The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-04-19
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

e'oMs HINTS AND HELPS.
Rice Wafies: To half a pint Of rice
oolled soft and mashed very fine, put a
tablespoonful of butter. Set it to cool.
ana Just before baking add one eec and
matt pint of -four and one pint Of new
m'iN' or better still, half pint OF
cream and thc same of milk. Boston
budget
Cake Without Eggs: Ono cup Of
sour milk; one-half cup OF shortening;
'wo and half cups of sifted -four;
two-thirds teaspoon of soda; pinch Of
SAT- FLAVOR with vanilla or lemon to
taste, When fruit is use1 add a little
more Hour. Without fruit It makes a
good layer cake. Ohio Farmer.
Salad Macedonia: When you have
variety of vegetables, canned or fresh,
take . little Of each, some string beans,
some peas, some asparagus tips. u
o"iled carrot and q couple of boiled po-
tat"es; II to this you add celery root,
boiled in sailed water aud cut into
wheels, you have pretty macedonia
salad, which you arrange, dress and
place on ice two hours before serving.
Boston Globe.
Cottage Pudding: One pint -four,
one-Aalf pint sugar, one-quarter pound
butter, two eggs, one-half pint milk,
two teasroonsuis cream tartar, one
tcaspoonful soda. Bake one-haif hour.
Sauce: One teaspoonful -four in one
teacup OF water, two teaspoonfuls
sugar, one tcaspoonful butter. Stir
this in one half pint boiling water.
Boil 9 few minutes. When cold add a
little nutmeg or other seasoning
Farm. Field and Fireside.
The legs OF cold cooked fowl
that is, OF one that has been praised or
stewe;l-mav be used for outlets. Re-
move them while hot and press be-
tween two plates to flatten, dip in egg,
then IN crumbs, and fry in hot fat.
Any vegetable, peas caulif1ower
broken into flowerets, stewed white
beans or small potato CAKES may he
used as a sarnish. They may also be
served on PURGE Of spinach or with
mato or white sauce.-Country Gentlo-
man.
Portuguese and Demidoff: Boiled
potatoes, stewcd mushrooms and Sliced
raw tomatoes. dressed with oil, salt
and pepper and dash of sherry. but
no vinegar, make you Portuguese
salad For salad H. denidof put
into Your salad bowl first rubbing it
I'll over inside with olive oil, alternate
layers OF cold boiled potatoes and truf'
ncs. finishing with the latter. Put a
row OF tiny white button onions and
stoned olives around the outer edge,
pour over the French dressing as above
substituting white wine for vinegar.
This salad should be prepared couple
or hours before needed and set In the
c-box.-BostOn Globe.
Cheese Straws: Three tablespoon
fuls each of flour and cheese, one table
spoonful each of butter and milk, one
half saltSpoonful salt, one-fourth tea
spoonful white pepper, one-eighth tea
spoonful nutmeg and the yolk of an
egg Mix the dry ingredients, add the
milk, yollk OF egg and butter, softened
Mix well with spoon, and when
smooth divide the dough into two
parts; roll very thin, cut into narrow
strips three inches long. Bake in slow
oven for fifteen minutes. These STRAW
may be served either hot or cold as a
cheese course, or with lettuce as g
salad course. Pile on plate in log
cabin fashion.-Orange Judd Farmer
Slowed Beef: Chop your shin IN
two places and strip the whole of the
meat from tho middle or thick part Oh
the shin; roll this neatly and tio Put
into ztewpan two ounces Of beef drip
pings, and when it is melted and thor.
oucbly hot put in the meat and allow
it to become thoroughly Drowned on
all sides Fry with it largo onion
sliced. Keep your stewpan covered
during this proocss. When Drowned
add sufficient boiling very hot water
20 barely cover the meat, ana sot il
where it will simmer. but not boil. Put
witt, it four whole cloves and half q
dozen whole peppers. Partly boil in
another saucepan large parsnip and
carrot (turnip makes the dish coarse);
when partly cooked cut the vegetables
into rounds and put with the meat
Let the whole stew very slowly for
three vnd a half hours-not boil, re-
mem bcr--then skim and thicken.-
Woman's Home Journal.