Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1889 — The Household. [ARTICLE]

The Household.

White Cake.— Two cups of powdered sugar, one oup of butter, whites of eight eggs beaten light, one cup of water, three cups or flour well sifted, two teaspoons of baking powder. Cantu BAUCE.— Chop th-ilsapors in half and add a half pint of drawn butter and ono tablospoonful of vinegar

let it just simmer and serve with boil ed mutton. Green Tomato Sauce. —Cut up a pint of green tomatoes; take a tablespoonful of black mustard seed, three tablespoonsful of dry mustard, two tablespoonsful each of black pepper, allspice and celery seed, three tablespoonfuls of salt, one quart of chopped onions, one pintos sugar, two and onehalf quarts of vinegar, red pepper to taste; beat the spices and boil all together till done. Chicken Soup. —Save the broth after boiling chickens and to it add a dozen ripe tomatoes peeled and sliced and one onion thinly sliced; boil twenty minutes; season, add two beaten eggs and serve. Boiled Codfish. —Soak in cold water over night; in the morning put in a stew pan with a half pint of water and a pint and a half of milk; stew slowly, and then aid a half cup of milk thickened with Hour; season with pepper and butter and serve on toast Minced Cod. —Fiako cold boiled cod, add one of mashed potatoes, a small lump of butter, one-half teaspoon of cornstarch and one beaten egg; hoat and serve. Boiled Salt Mackerel.— Freshen, wrap in a cloth and simmer' fifteen minutes. Remove carefully from the cloth to a dish, with the skin side up. Serve with drawn butter.