The Household.

Woodville Examiner, Volume 3, Issue 282, 10 September 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

The Household.

Cap Cake.—Two rounded cups of powdered sugar, one even cup of butter, one cup of milk, three cups of prepared flour, four eggs, one lemon, juice and rind ; rub butter and sugar to a cream, beat in the lemon, the whipped yolks, the milk; then frothed whites and flmr by turns. Bake in small tins or in two square tins. Yorkshire Pudding.—Four eggs beaten very light, two cups of milk, two cups of prepared flour, one teaspoonful of salt; beat whites and yolks in separate bowls; into the latter stir the milk, then frothed whites and salted flour by turns ; mix quickly and bake at once. Cut the pudding into s'rips an inch wide by three long, and lay about the beef when dished, helping one or two pieces with each slice of meat.

Roast Beef, with Yorkshire Pudding.— When a roast of beef is within halt an hour of the “ turn” drain off the gravy into a bowl, leaving about a tablespoonful in the dripping-pan, Lay a gridiron over the pan if you have one Glut will go into the oven. If not, prop the meat on clean sticks of oak or hickory (not pine), laid across the top of the dripping pan. Pour in the pudding, letting the fat from the roast drop on it as it cooks.

Mont Blanc Potato. —Instead of washing boiled potatoes, whip light and dry with a wooden or silver fork. At this point begin to whip in a cupful of hot milk for a quait of washed potato, and, when all is in, beat in the frothed whites of two eggs. Heap conically in a deep silver or stoneware dish : set in a quick oven until the surface hardens slightly. Withdraw before it catches a shade of brown, wash over lightly with butler and send to the table. To Clean the Kitchen Sink.—The drain of the kitchen sink must never be neglected. Dissolve a few pennies' worth of copperas in a pailful of hot water, and pour a little of this liquid into the drainpipe daily, and it will be freed from its noxious odors. The grease from dish-water oftenjclogs the pipe. Ammonia used instead of soap for dish-washing would soon clear away the obstruction, as it works chemically upon grease and " kills” it. A solution of lye would have the same effect. Browned Rico Porridge,—Parch a cupful of dry rice in the oven to a light brown, as yon would coffee, stirring it to binder scorching and to secure a uniform tint. Put over the fire in a farina kettle, with more than a quart of cold water, salt slightly and cook tender, but not to breaking. Shake up from the bottom now and then, but do not stir it. When done drain off the water, set the kettle, uncovered, at the back of the stove to dry off the rice. Eat with sugar and cream. This is especially wholesome diet when laxatives, such as wheateu grits, or such healing cereals as oatmeal are to be avoided by the eater. Crumpets. One quart of milk, half a yeast cake dissolved in warm water, or four tablespoonfuls of yeast, one tablespoonful of lard aud the same of butter, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one-quarter teaspoonful of soda, sifted twice with the salt iu a quart of Hour. Mix well over night. Beat up hard in the morning ; let it rise for half an hour longer ; half fill heated and greased muffin rings on a heated and greased griddle with the batter aud bake on the top of the range, turning once. Run a sharp knife around the inside of each ring to loosen the crumpet. Eat hot. Tne cold ones left over are nice, if split, toasted and buttered.