Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-10-17

six cupfuls OF boiling water, ono tea-
spoonful OF salt and . piece of lard tho
size of hazel nut. Boil hard with ket.
tie covered for ten minutes, then boil
gently uncovered for about twenty
minutes or until all the water 10 absorb
cd. Each grain should be separate.
Pour into Q dish and serve with butter
milk and sugar.
= CoDDLED EGGS.
Drop fresh eggs, one each into small
slightly creased ramekins and steam in a
water bath till just set. Season with
salt and pepper.
SHEEP HERDER.
Take few slices Of bacon, some sliced
potatoes and two or three onions. Add
salt and pepper, and cook with just
enough water to make q good gravy.
Good when camping out.
NEAT CAKES.
Take small quantity of cooked meat,
chopped fine. Add few mashed pota.
toes left over from dinner, ono egg and
. dash OF salt and pepper. Roll few
soda crackers fine and mix all together.
Make into small cakes. Fry In hot
lard.
HASH IN DISGUISE.
Miiice finely enough cold corned beef
to fill two cups, also an equal amount OF
potato, one slice Of onion, II desired, and
half Q green pepper. Mix we'll together
and season highly with salt and pepper,
and II the meat 10 mostly lean add q
tablespoonful of slightly melted butter.
Rub about three cupfuls of boiled lima
beans through . sitter or colander, to
remove tho skins. Season the pulp with
salt and pepper and mix with we'll.
beaten egg to bind. Form tho bash a.
nearly IS possible into roll, and with
the hands cover the entire outside with
this pulp. Lift carefully on to baking
dish. Brush the outside with melted
butter and bake until thoroughly heated.
Serve with . white sauce, to which may
be added, II desired, little moro Of the
minced green pepper, or two or three
drops of onion juice.
sAvoRY POTATOES.
Six or eight potatoes, two small onions,
one tablespoonful Of finely chopped
parsley, one hesping teaspoonful of but
ter, half teaspoouful Of salt, one-fourth
teaapoonful Of white pepper, half . cup.
full Of milk, half oupful OF water, three
heaping tablespoonfuls Of grated cheese.
Put tho butter In bottom of saucepan.
Pare the potatoes thinly, chop onions
and parsley; mix salt and pepper to-
gether on . saucer. Cut tho potatoes
into slices and put layer In tho sauce
pan. Sprinkle In little seasoning, then
onion and parsley. Begin again With
the potatoes and alternate. When al
are used pour 10 the water. Cover
closely and cook gently for twenty
minutes. Now pour In the milk and al.
low 1t to cook for another fifteen
minutes. Lift the potatoes carefully on
fat dish and strew the grated cheese
over them and brown In the oven. This
dish may b cooled In the casserole.
NoLAssEs GINGERBREAD.
Ono cupful Of sour milk or buttsrmilk,
ono cupful Of molasses, one.half cupful
Of brown sugar, two eggs, two table
spoonfuls Of butter, one level teaspoon.
full Of ground cinnamon, ono tsaspoonful
Of soda, slightly hsaped, -four TO make q
thick batter. Dissolve soda In cold
water and stir In the last thing. After II
rises In the oven, turn down tho heat 90
1t may bake slowly. When II cteaves
from the pan ut the edges, or Q broom
straw comes out Of 1t clean, IL 10 done.
DATE COOKIES,
Have ready cupful of sugar, half q
oupful OF butter, half . teaspoonful Of
baking powder, two oupfuls Of -four,
the yolk OF IN egg, oupful OF chopped
dates and enough milk 10 moisten.
Cream tho butter and sugar and add the
egg yolk beaten With little milk. Sift
che -four with the baking powder. Add
che dates and tho mixture Of moist In.
gradients. Add more milk II the mkt.
ure 10 too stiff to roll out. Cut ont thin
cookies and bake. Az this rule makes
~ many - sixty cookies, the dough for
variety's sake may be divided into sever
al parts and each part favored In differ
emit fashion, chopped dates being used
10 only one portion. Another may b
favored with orange, third With lemon
and fourth with chocolate. Coooanut
may be used In the 9th. Orange rind
and cocoanut together will make deli
cious cookies.