The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-02-03
EIREslDE FRAGMENTS.


| -Bergamot Drops.--Mix the juice O.
four or five lemons. and some siftel
sugar, with wooden spoon; add t.
this twenty drops of essence of berga,
mot; mix it we'll in, and having stirred
1t over the fire three or four minutes
drop it about the size Of sixpence on
writing paper, and let them stand till
cold--Home Queen.
i-Cornmeal Mullins On a cold win
ter morning cornmeal mullins are very
nice. To pint of meal add one cup
fufof flour, a lump of butter the size
OF an egg, nearly half a pint of sweet
milk, two eggs, and a quarter of emp
full of fresh yeast Nix this at night
and bake in the morning in muffin
tins.-Farm, Field and Fireside.
Triple q la Bordelaise. Two pounds
OF tripe cut in strips the size of ones
finger. Put into a stew-pan one table
spoonful of butter or drippings, or two
of olive oil, with half teaspoonful OF
chopped parsley, and half a chopped
onion. When the oil is very hot put in
the tripe and cook till brown. Salt and
pepper to taste.-Yankee Blade.
Roast Duck.-Singe. draw, wipe
and truss the duck, but do not stuff.
Put several raw Gran berries inside each
bird with teaspoonful of melted but
ter, before trusting. Cover the breast
with thin slices of bacon, and lay some
in the pan before putting in the duck.
Roast in quick oven for forty minutes.
IN. Y. Observer.
Apple Meringue. pint un.
sweetened apple sauce, sifted, one cup
full sugar, yolks of three eggs (beaten),
and spice to taste. Bake fifteen min.
utes. Cover with meringue made OF |
the whites of the eggs beaten with tive
tablespoonfuls of sugar. Brown light
~ and serve cold, with cream. Sifted /
ounces or peaches may be used instead |
of the apples-Country Gentleman.
-Scalloped Oysters. Butter deer
pan or baking dish, cover the bottom
With rolled crackers or bread crumbs
tightly toasted. Over this put a LAYER
u oysters seasoned with pepper and
alt and a little butter, then another
aver OF crumbs and one more of oys-
ers, salt, pepper and butter. The tor
aver should be of crumbs seasoned
With pepper and salt. Over this put
mall pieces of butter. Bake about
lalf an hour.-Detroit Free Press.
Dried Beef and ato.-Take half
pound of shaved beef, carefully re.
nove any pieces of fat or tough skin,
nd pick it up into small pieces, Put
wo tablespoons OF butter into small
rying-pan, and when hot put in the
eef and let it frizzle over a brisk fire
* or eight minutes; add about an
quail quantity of cold boiled potatoes
iced very thin; sprinkle over it an
ven tablespoon of -four; add about a
pint OF hot water and little white
epper. Let it boil four or five minutes
nd serve hot Browning the butter
efore putting in the beef gives it
ntty flavor that is much liked by MANY. !
Boston Budget.
Small Almond Cakes.-Chop half
'und of citron and mix with it three
larters of a pound shelled almonds 1
hich have been blanched aud sliced Q
to halves. Beat six eggs thoroughly 6
I'd cream into them threc-quarters OF ,
pound OF sugar. Add the nuts and G
tron, and after thoroughly mixing, o
Il gradually into the mixture half +
und of -four Pour the batter into
ng, shallow tins, which have been
I'll buttered. Bake in quick oven.
hen done roll in powdered almonds 81
d sugar. Packed carefully in tin g
csc cakes will keep almost indefnite- n,
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