The Portland daily press., 1895-01-12
THE HOME.
Domestic Receipts.

| water at a Temperature of about 80 de-
grees (be sure it is not too warm) in
perfectly clean bowl and stir up thick
batter, adding only tsaspoonful of
salt and beating thoroughly. Set the
T 5atter in pan OF warm water to secure
| uniformity of temperature, and in from
two to four hours it will begin to rise.
| The rising will be much more certain if
| coarse -four or shorts" are used instead
| of fine -four. When the rising is nearly
| light enough measure pint of milk and
| pint of boiling water, mix the sponge
| in the bread pan, and when it has be-
| come light enough stir in the rising.
| The sponge will be light enough in
from two to four hours If placed in
proper temperature. 1t requires less
| kneading than yeast raised dough. 1t
should be made oftener, as it dries faster
| than bread made by other methods.
| Buokwheat Cakes. -One pint OF buck
| wheat -four, one half cup of Indian meal,
one half cup of yeast or one half yeast
cake, one pint of warm water, one teas
poonful of salt, one tablespoonful OF
n1olasses Beat the batter thoroughly and
place it where it will rise over night
it should rise and fall again by morning,
In the morning add teaspoonful OF
finely powdered soda, stir well and fry
the cakes. If the cakes are wanted
three times week, fresh yeast will not
he required after the first making. Set
| away little more than pint OF the
batter in cool place and use it at the
next making instead of yeast.
Nonpareil Corn Bread.-Two heaping
cups Of Indian meal, one cup of -four,
three eggs. two and one half cups OF
sweet milk, one tablespoonful of lard,
two rablespoonfuls of white sugar, two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one tea
spoonful OF salt. Beat the eggs very
thoroughly, whites and yolks separately,
melt the lard, slit the powder into. the
meal and -four and stir this in last; then
beat as fast as pc sible, bake quickly
and steadily in buttered pan.
Gold Slaw.-Shred cabbage very fine
and place it in salad dish. For every
D int and half of cabbage allow one
pint of vinegar, one and half
teaspoonfuls of salt, one-fourht
teaspoonful Of pepper, three
teaspoonfuIs : of sugar, q tablespoon
full OF butter, two tablespoonfuls- of
cream and three eggs. Place the vinegar
and seasoning on the fire. Beat the eggs
we'll, turn into the vinegar, stir con-
stantly until the mixture thickens and
| then add the cream. Remove the. dress
ing from the fire. and pour it while hot
over the cabbage Garnish with rings OF
hard boiled eggs and serve when cold.
Corning Beef.-For 100 pounds OF beef
take four ounces of saltpetre, four pounds
of salt, two pounds of brown sugar; put
water enough in kettle to cover the
beef after it has been packed in bar
rel: put the ingredients into the water
and let them boil 10 or Is minutes, skim
and pour boiling hot over the beef.
Picking Hams. Make a brine that
will hoat an egg; stir in brown sugar
until it tastes sweet and add two ounces
of saltpetre dissolved in every two gal
Ions OF brine Stir and skim all impuri-
| ties. Weight down the meat SO that tie
brine covers it.
Weld Plum Pudding.-The rule is large
enough for three buildings, each boiled
| in a one pound tin tea can; thisgl yes a
| good shape for serving. Sift one tea
1 spoonful of.baking powder into four cups
| Of -four measured after sitting. Mix to-
| gether one cup of molasses, one cup OF
sugar. one and one quarter cups OF suet,
| cbopped fine as meal, one teaspoonful Of
| salt. one tesapoonful each of cloves and
nutmeg. Dissolve one teaspoonfut OF
soda in one cup of sour milk, add to the
1 frat mixture, then add the -four, Tesery-
LING tablespoonful two beaten
| eggs. Mix the reserved flour with one
| cup of sliced citroD, aud one pound OF
| seeded raisins; add the fruit at the last,
pour the batter into buttered, moulds
! and steam three hours If divided into
| three moulds. This pudding Will keep
a long time in the tin. and even nall OIL 4
one NAV be reheated and will serve for
dessert for four or five persons. IN. E.
Frightening Child.
MT long since little child was taken
| seriously ill, and the'doctor was sent for.
According to the New York Ledger, the
moment the little one knew that the
physician was expected she went into
| the most violent attack of crying and
semi-hysterics. When she heard his voice
| at the door it threw her into convul-
sions, and SO severe were the paroxysms
| that it was feared that she would never
come out of them. The establishment of
| the family knew no bounds until they
discovered that the nurse had been in
the habit of telling the child that it she
was aisobedient the doctor would come
and cut her up into little pieces. She
had never been i'll before, and OF course
knew nothing of physicians. 1t took
long time and much labor and trouble
to dispossess her mind of this unreas-
enable terror.
A great many children have been seri-
ously injured by rights of this and other
sorts. The parents themselves are not
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