Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-04-26
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

AN OLD case knife or fork should
oe used Tor stirring potatoes. turning
nea.' etc Hot fat will ruin a sharp
knife.-Prairie Farmer.
BOILED Chicken: Select n f.t ell,
grown chicken. Draw and c,aan
Dredge thickly with -four. ont in q not
80 water TO cover, set over a moder-
ate fire, and let simmer H. al,;.,.
$3.50 - .enoer. When done take up on a
sauee.-Harper's Bazaar.
good way as any to keen san.
sage Is to pack it solidly in a stone not.
lay plate ON it. place clean WEIGHT
on the plate and set the pot in the oven
until thoroughly heated through. The
grease cooking out of the meat will en-
tireiy 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 crumbs, chopned
snet' light brown sugar, raisins (seed-
eut, and currants, one-half pound of
siiced citron, four grated nutmegs, six
eggs, one tablespoonful of salt. TIE
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
Doll steadily eight hours. When want
cd Tor use boil one hour. 1t will keep
ali winter.-Good Housekeeping.
cream Pie-Crust: 1 have never seen
d recipe Tor making pie-crust with
cream, so will give mine. which is
heaIthy and easily digested, also
quicker made than with butter or lard,
winch most farmers wives will appre-
clate- Take as much rich sour cream
as Will be needed for the pie dough you
are gong to make, add soda to make
hght, but not quite as much as for bis
cult; mix as stiff as can be handledand
roll the under crust not too thin, as it
Is Grip and brittle when baked and also
good--Farm. Field and Firesids.
showed Eggs: Beat the whites of
six eggs to a stiff froth with two table
spoonfuls of powdered sugar. Sweeten
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 in a
glass dish. Remove the milk to one
side of the fire and when it cools lit
tie stir in the beaten yolxs very slow
ly. As soon as this becomes thick
pour over the showed eggs and serve
Immediately, that they may be eaten
hot--American Agriculturist.
Elephant Shortcake: To one quart
OF flour add one-half n teaspoon of salt,
and one scant teaspoon of soda; sift
4. L -
two tablespoons of lard or nice drip
pings: add sour milk or buttermill1 I'M
til it like biscuit dough. Divide it
into two portions, roll them q little
thinner than biscuits, and place one
above the other on n tin, lightly
spreading the lower one with butter,
SO they will separate easily. When
baked, separate the layers, and be-
tween them and on top. spread hot
pieplant sauce.-Housekeep
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 flour. Beat the yolks of the eggs
thoroughly. add the sugar and beat
again. Add the grated rind of half a
Mediterranean orange and a table,
spoonful of the juice. Add the whites
beaten to a stiff froth and then stir in
the flour gradually and thoroughly.
Pour the cake mixture into n mold and
bake in n 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 tablespoonful of mara
schino, or two tablespoonfulso of sherry.
Serve with n border of whipped cream.
Boston Budget.