Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-11-11
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-Molasses Sponge Cake: One cup mo
lasses, two cups flour, one-half cul
shortening, one-half cup sugar, II littl'
salt, cinnamon and ginger. Mix, ant
add one teaspoon soda dissolved in
cup of boiling water. Detroit Fret
Press,
French Chicken: Tie thin bacor
over the breast, put in pan with one
small carrot, one small onion stuck
with two cloves, n sprig of parsley,
Half cover with hot water or stock
Cover the pan and simmer forty min
utes, Remove fowl, haste with butter
dredge with -four, and brown in the
oven. Serve with sauce made from poi
liquor.-Good Housekeeping.
-Broiled Sweetbrcads: Split open
and skewer the s~weetbreads; season
them with pepper and salt and with
powdered mace, Broil them or a but,
tered gridiron till thoroughly done.
While they are broiling prepare some
melted butter seasoned with mushroom
catsup, and have ready some nicely
made toast with the crust cut off. Lay
the toast on the bottom of Il platter;
place the sweetbreads upon it and pour
over them the drawn butter Ohio
Farmer.
Small Blue Damson Preserves:
These plums have little to recommend
them for eating, but they are among
the best for preserving. Remove the
stems, wash, take rs much sugar as
plums if desired rich. Add a teacupful
or less OF water to each pound Of fruit.
Boil and skim the sirup before putting
in the plums, then cook slowly until
they are thoroughly done and sweet to
the pit and the sirup is rich and thick.
Place in self-sealing bottles and they
are ready. Orange Judd Farmer.
Celery Cruel; This may be pre-.
pared in different ways, says the Med.
ical Record. AS n cure for rheumatic
twinges, it may be stepped in water,
and the water seasoned with salt and
pepper and drunk either warm or cold.
1t is usually relishcd in the form of a
stew. Cut the celery in inch bits. Place
in a small quantity of boiling sailed
water. After half an hours boiling
add rich, sweet milk to make it quite
juicy. Let this scald, and add season.
ing to taste.-Rural New Yorker.
Preserved Whole Peaches: The
peaches and sugar, of equal weight,
are put into the kettle in layers, us in
the case of cut peaches, set ovcr the,
fire, and a pint of water to each four
pounds of fruit and sugar is added.
slrup is brought to a boil, which
continues for half an hour, when the
peaches are taken carefully out and
put on a fiat dish in the sun. The sirupl
is boiled down till it is thick and clear.
when the peaches are put back and
boiled till they look clear, when the
whole is ready for putting into cans,
which are sealed when cool. Farm,
Field and Preside.
Ribs OF Beef Rolled and Stuffed:
a nice forcemeat out of four
ounces of bread crumbs, two ounces Of
melted, a little grated lemon
peel, a little grated nutmeg, pepper.
and sweet herbs to taste. Mix all
together with the volk of one egg.
Lay this forcement on this beef. roll
mp, and fasten with a skewer, and al
broad piece of tape in the shape of al
round Put in dripping pan on meat
rack haste frequently with butter.
twenty minutes before it is doneI
it over the top with butter, dredrel
It with flour and brown handsomely.
Remove the skewer and tape and serve
with a good gravy round it,-Boston
Budget.