The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-22
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

-Doughnuts: Beat one egg. add one
sup of sugar, n t~easpoonful of salt,
n cup of milk, n heaping teaspoon
ful Of baking powder, beat thoroughly;
add -four enough to make q soft dough,
roll out and fry in beef fat or lard
Farm and Home.
-Molasses Drop Cakes: One cup
molasses. n cupsugar, o~ne-fourth cup
shortening. onc-half cup sour milk or
cold water in which has been dissolved
one teaspoon soda, two cups -four
rounding full, one teaspoon cinnamon,
one-half teaspoon cloves. Bake in pat
ty pans or muffin rings in a moderate
oven.-Home.
-Fricandelles: Take edna1 parts OF
cold, cooked beef and veal, chop it
very fine and mix with'two eggs,a little
grated onion, n tablespoonful of
melted butter. two crackers (grated), a
little pepper and salt; mix these with
chopped meat, form it into fiat cakes
and fry in butter and lard. equal parts.
Serve hot, with drawn butter.-Ohio
Farmer.
-Mayonnaise: Five tablespoons
vinegar, teaspoon salt, five eggs yolk
only. n half cup butter, one half tea
cup sugar, mustard and red pepper
to taste. Heat vinegar and pour over
the yolk of eggs, which must be well
beaten; add salt. mustard, pepper and
sugar. put in farina kettle, and cook
and stir until thick: beat hard and add
butter, stir until cool, thin with cream
if too thick.
Lemon Pie: Cream one-half pound
of sugar with one-quarter pound Of
butter. add the juice of two lemons.
the grated rind of one and the yolks of
two eggs. Add the rind TO the creamed
butter and sugar, the eggs and juice
stirred together. Pour the mixture
into a deep pie-tin lined with a good
crust, and bake. When done cover with
the whites beaten stiff, favored and
sweetened to taste. Return to the oven
and bake to a nice brown.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
-COcoanut Cake: Six eggs, the
whites only; two cups of powdered
sugar. three-fourths Of a cup of butter,
one cup of sweet milk, three cups Of
-four, a teaspoonful of essence of
lemon, half a teaspoon of baking pow
der; bake the same as for any loaf cake;
the next day cut off the upper and
lower crusts, trim the sides evenly
and slice it in four layers. Crate two
cocoanuts and put in the icing; this is
to be put between and on top.-Detroit
Free Press.
French Soup Maigre: One quart Of
dried peas, two large onions, a head of
celery. one carrot. two turnips, a little
spinach and mint. Place into soup
cover with two quarts of water, and
stew slowly until the vegetables are
soft. Rub through a sieve and return
to the fire with a spoonful of sugar,
butter the size of an egg, salt and pep
per to taste. Serve while very hot. for
vegetable soups are truly dreadful" il
merely warm.-Home Queen.
Lemon Pic: Beat the yolks of three
eggs to a cream. add the grated peel
and juice of one fine, large lemon; put
half a tablespoonful Of butter ove the
fire in q small saucepan, and when
melted add the yolks and lemon juice;
stir to a creamy thickness, remove
from the fire. and when cold mix with
one cupful of sugar and a beaten egg;
line a plate with crust. brush over with
the white of an egg. sprinkle with fine
crumbs, put in the mixture, cover with
q thin crust and bake in a medium
oven. This is a delicious pie if rightly
made. Country Gentleman.