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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1890-12-18, Page 7THE ROME. CHRISTMAS DAINTIES. The city housekeeper may order sweet meats for the holidays, from French confee- toners, and delight the little ones with bon- bons, fancy cakes, etc., with but little trouble to herself, but the rural or village housewife has no such conveniences, and must prepare all such dainties at home, and we do not know but in the end her pleasure as well as that of her family is greater in having everything for this blessed home festival home-made. Eaeh member's indivi- dual taste may be consulted, and pleased with only the exactness that a mother's love can dictate. As all housekeepers have re- ceipts for ordinary Christmas goodies --such as mince Hies, doughnuts, plum cakes, sugar candies, etc„ we will give something novel, for ti,i benefit of mothers who desire to sur- prise and please large and small members of the family. CHRISTMAS GAME PM—Make paste for meat pie, have smooth and stiff, fold in a damp cloth and lay on ice for one hour. Line a raised pie dish with the paste, rolled thin, Rub all over well with butter, Put a top on, ornament the centre with leaves and flowers of the pastry, setin the ovenand bake, When done, takeout, remove the top crust, brush the inside with broken egg, set back in oven until glazed, For filling for thepie,take partridges,rabbits,and other small game, and cut up in pieces, put in a frying pan with butter, and fry until brown. Then take up, put in a saucepan with some deli soup steel:, mushrooms to flavor, a tablespoonful each of walnut and tomato catsup, a wine glass of eurrant jelly, the juee of a lemon, half a dozen cloves, with salt and pepper, let simmer until very tender. Let cool, pour in the crust, with the gravy, cover the top with aside jelly, and lay on the upper erase. This pie will keep Eonie time hi cold weather, and is convenient and delicious. CHICKEN SALAD, von A CHRISTMAS TEA. --Cut the white meat of a cold boiled chicken in Mee thin slices. Prepare a dressing of two tablespoonfuls of finely .nixed boiled ham, three hard boiled eggs, two table• spoons of minced spiced tonguo, halt a dozen apiced oysters, and one waits, freed from akin and bones, mix well until a smooth paste, add a teaspoonful of tarragon vinegar, and a few drops of onion juice. Stir in two tablespoonfuls of mayonnaiaesauee, in which dissolve a tablespoonful of gelatine. Dip each slice of chicken in the mixture and set in a cool place until well, coated. Line a mould with chicken jelly, place the slices around, ornament with :stripes of pickled beets, and chopped ,green pickle, pour in more jelly, and get on ice. When ready to serve, have a bed of celery and parsley leaves in a flat glass dish, carefully turn out the salad on it, eoverthe top with thinly sliced lemon. C."artn TMAs PcD»ING.--Wash and dry a pound of currants, stone a pound of raisins, Mix together dry a quarter of a pounce of sifted hour, a quarter of a pound of stale bread crumbs, a quarter of a pound of brown sugar, a pound of finely chopped suet, and half a pounce of cut candied orange peel, grate in half a nutinegand one lemon. Beat five eggs, to which add a teacup of molasses, pour over the other ingredients, and mix thoroughly. Pack in a well greased mould and boil ten hours. Serve with hard citron. Grease a large cake pan, put in a layer of cake batter, then a layer of the raisins, almonds and citron ; eolith= until the pan is full, putting the batter on top. Bake in a moderate oven two hours. When cold ice in fancy designs, and ornament with a wreath of holly, SANTA Cr,ars CAKE. — Three cups of sugar, half a cup of butter, the whites of eight eggs, one pint of sifted flour, two ten - spoonfuls of baking powder, and a table- spoonful of rose water. Rub the butter and sugar to a cream, add the flour and baking powder, mix in a smooth batter, add a small teacup of sweet milk, and the flavoring, lastly stir in the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs. Bake in jelly cake pan. For filling make an icing, of the beaten whites of four eggs, three cups of sugar flavored with vanilla,—divide in half—in one portion mix a teaeup of chopped almonds, in the other the same of finely chopped. figs. Spread alternately on the layers of cake, Ice the top in fancy icing, and put in the centre a little coloured sugar figure of Cama Claus (which can be bought at the confectioner's). ALMOND CAKES. --Boil half a pint of new milk, dissolve one pound of sugar in it, take off the fire, and set to caul, flavor with lemon. Rub half a pound of butter into a pound and a half of flour, and a pound and a quarter of finely grated orange paste, put a pinch of soda in the boiled milk, and mix with the flour, beat three eggs, and mix in a smooth firm paste ; if not sufficiently stiff, add more dour, Make out in little Bakes about a quarter of an inch thick, Cover the bottom of a largo baking pan with well buttered paper, lay the little calces on, and bake till pale brown, 1AceIoovs �Potud Apound a bleached almonds util a smooth paste, :nix in a pound and a half of powdered sugar and the beaten whites of seven eggs, Mix all together until smooth and firm. butter sheetsef writing paper, cover the bottom of thean with then., and drop the paste on, in email teaspoonfula."If it should be too thin, add more sugar. If too stiff more white of the egg. Bake twenty minutes in a mode- rate oven. Cuaisestes GIxaan Ceaces,—Rub half a pound of freak butter into a scant pound of flour, beat four eggs, add with a pound of powdered sugar, and grated peel of a lemon, and a tablespoonful of extraet of ,einger (Dr. Price's is the beat for cakes.) Rlix all together well. Roll thin, cut in small oval cakes, sift with powdered sugar, and bake in a slow oven until pale brown. f},u:C r r" Cur i s.. 'cheat six ounces of butter, eke ounces of flour, and four ounces of sugar together with the yalksof four eggs, add a teaspoonful of orange flower extract, and the grated rind of a lemon ; beat well, and stir iit lightly the beaten whites of the eggs. Butter little gem pans or small moulds, and fill with thebatter. Cover the tops with spilt almonds and powdered sugar. Sanee. CHRISTMAS PirDluo (cot»).—Cover half a box of gelatine with a little cold water, and let soak fifteen minutes, pour over a pint of boiling water, add the juice of threelemons, four oranges, and a pint of sugar, stir until dieselvhd, and strain. Divide the mixture, colour a third of it a light pink with fruit colouring, put in a shallow round. dish, and set aside to cool. Pour the uncoloured jelly in apudding mould, set on ice to harden, gash slightly on top with a pen- knife, pour in the coloured jelly, which should be cold but not hard. Set on ice for three hours. Put a pint of rich milk on to boil. Beat the whites of four eggs stiff, add half a teacup of sugar, and mixlightly. Pour over the boiling milk, and let stand one minute. Skimp off and put to drain. Beat the yolks of the eggs with half a teacup of sugar, and stir in the boiling milk. Take from the fire, flavor, and pour in a bowl to cool. When ready to putt on the table, turn the jelly out of the mould on a large glass dish, pour the custard around it; drop the cooked meringue in spoonfuls over the cus- tard. Cut the pink jelly in bits, and place over the pudding here and there. This is a very ornamental Christmas dish. Avaceen CREAM.—Melt half an ounce of gelatine ina gill of water, add three ounces of sugar, and the juce of a lemon with a wine glass of currant jelly ; mash five ounces of almond paste, add to the mixture, put in a bowl, set in boiling water and stir until dis- solved. Set aside to cool. Whip three cups of thick cream until solid. Line a jelly mould with currant jelly, pour the mixture in the centre and set on ice. CHRISTbMAS PARTY JELLY. — (A pretty dish for a children's Christmas party.) Cover two ounces of gelatine with Coldwater and let soak one hour, add a pound of sugar, and a pint of boiling water, stir until the sugar is dissolved, and add a pint and a half of cranberry juice. Strain and pour in a shallow square pan and set on ice. Cover two ounces more of gelatine with coldwater, and let soak, pour over a quart of boiling water, a pound of sugar, the juice of four lemons, with the grated yellow of the rinds, stir until dissolved, strain in a shallow pan and set to cool. When firm and hard cut in little blocks, and heap on a large flat glass dish, the red and yellow jellies alternately. Set the dish in the centre of the table in a bed,c holly leaves and berries. C,'.TARD "WITH CANDIED FRUITS. — Boil a pip t -..of cream with a teacup of sugar, flavor with strawberry extract, and color pink. Beat twelve eggs, strain them, and pour the hot (not boiling) cream over them, add two tablespoonfuls of gelatine dissolved in warm water. Beat until cold. Put pieces of candied cherries, grapes and apri- cots around the bottom and sides of a signed, and when the articles are finished they mast he folded up and laid on the editor's desk. He reads each' of the ettt ' sions in turn, and the fun consists in guessing the indentity of the author. 1 is played as follows Lly the company place themselves all in a row, while on a table is set a pack of cards ; the nearest person to the table takes the top card off, and as he leaks at it says, " ten of hearts," j or whatever card it may bo, at the same: who re - time handingithisneighbour, ui a to peats in turn the name of the card mull passes it on lo the next one, etc. The first person keeps taking up the top card and passing it on until the last person is reached and each one is pronouncing a different thing. Finally there is almost a babel of sound, which sets every one laugh- ing and reminds one of nothing as much as a cage of chattering parrots. Should any one tail to tell his card correctly he must pay a forfeit. A ggone which requires little skill, and -kith can be indulged in by young and old, Other Plum Puddings. The best pudding bag is made of partly worn ticking. A. tin mold can be used in every case if you have ono. All boiled pud- ding's must be plunged at once into boiling water, and the water must never for a mom- ent be allowed to cease boiling. To dish a pudding, plunge it for a moment into cold water and it will turn out withoutbreaking. If these simple rules are followed there can be no mishap. Many cooks let a plum pud- ding stand over night before boiling. It de- velops the richness of the fruit and spices, and they seem to amalgamate more thoroughly. Dr. Ketchenor'sphun pudding is of med- ium size and richness. Mix six ounces each of finely chopped suet and stoned and chop- ped Malaga raisins, eight ounces of. currants washed and dried ; three ounces each of fine bread crumbs and flour, four ounces of sugar, a half teaspoonful of cinnamon and half as much mace, one ounce of candied lemon peel and half an ounceof citron, both shredded. Beat three eggs with half a pint of milk and half a teaspoonful of salt, and add this to the rest of the ingredients. Mix thoroughly. Wring a pudding cloth out of hot water, flour it inside, pour in the pudding and boil six hours. A plainer plum pudding is made with half a pound each of flour, suit and raisins ; four ounces of sugar, half a pint of milk, two eggs, and a teaspoonful of mixed spices. Boil two and a half hours. Plum Pudding Without Eggs. --Chop half a pound of suet and mix it with one pound of flour, one pound of stoned raisins, four ounces of bread crumbs, a gill of molasses, a pint of milk, a grated nutmeg and half a teaspoonful of cinnamon. Boil four hours. Let Christmas Stand for Pleasure. Christmas is the preacher who emphasizes the fact that the religion which it celebrates is adapted to human nature. Horace is called the laureate of the worldly, of the epicurean, of the pagan who would eat and drink in view of to -morrow, The gay adage' dant i irimm is cited with. a shudder as the gospel of pleasure, Christmas was hunted the Puritan parliament as a hind of gad of pleasure who was only a masked devil. It was confounded by,. Governor Bradford with the Belly god. But why, said Charles Wesley, as he sweetly sang ---why give all the geed tunes to Satan ? The sweet singer might have enlarged his view and his question. Why give Satan any of the good things?? Why, above alt, let him have Christmas, as Andromeda was abandoned to the dragon of the sea ? Lot Christmas stand for pleasure, and for the reason that it is especially the Christmas day, Then Chris- tiaulty drops her weeds and smiles. Then the whole world takes up the refrain, "lieligion never weedesigned. To matte our pleasureless." And even Dr, Doddridge comes singing in, "I live 'ln pleasure when is live to Thee." The doctor must not fly his own logic, Not to live in pleasure is not to live to Thee. Pure pleasure it must be, no doubt, but that is the pleasure embodied in Christ- mas. If we were to fancy a wholly Christian- ized world, it would be a world inspired by the spirit of Christmas—a, bright friendly, beneficent, generous, sympathetic, mutually helpful world. A man who is habitually mean, selfish, narrow, is a man without Christmas in his soul, The child of good fortune, like Miss Messenger in Besant's Alt Sorts aud Conditions of ,Alert, whose chief purpose is to share her good fortune with others, and to teach them that love and sympathy aro the keys of life, keeps Christ. was all the year. Besant calls his tale what be says his friends callit, an impossible story, Then Christianity is a dream, for Miss Messenger is simply a Christian. If Besant's friends were right and the story is impossible, let us cling to Christmas all the more as a clay of the spirit which in every age some souls have believed to be the possible spirit of human society. The earnest faith and untiring endeavour which sec in Christmas a forecast are more truly Christian, surely, than the pleasant cynicism which smiles upon it as the festival of a futile hope. Meanwhile we may reflect that from good-natured hopelessness to a Christ- mas world may not bo farther than from star dust to a solar system,—Harpeee llfaga- zife. Nonpareil Plum Pudding.—Beat seven eggs, the whites and yelks separately. Add ha 1 a teaspoonful each of nutmeg, cinnamon and salt, and grated rind of two lemons, half a pound each of raisins and currants, and half a pound. of citron and candied lemon peel sliced thin and mixed, one pound of fine bread crumbs, three-quarters of a pound of suet, the juice of a lemon and two glasses each of brandy and sherry. Beat very smooth and boil six hours. A Small Plum Pudding.—Small as this pudding is a small family will be able to put away half of it for New Year's day. Pour a large cup of milk over a pound of bread crumbs and let them remain for an hour ; beat in four ounces of sugar and half a pound each of suet and raisins ; add the grated rind and juice of a lemon and four beaten eggs. Boil five hours. Pudding Sauce.—Put two pounds of powdered sugar, one egg and half a cup of butter into a cake bowl and beat them until like ice cream. If you have a Keystone egg beater this can be made in three minutes. Enjoyable Parlor Games. A pretty and appropriategamo for Christ- mas gathering is well named "The Yule Log." It is simple and creates any amount of merriment. If the hostess desires to in- vite a certain number of guests, to insure success, each one mustknow the name of the mould, pour jelly over them, and set to cool. other: Each guest then provides his or hrr- Freeze the custard soft, take out the self with: seine trifle, and this is wrapped in jelly from the centre of the mould, and put paper, accompanied by a suitable couplet in the custard in, cover the top with chopped bits of the candied fruits. Put over more custard and more fruit until the mould is full. Set on ice until wanted—if eight or ten hours, it will be all the better. CArTDIEDFANCY ORANGES.—Take a dozen firm oranges. Peel the outside of the skin off as thin as possible. Mark off in quarters, and cut out every other one.Pass the knife around the inside and remove the pulp. With a spoon scoop out the lower part or bowl which is left, drop in water, and boil gently long enough to soften the peel, th boil in thick syrup until clear, let them re- main in the syrup over night. Then take lip, drain, and let dry. Sprinkle with gran- ulated sugar and 'fill with orange lel ly Set each one to itself on a large flat dish, and pour over the syrup. " CHRISTMAS CAIcr.—Cream •one pound of butter and. sugar together, ;sift in one pound of flour, beat tea eggs separately and mix in, reportorial work, such as describing a fire, Blanch two pounds of almonds, seed one a dog fight, a murder, or anything la that 1 rhyme, and ac dressed to one of the guests ; this in turn is enveloped in another wrapper with the name of another person subscribed on iq, and so on until all the guests have been included—that is,if the company is not too large. Each person takes his offering to the house and they aro all piled upon the table. Each one picks out the parcel ad- dressed with his name and passes it on to the next one, until finally the present reaches the one for whom it was intended. The opening of the bundles is prolific of great amusement and the poetry is received with great applause. Perhaps the most improving and delight- ful of games is called ""The Newspaper Editor." To play this' it is necessary to: provide paper and pencils, which each person keeps himself. Every one is: expected to write at essay, a piece of poetry, or do some imaginary pound of raisins, and chop half a poun c 1 o f see his t tncy No names shoo 0 A Careful Husband, Mose Schaumburg—Repecca, you must not valk so close by de edge of dot vater. Rebecca—I vill valk vero I blease. Mose Schaumburg—All right Ropecca, but choost hand me right avay dot bocket- book mit de monies, so dat it vill be only a gase of mitigated aflllcttion, and not so much of der heavy bereavement pishness. Punishment By Marriage. Miss Tablette—The wretch ! and so he has been proposing to both of us? Miss Brenton—It seems so. Miss Tablette—I wish we could think of somehorrible way to punish him. Miss Brenton—I have it. Miss Tablette—What is it? Miss Brenton— You marry him, dear. Eloquence and Power. "I was much interested in your sermon last Sunday," said the deacon to the new minister. "I'm glad of that, and I hope your interest will continue and increase." ""Yes, it struck the I'd try and count the number of people sleeping in thechurch, and, whether you take it as a compliment or not, I counted five." ""Was that all ?" " Well, I dont know, for just then I must have gone over myself." Tired Out. Mrs. Nubbins—Josiah, are you going to get up? Mr. Nubbins (yawning)—Well, Ihave one consolation ; I shall have sleep enough when I'm dead. Mrs. N.—Yes, and you'll find the fire lit when you awake, just as you do now. As Natural as Life. Bridget (joyously)—An' ded yeas see me young man's darlin' face in the paper this mornin' ? Mistress --Is it possible? What has he been doing ? Something good, I hope. Bridget—Yis, indeed. He's ben getten' cured uv his caytar, an' he tells about it as nathurel as loife. Divining Her Weakness. Henpekt—"That new doctor you intro- duced me to, Bowler, is a great symptomna- tologist—great student of human nature." Bowler—" Suits you, does he ?" I3enpekt—" To a dot. Had him in last night to treat my wife for a cold; said she didn't need any medicine, but that she must be particular, above all things, to keep her mouth shut and breath through her nose." The Reason, Samith—" Jehones, your paper is always the first one I read in the morning. " Johones (editor of the morning bore)— "Glad to hoar it, Samith—very glad to hear it." Yes.lrits the only paper the borders don't fight to get hold of." Defective Postal Facilities. .Friend—If you are so bad, off, why don't you apply to. your rich brother in Hamilton for assistance. Poor man—I did write to him to assi.stur F and what do' you suppose I got? I have no idea, He wrote to me that my letter asking for assistance had not reached hint, For Genuine Bargains Icaiyonlatio Clothing, Boot:1 Shoup Cacti:, aluswarc, Elc, If so please remember that we have really the Are you going to make a holiday preselzt to a friend? I ; best lines for that purpose in town. b glance at our IMMENSE ASSORTMENT or FANCY GLASS– WARE, consisting of VASES, FANCY TOILET SETTS, FANOY LEMONADE SETTS, FANCY FRUIT DISHES, no., out this statement ; and the goods having been purchased at a discount front Mr Ed. Roberts, we will bear u , are in a position to give yougoods tht cannot be purchased anywhere ;else in town for the price we ask. of Glassare nd rocker is large, and of the newest designs and patterns. The stock Y g w Win than a set of Dishes—breakfast, dinner or supper, -•--plain and fancy, Or a nice wine sett, or a nice Vase or other article of fancy Glassware. The stock must be cleared out and you will get thele at right prices, 1.6001105 WE LEAD In READYMADE CLOTHING Have all sizes and makes, and are selling at IIIG REDUCTIONS during the holidays, A, nice Suit for $4.75 to $IQ.QQ—good. Goods. Bring along your husband or sou and we will clothe himm at a mere cost, with garments that we guarantee to wear well. .A. call will prove what we say to be true. OUR HOBBY— Is Boots Sv Shoes,, Etc. We have the finest stock in the County, and tlaereiore can sell for a third less than smaller dealers. We carry every line and grade. Would like to quota prices, but have too large a stock to enumerate. What wo ask Is that you give a call, O C 1:41:ZoIOMS with those of other dealers, and if we are not co per cent. lower, we would like to know it. We have some beautiful Slippers suitable for cHRISTMAZ PRESENTS, away down in price. RUBBERS OVERSHOES, FELT BOOTS, ETC., by the thousands. If you want Bargains call on Spackman The Ladies will find our Spices fresh and good; our Raisins, Currants, Peels etc., the best. —Before making your Christmas puicbases remember our store.-- E. J. SPAOKMA1V , Taoasoa*s Block, Zzceiter. To be or not to be ! That is the question. Whether it is better to exist on half a loaf, or starve because wo cannot get more ; whethfr it is better to be satisfied with what we now possess, or lose the substance for the shadow. The die is cast. We will not !starve. The goods must be sold if they do not bring enough to buy the porridge. SHAiESP1i ARE. NOW IS ION OPPORTUNITY Do Not Let it Slip ! You can buy goods from us for the next two weeks cheaper than any other place in the county. Why P Because at the end of that time we com- mence stock taking and pack our goods to take our departure for other fields. MEN'S FUR COATS, MEN'S TWEED AND WORSTED SUITINGS, MEN'S ALL—WOOL SHIRTS A.ND DRAWEES, MEN'S AND BOYS' OVERCOATS AND SUITS, MEN'S PERSIAN LAMB AND ASTRICHAN CAPS— e REDDC'D 111 PRICE TD ET thc E!M1J tif LLU LADIES' AND MISSES' FUR SETTS AND BOAS, " LADIES' SEAL AND SEALETTE CAPS AND MUFFS, LADIES' ALL -WOOL HONEY COMB AND BOATING SHAWLS F4NNELS, SHIRT'INGS, DRESS GOODS, CRETONNS, ETC., i libo 1132 CSC !4.` Remember these immense all wool ladies Rose, 3 pairs pc ; best Black -Cashmere Gloves 25-c ; 5oc Japan Tea .25c. Do not be deceived, wemean business: The stock must be packed in Januaiy and we .will refuse no reasonable offer for any line in the house. The Tireless Toilers for 'Tsade, BRUMPTON BROS.