The Portland daily press., 1893-10-23
THE HOME.
Seven Rules.


One cup of sugar, one half cup of but
ter, one-half cup of milk, yolk of two
eggs and white of one, two cups of flour,
two teaspoons of baking-power. Filling:
One cup of sugar and one tablespoons
of cold water boiled until it threads.
Add to this the well-beaten white of one
egg and beat thoroughly, then add one
cup OF chopped hickory-nut meats.
Steamed Loaf. Two cupfuls of graham
flour, cupful of white flour, cupful
of Indian meal, two scant teaspoonfuls
of salt. Put the dry ingredients into a
milk pan and add a cupful of molasses,
two scant teaspoonfuls Of soda dissolved
in a little cold water, cupful of sour
milk or buttcrmilk and one and one
half cupfals of sweet milk Steam for
three hours. This makes two medium
sized loaves
A Salt Mackerel. Lay large salt
mackerel, skin up, in a pan of cold water
over the fire; as often as the water heats
the fish is fresh enough; meantime
squeeze the juice of lemon and chop a
tablespoonful of parsley fine, or soak
some dried parsley, and mix them with
a heaping tablespoonful of butter, and
after the mackerel is drained spread this
butter over it and serve it on a hot dish.
Minute Pudding. --Puta quart of water
or more on the stove, add a teaspoonful
of salt, let it come to q boil, and stir in
-four until it is as thick as mush. TO
the flour we add baking powder as for
biscuit. We were taught to make it
with milk and no baking powder, but
have learned by experience that this is
better way. There is no danger OF its
having burned taste and the baking
powder makes it lighter. Eat with
sweetened cream or milk.
Corn Starch Cake.-Cream one and one
half cupfuls of sugar with one-half cup
full of butter. Add one-half cupful of
milk.
Mix one and one half cupfuls of -four
one and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking
powder into it. Then cut and mold into
cake the stifliy beaten whites of seven
eggs. Flavor to taste. Bake in a moder-
ate oven with a steady heat.
Cream Mullins. One pint flour. one
half teaspoonful salt; one-half teaspoon
full soda: one teaspoonful cream of
three-fourths cup cream, or enough to
make drop batter; whites of two eggs
beaten stiff. Bake III muffin pans and
serve very hot.
johnny Cake. -Four cups of sour milk
i'll which three cups of cornmeal are
soaked over night In the morning add
a teaspoonful of soda, tablespoonful
OF soda, a tablespoonful of molasses and
one egg and beat. Bake in thin sheets
in hot oven for half an hour
Hints to Housekeepers
Milk applied once week with soft
cloth freshens and preserves boots and
Shoes.
A lump of camphor in your clothes
press will keep steel ornaments from
furnishing.
To make sweet apple pickle take seven
pounds of apples, one quart of vinegar
and four pounds of sugar. Pare, quar-
ter and core the apples; steam them if
hard, and cook in the vinegar, adding
slices to taste.
You can drive nails into hard wood
without bending them if you dip them
first in lard
TO wash red table linen use tepid water
with little powdered borax (Which sets
the color) and hang to dry in a shady
place. The washing must be done sepa-
rately and done quickly with very little
soap; the rinsing water should have
very little starch in. it, Iron when nearly
dry.