Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-24
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

-Grandmother's Ginger Snaps: Two
cups brown sugar, two of New Or.
leans molasses, one of lard, two table,
spoonfuls of ginger, eight of boiling
water and n heaping teaspoonful OF
soda. Bake in a hot oven. -Prairie
Farmer.
Don't let your dried bread crumbs
be thrown away. Crate OF crush them
up with the bread-roller, and put away
in a glass jar or tin box. When oys-
tiers, tomatoes, apples, etc, are to be
fried, your powdered bread crumbs
wiIltake the place of crackers dust.
Apple Custard Pie; Stew dried APP
pies until perfectly soft, having one
third juice. Rub through a colander
and to the quantity required for n
pie, add two beaten eggs, scant one
third cup of butter, one-half cup OF
sugar; flavor with lemon. Bake in n
crust, covering with meringue when
done.-Farm, Field and Fireside,
-Deviled Oysters: Open a sufficient
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them in their deep shells and their
liquid. Add a little lemon juice, pep
per, salt and cayenne. Put a small
piece of butter on. each, andpplace the
she'll carefully on a gridiron ove a
clear, bright fire, and boil for IA few
minutes. Serve them on napkin, with
bread and butter.-Boston Budget
Chess Pie: Three eggs, two-thirds
cup sugar, half cup butter milk may
be used if not wanted so richl. Beat
butter to a cream, then add yolks and
sugar beaten to a froth, with flavor
ing, Stir all together rapidly and bake
in II nice crust, When done spread
with the beaten whites and three
tablespoons of sugar and Il little flavor
ing. Return to the oven and brown
slightly, This makes n large pie
and should be served Immediately
Ohio Farmer.
English Monkey: Have ready one
cupful of stale bread crumbs, which
have been soaked in one cupful of milk
for fifteen minutes. Put a heaping
tablespoonful of butter in the chatting
dish, and, when melted, add half a
cupful of mild cheese cut fine, Stir
until the cheese is melted. Turn slow
ly into the melted cheese and crumbs
TO which have been added one beaten
egg, salt and, cayenne. Cook three
minutes and serve on toast. Boston
Globe.
CLANS a la Newburg: From one
pint of clans remove heads and tough
strings; drain and chop the hard part
fine. Melt n ~teaspoonful butter, add
seasoning Of salt and pepper and the
clans. Cook gently eight minutes.
Long cooking toughens the CLANS.
Beat the yolks Of three eggs with half
a cup of cream, pour we the clans,
and as soon as creamy, which will be
in two OF three minutes, serve. Oysters
may be prepared in the same manner,
but need less cooking,-Boston Globe.
Salt Fish and Hominy: One-hali
pound faxed salt fish, f%reshened, but
not cooked, one cup hominy mash,
rubbed through a coarse strainer (for
the mash cook one-half cup fine white
hominy in one and onc-half cups cold
water four or five hours by gentle
heat; make a pintof plain white sauce
as follows: Melt one tablespoonful beeI
dripping, or butter. in a saucepan;
when bubbling stir in one tablespoon.
full flour; stir until smooth and pour on
gradually M pint warm milk; pour
this sauce over fish and hominy and
cook together twenty minutes to one.
half hour; add a speck of pepper when
ready to serve.-Boston Globe,
Roast Ham: Put a nicely-cured
ham in a deep dripping pan, place it in
the oven, then fill the pan nearly full
of cold water. Cover it with another
deep dripping pan and let it cook till
tender, Take it out of the oven, re.
move the rind, cut the fat across in
small dices, sprinkle with sugar and
put it back till just a delicate amber
color; then put it in a cold, dry place
till ready to serve, when it should be
placed in a platter garnished with
fringed paper and sprigs of parsley
and served whole and placed on the
end of the table in front of the lady
who sits opposite the hostess, If she
can not carve have the waitress place
it in front of a lady who can. Serve
the escarol with a plain French dress.
ing.-N. y. World.