The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1894-02-22
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.


of bread crumbs, one pound of Sugar,
six ounces of auet chopped fine, juice
and grated rind of two lemons, three
eggs, one cup of milk, one-half pound
of raisins and same of currants. Boil
three hours in tin pudding boiler
Farm, Field and Fireside.
Cranberry and Apple Preserve
One quart of berries, one and one-half
quarts of sweet apple, two-thirds quart
of cold water, two and one-half cupfuls
of sugar. Put sugar, water and cram
berries on together; boil until the cram
berries begin to crack; add the apple
and boil slowly until it is soft. This is
healthful and an excellent sweet
Good Housekeeping.
Ground Rice Griddle Cakes.-Boil
half a pint of sweet milk, wet two
tablespoonfuls of ground rice in cold
milk, and stir into the boiling milk and
let it boil up. Add small piece of
butter and teaspoonful of sugar and
let it COOL Then add two tablespoon
fuls of flour thinned with cold milk,
two well beaten eggs and half tea
spoonful of soda.-Boston Budget.
Sweet Potato Pudding. Boil one
pound of sweet potatoes very tender;
rub while hot through colander; add
six eggs well beaten, three-quarters of
pound of powdered loaf-sugar, three
quarters of a pound of butter, grated
nutmeg and lemon peel Line a pud-
ding dish with a rich paste; fill with
the mixture and bake. When the pud
ding is done, sprinkle the top with
sugar and cover with bits of citron.-
Harper's Bazaar
-Pudding.-Take one cupful of
chopped suet, one cupful each of
stoned raisins, chopped dates, cur
rants and sweet milk, one teaspoon
full each of soda and salt, and three
and one-half cupfuls of -four; use any
spices. Steam four hours. If a rich
pie is wanted try fig pie. Stew and
sweeten pound of figs. 1t will take
two hours at least to cook tender. Line
deep tin with paste, fill with figs,
add dash of -four, more sugar and
rich top crust. -Housekeeper.
-Cocoanut Cake.-One pound sugar,
one-half pound butter, one and one
half pounds -four, whites of six eggs,
nearly one ounce of baking powder,
one ounce favoring, milk. Cream but
ter and sugar, slit baking powder with
-four and add alternately with milk,
then favoring and lastly beaten whites
of eggs. Filling: One pound sugar,
whites of three eggs, nearly one-half
pound of cocoanut one-half ounce each
of lemon and vanilla extracts. Boil
sugar until it hairs from spoon, then
add the beaten whites of the eggs, beat
until cool, then add favoring and
spread evenly over cake and sprinkle
with the cocoanut.-Orange Judd Far
mer.
Snow Pudding.-Put large cupful
of hot water into pail; moisten two
even tablespoonful of cornstarch
with little cold water and stir it
into the hot water; then add the
whites of two eggs beaten to a
stiff froth. Set the pail into kettle
of boiling water and cook for ten min
utes, stirring often. Flavor. Wet four
! cups in cold water: pour the custard
into them, and set where it will get as
cold as possible. When wanted for the
table turn out into saucers and pour a
| custard made as follows over it: Take
the yollzs of the two eggs; two-thirds
of cup of sugar; a small lump of but
! ter; beat thoroughly with two-thirds
of cup of milk. Set in boiling water
until it thickens. Flavor.-Ohio Far
mer