Domestic

Domestic.

Sour Cream Biscuits. - Thoroughly dissolve two level teaspoonfuls of soda find a little salt in a pint of sour cream and mix in flour until you have a dough that is soft as possibly can handled and cut into biscuits. Bake immediately in a hot oven.

Rice Pie. - To a pint of boiled rice add a pint of rich cream, two eggs, salt, and a little mace. Let these ingredients be well mixed, spread half the quantity in a deep dish, lay pieces of chicken upon it, and cover them with the remainder of the rice, and bake it in a hot oven.

 Indelible lnk. - An indelible ink without silver salt is made by rubbing together 15 grains of anitine black with 60 drops of muriatic acid, and  1 1/2 ounces of strong alcohol. The mixture is diluted with a hot solution of 38 grains of gum arabic in a third of a pint of water. This ink is asserted to have no corroding effects on steel pens. 

Pip Crust - Dissolve a piece of saleratus the size of a pea in a very little warm water, it into a cup of rich sweet cream, mix in enough flour to make a firm dough, roll thin, spread little patches of butler quite thick over it, fold three or four times, and roll thin. Do not pass the rolling pinbackward and forward over the dough, but roll only in one direction. 

Panned Oysters.- Drain the oysters in a colander, then put them into a very hot frying pan. Turn them over in a moment so as to cook both sides. As soon as they puff up, which will be almost immediately, turn them on to a hot platter, which should be standing over a kettle of boiling water, with some melted butter, pepper and salt ready in it. Serve immediately. Canned oysters prepared in this way, have those roasted in the shell. 

Loaf Cake. - One pound of flour, half a pound of sugar, hall pound of butter, halt a pound of chopped raisins, half a pound of citrón, and four spoonfuls of yeast. Let it stand in a warm place and and till quite light. Then add four well beaten eggs and one grated nutmeg well, and pourinto deep dishes. Let it rise a second me; then bake quite quickly. A sure test to determine when all kinds of cakes are done is to, take medium sized knitting needle and insert it in the centre of the cake; it it comes out clean the cake is done; if the dough sticks to it, it must be baked longer.

 Snowdon Pudding. - Prepare one pound of sponge cake bitter in the following manner, to be baked in a thin sheet : To one pound of eggs, weighed in the shell, put one pound of pulverized white sugar and ten ounces of flour Flavor with the juice and grated rind of a fresh lemon, or if that is not accessible, a teaspoonful of pure extract of lemon. When baked, and quite hot, spread over the cake a layer of some juice preserves, strawberry or raspberry jam being specially nice for the purpose. Make it into a roll as neatly as possible, and strew with powdered sugar. Serve with sweet sauce.

 An Excellent, Dish. - A dish equal to the best steak, and deep enoughfor any man, is prepared from a shank of beef with some meat on it. Have the bone well broken; wash carefully to remove bits of bone; cover with cold water; watch when the boiling begins and rake off the skum that rises. Stew five or six hours, till the muscles are dissolved; break the meat small with a fork (far better than chopping), put it in a broad pan, boil down the gravy till in cooling it will turn to stiff jelly. Where this is done gelatine is quite superfluous, Add salt, and, if liked, other seasoning, and pour it hot upon the meat; stir together and set aside over night, when it will cut into handsome mottled slices for breakfast or supper.