The herald., 1895-02-24
FOR THE TABLE
Orange Pudding

pail containing pint of milk in ket-
tie OF boiling water; let it boil; stir to-
gether the yoll. of two eggs hall. cup. of
sugar , tablespoonfuls OF corn starch wet
in little cold milk with little salt; add
all these to the boiling milk, and when it
thickens take and pour it over the fruit.
Now beat the whites of the two eggs to q
stiff froth, add a tablespoonful of fine
sugar and beat little more; then heap it
over the top of the pudding and set it in
the oven minute or two to brown.
Cakes and Frosting
Frosting made of yolks-The yolks of
two eggs, confectioners' sugar enough to
stiffen; flavor with orange or lemon.
Cake to use the yolks of eggs-One- half
cup of butter and one cup OF sugar beaten
to a cream; then add the yolks OF eggs
beaten, half cup of milk, half cup of flour,
l teaspoonful OF cream tartar, half tea
spoon soda; flavor to suit the taste.
Angel cake-Mix cup flour l-2 cups
sugar and l teaspoonful of cream tartar
together, sift times; beat the whites OF
ii eggs stiff, add the -four and sugar and
l teaspoon of almond or vanilla beat well
with the beater; bake forty minutes
in moderate oven. Use a pan with tube
through the center Do not butter or
paper the pan.
The Best Beef Tea
The most approved beef tea nowadays is
not stewed or smmered or soaked 1t is
made from piece of round steak, lightly
boiled over the fire, and then squeezed
through a bcef-tea presser, which is
stout species of lemon-squeezer, made eX-
pressly to extract the juices which look
like raw blood; hut as a little OF the osma-
zone-the delicious flavor developed in
browning any beef-is part of the prcpar-
alton, it has II good taste and is preferred
by doctors. A great advantage is the
quick time in which you can prepare it
for immediate use, cooking only hands
breadth of the steak in five minutes and
not having any beef tea on hand to be
spoiled.
Boiled Dinner
Have ready at a. m. kettle of boiling
water, in which put five or six pounds OF
corned beef, three or four beets, one or
two goodsized rutabaga turnips, pared,
but not sliced. At 10 put in one pound of
mixed fat and lean pork, a good sized
cabbage, quartercd and well looked over
U put mine in bag of white hy-netting
kept for the purpose); at IL take out the
turnips and beets and put where they will
keep warm, but in parsnips and carrots
about twenty minutes later, put in pota-
toes, very nicely cleaned or pared; have
your vegetables all ready and leave them
water till needed to boil.
Sandwich Filling
One egg, one-fourth saltspoon cayenne
pepper, 1 scant teaspoon mustard, 2 tea
spoons sugar, l tablespoonful butter,
tablespoons vinegar, l teaspoonful salt.
Beat eggs thoroughly, add pepper, mus
tard, sugar and salt. Melt butter and add
that, together with the vinegar. Stir to-
gether thoroughly put in double boiler
if too thick to run, add a little milk un-
til it is of the consistency of cream.
Chop ham fine and mix thoroughly with
dressing.
Breakfast Hints
Nice breakfast-Muffins, liver and ba-
con; first fry the bacon, then the liver;
have ready four good sized potatoes, peeled
and sliced thn fry in the bacon fat; cut
up four good apples, with slices round,
and fry in the fat
Toast for breakfast (cheap)-Toast four
thin slices of bakers, bread; butter it on a
platter side by side, beat three eggs into a
pint of sweet milk; put, on the stove to
cook, add pinch of salt a small piece of
butter, cook soft and pour over the toast.
Pudding Without Eggs
At night butter pudding dish or quart
tin pail. Cut bakers loaf of stale bread
in Slices trim, butter, place in pan,
sprinkle stoned raisins on each slice, fill
half full, then cover with milk. In the
morning mix a spoonful of cinnamon,
some nutmeg, one-half of molasses, some
sugar (use your judgment), with enough
with knife once or twice, but do not stir.
Bake in moderate oven from three to four
hours.
Hermits and Lily Cake
Hermits-One and one-half cups of
sugar, two-thirds of a cup of butter, one
half of a cup of milk one teaspoonful of
soda, cinnamon and nutmeg, one cup of
chopped raisins, flour to make quite stiff;
roll and cut as cookies.
I,ilv cakp-Two cnnS of suoar ono o,,
of butter creamed together, white of five
eggs beaten separately, one cup of milk,
one-half teaspoonful of soda, one tea
spoonful of cream of tartar, one cup of
cornstarch, two cups of flour; bake in two
sheets.
Peach Tapioca
Drain one can of peaches, sprinkle with
powdered sugar. let stand two hours; to
the syrup add enough water to make three
cupsful; add one and one-fourth cup pearl
tapioca, two table spoons sugar one salt
spoon salt; steam in double boiler till
transparent line a mould with the sec
tions OF the peaches, pour in the tapioca
and bake thirty minutes; cool and serve
with whipped cream, sweetened and fla
vored to taste
BrambIes
Chop finely together pulp of one lemon
and one cup of seeded raisns. beat we'll
one egg, add one cup sugar and butter
size OF a small egg, combine with the two
mixtures; cut rounds of pie crust with the
bircuit cutter; wet edge of lower one, lay
on a spoonful of the filing; cut slit on top
round and press edges of upper and lower
circles firmly together; bake in quick
oven; these are nice with filling of meat,
Jelly, jam or preserved fruit.
Macaroni a Ia SoIferino
To half pound OF macaroni boiled in
water and well drained add half an onion,
a slice of raw ham chopped fine and then
Drowned. Moisten the mixture with
tomato sauce or with layer of fried to-
matoes. Just before serving sprinkle
the whole with grated cheese and serve
very hot.
Dandy Cake
Two cups of sugar, not quite two-thirds
cup of butter, eggs, cup of milk, 3 cups
OF flour, 3 tablespoonfuls baking powder.
Take one third and add 8 tablespoonfuls
OF rnolasses, cloves, cinnamon and nut
meg, half cup currants, half cup raisins
Put in pan like marble cake.
Cocoanut Cake
One teaspoonful of butter, one cup of
sugar, one egg, one cup of milk, one cup
OF prepared cocoanut. Dissolve cocoanut
in milk. Two cups of flower three tea
spoons of baking powder, pinch OF salt.
Bake half an hour.
Molasses Cookies
One cup of molasses, one-third of cup
of sour milk, two-thirds of cup of butter,
one teaspoon OF soda, one-half teaspoon
each of ginger and cinnamon. Stir in
most of the -four and add half cup of
sugar,