Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-15
DOMESTIC CONCERNS

Plain Loaf Cake: One cup of sour
milk, one cup of molasses. scant cup
of sugar, one cup of shortening. one
egg, three and half cups of flour.
pinch of salt, one teaspoon of soda;
spice to taste. This with ginger added
makes spiced gingerbread. Ohio Farm
err.
-Fricassee Of Cold Roast Beef: Cut
some cold roast beef in very thin slices;
season it with u little pepper and salt;
shred a bunch of parsley very small,
cut an onion into pieces, and put all
together into 4 saucepan with a piece
of butter and three-quarters of Il pint
of good broth. Let it all simmer slowly
twenty minutes. then stir in the yolks
OF two well-beaten eggs, teaspoonful
of vinegar, or the juice of half a lemon,
and wine glass of port wine. Stir it
briskly over the fire and turn the fric-
assoc into hot dish.-Boston Budget.
Chocolate Cake: One-half teacupful
butter, one and one-half teacupfuls
sugar, nearly one-half teacupful sweet
milk, whites of four eggs, two teacup
fuls flour. two teaspoonfuls baking
powder, one teaspoonful extract of va
cream, add eggs beaten stiff, milk,
-four, etc. Filling: One teacupful sugar,
seven tablespoonfuls water, boil five
minutes and pour over the white of one
egg beaten stiff. Continue the beating
until cold, then add two tablespoon
fuls of melted chocolate.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
One of the small dishes that may
be made from cold boiled chicken is
called Chicken cannelons." Mince
the remains OF your chicken and add
half as much cold minced ham Or
tongue or equal parts of each; moisten
to a nice consistency with white sauce;
have ready a number of pieces of good
pie-crust one by two inches; put a
spoonful of the mince in the center;
lay on another piece of crust, press the
edges neatly together, shaping into 4
small roll and fry as you would crul.
lers, or bake in quick oven.-Country
Gentleman.
Potato Salad of Sixteen Savors:
The orthodox potato salad is said to
contain thirty-two ingredients, but you
can make Il simple" potato salad with
half the number, as follows: Slice
pint; cut up picked beets, two table
spoonfuls after mincing: add a table
spoonful each of shredded anchovies,
smoked herring and tomato catsup, Il
teaspoonful each of finely-minced pars-
ley,' chervil, chires, capers, mushroom
catsup and table sauce, three table
spoonfuls of olive oil. two of vinegar,
two of icewater, a saltspoonful of salt
and half that quantity of pepper. Mix
all these thoroughly and set on ice for
two hOurs.-Boston Globe.
-Collared Beef Flank: The thin flank
of beef costs but three or four cents a
pound, and is very delicious prepared
in the following fashion: About twelve
pounds of beef will make good roll.
Bone and skin it, lay it in salt with a
fourth part of brown sugar for a week,
rubbing it every day with the brine.
Wash it, dry it and spread upon it this
mixture: Two large tablespoons fine
ly-chopped parsley, small teaspoon
ground cloves, tablespoon of sweet
herbs rubbed fine, one-fourth ounce
ground mace, one-half a grated nut.
meg, as much cayenne as will lie on a
dime: mix the spices well with the
herbs, and spread the whole equally
| over the inner side of the meat; roll it
up in bolster form. and bind tight: tie
| it in a cloth, put into cold water and
| let it simmer slowly for six hours.
| Take it out OF the cloth and put into a
| mold and press. Garnish with parsley.
| -Woman's Home Journal.