Recipes Tried and True Part 35

One egg, one pint of sour milk, one-half teaspoonful soda, pinch salt, one-half cup flour, corn meal to make not too stiff a batter.

MUSH. W. R. C.

To three quarts of boiling water, add salt to taste. Stir in gradually sufficient corn meal to make it quite thick. Boil slowly one hour. Stir often, and beat well; that will make it light and smooth. Eat with cream, milk, and b.u.t.ter, or syrup. To fry when cold, cut in thin slices, and fry in lard and b.u.t.ter, mixed.

TO FRY HOT MUSH. MRS. T. H. LINSLEY.

Fry slices of bacon; remove the meat; drop in the mush by spoonfuls, and fry delicate brown.

GERMICELLI. MRS. W. H. ECKHART.

Stir germicelli into two quarts of boiling water until as thick as mush; add salt. Boil five or ten minutes, stirring constantly. Just before serving, you can stir in a cup of sweet milk, if you wish.

When cold, slice, and fry same as corn mush.

OAT MEAL CRACKERS. JENNIE L. HARRINGTON.

Two cups oat meal (rolled oats is best), three cups flour, one cup shortening, one cup sugar, one cup water, one teaspoonful salt, three teaspoonfuls baking powder; roll very thin.

LEMON CRACKERS. MRS. E. S. JORDAN.

Two and three-fourths cups of granulated sugar, one cup of b.u.t.ter, one pint of sweet milk, one cup of lard, three eggs, five cents worth of lemon oil, five cents worth carbonate of ammonia, a pinch of salt.

Mix stiff, and roll thin; stick with a fork, and bake in a quick oven.

MILK TOAST. MISS H. W.

Boil one quart of milk; stir into it two tablespoonfuls b.u.t.ter, mixed with one tablespoonful flour, and a saltspoonful salt. Let the whole boil five minutes. Have ready a dish of toasted bread; pour the milk over it, and serve hot. Nice for breakfast.

FRITTERS.

Separate four eggs; beat the yolks until light; add to them one quart of sweet milk, a little salt. Beat the whites very stiff; stir in one quart of flour, and the whites, half and half, with one teaspoonful of baking powder. In a tablespoonful of batter, place a slice of nice sour apple; drop into hot lard, and fry nice brown on both sides.

Serve hot, with b.u.t.ter and syrup.

Make oyster fritters the same way, using fine large oysters in place of apples.

ORANGE FRITTERS.--Made in same way, using slices of orange instead of apple.

PINEAPPLE FRITTERS.--Made in same manner, only stir into the batter a pineapple, grated or chopped fine.

SPANISH FRITTERS. MRS. E. S.

Cut the soft of bread into pieces two or three inches long and one inch thick. Take one pint and a half of sweet milk; sweeten to taste; add six well beaten eggs, a little salt; dip the pieces of bread in the mixture; let them become well saturated. Fry in hot lard until a delicate brown.

FOR CANNING CORN. MRS. MARTHA WRIGHT.

To five pints green corn, add three pints water; cook five minutes; then dissolve three level teaspoons tartaric acid, and add to corn; cook a few minutes longer; then it is ready to can in new or nearly new tin cans.

When preparing for table, drain off liquid; add a very little water; season and sweeten to taste. When boiling, add one level teaspoon soda dissolved in hot water.

SCHMIER KASE. OLIVE BARKS.

One gallon of sour milk; scald until crumbly; let drip until whey is separated from curd; mash fine; salt to suit the taste; add one pint of rich sour cream; stir till all is thoroughly mixed together.

The old reliable milliner--Jennie Thomas, 121 S. Main.

MEDICAL LORE AND INVALIDS FOOD.

"Simple diet is best, for many dishes bring many diseases."

--PLINY.

COUGH SYRUP. MARY FELTY.

One quart of water, one handful of hops; boil these together, and strain; put in this fluid a cup of sugar, and boil to a syrup; cut a lemon into it, and bottle for use.

WHOOPING COUGH SYRUP. MRS. SARAH SAITER.

One ounce flax seed, one ounce slippery elm, one ounce boneset, one ounce stick liquorice, one and one-half pounds loaf sugar, one pint Orleans mola.s.ses. Put first three ingredients in thin muslin bag, and boil one hour in sufficient water to cover well. Dissolve the liquorice in one pint of water; then boil all together a few moments.

DOSE.--One teaspoonful every hour or two, as the case may require.