The Elm City cook book

Set a sponge early in the morning with one pint warm milk, one-half cup luke warm water, in which one-half compressed yeast cake has been dissolved. At noon add one-half cup butter, same of sugar, two eggs and one teaspoonful of soda; make into a dough, and let stand to rise. At four o’clock roll, spread with butter, soft sugar, and dust with cinnamon, sprinkle lightly with currants, roll up closely, cut into inch and half lengths, place on - ends, let rise and bake in moderately hot oven. W.H. & R. S. TUCKER & CO. Raleigh, N. C. QUR DRESS MAKING DEPARTMENT SK Makes a Specialty of Designing SE ¥< WEDDING OUTFITS, 3< Ladies’ Street, Visiting and Evening Costumes, DINNER AND OPERA WAISTS, TEA JACKETS and TEA GOWNS. ee ee We make reproductions of the most celebrated Parisian Costumers at lower prices, for high class work, than any other house in the world. We ask you to write for estimates, which will be cheerfully and ' promptly furnished with samples of the stuffs and fabrics you may request, No establishment in America shows so large or choice a stock of the highest class of Imported Novelties in Dress Goods, W. H. & R, 8, TUCKER & CO, PERFUMES--YOUR FAVORITE AT BRADHAM’S PHARMACY. POTATO BISCUIT. Three medium sized potatoes, two eggs, half cake yeast dissolved in half cup warm water, 1 tablespoonful sugar, one teaspoonful salt, on generous spoonful lard and butter. At breakfast boil and mash potatoes very fine, add sugar, yeast, salt, lard and butter mixed. Let stand four hours then make very stiff with flour until no more can be worked in. Put in a warm place to rise four more hours. When light, knead lightly, roll out, cut with biscuit cutter, spread with soft butter, fold over, let rise, and bake for tea. LIGHT BISCUIT. One quart of flour, one teaspoonful salt, three teasponfuls of Royal Baking Powder, one tablespoonful of lard, one pint of cold sweet milk, or ice water. Sift together flour, salt, and powder three times, rub in lard, add milk or water, and form into a smooth, consistent dough. Flour the board, turn out the dough, rolt to a thickness of three-quarters inch, cut with a small round cutter, lay on a greased baking tin, and bake in a very hot oven. Davis’ Pharmacy Uses the Purest Drugs in Prescriptions. SOUTHERN BISCUIT. Rub one large tablespoonful of lard and a little salt into a quart of flour, wet the whole with new milk, or cold water, knead well, mould into small biscuit, and bakeinto a hot oven. It will require at least half hour kneading. CREAM CRACKERS. One quart of flour, large pinch of salt, five tablespoonfuls pulverized sugar, one teaspoonfnl Royal Powder, two generous tablespoonfuls of butter, five eggs. Sift together flour, sugar, salt and powder, rub in butter cold, add the beaten eggs and mix into a firm smooth dough. Flour the board, turn out dough, give a few. minutes rapid kneading, cover with a damp towel fifteen minutes, then roll out to a thickness of one-eighth of an inch, cut with a biscuit cutter. When all are cut have a large kettle or pan, with boiling water and a large tin pan of cold water. Drop them a few at a time into the boiling water. When they appear at the surface, and curl at edges, take up with a skimmer and drop into the cold water. When all are thus served lay on greased baking tins, and bake in a fairly hot oven thirty minutes, CHASE) ia eee —— DEALER IN—— Beef, Pork, Sausages, Veal, & Mutton. Chicago Beet in Season. Pays the highest cash price for Cattle, and solicits . the consignment of any stock carried in his line. ‘ : You will find him at No. 55 Broad street, in his newly ' fitted up shop, always ready to deliver Meats withous charge and promptly. Thanking the public for past patronage and making a continuance of same. Lespectfully, CHAS. E. NELSON. ERDINAND ULRICH, (Noe &