
sides against the insidious draughts. A
simple table, just the height of the bed
two legs of which may be folded up, sc
that it may rest across the lap of the in.
| valid is sometimes convenient to serve
| meals on. 1t is desirable usually to
change the furniture in the room; to ado
fresh pieces of bric-a- -brac, and tal1'
away the old ones; and to change the
pictures, so as to give the room, which
has become monotonous fresh ap
pearance.- IN. Y. Tribune
| Pressed Chicken. This is delecta
BILE dish for picnic and one that i:
much more wholesome lat this season
of the year, than pork in any shape
Boil two chickens of pretty good size
! Gf tough boil with a chunk of broker
glass in the pot-this is an old Dutcl
way of making aged fowls tender) un
til thoroughly done and the bones par
readily from the flesh. Pick then
clean of bone and gristle, chop the mea
as fine as possible, add a small handful
! of bread crumbs, season to taste will
f, butter, pepper, salt and a little sugar
! Pour in enough of the liquor to moister
it and mold in a crock under a heavy
weight. Place in the ice chest anC
serve when cold and firm, cutting int,
slices and placing them upon a bed o
fresh green parsley. - Detroit Ere,
' Press.
"A Delicious Cough Candy-A de
lightful cough candy is made from tn
following receipt, and will be found
most? agreeable medicine as well Il
beneficial to all who use their voice
and are troubled with throat affections
Break up a cupful of slippery elm
bark, let it soak an hour or two in
cupful of water. Half fill cup witt
flax seed and fill up to the brim witt
water, leaving it to soak the same tim
as the slippery elm. When you ar
ready to make the candy, put one pount
and half of brown sugar in a porcelain
stew-pan over the fire. Strain th
water from the fax seed and slipper,
elm and pour over it. Stir constant,
until it begins to boil and turn back t.
sugar. Then pour it out and it viii
break up into small crumbly pieces.
little lemon juice may be added if de
sired. Be sure to use the same meas
uring cup.--Ladies' Home journal.