Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-08-13
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Spoon Biscuit.-One quart Of sour
or buttermilk, q teaspoonful Of soda,
two tablespoonfuls of melted butter,
to1r to make q stiff batter. Drop In q
hot gem pan and bake In a quick oven.
Prairie Farmer.
-MuHns.-Beat together one cup Of
butter and one cup of sugar. Add
three well-beaten eggs and lie 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
get
-Apollinaris Lemonade. Put one
cup Of sugar and a ha1f-pint of water
over the fire to melt. Add the grated
rind of n 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 Soufie.-Slice six oranges,
place in a dish a layer of orang and
sugar alternating. Make a soft-boiled
custard Of the yolks of three eggs, q
pint of milk, a pinch of salt, sugar to
taste. When cool enough pour over
the ranges peat the white of eggs to
a stiff froth. add sugar; put yer 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, g~erm-breed-
ing n~uisances. The truly economical
woman is not she who saves every
thing, but she who is discriminating in
her thrift.
potatoes, boil them carefully SO that
they do not break, hen slice them into
a bowl. Pour two tablespoonfuls of
oil and a tea.poonful of tho 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 a tomato.-Leeds Mer-
curry.
-Pop-Overs-Beat two eggs without
separating until thoroughly mixed.
but not very light, hen add half a pint
of milk and quarter of a teaspoonful
of salt. Put one cup of -four into IN
other bowl and add gradually to it the
milk and eggs; beat until smooth and
then strain. Have ready CREASED gem
pans well heated, fill two-thirds full
with this mixture and bake In a mod
erately quick oven for about thirty
Eve minutes Do not add baking
powder OF yeast-N. Y. Ledger.
-Scalloped ERgs.-An appetizing way
to serve eggs for breakfast Is to seal
Top them according to the following
directions: Boil them hard, chop them
not too fine. Line a pudding dish with
a layer Of bread crumbs, then a layer
of cold boiled ham, or hits OF fried ham
chopped Ane. then . layer of eggs, and
so on till the dish Is full. Season the
layers with salt, pepper and little bits
Of butter. Moisten with q little cream
and set into the ven for ten minutes,
or u4tdl thoroughly heated.-Boston
Budget.
. @semon Sponge.-Dissoive half an
of gelatine b half a pint of
add the rkud Of one lemon
ccFed thtnty and ens ounce and a half
Of sugar. Haraip the juice of n
lemon into 6 basin, add the white of
one or two e1gs and strain on to it
the dissolved gelatine- Whisk all to-
gether till SO stiff that a spoon will
stand up In it. Ornament a mold
with preserved fruits, pour the sponge
into II and let 1t stand till cold. Then
turn out to serve and ornament the
dish with pink .je1ly chopped finely
Leeds Ncrcury.