Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


Lunch Crackers. Split common
crackers, butter them slightly on each
side, dust salt over them, and brown in
a hot oven. They are delicious with
coffee and cheese.-Prairie Farmer.
Cold Water Gems.-Sift quart of
graham -four, add pinch Of salt and
cold water to make stiff batter; heat
gem pans very hot, grease we'll, fill
with the batter and bake in q very
quick oven.-Western Rural.
--Rhubarb Butter Allow one pound
sugar to every pound of peeled and
cut-up rhubarb; simmer for one hour
or longer if the pie plant is old and
tough. This makes nice preserve for
the children to eat during the winter.
Farm and Fireside.
-Lemonade-Fou lemons, juice and
rind, one-half pound lump sugar, one
pint boiling water, two pints cold wa
ter. Rub the Jumps over the rinds of
lemon to extract the oil, press out
juice, add boiling water, cool and put
in ice box. Serve with cracked ice
Orange Judd Farmer.
To Restore Shabby Velvet-Mix
two teaspoonfuls of liquid ammonia
with half pint of hot water, and APP
ply it to the velvet with stiff brush,
rubbing it well into the pile, so as to
take out all the stains and creases.
Then hold the velvet over hot fat
iron until the steam raises the pile and
it is perfectly ary.-Leeds Mercury.
-Stewed Haddock.-Cut the had
dock into square pieces, lay them into
a saucepan with little salt, cayenne
pepper, and little mace and some
small pieces of butter. Dredge in a
little flour or cracker crumbs and then
another layer of fish and seasoning.
Cover the saucepan tight aad let it
simmer gently one hour. Dish it very
carefully, turn the gravy over the fish
and serve.-Boston Budget. ...
. Steamed Cottage Pudding. Cream
one-half cup butter. Slowly add one
cup of sugar, the beaten yellow of one
egg and one cup of milk. Sift together
one cup of -four and two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder. Add one and one
half cups of soft bread crumbs. Mix
thoroughly. Then slowly add the
liquid to the dry materials. Cut in the
beaten white of one egg. Pour into a
CREASED mold. Steam slowly, covered.
for two hours. Serve with a nice sauce.
City and Country. '
For vacherin, take maccaroons and
meringues, break them into small
pieces and place one layer on a large
dish. Then take some whipped cream,
already sweetened, and put layer of
it over the maccaroons, and continue
to alternate the layers, always putting
more cream than maccaroons When
finished it should be in the form of a
pyramid, with smooth layer of the
cream on the outside. Then put some
of the cream into a paper cornucopia
and ornament the pyramid by squeez-
ing it out in figures. Preserved cher
ries or Strawberries may be stuck over
it for decoration. uaa ..r..E a.. ##u
Salad Dressing. "A very fair article
of dressing may be purchased at any
grocery store; but is generally much
more satisfactory to make it as re-
quired, varying the ingredients to
taste where that is necessary, and the
following formula will give the basis:
Put into bowl tablespoonful of salt,
half that bulk of white pepper, tea
spoonful of mixed mustard, a table
spoonful of powdered sugar and pinch
of cayenne pepper. Mix these thor
oughly, and add slowly, stirring all
the while, one at time, three table,
spoonfuls each of oil. milk or cream,
and vinegar. This if properly made
has the appearance and consistency of
thick cream.-Good Housekeeping.