Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-28

bread, indigenous to New England. To
make it properly one should have tho
| fresh sweet yellow cornmeal and rye
meal not rye -four. which liz a very diff
| ferent product. To make a large loaf Of
this genuine Boston brown bread, sift
together cup and n half of yellow meal.
the same amount of rye meal and a half
teaspoonful OF salt. Add quarter Of a
cup OF molasses. one cup pumpkin Juice.
one cup Of milk and half teaepoonful
OF soda dissolved In two tablespoonful
OF milk. Beat the batter thoroughly.
turn into two-quart brown bread tin
and steam for five hours. When this 10
intended for Sunday mornings with
baked beans. II should be made on Sat-
urday. then resteamed in the morning.
This makes excellent toast.
HOMlNY MUFF1Ns.
| Take cup Of warm boiled hominy
cooked to the proper consistency for a
breakfast mush. and mix with it a table
spoonful of butter half teaspoonful
salt and cup of milk Sift together a
cup and n half of pastry Hour and tea
spoonful and half of baking powder,
and add gradually to the hominy mix.
ture. If the boiled homny was rather
thin little more -four may be needed,
to make the proper consistency. Lastly
add two wellbeaten eggs and bake in
hot oven for half an hour
CORN MEAL MrFFrNs.
| When ono can he sure OF getting the
| sweet. freshly ground meal of the South
neither eggs nor sugar are required to
furnish richness. The kln-dred yellow
meal Of the North is a different food.
but butter must be added to give the
richness the meal lacks. Beat 70 a cream
IN "a warm bowl II quarter cup of butter
ana the same amount of sugar. Add
two wcll-boaten eggs and a cup of milk
Have sifted together a cup and a quarter
each pastry flour and corn meal witt,
three tcaspoonfuls of baking powder. Stir
this in with the butter and sugar mix
'ure. using plenty of muscle in the beat.
ing. Add another cup of milk. bea,
again and pour into weli-greased muffin
tins. Fill about half full and bake in
ii hot oven thirty minutes
A REAL OLD-FAsH1oNEp PUMPKIN
PIE.
Select n solid-mcatcd golden. glossy
pumpkin, not too large. Tho smaller
ones. fiat at the ends are usually sweet
est Cut up into pieces witout peeling
rejecting the seeds and inner shreds
Put into large porcelain-lined kettle
with about a cupful of boiling water 70
keep from sticking cover and set on the
back or the stove where it will cook
slowly in Its own juice. This will re-
Huire five or six hours. preferably longer
until sweet. tender and nearly dry. Pull
off the loose skin and rub through
colander IL it seems watcry let it drain
over night. keeping the juice for brown
bread. When ready to bake the pies
measure the pulp and to every five cups
allow one tcaspOonful of salt. half u
grated nutmeg. a tablespoonful of mace
two :"aspoonfuls of ginger and large
cup of sugar. Beat four eggs and stir
into the pumpkin pulp. together with
four cups sweet milk ana a half cup of
cream. II convenient Beat we'll and taste
to see IL sweet enough. Turn into deep
pie plates lined with good pastry and
bake three-Quarters of an hour until "a
rich golden brown and firm in the ceCtre.
Serve with good American cheese.
TIMELY ITEMS.
When you are making your apple jelly.
try bruisinG a few Of the leaves of a rose
ecrnnium. Cook with the Jelly but strain
out when you pour into glasses
II your door or bureau drawer sticks
in damp weather. simply mostcn n cako
of laundry soap and rub over the parts
of wood that stick. This is a particu-
larly good thing TO know when one has
new furniture that bothers. or is moving
into a now house where the doors scrape
at the top.
Time to pot hyacnth for Christmas
blooming or Chinese lilies for Thanksgv-
ing. After putting the hyacinth bulbs
in pots with ordinary garden soil mixed
with quarter sand. set in n pan of tepid
water until the earth looks moist on top.
Then set in II COOL dark place for six
weeks until the thread-ike roots are seen
growing through the drainage hole Bring
into the light. but not sun. until the white
foliage turns green, then set in sunny
window. After the buds show, apply a
fertilizer once a week. For the Chinese
lilies. proceed in the same way. using
water IL preferred instead Of earth At
all the Japanese shops there are quaint
little iron turtles that nrc to be set in
the water with the pebbles that form
the foundation for tho lily bulbs to rest
upon. These are not only attractive look
ing. but add the iron element that ID
needed for the flowers speedy growth.
Kerosene In one Of the hest things n
clean a white enameled sink or bathtub.
DamNen a soft cloth with the oil. wipe
on all stains. then follow with clean
cloth and the work 10 done without
fatigue.
EMMA PADDOCK TELFORD.