The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-06-02
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

-Ae good a way any to keep sau-
sage is to pack it solidly in stone pot,
lay a plate on it, place n clean weight
on the pla te and set the pot in the oven
until thoroughly heated through. The
grease cooking out of the meat will en-
tirely cover the plate: remove the
weight when you take it from the
oven. leaving the lard to harden over
the plate, and thus serve the meat.
English Plum Pudding: Two
pounds each of bread lbs, chopped
suet, light brown sugar, raisins seed
ed), and currants, one-half pound of
sliced citrOn, four grated nutmegs, six
eggs, one tablespoonful of salt, the
juice and grated rind of three lemons.
Mix all the fruit thoroughly. then add
the eggs and milk and the rest of the
ingredients. Fill the bowls even full,
cover with cloths tied over tightly, and
boil steadily eight hours. When want
ed for use boil one hour. 1t will keep
all winter.--Good Housekeeping.
Cream Pie-Crust: have never seen
cream, SO will give mine. which is
healthy and easily digested. also
quicker made than with butter or lard,
which most farmers wives will appre-
ciate. Take as'much rich sour cream
as will be needed for the pie dough you
are going to make, add soda to make
light, but not quite much as for bis
cult: mix stiff can be handled and
roll the under crust not too thin, as it
is Grip and brittle when baked and also
good.-Farm, Field and Firesid-.
showed Eggs: Beat the whites of
six eggs to a stiff froth with two table,
spoonfuls of powdered sugar. Svveeten
and flavor to taste pint of milk; set
over the FIRE and when it reaches the
boiling point drop in the beaten whites,
spoonful by spoonful, taking them out
as soon as they set and laying il Il
glass dish Remove the milk to one
side of he fire and when it coOls a lit
tie stir in the beaten yoll1s very Slow
ly. AS soon this becomes thick
pour over the showed eggs and serve
i'm m edia tely. that they may be eaten
hot.-American Agriculturist.
Elephant Shortcake: To one quart
of flour add onehalf a teaspoon of salt,
and one scant teaspoon of soda; sift
flour three times, and then rub into it
two ia blespoons of lard nice drip
pings: add sour milk Or buttermill< UNI
til it S like biscuit dough. Divide it
into two portions, roll them a little
thinner than biscuits. and place one
above the other on a tin, lightly
spreading the lower one with butter.
they will separate easily. When
baked, separate the layers. and be-
tween them and on top, spread hot
pieplant ce.-Housel>eeper
Orange Charlotte: Line the sides of
border mold carefully with CREASED
paper. Weigh five eggs, take their
weight in sugar and half their weight
in -four Beat the yol<s Of the eggs
thoroughly, add the sugar and beat
again. Add the grated rind of half a
Mediterranean orange and ia BILE
beaten to stiff froth and then stir in
the flour gradually and thoroughly
Pour the cake mixture into a mold and
bake in 4 moderate oven. When cold
turn out upon the dish in which it is to
be served. Fill the center of the cake
with whipped cream favored with
orange and a TIA blespoonful of mara
schino, or two ia blespoonfuls of sherry.
Serve with a border of whipped cream.
boston Budget.