Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-02-12

DOMESTIC SCIENCE.
oDevaIonYsA
IN THE HOUSEHOLD.

lN NE Ilo1oTIIlolLD.
The common problem, yours, mine. every
ones
Is not to fancy what were fair in life.
Provided it could be-but finding first
What may be, then how to make 1t fair
Up to our means: A very different thing.
Robert Browning.
MENU, SUNDAY, FEB. 10.
BREAKFAST.
Oranges.
Cereal.
Scrambled Eggs and Scaliors.
Toast.
Coffee.
Cabbage. Cream Soup, Croutons.
Olives. Picked Cherries.
Lobster Chops. Tartar Sauce.
Potatoes Parisienne.
Macaroni with Mushrooms and Tomato.
Celery and Apple Sauce.
Baked Indian Pudding.
Apples and Cheese.
Black Coffee.
SUPPER.
Spanish Ham in Chatting Dish.
Celery. Bread and Butter.
Olives.
Angel Cake.
Santa Clara Prunes.
Chocolate.
Washinston's birthday with some special
dclicacy suited to the occasion here are
directions n week ahead for IL
N-Acrr1Ecrn% rAEr
as handed down in an old family cook
book
Stir together until quite white, n pound
of sugar and threc-quarters of n pound
Of butter. Then add four beaten eggs.
Stir in gradually a pound and a half of
flour. Dissolve q teaspoonful of Salcr-
atus in a teacup of milk, strain and mix
with Il glass of wine, then stir into the
cake together with a tcaspoonful of rose
water and half n nutmeg. Lastly. add n
pound of seeded raisins dredged with
-four.
VIRGINIA SALLY LINN
is good on general principles. but might
be considered particularly desirable on
the day when Dixie diet properly pre-
walls. If 1t is to appear at the Sunday
night supper. early in the morning bail,
peel and mash fine two large potatoes.
NlaNt iIitO L SIV'1lEt mlll W - iDlt-
s%poonfuls of sifted -four. one tablespoon
ful of sugar, one ~teaspoonful of salt and
about n quart of lukewarm water in part
OF which a compressed yeast cake has
been dissolved. BY 10 O'Clock tho sponGn
should have raised sufficiently to b"
made into a batter; beating In three
pints OF flour. four wcll-beatcn eggs. and
Il heaping tablespoonful of lard and but
ter mixed. Cover and put where 1t will
keep warm. About 4 O'Clock pour care
fully into creased moulds-a Turks head
is the timc-honored mould-let it raise n
little longer, then bake t~hrce-quarters of
an hour in n moderate over
Cut as you would sponge cake with a
sharp steel knife heated. Half of the
above recipe IS usually sufficient for an
ordinary family. If Sally Lunn is de-
sired for breakfast it may be mixed at
night, adding the eggs in the morning.
Let the batter stand for an ~hour-then
bake in gem pans or in creased layer
cake pans. After the eggs are added
pains must he taken not to break the air
bubbles III tho dough.
Beaten biscuit arc another Southern
standby suited to the day. but the
Northern cook should understand that
the success OF these delicious breads de-
Ponds largely upon the beating, and it
takes. too quote a Southern woman, "a
mighty strong arm or a very skillful one
W ''NA wen. WIN u quart ol hour HIN
n hcaping Tablespoonful of lard, a salt
spoon OF salt and a cupful of rich sweet
milk or enough to make a stiff dough
much SITTER than for bread. Knead un-
til soft and pliablc, then take a biscuit
beater or rolling pin and beat long and
hard until the dough blisters and pops
when pulled of. Mould into small bis
cults, making an impression in the CEN
tire with the thumb. Prick with a fork,
place in perforated sheets and bake in Il
quick oven. Some cooks recently have
caught the idea that putting the dough
through a meat chopper several times
WAS an Improvement IN the beating pro-
cess. and the results ave certainly been
most satisfactory. These little biscuit
are delightful for the luncheon basket,
and are certainly wholesome and digesti-
bic.
A woman seeking Information recently
as TO how the butter cakes or "sinkers''
that are such Il feature of tho quick
restaurants are made. was told by the
general anagc Of the Dcunett restau-
rant that IT was as impossible for the
homo cook to make them as it was for
the restaurant cook to make the old
fashioned homo b~uckwheat cakes. 1t
had been tried in his own kitchen time
and again, only to prove a complete fail
urc. a writer in what to Eat how
eeVer, declares that she has worked the