The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28
HOUSEHOLD BREvITIES.

-Nreen trapc Jelly. -Mcib thc
grapes, put them In cheese cloth bag
and let drain over night. Use three
quarters of a pound of sugar to pound
of juice. If cooked just enough, there
is no jelly more clear and beautiful
Prairie Farmer.
-Shirred Eggs.-Put a piece of but
ter the size of hazelnut in teacup
with pinch of salt and little pepper.
Break in two eggs without stirring.
Set in a pan of boiling water to cook.
When the whites are set serve immedi-
ately in the cup they were cooked in
Detroit Free Fress.
Lemon Essence.-When one is using
lemons plentifully, an excellent essence
may be made at the slightest cost. Put
the grated rind of dozen lemons into
a pint of alcohol, add teaspoonful of
lemon oil, bottle and cork tightly and
set in a warm place; shake every day
for two weeks, when it will be ready
for use.-Country Gentleman.
Date Custard Pie-Is good for a
spring dinner. Cook half a pound of
dates until soft enough to rub through
a sieve; then to a pint and half of
sweet milk. add two well-beaten eggs,
one pinch of salt, little powdered
cinnamon, and bake in one crust. Use
the whites of the eggs for a meringue
to cover the top of the pie after it is
baked.-lIome Queen.
Baked Eggs.-Break six or seven
eggs into a buttered dish, taking care
that each is whole and does not en-
croach upon the others so much as to
mix or disturb the yolks; sprinkle with
pepper and salt and a bit of butter up
on each; put into an oven and bake I'M
til the whites are well set Serve very
hot, with rounds of buttered toast or
saadwiches.-Or Judd Farmer.
strawberry Ice Cream.-Take one
quart Strawberries, mash them, and
then sweeten so that they will not
curdle the cream. Take three pints of
cream, and if rich. one-half pint of
milk. Put Strawberries and cream to-
gether and sweeten all sweeter than if
to be eaten before freezing, as the
freezing takes out the sweetness.
Other fiavors may be made with just
the cream and flavoring. including
peach, pineapple and vanilla.-Boston
Budget
Asparagus on Toast-To those
who like it this is the most delicious
vegetable that can be served; those
who dislike the peculiar flavor deny
that IL can have any merit Tie the
stalks into small bunch, cut off the
hard lower part and plunge the heads
into saucepan of sailed boiling water.
Let them boil from ten to fifteen
minutes, piercing them with a long pin
to try II they are tender. Have ready
a square of buttered toast and arrange
the asparagus neatly upon it. Cover
the dish with hot bowl that it may
reach the invalid in good condition
Ladies' Home Journal
Parker House Rolls. - Rub one
tablespoonful of butter into one quart
of -four; boil one-half pint of new milk,
and when cool, pour it into a well, or
bay, in the center of the -four, add
half tablespoonful of white sugar, a
pinch of salt, and half cup of yeast,
or half well soaked yeast cake. Do
not stir this mixture, but allow it to
stand for eight or ten hours; mix it into
dough and let it stand until light, mold
and roll out on the bread board until
about half or three-fourths of an inch
in thickness, and cut with a circular
cake cutter, rub the top of each with
melted butter and fold nearly one-half
over on the other half. after the man
ner of turnover, place tiny bit of
butter on the top of each. place them
upon the tins upon which they are to
be baked. let them rise, and when light
bake quickly.-Farm, Field and Fire
side