The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-19
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Soup for an Invalid: Boil a chicken
to a Jelly, and when cold skim of the
fat Add tot n pint Of cream, the yolk
of an egg (hs-d boiled and mashcd), q
little mace. salt and pepper and TWEEN
ty-fve oy sters. Boil slowly fifteen min
utes, and when done strain.-Boston
Budget
Salad Of Anchovies: Wash the an.
ch0sies well, clean and soak them, and
then cut into fillets and drain and put
into a relish boat. Arrange over them
q melange of hard egg yolk and white
chopped separately, with parsley and
whole capers. Moisten perfectly under
this garniture-but not so as to run
with oil and vinegar.-Boston Globe.
Tomato Catsup: One-half a bushel
of tomatoes, three tablespoonfuls Of
salt, one tablespoonful each of allspice,
cloves and sugar, n teaspoonful of
red pepper. Chop the tomatoes and
cook till tender Sift, and boil down
till thick, putting in the spices first
II vinegar is wished. add a little to
each bottle before sealing. House
keeper.
Baked Omelet: Heat very hot three
gills of rich, sweet milk. with one table
spoonful of butter in it; beat thorough
ly five eggs; wet one tablespoonful of
-four and a pinch of salt in a little cold
milk. Mix the eggs with the -four and
cold milk, then add the hot milk stir
ring fast. Bake in a quick wen fifteen
OF twenty minutes. Serve hot.-Ohio
Farmer.
Hot Fish Coquilles: Take remain
ders of cold fish. cut with a silver knife
into little 'thimbles," that is. thimb,e-
sized. and moisten with white sauce.
Let it simmer and reduce. Then add
an equal volume of cold cooked mush.
rooms hashed and u little nutmeg, salt,
white pepper and a squeeze of lemoni
I'LL oys er or clam shells and put grated
bread and butter over the top. and bake
light brown.-Boston Globe.
Corn Soup: Split the grains of one
dozen ears of corr and scrape. Boil the
cobs in enough water 70 cover them for
ten minutes. Strain this water and use
one quart. Add 10 1t slowly one quart
cream. then the corn. Season and cook
ffteen minutes. Milk car be used in
stead of cream. il desired; it can be
.hickened with one tablespoonful each
butter and -four rubbed together.
Serve it at Once.-People's Home Jour
nal.
dreamed Salmon: Drain all the
liquid from a can of salmon and chop
the salmon fine Grease the bottom of
a small baking dish and put i'm a layer
of bread crumbs, then n layer of fish,
and so on until You have used a pint of
crumbs and the fish. For the dressing,
boil a pint of milk, add two ia tablespoon
fuls of butter. salt and pepper to taste.
Pour this over the salmon and crumbs
and bake until brown. Have the top
layer of bread crumbs, Prairie
Farmer.
Wafer Biscuits: Rub a tcaspoonful
of butter into a pint of sifted flour: add
n little salt. and with the white Of an
egg and warm milk, mix a stiff, smooth
paste. Beat with a rolling-pin for one
half an hour. the longer the better;
form into little round balls. size of Il
pigeons egg, and roll till the size of a
saucer. Sprinkle the baking pans
with a little -four, and bake with care.
These may be made of oatmeal, or diff
ferent grains, cut in any pretty shape
and served with tea, or nourishing
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