The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-02-09
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

--HicSorynut Drops. Take two cup
fuls of sugar, enc egg. two tablespoon
fuls of flour, cupful of hickorynut
kernels sliced fine: mix and drop on
buttered tins. Ohio Farmer.
Bacon and Apples-After frying
some rashers of bacon in frying-pa
fry in the fat some slices of corcd apples
Serve the bacon in the center of a dish
with the apple slices around it. brakes
Magazine.
i is good plan to keep crock of
fullers earth in the kitchen for remov-
ing spots of grease from carpets boards.
marble, etc If applied Immediately
and well rubbed in it will absorb the
grease. and may then be brushed off
dry without njuring the color or abric.
Splendid Boston Brown Bread. -
Scald n pint of corn meal with pint
of boiling water; when sufficiently cool
add one pint and II half of rye meal, u
gill of yeast, a gill of molasses II tea
spoonful of salt. Mix well, and, when
perfectly risen, steam five hours, then
put into the oven for half an hour to
dry and harden the crust Health and
Humanity.
French Chicken Pie. Gut II tender
chicken in joints, cut half n pound of
salt pork in pieces; in little water
boil the two together until nearly ten
der. Line a deep dish with pie paste;
put in the meat, season with salt pep
per and chopped parsley. Put in lit
tie water and cover over with the pie
| paste, which should I've rich. Bake forty
minutes. Detroit Free Press,
Apple Meringue. Remove the cores
and set the apples in "a pan, filling the
holes with sugar Pour little water
in the pan and put in the oven to bake
Remove the apples before they are
cracked open from being too well done.
and pour over them "a meringue which
has been slightly favored with lemon
extract. This is said to bring out the deli
cate taste of the apple. Farmers Voice.
Some variations of church fair
schemes were seen in recent enter
tainment of the sort. In lieu of the
time honored grab bag, an old village
pump, moss-grown and dark with age.
apparently, flowed favors instead of
waters through it's ancient spout One
of the stalls represented the huge web,
with a giant spider cnthroned therein;
caught in its meshcs were all sorts of
tempting fancy work and notions, while
from above floated banner enticingly
| inviting the passing flies to Come into
my parlor"-N Y. Times
Baked Apples with Whipped Cream
Pare and core the apples, or leave the
! skin on, rs preferred Lay them in "a
baking dish, fill each apple with sugar:
, stick a Glove into it and sprinkle n
tablespoonful of sugar over each. Cover
and bake half an hour, then remove the
cover and continue the baking until the
apples are tender, but not broken, and
nicely Drowned. Then take them up in
glass dish and when cold serve with
whipped cream, or use ordinary cream
If the whipped cream is not readily
available Orange Judd Farmer.
Brine for Butter. Make brine
strong enough to bear an egg. To one
gallon of it put half a pound of sugar
! and two tablcspoonfuls of saltpetre.
| Boil well and skim perfectly clear. Then
strain some five or six times. and keep u
| small bag of salt in the firkin of brine.
! If butter made by some good dairyman
! in September when it may be bought
/ cheap, is made up into one or two
pound rolls, tied up in cotton cloths,
/ and submerged in this brine. it will
keep fresh and sweet whole year. 1t
must, of course, be kept well under by
means of weights, or II board top that
! Just its inside the cask and is held down
| by a large stone or other weight -liar-
| oer's Bazaar