The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-26
PRESIDE FRAGMENTS.


on a hot gridiron and boil until the
meat is slightly Drowned; then with a
knife and fork take from the gridiron
and drop into a pan of cold water; then
return to the gridiron; repeat several
times; then place on platter with
some bits of butter, and serve at once.
-Housekeeper.
Veal Soup Put one onion, half a
cupful of rice, and knuckle of veal,
with the bones broken. in two quarts
Of cold water, to simmer slowly for two
OF three hours Then beat the yolks of
two eggs in half pint of sweet cream,
with teaspoonful of salt and little
cayenne pepper. Pour this into the
soup; let it boil up once, then pour
through colander into a tureen and
serve. -liousekeeper.
-Cocoanut Pie-Grate a cocoanut
after removing the outer she'll and the
inner skin, and strain the milk it con-
tains through cloth; beat the yolks of
three eggs, the rind and juice of half a
lemon, and four tablespoons of granu-
lated sugar until foamy; add spoonful
at time, the grated cocoanut, its milk,
and lastly the whites of the eggs beaten
stiff; cover with strips of crust. and
bake three-quarters of an hour in a good
oven.-IIarper's Bazaar.
"A beaten biscuit is a southern dish
1t calls for two quarts of -four a tea
spoonful of salt and two heaping table
spoonfuls of lard, and milk enough to
make a stiff dough Flour il and roll it
out, then lay it on stone slab or firm
wooden board and pound it with NAL
let OF large rolling-pin. The dough must
oe pounded one hour, until It rises in
blisters and cleaves from the board
There is machine for pounding this
dough to be found in Baltimore, where
this is favorite bread. We do not know
whether it can be found elsewhere OF
not.-N. Y. Tribune.
-Stewed Squashes-No one should
say that she docs not like squash until
She has tried the following: Gather
summer squashes when they are only
about the size of an egg. wash them
and boil without peeling until tender:
then dress them with a cream sauce
made. They are so di fferent from the
ordinary squash when gathered Sc
small that they taste like a different
vegetable. The small squashes sold at
the stores are good cooked in this way.
but they are not gathe red for the mar.
ket small enough to be as dainty as the
tiny ones.-Christian Inquirer.
flv,f. ~ L.. D, ~
try farm house is not likely to have is
iced water, or even sufficiently cool
water. Cool mountain springs read
rhythmically, but they often taste very
warm. An exchange gives as rather
new notion the old one of keepinq
water cool in Handicapped vessels.
1t serves, however, as good sugSes-
ton at this time. when almost every
body has gone or is going somewhere
for the summer. If the somewhere"
is not hotel with all modern improve.
ments, ice water included. get a com.
mon earthenware pitcher, the com
moncr the better. as il will be the more
porous, wra p it all around, leaving nc
inch of it bare, with wet flannel. Keep
shortly be as cold as is good for drinK-
ing purposes, almost ice cold.-N. Y.
Times.
-Sweetbreads Take knuckle OF
veal, two onions, small piece OF bacon,
and three pints of water. Let it cook
until it has boiled to jelly. then strain
the gravy from the meat and add to il a
spoonful of Drowned four. Cut the
gristle from eight swcetbrcads, pour
the boiling water over them, then throw
them into cold water, lard on one side,
and salt the gravy 20 taste Place the
sweetbreads in a saucepan so as not to
touch each other. the lardcd side down.
Let them stew slowly. turning them
when they are done on one side. They
should be turned but once and should
be cooked slowly for an hour, then
placed in a pan in the oven, the gravy
poured over them, and allowed to bake
until they are well-glazed and shiny
If there is no oven, put them in pan
hcf la acknowledgements