The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-10-26
FlREslDE FRAGMENTS.

-tOrenOund Nanuy.-DOii Pou1e-
and half of sugar in half pint OF
water till candied, then stir in little
dried horehound. Pour it on to Q
marble slab OF buttered paper, let 1t
cool and cut it into squares. Liver
pool CEngland) Mercury.
To Clean Black Dresses. Stake an
old black kid glove, cut into small
pieces and let it stand over night In
pint of soft water. In the morning
add about half the quantity OF warm
water and few drops OF ammonia.
Sponge the goods we'll on the right
side, hang out in the mir and when
nearly dry iron on the wrong side
Housekceper.
Grab Apple Presevves.-Stem the
crab apples and core them with the
small sharp blade of pocketknife
without cutting them. open, Make o
sirup of one pound granulated sugar
for each pound of fruit. Place the
apples in the strip while boiling and
cook till they may be pierced with
broom straw; then lift them carefully
without MASKING into jars, boil the
strip till it jclls and pour it over them
Mrs ]. r. Hindes, in Western Rural.
Rabbit Salad. Gut up the meat OF
two roast rabbits; place In q bowl ana
cover with a plain dressing; add a
teaspoonful Of minced salad herbs and
let stand for four hours. Put in
salad bowl three heads OF lettuce;
drain the meat and add to the lettuce.
Put into plate one tcaspoonful OF
French mustard; thin with one ia bic
spoonful of the dressing taken from
the meat and add slowly to this one
pint of mayonnaise dressing and pour
over the salad. --Harper's Bazaar.
Sweet Spiced Crab Apple.-Select
the largest and best apples for this
First cut out the blows, then take one
pint vinegar, one-half pint water, i've
pounds sugar, one tablespoonful whcie
cloves, one tablespoonful whole CHINA
mon. one tablespoonful whole allspicc,
onc-half teacupful mustard seeds. Put
the apples into this mixture a few at a
time and skim out as soon as soft and
mt in the jar. Turn the sirup over
then when all in the jar. This recipe
is for one peck of apples Judd
| Farmer.
Chocolate Glace Cake.-Beat to a
cream generous half cupful of butter
and gradually beat into this one cup
ful of sugar. Add one ounce OF choco'
late. melted; also two unbeaten eggs.
Beat vigorously for five minutes; then
| stir in half cupful of milk, and, last:
ly. one cupful and half of -four, with
| which has been mixed one generous
teaspoonful of baking powder. Flavor
| with one teaspoonful of vanilla Pour
into a buttered shallow cake pan and
bake for half an hour in moderate
oven. When cool spread with glace
frosting. Boston Budget.
| Baked Egg Plant.-One egg plant
two tablespoons bread crumbs, six to
matoes, two eggs, two tablespoon.
butter, four crabs or one lobster, salt
and pepper. Boil the egg plant
scald and peel the tomatoes, cut II
halves and remove tho seeds and juice,
chop the lobster or crab meat, aist
the egg plant and tomatoes. Nil
them with the bread crumbs, add the
beaten eggs, melted butter and season
ING. Bake in the crab or lobster shells
or in a shallow dish. Cover with but
tered cracker crumbs and bake unit
brown. The crabs or lobster may b.
omitted and the dish would still b
very palatable.-Farm, Field and FIRE
side.