Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-03
Simple Appetizins Dishes for the
Housewife.

TO PREPARE COLD BEEF TONGUE.
Soak it over night and boil 1t 1or i've ~ 4:
into cold water and tear or peel on liis
skin. When the meat Is Thoroughly colo
slice it and serve on a dainty platter.
POP-OVERS.
These are especially nice for a simple.
old-fashioned supper. Beat 10th the
yoIks and whites Of two eggs; mix them
With two cupfuls , OF ' of t amn and half
a teaspoOnfnl of salt: Beat all thorough
"; fiji custard cups half full and bake IN
a very rapid oven.
Sift one quart of -four. half cupful of
sugar, half a teaspoonful of salt. two
teaspoonfuls of cream tartar and one tea
spoonful of soda. or. if preferred, three
through these dry ingredients a heapins
tablespoonful of butter. Add the yolks Of
two eggs and milk enough to make stiff
batter. Then fold in the whites of two
eggs, which should have been whipped to
a stiff froth. Bake in shallow pans. The
batter should be one or one and 2 nall
inches thick after pouring it in, This IS
an excellent hot bread to serve on the
Sunday night tea table.
SHORTCAKE.
Silt one pint of flour with one ana a
half teaspoOnfulS of baking powder. MIX
in a fourth of a teaspoonful of salt ana
the whole a piece of good shortening the
size of an egg. Then add an egg and a
little mlIk-abOut hall a cupIul VIII De
sufficient. Bake quickly.
BLACK GINGERSNAPS.
Put twO-thirds of cupful OF butter
one cupful of molasses and one cupfui OF
sugar over the fire to boil. The 1nstane
the mixture bOils stir in a teaspOOniui OF
soda and one tablespoonful OF ginger.
taking 1t Immediately off the fire sur III
-four enough to roll out into very thin.
waferlike snaps. Bake in quick oven.
CCACONUT JUMBLES.
cIrnflIlS of sugar ana one
clipful of butter Stir in four eggs and
one cupful of sifted -four Then add one
grated cocoanut or two cupiuis ol uG $50:
er of dough and cut into 1umbles. BAKE
in good oven. These Juinbles are de-
liciOus.
CRULLERS.
Tablespoonful of shortening. Stir In two
eggs and IL cupful of milk: then mix all
with three and a half cupfuls of pastry
powder Add also Il pinch of salt and
nutmeg. Roll out and cut into crullers
and fry.
DELICATE SPONGE CAKE.
Separate the whites and yolkS Of f three
then fold in the yolks. Whip together,
being very careful that the froth is not
broken. And gradually one cupful of
ful OF -four sifted with teaspoonfui Of
cream tartar. Then add half IA cupful of
boiling milk in which halt Il teaspOonful
of soda has been dissolved. Bake in one
SQUARE tin in Il moderate oven. If pre-
fcrrcd a hcaping teaspOonful OF baking
powder may be used in place of the
cream tartar and soda
BOILED SAMP.
A delicious way of preparing this old
fashioned cereal is the following: Soak
two cupfuls of samp over night in cold
water In the morning wash thoroughly.
Cover it with boiling water and cook
steadily all day. An hour before serving
also Il tablespoonful of butter. Season
we'll with salt. Let it boil UP slowly. and
serve hot.
Many other cereals are excellent cooked
i'm milk. especially finely ground wheat
and farina. Sometimes they are cooked
entirely in milk, no water whatever being
used