The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-04-27
PRESIDE FRAGMENTS,

.-l.swonderfully good imitation Of
mapls sugar may be made by flavoring
ordinary brown sugar with an extract
of hickory bark. It is said to be al
most tndistinguishable from the genu-
Inc.
Coffee Jelly.-Soak box Of gela-
tine in half 2 pint Of cold water for
two hours Pour over it at the end of
that time one and half pints Of boil
ing water: When it is dissolved add
one pint Of sugarand q pint Of strong
coffee. Strain. turn into molds and set
away to Standardization Budget.
Spring Pudding. -Sft three cups of
hour:with two tea-spoonfuls of baking
powder, add q cup of sugar, q table
spoonful Of butter, two eggs, aud a
cup Of milk, flavor with tea-spoonful
of DR.. Prices extract of vanilla Butter
a mold, pour in the batter and steam
one hour. Eat with hard sauce.-Home.
Egg Salad. Cut three large stalks
of celery into pieces, and put in salad
bowl. Chop the whites of five hard
boiled eggs and add to the celery, with
little salt and pepper; slice the yolks
OF the eggs in thin rounds, lay carefully
over the salad, pour over plain salad
dressing and garnish with celery leaves.
-Harpers Bazaar.
An excellent remedy for q chest
cold, used promptly, is a poultice of hot
onions. The onions should be sliced
and stewed in lard till somewhat tender
and very hot Then put them in bag
already prepared, take two or three
stitches in the end and apply where the
distress is most evident This done
while waiting for a physician will often
avert a serious attack.
Coventry Fruit Calke-One-hal1
pound of butter and one pound of sugar,
creamed together; add one pound OF
eggs one pound of carefully prepared
| currants, one pound of stoned raisins,
quarter OF pound of citron and lemon
peel, q, little cinnamon, allspice and
cloves, and few sweet and bitter al.
monds, blanched and pounded; mix
with one pound of -four and two tea.
spoonfuls of baking powder, and bake
| In moderate oven.-Boston Budget.
Rice With Figs-Boil one cupful OF
rice in two cupfuls of water for half IN
hour; add half teaspoonful of salt
| pour into colander, if the water is
not all cooked out, to let it drain; set it
in the oven until the rice is white and
dry: then set it in a steamer: Chop holt
pound of figs fine, and stir into the
rice: cover and steam twenty minu ties;
erve<hot with bowl of cream to which
has been added four tablespoonfuls OF
sugar.-N. Y. Observer.
Boiled Apple Dumplinga -Prepare
your paste; cut into squares and fill as
for baked dumplings, chopping finely
the apples, that they may cook more
readily; put each dumping into bag
or cloth and tie, leaving room for it tc
swell; drop the bags into boiling waite,
and boil steadily for an hour; serve the
dumplings hot with sauce; good sauce
is made by mixing brown sugar and
butter together and ground cinnamon.
Chocolate Blanc Mange.-Three
large tablespoonfuls grated chocolate
into quart of cold milk, and let it boil
five minutes Have ready six table
spoonfuls cornstarch prepared in lit
tie cold milk; stir in the milk and choco
late; make very sweet and let it boil
ten minutes; put it in mold and cal
when cold with cream. 1t should be
mado soon after breakfast and stand on
The ice until dinner. Farm, Field and
| Fireside.