Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-09-07
SELECTED RECIPES
Chicken Mince.

Chop sufficient cold cooked chicken
to MAKE d pint. Rub together one
rounding tablespoonful of butter and
one OF -four. Add half a piGt of milk,
stir until boiling, add taaspOODful OF
salt and saltspoonful of pepper.
Add the chicken, cover the saucepan
and stand it over hot water. When
hot serve on squares of toasted bread.
Canned Pears or Peaches.
After pairing and cutting the fruit,
remove cores or stones, etc, place the
fruit i'll granite or porcelain lined
preserving kettle. Allow three quart
ers of d pound Cess if not fond or very
sweet pre- se1VeH) sugar to each pound
of fruit. Pour sugar over fruit and lot
it stand eight or ten hours, or over
night In Che morning put the kettle
over the fire and COOK Until pears or
peaches can be pierced easily wi b a
straw. Pour into hot jars.
Canned Pears.
Pare, halve and core the pears and
slice it liked. Weigh or m 3asure,
place in preserving Kettle aud cover
with sugar in the proportion of one
pound Of sugar to four pounds OF pears
Cor if you measure them, one measure
of sugar to four measures of pears).
Let sGand over nigh ut and in the morn
ing cook them in their own Juice with
out adding any water) uuJit To Lder
enough to easily pierce With straw.
Lift out frui5, place in heated glass
jar and fill to overfo wing with the
boiling syrup and seal.
Caramel Custard
Four cups scalded milk, five eggs,
On9-haf teaspoon salt, one teaspoon
vanilla and one-half cup sugar. Put
sugar III omelet pan, stir constant
~ over hot part of range until melted
10 ssrup OF light brown color. Add
gradually to milk, being careful that
milk does not bubble up and go over,
aS IS Liable on account of high tenn
peratur0 of sugar. AS soon ia sugar
/ Is melted In milk, add mix ure grad
ually to eggs slightly beaten; ada salt
and favOrIng, then strain IN buGGered
! mOld. Bake as custard.
Coffee Cookies.
One half cup butter Cor butter and
LARD mlxeO). TWO cups iiAhJ brown
sugar, OF MALT cup coff g, one half
! teaspoon salt, two eVon ueasp- ODs
! cream tartar, one of soda, pastry fl jur
80 ruIl thin. the flavor depends on
the strength and flavor OF the cUffee.
To Save Money for Christmas.
This is a new way to make i5 inter
estlng TO lay up money for next
year: Have a bank or box ut hal. c, ,
and begin one day by putting IN one
cent; the second day put in two cents,
the third day three cents, and 80 on
until the tenth day Then begin over
at one cent Ii this is kept up it will
De found to prove a great help
when the Christmas season ar
rives. 1t those who find it hard to
save will try this way they will be
surprised and pleased at the results.
Get square cigar box, cut a slit in
the cover-the wood is soft-just
large enough to admit a silver doua, :.
Nail the cover down, then nail or glue
the box firmly to the pantry or closet
shelf. Put in all the change you can
possibly spare during the week and
whatever you have left over at pay
day, any tips or unexpected money
which comes your way, and do not
scorn to put the pennies in, too. Re-
solve firmly not TO open the box un-
til the end of the year. You will not
De able to ''shake out" small change,
as one is apt TO do, on account of the
box being nailed or glued.-Ex.