San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-12-18
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

pound OF sugar In nail pint OF WdICr'
add a pound of grated cocoanut aud
stir over the fire for five minutes. Let
cool. Add the beaten yolk and the
white of one egg. Line little tart pans
with puff paste: fill with the mixture
and bake lemon or almond mixture
may be used to fill the tartS in place of
cocoanut if desired. Field and
FireSide
= Washington Pie.-One cup of but
ter and two cups of sugar beaten TO a
cream, one cup of milk, two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder, three cups of
flour, five eggs, whites and yolks beaten
separately, flavor with lemon. Bake in
ielly-cake tins. When cold lay one on
a plate and spread over it a thick layer
of currant jelly or grape jelly, then
cover it with another cake and another
layer of jelly; sprinkle the top of the
third layer of cake with little pow
dered sugar boston Budget.
-Halibut Steaks and Lemon Sauce
Lay the steaks for an hour in iced salt
and water; wipe dry, coat with cracker
dust and beaten egg and fry nice
light brown. Beat four tablespoonfuls
of butter light, with strained juice of
a large lemon; mix with this and whip
to green cream four tablespoonfuls
finely chopped parsley. Fill the emp
tied halves of small lemons with this
and garnish the dish with them, serv-
ing one with each portion of fish,
Farm and Home.
-Chutney Sauce. Twelve green sour
apples, two green peppers, six green
tomatoes, four small onions, one cup of
raisins, one quart of vinegar, two table
spoonfuls of mustard seed, two of salt,
one of powdered sugar, two cups of
brown sugar. Remove the seeds from
the raisins and peppers, then add the
tomatoes and onions, and chop all very
fine. Put the vinegar, sugar and spices
on to boil, add the chopped mixture
and simmer one hour. Then add the
apples, pared and cored, and cook
slowly until soft. Keep it in small
bottles, well sealed. Judd Far
mer.
DR.. Dodd's Apple Pudding.
the yolks of three eggs, whip into them
two tablespoonfuls of sugar, add two
cupfuls of sour cream Tor may be part
sour milk, three cupfuls of grated tart
apples, one tablespoonful of fine corn
meal, two cupfuls of sifted white flour,
stirring all well together. Then add
the whites of the eggs, beat to stiff
frOth, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved
in hot water, and again beat thorough
ly. Pour into a shallow pan well but
tered, and bake in a very moderate
oven for forty or fifty minutes, till well
Drowned. A good plan is to set the
pudding dish in dripping pan contain
ing boiling water while baking Good
Housekeeping.
Picked Oysters - One hundred
large oysters, one pint of white wine
vinegar one dozen blades of mace, two
dozen whole cloves, two dozen whole
black peppers, one large red pepper,
broken into bits. Put oysters, liquor
and all, into porcelain kettle. Salt to
taste Heat slowly until the oysters
are very hot, but not boiling. Take
them out with a perforated skinner,
and set aside to cool. To the liquor
which remains in the kettle, add the
vinegar and spices, and boil; when the
oysters are almost cold, pour the liquor,
scalding hot, over them. Cover the jar
and put away in cool place Next day
put the picked oysters into glass cans
with tight tops Keep in the dark and
where they are not liable to become
heated. If you open can use the con-
tents as soon as possible. The air, like
the light, will turn them dark.-Home.