The Van Buren press., 1894-09-08
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II have found it an excellent plan to
mix corn starch with salt before filling
the salt shakers. We have no trouble
with them now.
III you never owned dusting apron
you do not know what Commencement it
Is. 1t has one long pocket for the
feather duster, a smaller one for the
busting cloth and still another for the
whisk broom
-Shirrcd Eggs: Literally grease
the egg dishes with butter and place
fully break an egg in each cup and
bake in the oven for eight minutes.
Remove, season with salt and pepper
and one-half of a teaspoonful of melted
butter to each egg. Serve at once.-
N. Y. Observer.
Green Tomato Catsup One peck Of
green tomatoes, one dozen large
onions, one-half pint of salt. Slice, add
salt and let stand twenty-four hours.
Drain, and mix with tomatoes one
half pound of mustard Seed one table,
spoon of allspice, one ounce each of
cloves, ground mustard, ground GIN
ger, pepper, celery seed and one-fourth
pound of brown sugar. Cover with
vinegar, boil two hours and bottle hot.
-IIousekeeper.
Apricot Souffle: Put one pint Of
bread in half pint of milk over the
| fire and stir till boiling hot. Press
twelve pieces of apricot or peaches
through the colander, stir into the
bread and milk. Add teaspoonful Of
lemon juice, two tablespoonfuls of SUI
gar and the beaten whites of four
eggs. Put this mixture into creased
custard cups. Stand the cups in a bak-
| ing pan of hot water and cook in
moderately hot oven of twenty min.
utes. Serve with wine sauce.-Boston
Budget,
-Pickled Apples: Scald together one
quart vinegar (half water If very
| strong), three pounds sugar and two
ounces stick cinnamon add seven
pounds apples with four cloves stuck in
each apple, and simmer very gently
until tender. Large crabapples may
be used in this way, but russell apples
are best; they are excellent in the early
|
eral times from the last bin of apples.
J Pears, peaches and plums may be
| pickled by the same recipe, the fruit
being pared or not, according to taste.
Ripe peaches do not need to be boiled.
but should have the sirup scalded and
poured over them hot a second time.
Sour plums require five pounds of SUI
gar to seven of fruit. Country people
spice "May apples in the same man.
ner.-Country Gentleman.
-Sultana: Dissolve one and half
ounces of gelatine in a little water,
clean one-quarter of Il pound of sultana
raisins and one-quarter OF q pound OF
currants, and cut one-quarter of q pound
of candied lemon peel into small dice.
Meanwhile boil a vanilla bean five min.
utes in one quart of cream, add thrce-
quarters of a pound of sugar, remove
from the fire and let the cream remain
covered until nearly cold; take out the
bean, beat the yolks of fifteen eggs
with the cream, strain, put over n slow
fire and stir until it thickcns, taking
care not to allow il to curdle add the
raisins, currants, lemon peel and dis
solved gelatine, and the whites of the
eggs beaten to stiff froth pour the
whole mixture into = mold and set il
on the ice or in a cool place to harden.
When ready to serve put the mold into
warm water for few minutes, turn
out into a dish and garnish with
whipped cream favored with VANILLA
Harper's Bazaar.