Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1893 — RELIABLE RECIPES. [ARTICLE]

RELIABLE RECIPES.

Eoas PoAcnED in Milk. Eggs poached in milk are au appetizing and nutritious dish for an invalid. The milk should come to the scalding point, when the egg is dropped in and cooked as if in water. A little of the hot milk is poured over the toast to soften it, before the egg is slipped on. Clear Tomato Soup. —lnto a soup kettle put a cup of canned tomatoes, a quarter of a pound of ham, a slice of onion and a quart of water. Cover closely and boil twenty minutes, then strain. Add a heaping tablespoonful of butter, a level tablespoonful of sugar; suit and pepper to taste. Bring to boiling point again and thicken with two tablesj>oous of corn starch—moistened. Just before taking it up stir in about about a fourth of a teaspoon of soda. Serve with crackers or small squares of toast. Turkey, Stuffed, Cranberry Sauce. —Singe and draw a large, dry-picked spring turkey; pair off the neck, legs, and wings; stuff it; make a stuffing as follows: Soak four ounces of white bread in cold water, press the water out, put into a basin; add four ounces of fine sausage-meat, two eggs, a table-spoonful of chopped parsley, tne same quantity of chopped and parboiled onion, two ounces of mellow batter, salt, pepper, and nutmeg; mix well with a wooden spoon; fill the turkey, truss nicely, and roast to a nice oolor for an hour aud a quarter; untie, place on a dish, put a handful of cress at the lower end, and serve with cranberry sauce in a glass bowl. Cranberry Sauce.—Wash two pounds of cranberries; drain, put in a saucepan with two pounds of sugar; cover, and cook slowly for half an hour; remove the cover, stir, and reduce briskly until the liquid stiffens, when a few drops are put in a cool place for a minute or two; if sufficiently stiff, turn into an earthen vessel, and. cool thoroughly.