River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-08-03
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Rice Pudding: One quart of milk
one cup of sugar, one egg. little salt
one-half cup of raisins, and little but.
ter il you do not use new milk. Add
nutmeg If you like. and also add one
half cup of rice partly cooked; measure
rice before cooking.-Ohio Farmer.
Corn or Oatmeal Cruel: Mix half
eupful of the meal with little wa
ter; add a pint of boiling water, and
boil twenty minutes. Sweeten to taste
and spice with little nutmeg. This
makes nice light nourishment for the
sick or convalesceut. -Houselxeeper.
Fried Chicken: Clean and wash it
wei, ard with a sharp knife cut il open
in the back. Dredge with flour, pepper
and salt. Put equal quantities of but
ter and lard in hot frying pan. Then
put in the chicken and keep it well COW
cred until brown on both sides. The
secret of a nice fricassee is in having
plenty of hot lard or butter Boston
Budget.
-Gaspach's Spanish Dish: Put some
soft biscuit or wasted bread in the bot
tom of small dish. put in layer of
sliced tomatoes with the skin taken off.
and one of sliced cucumbers sprinkled
with pepper, salt and chopped onion,
do this till the bowl is full. stew some
tomatoes quite soft, strain the juice,
mix in some mustard, oil and water
and pour over it. Make it two hours
before il is eaten.-N. Y Observer.
Lemon Water Ice: Boil quart of
water with a pound and a quarter Of
sugar, the yellow rind from three
lemons and from one orange, If you
have il, for five minutes: then stand
away to cool. Squeeze into this the
juice of four lemons and one orange, or
gill of currant or strawberry juice
may be added instead of the latter:
then turn into freezer and freeze
Country Gentleman.
Baked omelet: Beat separately the
whites and yolks of six eggs; add one
teacupful milk, one-half teaspoonful
salt, and two tablespoonfuls -four.
Smooth the -four with part of the milk,
add the rest to the yoll<s, then lightly
stir all together. Have ready hot pan
or spider in which is melted butter the
size of an egg, pour in the mixture, set
1t in the hot oven and bake ten to fif-
teen minutes or to golden brown.
Prepared thus it is light and very deli
cate.-Oranre Judd Farmer.
-Deviled Eggs: Boil dozen eggs
for fifteen minutes. and throw them in
cold water for half an hour; remove
the shells, and cut the eggs i'm halves
lengthwise. Take out the yolks, and
rub them to smooth paste with tea
spoonful of French mustard, two table
spoonfuls of cold boiled tongue, table
spoonful of melted butter. and squeeze
of lemon-juiee: season with salt and
pepper. Fill the whites with the mix
ture, press together, and arrange on a
bed of lettuce-leaves.-Ha rper's Bazar.
Caramel Ice Cream: To achieve
success in making caramel one must be
careful, it is so easy to let the sugar
scorch or get too dark; but with prac-
tice comes the expert touch and dis
corning eye, and then the process is
not difficult. Have your frying-pan
hot, but not scOrching hot. and put
into a pound and half of brown
sugar; let this melt until perfectly
liquid, stirring all the time. Pour it
into a pint of boiling milk by degrees,
mixing well. Add two quarts and a
half of cream, and freeze until nearly
stiff. Then add a pint of whipped
cream, beat well and freeze in any de-
sired form. This is a pretty dessert
when You freeze il in the shape of
nuts, leaves, etc, and serve il on leaf
shaped saucers of tinted glass.
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