The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-12-03
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TO. Bake MUSHROOMS. .-Place the
mushrooms in tin baking dish, with
butter, pepper, and salt Bake. gently.
pile high ona,dish and serve with hot
cream sauce.-Good housekeeping. -i,ss
Beef marrow is very often used in
buildings, fniyery pycar> the same7 way
that suet-is used It is-fnuch more deli
cate and more delicious than ssuct.s 1t
is simply scraped from the bone and
used raw.-N. Y. Tribune. 80 q ssSSSs
Sandwiches can be made eight or
ten hours before ,thoy are eaten if they.
are covered with a. damp cloth, mean
while. Pile them closely and lcompactly
upon dish, and cover them with, a
towel which has been 'wrung out OF
cold water. Tuck this closely over them
and put them in a cool place ,7os 90 =
-Newbern iHominy.-Put one cup OF
fine hominy in the double boiler with
one cup of cold water Let it remain
on the back Of the stove until the water
is absorbed. Then add one pint Of milk
and half teaspoon of salt, and boil
half an hour Stir in ons tablespoon of
butter and turn out on hot platter.
Serve with poaehed eggs.-Boston Bud,
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-Lemon-juicc is ono of the best and
safest remedies for freclxles. Wet the
spots with a small brush dipped in the
juice every might and once durihg the
day. Thosewho do not wish to use the
iemon5jhicei clear .may prefer the fol-
lowing: Mixpne teaspooopful of rose
water. with one teaspoonfulo of glycerine,
and add with. one tablespoonful OF
lemon-juice. Mix well and apply to the
face with small brush.-N. Y. World.
Lemon Pie.-The grated rind and
juice of two lemons, yolks of three eggs,
two tablespoonfuls (well rounded) of
flour, one cupful of water, one cupful
of sugar, mix all well together, and
bake on pic dishes lined with puff paste.
Beat the whites of the eggs until stiff
with three tablespoonfuls of white
sugar, spread on top of the pies when
baked, and. brown slightly. These
quantities will make two pies.-House-
keeper. "a
-Pralines.-Boilo one cupful of brown
sugar, o very little butter and one-third
of cupful of water together until the
| candy forms q soft lump when dropped
in water. Take from the fire, and i'm
mediately stir in one-half cupful OF
pecan kernels. When the candy is
little cloudy looking, pour in spoonfuls:
on buttered tins so that it will spread
out into round fat cal1es.-Good House
keeping AsFx f.
I'm watching some Roman tableaux
recently the thought occurred that it is.
odd some' clever modern chatcl aine: in
her zeal for novel effects for her dinners
has not: borrowed one of the pretty
fashions of Lucullus' time. This was
a hoop suspended above the table, upon
which hung .chapletsof flowers to adorn
the head of each guest. and often as,
web choice giftsSof jewels A circle of
some of the beautiful flower favors de-
pending from thechandelier, to be served
later to- the seated guests, would add a
unique and pleasing detail to the deco
rative scheme of the feast and should
be attempted by some fin de Steele
hostess my. Times. ~
-Bans na Salad. v0n hot days this is
apleasant.yariation from ordinary des-
serts. just before dinner pal half a
dozen bananas and slice into aShigh
glass dish alternating each layer of the
bauAua with one of pulled, not sliced,
pineapple. If thefresh fruit is not OBJ
tainable the. canned -tgrated). will an
swer. Then mix together, the. STRAINED
juice of three oranges and twolemons.
sweeten to taste, and pour over the
mounded fruit Surmount the latter
with acrimssn cappof Aullcd straw,
berries, and SsA ON ice till ready to
serve. With this shdald ba served
macaroons, ladxs:fhgers, Or blocks of
cake which have been dipped in ,fon-
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