St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-01-14
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE

-Water-soolced boots and shoes that
have become dry and hard may Be soft,
sned and made pliable BY free use Of
coal oil Rub on with Q flannel rig
(soaked iuothe kerosene)away from The
Ara-Detroit Free PresA
-Breadcrumb PuddinS.-0oek one
cupful Of brsadcrumhs il . pint and .
half Of milk. odd half . cupfal Of sugar
and two beaten eggA Arrange in the
pudding dish six tart apples. pared and
cored; pour the pudding over them. and
bake slowly until the apples are tender:
A hard sauce b IN imptovement-Counr
-0raham 0em-Put into . mixing.
bowl teacups Of Graham -four. lcu9
Of wheat Aour. . tsblsspooofuls Of
sugar, . teaspoonfuls Of cream tartar.
and teaspoonful Of salt Nix Ill TO-
gether, and then add . eups Of milk
With teaspoonful Of soda diasolved In
It Beat tho batter thoroughly. and
bake in gem irons The oven should b
hot enough to cook the geus IN 0ftsen
minutea-Hsrper's BszaE
Ham Omslet-Beat four eggA TIE
whites and yoll<s separately; 70 The
yollks add ono spoonful Of -four and
three Of milk. beat together and add
the whites, then beat the whole with IN
egg beatef. Have prepared two table
spoonfuls Of chopped boiled ham, stir
into the batter and pour Ill into .
creased spider. cook the bottom over
the Are then remove 70 the oven and ret
on the top CRATE to cook the top of tie
omelet-N. Y. Observer.
!, Meat Cakcs-A Breakfast Dish>
Chop fine remnants Of any kind Of cold
roast or steak, season with salt add
pepper and . little butter. and make
into small cakeA Prepare IN egg bat
ter - for nice griddle cakea Lay .
spoonful OF the batter ON the hot
griddle and lay on Il tho chopped meat;
cover with batter. When Drowned %
one side turn - you would . Hriddle
eake and brown the other side These
cakes should be eaten - soon - dona
-Orsn9e Judd Farmer. re,i .sst-.. ].
The tendency In cooking sehoolA"
ssys N r>nthority In this domestic sci
encs. ';:is toward the survival Of the At
test Tho work Il sold, and Il u .
temptation to let such - excel Pre-
pare t. rather than risk the wAsteful
failures Of the inexpssieneeA. who ere
thus doubly Handicapped" Other tn.
cooking-school managess may take .
hint from thiA Little dsughters srs
always teasing 70 dabble in cake and
dough. and mothers are frowning on
the messing" Let the small daugh.
teys try. even Il they do spoil some good
materfalA In cooking. more. perhaps.
than in anything else. do our dead
selves prove 'hsepping atons& IN Y.
Timek ..arr;. fa~ --.- -t--.
1t Is . great mistake 70 make /.
large tea-biscuit Properly speaking,
. tea-biscuit should not be moro than
two inches in diameter and proportion.
ately thick when baked This gives .
delicate. moist hslky biscuit wehich win
be cooked through before the outside
crust has become hard or over browa.
Many Of the muffin tins are too large
TO cook thoroughly through before the
crust hardenA In such . case Il y .
good plan 70 dampen the upper crust
while the muAins are hot By laying .
wet cloth over them and covering II
with . dry cloth. Cookies. on the othes
hand. may we'll Be Of liberal diameter.
- they are rolled out 30 thin that their
size does not prevent their cooking
throuRh-N 7. Tribune