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Otago Witness, Issue 1639, 21 April 1883, Page 27

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Cake without Eggs.— One cup of sugar, one half-cup butter, one half-cup of sweet milk, two cups ot flour, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, and oue-half teaspoonful of s>oda.

Toast Water. — Cut a slice of stale broad, cut off the crust, and toast it quite brown; while hot, pour over half a pint of boiling water ; cover tightly, and when cool remove the bread.

GiNGßit Cookies.— One cup of butter, one cup of sugar, one cup of molasses, one teaspoonful or. saleratus dissolved in three tablespoonfuls of water, one teat-poonful of ginger. Roll as soft as possible and bake quickly. Johnny cakk. — One e/g, a cupful each of sour and sweet milk, a tablespoonful molasses or sugar, a teaspoonful salt, the same of soda ; stir quite soft with Indian meal, and add a cupful of flour. A spoonful of cream or other shortening may be added.

Lyonaise Potatoes.— One pint of cold boiled potatoes cut into small pieces ; season with salt and peper ; one spoonful of butter, one slice of onion cut very tine, one teaspoonf ul of chopped parsley ; add parsley to potatoes, fry brown in the butter ; then add potatoes and fry. Use fork to turn them instead of knife. Macaroni Soup. — Break one-quarter of a pound of pipe macaroni into small pieces of an inch in length ; place them in one quart of boiling water, and let them cook an hour; then add two cup.s of strained stewed tomatoes, and just before serving pour in half a cup of cream or milk. The cream or milk can be omitted if not liked.

White Bread. — This bread is better made with milk than water, using one pint and a half for a large loaf. At night take half of the milk and warm it — do not boil it — then pour it into the bread bowl, adding one teaspoonful of salt and two tabelspoonfuls of homemade yeast, or one third of agood yeast-cake dissolved in a little warm water. Stir in flour until the dough is as stiff as it can be stirred with a spoon ; cover, and leave in a warm room until morning. Then add the other half of the milk, previously warmed; knead, mould, and put into the baking-pan. Now let it stand about one hour and a half, then place in a moderate steady oven.