One quart flour, three tablespoonfuls yeast, five eggs, one pint milk.
Beat into a tolerably stiff batter. Stir a cupful of boiled rice into
the batter, a short time before baking. A good deal of lard (boiling
hot) is required for frying the fritters. Drop the batter in with a
spoon, which must be dipped, each time, in boiling water. In cool
weather, make the fritters about nine in the morning, in the summer,
about eleven.--_Mrs. A. C._
BELL FRITTERS.
Put a pint of boiling water in a preserving kettle, and as it boils,
put in a tablespoonful of fresh butter. Have ready a pint of the best
flour, sifted and wet with cold water, as for starch. Dip up some of
the boiling water and pour to this, being careful to have it smooth.
Return this to the kettle, stirring rapidly to prevent lumps. Turn
into a wooden tray, and while hot, beat in six well beaten eggs, a
spoonful at a time. Beat till very light, and beat quickly that the
eggs may not cook in lumps. Have ready a pint of boiling lard in a
pan. Make the fritters the shape of an egg, drop in and fry a light
brown.
To be eaten with a pint of molasses, a heaping tablespoonful of
butter, a little ginger and cinnamon, boiled to a thick syrup and
served hot.
A great deal of lard is required to fry fritters nicely; yet it is not
extravagant, as it may be used again. Strain what remains and put it
by for use.--_Mrs. S. T._
QUIRE OF PAPER PANCAKES.
Mix with half a pint of rich milk the yolks of four eggs, well beaten.
Add three tablespoonfuls fine flour, four ounces sugar, five ounces
fresh butter, melted and cooled, four tablespoonfuls Madeira wine,
half a nutmeg. Grease the pans once with fresh butter, and this will
answer for all. The above quantity will suffice for five or six
persons.--_Mrs. R._
COMMON PANCAKES.
Eight eggs, four tablespoonfuls flour, one pint of milk, one
teaspoonful salt.
JELLY, BLANC-MANGE, CHARLOTTE RUSSE, BAKED CUSTARD, CREAMS, ETC.
Jelly made of the feet of calves, hogs, etc., is more troublesome, but
is also considered more nutritious than jelly made of gelatine. It is
very desirable, for country housekeepers in particular, to make this
sort of jelly, as the materials are generally in their reach. It is
well, however, in all cases, to keep on hand Cox's or Nelson's
gelatine, on account of the expedition with which jelly may be made
from these preparations.
As jelly is considered more wholesome when not colored by any foreign
substance, no directions will be given in the subsequent pages for
coloring it. The palest amber jelly, clear and sparkling, flavored
only by the grated rind and juice of a lemon and pale Madeira or
sherry wine, is not only the most beautiful, but the most palatable
jelly that can be made.
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