Domestic science (1914 text-book)

2. Scour pan with sapolio or cleanser to remove burnt spots and discolorations. What has been learned: 1. Graham flour cannot be used alone, as it is too sticky. 2. A drop batter is one of such thickness that when poured from a spoon, it breaks. Additional Recipes One-Egg Muffins 1 c flour 1 egg 1 tb melted butter 1 c sweet milk 2 tb sugar i tp salt 4 tp baking powder Sour-Milk Muffins li c sour milk 1 tp soda i tp salt 2 c flour 1 tb melted butter 2 tb sugar Sour-Milk Graham Muffins IJ c white flour } tp soda 1 tb melted butter 1 c Graham flour 2 tb sugar i tp salt li c sour milk Lesson XLIV Corn Meal Gems Materials used: Class Rule Home Rule 1 tb com meal i c com meal 2 tb flour 1 c flour f tp baking powder 2 tp baking powder 1 tb sugar 1 tb sugar i tb melted butter 1 tb melted butter ^ tp salt i tp salt Utbmilk f c milk iegg Iegg Utensils needed: 3 bowls tablespoon teaspoon sifter gem pan case knife egg beater Digitized by Google Work to be done: 1. Scald the milk. 2. Add the butter and salt. ' 3. Stir in the corn meal; let thicken a few moments; then cool. 4. Beat the' eggs without separating. 5. Add the eggs to the mixture. 6. Sift flour, sugar, and baking powder together, and add to the batter. 7. Turn into a hot, buttered gem pan. 8. Bake in a hot oven about twenty minutes. Principles: Com meal is too crumbly to be used alone. Com in drying loses so much water by evaporation that it becomes hard and flinty. By scalding the corn meal, the starch cells are broken so that they absorb the liquid, causing them to swell. Thus the starch cells are prepared to be acted upon by the digestive juice. Serving: Corn meal gems are served the same as muflSns. Table manners: Rule: If not certain just how a given dish is to be eaten, glance at the hostesSy and do the same as she does. Cleaning up: 1. Soak the dish in which com meal was scalded with cold water. Why? What has been learned: 1. Corn meal cannot be used alone because it is too crumbly. 2. Com meal should be scalded in order to break the starch cells. Additional Recipes Golden Corn Cake i c com meal i c sugar i tp salt IJ c flour 2J tp baking powder 1 c milk Rich Corn Cake 1 c corn meal 4 tp baking powder J tp salt 1 c white flour i c sugar } c milk 1 egg IJ tb melted fat 2 eggs i c melted butter Digitized by Google Lesson XLV Twin Mountain Muffins Materials used: Class Rule Home Rule 2 tp sugar ^ c flour i c sugar 2 c flour 2 tp butter i tp baking J c butter 3 tp baking iegg powder 1 egg powder 2 tb milk f c milk Utensfls needed : 3 bowls tablespoon egg beater wooden spoon wire whisk measuring cup with slits sifter gem pan teaspoon Work to be done: 1. Sift the flour. 2. Measure out all the dry ingredients, mix, and sift together. 3. Break the egg. Separate the white and yolk. 4. Measure out butter into an earthen bowl. ^'«- S3.-Creaming Butter 5. Work butter with a wooden spoon until it is soft and creamy. 6. Add sugar and cream butter and sugar together. 7. Beat the yolk until thick and light colored. 8. Add it to the butter and sugar and mix thoroughly. 9. Measure out the milk in the bowl in which the yolks were beaten. Add a little of the milk to the above mixture, then a little of the flour, and continue until all the milk and flour have been incorporated into the batter. 10. Beat the mixture thoroughly. 1 1. Beat the whites of the egg with a wire whisk. 12. Fold it carefully into the mixture, by cutting down to Digitized by Google