Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-12-24

the advantage Of the saving in work
and cookery.
We had three little Thanksgiving
puddings Just tho right size for ona
meal each and any slices left over ars
so few that some one wants that III.
tie dainty for picked up lunch.
CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING NO. I.
One cup suet finely chopped. two
cups bread crumbs, one cup vinegar.
ono cup scedless raisins one cup cur
rants, ono cup nuts. chopped well, Il
cup citror. ono cup sour milk, ono
teaspoon soda, dissolved In the milk.
! one teaspoon cloves, two teaspoons
Gin namon, a OF grated nutmeg. four
eggs we'll beaten r1our your fruit
we'll from one pint -four and add Tho
rest to the pudding. Boil or steam
fou- hours.
| CHRISTMAS PLrM PUDDING NO. 2.
Three cups slfted -four. one cup
seejed or seedless rais!ns. one-half
cup thinly sliced citron one cup SUI
gar. ore cup chopped walnu.s two
| tablespoons olive OIL one-hait tea
spoon eacn Of cinnamon. cloves. nut
meg. and grated lemon peel. one tea
spoon soda. one teaspoon salt four
eggs thoroughly beaten, sour milk to
make a thick batter. steam four
hours. Serve With lemon sauce rnado
with ono cup Of sugar dissolved in one
pint OF hot water. When the water
comes to n boil stir slowly into it
tablespoon Of whole wheat -four. rub.
bed smooth In Il cup or cold water
Let boil 10 minutes; stir ~ n lump ri
butter. . sprinkle Of nutmeg and pour
It over 2 thinly sliced lemon. Serve
cool.
CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING 40. 3
Three cup9 grated bread crumbs.
two cups chopped suet, three cups
seediess rairin>. chopped. one-haf cup
each currants and citron. on" cup sn-
gar. one-haIf teaspoon each salt, nut
meg ana cinnemon. five eggs. beaten
two level tablespoon -four. made into
& thin batter with milk. Steam four
hours.
WINTER PIE.
Two cups sugar. one-haif cup butter,
one-half cup sweet cream. two eggs,
one tablespoon -four. Cream tho but
, ter with n little more than half tho
sugar Add the yolks OF the eggs. the
. nour the cream, mixing slowly, and
the flavor, Whatever you choose--a
powdered spice /. nice--bake with a
lower crust. When done, cover with
the whites Of the eggs we'll beaten
with the remainder of tho sugar, re-
turn 20 oven few minutes.
, HARRIET or OK I'AII1
: Take three OK tails. two carrots, two
, onions two white turuips three yota-
toes. three tabiespoonfuls of butter,
two of four, thr"o pints Of water, ona
and one-half teaspoonfIls of salt. and
q half & teaspoorful OF pepper. Cut the
, tails In pieces four inches long. Chon
onions ane and tho carrots. turnips
= and potatoes into large cubes Put
. the butter, mea, and onions in a stew
= pan and fry. stirring al the time until
. the onions are q golden brown. then
4 add the -four and stir two minutes
g ION ger. Add the water ard bring "a
= boiling point Skim carefully and set
= back where It will simmer. When IT
= has been cooking an hour add the cay
rots ana turnips. Cook another hour
= tnen add salt, pepper and potatoes
= Simmer 20 minutes longer. Keep the
: vegetables IN the center OF a hot dis
and arrange the tails around them
= Pour the gravy over ell and serve.
q GINGER CAKE.
One cup % BUTT. two cups OF SUI
II gar creamed together; add one cup @.
: molasses. one cup of sour milk. four
eggs we'll beaten, three cups OF fou,
two teaspoonuls OF ginger. two tea
spoonfuls OF soda. Peat very thor.
oughiy. until very light.
- SMOKED IIADDOCK.
Skin smoked haddock ana pu. n
>, the oven and bake until it looks DIR,
=, then bake It up and put on platter
a and put bits OF butter over It: set Il
. in the oven until the butter has melt.
=. I'd and serve.
ID COOKING POTATOES.
y Place potatoes IN skillet, iror
saucepan. or upon an asbestos circle
-, cover tightly with a turned over sauce
:, pan, plate or lid. Set on the back o
the stove. When done, the effect vii
be the same that OF baking In
>, stead OF pairing. boiling and mashins
A potatoes. bake them THIS way or (,
u, an oven. remove from skins, seaso,
:, AMI mash and the flavor is delicious
=, much better than that of ordinar,
= mashed potatoes. especially II in re
Y moving the skins, care is taken 70 ge
= ell tho contents out.