The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-04-21
HOUSEHOLD BREylTlEs

Dreamed wa1nuts may be made By
| davorine the cream with hail tea
bspbon Of vanilla or two teaspoons Of
strong coffee, and dipping the balls i'm
to melted chocolate, using q fork to lift
shem on to creased or waxed paper
| By using various havors, variety may
| be made, and it will be cheaper and
much more wholesome than the pasty
stuff bought at the stores
Stuffed Turnip Peel and boil In
sailed water two or three small turnips;
Is soon as tender drain them, cut .
slice from the top Of each, scrape out
the middle with q spoon; mash the rart
taken cut add pepper. salt and butter.
and fill the turnips with the mixture;
place the slice that was cut from the
top back on the turnips. and place in .
hot oven = few minutes Serve hot
Home.
---Crvstallized Popcorn Boil together
until it hardens one large haif-cupful
of granulated sugar and two table,
spoonsful Of water; have prepared two
quarts of buttered popcorn. over which
pour the strap boiling hot Stir it well
to thoroughly crystsllize each grain II
the corn has tendency to adhere, set
the pan containing it in hot oven q
few seconds, then stir it well to separ-
ate the grains. -H susekeeper.
Mashed Po,ato To cook mashed
potatoes properly, peel and boil in
sailed water until thoroughly done
Pour off the water that remains in the
kettle and acd milk enough to make
the potat es SIN 9th an soft Add a
big thu K" of fresh butter. and then
Ebeat=tneH =xipqrouslE- about-teLmin-
utes with a wire po' alto heater, keep
ling it up until the tubers are light and
frothy. Dish lightly, and dredge lit
tie white pepper over the top. Stick q
bunch Of parsley in the top of the cone
into which you have SHAPED them, and
servo very hot.-Detroit Free Press
-Pelan. Boil two fat young chick
ems in just enough water to cover them
and season with salt to taste When
the chickens are just done rem We from
the pot P into the liquor one slice
nice raw ham and let it boil down to
one pint Remove the ha nj; wash
pint OF rice, put it in a pan and posr over
it the chicken liquor. and set tie pan
in the steamer, where it. should cook
until the rice is tender and each grain
distin I. 1t should be stirred OCCASION
ally with fork. See that the liquor
is salt enough to season the rice prop
erly. Pc an is charming dish and is
served with meats--Boston Herald
At a recent luncheon where the
guests were mostly mothers. one of
them remarked that she wished there
were some cast-iron rules to bring up
bows, in which case she might hope not
to go astrav so often Another mother
thought cast-iron Buys would be needed
to fit the rules 81 once met woman"
she went on to say, who had large
family of sons grown to manhood at
the time How did you bring them
up?' | asked eagerly OF her. Well, ),
she replied. with smile, i had nine
sons and nine systems, one to son.
There never were two children who
could stand identical treatment. Any
mother with more than one child will
heartily indorssA this statement-N. Y.
Times.
Beef Tea-cut in small pieces two
pounds weight of fresh, lean beef, add
three pints of cold water, when on the
eve of boiling carefully remove the
scum, the moment it boils add pint of
cold water, then let it boil up again
and remove the scum as before. If by
this time it is not perfectly clear, the
same quantity of water may be added
the second time, which will cause more
scum to rise. The same remarks apply
to all other broths and gravies, which
will always be transparent and finely
favored if the same rule be observed
Beef tea should be allowed to simmer
not less than three-quarters of an hour
and not more than one hour from the
time it is last SKINNED. Boston