The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 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
'gg well beaten, four tablespoonfuls OF
sweet milk or cream, and one table
spoonful of fiour.-Ladies' World.
Chocolate Filling: Boil together two
,upfuls of white sugar and two-thirds
IF 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 CHI ,colate may he
stirred through the frosting or sprinkled
over each layer of cake.-Housekeeper.
Tomato Soup: Boil a pint of canned
tomatoes. Ten minutes before wanted;
eiiok a tablespoon each of butter and
Hour 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:
-Housekecpcr.
Charlotte Russo. Take a pint Of
rich milk and soak a third of n box Of
gelatine in it. Make a pint of egg Gus
tard, flavor with a tea-spoonful Of
extract of vanilla. add the CELIA
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
one-half cups of sugar, one cup of but
ter Tor half a cup each of lard and but
teri. one-half cup of cold water. one
small teaspoonful of soda: flavor to
taste. IL 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 -four and roll ont thin.-La-
lies World.
Plain Welsh Rarebit: Put into the
n pound of grated cheese,
English dairy cheese is recommended;
one tablespoonful of butter. a quarter
a tablespoonful of salt. a goodly
quantity of pepper or one-eigfrth of a
t~easpoonful of red pepper: stir the in
gradients and as soon as the cheese he
gins to boil add a Tablespoonful of
catsup. Serve on buttered toast.
n. Y. Observer.
Sponge Cake: Take ten eggs, their
in sugar. half their weight in
flour, two teaspoonfuls each of vanilla
extract and lemon juice. a pinch of
salt: heat together the sugar and the
volks of the eggs: heat the whites till
they stand alone: mix tn" whites with
yolks, add the flavoring. then the
-four. work as quickly as possible. Put
into pans, and bake in an oven no: too
hot. -~Harper's Bazaar.
columbian Pudding: Foil a tcacup-
ful nf milk. and when partly cool flavor
with vanilla. slice thin and Law
N a deep dish Il half pound of almond
,pongc cake. Pour over it the hot milk
md a quart Of cream. Add two ounces
IF pounded almonds. half u pound Of
sugar and half Il dozen we'll
eggs. stir these in lightly. and
II once place in n moderate ovep and
bake to Il, delicate brown. Eat with a
not sauce or whipped cream.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
-Corn-Frittcrs: II you are tired Of
plain canned corn. try these ~corn-frit-
.crs. They are nice for breakfast. for
inch. or As = side dish for dinner,
when the variety Of vegetables is small.
70 one ran of corn add one ~teacupful
" sweet milk. two eggs. II half tea
Of salt. and -four. prepared
With haking-rnwder, enough to make
very stiff halter. Dro?,this batter
" spoonfuls into boiling lard or drip
and fry the same as doughnuts.
and Firesidc.
Poisoning by Ivy: ! have found \
rec ,tse Of cold water to he the hest
for poison vine. Formerly I
long and severely. Now on the
irst appearance of the poisoning on the
kin. no matter on what part NJ the
I pour cold water on it until
thoroughly chilled. On temperance
# the fever or rednesS with itching. |
gain douche as fully rs at first. and re-
if necessary several times. II the
ace is poised lie down and shut the
YES. letting another do the pouring
when the hands have touched the poi
oncd skin he sure to wash them at
nee: no one need suffer more than
wcnty-four hours who uses cold water
S above.-Home.