Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-01-17
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For an old New England Indian pud-
ding use three quarts and one pint OF
milk, seven tablespoonful, heaped, OF
Indian meal, teaspoonful OF salt, one
cup of molasses, half cup of butter,
one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one tea
spoonful of nutmeg, one cup of raisins.
Scald one quart of the milk and add to
this the meal stirred smooth with cold
milk; remove from the fire and add the
rest of the ingredients except the milk.
Stir well and pour into buttered bak-
ing dish of large size; set in the oven
and, when baked enough to form thin
skin, pour in pint of the cold milk and
stir thoroughly from the bottom until 1t
is a smooth mass In half an hour re-
peat this process, and so on until all the
milk is used. 1t should be in moderate
oven five hours. This is an old recipe,
handed down from "Mayhower" days,
and is premium pudding when well
made.
have discovered an excellent way Of
utilizing my old lingerie blouses. l cut
them over into guimpes for my small
daughter. Rip the blouse and lay the
guimpe pattern on it. You will find you
can avoid all the worn parts about the
neck and arms and yet use the buttons
and buttonholes, which is great saving.
A friend of mine made two charming
Empire dresses for her little girl by cut
ting over her old lingerie waists into
yoke and sleeves and buying new lawn to
match for the skirts.
For onion rarebit fry half cup of
sliced onion in butter, using large
spider. Have heating cup and half
of tomato, we'll seasoned with salt, pep
per and sugar. When the onion is done
to delicate brown, pour the hot to-
mato over 1t. Add cup of cheese, cut
into small bits, and stir until melted.
Then drop in two eggs, and, when they
begin to cook, stir gently till done. Have
ready on hot platter ten slices of toast.
Pour the rarebit over them and serve i'm
mediately. This quantity is plenty for
five persons.
For Pimlicos, beat together we'll one
egg, scant half cup of milk and a
pinch of salt. Cut slices of bread in
halves (if the slices are very large into
quarters), dip into the egg and milk and
fry in butter on one side. Turn, lay
slice OF American cheese on each piece
of bread and put dash of made mus
tard on the cheese. Cook, not too fast,
until the cheese 10 soft. Serve at once.
For the individual chocolate cakes,
rub to a cream one-half cup of butter
with one cup of sugar. Sift one and one
half cups Of -four several times with two
level teaspoons of baking powder.
Measure out half cup OF milk, then add
to the creamed butter and sugar first a
little of the milk, then the flour, and
alternate until all is mixed we'll together.
Flavor with teaspoon of vanilla, and
lastly add the stiffiy beaten whites of
three eggs. Bake in the small heart
pans in a quick oven. A good icing is
easily made by taking cup of con-
fectioners' sugar, two tablespoons OF
cocoa, and enough cream to make thick
paste. Add few drops of vanilla, and
spread on at once.
How to hang curtains above window
seat is sometimes puzzling. 1t is usual
" we'll to have net, scrim, or muslin cur
tains next the glass. These never inter-
fere with the seat because they hang
close to the glass and only to the sill.
The inner curtains are sometimes a
problem. If the seat sets into the wall
so that the front of it Is on level With
the wall, 1t is usually better tn have in
ner curtains that reach to the floor.
For cleaning windows and mirrors
there are several proprietary articles on.
the market, but little soda or kerosene,
and little thin starch put over the glass
sud allowed to dry will give excellent re-
suits when rubbed off and polished with
newspaper or cloth that leaves no lint.
In very cold weather little alcohol on a
cloth is effectual.
For making almond cakes, cream
cupful OF butter, work into 1t two cup
fuls of sugar, add four eggs, whites and
yolks beaten together and very light,
stir in cupful OF cold water and tea
spoonful of almond extract. Cut into
coarse bits two cupfuls Of blanched al
monds, and sprinkle them thickly with
flour. Add these to the batter with
-four enough to make 1t of the proper
consistency. Bake In an oval or square
loaf tin. This cake may be iced, but is
also very good without frosting of any
kind.
For keeping beets, turnips, etc., have
box or pile of dry sand in the storage
apartment; in this bury them while they
are fresh. In this way the moisture or
water present will be largely retained