The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-05-27
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Ham Gravy: Cut the slices of ham
into strips and boil in sufficient water
for gravy; when tender add salt and
pepper and a thickening made from one
egg well beaten, four tablespoonful of
sweet milk or cream, and one table
spoonful of ur.-Ladies' World.
Chocolate Filling: Boil together two
cupfuls of white sugar and two-thirds
of a cupful of sweet milk or water, I'M
til it is ''ropy." Then remove from the
fire and stir constantly until cool. The
grated square of chocolate may be
stirred through the frosting or sprinkled
over each layer of observation-disclosures.
Tomato Soup: Boil a pint of canned
tomatoes. Ten minutes before wanted.
cook a tablespoon each of butter and
-four in a skillet without browning,
stirring all the time. Add the toma-
toes. in which have been placed a small
pinch of soda, a pint or more of rich,
sweet milk, salt and pepper, and serve.
-Housekeeper.
Charlotte Russo. Take a pint of
rich milk and soak a third of a box of
gelatine in it. Make a pint OF egg GUS
tard, flavor with a tea-spoonful of
extract of vanilla, add the gela-
tine when cool and thick, stir in a pint
of whipped cream. Line a mold with
slices of stale sponge cake, pour in the
mixture and set on ice to harden
Woman's journal.
Plain Cookies: Two eggs. one and
N,n hale nr0c ~ e,,ro, l.x
ter TOR half a cup each Of lard and but
teri. one-half cup of cold water, one
small t~easpoonful Of soda: flavor to
taste. If it is desired to make them
soft, thick cookies. mix in only enough
-four to handle the dough, and roll out
thick: if wanted thin and crisp, mould
stiff with hour and roll out thin.-La-
dies World.
Plain Welsh Rarebit: Put into the
ch~afng-dish one pound of grated cheese,
English dairy cheese is recommended;
n tablespoonful of butter, a quarter
of a tablespoonful of salt, a goodly
quantity of pepper or one-eighth of a
t~easpoonful of red pepper; stir the in
gradients and as o as the cheese be-
gins to boil add a Tablespoonful OF
tomato catsup. Serve on buttered toast.
N. Y. Observer.
Sponge Cake: Take ten eggs, their
weight in sugar, half their weight in
flour, two teaspoonfuls each of vanilla
extract and lemon juice, a pinch OF
salt; beat together the sugar and the
yolks of the eggs; beat the whites till
they stand alone; mix the whites with
the yolks, add the flavoring. then the
-four, work as quickly as possible. Put
into pans, and bake in an oven not toe
hot.-Harper's Bazaar.
-Corn-Fritters: If you are tired OF
plain canned corn, try these corn-frit.
tiers. They are nice for breakfast, TO,
lunch, OIL as a side dish for dinner,
To n can of corr add one teacupful
of sweet milk, two eggs, a half tea.
spoonful of salt, and flour, prepared
with baking-powder, enough to make
a very stiff batter. Drop this batter
by spoonfuls into boiling lard or drip
pings. and fry the same as doughnuts
Farm and Fireside.
- oioou1Ls ny IVY. L nave IOunQ :
free use of cold water to be the best
remedy for poison vine. Formerly
suffered long and severely. Now on the
first appearance of the poisoning on the
skin, no matter on what part of the
body, | pour cold water on it unit
thoroughly chilled. On temperance
of the fever or redness with itching.
again douche as fully as at first, and re
peat if necessary several times. If the
face is poised lie down and shut the
eyes, letting another do the pouring
when the hands have touched the poi
soned skin be sure to wash them al
once; no one need suffer more thar
twenty-four hours who uses cold water
rs above.-Home.