The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1893-12-01
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.


Spice Cake: One cup sugar, same Of
molasses. same of butter, ssme OF milk,
four cups Of hous. two eggs, one tea.
spoonful of soda. one teaspoonful Of
cinnamon and cloves mixed. Ohio
Farmer.
Spice Cake: One and one-half cups
sugar, one-half cup butter. one-half
cup sour milk, twoeups chopped raiSins.
three eggs, one-half nutmeg. one tea
spoonful cinnamon one teaspoonful
cloves, one-half teaspoonful soda.
Flour enough for rather still batter,
Bake in loaf tins in moderate oven
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To Fry Eels; Strip them. take out
the bones and cut them in pieces and
lay them for almost two hours in salt
pepper, bay leaves, sliced onions, vinc-
gar and the juice OF lemons; then -four
them well and fry them in clarified
butter, and serve them. Garnish the
dish as YOU please.
Splendid Gingersnaps; Scald one
cupful of molassGS stir in ono tea
spoonful Of soda, and pour IL. while
foaming, over one cupful OF sugar; add
one egg and one Tablespoonful Of
ginger and beat well together; then
add one tablespoonful of vinegar, and
-four enough to roll.-Farm, Field and
Fireside.
Bread and Apple Pudding: Heat
three cupfuls of apple sauce, stir into
it two tablespoonfuls OF butter. one
cnpful OF sugar and one egg, wen
beaten. Butter pudding dish, sprinkle
the bottom and sides with bread crumbs.
BE careful that the sides are thorough
ly covered with them. Pour the sauce
into the dish; Strew crumbs over the
top, and bake to good brown. Use
one cupful OF crumbs in all lnyert
the dish over d hot plate, and the
pudding will come out whole Sprinkle
it with powdered sugar and cat with
butter and sugar. Home Queen.
Where paper is used upon the
walls the design ought to be extremely
[ conventionalized and not too dark in
color II the hall is narrow the figure
should not he large, Nothing dwarfs a
wall mole than huge design 1t may
be well covered with metallic tints
upon and over dado of wood-iibcr
Copper and olive or sage green are
good combinations. Bright greens,
these containing the poison OF anilinc
dyes from which there has resulted so
much lingering, obscure suffering.
should be used nowhere about the
dwelling
Boiled Ham: Wash and scrub care
fully in cold water, soak for twenty
four hours in cold water and wipe dry.
Simmer in a porcelain-lined kettle for
fifteen minutes 10 the pound. moro
than covering with water. Allow it TO
cool in the liquor in which il was
boiled Then remove the skin careful.
w. brush the top with beaten egg,
sprinkle with dried hreadcrumbs and
place in the oven, baSting with the
liquor remaining until il is brown
Boiled ham should be gnrnished with
parsley. and may further be adorned
with awhile paper frill. ladies Home
Journal,
Linn Beans: Soak dried Lima
beans in water until they swell TO their
natural size. Pour the water from then
and put thera in your saucepan vith -
small quantity Of boiling water n
you can supply without fear OF thcii
burning Let them simmer slowly fol
about three-quarters Of an hour, ther
remove the lid and let the water bei
away from them, watching closely :,
see that they do not burn. Add butter
salt and pepper and a little swee
cream, and send to the table very hot
Dried Lima beams prepared carefully
in this way are almost equal to fresl
ones. Prairie Farmer