The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-08
Valuable Recipes.

Mock Oysters or Corn Fritters-One
Pint grated corn, one cup cream or milk,
one cup -four. one egg and a piece of
butter the size of an egg. Fry in but
ter.
Washington Cake-One pound sugar,
half-pOund Of butter five eggs, two
cups thin cream, one glass spirits, one
nutmeg, one pound fruit. Bake two
hours.
MoIasses Spice Cake-Six cups flour.
two cups sugar, one and half-cups
butter, two cups milk, one and quar-
ter cups mOlasses, four eggs, half-tea-
spoonful soda; spice, nutmeg, cloves and
cinnamon.
Beautiful Cake-Two cups butter, three
of sugar, five eggs, five cups flour, one
pound stoned raisins or currants, one
cup milk, one teaspOonful soda, two of
crea m-tartar, half a nutmeg and the rind
of one lemon.
Corn Starch Cake-Two cups of sugar.
one small cup butter, one cup milk, two
cups flour one of corn starch, whites of
seven eggs, one teaSpOOnful cream-tar-
tar. half teaspoonful soda Flavor with
lemon or vanilla.
Relish for Tea-Three pounds good beef
steak chopped fine, three soda crackers
grated two tabespOonfuls salt and one
of pepper, one egg beaten, one teacupful
milk; press it down into a baking tin or
bowl. and let it bake an hour; when cold,
slice thin.
Salt Macherel-Buy the large fish and
soak in cold water twelve to twenty
hours: drain and put in a dripping pan;
set in the oven and cook until tender and
brown; turn out on fiat dish and pour
melted butter over ii with mashed pota-
toes This is very nice.
Summer Mince Pies-Five crackers.
very fine, one cup brown sugar, one and
one-half cups of molasses, two cups
min vim lrrsa1r
mixed, half-cup melted butter one cof-
feecup chopped raisins. two eggs last
thing; spices as in other mince pies.
Ginger Pound Cake-One cup butter.
one cup sugar, one cup milk, five cups
-four, one pint molasses, two table
spoonful of soda dissolved in little
milk. Mix butter and sugar together,
then add eggs and then molasses and
flour alternately.
Nasturtium Seed-Take the seed after
the flower has dried off. Lay in salt and
water two days, in cod water one day;
pack in bottles and cover with scalding
vinegar. seasoned with mace and white
pepper-corns, and sweetered slightly with
white sugar. Cork, and set away four
weeks before you use them. They are
an excellent substitutes for capers.
Mutton Dinner-Take three pounds of
mutton cut in small pieces Of you skin
mutton it loses it's strong favor; put on
the stove with cold water; when half
done. put in a teacup Of rice; pepper and
salt: have water enough to cover well.
Make a nice biscuit crust cut in diamonds,
and twenty minutes before dinner drop
them in around the top OF the kettle;
cover very closely or steam the dumplings
over the meat This, with an apple pie
and potatoes, makes good though not
stylish dinner.
Tomato Soup-One quart tomatoes,
three pints of milk, one pint cream or
two ounces butter cayenne pepper and
salt to suit taste. one-fourth teaspoonful
saleratus; place the milk on TO heat in
cooker and the tomatoes in another dish
TO boil up, and when they have boiled
add the saleratus and put them through
the cOlander. When the milk has come
10 a boil and been seasoned add the