The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-12-23
HOME HINTS AND HELPS,

Baked Hominy: One cup boiled
grits. one cup sweet milk, two table.
spoons butter, n tablespoon flour,
one teaspoonful baking powder, two
eggs beaten separately. Put in whites
last and bake in small pan about three
inches keep. A breakfast or dinner
ish.-Detroit Free Press.
Brides Cake: Whites of twelve eggs,
three cups sugar, small cup butter, one
cup sweet milk, four small cups flour,
half cup corn-starch, two teaspoons
baking powder, lemon to taste. Add.
ing one cup citron sliced thin and
busted with flour, makes a beautiful
citron cake. Christian at Work.
Squash Soup: Peel and slice thin
enough squash to fill n pint bowl.
Boil in one quart of sailed water till it
may be rubbed through Il sieve. When
smooth, add one cupful of cream, one
pint of cold gravy, a cup of boiling
water, and a tablespoonful of butter
and flour rubbed smooth. Boil up
nee and serve.-Housekeeper.
Cleaning Gloves: Fill a glass half
full of benzine, immerse the gloves,
squeeze it gently one or twice, then
draw on the hand, rub quickly with
a clean, white towel. Kid gloves may
be washed in naptha, rubbing them be-
tween the hands just as you would a
handkerchief to wash it. Do not take
benzine or naptha near the fire or they
will ignite.-Yankee Blade.
-Bouchees de barnes: Mix with six
eggs n quarter of a pound of sugar,
three ounces of potato-flour, a little
salt, and a pinch of dried orange-flow-
ers; beat them together well, and hav-
ing buttered n tin, lay your paste on
it, and bake it in a gentle oven for a
quarter of an hour; when done cut it
in pieces, about the size of a crown
piece. and glaze them, mask them ac-
cording to your pleasure and dry them
in the o~ven.-Farm and Fireside.
-Stewed Holsters: Pick the meat
from n large or two small Holsters in
small pieces. Boil the shells in a pint
of water, a blade of mace and some
white pepper corns. When all the
strength has been extracted from the
shells and spice strain the liquor. Rub
he coral and green and white fat
both in n few tablespoonfuls of
ted butter, add the juice Of half a
1on- Add these ingredients to the
'.raih iiquor, put in the lobster uc,.
let 1T boil up once and serve.-Boston
Budget.
Cream Chocolate Custard: Scrape
one-fourth of a pound of the best
chocolate, pour on it a ~teacupful of
boiling water. and let it stand by the
fire till it has dissolved. Beat eight
eggs very light, emitting the whites OF
Stir them by degrees into a
quart of cream alternately with the
chocolate and three table
of powdered sugar. Put the
mixture into cups; set these into a pan
of hot water and bake for ten min
utes, or until firm. Serve cold with
whipped cream.-Boston Budget.
Green Almonds: Two handfuls
of fresh spinach. well washed drained,
and then pounded; when very fine,
press it through n napkin: let the
juice drop on n dish, which place on "A
hot stove; as Don as it begins to boil,
take it off. stirring it constantly. till
the green curdles, then pour it through
4 horsehair sieve, and when well
drained strain it through a silk sieve;
The juice thus obtained will give the
almonds (which must be put in Il few
1t Il time) n clear and even green color.
Farm, Field and Fireside.