The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-01
FIRESIDG FRAGMENTS.

Russian Tea.-Pare and slice fresh
Juicy lemons and lay piece in the
bottom of each cup; sprinkle with
white sugar and pour hot, strong tea
upon it. Serve without cream.-H ouse-
keeper.
Baked Hash.-Mix well about equal
portions finely minced cold meat of any
kind and minced cold potato. moisten
with milk, gravy or soup stock-never
with water-season with salt and pep
per, make into roll, put in a buttered
pan and bake in the oven. This, if
properly prepared and cooked, will be
delicious hash.-Boston Herald.
Pie Crust.-Rub thoroughly one
cupful of lard into two cupfuls of -four,
e. which has been added little salt.
Mix with enough ice water to make a
soft paste. but which can be rolled out
thinlv. Do not handle more than nee
Rssary, as upon that and the GOODNESS
pf the water depends it flakineSs.
Have the filling of the pies ready be-
fore making the crust, as it should not
stand before using .-Housekeeper.
-Omelette Souffie.-For this al
rarthen pudding dish should be used.
Butter il warm. Beat the yoiks of two
Eggs with a tablespoonful OF powdered
sugar and half Il teaspoonful of vanilla
extract. Then beat the whites of four
eggs until stiff. and whip them lightly
into the Favored yolls. Pour the mix
ture into the dish and bake at once in
n moderate oven from ten to twelve
IN Sn-v. i,3 al,
PRAISED Tongue. - Simmer the
Tongue two hours. Tie the tip to the
thick part. Brown two tablespoonfuls
of butter. add two tableSpoonfuls of
flour, pour on one quart of hot stock,
add one-half Of a carrot, onehalf of
Fnnip one onion, one cut potato. one
sprie of parsley. two bay leaves. one
stalk of celery. one tablespoonful each
cf Worcestershire and mushroom catch
hp. Add TO the tongue and bake one
and one-haif hours. Boil sauce down
nnd pour over tongue. food House
Keeping.
Tropical Snow-Ten sweet oranges
parcd and grated, two glasses sherry.
one cup powdered sugar, six bananas.
peel and cut the oranges small, taking
ont the seeds, put layer in glass
bowl and wet with wine, then strew
with sugar. next put layer of grated
rocoanut. slice the bananas thin and
cover the cocoanUt with them; when
the dish has been filled in this order
heap with cocoanut; ca: soon or the
oranges will toughen.-Detroit Free
Press.
-Cucum Der Salad.-Peel and slice the
cueumbers very thin, sprinkle with Il
little salt. cover with bits of cracked
Zee. Let them remain thus half an
hour before they are wanted: then
drain. and they viii be crisp and with
nut any bitterness. For the dressing
mix slowly together two tablespoon
fuls salad oil with the same amount of
vinegar. and teaspoonful each of
sugar and white pepper Pour it over
The cucumbers just before meal time
end serve.-orange Judd FARMER.
Sponge Cake-rake one eupful of
tugar. four eggs, one cupful of flour
Ind one level teaspoonful OF baking
powder Beat the yollls Of the eggs
end sugar together. then add the flour
in which you have put the baking pow
Her Lastly stir in the beaten whites
Of the eggs. This makes one loaf.
Baked on "a long shallow tin this makes
very nice rolled jelly cake have
hsed this recipe often and like it. both
for jelly cake and sponge cake. It
should be baked quickly.-Prairie Far
mer