The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-03-31
ElREslpE FRAGMENTS.


with salt water it will lessen the fall
ing out of the hair. Salt added to the
bath will be found almost as invigorat-
ing as an ocean dip
-Turnips. To half a gallon Of
pared and sliced turnips, put in one
pound of fresh or salt pork. Cover with
water and cook until tender; season
with salt and pepper. Or put the tur-
nips in the kettle with the water and
cook until done. Drain the water off,
mash with n potato masher, HsA eey
son with butter or meat grease, salt
and pepper.--Ohio Farmer.
Cup Chocolate Cake. .-Onc-half cup.
full of cold coffee or milk, one-third OF
a cupful of butter, one beaten egg, one
and one-half cupfuls of -four, one cup
full of sugar two sm all teaspoonfuls OF
baking powder. Adda square of melted
chocolate. Bake in muffin tins. To
make, cream the butter and sugar, add
the egg, coffee, and flour 81 fled with
the baking powder, and lastly the choc'
olate. Farm Field and Fireside.
.--Roulettes of Flounders.-Take off
the heads fins and tails of the founders,
strip the fish from the bone, cut small
oblong fillets, lay them in marinade
of salt, pepper, lemon juice and a
| CRATE of nutmeg for half an hour. Roll
the fillets into egg shape and bind
with thread; pack closely in a stewpan,
with little broth of water, to which
add lemon-iuice and some butter: cover
closely, and stew gently till done.
| Serve in their own sa uce.-W oman S
/ Home Journal.
Butter Sauce. One teaspoonful OF
| flour, four ounces of fresh butter,
three tablespoonfuls boiling water, a
teaspoonful of lemon jnice, a speck OF
cayenne and teaspoo nful of chopped
parsley. Work the flour and butter to
n cream and add gradually the boiling
water. Stir constantly until it comes
to II boil, but do not LET it boil. Take
from the fire add lemon-juice, cayenne,
parsley and serve.-Boston Budget.
- Cranberry Pie. Take fine, sound
ripe cranberries split each open with
a sharp knife, until you have coffee
cupful. Put over them one cupful
sugar, half cupful cold water and
one large tablespoonful of sifted flour
Stir all together and put into n crust
made with baking powder, like biscuit
only with much more shortening
Cover with an upper crust, and bake il
Il moderate oven. This will make 8
large pie. and much resembles q cherry
pie. e.-Ifousekeeper.
Maryland Biscuit. 1T is hardly
fair to offer this recipe to any house
wife who cannot avail herself of Chi
nese cheap labor. The true Maryland
biscuit of the south are seldom me
with even in that locality since tn,
depends upon the faithfulness will
which they are beaten. Mix an ever
tablespoonful of lard, half as mucl
butter, and a teaspoonful of salt in
quart of flour; by degrees, pour il
nearly half a pint of milk worlSin!
well with the hands. Lay the dougl
on a board and beat for half an hour
Mould into small balls, Hatten with
rolling pin prick with a fork and ball
in a hot toven.-American Agriculturist
Fish la Creme.-PNt a pint O
sweet milk on to boil. Rub an ounc
of butter and two tablespoonfuls o
cornstarch together and stir in TIL
boiling milk. Add a teaspoonful O
, onion juice. little chopped parsle.
and pounded mace. Let boil two o
three minutes. Add the beaten yolli
of two eggs. Take from the fire an
strain. Season with salt aud pepper
Put a layer of this sauce in the bottor
of a deep baking dish, then thic
layer of cold boiled or baked fs
chopped fine, then another layer Q
sauce, and more fish, until the dish i
full. Put the sauce on top, sprinkl
over it grated bread crumbs, and set il
the oven to brown. Serve in the dis
in which it was cooked. boston BUD
get