Recipes and Hints.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10592, 22 October 1910, Page 4 (Supplement)

Recipes and Hints.

Stewed Kidneys.—Six sheep's kidneys —the .number, of course, can be varied to suit requirements—ono ounce of butter, some chopped mushrooms, parsley, and shallot, pepper, a little flour, salt, and lemon-juice. Split tho kidneys in halves, remove the skin, and slice lip each flialf 'very, thinly. l'Vy tho slices in the butter till browned, then shake in the ilour, and stir, also chopped, mushrooms, parsley, ami shallot. Season with the salt, pepper, and lemon-juice, stir over the lire for iivo' minutes, and .serve hot. Cucumber and Mutton. —Peel a. large cucumber, slice and.dry in a cloth. Dip each piece into egg and bread crumbs, and I'ry in hot fat. Now take I pint of. cold mutton cut into dice, place tlicso in the frying-pan in which the cucumber was cooked ; toss the moat over until all sides are browned. Drain and pile oil the centre of a hot dish, and, arrange the cucumber round. To the gravy left in the pan add a teaspoonful of Worcester sauce, a squeeze < f lemon, and a. tablespoonful of (lour; cook and pour over the meat. Mutton Itissoles. —Tako one pint of cold mutton mincod, two tablespoonl'uls of butter, 0110 tablespoonful of bread j crumbs, and 0110 of chopped parsley, | tho yolk of 2 eggs, pepper and salt. Mix all ingredients together, and stir in a saucepan over the lire until thoroughly heated. When cold, form into small balls, dip in egg and broad crumbs, fry in plenty of hot fat, drain well, and serve arranged round tho base of a nice mound of well cooked spinach or peas, and garnish with a little cut lemoii.

Macaroons. —One cupful of chopped walnut meats., one cupful of white sugar, one well-beaten egg, to be added last. Drop in little cakes on tin sheet and abke.

Fig pie.—Stew figs till tender, talce out of juice, cut up small, add some of juice and a little thickening of flour of cornstarch, allowing the whole to cool. Make a short paste, line a shallow pie plate with it, and pour the thickened figs in. Add a ton'spoonful of butter and sugar, if liked, but it is excellent without. Cover the pie plate over witn another crust" and bake it.

Queen Pudding.—Take a pint of breadcrumbs, halt a pint of milk, the yolk of one egg, the juice of a lemon, and sugar to taste. Mix all together, put into a buttered pie-dish, and bake till set; then coyer with jam. Beat,up tho white of, the egg and ornament at the corners .

Mist Pudding.—Two eggs, their weight in flour, sugar, and butter, ii' toaspoonful of baking powder, two teaspoonfuls oF 1 marmalade. Beat butter arid sugar,to a cream, add flour and baking powder ,then marmalade. Beat up eggs separately, mix in yolks first, then whites, which have been beaten to a stiff froth. ' Mix all well together. Place in a well-buttered mould, and steam for an hour and a half. Turn out, and servo with marmalade sauce. Scorched dishes should be soaked in strong borax water. This, will quite remove the unsightly stains. To Safeguard Children from Fire. —, Render their cotton frocks and pinafores as inflammable as possible by the use of alum iri the laundry. An ounce of alum to the last pan of rinsing water will make the little garments fo fa;- uninflammable that if they were, to come into contact with fire they would only smoulder, not burst into flames. The same treatment is to be recommended for muslin curtains, etc.