Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-01-05
FOR the HOME.
Some Interesting Paragraphs for the
Good Housewives.
wAFFlES, DouGHNUTs, CRoQutTTts.

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On cold mornings nothing tastes bet
ter than wafles. To make them, beat
three eggs well, add one pint of sweet
milk, one tablespoonful of butter and
sugar, two tablespoonful of baking
powder and flour enough to make a
thin batter. Have the waffle irons hot
and spread the batter evenly.
An old-fashioned invalid drink is
called crust coffee. Over the equval-
ent of two slices of bread toasted a
golden brown in the oven. pour one
pint of boiling water. Steep gently for
fifteen minutes, strain and serve, add
ing sugar and cream to taste.
In cake-making while butter is so
expensive, instead OF using all butter,
use half lard and half butter. OF course
only the incest of leaf lard should be
used. An eggless fruit cake may be
made as follows: One cupful of sou
milk, one scant cupful of sugar, a
scant half-cupful of butter, two cupfuls
of -four, n of chopped r%aisins, one
teaspoonful each of sod and CHINA
mon and one-half t%easpoonful of nut
meg.
When frying doughnuts, croquettes,
etc, use half lard and half rendered
beef suet. This is more wholesome
than the clear beef lard and costs
much less. To prepare the suet, take
only the clean white leaves, cut them
up in inch pieces, place in granite ket-
tie together with a pint of water for
each FIVE pounds of suet. Cook brisk
ly until the water has all boiled out
and the bits of suet are brown and
crackly, stirring often to prevent
them catching on bottom of kettle and
~scorching. When done, starin through
cheesecloth into a half-gallon crock.
Fudge candy is made as follows:
Put one tablespoonful of butter in a
saucepan, and three cupfuls of sugar
and n cupful of milk. When the
sugar has melted add four or five level
tablespoonful of cocoa. Stir and boil
fifteen minutes, take from the fire, add
one tablespoonful of vanilla, stir until
creamy, pour upon buttered plates and
cut in squares. This is the hest and
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digestible than chocolate and the
starch makes the fudge creamy. Some
cocoa are richer than others and four
level tablespoonful are sufficient.
The salamander iron is one of the
most useful of new acquisitions to the
kingdom of the kitchen. 1t is a fiat
iron disk, fastened to a handle. When
thoroughly heated over Goals the iron
is lifted and held over pastry, mer-
ingues, etc, which have not peer
Drowned evenly in the oven for fear of
~overbaking. The iron must be very
hot. 1t can be heated in the fire if
desired and then carefully wiped be-
fore applying to the half-browned pie
or custard. The heat from the iron
will in a very few moments do what
the oven failed to do. In this way
every housekeeper is able t obtain
for her pastry and other dishes an
evenly Drowned appearance, which al
ways adds much to their appetizing at
Effectiveness.
January Is the best time to buy table
linen. Never buy a mixture of cotton
and linen and beware of damask that
is stiff and cracky, for it has probably
been starched to make it appear of bet
ter quality than it really is. Good linen
has an elastic texture. Some of the
finer French damasks appear exquis-
lite, but they do not pass the soap and
water test creditablly. Considering all