The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-06-10
HoUsenoLD BHEWTlEs.

Ginger Cakes Two cups molassess
two eggs; one cup lard; one teaspoon
ginger; one tablespoon coda, leveled
off: a pinch of salt and -four enough TO
roll we'll Detroit Free Press.
Gluten Crackers These are tempt
ing, served with bowl of broth. on the
waiter of an invalid To one-half cup
of cream add Tablespoonful OF salt
and enough gluten -four TO make sfaH
dough; mix with knife, roll out as thin
AZ possible, cut in biscuit shape, prick
with fork and bake in moderate oven. -
N. Y Observer.
Egg Soup-To one quart of boiling
water, add q lump of butter the size OF
an egg rolled in flour, one cup OF sweet
cream, salt and pepper to taste. Beat
three eggs until yollks and whites are
slightly broken, stir into boiling mix
ture, let stand a moment and serve.
To be eaten with bits of bread fried
brown in butter. Home.
Good Plain Cake. Cream together
half q cupful of butter and two OF
sugar; add the beaten yolks of three
eggs, half cupfnl Of milk and three OF
cupsfuls of flour, into which has been
sifted three teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, and, lastly. the whites of the
eggs, beaten until light and frothy; stir
briskly. pour into buttered pan and
bake in moderate oven.-Boston Her
aid
I'm the dress hodge-podge which is
| the fashion of the moment, all styles
being the styles. it is painful to notice
symptoms OF return to the earring.
A pretty ear is q thousand times pref
| tier unmarried by the cruel puncture
and unburdened with the disfiguring
pendant, while homely, ill-shapcd ear
is only accumulated and brought TO mo-
tice by q CLINT of gold and fash OF
Jewel Pass the earring by, along with
other felics of barbarism, mesdamcs,
and display your gems in other ways
N. Y. Times.
Lady Cake. - Beat one-quarter
pound of butter to a cream and add
gradually one and one-half cups Of gram
ulated sugar. Mix and add slowly,
beating all the while, one c,lp of luke
warm water, then measure two and one
half cups of sifted flour. Add onc-half
of this to the butter, beat vigorously.
Beat the whites of four eggs to stu
froth, add half of this to a batter Mix,
stir in the remaining half of the -four,
beat again Add the juice and tho
grated yellow. rind of one lemon, two
teaspoonfuls OF baking powder and the
| remaining half of the whites Of the
eggs; bake in . moderately quick oven
for threc-quarters of an hour -Boston
Budget
Chicken Jelly.-One old fowl, two
quarts of cold water. celery. salt Cut
the chicken in pieces and put in water
with the salt; simmer till the scum
rises; skim, add the celery, and boil
slowly but steadily till tender, when
the liquid should be reduced one-half.
Strain, set away over night and in the
morning remove the fat Heat the con-
somme, season and pour into molds; OF
, the juice and aud pared rind OF one
, lemon, with the partially beaten whites
and broken shells of two eggs, may bs
added and mixed thoroughly with the
warm consomme and cooked ter
, minutes. Let it stand five more ant
strain through jelly bag. Should the
LIQUID not jell during the night, add
one-third of a box of gelatine. dissolved
/, in cold consomme, with the eggs ane
lemon, and finish as directed House
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