The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-03-25
FIREsIDE FRAGMENTS.


Corn Bread.-One cup of molasses,
three cups of flour, two cups sonr milk,
four cups sweet milk, five cups meal,
one tablespoonful salt, one tablespoon
ful soda; bake two hours. Detroit Free
Press
White Indian Cake Two clips Of
white Indian meal, one cup of -FOUR ona
tablespoonful of sugar, ode egg, one
cup of sour milk, one teaspoonful OF
soda, one-half teaspoonsul Of SALT
Farm, Field and Firesids,
Ants that frequent houses or gar
dens may be destroyed by taking -four
OF birthstone half a pound, potash four
ounces. Set them in an iron or eafthen
pan over the fire until dissolved or
united: afterward beat them I'd n po,v-
der and infuse little of this powder Ia
water, and wherever You sprinkle it
the ants will die or leave the place.
Detroit Free Press
-Hasty PUDDING. PITT Quart of
milk in a crock and set it on the stove
to cook As soon as it comes to boil,
sift in the -four, d little at d time, stir.
ring 1t we'll till it is thick and stiff.
Serve with sweetenel cream or thick.
ened milk, made in this way: Take a
piece of butter size &c d walnut one
hearing tablespoonful OF sugar and one
of flour. Cream this together, and
pour on pint of milk. Let this cook
ten minutes. Flavor to suit the taste.
Boston Budget
Madison Bread.-To each quart of
Hour use one half pint of yeast the
folks of two eggs, large roasted or
boiled potato; one tablespoonful 81
sugar aid one Of lard. Beat the yeast,
eggs and sugar together; mash the po-
tato and mix in; then work in the -four
as for rolls. When they are well risen,
roll ont with rolling-p;n, cut them
and put in pan to rise until the time
TO bake. In u hot stove they will bake
in ten or fifteen minutes When in
tended for tea, make them about
o'clock. These rolls rarely fall il the
yeast is good. N Y. Tribune.
Fried Potato Cream. Prepare very
fine mashed potato adding an egg, yolE
and white beaten separately, and two
Of sweet cream 10 each
pint Pour into a square pan, slightly
houred, and smooth the top SO as to
make layer half an inch thick. Let
1t cool in this pan. Cut in two-inch
squares, crumb and fry. For this and
the croquettes wire basket is desira-
BILE. 1t makes frying easier, but with
care they may be success sfully fried |
without-Country Gentleman.
English Blanc Mango. -E'enr table,
'poonfuls or three ounces of cornstarch
20 one quart of rich sweet milk and |
'wo eggs Dissolve the eornstarch in |
'ene Of tie milk Put into the re-
nainder of the milk four ounces Of |
White sugar, pinch of salt, and one
easpoonfnl of extract of lemon, and |
leat 1T TO near boiling; then add the
mixed cornstarch and boil (stirring
'rlskly) four minutes and pour into
noulds or cups and set aside to get
old. When cold turn from the cups,
'our around it any kind of stewed or
reserved fruits, or sauce made of
milk and sugar, favored with lemon
xtract Ohio Farmer.
Excellent Plun Pudding. One we
an recommend is made as follows: Ma
erials, one pound each of 5 .eded raisins
nd currants; three-fourths of pound
suet chopped fine; one-half pound
aeh of flour, brown sugar and bread
runbs; onc-fourth pound of citron,
Iced fine; six eggs, one pint sweet
,ilk; small teacupful of fruit syrup;
ne teaspoonful each Of salt and CHINA.
ION; one-half teaspoonful each of mace
nd cloves; n half nutmeg, grated; the
lice of one lemon and its rind grated.
cald the milk and pour it over the
read crumbs. When cool add the
agar, the well-beaten yolks of three
ygs, the suet, spices, etc. Reserve some
the -four o stir with the fruit which
to be added after the other ingreii-
ats are thoroughly mixed Lastly add
he whites of the eggs beaten stiff.
our into large bag scaldel ana well
oured, or into two bags if desired.
lace in kettle of boiling water and
eep at the boiling point i've hours.