The Bossier banner., 1894-01-25
FlRESiDE FRAGMENTS.

Election Cake.-Three full cups OF
light dough, one cup of butter, two
cups of sugar, spices to taste, one and
one-half cups of raisins stoned and
chopped, two eggs, one-fourth OF tea
spoonful of soda, and one-fourth of
cup of molasses. Ohio Farmer.
Biscuit Pudding.-Two cold bis
cults grated, one cup sugar, one pint
milk, one tablespoon butter, one tea
spoon of vanilla or lemon extract, two
eggs. Beat butter, eggs and sugar
WELL then beat in the biscuits, put in
the milk and flavoring and bake very
quickly, not over five minutes if the
stove is very hot.-Detroit Free Press.
Lemon Cheese Cakes.-Powder two
stale small sponge cakes and beat into
the juice and grated rinds of two
lemons, to which has been added three
tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar.
Melt two ounces of butter and add to
it all these ingredients; simmer over
the fire few moments and then add
very gradually two well-beaten eggs.
Bake in puff paste shells.-Ladies
Home journal.
Grape Sherbet. one quart
of grape juice to taste. Add one cup
full of sugar to two cupfuls of orange
juice, and stir until the sugar is dis
solved. Add to the grape juice; turn
into the freezer and freeze. When
nearly frozen remove the dasher and
beat in with a spoon the white of one
egg, beaten light with two tablespoon
fuls of powdered sugar. Beat we'll,
pack and stand away to ripen.--N. Y.
Observer.
-Lyonnaise Potatoes.-The remains
of cold boiled potatoes may be used
thus: Put three ounces of butter in
frying pan, add tablespoon of chopped
onion, and fry rather white, add the
potatoes cut in thin, small slices, and
fry till a nice yellow color. Stir care
fully with a fork, add tablespoonful
of chopped parsley, salt, pepper and
the juice of one lemon. Mix it we'll to-
gether, and put in a hot dish. They
are excellent to serve with chops or
steaks. Budget.
-Broiled Chicken.-Set the chicken
in the oven, invert tin pan over the
chicken, and let it steam for half an
hour. This process relaxes, the mus
cles and renders the joints supple, be-
sides preserving the juices that would
be lost in parboiling The chicken
should be split down the back, and
wiped perfectly dry before it is
steamed. Transfer from the vapor
bath to a buttered gridiron, inside
downward. Cover with tin pan OF
common plate, and broil until tender
and brown, turning several times; from
half to three-quarters of an hour will
be sufficient. Put into hot chafng
dish and butter we'll. Send to table
smoking hot.-Farm, Field and Fireside.
Parker House Rolls.-The very
incest rolls are made as follows: Pour
a pint of scalded milk over ia blespoon-
full each of butter and lard and tea
spoonful each of salt and sugar; when
sufficiently cool add a cake of com.
pressed yeast that has been dissolved
in half cup of lukewarm water and
flour enough to make a thin batter
Do this at half-past eight in the morn
ing and stand away until one o'clock;
then knead in enough flour to make a
soft dough. 1t must be as soft as can
be handled; stand in warm place un.
til half-past four; roll out very thin,
cut with a small, round cake cutter
and fold over like a pocketbook, put
ting butter the size of pea between
the folds. Set in warm place until
half-past five, or until very light, and
bake delicate brown in good oven.
If made small enough this will give
seventy of these appetizing rolls
American Agriculturist.