1893 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
787 
WHAT OPEN EYES SEE. 
DOUGHNUTS IN RHYME. 
One cup of sugar, one cup of milk; 
Two eggs beaten fine as silk. 
Salt and nutmeg (lemon’ll do); 
Of baking powder teaspoons two. 
Lightly stir the flour In; 
Roll on pie board not too thin; 
Cut In diamonds, twists or rings. 
Drop with care the doughy things 
Into fat that briskly swells 
Evenly the spongy cells. 
Watch with care the time for turning; 
Fry them brown- just short of burning. 
Roll In sugar; serve when cool. 
Price- a quarter for this rule.— 
Ladies' Home Journal. 
Kerosene on the Carpet. —A correspond¬ 
ent of the Housekeeper says that to re¬ 
move this, cover the spot with dry buck¬ 
wheat flour and lay newspapers over all. 
If applied as soon as the oil is spilled, it 
will be removed in less than 20 minutes. 
Grease can often be taken from a rag 
carpet by applying dry, powdered starch 
in the same way. When the starch is 
saturated with the grease, remove it and 
apply more. 
Queer Ketchup. —It is asserted in the 
American Cider Maker that the word 
ketchup in certain parts of Great Britain 
has quite a different significance from 
that which attaches to the word in this 
country, being a slang term for illicit 
spirits. A “ moonshine ” operator poses 
over there as a “ketchup manufacturer.” 
In both countries, however, the respective 
ketchups are each alike in that they are 
expected to show strength and body— 
and they both do. 
Tin Cream Pails. —The creaming vessel 
should have a smooth surface, and good 
tin is the best material to use, says Prof. 
Babcock, of the Wisconsin University. 
Wood, earthen or glass vessels should not 
be used, as they are easily broken, and are 
not good conductors of heat. The tin 
milk can, set into cold water, cools the 
milk that is in immediate contact with 
the tin, and fibrin clots are prevented 
from forming. The size of these cans 
found best in practical working experi¬ 
ments is 18 inches deep and 8 inches in 
diameter. 
Onion Sauce for Roast Turkey.— If onions 
do not form a part of the Thanksgiving 
bill of fare an onion sauce may accom¬ 
pany the turkey. To make it, place one 
dozen tiny white onions in boiling water 
and cook them until soft. After drain¬ 
ing, press six of them through a fine 
sieve. Make a smooth paste of one table¬ 
spoonful of flour and twice as much but¬ 
ter, to which add slowly a pint of boil¬ 
ing milk. Remove this from the fire 
when smoothly thickened ; add salt and 
the sifted pulp, with the remaining whole 
onions. Serve without delay. 
Making Bananas Digestible.— It is well 
known that bananas are very nutritious, 
but some people find them extremely 
difficult of digestion. Mrs. Rorer says 
that if they are cooked but slightly they 
may be eaten by a person who could not 
possibly digest a raw one. One can al¬ 
ways get bananas which may be fried, 
baked or served with hot cereal. Peel 
the banana, cut into very thin slices with 
a silver knife, put these into the bottom 
of a bowl, and pour over them the boil¬ 
ing oatmeal, farina or wheat granules; 
serve with sugar and cream. To bake 
bananas strip from one side a piece of 
the skin. Then loosen the skin from the 
sides of the fruit; dust well with granu¬ 
lated sugar, and bake in a moderate oven 
half an hour. Serve hot in the skins. 
Boiled Turkey. —A change from the or¬ 
dinary roast turkey may be had by boil¬ 
ing the bird. The Tribune gives this 
method ; Dress the turkey, and crush the 
breastbone with a rolling pin to give it a 
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla, 
When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla, 
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla, 
When she had Children she gave them Castorla 
round appearance. Truss it, and stuff 
with bread crumbs seasoned with pepper, 
salt, two ounces of butter, oysters and 
chopped celery. Wrap tbe turkey in a 
towel, put it in a kettle of boiling water, 
with a seasoning of salt, and boil slowly 
and steadily until it is cooked. An or¬ 
dinary-sized bird will take from two to 
three hours. Serve with oyster sauce in 
the dish, and garnish with bits of parsley. 
Before wrapping the turkey in the towel 
the latter should be floured. Some peo¬ 
ple boil a turkey about an hour and then 
let it stand, close covered, on the stove 
for half an hour ; the steam will finish 
the cooking. 
Rabbit stew. —The following method of 
cooking rabbits is claimed to be some¬ 
thing ahead of the ordinary way : Skin 
the rabbits; cut in small pieces, being 
careful to put all the blood in the stone 
jar where they are to remain in vinegar ; 
salt and pepper the pieces and put them 
evenly in the jar ; add one slice of onion, 
four bay leaves, six cloves, nine allspice, 
and vinegar to cover them ; let them re¬ 
main a week ; then take out the pieces of 
rabbit, strain the vinegar that is ready 
for use. Put 1 % tablespoonful of lard in 
a saucepan; when hot take two table¬ 
spoonfuls of flour; let it get a light 
brown, stirring it briskly all the while ; 
add one cupful of cold water ; when it 
thickens, add the vinegar that has been 
strained ; put in the pieces of rabbit and 
boil for one hour. Serve with potato 
dumplings or fried potatoes. 
Making Faces. —A specialist in the treat¬ 
ment of skins and faces said a few days 
since that quite as many men as women 
seek his services, and that they are quite 
as solicitous about their personal appear¬ 
ance. This expert treats puffy noses, 
pug noses, crooked noses, bridgeless 
noses, hollow cheeks, wrinkles, etc. He 
removes birth-marks, scars and deep pit- 
tings (even those of small-pox) and freck¬ 
les, causes horizontal ears to lie flat, and 
makes people beautiful generally. Being 
asked as to whether freckles removed 
would return, he replied that they would 
not so long as the application of the 
preparation used to remove them was 
continued. Hollow cheeks and wrinkles 
are treated by massage, and this could 
doubtless be fully as well done in the 
patient’s own home, if she knew how to 
apply the treatment. 
A Puritan Thanksgiving Dinner.—A con¬ 
tributor to a prominent woman’s, beg 
pardon, “ladies’” periodical gives de¬ 
scriptions and menu for a dinner with 
the above title, whose elaborateness 
would make a genuine Puritan turn un¬ 
easily in his grave. First, in the decora¬ 
tion of the table, the directions are to 
use yellow chrysanthemums and, if it 
can be obtained, goldenrod. A better 
arrangement still is the use of wheat and 
dried grasses as more typical of the 
festival. Two large, flat bowls of highly- 
polished red apples should stand at either 
end of the center floral piece, while small 
dishes of popped corn, home-made mo¬ 
lasses candy, roasted chestnuts and 
cracked hickory-nuts should be in con¬ 
venient places about the table. Pickled 
walnuts, cucumber pickles and small 
cruets of tomato ketchup should form the 
hors d'cuuvre. At each plate there may 
be a guest card of as mueh simplicity or 
ornateness as may be desired. A clever 
design is a turkey in pasteboard with 
outstretched tail, on which the name of 
the guest, with Thanksgiving Day, 1893, 
may be done in old-fashioned script let¬ 
tering. Sheaves of wheat are also appro¬ 
priate designs. I f it is desired, the menu 
may be placed upon the back of the card. 
Appropriate quotations add much to the 
personality of a guest card, and a few 
from New England authors may be given. 
The menu itself is for a dinner of seven 
courses, and besides soup and fish, com¬ 
prises two kinds of meat, not to mention 
Mothers. —Be sure to use “ Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Ado. 
the omnipresent turkey with its concomi¬ 
tant cranberry jelly, and the game or 
roast pig whiqji may be substituted for it. 
There are given, in all, seven kinds of 
vegetables, three of pie, and a pudding. 
It would suit the Puritans in one respect, 
nothing is provided in the way of liquid 
refreshment not even coffee. Shades of 
Plymouth Rock! imagine a Puritan sitting 
down to such a dinner. But then, of 
course, this is such only in name, and 
“ what’s in a name.” 
FOR THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON. 
E. R. P., gives in The Ladies’ Home 
Companion, directions for making sev¬ 
eral dainty dishes for the luncheon 
which usually winds up the Thanks¬ 
giving festivities. They are made as 
follows: 
Thanksgiving Patties.— Line little tart- 
pans with delicate puff paste, fill with 
strawberry jam ; sprinkle the tops with 
sugar and bake in a very quick oven. 
Let cool and pile whipped cream over 
the top. Arrange on a large, flat dish 
and set on the luncheon or tea table. 
Aunt Hannah's Cheese Tarts.— Take one 
cupful of curd, drained dry, the yolks of 
three eggs, three cupfuls of rich cream, 
half a cupful of dried currants and half 
a cupful of sugar. Mix, drop in tart- 
pans lined with puff paste, bake; let 
cool, cover the tops with icing and set in 
a hot oven two or three minutes before 
serving. 
Grandmother's Apple Tarts.— Line round 
patties with a rich paste. In each place 
the half of a peeled tart apple, drop a 
teaspoonful of cream, a bit of butter, 
and as much sugar as it will hold in the 
center. Grate nutmeg over and bake in 
a quick oven until the apples are done. 
Tea Wafers. —Mix six ounces of butter 
and sugar each, add four ounces of flour 
and four well-beaten eggs; stir all to¬ 
gether, flavor with nutmeg. Roll very 
thin, cut in small wafers and bake in a 
quick oven. 
Mayflower Cakes. —Take one pound of 
flour, 12 ounces of butter and sugar each, 
and two eggs. Mix well, flavor with nut¬ 
meg. Roll thin and bake on tin sheets 
in a very hot oven. 
Rice Cream. —Boil one cupful of rice in 
sweet milk until tender ; add two table¬ 
spoonfuls of powdered sugar, pour in a 
glass dish and drop bits of currant jelly 
over the top. Beat the whites of four 
eggs with half a teacupful of cream and 
four tablespoonfuls of sugar, flavor with 
vanilla and pile over the rice. Set on 
ice and serve in small saucers with cake. 
Orange Cream.— Grate one lemon and 
two oranges ; mix with a cupful of sugar 
and half a cupful of water. Put in a 
small saucepan, set on the stove until 
the sugar is dissolved; beat three eggs 
and stir in, set off to cool. When thick, 
stir in a teacupful of whipped cream. 
Set on ice until very cold and serve with 
cake. 
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