The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-04-27
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

-Doughnuts: Cne pint of sour milk,
two well-beaten eggs, teaspoon of soda,
one-half teaspoon salt, a little grated
nutmeg, flour to make stiff enough to
handle. Cut in strips and rings and
twist together; fry in hot lard.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
A Toothsome Dish: Sprinkle pieces
of steak with flour, salt and pepper.
Put them in a deep pudding-dish, with
alternate layers of sliced or canned to-
matoes and bits of butter. Cover
closely and bake slowly for two hours.
N. Y. Ledger.
-Sweetbreads: Take several sweet
breads, a tablespoonful of butter. and
some strips of salt pork. The sweet
breads should be well washed and
dried. Run the pork into them with
a needle. Put the butter into the
chatting dish, and when hot lay in the
sweetbread and cook until brown anG
the pork crisp.-Farmers' Voice.
Toilet Soap: Take two pounds of
pure beef tallow, two pounds of sal
soda, one pound of salt, one ounce of
gum camphor, one ounce of oil of ber-
gamot, one ounce of borox; boil slowly
an hour. Stir often and let it stand
until cold, then warm it over so it will
run easily, and turn into molds dipped
in cold water. This is very nice for
toilet purposes, and is greatly improved
by age.-Housekeeper.
-Suet Pudding: Ingredients: One
half pint beef suet, chopped fine, one
half pint molasses, one-half pint milk,
one-half pint r~aisins OIL currants, or
both. "a part of the fruit may be figs
and prunes cut in bits.) One teaspoon
salt, one teaspoon soda mixed with the
molasses, n pint breadcrumbs dry,
n pint graham flour, and two eggs.
Steam three hours or bake two. Eat
with lemon sauce.-Farm, Field and
Fireside.
-Gelatine Snow: One-half box gela-
tine, INT cupful sugar, one and one
half pints water, three eggs, lemon
flavor; milk. Flavor the sugar and
gelatine with lemon and put into wa
ter and boil for a few minutes. When
the jelly is quite cool nearly set, put
in the egg whites and beat for thirty
minutes. Make a sauce of milk and
the egg yolks and flavor. Mix tie
yolks with cold milk first to prevent
curdling.-Farm. Field and Fireside.
Rice and Apple Gateau: Boil the
rice in milk, favored with vanilla and
sugar. Have the mixture rather thick;
when sufficiently cooked, take from the
fire and add the yolks of eggs and mix
well together. Put a layer of rice in
the bottom of a dish, place on it some
small-cored apples which have been
cooked separately in sirup, and little
lemon peel. Fill the center of each
apple with some gooseberry or apricot
jam. Cover with another layer of rice,
and bake in the oven for ten minutes.
Before garnishing the dish the whites
of the eggs well beaten are added to
the rice. Leeds Mercury.
Squash Pie: One pint of sifted
squash. one quart of scalded milk, two
cups of sugar, four eggs, a ~teaspoonful
of salt, a little lemon juice, half a tea
spoonful each of ginger and cinnamon
and a dessertspoonful of butter melted
in the hot milk. To mix it stir the
salt and spice into the strained squash
first, then add the sugar and lemon
juice, and when these are mixed pour
in half the milk, and when this is well
stirred add the remainder, and lastly
the eggs, which should be thoroughly
beaten. Line 4 pie plate with paste,
put on a rim and fill with the squash
mixture. Bake about forty minutes.
The sifted squash should be dry and
mealy. not watery. Cook the squash
in a little water or, better still, steam
it.-Boston Budget.