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into smooth cream, then add flour, salt
and milk. When in the pan sprinkle in
some dried currants When done do not
roll. but sprinkle with sugar.
Cider or ale are the only beverages al
lowed at pancake party.
Filling for Oyster Patties.
Allow two large or three small oysters
to each patty. Scald them IN their own
liquor; drain off the liquor and keep the
oysters hot while you make sauce as
follows: Put four level tablespoonfuls of
butter and four Of flour together in 4
saucepan; place over the fire and cook uE-
til 1t bubbles, but does not brown; then
pour in a pint Of milk and pint OF
oyster liquor. Stir and cook until timex ana
smooth. Cut the oysters into four pieces IL
they are large; add to the sauce with the
well-beaten yolks Of two eggs and stir over
the fire until the eggs are cooked. no longer;
then fill the cases. A little ground mace y,
celery salt may be added with salt anu
cayenne to taste. If common pepper Is
used do not use black In white or yellow
sauce.
Milk Bread.
You can use all milk or all water or half
and half but milk makes richer, more
nutritious bread, Of course.
For four loaves scald one quart of milk IN
a double boiler. When steaming hot pour
it into mixing bowl or your bread-ralslhs
pan: add a tablespoonful of butter, Two
level teaspoonfuls salt, and tablespoonful
of sugar and stir until sugar ana SAT- ar. are
dissolved; and when milk is lukeWarm SUR
in one compressed yeast cake dlsSolEeu IN
half a cup of lukewarm water. MIX We'll
add sufficient sifted -four to make falrlE
thick batter. Beat until II is snooth anu i,l
full of bubbles. Cover closely and set in
a warm place, about y degrees Fahrenhelt,
until the sponge doubles its original bulk
and Is very light. Then add enough flour
to make a dough just stiff enough 10 nan,
die Turn out on well-aoured board and
knead quickly and lightly with the fingers
until the dough is smooth and VelVety 10
touch and loses all sickness. Put pack
into a bowl cover closely and set again to
raise until double it's original bulk. Always
observe this rule with white bread each
time the dough Is set to raise. Make INTO
lOayes and place each loaf In separate
pan always cover and set to raise In same
temperature. Bake in moderately quick
oven for about three-quarters or an hour II
you make this quantity into four loaves.
Make your sponge up about 3 O'Clock IN
the morning and if managed properly II
should be baked by noon.
Rolls.
You can use the same recipe for rolls,
using a little more shortening or take a
piece Of the bread dough and work in two
ounces more shortening and little more
sugar. For Parker House rolls add more
To the Uiedu odeeei, anu
when YOU knead it into dough, pound it
for quarter of an hour with the rolling PIN
or potato masher; then set to rise ana
when light roll out and cut with large bis
cult cutter: brush with butter and turn
each biscuit one-third over; press down,
place in creased pans and cover and set to
raise Bake in quick oven. Raisins or
currants, a little extra sweetenlng ana TWO
or more eggs may be worked into risen
bread dough and same recipe Will answer
for currant bread. or the eggs may be omit
ted and only sugar and currantS used. Be
fore placing in the oven brush with melted
butter and sprinkle well with coarse white
sugar.
A Lenten Bill of Fare.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Fried Cornmeal Mush.
SteWed Prunes.
Poached Eggs. Wheat Biscuit.
Cereal Coffee.
Tomato Fritters. Boiled Rice.
Spiced Fruit. Coffee Cake.
Cocoa.
DINNER.
Black Bean Soup.
Boiled Turbot. Lobster Sauce.
Stewed Celery.
Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce
Potato and Cucumber Salad
Peach Tapioca Custard Sauce
Coffee.