Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-06-11

| Ch0p line some cooked nam, season
| with little mustard, chopped parsley
and grated onion. Spread over slices OF
bread and press together in pairs. Beat
an egg, add little salt and cupful Of
rich milk. Dip each sandwich in this
and fry brown in hot butter, first on one
side; turn and brown on the other.
MEAT PIE WITH POTATO CRUST.
Cut any boiled or roasted meat into
neat cubes. Fry an onion, chopped fine
in tablespoonful of butter; when nice.
| ly Drowned add tablespoonful of flour
pint of water, teaspoonful each OF
salt, chopped parsley, and half a tea
spoonful pepper. Add half a cupful Of
pared and sliced carrots; simmer gently
until tender; add the meat and pour into
a baking dish. Cover with the crust
and bake half an hour in brisk oven
To make the crust, sift one pint of -four
one teaspoonful salt and two teaspoon
fuls baking powder. Add tablespoon.
full of butter and one cupful of cold
mashed potatoes. Work all together
add milk or water to form soft dough-
Flour the pastry board, turn on to the
board, and pat out the dough to fit the
dish.
MUFFINs WITH DATES.
Remove the seeds from half pound
of dates, and chop the flesh fine. Beat
two tablespoonful of butter to cream
add the dates and two eggs we'll beaten
Stir all together and add one cupful OF
milk. Sift three cupfuls of flour with
two level teaspoonfuls of baking powder
and one teaspoonful of salt. Mix to the
liquid ingredients, pour into well-but-
tered iron muffin pans, and bake half ar
hour in quick oven. Good hot OF
cold; nice for children's lunch.
PRUNE JELLY.
Wash and soak one pound of dried
prunes over night. Have them jus,
covered with water. Cook tender in the
water they were soaked in. When cold
remove the stones, add half cupful Of
sugar and little lemon juice or extract
| of lemon. Cover half a package OF
gelatine with half cupful of cold water
let stand ten minutes, set in pan oil
hot water and stir until dissolved; strain
to the other ingredients, and pour into q
pretty mold. When set, unmold and
serve with cream.
sPIcED NUT CAKES.
Cream half cupful of butter with
one cupful of sugar; add the yelks OF
two eggs, we'll beaten, and one cupful OF
milk. Sift two and One-half cupfuls Of
flour with one teaspoOnful each of cloves
cinnamon and nutmeg, two teaspoonfult
of baking powder and half teaspoonful
salt. Add to the other ingredients, and
lastly add the stiffly- beaten whites Of
eggs. Bake in small scallop pans or in
gem pans.
DRIED APPLE CAKE.
Make sauce of the dried apples in
the usual way. add to each quart tea.
spoonful of cinnamon and a teaspoOnful
of lemon extract. Sift two cupfuls Of
flour with two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, and half teaspoonful of salt.
Work in tablespoonful of butter. Beat
one egg, add a cupfui of milk and stir to
the dry ingredients. Turn into square
buttered pan, pat it even, pour the ap.
pie sauce over the top and bake half an
hour Serve hot with hot pudding
sauce, or cold in slices.
The same mixture may be used for
fruit puffs. In place of spreading it in
a pan, add pint of cranberries (uncook-
ed), pour into buttered cups, and steam
one hour in close steamer. Serve with
plenty of sauce.-Ladies' World.