The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-21
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Crackerjack.
Two cups sugar. Y cup boiling wa
ter, tablespoonful . butter, 1. tea
spoonful soda. 2 tablespoonfuls. glu-
cose. Let sugar, water and glucose
boil until brown. Add popcorn until
we'll coated:-Mrs. Lena Lwesey, .Des
Moines, Ia. -; =: -
Spice Cake.
Two cups sugar, In cups butter, 6
tablespoonfuls sour cream, yolks Of
6 eggs. white Of 4 eggs, 2 cups Of
jam or preserves, 4 n cups -four,
tablespoonfuls each Of soda, nutmeg,
and cloves, and tablespoonfuls Of
cinnamon.-Mrs. q. Lawrence. North
Taezwell, Va.
Escaloped Beef. :
Take cold beef and large onions,
grind or chip together fine. Put crack
er crumbs in bottom OF pan. then
layer Of beef, onions, salt, pepper and
butter. Alternate the layers until pan
is filled, with cracker crumbs and
butter on top. Soak we'll with milk
and bake.-L. NJ. O., Wampun, Pa.
Drop. Biscuit.
One heaping pint of sifted flour, l
teaspoonful of baking powder. small
teaspoonful of soda, level full, level
teaspoonful OF salt, butter or lard
the size of an egg. sour milk enough
to make stiff batter to drop. Place
in pans not too near together. Bake
in quick .oven.-Mrs.. Herbert T.
Troup, Edwardsport, Ind.
Egg Fluff: -"
Beat eggs very light, add pinch
Of salt, 8 teaspo6nfuls Of -four and
4 tablespoonfuls of milk. Mix we'll.
Have a baking dish buttered and heat
ed, turn the mixture into it and leave
nthe stove just long ugh to set.
then place in the oven and bake to q
golden brown. Serve while hot.-Leah
Purcell, Liberty, Sask., Canada.
-. Crumb Cake.
Three-fourths. cup lard or butter,
~ cups. -four, 2 cups light brown
sugar. Crumb thoroughly together
and after taking out: a handful to
put over top when ready to bake,
add cup sour milk. l teaspoon soda,
1 .teaspoonful cloves, /, tablespoonful
cinnamon, !, cup seeded: raisins, cup
chopped nuts, Sprinkle crumbs on
top. Bake an holr. Miss M. M. s.
Leavehworth,. Kan. 49, "~: $1,000
: Green Tomato Pickles. ;
One peck Of green tomatoes,
large onions, sliced; / cup Of salt;
mix thoroughly and let stand over
night. Pour off liquor. In the morn
ing and throw away. Boil the toma-
toes and onions 20 minutes in quart
Of vinegar. Drain. and throw away
liquor. Take quarts of vinegar, 2
pounds of sugar, tab1espoonfuls each
Of allspice, cloves, cinnamon, ginger
and mustard. and: ~ green peppers
chopped fine. Boil ono hour: II vine-
gar is real strong it, will not require
50 much.-Mrs. w.: J. .DeArmound.
Kirkland, Ariz. -:
Buttermilk Cake.
Two cups sugar,z:1 cup butter, 3
cups buttermilk, 2 cups -four, cups
raisins, cup nuts, 2 teaspoonfuls
soda, l teaspoonful each of cloves.
spice, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Dredge
fruit in u cup of flour; bake In eth
er layer or loaf. A. good filling for
same is pound OF pulverized sugar
and just enough sweet cream to mix
well.-Mrs. G. l.. Pitts, 40 Troupe
avenue, Kansas City. Kan.
Soda Biscuit.
One cup of sour milk. 1 heaping
teaspoonful Of baking powder. u tea
spoonful soda, II teaspoonful of salt
and piece Of lard: the size Of an
egg. Silt soda, salt and baking pow
n
mix well before putting in the milk.
Flour to make dough, stiff enough 10
roll or pat on board and cut II inch
thick. Bake In quick oven:-Mrs.
George Lawrence, North Tazewell, Va.
Fruit Cake.
Two cups of brown sugar, Y cup
Of butter, 3 eggs beaten to a froth,
1 cupful Of sweet milk 3 ia. cups Of
flour, u pound raisins, n pound wal
nuts, ia pound citron, u teaspoonful
cloves; cinnamon, and nutmeg, / tea
spoonful Of soda. dissolved in hot wa
ter. Cream butter and sugar, add
welt-beaten eggs then flour. Flour
the citron and raisi11s 50, they will
not fall to the bottorn.-Mrs. John
Duckart, Boyd, Wis. ::
Pudding Sauce.
Beat a piece Of butter the size Of
an egg with powdered sugar until 1t
is a light cream, put cup Of boiling
water In saucepan and thicken with
spoonful Of flour like thin starch
when done. Now, while some one
pours this slowly over the butter and
sugar. some one else should beat it in.
This is delicious sauce.-Mrs. Lucy
Banigan, Galena, s. d.
Green Tomato Sweet Pickle. y
Have gallon green tomatoes chop
ped fine, and let stand in weak salt
water over night. The next morning
chop 1 gallon of cabbage and drain
the tomatoes we'll. Add the tomatoes,
cabbage, \ gallon of vinegar, 1 quart
Of sugar; mixed spices and black pep
per. Cook all about n hours. Seal
in glass jars. This ts very nice to
serve during the. winter with fresh
naeats.-Mrs. H. M. Monroe, Lane, Mo.
Lady Cake. "
Whites Of 5 eggs. y cup Of but
ter. i cups Of -four. 2 teaspoonfuls
Of baking powder, and not quite
cup Of sweet milk. Huls, Hume,