The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-05-12
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

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-Grandmother's Ginger Snaps: Two
cups brown sugar, two Of New Or
leans molssses, one Of lard, two tables
spoonfuls of ginger, eight cf boiling
water and one heaping teaspoonful Of
soda. Rako in hot oven. Prairie
Farmer
Don't let your dried bread crumbs
abe thrown away. Crate or crush them
up with the bread-roller, and put away
in glass jar or tin box. When oys-
terss tomatoes, apples, ETC., are to be
fried, your powdered bread crumbs
will take the place of crackers dust.
Apple Custard Pie: Stow dried APP
pies until perfectly soft, having one-
third juice. Rub through a coiander
and to the quantity required for one
pie, add two beaten eggs, scant one
third cup of butter, one-half cup OF
sugar; flavor with lemon. Bake in one
crust. covering with meringue when
done.-Farm, Field and Fireside.
-Deviled Oysters: Open a sufficient
number of oysters for the dish, leaving
them in their deep shells and their
liquid. Add little lemon juice, pep
per, salt and cayenne. Put q small
piece of butter on each. andsplace the
she'll carefully on gridiron over a
clear, bright fire, and boil for few
minutes. Serve them on napkin, with
bread and butter boston budget
Chess Pie: Three eggs, two-thirds
cup sugar, half cup butter milk may
be used if not wanted so rich). Beat
butter to cream, then add yolks and
sugar beaten to froth, with flavor
ing. Stir all together rapidly and bake
in nice crust. When done spread
with tho beaten whites and three
tablespoons of sugar and little flavor
ing. Return to the oven and brown
slightly This makes one large pic
and should be served immediately
Ohio Farmer.
English Monkey: Have ready ono
cupful of stale bread crumbs, which
have been soaked in one cupful OF milk
for fifteen minutes. Put :heaping
tablespoonful of butter in the chatting
dish. and, when melted, add half
cupfnl of mild cheese cut fine. Stir
until the cheese is melted. Turn slow.
ly into the melted cheese and crumb,
to which have been added one beaten
egg, salt and cayenne. Cook three
minutes and serve on toast Boston
Globe.
CLAIMS a la Newburg: From one
| pint of CLAIMS remove heads aud tough
strings; drain and chop the hard pars
| fine. Melt one teaspoonful butter, add
seasoning of salt and pepper and the
CLANS. Cook gently eight minutes.
Long cooking toughens the clans.
Beat the yolks of three eggs with hall
| a cup of cream, pour over the clans,
and as soon as creamy, which will be
in two or three minutes, serve. Oysters
may be prepared in the same manner.
but need less cooking. Boston Globe.
Salt Fish and Hominy: One-hali
pound faxed salt fish, freshened, but
not cooked, one cup hominy mash,
rubbed through coarse strainer (for
the mash cook one-half cup fine white
hominy in one and one-half cups cold
water four or five hours by gentle
heat; make pint of plain white sauce
as follows: Melt one tablespoonful bee.
dripping, or butter. in saucepan
when bubbling stir in one tablespoon.
full flour: stir until smooth and pour on
gradually one pint warm milk; pour
this sauce over fish and hominy and
cook together twenty minutes to one.
half hour; add speck of pepper when
ready to serve--Boston Globe.
1 Roast Ham: Put a nicely-cured
ham in deep dripping pan, place it in
| the oven. then all the pan nearly full
/ of cold water. Cover it with another
deep dripping pan and let it cook till
i tender. Take it out of the oven, re
move the rind, cut the fat across in
small dices, sprinkle with sugar and
put it back till just delicate amber
color; then put it in cold, dry place
/ till ready to serve. when it should b.
placed in platter garnished will
fringcd paper and sprigs of parsley
and served whole and placed on thu
END of the table in fropt of the lad,
who sits opposite the hostess If SHE
can not carve have the waitress place
it in front of lady who can. Serve
the escarol with a plain French dress
ing.--N. Y. World.
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