Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-05
ElREslpE FRAGMENTS.

For a piece OF dried beef weighing
two pounds allow two hours steady
boiling. Remove from the fire and al.
low the beef to stand in the water until
cold This beef, cut in thin slices, will
oe found very nice for luncheon or light
suppers.
Apple Marmalade.-Peel,q quarter
and core pleasant tart apples: cook in
water until tender; then squeeze
through a colander; measure and allow
half as much sugar as pulp, and cook
together until thick; then pour into
bowls and tumblers-N. Y. Observer.
Cranberry 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 we'll, sew a Toured cloth
| around, and boil one and one-half
hours. Serve with sugar anu cream
| Housekeeper.
Pumpkin Pudding. Stew a ripe,
sweet pumpkin till soft and dry, mix
with six eggs, O quarter of a pound of
butter, half pint of new milk, little
ground ginger, grated nutmeg, and
| ground cinnamon with a pound OF
sugar. Line pudding dish with thin
crust, pour in the mixture and bake.
| Serve with butter sauce.-Home.
"A charming fire-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 FrencI
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
bottom of a 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 q
majority of cases, to sweet milk. Here
is recipe in which it is excellent: Min
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 o.
So
and teaspoonful of soda Beat thor
oughly and bake in shallow pans in q
hot oven.-Boston Globe.
| Vegetable Salad.-Tal1e half a dozer
medium-sized potatoes half a medium
sized turnip, one beat, half a carrot
the potatoes should be cooked by them
selves; when cold, slice them and cut
the beet once in two; chop the turniI
and carrot fine, mixing together; ther
4 mix all the ingredients together. Sea
son with salt and pour over a dressing
made as follows: Three tablespoonful
of salad oil, one of vinegar, one saltspoon
full of salt, half as much pepper. Mix
the salt and pepper together and poul
one spoonful of the oil over it Wher
we'll mixed add the rest of the oil anc
vinegar. This mixture is known a.
French dressing. Farmer.
Jelly from Apple Peelings.-In thu
country where apples are used in large
quantities for drying. wash the apples
before peeling and save the peels; pu
them in porcelain-lined kettles, anc
cover with water, boil until tender
pour into jelly bags and let drain ove1
night; boil until you have only half thu
quantity, measure and allow juice o
one lemon and two pounds of granu
lated sugar for each quart of juice; hea
the sugar and add to the juice, boil I'm
til when a skinner is dipped in and on
/ again, it will drip off in two or tire,
places A good favored apple makes
much finer jelly than a poor one.-N
| Y Observer