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Otago Witness, Issue 1861, 22 July 1887, Page 34

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Bkbad Omelette. — Mix half -pint of bread crumbs with half -pint cream or milk, and £oz butter broken into little pieces, and salt and pepper to taste ; when the bread is well soaked, beat it up with a silver fork, and add three well beaten eggs. Fry like an ordinary omelette.

Beefsteak Pie. — Take a thick rumpsteak weighing about 41b, and beat it well •with the end of a wooden rolling pin ; cut in strips about lin wide and Sin long, season with a little pepper and salt, a tiny scrap of onion, and a pinch of sweet herbs. Put in a pie dish with one pint of good stock gravy, cover with short crust, brush over with yolk of egg, and bake for two hours.

To Make a Rich Plum Cake.— Take £lb Dutter and £lb white sifted sugar, beat these with the hand well together to a cream, add four eggs, one at a time, and .well beat each : ne with the butter and sugar, lightly mixed with one teaspoonful baking powder, then lightly mix with the whole |lb of sultanas ; pake at once, thoroughly, in a quick oven.

Beef Pie. — Cold roast beef, one onion, two kidneys, pepper and salt, a few boiled potatoes enough for the dish ; cut the cold beef in thin slices, and put a layer on the bottom of your dish, shake in a little flour, pepper and salt, put in an onion finely chopped and fine sweet herbs, then another layer of beef and seasoning till your dish is full. If you have any gravy, put it in ; have ready some potatoes boiled, and mashed with butter and salt ; spread over the pie an inch thick. Bake 25 minutes.

To Make a Good Plain Cake.— Mix well together lib of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a little salt and spice, and a £lb of sugar ; rub in a of butter, add (Joz of sultanas, 2oz of currants, and loz of candied peel; moisten the whole with two eggs and half a teacupful of milk previously beaten together ; bake in a quick oven very thoroughly. Scotch Scones. — Take lib of flour, add a full teaspoonful of baking powder, and a little salt ; mi,x thoroughly while dry, rub in 2oz of butter, beat up one egg well in a quarter of a pint of milk, then thoroughly and quickly mix together ; bake immediately on a girdle or in a quick oven. This will make eight delicious scones.

Tea Cakes. — Use the recipe as for scones, but add a few currants, sultanas, or carraways if preferred. Pancakes or Batter Pudding. — Take Jib of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a little salt, mix well in a dry state, r dd one egg, and three-quarters of a pint of milk.

N okfolk Dumplings.— Prepare the dough as for bread, put into a saucepan of ooiling water immediately, and boil 20 minutes without taking the lid off.

Shortbread. — Two cups Hour, half a cup sugar, £lb fresh butter, half a teaspoonf ul carbonate soda, one tablespoon! ul of cream, one small egg ; rub butter through flour and soda; mix well; add cream, sugar, egg, beating well together before adding.

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