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1895

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Presented as published in 1895. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
cloth in the smi ; when qnite diy pound it to a fine hour ; then put it in a pan and mix it to a paste with sweet ‘ toddy ’ or yeast, letting it remain for at least twelve hours, or all the night. Next morning take two cocoanuts, scrajje the ins des, and squeeze the juice into the rice paste, mixing well ; then place an iron or earthen pan on a rather slow fire, rub the inside of the pan with “ ghee ” or butter, and put as much as you please of the mixture in it ; cover it over with a similar pan, and place some embers on the top. In a sliort while it will be baked, which can only be known by lifting the toj) ; if not done enough let it remain a little longer, but do not turn it. To make the variety called Egg Hoppers, the yolks of three eggs and a tablespoonful of moist sugarMadras Apums or Hoppers (Another Way), mixed with the “ toddy,” or yeast, is added to the rice flour. This makes the cakes yellow and sweet. The addition of a few cake sc'eds sprinkled over each, as it cooks, is an improvement. How to Make “ Clmpaties.” — Mix flour (wheaten) and water with a little salt into a stilf dough, kneading it well. Butter or “ ghee ” may be added to taste. Milk, too, may bo substituted for water. Boll the dough very thin, or flatten it out with the hands, and smear on Loth sides with “ ghee ” or butter, and bake in a flat pan on a moderate fire. These cakes form an agreeable change from rice with cuiry. 1805. A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS RELATING TO §0a:tra0, Crirkt, farming, (Sarbcnmg, lunting, USEFUL FOR COUNTRT GENTLEMEN, TRAVELLERS, ETC., PUBLISHED BY HORACE COX, rr H e: “E'ieilo” office:, WINDSOR HOUSE, BREAM’S BUILDINGS, LONDON, E.C Orders for any of the folloioing works, luith 'postage stamps or post-ofice order {payable at the Money Order Office, Chancery -lane, W.C.) for the amount, should be sent to Horace Cox, Publisher, at the above address, or they may be obtained, by order of any bookseller. AGENTS. IN AUSTRALIA; — Qeorge Robertson A Co., Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, and Brisbane; W. C. Rigby, 74, King William- street, Adelaide, South Australia. IN INDIA: — Thacker & Co., Limited, Bombay; Thacker, Spink, <te Co., Calcutta; A. J. Combridge .fc Co., Bombay. IN CANADA : — Qrafton & Sons, Montreal. IN AMERICA: — Brentano’s, Union Square, New York; Forest and Stream. 318, Broadway, N.Y. IN CAPE TOWN ; — J. C. JUTA & Co., Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg. JSrOTZOE. rjlHE attention of Country Gentlemen, Travellers, Sportsmen, Farmers, and others is called to the works quoted in this Catalogue. Each volume is written by an author who is well known and an acknowledged authority on the respective subject. The illustrations have been intrusted to competent artists, and neither pains nor expense have b^en spared to make the works as complete as possible. HORACE COX, 1‘itblMter. A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PUBUSHED BY HORACE COX. Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged. Royal 4fo., bevelled boards, gilt edges, price 15s., by post 15s. 9d. THEIR Natural History and Practical Manacement. BY W. B. TEGETMEIEE, F.Z.S., {Memher of the British Ornithologists’ Union.) Author op -‘Thk Natural History of the Cranes,” &o., &c. Illustrated with numerous full-page engravings drawn from Life by T. W. WOOD. DAY’S BEITISH AND lEISH FISHES. In two volumes, imperial 8vo., cloth, price Two Guineas, by post £2 3s. 6d. THE FISHES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. By FRANCIS DAY, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c.