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sired; mix as stiff as can bo well
dono with a strong spoon; let set
over night, and before breakfast,
work well with the spoon, adding no
flour; put in pans with the spoon
as evenly as possible and butter the
top of each loaf; bake by setting in
an oven hot enough to crisp (not
bake) the top, then let tho heat go
down until the loaf is done. Mrs. J.
G., Wyoming.
Steamed Brown Bread Three
cups of corn meal and ono of rye
meal, two-thirds cup of molasses,
cup and a half or two cups of sour
milk, orie teaspoon of soda and a
half teaspoonful of salt; add cold
water and stir tho whole until tho
dough is ot the right consistency to
pour easily. Put tho dough in a
tin pail or can with a tight cover,
allowing considerable room in the
pail so the dough may rise, then set
the pail in t large iron or other ket
tle partly full of hot water, so the
water will come half way up the
sides of the pail. Cover tho kettle
tightly and let the bread steam three
or four hours, adding boiling water
to the kettle as it boils away, but
do not allow it to boil up so as to
get inside the pail to the bread.
This can be set in the oven and tho
crust crisped after it is done, if
liked. A tapering half gallon lard
bucket is fine for the loaves, or tins
made for the purpose may be bought.
Rye Bread Pour the boiling wa
ter off of the potatoes you boil for
dinner, into a pint of rye flour; there
should bo enough to make a very
stiff batter, and the mixture should
bo stirred constantly while pouring
in the boiling water. Add also three
or four mashed potatoes, mixing
well; then let cool. When cool, add
a cake of yeast which has, been
soaked, if home-made, or dissolved
in a little water, if compressed yeast
is used. Let stand until night, then
add a pint of warm water and
enough , ryo flour to make a stiff
batter the batter or sponge must be
very stiff, as this is where many
fail. Next morning add one-half cup
of sorghum molasses, half a cup of
lard and a tablespoon level full of
salt, with enough warm water to
rinse the crock out well when
emptied. Mix with wheat flour and
knead until it will not stick to the
hands; set to rise. When it has
risen to the top of tho pan, knead
again, and let rise a second time,
then work into single loaves, and
when light, bake with a steady fire,
not too hot.
beaten egg white, boating all tho
time until it Is cold. A teaspoonful
of thick sweet cream added, and
flavoring desired, aro nico and im
proving. Ono can not fall with it,
except by getting too much flour, in
which case, it is not so soft and
delicate.
Good Recipes
Green Tomato Mincemeat Ono
peck of green tomatoes chopped;
squeeze all tho juico you can out of
tho tomatoes and add four pounds of
cano sugar, ono pound of raisins, ono
pound of currants, one-fourth pound
of citron, two tablespoonfuls of cin
namon, one tablespoonful of cloves,
two tablespoonfuls of salt, ono table
spoonful of allspice and ono pound of
butter. Cook all together until ten
der, and enn for winter use.
Vegetable Soup Ono cup of lima
beans, four cups of water, two table
spoonfuls of grated onion, ono sprig
of parsley, ono stalk of celery, two
tablespoonfuls of grated carrot, four
tablespoonfuls of butter, two table
spoonfuls of flour, three tablespoon
fuls of milk, ono tablespoonful of
worcestershiro sauce, pepper and salt
to season. Cook all tho vegetables
together in tho water and rub
through a sieve; melt tho butter and
flour and seasoning together, com
bine well with tho vegetable pulp
and servo hot.
Luncheon Rolls Two cups of
flour, four teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, half a teaspoonful of salt,
two tablespoonfuls of lard, one-half
cup of sweet milk; mix and sift tho
dry ingredients together thoroughly,
add tho milk gradually, mixing with
a knife; let tho dough bo soft
'enough to handle; roll out half an
inch thick and spread with melted
butter; sprinkle on this two table
spoonfuls of sugar, one-third tea
spoonful of cinnamon, a half cup of
currants, and roll" up as a jelly roll.
Cut through the roll for pieces nearly
ono inch thick, put Into well greased
biscuit pans and bake in hot oven for
a quarter of an hour. Nice for school
lunches or workmen's dinner.
In making mush, have tho water
boiling, and the corn meal thorough
ly moistened in cold water; drop the
moist meal Into the water, a spoon
ful at a time, stirring, and tho mush
will not bo lumpy when done. The
meal may be quite wet, but not
enough so to "run."
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Requested Recipes
Cream Chocolate Cake This Is
claimed to be ono of tho best of
chocolate cake recipes: For first
part, take one cup of sugar, half a
cup of butter, two-thirds cup of
uweet milk, two cups of flour, three
eggs beaten separately (and whites
folded in lost of all), one teaspoon
ful of baking powder. Second part:
One cup of grated baker's chocolate,
two-thirds cup of sugar, half a cup
of sweet milk, yolk of ono egg well
beaten. Put the second part over
tho heat in a double boiler, let come
to a boil stirring all the time; then
let stand until cold, then stir in a
level teaspoonful of soda dissolved
In a little hot water and mix this
part well with the first part, adding
beaten whites now. This may be
baked either as layer cake or in loaf.
For frosting, boil up one cup of
sugar and half a cup of water until
It ropes, and turn this over a well
Candies for tho Holidays
Cocoanut Drops Break the meat
of a fresh cocoanut into pieces and
lay it in cold water for a while, then
cut off the dark rind and grato tho
white meat with a coarse grater;
put in the whites of four eggs with
half a pound of powdered white
sugar; beat it until it is light, then
add a teaspoonful of lemon extract,
and add gradually as much grated
cocoanut as will make it thick
enough to stir easily with a spoon;
lay it in heaps tho size of a small
hickorynut on sheets of buttered
white paper, half an inch apaTt, and
when tho paper is full, lay it on
baking tins and set in a quick oven
until tho drops look a littlo yellow,
when they are done. Tako from the
oven, leave on the paper until cool,
removing with a thin-bladcd knife.
Cream Candy Tako one pound of
white sugar, ono tablespoonful of
vinegar and about four tablespoon
fuls of water, and boll together until
brittle, then add, a teaspoonful of
cream of tartar and teaspoonful of
lemon Juice; pour out on buttered
plates, or a marble slab, and when
cool, pull; or it may be cut in
squares without pulling.
Chocolate Caramels Ono cup of
molasses, two cupfuls of sugar, enp
and a half of sweet milk, cup and a
half of grated chocolate. Boll It
like candy, and try in cold water,
stirring it frequently, until it hard
ens. Then remove it from tho flro
and stir in tho butter (ono table
Bpoonful) and ono tablespoonful of
flour, blended together. Stir those
well together, then pour into a shal
low pan. When nearly cold, cross it
into squares with a knife.
Another Caramel Recipe Thrco
pounds of coffeo A Sugar, half a
pound of baker's chocolate, one
fourth pound of butter, one cupful of
cream or milk; vanilla to taBte.
Grato tho chocolate, put it with tho
other ingredients in-, a sauco pan,
leaving out tho vanilla; let boil ton
minutes, remove from stovo and beat
well for as long as you havo patlenco
to do so; return to tho flro and boil
until thick enough to mold. Ilavo
ready caramel pans grensod, sonson
tho mixture and pour Into tho pans;
when hard enough, make Into
squares. Delicious, but roqulros
considerablo beating, to bo at its
best.
Good Things to Know
For removing mildew from white
clothes, tako soft soap mado from
wood-ash lyo, mix in salt until it Is
crumbly, then spread thickly on tho
goods and let dry. Ono application
is usually enough, but ropoat, If it is
not.
For soro .gums and loosened
teeth, take equal parts of tiilcturo
of myrrh and spirits of camphor,
and mix well; apply to tho gums
three or four times a day, and espe
cially at night, and in tho morning,
and it will not fail to euro It will
heal and harden tho gums and
lighton the tooth by making tho
gum.8 healthy. A littlo paint
brush dfppod In tho tlncturo and ap
plied to tho tooth will bo best at
first, but na tho mouth gets boltor,
apply with tho4ooth briiHh, brushing
vigorously to start action and In
duco a healthy growth of tissue.
Patent leather boots or shoes
should never bo elenned with black
lng. First wipe with a damp npongo
to romovo tho dirt, thon thoroughly
dry and polish with a soft cloth; a
littlo cream or oil may bo used occa
sionally as dressing.
For strengthening and curing
tired, strnlned or Inllumod oyes, oc
cullsls recommend this: Snlphato of
zinc, two- grains; laudanum, ono
dram; rosewator, two ounces. With
a littlo medicine dropper costing
flvo cents, drop from ono to thrco
drops Into tho oyo thrco or four
times a day. Do not go into tho air
until tho eye quits smarting.
Colorless Iodine, applied to swol
len glands of tho neck or throat
oxternally will rarely fail to cure;
good for almost any kind of swelling.
For old sores which nothing seems
to heal, try hydrozono. When ap
plied to tho soro, It will foam up
like soapsuds; wipe off tho froth
with a soft cloth and apply again
When tho poison 1b all out of tho
soro it will no longer froth. The
sore will heal. Good for any cuts,
or sores or nail wounds or bites of
animals or insects. Poroxido of
hydrogen will do tho same.
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