Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-08-27
HOMEMAKERS COLUMN.
Correspondence on topics Of interest % tho Adies
is soicited. Addrrss: Editor HOAINAKx1S'
CoLUnN, oxford Democrat. South Paris, He.
Kate Douglas Virgins Literary


Beat twenty-five eggs twenty five
minutes In quick oven, but reserve the
whites Of twenty-three. Remove gently
and set the pan in the sink, adding two
thirds of . gill of old-fashioned home.
made yeast. Of you have neither gill
nor Yeast In the house substitute plain
china cup without handle and table
spoonful of washing soda When pass
ing through the Kitchen subsequently,
remember the mixture and place 1t on
the Ice. (If you have no Ice, In the Gel
lsr.) Stir In blue bowl Tor yellow
bowl II more conveniently . package OF
cornstsrch and two boxes of gelatine.
(If that cannot easily be procured, use
-four and Irish moss.) II the cake still
seems too thin to roll out, add quart OF
lightly sifted -four. indian meal will
answer II the -four barrel is low Bake
slowly, trying every five minutes with .
clean broom straw. In case you arc
out of broom. straws the little finger OF
the right hand will do)
VEGETABLE FILLING FOR SANE.
Beat the whites OF your twenty.three
eggs until you eau turn the platter up
side down and count ten. Remove the
eggs from the floor and stir In:
One Glove of garlic Zone ring OF onion
will produce about the same effect
One-eighth of an ounce minced string
beans Tor pea podt):
One saltspoon of horseradish Tor GIN
geI).
matted milky
One-half cup grated cheese apple
sauce is a good substitute).
Split the cake as many times as its
height seems t. suggest and insert the
filling between the layers. This recipe
keeps we'll and lasts a long time.
NOVELTY CAKE
Three Ply mouth Rock hens eggs.
Three turkeys eggs.
Three ducks eggs.
Beat separately, and never under any
circumstances allow them to come to-
gether. Beat them earnestly, until they
can stand alone or you Can not.
Butter size Of gold thimble.
One cup of lard.
One cup of suet.
One cup of buttermilk.
One cup of maple syrup 1.-THE kind pro-
cured from trees).
One cup of self.raising buckwheai
flour.
One cup of oatmeal.
One and one.half cups OF talcum
powder.
Enough soda to insure that golden.
brown color so often secured by young
housekeepers, but not enough to settle
in dark spots. You have already sub.
stantial novelty here, but II you will add
dust Of ca,nip and dash of pepper.
mint, vanilla, and witch hazel, you will
have cake that can be distinguished
from any other, even with the eyes
closed. Set this mixture (which Is either
thin batter or stiff dough, as 1t hap
pent) we'll out of the reach OF the cat.
until 1t has thoroughly made up Its mind
what it will be. Meantime, take white
isle thread glove or the top of a baby'i
stocking; wash and boil. When thor
oughly dry, butter with 1t dozen pop
over cups. Give the mixture an extrs
stir at the last moment. In cold wealth
or the maple syrup sometimes refuses to
mix with tue talcum powder, and thu
suet does not combine easily with tht
oatmeal. The last thing, add six table
spoonfuls OF watermelon seeds, which
give q handsome finish. They are moi
edible, but when eating the cake eact
person can dispose of bis seeds 10 some
genteel and unostentatious way.
YApnr FAMILY pREAD
A little soda measured In silver
spoon; two-thirds and q half as much
again cream of tartar. II the weather Il
hot simply reverse the quantities an6
say nothing to the neighbors.
One quart of Graham flour.
One quart Of white flour.
One quart Of Indian meal, In tho ordel
named.
One cup new milch cows milk.
One cup farrow COWS milk.
One cup ordinary milk; sweet II sweet
sour II it has turned.
Battle the hands carefully and plunge
them into the mixture, kneading u
vigorously for an hour, being careful t.
stand In the draught Of an open window
all the time.
Grease the pans we'll Win cOcoi
butter or beeswax.
Pour In the mixture II soft enough
crowd or push 1t In II 1t resists force, al
it sometimes does with an inexperienced
cook.
Never allow the fire to 60 out wheI
bread is baking, as It often spoils 1t.
Remove the pans when, according Il
l ro,. haet ;ndorp.pf tho hread In done
and never ask advice, as 1t is alwsy'
unsettling.
Keep the loaves in . tin cake-bo1
under the spare-room bed, where thu
children can run and get slice when
ever disposed.
This recipe sometimes cures the bad
habit of eating between meals.
Variety In Put-up Lunches.
l Noorly oil the anoo estiOns one reads In