Year: 1879

possible, removing all the hard portions
FIRST: make batter of four eggs, with
halfp Of sifted -four and pint of milk;
get it as smooth as possible; mix the clans
with 1t; use butter for frying. A small
addition of parsley is excellent.


10 BoH Onions.-There is a great deal Of
prejudice against this most wholesome
OF all vegetables. Take two quarts of
onions, peel them carefully; wash and put
In two quarts Of cold water; when it has
boiled up twice, change tho water and re-
place with the same quantity of boiling
water; add two tablespoonfuls of salt, and
boil again until the onions are tender; the
length Of time onions require to cook de-
pend upon the condition Of the onion: if
in Summer when fresh they take from one
halft three-fourths of an hour Ill Winter
from one to one and half hours; when
boiling is finished, put in eolander, and
allow to drain thoroughly for the sauce
take tablespoonful of flour, a tablespoon
full of butter, and mix them thoroughly,


beating them to a cream; saltspoon Of
salt, half of white pepper, pint of milk,
and one-half pint Of water; boil the


milk and water, pour it over the butter
and t1our,and then cook the sauce on a


slow fire; put the onions into the sauce


and heat thoroughly.


Chicken Salad.-Boil fowls tender and
pick clean, using no skin; do not cut
chickens IN too small pieces-mUst
| not be hashed; to one chicken put twice


and half the weight of celery, cut in
pieces Of about one-quarter of an inch;


mix thoroughly, and put chicken and


celery on the ice Dressing the yolks OF


four fresh eggs with the yolks Of two


hard-boiled eggs. Rub these as much


as possible before introducing the


oil; good measure Of oil is a tablespoon
( full to each yolk of fresh egg. All the art


consists in introducing the oil by degrees;


you never can make good salad against


time. When the oil is we'll mixed put in


salt-two good heaping teaspoonfuls;


good, dry table salt is a necessity-and


one teaspoonful of white ground pepper.


Never put in salt Or pepper before this


stage OF the process, because the salt and


pepper would coagulate the albumen Of


the eggs, and you cannot get the dressing


smooth. One tablespoonful of vinegar,


added gradually, with a teaspoonful Of


tarragon vinegar. Make the dressing in


a vegetable dish, large enough to hold


the whole salad; then when you have


mixed the chicken and celery in it turn


it into your celery bowl Mix very thor


oughly; clean the sides of your salad bowl


with a cloth or a bit of bread-a smeary


salad-bowl is an abominatisn. Stand the


whole in cool place until ready to serve.


Too much dressing is really greater mis-


take than too little. The crispness Of


celery in a salad is very evanescent, and a


chicken salad should be eaten shortly


after dressing. If a great deal of salad,


as for a supper, has to be made, work up
!, your dressing half hour beforehand, and
mix when wanted If chiken salad
stands too long it loses all its excellence.
There ought to be no red pepper in a
, chicken salad; its characteristic should
he blandness. In Baltimore chicken
salad is called an olio. Three years ago


chicken salad was introduced in London,


with the most marked success, by an


honorable member of the-P. L. Club.
. Apple -Bread-To one quart Of meal


put one pint of ripe chopped apples, one


egg, a small piece of butter, a little salt,
and fresh water enough to form stiff:
dough. The apples should, Of course, be
, peeled and minced very fine. Some per
sons like little sugar in the dough, but
I it. is generally preferred without This is
, favorite with children.


u Duf-Any kind ofsweet stuff on board


ship is called duff, but there is duff and
duff; mostly it is rather sticky and sick
} ening kind of a thing, and as heavy as
2 lead, but then, you know, you can't kill a
, sailor. They do say that many good
seaman has owned his life to duff, because
when it blew hard and he was furling a
< sail after having eaten lot of it, he
;, was so ballasted that the tearin' est
\ nor'-wester couldn't bulge him. The
e story Of the American privatcer that he
: was short of ammunition and loaded a
/ gun with Dutch cheese is contrary to the
e tradition. The true version of it is that
f the cook put duff pudding in the mouth
e of thegun and that it did awful execution,
{ just raking the enemy's deck and carrying
l away his main mast Now, here is a duff
4 which aint very fancy, but it's real good
|, You take ship-biscuit and soak 'em in
e water and put 'em in a towel and dry 'em
:; in water and if they aint soft enough
S mash 'em smooth. Quantity, about a
s pound If you can get to a butcher along
t shore, buy about quarter of pound Of
: suet and cut it up fine; mix that with
l your soaked biscuit. Take half pound
0 of ralsins and pick out the stones. Pick.
: ing raisins is blessed job. If there are
n any women on board, insist on their do
e ing that Mix your raisins in with you,
: stuff; add half teaspoonful of salt; add


to that half tumbler of molasses, and


CRATE whole orange peel into it. Stir II


all up, and tie it in a towel and boil he1


for two hours Don't forget to have
a your water in the full boil when you pu
# her in. This is good enough for ordi
e Diary occasions, but should you want :
# regular spread, here is better duff.


= Duff No 2-Take half an Scent loaf O.
i bread, and pour on that quarter OF ,
it pint Of milk-condensed milk is as goot
g land let her soak; get half a pound o
'e suet, chop fine, aud about the same guam
e tity of raisins, and a tablespoonful O
o currants; wash your currants CAREFUL.
IS and dry them before you put them in
II now add three heaping spoonfuls of white


sugar: two eggs, a half teaspoonful o
1. salt and the grated peel Of two lemons


Mix it up, tie in cloth, and flour tn
t, cloth we'll. Boil for two hours. Now


both these dufEs must be eaten with
le sauce; otherwise they are kind Of choky
le but molasses is good enough for the irs
e duff. This is what we call Cabin Passen


ger Sauce for duff No. Q: Take quartz
e of a pound Of butter and beat it up j
u water to get the salt out of it; then hav
to half a pound Of brown sugar, and mas
er it into the butter, getting it smooth. Pu