The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-19

huckleberry pudding, such a. you
rarely find outside New England. Mix
together two quarts of warm milk,
three-fourths cup finely chopped meat,
three fourths cup finely chopped suet,
two tablespoons molasses. a half tea.
spoonful Of soda, a teaspoon of salt
and enough Indian meal to make g
stiff batter. Add at the last two eggs.
whites and yolks beaten separately.
and a quart of huckleberries dredged
with -four. Boil for two and one-half
hours in buttered bag or mold,
never allowing the water to stop boil
ing, and serve hot with foamy sauce.
Huckleberries would make delicate
and nourishing dessert for an invalid.
Cook the huckleberries with little
water until the skins are ''mushy."
Strain, sweeten to taste. thicken with
little flour or cornstarch, turn into a
mold and set away on the ice to hard
en-. Serve with whipped cream, II
cream Is allowed, though 1t is very
palatable without any sauce.
Blackberry mould is made In the
same way for an invalid. only the
blackberries need not be strained.
Blueberry ice cream Is another treat
at this season. To make 1t, use one
quart of cream. one cupful of sugar.
oIe tchSpOOlluI CAtiaSt, anu
one quart of fine ripe blueberries.
Freeze the cream for fifteen minutes.
remove the beater and stir In the ber-
ries. Pack and let 1t stand an hour
or more before serving.
II all women starting on journey
realized that the porter was held 'e-
sponsible for each shortage In sheets.
pillow cases and towels there would
not be so large a deficit In his monthly
pay. Last month was the first time
in two years that l received my full
pay" said Pullman porter recently.
during transcontinental trip. II
'spose women think they're beating
the railroad company when they walk
off with the towels, hut every cent of
1t comes out of the porter's wages,
and when he only gets $50 month
that seems good deal to lose"
A pretty garnish to use with fish Is
made by slicing lemon crosswise In
very thin slices. then powdering each
piece with fine-cut parsley.
This is not pleasant theme to touch
upon, but much may be forgiven to
one who has recently passed the try
Ing ordeal of having a rat die under
the floor. Search for the inconsldsr-
ate rodent was unavailing for several
hours, and it seemed as If the whole
mouse WOulu nave 10 ne toIH uOWn 10
find the malodorous cause of our woe.
wait" said an E'nglishman, who
happened in, until go to the butch
er's and get some blue-bottle flies.
then I'll locate the beast for you.
We waited. In an hour he was hack
with three or four flies in a bottle.
These he liberated in the room, hav-
ing first taken the precaution to close
doors and windows. In few mo-
ments the flies settled down In one
spot on the floor. Take up that
board" said the Briton, 'and youll
find your rat" The board was lifted.
and there sure enough was the long
sought rat
She was a woman who knew how to
turn herself in an emergency. They
were going to have va shortcake for
dinner, and there were invited guests
The berries did not come until about
half AN hour before dinner. and full
half of them were crushed and spoiled.
She thought moment, and went on
stirring up plain cake batter, What
are you going to do?" l asked. for as
soon as the cake went into the oven
she was stirring up a cream filling
of flour, milk, eggs and fiavoring. The
cakes were baked, the cream was
layers, a layer of the good berries
crowned the whole. A piteher of thick
country cream passed with each slice /
of moist, delicate fruited cake made
a delicious dessert out of what most
of us might have deemed failure.
EMMA PADDOCK TELFoRD.