The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-01-10
FIREsIpE FRAGMENTS.

For piece of dried beef weighing
two pounds allow two hours steady
boiling Remov. from the fire and al
low the beef to stand in the water until
cold This beef, cut in thin slices, will
be found very nice for luncheon or light
suppers.
Apple Marmalade.-Peel, quarter
and core pleasant tart apples: cook in
water until tender; then squeeze
through colander; measure and allow
half as much sugar as pulp, and cook
together until thick; then pour into
bowls and tumblers. Y Observer.
Ora berry Roll Make rich BIS
cuit-dough. roll about one-fourth of an
inch in thickness, spread with stewed
cranberries, roll the edges together and
press them well, sew Toured cloth
around, and boil one and one-half
hours Serve with sugar and cream. -
HouselSeeper.
Pumpkin Pudding. Stew ripe,
sweet pumpkin till soft and dry. mix
with six eggs, quarter of a pound OF
butter, half pint of new milk, a little
ground ginger, grated nutmeg, and
ground cinnamon with pound of
sugar Line pudding dish with thin
crust pour in the mixture and bake.
Serve with butter sauce. Home.
A charming fre-screen is made of
wrought iron in delicate. tasteful pat
tern and set with stained glass in the
familiar bullseye pattern. A screen of
this kind, set with pale yellow and
orange glass bullseyes would be especi-
ally pretty in a yellow room or in pink
and turquoise blue in a little French
reception room furnished in enamel. =
N. Y. Tribune.
-Scalloped Sweet Potatoes Wash
four or five large sweet potatoes and
put them on to boil When done, peel
and slice lengthwise; put layer in the
bottom of deep baking-dish; cover
with bits of butter and sugar; then add
layer after layer of potatoes butter
and sugar until the dish is full; put
butter and sugar on top and set in the
stove until brown. --Harper's Bazaar
"A Nice Corn Cake. Sour milk can
be used in making various kinds OF corn
bread, and many cooks prefer it, in a
majority of cases, to sweet milk. Here
is recipe in which it is excellent: Mix
together two cups of corn meal, one
teaspoonful of salt and two teaspoon
fuls of sugar. Stir into two cups of
sour milk. Add tablespoonful of
melted butter, two well-beaten eggs
and teaspoonful of soda Beat thor
oughly and bake in shallow pans in
hot oven. Boston Globe.
Vegeta BILE Salad Take half dozen
medium-sized potatoes, half a medium
sized turnip, one beat, ha.f carrot;
the potatoes shoul be cooked by them
selves; when cold, slice them and cut
the beet once in two; chop the turnip
and carrot fine, mixing together; then
mix ali the ingredients together. Sea-
son with salt and pour over dressing
made as follows: Three tablespoonful
Of salad oil, one Of vinegar, one saltspoon-
full Of salt, half as much pepper Mix
tho salt and pepper together and pour
one spoonful of the oil over it. When
well mixed add the rest Of the oil ami
vinegar This mixture is known as
French dressing. Practical Farmer.
Jelly from Apple Feelings lin the
country where apples are used in large
quantities for drying, wash the apples
before peeling and save the peels; put
them in porcelain-iined kettles, and
cover with water, boil until tender,
pour into jelly bags and let drain over
night; boil until you have only half the
quantity, measure and allow juice of
one lemon and two pounds Of granu-
lated sugar for each quart of juice; heat
the sugar and add to the juice, boil un-
ill when SKINNER is dipped in and out
again. IL will drip off in two or three
places A good favored apple makes
much finer jelly than poor one.-N.
Y. Observer