The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-11
Timely Hints for the Housewife

raisins, 2 pounds of currants, 2
tablespoonfuls of salt.
This mincemeat has such delic-
ious fruity flavor, and is so much
more digestible than the ordinary
spiced mincemeat, that it pays for
all the trouble of making. When It
is ready for use it should be bak-
ed between two Crusts of puff paste.
The apples used should be tart.
Greetings are perhaps the best kind.
They must be pared and chopped.
The beef should be lean, and should
be kept separate from the suet; the
canned cherries should be pitted;
the citron sliced thin, and the cur
rants, which should be the best
English quality, should be carefully
cleaned. Remember, too, to heap
your tablespoon full when measur-
ing the salt.
Into a large porcelain or granite
ware kettle upt the cherries. grape
juice, cider, apple butter, marina
lade, orange peel, citron, raisins.
eurrants and salt. Mix all these in
gradients thoroughly; then add the
apple, meat and suet, stirring well
Heat slowly, stirring carefully from
the bottom; and when the mixture
boils up we'll put it into sterilized
fruit-jars and seal just like canned
fruit.
Sham Rocks.
TO make these candy rocks, cream
cupful of powdered sugar and two
thirds of a cupful of softened but
ter. Add two well-beaten eggs,
one and one-half cupfuls of flour,
a teaspoonful each of cinnamon and
cloves, a pound Of walnuts chopped
with an equal amount of raisins,
and teaspoonful of soda dissolved
in little hot water. Mix thor
oughly, and drop on buttered bak-
ing sheets with a spoon. Bake in
a moderate oven.
Real Southern Waffles.
one pint of flour, one pint of but
termilk, L egg, l teaspoonful of
soda, 1 teaspoonful of sugar, / tea
spoonful of salt, l teaspoonful of
baking powder, l tablespoonful OF
cornmeal, l tablespoonful of but.
ter.
You will find these very nice in
deed if you follow the recipe care
fully. In measuring the soda, SUI
gar and salt have the spoonfuls
level, but in measuring the baking
powder have a rounding teaspoonful.
Cream the butter and sugar; then
add the egg, and beat until light.
Now add the milk; and after mixing
the soda, salt, baking powder and
cornmeal with the flour sift this
dry mixture into the bowl contain
ing the other ingredients Beat
well; and the batter will be like a
feathery sponge. Be sure that the
waffle irons are hot, and grease
them lightly. Cook the waffles I'M
til they are brown on both sides,
and serve without a moments delay,
that they may retain their crisp
ness.
Potato Cheese Cake,
One pound of mashed potatoes:
quarter Of pound of currants;
quarter of a pound of sugar and
butter, and four eggs, to be we'll
mixed together. Bake them in pat
tie pans, having first lined them
with puff paste
To Serve to the Invalid.
To prepare baked toast, pare off
the crust from stale light bread,
slice half an inch thick and toast
quickly, dip each slice as it comes
from the toaster in boiling milk,
butter and salt, and lay in a deep
covered dish. Have ready in a
saucepan enough boiling milk to
cover as WELL When your slices
are packed, salt this slightly, melt
in it bit of butter and pour over
them. Cover closely and let it
stand in the oven ten minutes be-
fore using it. 1t is excellent when
made of graham bread.
To Clean Leather.
For grease there is nothing better
than benzine collas applied plentiful
ly with a sponge. 1t is a danger
GUS liquid and should be stored
with care and used preferably out of
doors. The faded and discolored
parts of the leather may be touched
up with aniline dye of the color