Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1891 — THE KITCHEN. [ARTICLE]

THE KITCHEN.

Corn Padding. Cut from the cob three pints of tender, young corn, add three fresh eggs, beaten very light, two heaping tablespoonfuls of butter, salt and pepper to taste; and one teacupful of sweet cream. Bake one hour. (Smothered Bee. Have chopped tine one pound of lean beef, put a tablespoonful of butter in your chafing dish, when hot put in the beef, and stir constantly for about twominutes, dust with salt and pepper, and serve at once. This, if prepared nicely, and served very hot, is both delicious and wholesome. Custard Pie Without Milk. Wet a heaping tablespoonful of corn starch with cold water, add boiling water till it is as thick as thin cream, beat two eggs, add three tablespoonfuls of sugar, put in the cooked starch, beat well,, flavor to taste, and bake as usual. Devilled ChlcKen. Cut the remains of cold cooked chickem into neat pieces, dust each piece lightly with cayenne and salt Put a tablespoonful of butter in a chafing dish, when hotadd two tablespoonfuls of stock or milk, put in the pieces of chicken, and when-, thoroughly heated serve. Canned Pears. Pare, cut in halves and remove the core. Throw in very cold water; when sufficient to put up at one time is prepared, drain and weigh, put in a preserve kettle, cover with boiling water and simmer about twenty minutes. Make syrup of a quarter of a pound of sugar and a pint of water for every pound of pears, let boil and skim. Cift the pears carefully from the kettle and drop one piece at a time in the boiling syrup, letthern put in the cans and seal.