Morris tribune., 1895-06-26
FlREsIDE FRAGMENTS.

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Spoon Biscuit. One quart of soul
or buttermillx, teaspoonful of soda
two tablespoonfuls Of melted butter
-four to make stiff batter. Drop in 9
hot gem pan and bake in quick oven
Prairie Farmer. q
Mullins. Beat together one cup o.
butter and one cup of sugar. Ado
three well-beaten eggs and one pint OF
milk, stirring well. Then add one
quart of wheat -four sifted with two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder and one
cup of yellow Indian meal. Bake in
muffin rings in hot oven Boston Bud
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-Apollinaris Lemonade. = Put one
cup of sugar and a half-pint of water
over the fire to melt. Add the grated
rind of one lemon. When the sugar
comes to boiling point, strain, and
when cool add the juice Of three lem
ons. Turn into this, just as it is to be
served, one pint of cold Apollinaris. IN.
Y. Ledger.
Orange Soufae. -Slice six oranges,
place in dish a layer of orange and
sugar alternating. Make a soft-boiled
custard of the yolks of three eggs, a
pint of milk, a pinch of salt, sugar to
taste. When cool enough pour over
the oranges, beat the white of eggs to
stiff froth, add sugar; put over pud-
ding.-Prairie Farmer.
The spring housekeeping period
is an excellent time to throw away the
accumulated useless treasures of the
winter. Old woolens only serve to
harbor moths, and old things of all
sorts are dust-collecting, germ-breed-
ing nuisances. The truly economical
woman is not she who saves every
thing, but she who is discriminating in
her thrift.
Potato Salad.-Take some young
potatoes, boil them carefully SO that
they do not break, then slice them into
a bowl. Pour two tablespoonfuls of
oil and a teaspoonful of the best vine
gar into a teacup, and add pepper and
salt to taste; mix thoroughly, and
pour over the potatoes. Ornament the
salad with chopped parsley and the
grated rind of tomato.-Leeds Mer-
curry.
Pop Overs. Beat two eggs without
until thoroughly mixed,
but not very light, then add half pint
of milk and quarter of teaspoonful
of salt Put one cup of flour into an
other bowl and add gradually to it the
milk and eggs; beat until smooth ana
then strain. Have ready creased gem
pans well heated, fill two-thirds full
with this mixture and bake in mod
erately quick oven for about thirty
five minutes. Do not add baking
powder or yeast.-N. Y. Ledger.
-Scalloped Eggs. appetizing way
to serve eggs for breakfast is to seal
lop them according to the following
Boil them hard, chop them
not too fine. Lipe pudding dish with
. layer of bread crumbs, then layer
If cold boiled ham, or bits Of fried ham
chopped fine, then a layer of eggs, and
20 on till the dish is full. Season the
ayers with salt, pepper and little bits
If butter. Moisten with little cream
and set into the oven for ten minutes,
,r until thoroughly heated.-Boston
Budget. h
Lemon Sponge. Dissolve half an
,ance of gelatine in half a pint Of
water, add the rind of one lemon
pared Ghinly and one ounce and half
# sugar. Strain the juice of one
emon into basin, add the white of
me or two eggs and strain on to it
he dissolved gelatine. Whisk all to-
ether till so stiff that spoon will
tand up in it. Ornament a mold
With preserved fruits, pour the sponge
nto it and let it stand till cold. Then
urn out to serve and ornament the
ish with pink jelly chopped finely.
leeds Mercury.