Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-07-26
HOUSEHOLD sREurlEs.

Cheese CakeS-Two eggs. beaten
light; a bowlfun of well-salted cottage
cheese; sugar, vanilla and nutmeg to
taste, and milk or cream to make q
stiff paste Bake in cups and eat cold.
Home.
"A small lump of sugar added to
turnips when cooking will correct the
bitterness which sometimes spoils this
vegetable. If to be served mashed, il
will greatly improve them to put them
through a colander.
Green Gooseberry Tart--One quart
green goOseberries; sugar to taste.
Top and stem the gooseberries and
cook in double boiler until tender,
Sweeten abundantly after taking them
from the fire Line a pie plate with
pastry, fill it with the stewed fruit,
and lay strips of pastry across the top
Bake to a delicate brown, and eat cold
-Harper's Bazaar.
"A delicious way of serving turnips
is to eseailop them. To do this, pare,
slice and boil them in salted water un-
til they are tender. Then drain them
out and put them into an earthen bal-
ing dish, cover with cream sauce, very
slightly favored with wine, cover with
buttered crumbs and brown in quick
oven. Onions and cabbage are also very
nice done in this way.-Agriculturist-
Lobster Cutlets--Mince a pound OF
lobster small (the canned may be used,
season with salt, white pepper, two
ounces of melted butter, two beaten
eggs and enough fine, sifted bread
crumbs to make it cling together.
Shape in the form of outlets; dip in
crumbs, then in egg and again in
crumbs, and fry in hot drippings. These
are very palatable with green peas or
tomato sauce.-American.
To Prepare Horseradish for Winter.
in the fall mix the quantity wanted
in the following proportions: A coffee
cup of grated horseradish, two table
spoons white sugar, half a teaspoon
full of salt and one and one-half pints
cold vinegar; bottle and seal To
make horseradish sauce, take two
tablespoons of the above, add one des-
sert spoon of melted butter or sweet
cream and one of prepared mustard
Farm, Field and Fireside-
Imperial Cake. - Cream a scant
three-quarters cupful of butter, add
gradually two cupfuls of flour in which
one-fOurth teaspoonful of soda was
sifted, and one tablespoonful of lemon
stiff froth. Add one and one-fourth
cupfuls of powdered sugar to the beaten
egg, then combine the two mixtures
Beat well and then pour into long.
narrow and deep old fashioned sponge
cake pam Bake from fifty to fifty-five
minuteS.-N. y. Independent
Spanish Ragout--Fry in butter q
minced Spanish onion or an equak
amount of white onions; add a green
pepper minced fine without the seeds,
and sprinkle these over six large toma-
toes that have been sliced and fried
Put a poached egg for each person on,
top and pour around a cream sauce
made by adding cream or milk thick
ened with flour to the butter, in the pan
in which the tomatoes were fried
There is no more delightful hot
weather appetizer than this.-Amer7
lean Agriculturist-
-Huckleberry Cake. One quarts
huckleberries, ripe and fresh; three
cups flour; four eggs; two teaspOonfuls
baking powder; one cup butter; one
cup milk; one scant teaspoonful each
cinnamon and grated nutmeg. Add'the
beaten yoll1s of the eggs to the creamed
butter and sugar. Stir in the milk.
the flour, spice and the whipped whites
Dredge the berries, stir them in lightly
the last of all, and bake in a loaf or in
muffin-pans. Do not eat this until It
has been baked twenty-four hours, if
you wish to find it at its best.-Harper'S
Bazaar.