The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22
FIREsIDE FRAGMENTS.

"A wonderfully good imitation Of
maple sugar may be made by tlavoring
ordinary brown sugar with an extract
Of hickory bark IL is said TO be al
most indistinguishable from the genu-
inc.
Coffee Jelly Soak box of gela-
tine in half pint OF cold water for
two hours Pour over it at the end OF
that time one and a half pints Of boil.
ing water. When it is dissolved add
one pint of sugar and pint of strong
coffee. Strain, turn into molds and set
away to harden. boston Budget
Spring Pudding. -Sift three cups OF
flour with two tea-spoonfuls of baking
powder, add a cup of sugar, table
spoonful of butter two eggs, aud n
cup of milk. flavor with tea-spoonful
of DIR. Prices extract OF vanilla Butter
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 a salad
bowl Chop the whites of five hard
boiled eggs and add to the celery, with
n 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
-Harper's Bazar
An excellent remedy for a chest
cold, used promptly, is 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 evi"ent This done
while waiting for ph ysician will often
avert q serious attack.
Coventry Fruit Cake. --One-half
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 Il pound of citron and lemon
peel, a little cinnamon, allspice and
! cloves, and fcw sweet and bitter al
mCndS, banched and pounded; mix
with one pound of flour and two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder and bake
in moderate ovcn,-Boston Budget.
Rice With Figs Boil one cupful OF
rice in two cupfuls of water for half an
hour; add half teaspoonful of salt
pour into colander if the water i:
not all cooked out, to let it drain; set il
in the oven until the rice is white and
dry: then set it in steamer. Chop hall
a pound of figs fine and stir into the
rice; cover and steam twenty minutes;
serve hot with bowl of cream to which
has been added four tablespoonfuls ot
sugar.-N. y. Observer
Boiled Apple Dumplings. Prepare
your paste; cut into squares and fill a!
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 tt
swell; drop the bags into boiling water
and boil steadily for an hour; serve the
dumplings hot with sauce; good sauc,
is made by mixing brown sugar anC
butter together and ground cinnamon
Chocolate Blanc Mango. Three
large tablespoonfuls grated chocolat,
into quart of cold milk, and let it boi
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 boi
ten minutes; put it in mold and ca
when cold with cream. 1t should b
made soon after breakfast and stand Of
the ice until dinner Farm, Field an
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