The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-02-10
FIaesIoE FRAGMENTS.

quart Of berries In an earthen bake
iieh. Add two cupfuls of sugar. Cover
with light crust. Bake in moderate
oven one-half hour. Serve with hard
sasce.--tiood Housekeeping.
--Stewed Prunes. the prunes
n cold water. Soak them in tepid
water about two hours, and set the
whole on the fire and boil gently.
When half done, add sugar to taste. IL
;he water boils away too !huch add
more. boston Budget.
Batter Pudding. - Twelve table,
ipoonfuls of flour, nine eggs. one tea
spoonful of salt, and one quart of milk
Beat the yolks of the eggs, stir in the
1our, and add the milk slowly. Beat
;he whites of the eggs to stiff froth,
md add just before putting in the
oven. Bake one hour.--Farm, Field
md Fireside.
Chocolate Caramels Dissolve over
fire one cupful of molasses and two
,eScupfuls of sugar; add one-quarter of
} pound of grated chocolate and n
piece of butter the size of an egg; boil
Tor fifteen or twenty minutes; pour
into fat, buttered dishes to the depth
,f quarter inch. and when cold cut
into squares an inch in size.-N. Y.
World.
Layer Nut Cake. -One-fourth pound
butter, one pound sugar. one teacupful
sweet milk, three-fourths pound of
flour, whites of seven eggs, two tea
spoonfuls baking powder, one tea
spoonful extract of lemon, one-half
teacupful of cornstarch Cream butter
and sugar, add milk with cornstarch,
flavoring, flour, and lastly, the eggs
beaten stiff. Bake in layers. Frost
ing: Beat the whites of two eggs stiff
half teacupfuls hickory nut meats
Orange Judd Farmer.
Beef Stew.-Procure five or ten.
cent soup bone, which is usually hall
meat. Cover with boiling water and
place where it will simmer for several
hours until the bone can be removed
leaving the meat. Cut this in small
/ pieces, add salt, pepper, u few raw po
tatoes sliced, slicetl onions if one likes
thyme orother tlavoring. Boil for hall
an hour or longer, then add dumpling:
made as for biscuit, only stirred stiff
instead of rolled. Cover closely ant
boil for fifteen minutes, when it i.
ready to serve. e.-Housekeeper.
Small Almond Cakes.-Chop half 6
pound of citron and mix with it three
quarters of pound of shelled almond.
which have been blanched and SLICED
| s,,t< /, eix !, HI
and cream into them three-quarters o.
q pound of sugar Add the nuts ant
citron, and, after thoroughly mixing
sift gradually into the mixture half {
pound of flour. Pour the batter int
long, shallow tins, which have beer
well buttered. Bake in quick oven
When done roll in powdered almonds
and sugar. Packed carefully in til
these cakes will keep almost indefi
nitely.-N. Y. World.
Fried Hasty Pudding. = Put on,
quart of water on to boil. Mix on,
pint of corn meal, one heaping table
spoonful of flour and one teaspoonfu
of salt, with one pint of cold milk
Stir this gradually into the boiling
water and boil three-quarters of al
hour, stirring often. Fill bread pa,
with cold water and let it stand few
minutes. Throw out the water ant
pour in the mush. When cold turn ou
on a platter, cut in slices three-quar
ters of an inch thick, roll them in fiou
and brown each side in hot fat in
frying pan. Or roll the slices il
crumbs, dip in egg, roll in crumbs ant
fry in deep fat.-Boston Budget.