The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-27
INQUIRIES ANSWERED.

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INQUIRIES ANSWERED.
Mrs. f. L. D. writes: Some months
ago 1 saw a recipe in the paper for "chn
con carne" but failed TO keep il and
have forgotten the date OF the paper
II was in. win you kindly tell me where
1 can get il?
Chilli Con carne.
Cut two pounds OF steak in two-luch
squares and fry brown in a little beef
/ sUet. Remove the seeds from ten O.
| twelve red peppers. scald them soft IN
enough boiling water 70 cover them. then
mash to a pulp and press through
coarse sieve. chop fine a small onion
and Glove Of garlic and add all TO the
meat Season with salt and pepper 70
suit the taste: add just enough water
| to cover and cook slowly for two hours.
I adding little more water while it Is
| cooking. IL necessary. You may use
chicken instead of beef II you prefer.
Homemade Candy.
/ Mrs. A. ID. writes. I found some val
would oblige me greatly could YOU give
me advice about homemade candy and
how to make rye bread.
! If our correspondent will kindly ex-
plain what particular kind OF candy she
desires 10 make we will gladly furnish
recipe for same. but cannot for want Of
! space. give general instructions in candy
making in inquiry department We give
full and detailed lesson in regular lesson
column each year when approaching the
holiday season.
Rye Bread.
Take two pounds OF rye -four. one and
one-half pints Of water little white
bread dough. a heaping Tablespoonful
OF salt and a half teaspoonful Of cara
way seed. If you ike them. Use half
the -four. the dough and water FOR max
ing a sponge. and let 1t rise three OF four
hours, then add the salt and caraway
seed and remainder OF the -four Mix
and stir thoroughly. Cover set IN a
warm place TO rise: when double its bulk
after turning into well-buttered pans
bake for thirty-five or forty-ave minutes
in moderately hot oven.
Rye Bread with Sour Douoh.
Get a piece OF sour dough about the
size Of an apple from the bakers. put
into a bread pan OF raiser and mix with
a quart Of Iuke-warm water or butter
milk II you can get IL. and -four enough
TO make soft batter. about two pounds
Add a tablespoonful Of salt and tea
spoonful OF caraway seed. when This
sponge is light work IN sufficient -four
70 make rather stiff dough about two
pounds more and use a little white -four
70 knead on the board. work the dough /
into a bail. turning IL over and around /
repeatedly 80 every part viii be thor
ouehly kneaded. Then work the dough 4
into well shaped loaves. round or long. i
and Jet them rise for an hour. brush 4
over with water and bake IN s SLOW oven 4
Tor nearly two hours. Before baking I
break OF a piece % dough and keep 70 4
start the next sponge and n this dough 1
does not rise properly. add some yeast
70 g.
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