The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-07-22
FlREsIDE FRAGMENTS.

Beef Loaf. = Three pounds OF
chopped, raw beef, one slice OF raw,
chopped pork, three rolled crackers,
one egg, one and one-half cupfuls OF
milk, one tablespoonful Of melted but
ter, salt, pepper, chopped onion lit
liked mixed together, and baked In
buttered pan.-Good Housekeeping.
Rice Mufins.-Sift two teaspoon
fuls baking powder and one teaspoon
full salt with two teacupfuls -four; then
add two well-beaten eggs, one teacup-
full cold boiled rice, one teaspoonful
butter and enough sweet milk to make
a rather thick batter. Pour into well.
creased muffin rings and bake.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
Good Breakfast Cakes.-Sift q
quart of -four, add two ounces OF lard.
the same of butter, four eggs well
beaten; rub the butter and lard in the
-four; fill pint bowl with milk, stir
the eggs In 1t, then pour into the flour;
add teaspoonful of salt and work for
ten minutes; roll the dough, cut with
biscuit cutter, and bake in quick
oven.-Home.
Vanilla Ice Cream.-Boil one pint
of cream and half a pound of granu-
lated sugar in a farina-kettle, stirring
constantly, for about ten minutes
Take from the fire, add two tablespoon
fuls of vanilla extract, and when cool, q
second pint of cream. 1t is possible to
use milk in the place of the second pint
of cream, but this necessitates a sacri-
fee of the velvety taste peculiar to
good ice cream. The quantities given
make dessert for six people.-Ladies'
Home Journal.
Velvet Lemon Cream.--Boil a pint
and half of milk with two table,
spoonfuls of sugar. the thin rind of q
lemon, and, if liked, an inch of CHINA
mon stick. Beat four fresh eggs, mix
them very smoothly with two dessert
spoonfuls of cornstarch, stirring them
all the time; pour the boiling milk
over the mixture into a pan, add to it
one-half package of gelatine that has
soaked in one-haf pint of cold water;
stir all over slow fire till it thickens,
then pour it into mold.-Home and
Country.
Fish Chowder.-Take cod or had
dock weighing about four pounds, skin
1t, cut in small pieces and wash in cold
water; take one-fourth pound (scant)
of salt pork, cut in pieces and fry
brown in the kettle in which chowder
is to be made; pare and slice five
medium-sized potatoes and one small
onion; place layer of potato and
onion in the kettle, then a layer of
fish, dredge in salt, pepper and -four;
put in alternate layers until all is used;
and hot water enough to cover, and
boil gently thirty minutes; add one
pint of milk, six crackers split and
dipped in cold water; then cook ten
minutes longer.-Boston Budget.
Sleeps Brains Roasted.-Four or
six brains will be required for dish.
Prepare the brains as for stcwing, and
procure as many slices of bacon as
there are brains. After they have been
boiled and thrown into cold water,
drain and dry them perfectly; brush
over with oil, and roll them in highly
seasoned bread crumbs. Put them to
the bacon before the fire in Dutch
oven, or bake in a well-heated oven,
turning them about that they may be
equally cooked and basting them occa-
sionally. When. they are nicely
Drowned take them up. Lay the slices
of bacon on toast, put the brains upon
them, and send sharp sauce or tomato
sauce to table in q tureen. Time to
bake, thirty or forty minutes--Prairie