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64

600

MISCELLANEOUS

VALUABLE

RECEIPTS.

Ho.

113.

Cup-

Cakes.

Take

3

cups

sugar,

1

cup

butter,

2

teaspoonfuls

soda,

3

eggs,

5

cups

flour,

all

beaten

together

with

as

much

spice

as

you

please.

No.

114.

Ginger-Cakes.

Take

1

quart

molasses,

J pint

thick

milk,

f

pound

fresh

lard or

butter,

1

cent's

worth

pearlash,

1 cent's

worth

saleratus,

1

cent's

worth

anniseed,

1

teacup-

ful

ginger.

Thicken

with

flour.

Mix

and

bake.

No.

115.

How

to

jyreserve

Milk

for

any

length

of

time.

This

process,

invented

by

a

Russian

chemist

named

Kirkofl:',

consists

in

evaporating

new

milk

by

a

very

gentle

Are,

and

very

slowlj^

until

it

is

reduced

to

a

dry

powder.

This

powder

is

to

be

kept

in

bottles

carefully

stopped.

When

it

is

to

be

empioyed,

it

is

only

necessary

to

dissolve

the

powder

in

a

guflicient

quantity

of

water.

According

to

Mr.

Kirkofl',

the

milk

does

not

lose

by

this

process

any

of

its

peculiar

flavour.

No.

116.

To

make

Custards

icilhout

Eggs.

Take

1

quart

new

milk,

4

tablespoonfuls

flour,

2

tablespoon

fuls

sugar,

season

with

nutmeg

or

cinna-

mon,

and

add

salt

to

your

taste.

The

milk

should