Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-22
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

SO many palatable additions to the
daily bill OF fare may be made by a
judicious selection of the formulas OF
tried methods of cooking, that the
STANDARD will hereafter publish
weekly, under this heading, original
and selected seasonable recipes, Of
tried and acknowledged merit.
1t is recognized fact that some
times error in statement of some minor
detail, or in uniformity of grade of
constituent parts, will cause the recipes
given to only result in loss OF ma
terial and an increase Of, at times, q
failure, and very expensive chicken
feed" and it will therefore be the en-
deayor Of the STANDARD to publish
none that have been subject to a
practical test by some one whose
judgment is entitled 10 confidence.
The principle topic this week viii
be Potatoes" and we believe the
following recipes will, in every instance,
give satisfactory results:
Saratoga Chips-Peel and slice thin
six large potatoes, lay them in cold
water one hour and thoroughly dry
them on a clean fowl. Drop each
slice separately into boiling lard. Fry
until crisp and brown. Drain and
sprinkle with salt while hot.
Creamed Potatoes-Cut up potatoes
and boil until done. Thicker with a
little flour stirred smooth in a little
milk. Add little butter, salt and
pepper and one cup of milk. Let it
boil up once. Serve hot.
Quirled Potatoes-Peel the potatoes
and put them on to boil. Season and
mash, then put through a colander
into the dish in which they are to be
served.
Mashed Potatoes-Wssh and peel
the potatoes and put on to cook in
boiling water. Boil until we'll done.
When thoroughly cooked, drain the
water off carefully and allow them to
steam few minutes to insure their
being entirely free from water. Then
mash them and add salt, pepper and
butter. Thin with milk or cream.
Beat them with the masher until they
are light as foam. The longer they
are beaten the better they are.
Stewed Potatoes-Let them soak in
cold water an hour. If the potatoes
are large cut in halves or quarters.
Put them on to cook in cold water
enough to cover them. When nearly
done drain off all the water but half q
pint and add half pint of milk and
pinch of salt. When this boils, stir
in one tablespoonful of butter and one
tablespoonful OF flour rubbed smooth
in little cold water.
Drowned Potatoes - Boil potatoes
anG put through sieve. season and
pr,t into buttered baking dish. Sea-
son with salt. pepper and butter.
Spread the beaten yolk OF an egg over
the TOP and brown in the oven.
PUMPKIN PIE.-Pare and cut up q
pumpkin; stew till if pressed with a
spoon it will mash fine; then drain
oh all the water, and press through q
seive. For each pie use one cup Of
pumpkin; one egg; one-half cup Of
sugar; one-half teaspoonful each Of
ginger, allspice, cinnamon and pinch
OF salt; one-third of a quart of milk.
Make the pie crust of three cups of
Hour; one teaspoon of salt; one cup
OF lard; enough cold water to make
the dough hold together. This makes
crust for three pies.
Brown CAKE.-One-half cup sugar ;
one cup molasses; one.half cup but
ter; one teaspoon each of cinnamon,
cloves and allspice; two teaspoons Of
soda in one cup of boiling water; two
and one-half cups of flour; two we'll
beaten eggs, the last thing. Bake in
layers and put together with white
icing very thick between the layers.
Mrs. Rorer's formula for making
bread sticks says: Pour half pint Of
boiling water into half pint of milk.
Add teaspoon of warm water. Now
stir in sufficient flour to make stiff
dough. Turn it out on the board,
knead until soft and elastic and free
from sickness. Place in q bowl,
brush the top lightly with butter and
stand aside for three hours. Then
turn out on the board, cut off small
portion and roll it out under the hands
about ten inche,i long and twice the
thickness Of a lead pencil. Place in
creased pans, stand aside one hour.
and bake in = quick oven ten minutes.
Special pans come for these sticks, but
hey are not necessary, as they will
bake in any bread pan.
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