The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-12-10
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SriSp crackers In the oven before
using unless they are freshly made.
Delicious Flavor to Lamb:s To give
delicious flavor to lamb. when it is to
be eaten cold, put in the water in
which it is boiled whole cloves and
long sticks of cinnamon. If the lamb
is to be roasted, boil the cloves and Gin
namon in water, and with this baste
the meat.-Detroit Free Press.
Pumpkin Pie: Cream the yolks of
four eggs with as many tablespoonfuls
OF granulated sugar; add two cupfuls
OF stewed pumpkin, strained. two cup
fuls Of milk, a teaspoonful of cinnamon,
pinch of ground mace, some grated
nutmeg, and last the whites of the eggs
beaten very stiff.-N. Y. Observer.
To extract grease spots from silk,
lay the soiled spot upon thick sheet
OF brown or blotting paper Now press
moderately-warm fatiron over it for
minute or two, and the spot will dis
appear. Then rub the stained part
with bit of silk or fannel.-Detroit
Free Press.
Walnut Catsup: Select green wal
nuts before the shell is formed. Grind
or pound them in an earthen mortar.
squeeze out the juices through coarse
cloth, and add to each gallon of Juice
one pound OF anchovies, one pound of
salt, four ounces of cayenne pepper.
two ounces of black pepper, one ounce
each OF ginger, cloves and mace, and
the root OF one horse-radish Boil till
reduced one-half. When cold bottle
and seal Will be ready for use in three
months. Good Housekeeping
Rice Waff1es: Sift two teacupfuls
warm, soft, boiled rice, stir into it a ta-
blespoonful of flour, half teaspoonful
salt and two teaspoonfuls baking pow
der. Mix with this the yolks of three
eggs, well beaten, and one and a half
cupfuls sweet milk, with one table,
spoonful melted butter, and lastly add
the well-beaten whites Have the
waffle-iron hot and well creased, part
ly fill with batter, cover and cook a
moment, then turn and brown the 9TH
er side.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Light and Dainty Crackers: Take
piece Of well-risen light bread dough
about the size of half-pint cup Work
into it "a piece of fresh butter the size
OF u walnut When it is all worked in.
break the dough into bits as large as a
nutmeg. Flour the board well and
roll very thin. Prick with a fork all
over and bake quickly pale brown.
Do not scorch them in the least. These
crackers are entirely different from
those made with unrisen dough, and
are especially nice for an invalid who
has wearied of the taste of other bread.
TO relieve cramp when in the calf
of the leg draw up the foot with as
great an effort as possible toward the
shin bone, and in few seconds the
cramp will disappear When a cramp
is in the thigh or arm tic towel, cord
or handkerchief around the limb lust
above the cramped part, and then rub
this part with the naked hand alone, or
using some stimulating liniment like
spirits of camphor or red -peppcred whis-
KY. These prepara tions may also be
rubbed upon the neck when cramps at
tack this part. Cramps in the stomach
may be checked by first strongly rub
bing and kneading over the stomach a
mixture of equal parts of sweet Tor lin
seed) oil, essence of peppermint, lauda.
mum and spirits of camphor. Detroit
Free Press