The record-union., 1896-12-13

range VI cuSldluS, puNuiiiS@,
and meringues. Among these, apple
snow may be mentioned as delicate ana
especially conserving the faVor Oh the
| fruit. Peel, core, and quarter number
| of apples; set them to boil with little
water sugar, and the thin rind OF a
| lemon when quite done, remove the
| lemon rind and pass the apples through
| hair sieve. Have some whites OF eggs
| beaten to froth, stir them lightly into
| the apple puree a spoonful at a time, un-
| til the mixture is of the consistency of
| whipped cream and quite stiff. Serve
| heaped upon a dish garnished with lady
| fingers.
Apple pies are never a perfect sue
cess when the sugar is cooked with the
| apple. Use a tart, well-favored apple.
! A good Spitzenberg or rich Greening
apple makes a good pie. Let the apple
| be cut in the thinnest slices: arrange
| the upper crust over it lightly, so it
can be readily removed when the pie
| is baked, to add the requisite amount
of sugar for sweetening. Do not add
anything to the apple: let it cook in its
own juices inside the crusts. Bake it
| in quick oven for one hour; brown it.
The upper and under crust should be
crisp and a beautiful brown in color
Remove the upper crust to sweeten the
pie, stir the sugar in, replace the cover
and dredge it with powdered sugar;
then serve the pie while still warm, but
not hot.
| 1t may be difficult to get old-fash-
ala
| perfected" variety of pumpkin, which
is an inferior squash. 1t is entirely diff
ferent from the genuine golden fruit of
the vine, which makes New England
corn fields picturesque with color long
after the sheaves of corn have been
gathered. If you are fortunate enough
to obtain a genuine pumpkin, cut it in
pieces without peeling. Scrape off the
! inner shreds that hold the seeds. Boil
the pieces Of pumpkin with a pint of
water N thick porcelain lined kettle
for five or six hours, or until it has be-
come sweet as we'll as tender, and there
| is very little liquid around it. Strain it
| through a puree sieve of the same sized
mesh as a -four sieve. To four cups Of
| this strained pumpkin add four cups of
milk, one even teaspoonful of salt two
| teaspoonfuls of ginger, one large one
| of mace five eggs we'll beaten and a
| large coffee cup of sugar. Crate in half
a nutmeg Beat the custard well and
taste it to see if it is sweet enough
Put this mixture into deep pie plates
lined with pastry and bake for three
quarters of an hour. 1t should then
be solid in the center and have a rich,
golden brown color.
Mince meat for Christmas should be
made several weeks before that time
and left covered in cold place to grow
rich and perfect in flavor. A simple
rule for mince meat. by measure, calls
| for pint bowl of we'll cooked lean beef
chopped to the finest mince (measured
| after cEopping), two bowls of tart ap-
pies chopped into coarse bits. and half
a bowl of chopped suet. Add to this
a pound of seeded raisins, chopped fine,
| a pound of currants. quarter of a
pound of citron cut in thin slices, a
tablespoonful each Of powdered CHINA
mon, grated nutmeg and powdered
| cloves. Use enough sweet cider to
make these ingredients very moist Add
a bowl of sugar and an even teaspoon
full of salt. Let the mince meat boil
up for ten minutes and set away in a
| stone jar When you make it into pies
add brandy enough to suit your own
| taste.
In one of the New England cities an
| organization has been formed recently
| which STYLES itself the Society for STAY
ing at Home" Some of its members
are quoted as being tired of going
| about and keeping up with the demands
! of clubs, church work. and socicty
duties" and eager TO secure home lels-
ure. II scarcely seems necessary to
form a club 70 do this. Undoubtedly
| this reaction from effort in too many
directions and on too many lines can be
duplicated among women in many parts
| and places, but it does not follow that
| every woman must drop all Of her new
found activity to return to embroidery,
| china painting and home leisure" as
| another interviewed member of the new
| society puts it, TO be quite frank. the
society is a reflection on the previous
| wisdom Of any woman who feels herse If
! obliged to join it. 1t is also. however.
| a step in the right direction If it Will
! teach it's members. and, by example.
other unvise women, that what is need
ed at this busy and complex stage of ex-
| istence is the cultivation of the art of
| selection This must be accomplished IN
| dividually 1t is a matter of personal
| environment. opportunity. qualification,
and the thousa nd and one other ramifi-
cations OF the question which every
| thoug hsful. earnest intelligent woman
asks herself nowadays. How may I
| best serve?" Nor does il need to found
club for its answer.
One year ago there came to Barna ri
| College. New Yors. q young girl from
! Vienna She was Il years of age. and
without any practice in speaking our
| language. This year she was one of
thirty nine who registered for gradu-
ate work. and was the winner of a
! scholarship. Her essay in English sur
passed those Of the American girls. Tl.is
| means d great deal, for the Barnard cx-
| aminations are second to none
\
Booker T. Washington. Phi. D., head of
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School,
| who has earned national recognition as
| an educator of colored youth. has a wife
| OF equal prominence with himself. Four
| years since she started meeting for
women for the discussion Of ways and
| means TO enlighten wives and mothers
on household duties The meeting be-
gan with seven women, and is now at
tended by more than 400 weekly. There