The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-02-15
FiRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

--CornStarch Calxe.-One cup butter
and two cups powdered sugar beatenj
to cream, one cup cornstarch stirred\
into the butter and sugar. One cup|
milk, two cups flour, one-half teaspoon
full cream of soda, one teaspoonful
cream of tartar, whites six eggs added
the last. thing Flavor with rosewater.
-Harper's Bazaar.
-Caper and Mustard Dressing.-A
variation on the mayonnaise, that sauce
which many attempt but few accom-
plish, may be relished sometimes.
Mash the yolks of two hard boiled eggs
to paste; add gradually five table
spOonfuls of OIL a teaspoonful each OF
capers and French mustard, two table,
spOonfuls of vinegar or lemon juice to
the required acidity, a dash of white
pepper and salt to taste.-Boston
Globe
White Chocolate Cake. Cost 33c.-
Whites of three eggs, one and one-haf
teacupfuls of sugar, twothirds teacup-
full butter or lard, three-fourths tea
cupful sweet milk, two scant teacup-
fuls flour, two teaspoonfuls baking
powder, one teaspoonful of vanilla or
lemon extract. Beat the butter and
sugar to cream, then add the milk
and the flour with which the baking
powder is sifted, the havoring and last
ly the whites of the eggs beaten stiff
Caramel for the filing: One teacupful
white sugar, five tablespoonfuls swee.
milk. Boil five minutes, beat until
cool, then add one-half of a cake of
chocolate. Prairie Farmer.
Lemon Jelly.-Two cups of sugar,
one cup of lemon juice. one quart of
boiling water, one cup of cold water, a
small piece of stick cinnamon and a
box of gelatine. Soak the gelatine in
the cold water two hours. Steep the
thin rind of the lemons and the CHINA
mon in pint of boiling water ten min
utes Pour the remaining pint of boil
ing water on the gelatine and stir I'M
til dissolved. Add the lemon juice,
sugar, the water and rinds. Strain
through napkin or jelly bag, turn
into moulds, and when cold, put N the
ice chest for six or eight haDurs.-Bos-
ton Budget.
Chicken Canapes are so
many ways of serving the remains
of chicken, that it is just as well
to cook pair while one is about it.
Take some thick slices of stale bread
three inches square and hollow out the
center: brush over with melted butter
and set in an oven to color a light
brown. Meantime take some very fine
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of the chicken add half as much nicely
thicllened white or brown sauce; mix
with the chicken and fill the hollows:
lay on a fiat dish, garnish with pars-
ley, and send to table sauce boat with
white or brown sauce as the case may
be. Intelligent readers do not need to
be told how to make these sauces.
Country Gentleman.
Marble Cake.-First. Cream to-
gether one cup of white sugar and one
half cup of butter, then add the whites
of four eggs well beaten, one-half cup,
ful of sweet milk, two cups of flour, |
one teaspoonful of cream of tartar,
on half teaspoonful of soda, Second. |
Cream together one cup of brown
sugar and one-half cup of butter. .adal
the beaten yolKs OF Tour eggs, one-halt |
cupful of sour milk, in which a tea
spoonful of soda has been dissolved, |
two cups of flour, one-half cupful OF
molasses, and one-quarter of tea
spoonful each of ground allspice, Gin
namon and cloves. Grease well deep
baking pan, and put the dough in al
ternately, commencing with layer of
the dark mixture IIarper's Bazaar.