The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-10

teaspoon Of salt, one scant cup OF corn
meal. scalded with little boiling water.
two teaspoons Of brown sugar or little
buttermilk to make them brown nicely.
half a cake Of yeast dissolved IN half a
cup Of lukewarm water and one quart
Of warm water. MIX all together, adding
yeast to lukewarm batter and beating
hard for FIVE minutes. Then cover and
set in a warm place to raise over night.
A deep stoneware CROCK with a wide top
is best for the sponge Cover it with a
saucer. The corn meal may be left out.
but 1t contains the additional fat re-
quired and makes the cakes brown more
quickly. Do not use noiasses for this
purpose: it will make the cakes tough
and less digestible. If there is suspicion
only Of sourness in the batter in the
morning use a pinch of soda Soda also
removes the peculiar taste Of the buck
wheat and makes them fat and insip;d
ard is therefore to be avoided by those
who like the buckwheat -four
Delicious Buckwheat Cakes.
Take one quart of buckwheat fiour, one
pint of corn meal, one cup of Graham
-four, half a cup of yeast, one teaspoon
salt, pinch OF soda and lukewarm water
enough to make pretty stiff batter.
Stir the salt into the four and meal and
make into a stiff batter, adding the yeast
while mixture is lukewarm. Cover and
set to rise in warm place over night If
too thick in the morning add lukewarm
water enough to make it right consist
ency and let it stand rev minutes be-
haL linz of So 10 he
batter seems slightly sour. Bake on a
welI-greased hot griddie ard serve very
hot
One authority tells US not to eat buck
wreat cakes singly. but to serve in lay
ers of four at least, each eone generously
buttered and maple syrup \ or honey
poured over the top.
Oid-Time Buckwheat Cakes.
Wet half a cup of yellow corn meal
with a little cold water abou tnoon and
then stir in a quart of freshly boiIed wa
ter and stir and cook until it forms a
thin Cruel Let II cocl and add tea
spoon Of salt, half a cup OF good liquid
yeast or half cake of compressed yeast
dissolved in little lukewarm water half a
cup of wheat -four and three cups of
buckwheat flour. Beat vigorously and
thoroughly; cover and set to rise in a cool
place until morning, if for breakfast.
Thin the batter before baking If too thick,
using little warm water. Add half g.
teaspoon of baking soda just before bak-
ing.
Buckwheat Cakes With Baking Pow.
der. A
min of hrrc Vv1
half pint of whole wheat or Graham
flour. half teaspoonful of salt. two tea
spoons of baking powder. Sft all to-
gether until well mixed Then add enough
sweet milk to make a smooth, thin bat
ter and bake.
But Why BE Sad?
Sorrow, sickness and death come to
many homes on the New Year as we'll as
other days but aside from the unavoidable
let no one entertain sadness or gloomy
thoughts. but with hearts still mellow and
filled with the warmth and cheer of the
Christmas time let all enter into the mood
of joyousness pervading the very atmcs-
phere and step gayly with the throng
across the threshold of the door be-
tween" putting the past years unkind-
ness, its blnnders and failures aside for
the new and better conditions Of life
which we all intend 10 and will create az
We pass the New Years portal.
Some New Year Features
While one does not remove all the
Christmas decorations until after the New
Year festivities are past. those OF the ia
bic may be replaced WITH lighter and
more delicate garniture- IF YOU desire to
make the day essentially young peoples
day you may have a chhdren's dinner
party at midday, followed by games.
shedding, skating or sleighing parties. ac-
cording to where and how you are situat
ed. Or you may devote the day to CALI
ing and congratulations among your
friends and wind up with a masquerade
dance in the evening, old and young par
ticipating in the fun. There is an old
saying that what you do on New Year
day you will do all the year round. If this
be true, let see to it that only joyous
ness and kindness and pleasure fill the
hours. Let no worries or imaginary trou-
bles so much as cast shadow in our
presence.
very pretty fancy for table decoration
for children's New Year dinner party.
and one that might be adopted with slight
changes for older people. was an arrange
ment OF cotton in the center Of the table
Il represent snow. The soft cotton was
pulled apart in large fakes and placed on
the cloth and over it was placed loosely
the thin sheet of glaze from cotton bat
ting to represent the icy crust over the
snow. This was sprirkled with little
isingass TO give the sparkle. Snlilax and
ground pine gave the green shrubbery.
In the center of the snow mound was a
table mirror, bordered with the frosted
snow. and on the shore Of this miniature
lake were some tiny doll boys and girls
waiting TO welcome the little New Year.
who. with rosy face. golden curls and
snug in jacket of fur. was speeding across
the ice or swift skates frcrn the land OF
SHOWS 10 open another round year with
pleasures and joys for his subjects. Over
head hung a bell canopy. covered with
sparkling cotton snow. and sprigs Of
green with ard there was perched a saucy
sparrow picking at the greens and
funny little Pixie or fairy peeping over the
edge Of the bell Inside the canopy and
out Of sight were fairy bells" with mar
row green and white ribbon attached 20
eacn one and reaching TO each name card
When the children were seated each took
Up their ribbon and all rang a merry
welcome to the New Year Another peal
was rung at the end Of the dinner. The
favors were miniature toys. IL gave no
end OF pleasure and delight TO the little
people 4 word of warning is necessary
when cotton is used for holiday decora-
ticns. It being very easily ig1.ted. there
must be 10 candles or lights with unpro-
tected flames user or your feast and jclity
may have sad ending
The dishes served were light and whole
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