Evening journal., 1904-05-20
HOUSEHOLD.

the stove closely covered for half an
hour and serve cold. Dilute the vim
egar with water If too strong. Culti-
vate a root of mint in your garden; it
will repay you. A sprig thrown into
a bowl of lemonade gives a delicious
flavor. and It is useful in many other
ways. Use spear-mint, not pepper |
mint.
A Breakfast Stew.
Prepare this on Saturday for use on
Monday. Use round steak, or the |
tough ends from sirloin steaks. Cut |
into thin narrow strips and cook slowly |
for two hours. Make a cup of rich /
brown sauce, using the water in which !
the meat has cooked, seasoning with a
tablespoon Of chopped onion, little
nutmeg. salt, pepper and the juice
from half a lemon. stir the meat into
this and cook five minutes.
SeaIloped Tomatoes.
Alternate layers of tomatoes well
I drained with seasoned crumbs In a well
CREASED pudding dish. sprinkling a lit
tie sugar over the tomatoes. over the
top layer Of crumbs dot pieces Of but
/
mixed with the water from the toma-
toes, about a cup full altogether. Bake
fifteen minutes covered. Uncover and
brown.
Spanish Omeet.
Cook two tablespoons butter with
4 one tablespoon finely chopped onion
Add one cup tomatoes and cook until
dry. Add one tablespoon chopped
mushroom, the same of green pepper
and a few capers Make an omelet
and put this in the middle and around
it.
DeviIled CLAIMS.
1t is always better to buy CLAIMS in
the she'll as they spoil very quickly
after being opened; for this recipe, take
twenty-five CLAIMS and put. them into =
bake pan in hot oven. AS soon as
they open their shells pull them apart,
saving the liquor. Cut off the tough
end and pass the rest through your
meat chopper. Make a thick white
sauce with cup Of milk and clam
Juice mixed, thickened with one table
lspoon butter and two Of -four rubbed
together. Beat the yolks Of three eggs
and pour the mixture into it gradually
and add the chopped clans, a few
drops of lemon juice and dash of
paprika. Fill clam shells with the
mixture and bake for ten minutes.
These may be covered with crumbs If
desired.
Creole chOwder.
can corn.
can tomatoes.
4 onions. sliced.
3 peppers, chopped.
Fry the onion in a tablespoon OF butt
ter or dripping; add the other ingredi-
ents and enough water to cover. Cook
for an hour and a half, season with
salt. pepper and sugar. An economl-
cal and delicious soup.
Potted shad.
As the shad season wanes, a jar OF
potted fish for use i'm warm weather
can be prepared at a slight cost and viii
furnish an acceptable luncheon or sup
per dish. Buy small melt shad for this
they are cheaper than the roes and
will answer as well. After washing
thoroughly cut into thick slices abou
three inches wide and pack in a ston'
jar in layers, seasoning each layer will
salt, pepper and cloves. Cover witt
vinegar and cook in a slow oven, close
lly covered, for FIVE or six hours. d.
not have the fish split up the back whel
cleaned. Keep i'm a cold place they vii
keep for several weeks.
Cheese Balls.
s. II you have a little cottage chess
left over. make it into balls the size o
a walnut and press the whole kerne
Of a nut into each side. This makes
rfI fuh to IL
dressed lettuce or cress.
,e Use the Yolks
II Of the eggs left from the apple fioa
s. and cake. in the corn starch an,
se devilled clans.
ID White Mountain Cake.
Rub half cup of butter and one an,
% a half cups of pulverized sugar TO
Il gether until light and cream and stir il
y cup of milk Beat the whites o
five eggs until stiff. sift two cups o
10 -four twice. with two teaspoons OF bak
y ing powder Add the eggs and fou
a alternately and bake in two layers
d Make a plain icing with white of on
m egg and pulverized sugar and spreal
a over one layer. Sprinkle with grate
,e cocoanut and place the other layer o.
U NbRs ANN AAAA1 anu aANO lAAI 1Alti
y sprinkle with cocoanut. This shoul
IL stand several hours before cutting.
a Cherry Tapiooa.
1t will be necessary to use came
cherries for this. but it is a fine puddin
is to make when cherries are ripe. Ston
III the cherries and sprinkle with suga
+ To the juice drained from the cherrie
IS add water to make three cups and hes
OF to boiling point. add one cup tapioC
v Gf pearl tapioca is used it must
it soaked for an hour and cook in doub
n boiler until tapioca is Transparent
n Sweeten to taste and add a pinch
lg salt. Add the cherries and bake tweni
be minutes in an oven not too hot Ser'
II with cream. The instantaneous tapio,
a requires no soaking.
Lir Chocolate Blanc Mango.
~ Put one quart of milk in a doub
~ boiler and heat. Stir in one cup
~ sugar, and half package Of gelatin
" which has been soaked in a cup
cold water. Strain and stir in thr
tablespoons of grated and melted CHI
he colate. Boil ten minutes. stirring col
RS stantly. Set out to cool; when near
be cold, flavor with vanilla, and beat ha
id for five minutes. and pour into
Nv turks head mould. DO not disturb
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