Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-10
MADE WITH MOLASSES
VARIOUS GOOD FOOD ARTICLES
m WHICH IT Is USED.
Directions for the Making of Ginger
bread, Pudding, Pie, Muffins and
Parliament Cake With This
Wholesome Cane Product.

Molasses and golden syrup are such
easily obtained and cheap commodi-
ties that the housewife. ignorant of
their enormous value in the good
world. is often given to looking slight
ingly upon them. No better food ex-
lists than this pure product Of the
sugar cane.
From a chemical point of view
honey is very wholesome and valu-
able food. But syrup is as valuable.
1t is in nature really kind Of honey.
Honey is composed of three differ
ent kinds of sugar, mixture of cane
sugar. which crystallizes; a fruit
sugar. which does not candy at all,
and of invert sugar. compound OF
the two.
Cookery supplies many ways OF
using it. AS gingerbread, In taffy,
plain in a pretty molasses pitcher. to
be used in bread like honey, or eaten
abundaatly as an accompaniment Of
milk buildings of all kinds, 1t may be
used.
Boiled moIasses buildings are liked,
so are batter buildings eaten with
syrup. With boiled rice it goes well
and also with blanc mango. If oatmeal
is the dish molasses accompanies 1t as
a sweetening agent splendidiy, and, In
this case, corrects the slightly binding
action of a most excellent food.
The richness of miDcemeat and
plum buildings is due to molasses
greatly, and molssses pies are very
good.
Ginaerbread.-Sift three-quarters of
a pound of flour into basin, add half
teaspoonful of salt, half teaspoon
| full of carbonate of soda, one teaspoon
full of ground ginger. one teaspoenful
of allspice, little grated nutmeg and
half a teaspoonful of ground CHINA
mon. Melt together in a saucepan,
one cupful of molasses, quarter OF
pound of sugar. quarter Of q
| pound Of butter and half cupful OF
milk. Cool and add to dry ingred
tents with two well beaten eggs. Miz
well. then pour into a buttered and
Toured cake tin. Bake slowly fol
three-quarters of an hour.
MoIasses Puddlnq.-Beat together
four ounces Of butter and three ounces
of sugar till quite creamy. Add one
well beaten egg, three-quarters Of 9
teacup of molasses and gently fold In
half pound of sifted flour. Add as
much slightly warmed milk as will
be necessary to form the mixtures in
to a soft consistency. then add one
teaspconful of ground ginger, and one
heaping teaspoonfui Of baking powder
Beat all very well together, pour into
creased basin. or mold. cover with
creased paper, and steam for three
hours. Turn out on hot platter and
serve Immediately.
Molasses Pie.-Beat the yolks o
four eggs with one cupful Of brown
sugar. add one cupful of molasses
and two teaspoonfuls Of grated nut
meg, then add two tablespoonfuls o
melted butter, two heaping teaspoon
fuls of cornstarch, mixed with thre'
tablespoonfuls of cream, and tn
whites of the eggs stifiy beaten
Pour the mixture into two pie tin
lined with pastry. Bake for 40 min
utes. Beat up three whites OF egg
stif1y, add one hearing tablespoonful
of sugar and beat again. then sprea'
over the top of pies. set in oven ant
brown.
MoIasses Muffins.-Quarter cupfu
Of molasses, three heaping teaspoon
fuls of baking powder. one-quarte
teaspoonful of salt. three eggs, one
half cupful of milk. one cupful o
-four and three-fourths cupful of ry
meal. Mix and sift dry ingredients
add remaining ingredients; beat well
Drop from a spoon into smoking no
fat and fry to golden color. Drail
and serve.
Parliament MoIasses cakes.-Tw
ounces of butter, one pound of me
lasses. one pound of -four, one table
spoonful ground ginger. pearlasl
size Of a nut, small piece OF alum
Melt the butter, add molasses, pou
among -four, ginger. add pearlash an
alum. Beat mixture till very smooth
Leave It to get cold. roll out thir
cut into long pieces and bake In
rnodarafa oven for 25 minimize