The Portland daily press., 1897-12-31
THE HOME.
A DOZEN CocoANUT RECEIPTS.

he nreferred. After it has simmered for
twenty five or thirty minutes Git must
never be allowed to boi J, strain it and
tbioken with batter made from the
beaten yolks of two eggs, part of a cupful
of milk and sufficient ground rice to give
the proper consistency. 1t should then
be again allowed to simmer, salt and
pepper being added to taste, after which
it is ready to serve.
Pie.-To q quart of milk, add eight
ounces of grated oocoanut, three eggs
thoroughly beaten, half cupful of sugar
and butter the size of a large egg. Mix
and bake as for a custard pie. For a
sauce: 10 a Pint of boiling milk add
the beaten yolks Of three eggs, two table
spoonfuls Of sugar. and flavoring extract
to taste-vanilla is best.
e Baked Pudding-Boil q quart of milk
and pour it upon the grated pulp OF a
cocoanut, to which the milk Of the nut
has been added. Then add five beaten
eggs, a cupful of sugar, and half the
amount Of butter, with such fiavoring as
may be preferred. 1t is baked in a deep
earthern dish, either with or without an
under crust
Patties-Twelye ounces of sugar, eight
of grated eocoanut, six of butter, the
sugar and butter being beaten together
and the cocoanut gently stirred in, adding
then the beaten whites of five eggs, with
flavor to suit. Bake in patty pans. and
sprinkle with granulated sugar when
taken from the oven.
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cocoanut add tablespoonful of sugar
and the white of an egg, beating the
whole well together, and favoring to
taste. 1t should be baked tor few
minutes only, till the outer portion is
eighty colored.
Candy-To the milk of a good sized
oocoanut add half cup of granulated
sugar and a gill of water, boiling it till
it forms soft ball when dropped in cold
water. Then stir in half pound of grated
cocoanut, and stir till the whole becomes
white, when 1t should be turned out to
COOL and may be cut into any form; II
stirred too long it will crumble, the
remedy for which is to add little
water and boil again.
Cake.-Several hours before using CRATE
large cocoanut, which is to stand mean
time in an earthern bowl. Beat we'll to-
gether cupful of white sugar and eight
ounces of butter, to which add the yolks
of six eggs. Beat the whites of the eggs
to froth, and add them, with twelve
ounces of flour, gradually to the mixture,
adding the cocoanut last. Bake In an
oven of moderate heat. For Frosting:
Having frosted cake in the ordinary
way with white of eggs and pulverized
sugar, sprinkle the surface Immediately
with as much grated oocoanut as will
adhere.
Cookies-To cupful of grated cocoanut
Of rr1<r holt NJ e
one egg, -four to make thick batter, and
half teaspoonfulsof soda. Stir we'll to-
gether, drop on creased papers in a ba-
king dish, and bake in an oven of mod
crate heat.
Drop Cakes. Having grated two cocoa
nuts of ordinary size, add to the pulp an
equal amount of sugar, three eggs, half
cupful OF ground rice, and beat ali well
together. Bake as for the cookies.
Pudding. To pint of boiling milk
add four tablespoonful of cernstarch
which has been dissolved in little cold
water, the beaten whites of four eggs,
half Of a grated coooanut, half cupful
Of sugar and havoring to suit the taste.
Turn into moulds to cool.-Good House.
keeping.
NOTES ON CARE OR HOUSE
PLANTS.
may be freezing outside, taking care,
however, that it does not chill them.
Never water plant until 1t looks dry.
Then do it thoroughly. But callas, he
liotropes and fuchias should always be
kept moist. The air of the ordinary sit.
ting room Is too hot and dry for plants
TO do we'll. To remedy this, keep dish
of water on the stove or furnace register,
and another under the plant stand.
Spraying the plants will help to make4
the air moist. 1t will keep the dust Off
and make them healthier. 1t should be
done at least once or twice week, and
every day Ia better.
Never let the sun shine on the leaves
when wet. Always take the chill from
the water used on the leaves OF soil of
plants. Night is the best time to water
plants in the summer, and morning is
the best time in the winter.
Turn the plants frequently to prevent
their becoming one.sided. Keep the soil
loose by frequent STRINGS. Liquid fer
tiIizers may be given every week after
buds appear. Plants do better where thev
have plenty of breathing space; therefore
do not crowd them.
III planbS are olean and healthy few in
sects wifi trouble them. The daily SPRAY.
ing will Keep off the red spider. Lime
water will drive white worms from the
soil. Weak tobacco water sprinkled on
the leaves will kill aphis But for this
insect and for the red spider, the under.
as well as the upper surface Of the leaves
must be wet
After all the temperament of q person
has much to do with success in the care
nlanfS A nerVOnE itah
rarely succeeds WELL A calm even dispo
sition, united with alove for plants, some
knowledge and great deal of common
sense, will. bring about results which
will add much to the comfort, beauty and
homelike appearance of ones house dur
ing the long winter months.
A GOOD BARGAIN.
The woman who hunts bargains is a
usual subject of criticism and standing
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