The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-24
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.


To counterfeit the effects of poison
oak or ivy.-Mix ten or twenty drops
of bromine in an ounce of glycerated
vaseline or olive oil, and apply three
times day.-Laura Hooker.
Scotch Shortcake-Three-fou
of pound of rice -four, one-fourth of
pound of sugar, pinch of salt. Roll
out and cut into FORMS and bake on
buttered paper; while hot sprinkle
with sugar. -Boston Budget.
Spanish Cream.-One-half box of
gelatine, one quart of milk, four eggs,
and four tablespoonfuls of sugar. Put
the gelatine into the cold milk, letting
it come to boil on the range; add the
yolks and sugar boil one minute.
Take from the stove and add the
beaten whites: flavor and pour into a
mold.-Good Housekeeping.
-Whitewash. Slack the lime with
hot water and add quart of sifted
wood ashes to each half pail of white
wash. 1t is said the finished work
will be whittier and better for this addi-
ton. For cellars add copperas until it
IS of yellow tinge and it will destroy
the doors and keep destructive vermin
from troubling.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Tomato Butter.-Take nice, ripe
tomatoes, wash, slice and cook without
pairing until done. Strain through a
sieve, being careful to rub all the pulp
through. To each half-gallon of the
pulp and juice add one cupful of sugar
and one teaspoonful of ground CHINA
mon. Cook until quite thick, keeping
it we'll stirred all the while.-Farm,
Field and Fireside.
Sandwiches, says Prof Blot, are
too well known to need any descrip-
ton, but will venture to give you the
following points: To each pound of
minced boiled ham, add a tablespoon
full of table oil, half as much lemon
juice, and very scant teaspoonful of
dry mustard. Mix thoroughly. Use
bread a day old and butter the slice
before cutting it. Trim off the crust
and cut into little squares, spread with
the ham and lay two pieces together.
Country Gentleman.
Simple Sponge Cake.-Three eggs,
one cup of sugar, one tablespoonful of
water, one cup of flour, sifted, one tea
spoonful of essence of lemon. Bake
twenty minutes with quick fire. This
same recipe can be used for roll jelly
cake; instead of baking it as a loaf
cake, pour it into the dripping pan,
with piece of well creased paper in
the bottom of it. When done, turn it
top side down on a clean towel; take
off the paper and spread the cake with
some kind of tart jelly, then begin at
one end and roll it with the hands COW
ering the cake as much as possible
Press each end together; roll it in the
towel and lay it on a pillow till cool. -
Western Rural.
The secret in making angels food
lies in the baking of it. Sift one cup
of flour and one teaspoonful of cream
of tartar several times through fine
sieve. Beat the whites of nine eggs to
a stiff froth, and to them add one cup
and a half of sifted granulated sugar;
mix carefully into this, stirring con-
stantly, the sifted flour, and add one
teaspoonful of extract of vanilla. Pour
this batter into an ungreased pan, and
bake in a slow oven for forty-five min
utes. When baked turn the pan upside
down on something that will admit of
the air passing under it, and allow it
to stand until the cake falls from the
tin. Ice with white icing. Be careful
in making this cake to have all the
ingredients as light as possible. -
Ladies' Home journal.