Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-05-16
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Orange Ice: Juice of oranges and
grated rind of 8 oranges, juice of two
lemons, one pint Of sugar dissolved in
one pint of cold water. Mix and freeze
the same as ice-cream.-Miss Agnes
Allyn, in Farm and Home.
Quick Icing: Take heaping tea
cupful OF fine, pulverized sugar, beat
the white of one egg until slightly
foaming but not frothed. Mix thor
oughly with the sugar. and flavor with
lemon or vanilla and spread ON the
cake while warm.
Fairy Toast: Toast slices of stale
sponge cake and cut into pieces two
inches square. Turn half a turnbler of
apple or ounce jelly into a bowl and
with an egg-beater whip it up light
Then stir in gradually the well-beaten
whites of two eggs Heap this over
the squares of toasted cake, and serve
with plain cream.-N. Y. Ledger.
Fruit Custard Pie: Use one and q
half pints rich, sweet milk, one table
spoonful of cornstarch moistened with
milk, three well-beaten eggs and four
tablespoonful of sugar. Stir together
and pour into plate lined with paste.
Sprinkle over one pint of sweetened
cherries or currants. Bake, cover with
a meringue, if one wishes-Orange
Judd Farmer.
Egg Curry: One egg. two table
spoonfuls sugar, one-half cup strong
vinegar, one teaspoonful butter, one
half teaspoonful salt, one teaspoonful
ground mustard, one teaspoonful curry
mixed in cream. Mix mustard, salt,
sugar. vinegar and surry. and pour on
the well-beaten eggs. Simmer all for
ten minutes. This will keep for a
month in a cool place.-Boston Budget.
Indian Crumpets: Into a quart of
warm milk stir half a cake of COM
pressed yeast that has been dissolved
in gill of warm water, with little
sugar; add salt and wheat flour to
make into thin batter; set in a warm
place until morning, when add gill of
melted butter and enough yellow corn
meal to make soft dough. Bake on a
Country Gentleman.
-Home-Made Lemonade: One ounce
of tartaric acid, one pound of sugar and
three lemons. Pare off the rind of the
lemons thin as possible and leave
aside; squeeze the lemons into a quart
jug, being careful to throw away the
white part of the rind left, as it would
make the lemonade bitter; add the tar
taric acid and sugar. Pour on a quart
of boiling water, stir, and, when cold,
strain and bottle. To improve the
color little saffron squeezed through
muslin may be added. When using put
water to taste.-Leeds Mercury.
Boiled Salmon: Salmon is at its
best from the first of April until the
end of July. The freshness of fish can
be distinguished by the brilliancy of
the skin and bloody gills and eyes.
If the skin and eyes are dull the fish is
not fresh. Highly-colored salmon is
the best, whitish flesh denotes inferior
quality. The water in which fish is
boiled and to which ingredients are
added is called in French court-bul-
lion. Wash the fish and put it in YES
sci with sufficient cold water to cover
it: then throw in salt, pepper, bay
leaves, thyme, vinegar, onions shaved
in round thin slices. and carrots cut in
the same way. 1t must be brought to
the boiling point slowly. After cook
ing for eight or ten minutes, strain the
"dGCI anu ScTSc Ou d 1O1Ocu udphlu.-
Detroit Free Press.
Bean Soup: Take one pint of dry
white beans. Wash well and soak
them over night in cold water. In the
morning put them in a kettle with two
and one-half quarts of cold water, one
onion cut in quarters, small bunch of
parsley, four stalks of celery cut small,
and piece of ham bone. Let this boil
until the beans are quite tender, then
take from the fire, remove the ham
bone and press the rest through col
ander sieve. Season with salt and
pepper. and put over the fire to heat
thoroughly again, adding a cupful of
milk. When quite hot serve with
croutons or squares of toast.-Good
Housekeeping.
Use of Tobacco In Illness.
If tobacco has been violently de-