The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-04
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Ounce Padding: Six eggs. six ap-
pies chopped fine, six ounces of bread
>rumbS six ounces of cGrrants, six
ounces CT sugar. a little salt and nut
meg Boil two hours and serve with
wine or lemon sauce-Boston Budget
Apple Fritters: Three eggs. three
tablespoons sifted sugar. one pint
-four. salt milk TO make a good batter.
As many apples chopped fine As the
batter viii take. Siit sugar over when
tried.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Orange Jelly: Squeeze the juic
from the oranges: pass through mus
lin: crate the rest OF two oranges
Boil and clarity the sugar. Mix all
with q little gelatine. stir and put into
little pots Use a quarter of sugar for
avery pound Of juice--Leeds Mercury.
Baked Cabbage: Boil a firm head
for fifteen minutes, then change the
water for more boiling water: boil till
tender. drain and set aside TO cool.
Mince some boiled ham. mix with bread
crumbs; add pepper, one tablespoonful
Of butter, and two eggs well beaten,
and three tablespoonfuls Of milk: chop
cabbage very fine: mix alr together,
and bake in a pudding-dish till brown.
Serve ho--Farmers Voice
-Stewed Mutton and Haricot Beans:
Take one and a half pounds OF neck Of
mutton. cut ii into pieces. melt an
ounce Of dripping IN q saucepan. then
add 70 il one large onion sliced, and
the mutton. Stir all together. until
slightly brown. then add half a pound
IF haricot beans, previously soaked in
water for t~wenty-four hours. and a
stick Of celery. Add sufficient hot wa
ter 20 cover and then simmer together
until the meat and bones are cooked.
Place the meat IN the center of the
5ish. and the beans round. slightly
.hicken the gravy. and add to it little
chopped parsley. Pour over all and
serye.-Leeds Mercury.
Frozen Oranges: Medical men tell
as that when oranges are touched by
frost they developa pois onous quality,
and are extremely injurious. This may
account fo- the distress certain persons
experience after eating this fruit 1t
is said BIZ experts that one can YER
quickly learn TO defect oranges that
have been frosted. When IN a perfect
state the stem end Is very firm and not
easy TO indent with the thumb: but if
the fruit HIS suffered from freezing.
no matter how carefully Il may have
been treated afterward. il may give
way entirely under pressure. AS this
Is a matter of 2 good deal OF i'm
portance. IL Is worth while 10 observe
the condition IN which oranges are be-
fore purchasing them.-N. y. Ledger.
Canned Salmon with Drawn But
ter: Remove the skin and bones and
drain thoroughly. Be careful TO keep
the fish as whole as possible. Put it
into a double boiler and steam il forty
minutes. If you have not q double
boiler, wash out the can, put the fish
into it, and place It in a vessel of hot
water: cover the vessel tight to keep
in the steam and boil forty minutes.
When done. pour into the center of a
not platter. To make the drawn but
ter. put one tablespoonful Of butter
into a saucepan; when hot, stir in
quickly two tablespoonfuls of flour.
Be careful not I brown it Add grad
rally one pint OF warm milk. stirring
constantly. Boil until it thickens,
then add q heaping tablespoonful OF
butter cut into bits. stir until the but
ter has melted. then season with salt,
a dash OF cayenne pepper and the juice
Of a lemon. Add the yolks of four
h~ard-boiled eggs, cut fine Pour this
sauce over the fish. garnish the dish
with parsley and serve.-Boston Bud
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