The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-04
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Fruit Pufs: Make d puff pastry
and roll into pieces the size of a saucer,
and into each piece put q spoonful Of
stewed and sweetened fruit which has
been favored with grated nutmeg. Put
the fruit on one-half the pastry and
turn the other half over and pinch the
edges together; then put in the oven
and bake a nice brown.-Detroit Free
Press
brooklyn Cookies: Three even cups
of powdered sugar and one full cup of
butter mixed to a cream; add four eggs
we'll beaten, one level teaspoonful of
soda dissolved In n third of a cup Of
milk, and flour enough for a stiff bat.
ter. Roll out thin. cut in rounds.
sprinkle with graduated sugar and
bake. Caraway seeds can be added il
liked.-Boston Budget.
For Invalids: A tempting dish for
an invalid is made by taking one large
tablespoonful of arrowroot mixed with
half Il %teacupful of cold water. Put
one pound of sugar, the juice of four
lemons and the rind of one lemon into
a bowl and pour over it one quart Of
boiling water and the arrowroot. Stir
until all dissolves, strain, cool and
freeze.-Farm and Fireside.
Chicken and Tomatoes: Cut up,
dredge and fry fowl. Add a little flour
to butter, after taking out chicken
Add hot water. one pound of cut-up
tomatoes, chopped parsley, red and
black pepper and salt. and stew smooth.
Add chicken and three tablespoonful
of butter, and cook in double boiler
two hours. Add a little well-washed
rice, and cook till that is tender. Good
Housekeeping.
Drop Biscuit: Warm the mixing
bowl. then put in one pound of pow
dered white sugar and eight eggs beat
with a whisk for twenty minutes: stir
in one pound and two ounces of finely
sifted flour, with about hllf an ounce
Of caraway seeds; drop the mixture on
buttered paper in pieces about the size
of Il nutmeg. sift sugar over them and
bake in a quick OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
QUICK Soup: Into one quart of
boiling water put cup of cracker
crumbs, one-half cup of Irish potatoes
chopped fine, one tablespoon of rice,
butter the size of an egg. onion enough
to flavor and salt and pepper to taste.
Let this boil until done. then add a
teaspoon of extract of beef and 4 raw
egg. Beat the egg all together for Il
few minutes, then pou slowly into the
boiling soup and stir constantly. The
soup is now ready to serve.-DetrOit
Free Press.
Cinnamon Biscuit: Mix one pound
sugar with yolks of twelve eggs and Il
teaspoOnful of essence of cinnamon;
work the waiter well with Il wooden
spoon for Fifteen minutes, and then
mix in tn: twelve whites THAT have
previously been whipped to a stiff
froth), four ounces of potato flour. and
four ounces of best pastry flour. fill
small paper cases with this mixture.
dust them over with powdered white
sugar, put in a very slow over until
the sugar is melted, then bake in a
moderate oven to a golden brown
Housekeeper.
A Plain Beef Stew: Take four or
five pounds of the round of beef and
put it into water enough to cover it.
When the water has been thoroughly
SKINNED, add We turnips, two carrots
and two onions, chopped small. half a
dozen cloves, and salt and pepper to
taste. Cover close and boil very gently
four or five hours. 4 short time before
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