The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-02-08
HOUSEHOLD BREvITIES.

I'm making coffee remember that
the broader the bottom and the smaller
the top of the vessel in which it is pre-
pared the better the coffee will be-
Field and Farm
Gingerbread. Three eggs one cup
molasses. one cup sugar, one cup sour
milk, one cup butter, four cups -four,
one teaspoonful soda, one tablespoon
full ginger, little nutmeg. Bake
twenty minutes Farm, Field and
Fireside.
cranberry Catchup. = Ten pounds
Of berries, one quart of vinegar. five
pounds Of sugar, three tablespoonfuls
of cinnamon, two Of allspice, one each
of cloves and salt, one-haf teaspoenful
of red pepper Boil slowly one hour.
and bottle.-Good Housekeeping.
Peppermint Drops.-Make by stir
ring into the juice of one lemon all the
sugar possible, and davoring with a
few drops of oil of peppermint. The
white of an egg may be used instead OF
lemon juice. Drop on white paper and
dry at little distance from the fire.
Housekeeper.
Cherry Pie.-Line the pan with
good crust and fill with canned cher
ries. stoned; regulate the quantity OF
sugar you scatter over them by their
sweetness. Cover and bake. When
cold sift powdered sugar over upper
crust. If desired, instead of cherries
for fruit, raspberries. plums or black
berries may be used in the same man
uer.-Farm, Field and Fireside.
Beef Loaf-Chop one and one-half
pounds of raw steak and one thin slice
of fat salt pork, together with two
slices of stale white bread; add ten me-
diminished crackers, rolled fine, melted
butter, the size of hens egg; and two
beaten eggs Season with salt, pepper
and sage. Mix and make into a loaf,
like bread. Place in baking pan with
a little water, cover with bits of butter,
dredge with flour and bake two hours,
basting often. Cut in slices to serve
HOusekeeper.
-Spiced Corned Beef.-Ten pounds
of round placed in large bowl or pan,
rub twice day on each side with the
following mixture: One pound Of
brown sugar, two ounces of salt, one
tablespoonful of saltpetre, one of pull
verified allspice, one of cloves and lit
tie pepper. Make a brine strong enough
to bear an egg. When your beef has
lain in the above mixture twenty-four
hours, put in the brine, pouring in all
the extracted juice. One week will be
sufficient to corn -Harper's Bazaar.
White Custard. Beat the whites OF
four eggs with two teaspoonfuls of
sugar, then pour in pint and half
of rich milk, boiling hot. Flavor to
taste. Pour milk in very slowly to
prevent Jumping. but if it is lumpy,
strain it. Pour into cups; set the cups
in pan of hot water; bake until
thoroughly set, but do not let the Gus
tard separate. Place lump of jelly
or fruit in some form, on the top of
each cup. If the oven is very hot, place
a paper over the cups to prevent brown
ing.-Ohio Farmer.
Bean Soup Sort pint or more OF
white beans according to the size of
The family, and soak over night in
plenty of water In the morning bring
them to scald, then pour off the water
and puton fresh; boil until tender, add
ing more water from time to time as
needed. Season with butter, salt to
taste, pour off the liquor for soup, and
add, when ready to use, pint of milk
eaten as taken from the soup or baked,
as desired, thus making three different
dishes New Yorker.