The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-10-28
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE

USEFUL ANU SO11GSIN@
BRANDY reaches,-Pare six pounds
of peaches, add four pounds OF brown
sugar and one quart OF white brandy.
Put all in a stone jar and set In a ket-
tie of water and boil three hours
These will keep for years.-Boston
Budget.
Sauce and Eroiled Meats.-Mix to-
gcther a little chopped parsley tho
Juice of half lemon, three tablespoon
over meat while hot and place in the
oven for a moment.-Farrn, Field and
Preside.
Tongue with Capers.--Soak tongue
twelve hours Boil in hot water about
ten minutes. Add four carrots, four
small onions, a little parsley-au chop
ped: red pepper, salt and cloves Cover
with fresh water: boil six hours--Good
housekeeping.
-Lolorng ice ream-1f You wish TO
be ornamental you may use beet juice
for coloring. 1t will give you any
shade OF pink desired. Spinach for
green, or a little butter color will make
it a deep cream. These are perfectly
h.rn,less.-Prairie Farmer.
Oyster frittcrs-Chop one pint OF
oysters. Take one pint of milk, a lit
tie salt and pepper, one small tea
spoonful of baking powder, and Hour
enough to make Il thin batter. Stir in
the oysters, drop from the spoon in hot
lard or butter and fry delica te brown
For painful sore feet caused by ex"
cessive walking, long standing, or con-
slant movement. as in the use OF tho
sewing machine. Il busting powder OF
equal parts of precipitated chalk and
tannin. the tannin alone, will be OF
much service. Apply twice daily after
ba thing the feet in warm water;
.-Scanoped Cl:ra-Slice well-grown
pods of okra in thick slices. Put layer
in the bottom of d ba <lng-pan, spread
with grated crackers, bits OF butter,
salt and pepper: put over another layer
of olr; and season: continue until the
dish is full: spread the top with bits or
butter. pour over n teacup OF cream,
and set in the stove half an hour
Harpers Bazaar
White Delicate Cake-I"sc three
cuDf,ls Of sifted flour. one and one-half
cupfuls of sugar, the whites OF seven
eggs, one teacupf,,1 of sweet milk, two
ia blespoonfuls Of butter, two good
teaspoonfuls Of baking powder and
one teaspoonful OF lemon. vanilla Or
almond extract. First beat the butter
and sugar together, then add milk.
and eggs well beaten, then add the ex-
tract, then three cupfuls OF flour IN
which the baking powder was stted
Bake this in rather quick oven
Prairie Farmer.
This is an excellent way Of using
any cold fish which may be left over
from dinner. Free thoroughly from
bone, and shred fine enough fish to fill
I: pint measure: add to it one quart OF
milk, two eggs, one-quarter OF a cup OF
flour mixed smoothly with a little milk
which has been reserved from tho
quart. Season with pepper. salt and
nutmeg. one-quarter of Il teaspoonful
of each. Mix the milk, flour. eggs and
spice smoothly together. Set it over
the fire. and stir until it is as thick as
cream. Put in a deep baking dish al
tcrnute layers of sauce. fish and bread
crumhS in the order named. and set in
the ovoH until it is slightly Drowned.
Very little time is required, as almost
all the ingredients have been previous
" cooked. 1t is an excellent dish for
breal1fa fast, lunch or tea.-Detroit Free