The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-03-03
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Chocolate Cake: Beat together two
cupfnls OF sugar and one-haf cupful
Of butter, then add one cupful Of sweet
milk. also three cupfuls OF -four into
which has been siftcd two teaspoon
fnls OF baking powder. Lastly adj the
whites OF five eggs beaten to n -stifr
froth. Flavor with vanilla. House
keeper.
--Ground Rice: Two tablespoonful
OF ground rice. one pint of milk Boil
the milk and stir in the rice, which
| must have been previously mixed with
cold milk. Let 1t boil slowly twenty
minutes; II 1t should be thicker than a
thin batter, add little more milk.
Swceten IL to the taste Pour II into
tea cups, and serve it with cream
Boston Budget.
Stirred Egg: Mix six or eight eggs,
half an ounce OF fresh butter, a table
spoonful OF sweet cream and some salt,
stirring them in a proper dish over the
fire till they form n moderately thick
mass. They are then ready to be dished
and served at once. Soft boiled ycpe-
tables, such as asparagus, cucumbers
or canlitiower, cut fine. may be stirred
into the mass, il relishcd. Good
Housekeeping.
Egg Said: Boil some eggs hard;
lay in cold water, and afterwards re-
move the shells; cut in two Longitude
nally. remove the yelks and mix to
paste with melted butter or mayon-
naise. add fnely-minccd crosses: fill
the whites again. pfess the two halves
together and lay in little tulipshaped
nest formed of the white inner leaves
OF lettuce; put spoonful of mayon.
naise on top of each. Country Gentle.
man.
Plum Pudding: One pound OF -four,
one pound Of sugar, one pound Of rails
ms one pound of currants. half a
pound of citron, one pound OF suet well
chopped, one dozen eggs, one teaspoon.
ful OF cinnamon. of nutmeg and Of
mace. Mix the suct thoroughly with
the sifted flour, stir in the sugar. add
the eggs well beaten. then the fruit and
spices, stirred thoroughly through the
mixture. Boil four hours. -llarpcrs
Bazaar.
Crushed OATMEAL. Take cupful OF
oatmeal large or small as NAV be
needed. mix about half "a teaspoonfu
of salt with .it. put il in n basin and
pour on it as much cold water as will
cover IL. Let il cook for an hour, then
pour off any water that is not absorbed
Take spoonfuls of this oatmeal and
drop them as thickly as possible on a
baking tiT. Bake in moderate oven
till brow. and crisp - Springfield
Mass Republican.
Rice with Lemon: Boil or steam
the rice until tender. just before serv.
ing turn over il sirup made by pre-.
viously cutting two fresh lemons in
thin, wafer-lile slices, sprinkl ling each
thiclsly with sugar, and allowing il to
stand for an hour or more until u sirup
is formed. When the rice is ready &c
serve, arrange the slices Of lemon over
the top so that one or two may be
served with each dish, and turn the
strip evenly over all.-Good Health.
I'm eases of fctid feet where the free
use OF soap and water fails to relieve,
the feet should be soaked in hot water
and scraped with dull paper cutter or
dull caseknifc every night before retir.
ing. Wash with cold water in the
morning and then vigorously rub with
a coarse towel This treatment re.
moves the surplus of scales or epitheli.
um under which the offensive secrc.
tions accumulate. Going barefooted Is
said to be the natural mode of cure, for
in 10 doing the epithelium is removed
BY wear.-Health Monthly.