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ST. PAUL'S CHURCH.
Pen and ink sketch by J. H. Gratacap.
A NEW
DAILY FOOD
A COLLECTION OF TRIED AND RELLABLE RECIPES,
BROUGHT FORTH FROM THE STORE HOUSE
OF THINGS NEW AND OLD,
BY THE
Ladies of St. Paul's Church,
MORRISANIA, NEW YORK.
n^r I EDITED AND COMPILED BY
LYDIA SHILLABER.
''The turnpike road to people's hearts I find ^ ■ / — ,• .
Is through their mouths, or I mistake mankind!" /
NEW YORK.
PRESS OF BEDELL & BROTHER,
1885.
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CbPYRIGHTED 1885.
INDEX.
Chapter L— BREAD.
Biscuit 20
Boston Brown Bread (steamed) No. i 25
Boston Brown Bread (.steamed) No. 2 25
Broun Bread No. 3 25
Breakfast Gems 23
Chester Muffins 23
Corn Muffins 24
Corn Bread 26
Cream Muffins 22
Directions regarding bread ij
Dora's Steamed Brown Bread 26
English Muffins 23
Flannel Cakes , 21
German Puffs 22
( jraham Bread jo
( iraham Gems 21
Graham Muffins 24
Home Brewed Veast (No. 2) 18
Lottie' s Baked Brown Bread 25
Muffins 22
Pop-overs 21
Potato Yeast (No. i) ly
Potato Yeast (No. 3) 18
Rice Gems 2-
Rolls ,9
Rye Muffins 22
Short Cakes > 20
Squash Cakes 24
Tea Biscuit .>o
Waffles 21
White Bread 18
White Raised Muffins 24
Chapter n.— SOUPS.
Clam Soup 29^
Cream of Rice Soup 28
Ham or Pea Soup 28
Lobster Soup 29
Mock Bisque Soup 29
Pea Soup 2S
Potato Soup 27
Potato Soup (Western style) 28
Tomato Soup (No. i) 27
Tomato Soup (No. 2) 20
Chapter III.— FISH AND OYSTERS.
Baked Fish ^,j
Baked Blue Fish ." ." ; 30
Broiled Fish, or Scrod
Clam Chowder.
31
Deviled Ovsters '->■>
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Escaloped Oysters 35
Fancy Roast 33
Fish Chowder 32
Fricassee of Oysters 34
Fried Oysters 33
Lobster Cro(iuettes 35
Pickled Fisli 31
Potted Shad 32
Potted Mackerel 32
ScalloiK'd Oysters 33
Shrimps en Coquille 36
Stewed Lobster 35
Stewed Oysters 32
Stuffed Clams 35
To Boil Fish 30
To Fry Fish 3^
To Pot Shrimps 36
Chapteu IV. -meat.
Baked Meat Pie 38
Beef Steak 38
Beef Jelly with Cream 41
Boiled Flank of Beef 39
Braised Beef 40
Breakfast Meat Cakes 46
Cauliflower Sauce 52
Calf's Liver and Bacon 45
Celery Sauce for Turkey 51
Chickens Fried in l^atter 50
Cnicken ("roquettes 49
Chicken Souffle 49
Chipped Beef 39
Drawn Butter 50
French Slew 39
Fried Tripe 45
Gravy 5"
Gravy for Fowl 5 '
Haricot of .Muiton or Lamb 43
Horseradish Sauce (No. i) 52
Horseradish Sauce (No. 2) 52
Hashed Veal or Hashed Turkey 45
Jellied Tongue 42
Lamb Cutlets (Baked) 43
Made Mustard 53
Meat Cakes 47
Meat Pates 46
Mint Sauce for Spring Lamb 53
Mock Duck 40
Mutton Chops 44
Mutton Stew 43
Oyster Sauce for Poultry 51
Pickled Sheep's Tongue 47
Poultry 47
Pot Pie 38
Pressed Beef 4^
Ouail 50
Ragout of Cold Roasted <>r P.oiled Mutton 45
Roast Beef —Second D.iy 41
Roast Meat 37
Salt Pork Fried in Bati' r 46
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Sauer Brouten ^ ,
Sausages ^6
Steamed Turkey ^8
Stewed Leg of Mutton ^ -
Stuffing for Fowl (No. i) 48
Stufifing for Fowl (No. 2") ^s
To Boil Meat 37
To Cook a Ham 42
Veal Fricassee ^^
Veal Loaf 44
\'cal Steaks or Cutlets . ■
Chapter V.- SALADS AND PICKLES.
Chili Sauce 6 >
Chow-chow (No. i) ^g
Chow chow (No. 2) 60
Cucumber Pickle:: 38
Cucumber Pickles 38
German Herring Salad '^5
Lobster Salad .
54
Louise's Tomato Catsup 5ti
Mayonnaise Dressing (No. i) 55
Mayonnaise Dressing (No. 2) 36
Mayonnaise Dressing (No. 3) .^6
Mustard Pickles 60
Pickled Beans 5g
Pickled Cucumbers 5^
Pickled Peaches 61
Pickled Pears 61
Pickled Oysters (No. i) 61
Pickled Oysters (No. 2) 62
Plum Pickles 61
Sauce for Lobster 54
Simple Potato Salad 54
Tomato Salad 54
Tomato Catsup 56
Tomato Catsup 57
Tomato Catsup 57
Chapter VI. -VEGETABLES.
Asparagus 65
Asparagus Omelet 69
Baked Macaroni 6^
Baked and Stufifed Tomatoes 66
Baked Cabbage 68
Broiled Tomatoes 67
Delmonico Fries 64
Duchess Potatoes 63
Fried Tomatoes 66
Fresh Mushrooms 70
Green Corn 65
Green Corn Pudding 70
Ladies Ca"„bage 68
Onions 68
Peas 65
Potatoes (Boiled) 63
Potatoes (Steamed) 6-
Potato Balls [ 6^
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Potato Puflf 64
Potato Souffle 64
Puff Tomato Omelet 69
Potato Croquettes 64
Kice (as a vegetable' 67
Saratoga Potatoes 64
Scalloped Tomatoes 66
Shelled Beans 66
Spagetthi 69
Spinach 67
Stewed Mushrooms 70
Stewed Potatoes 65
String Beans 65
Winter Squash 67
Yorkshire Pudding with Roast Beef 68
Yorkshire Pudding (No. 2) 69
Chapter VIL— EGGS.
Dropped 71
Omelet (No. 1) 71
Omelet (No. 2) 72
Poached Eggs 71
Puff Omelet : 72
Chapter VIII. —DESSERTS.
Baked Custard . . 74
Brunswick Cream 74
Charlotte Russe (No. 1) 75
Charlotte Russe (No. 2) . . : 75
Cider Jelly 76
Custard Souffle 74
Delicate Dessert 75
Frozen Pudding '. 74
Ice Cream 77
Italian Cream 73
Orange Ice 77
Orange J elly 76
f)range Jelly 76
Raspberry Sherbet 78
Steamed ( ustard 73
Steamed Sweet Apples 78
To Serve a Watermelon 78
To Serve Orange Jelly 77
To Beat the Whites of Eggs 73
Water Ice 78
Wine Jelly 76
Chapter IX.— PUDDINGS.
Banana Pudding 84
Bread Pudding. 80
Bread Pudding 82
Bun Pudding 81
Chocolate Pudding 86
Cocoanut Pudding 84
Cracker Pudding 81
Creamy Sauce 89
Danish Pudding 87
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Delicate Bread Pudding 82
English Plum Pudding 79
Foaming Sauce 89
German Pudding 88
Grandma's J.'s Plum Pudding 81
Hard Sauce 89
Indian Pudding (No. 1) 83
Indian Pudding (No. 2) 83
King George's Pudding with Sauce 79
Lemon Pudding 85
Lemon Rice Pudding 86
Molasses Sauce 89
Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding 80
Orange Pudding 84
Prune Pudding 85
Rice Pudding 84
Saratoga Pudding 87
Simple Suet Pudding 79
Snow Pudding (No. i ) 88
Snow Pudding (No. 2) 88
Strawberry Pudding 85
Swedish Honeycomb Pudding 81
Sauce 82
Tapioca Cream 87
Tipsy Parson Pudding 86
Chapter X.-PIES.
Apple Pie 93
Cocoanut Pie 93
Cranberry Pie 94
Gooseberry Pie 93
Lemon Pie (No. i) 95
Lemon Pie (No. 2) 95
Mince Meat (No. i) , 91
Mince Meat (No. 2) 92
Mince Meat (No. 3) 92
Pie Crust (No. i) 90
Pie Crust (No. 2) 9*:>
Puff Paste 90
Raisin Pie 94
Rhubarb Pie 94
Squash Pie 94
Chaptek XI. -CAKE.
Almond Cake 104
Angel's Food, or, White Sponge Cake 106
Apple Fruit Cake 98
Barnard Cake 112
Berwick Sponge Cake 104
Blueberry Cake 109
Boston Cookies 113
Bride Cake 105
Chocolate Cake 102
Chocolate Filling no
Chocolate Frosting 116
Chocolate Layer Cake 109
Chocolate Marble Cake 103
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Cleveland Fruit Cake 98
Corn Starch Cake 100
Corn Starch Cake 104
Cream Cakes • 108
Cream Layer Cake 107
Cream Pie (No. i) 107
Cream Pie (No. 2) 107
Cup Cake 99
Directions regarding Cake 96
Doughnuts 115
English Cheese Cakes 108
Filling for Layer Cake no
French Cake 99
Frosting 115
Frosting (No. 3) 116
Frosting (No. 5) 116
Fruit Cake (No. 1) 97
Gelatine Frosting 115
Gingerbread 114
Ginger Snaps (No. i^ 114
Ginger Snaps (No. 2) 114
Hard Sugar Gingerbread 114
Harlequin Cake loi
Jelly Roll 105
Jumbles 113
Lemon Jelly loi
M classes Cake 115
New Years' Cakes m
Orange Cake in
Orange Cake Filling no
Orange or Lemon Filling no
Orange Short-Cake 112
Pink Coloring 101
Plain Cake for Layer Cake no
Ribbon Cake 105
Soft Gingerbread n 3
Sour Milk Cake 103
Spanish Bun 09
Sponge Cake (No. 1 ) 102
Sponge Cake (No. 2) 102
Strawberry Short Cake m
Sugar Cookies 112
Sugar Cookies 112
Wafers 109
Walnut Cake loi
Washington Cake 106
Watermelon Cake lOo
Wedding Cake 98
Whigs 103
White Cake 106
Chapter XH.— PEESEKVES.
Brandied Peaches 117
Cranberry Sauce 119
Delicious Apple Sauce 118
Gooseberry Sauce 119
Preserves 117
Ouince Preserves 117
Rhubarb Jelly 118
Sunday .Apple Sauce 1 j 8
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Chapter XHI— CANDY.
Chocolate Caramels (No. i) 120
Chocolate Caramels (No. 2) 120
Cocoanut Cream Candy (No. 1) 120
Cocoanut Cream Candy (No. 2> 120
Cream Peppermint Candy 121
French Candies 121
Hoarhound Candy 121
Lemon Candy 121
Chapter XIV.— MISCELLANEOUS,
A Good Brine for Butter 127
Beef 1 ea 127
Boiled Biscuit 123
Boston Baked Beans 124
Cheese Relish 126
Claret Cup 126
Cream Toast 123
French Toast 124
Hominy Cakes 126
Lemonade 125
Liver Pudding 126
Noodles 123
Scotch Panada . . : 127
Split Peas (Boiled) 124
To renovate Black Kid Gloves or French Kid Boots 127
To Wash Blankets 127
To Clean Combs and Brushes 128
Water Toast 123
Welsh Rarebit (No. i) 125
Welsh Rarebit (No. 2) 125
Welsh Rarebit (Ne. -i) 125
ERRATA,
Page 2o. —English Muffins should ooutaiu • Yeast Cake, one-
quaiter of one. "
ERRATA.
Page 23. — English Muffins should contain "Yeast Cake, one-
quarter of one."
Page 38.— Beefsteak, for " gridiron, " read "frying-pan."
Page 62. — To Pickled Oysters (No. 2) sufficient white wine
vinegar should be added to suit the taste.
Page 69.— In Baked Macaroni, the tomatoes should be stewed
for an hour before being added to the Macaroni.
Page 103.— Whigs, which are breakfast cakes, should not be
frosted. The frosting is for loaf cakes.
Page 111.— Strawberry Short Cake should have one cup of
flour.
Page 121.— Cream Peppermint Candy, for "Heat it until it
creams," read "Beat it until it creams."
PREFACE.
The Editor deems it nuuecessary to offer any apology for the
title of this book.
Should the purchaser be disappointed to find that it is not
strictly a religious work, we hope that he will be consoled by
discovering that it tends in that direction.
Sody and soul are mutually dependent upon each other, for
health and perfect development.
It is physically impossible for a dyspeptic to be a cheerful
Christian and to "serve the Lord with gladness," and many a pious
man has mourned because he thought himself enveloped in
spiritual clouds, when he was only suffering from indigestion
The members of The Ladies' Society think it fitting to supple-
ment the efforts of their rector, who labors so assiduously to bring
the Church to a healthy spiritual gi-owth. by work which is pro-
perly in their sphere, namely, directing attention to the nourishing
of their physical nature and furnishing aid to that end, that their
bodies may also be presented as an acceptable sacrifice, which is
their ' ' reasonable ser\ ice. "
L. S.
MoRRisANiA, Feb., 188.").
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MRS. PARTINGTON ENDORSES THE NEW DAILY FOOD.
"Well, well,' said Mrs, Partington, her spectacles beaming
with delight, as slie turned over the leaves of the new cook-book,
" I declare it excites my salvation glands even to read the titles of
the good things here signed and receipted for. It seems as though
the gi-eatest epicac might find something among these meats and
cosmetics to give a jest to ap]ietite. "
She read on with increasing interest, and it was a pleasure to
watch the emotions expressed on her face, that, like a sensitive
photogi'aphic plate, revealed her reflections.
" The good Lord sends vittles," she continued, "and His in-
tentions should be carried out in the cookin' of 'em, though some
seem to think it's enough to throw them together anyhow and leave
'em to cook themselves.
' ' Ah ! many a fair home has been desicM'ated by poor cooking,
and a man's table has been the rock ahead on which his happiness
has SDlit. A hard rock too, sometimes, with bread and pastry you
could throw through a stone wall and not hurt it. If a man's as
pious as Beelezebub his stomach can't stand everything.
" Now a book like this will come into a house like a dessert In
an O I(?es, and be a (juarantine of jierpetual peac*^.
• ' Better is a stolid ox. and contention therewith, than
"Isaac, dear, if you are so glutinous that mince-pie will stick
in your sarcophagus and kill you wdthin an inch of your life ! "
" It can't stick long, " said Ike, as plainly as he could articulate
with his mouth full.
"Why can't it, if you swallow it so fast ? " aske<l Mrs. P .
" "Cause it's a turnorer ! " said Ike jocosely.
Mrs. Partington settled tlie question by tu]-ning o\er the re-
mainder of the pie into a clean plate and setting it upon the top
shelf. But she smiled appreciatively as Ike departed with a (piar-
ter section of the comestible in his hand, and murmured :
" He is mt-h a funny boy ! So full ot* humors ! '
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INTRODUCTORY.
" It were easier to show twenty what were good to be done tliau
to be one of the twenty to follow my own showing. "
We hope that our New Daily Food will prove to be of such
universal value that "no family should be without it."
It contains a portion of the united wisdom of many experienced
housekeepers. Though all are too modest to claim any superior
skill, yet no one who follows a calling for many years can fail to
make discoveries that are of benefit to the inexperienced.
We have tried to make our directions so plain that ■' she who
runs may read," remembermg that many a young housekeeper
besides Bella Wilfer has been ready to apostrophize the cookery-
book from which she was trying in \'ain to obtain available informa-
tion, as a "Stupid old donkey ! "
Happy the woman who has such well-trained servants that
she is spared the every-day wear and tear of nerve and brain that
the average housekeeper is subjected to, and who can save the best
of herself for husband, children and friends.
But, in the chaotic state of service in this country, the mistress
of a house must often be left to the mercy of the utterly raw
material that is stranded upon our shores to be utilized and edu-
cated as " help."
To the mistress ignorant of household duties, housekeeping is
a torment and a snare, and the domestic machinery can never run
smootldy ; while an expert manager with an intelligent knowledge
of the routine, who can, if occasion requires, illustrate as well as
explain, may obtain good results from the most unpromising ap-
pearances.
To the wise we bring new ideas, to the ignorant knowledge.
Esi)ecially do we aim to assist the house-mother of whom cir-
cumstances recjuire the daily sacrifice of strength as well as thought,
and v\ho realizes by tired experience the truism that •' woman's work
is never done."
14 A NEW DAILY FOOD.
To such the followiug application— made by a lady distin-
guished in literature, who is also a skilful housekeeper — of one of
Alice's adventures in the Looking-f<la.ss, will seem no absurdity.
"When Alice was in the Looking-glass world, she was greatly
surjjrised. when, in the middle of a conversation with the queen,
that the lady seized her hand and began running rapidly. After
they had run awhile, Alice percei^ ed that they were in the same
place, and naturally intiuired what it meant. Said the ({ueen: 'Our
world revolves so rapidly that we have to run like this in order to
remain in the same place, — when we wish to go anywhere we have
to run twice as fast.' Thus it is with housekeei^ers. They are ob-
liged to maintain a lively run, in order to just stay where they are,
and kee}) from getting behind-hand : and when they msh to gain a
day they must go twice as fast.'
To such busy workers, especially if they be young and unskil-
ful, we bring practical aid by telling them what others ha^•e learned
in the dear school of experience, thus sa\ ing valuable material and
more valuable time from being lost in experiment.
It will encourage them also to remember that no ser^ice can be
menial that is sweetened by lo^■e and duty. One can do anything
for one's own, and the work of the mistress should therefore be
much better than that of the maid ; though even of her lowly tasks,
the good Geo. Herbert says :
" A servant with this clause
Makes drudgery divine.
Who sweeps a room as to Thy laws
Makes that and the action fine."
Tnese words have been as •' the shadow of a great rock in a weary
land ■■ to many a conscientious toiler hard pressed Avith petty duties.
Euskin probably never did house-work, yet he describes the
gi-eatness in littleness of it.
"Every action— however mean or inconsiderable— is Ciipable of
a peculiar dignity in the manner of it, and a still higher dignity in
the motive of it. For there is no action so slight, but it may be
done to a great purpose, and ennobled therefore."
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THINGS FOR A YOUNG HODSEIEEPER TO REMEMBER.
That all experienced liousekeeper.s were ouce bef^iiiuers, and
blundered and wasted as you do.
That a generous, wholesome diet is less expensive than doctors'
bills, and le^ss trouble than the care of the sick, and no money or
time spent in fui'nishing it is wasted.
That, "variety is the spice of Hfe," at the table as well as
elsewhere. Though it may be a saving of trouble to have a regular
routine for every day in the week, it is exceedingly monotonous.
Avoid the conventional boarding-house system of announcing the
day of the week by the odor from the kitchen, the boih d meat and
vegetables coming around as regularly as the Thursday, and a
breakfast of lish-hash and a dinner of chowder being as inevitable
as the Friday. A dainty siu'pi'ise will often tempt back a lost or
wandering appetite
That there is a limit to the labor that can be accomplished by
one pair of hands: therefore, resolve, that the "non-essentials"
only shall hv neglected. The daily comfort of the family, and the
mental and moral training of the children, are of more importance
tliau frosted fruit cake for company, or embroidered pillow-shams
and mantel lambrequins in the guest-chamber.
That sting3' or lazy people never make good cooks. It requires
plenty of good materials, and much care in theu- preparation to
accomplish good results in this unportant department of domestic
science.
That many things which are usually thrown away will be found
"handy to have in the house. " Bread, a tnile stale, will make ex-
cellent Cream or Water Toast, for which see rule. When not
wanted for that, it may be dried in a slow oven, and rolled or
pounded into crumbs. It will then serve for puddings, stuffing,
or brea<ling meat or oysters. Stale crackers can be made crisp by
putting them in the oven a few minutes, and can be kept a long
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time thus. Drippings. — The skimming of good roast beef gravy,
or the remnauts of the fat of roast beef, melted in the oven and
strained, and the skimming of soup stock before vegetables are
added, can be used in place of lard or cooking butter, and are as
wholesome as either. Cooking butter is one of the littles that
make the mickle in housekeeping. It should be good and sweet,
and can be bought much cheaper than the best tal)le-butter, which
melts away like dew in the sun, if used for all cooking purposes.
That, while ' ' economy is wealth, " and nothing of use should
be thrown away, it is the worst sort of waste to try, 1 )y any artifice
of cooking or disguise of condiments, to insinuate things unfit to
be eaten into people's stomachs. It is criminal to impede the deli-
cate processes of nature by compelling her to do scavenger work.
A NEW DAILY FOOD. 17
A New Daily Food.
Chapter I.— BREAD.
Directions Regarding Bread.
The first requisite for good bread is good floiu' ; the second,
good yeast ; the third, patience.
The housewife can, if she wishes, make her own yeast, and will
find dii-ections for so doing. But good yeast can be easily pro-
cured in liquid or compressed form, which is perfectly reliable
when fresh. Any good yeast will make good bread, and if cooks
complain of having no luck in making bread, it must argue some
want of pains or of understanding.
Bread should be made up warm, but the yeast should never
be scalded, as that would take away its ' ' liveliness. "
Good materials, careful mixing, and long kneading will always
secure good bread. Home-made bread is much more satisfying and
cheaper than bakers' bread, and one does not tire of it. A cook
cannot acquire a more valuable accomplishment than that of making
good bread. It is " the staff of life."
Potato Yeast (No. 1).
Pare and cut in several pieces three large, fair potatoes. Boil
these, having removed all dark specks, in a quart of water, in a
porcelain-lined or tin saucepan kept for this purpose. When soft,
put them into a pitcher holding three pints. Add to the water in
which they were boiled a small pinch of hops, and boil ten minutes.
(If you add too many hops the water will be too dark-colored.)
Meanwhile, mash the potatoes with a silver spoon. (An iron
spoon would blacken them.) Next stir in half a cup of flour, half
a cup of white sugar and a tablespoonful of salt. Put the
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pitcher upon the hearth or back of the stove, and set a strainer on
top of it. Strain the hot water as it boila upon the potato. When
you have poured in a part of the water, stir till the flour is smooth;
then add the rest. Should the mixture seem thick, add a few
spoonfuls of boiling water— enough to make it like a very thin batter.
Set it away to cool. When warm to your finger, not hot, add
half a cup of lively yeast, and put the pitcher in a warm place. It
will rise rapidly. When it begins to foam stu* it once or twice.
This will make it still lighter.
One cup will raise a sponge for five or six loaves. Keep the
pitcher in a cool place covered with a saucer. Never put it into a
bottle or jug. It will keep sweet two or three weeks. Always save
half a cupful for raising the yeast the next time. — Mes. Conelius.
Home-Brewed Yeast (No. 2).
Potatoes four ; Flour four tablespoonfuls ;
Hops one ounce ; Sugar one tablespoonful ;
Salt one teaspoonful ; Yeast one cup,
or Compressed Yeast one cake.
Boil and mash the potatoes, and mix with the flour, sugar and
salt. Pour over this two quarts of boiling water ; stir, and put it
aside to cool. Steep the hops in a pint of water. When blood-
warm, mix all the ingredients, and set in a warm place to rise.
When it begins to work, pour it into a stone jug and cork tightly,
and keep it in a cool place. For four moderate sized loaves of
bread one cup of Home-Brewed is sufficient. —Mrs. C. Golderman.
Potato Yeast (No. 3).
Potatoes (grated) one cup ; Salt one-half cup ;
Sugar one-half cup.
Boil a pinch of hops in a little water and pour over the above.
Add enough water to make two quarts. Put on the stove until it
comes to a boil ; then set it away till it is milk- warm, when add one-
half cup of yeast. Set it in a warm place to rise. — Mrs. Clement.
White Bread.
Have ready two quarts of sifted flour ; then scald one quart
of milk ; dissolve in this one tablespoonful of butter or lard, two
tablespoonfuls of sugar, and a little salt. Dissolve a cake of com-
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pressed yeast in a little luke-warm water ; add it to the milk when
partly cooled. Stir this gradually into the flour. Knead twenty
minutes. Cover with a clean bread towel, and set to rise. If set
at night, it will be risen in the morning, and should have another
thorough kneading, and then be put into the pans to rise again.
This quantity will make two good-sized loaves and a pan of bis-
cuits. The loaves will require about three-quarters of an hour
to bake. The biscuits should bake in from twenty minutes to
half an houi*. Tliis bread can be made up with all or part water
instead of milk, and is as good as any bread mixed with water. It
can be sweetened more if desired.
Graham Bread.
Graham floiu' sufficient for the batter;
"White flour four cups ; Yeast one cup ;
or Compressed Yeast ... one-half cake;
Salt one teaspoonful ; Water (warm) one quart ;
Indian meal one cup ; Sugar one cup ;
Soda two teaspoonfuls (scant).
Make a sponge at night of the water, which must be warm, the
white flour, yeast and salt.
In the morning, when the sponge is light, add the Indian meal,
sugar, and the soda dissolved in a little boiling water.
Then scatter in gradually as much Graham flour as you can
possibly stir in smooth, and put the dough in pans to rise. This
will make two good loaves. It is a good recipe.
Rolls.
Milk one quart ; Eggs four ;
Sugar one tablespoonful ; Butter one-half cup ;
Compressed Yeast half of a cake ;
Salt one-half teaspoonful ; Soda one-half teaspoonful.
Warm the milk sufficiently to melt the butter, add the eggs
beaten Hght, enough flour to make a stiff sponge, then the yeast
dissolved in a little luke-warm water. In the morning add the
salt, the soda dissolved in a little boiling water, and as much flour
as is needed to mould it easily. Roll out and cut into biscuit, and
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let them stand for about an hour. They should rise to about twice
their original size.
Bake in a quick oven.
This dough will serve for wajffles, muffins or griddle cakes.
—Mrs. M. B. Arnold.
Biscuit.
Flour one quart ;
Bakmg Powder three teaspoonfuls ;
Salt one teaspoonf ul.
Sift altogether; add milk enough to moisten. The dough
should be quite soft. Roll an inch thick; cut into cakes and bake.
Twenty minutes in quick oven should be sufficient.
A teaspoonful of shortening may be added to the dry flour.
Tea Biscuit.
Flour one quart ;
Baking Powder three and a half teaspoonfuls ;
Lard . . . one-half tablespoonful ; Butter, one-half tablespoonf ul ;
Salt one-half teaspoonful ;
Milk sufficient to moisten the above.
Sift the yeast powder and flour into a bowl. Rub into them
the butter and lard, add the salt and soften with sweet milk.
Roll out the dough, cut into cakes and bake in a quick oven
about ten minutes. — Mrs. Arnold.
Short Cakes.
Flour one pint ; Salt one-half teaspoonful ;
Baking Powder two teaspoonfuls ;
Butter one tablespoonful ; Milk one cup (scant).
Mix the flour, salt and baking powder. Into them rub the
butter and moisten with the milk. Add sufficient milk to make a
dough that will handle easily. Pat with a rolling-pin about half
an inch thick, cut into small cakes and fry in a hot spider or griddle
until brown. Brown both sides, letting them cook slowly.
For a dessert, split them open and spread with fruit and sugar.
—Mrs. Oliver.
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Waffles.
Milk one pint ; Butter, one large tablespoonful ;
Eggs four ; Flour one-quarter pound ;
Yeast, one large tablespoonful ; Salt a little.
Warm half the milk till it will melt the butter. Beat the egg'i
and mix them with the cold milk; then stir in the flour, add the
salt, and mix with the warm milk and butter; add the yeast and set
in a warm place.
Cook on hot waffle irons. — Mrs. Oliver.
Graham Gems.
Graham flour two cups ;
Sour milk one and two-thirds cnps ;
Soda one teaspoonful ; Molasses one-tablespoonful ;
Butter one teaspoonful ; Salt a little.
Dissolve the soda in a portion of the sour milk and melt the
butter.
Flannel Cakes.
Butter one-half cup
Milk (sweet) one and one-half pints
Milk (sour) one and one-half pints
Eggs three ; Soda two teaspoonfuls.
Dissolve the soda in a little of the sour milk ; add flour enough
to make a thick batter. — Mrs. Ford.
Pop-overs.
Milk two cups ;
Flour two cups a little heaped ;
Eggs two ;
Sugar one tablespoonful, heaped ;
Butter one teaspoonful;
Nutmeg one-quarter of one ;
Salt one-quarter teaspoonful.
Pour the milk upon the flour gradually to avoid lumps. Add
the eggs well beaten, and melted butter, then the sugar, spice and
salt. Beat very light.
Bate in cups or muffin pans twenty minutes in a quick oven.
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Rye Muffins.
Bye flour three cups; White flour, one and a half cups;
Sour milk three cups; Soda one teaspoonful ;
Sugar four tablespoonfuls.
This may be made with sweet milk, when two teaspoonfuls of
cream of tartar should be added. —Mrs. Oliver.
Cream-Muffins.
Flour one pint ;
Salt one-half teaspoonful;
Baking powder one and a half teaspoonfuls;
Eggs two;
Cream thi'ee-quarters cup.
Mix well together the salt, flour and baking powder. Beat the
yolks of the eggs thoroughly, to which add the cream. Stir all to-
gether and add the whites, which must be beaten stiff last.
Bake in muffin pans. Serve hot.
German Puffs.
Flour three cups ;
Milk thi-ee cups ;
Eggs three ;
Butter three teaspoonfuls ;
Baking powder one-half teaspoonful ;
Salt one saltspoonful.
Mix and bake as in directions for pop-overs. — Mrs. White.
Muffins.
Flour one quart;
Baking powder one and a half teaspoonfuls;
or Soda one-half teaspoonful;
Cream of tartar. ... one teaspoonful;
and Salt one teaspoonful;
Eggs three or four;
Butter (melted) two tablespoonfuls;
Milk enough to make a batter.
Mix the baking powder (or soda and cream of tartar) dry with
flour; moisten with the milk, add the eggs and melted butter last.
—Mrs. Comfort.
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English Muffins.
Milk one pint; Flour .... to make a stiff batter;
Egg one; Butter one tablespoonful;
Salt a little.
Wai'm the milk, melt the butter in it, mix and let the batter
rise four or five hours in a warm place or over night in a cool one.
Bake in muffin rings. — Mrs. W. C. Emery.
Chester Muffins.
Flour four quarts; Sugar one cup;
Butter one cup; Yeast one cup;
Eggs four; Salt a little;
Milk two quarts.
Mix at night, let it rise till morning, bake in a good oven in
muffin rings or pans, — Mrs. Stroud.
Breakfast Gems.
Flour three cups;
Milk two cups;
Sugar one-quarter cup;
Egg one;
Cream of tartar two teaspoonfuls;
Soda one teaspoonf iil;
Salt a little.
Bake in a quick oven in gem pans. —Mrs. Cummings.
Kice Gems,
Boiled rice two cups;
Milk four cups;
Eggs three;
Cream of tartar two teaspoonfuls;
Soda one teaspoonful;
Sugar a Httle;
Salt a httle;
Flour sufficient to make a medium stiff batter.
Bake in a gem pan. This will make thirty gems. — jNIiss Emery.
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Squash Cakes.
Squash, (sifted.) one-half pint;
Butter, (melted,) one tablespoonful;
Milk one-half cup;
Flour three cups;
Salt a little;
Yeast cake one-quarter of one.
Raise them over night and bake in gem pans. —Miss Emery.
Graham Muffins.
Flour one cup;
Molasses two-thirds cup;
Compressed yeast one-half cake;
Butter one teaspoonf ul ;
Water one quart ;
Graham flour sufficient to make a stiff batter.
Raise over night. —Miss Emery.
White-Raised Muffins.
Milk one pint ;
Sugar two tablespoonfuls ;
Butter size of an egg ;
Compressed yeast one-quarter of a cake ;
Egg one;
Flour . sufficient for a stiff batter.
Raise over night. — Miss Emery.
Co-n Muffins.
Corn meal ;
Water, warm one cup ;
Lard or butter one small tablespoonful ;
Sour milk or buttermilk one large cup ;
Eggs two ;
Salt one-half teaspoonful ;
Soda one-half teaspoonful.
Melt the lard or butter in the warm water ; then add the milk,
the eggs well beaten, and the salt. Stir in corn meal enough to
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make a thick batter. Dissolve the soda in a tablespoonful of hot
water, and pom* into the mixture, stirring very fast.
Pour it immediately, during the effervescence, into the muffin
pans. — Mrs. Ford.
Boston Brown Bread, (Steamed), No. 1.
Indian meal one quart; Rye flour one pint;
Sour milk one quart; Molasses one cup;
Soda two teaspoonfuls.
Mix the meal and flour, add the milk gi-adually, to avoid
lumps. Add the molasses. Dissolve the soda in two tablespoon-
fuls of hot water, and add, stii*ring very fast. Steam six hours in
a well greased double kettle. Set in the oven for one hour- before
dinner. —Mrs. Harris.
Boston Brown Bread (Steamed), No. 2.
Indian or corn meal, .two cups; Rye flour or meal one cup;
Milk .one pint; Molasses one-half cup;
Soda one even teaspoonful.
Mix as in above recipe (No. 1). Steam five hom-s. Sour milk
may be used, in which case a half -teaspoonful more of soda must
be added.
Brown Bread (No. 3).
Indian meal three cups;
Rye meal or flour three cups;
Molasses one half cup ;
Salt one teaspoonful ;
Saleratus one teaspoonful ;
Milk enough to make a stiff batter.
Steam five or six hours.
This will make enough to fill a two-quart pan.— Mrs. Eaton.
Lottie's Baked Brown Bread.
Indian meal five cups; Rye meal five cups;
Molasses -one cup; Soda one teaspoonful;
Salt one teaspoonful.
Mix with lukewarm water and bake three or four hoiu:s.
— Mrs. WinsiiOW.
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A NEW DAILY FOOD.
Dora's Steamed Brown Bread.
Indian meal two and one-half cups ;
Kye meal two cups ;
Flour one cup ;
Molasses one cup ;
Soda one teaspoonf ul ;
Salt one teaspoonf al.
Mix with warm water, steam three or foiu* hours.
—Mrs. WiNSiiOw.
Corn Bread.
Yellow meal one cup ;
Flour two cups ;
Baking powder two teaspoonf uls ;
Eggs three ;
Sugar two tablespoonfuls ;
Milk one pint ;
Butter size of an egg ;
Salt a salt-spoonful.
Sift the flour, meal, baking-powder, and salt together. Add
ihe sugar, the butter melted, the eggs well beaten, and last, the
milk gradually. Bake in gem pans half an hour. — Mks. White.
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Chapter II.— SOUPS.
Gilbert Stuai-t was asked by one of his admirers, and perhaps
imitators, how he mixed his colors. His reply was, ' 'According to
my taste, " which was equivalent to saying that no artist could give
an exact rule for mixing colors.
In cooking, as in other fine arts, no exact ride can be given for
many mixtmres. In soups, more than in most things, the taste
must guide. "What is one's meat is another's poison," and all
<5ooks must discover the taste of those to whom they have to cater,
and govern themselves accordingly.
Beef furnishes a good foundation for soup stock. It should be
put on in cold water, about two quarts to the pound, and boiled
«lowly. It may be varied each day by different seasoning and
Tegetables, and used till the juice of the meat is all extracted. It
may be thickened with vermicelli or spagetthi, which require about
fifteen mimites to boil; or rice, which should boil half an hour, or
barley, which requires tlu'ee quarters of an hour. Strained tomato
sauce or a few spoonfuls of tomato catsup may be added to the soup
just before serving, for an occasional change.
Tomato Soup.
Soup stock four quarts; Tomatoes one-half peck ;
Onions two; Sugar two tablespoonfuls ;
Salt to taste; Pepper to taste ;
Celery a little.
Boil all together, strain and thicken with browned flour.
—Mrs. W. C. Emeby.
Potato Soup.
Potatoes, large twelve; Onions two;
Carrot one; Soup celery . .one small bunch.
Boil these together two hours. Then strain through a col-
ander and return to the ft re. Melt a quarter of a cup of butter in
a frying-pan, and stir into it while still over the fire a cup of flour,
dry. Add this to the soup. Serve hot. —Mrs. W. C. Emert.
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Potato Soup (Western Style).
For two quarts of soup, peel and slice a quart of potatoes,
and three large wliite onions. Put them over the fire in sufficient
boiling water to cover them, with a teaspoonful of salt, and a table-
spoonful of butter, and boil them until they can be rubbed through
a sieve with a potato masher. Meantime rub to a smooth paste a
heaping teaspoonful each of flour and butter. After the potatoes
have been rubbed through a sieve, put them again over the fire,
with two quarts of hot milk, the flour and butter rubbed together,
and salt and pepper to taste. Stir the soup until it boils ; let it boil
two or thi'ee minutes, and after that serve it with small dice of
toasted bread.
Ham or Pea Soup.
Boil a pint of split peas, which have been soaked for three
hours, in three quarts of cold water, with a ham bone.
Cook slowly seven hours and strain, rubbing the peas through
a colander.
Season to taste, and pom* over small squares of dry toast.
White beans may be substituted for peas. — Mks. Stroud.
Cream of Rice Soup.
Soup stock two quarts; Milk one quart;
Rice one cup; Onion one.
Cook all together very slowly two hours, and strain. Serve
very hot. —Mrs. Munrob.
Pea Soup.
Split peas one pint;
Corned beef or pork one pound;
Carrot one;
Turnip one;
Onion • one;
Celery, one tablespoonful, or celery leaves . . a handful.
Soak the peas over night. In the morning boil them with the
meat for three hours, hard.
Add the chopped vegetables and boil one hour more. Strain
and season.
Pour the soup over two thin slices of toast, which must be cut
up like dice and placed in tli(^, bottom of the tureen.
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Tomato Soup.
Soup stock four quarts; Tomatoes half-peck;
Onions two.
Boil, strain and thicken with browned flour. Add two teaspoon-
f Ills of sugar, salt and j^epper to taste. — Mrs. Emery.
Mock Bisque Soup.
Tomatoes half can;
Milk one quart;
Corn starch two even tablespoonfuls;
Butter one tablespoonful.
Smooth the corn starch in a little cold milk. Add it to the rest
of the milk which must be boiling, then the butter and salt. Last
the tomatoe, which must be previously stewed and strained.
A saltspoonful of soda may be put into the tomato, if it is very
sour. Serve hot.
Clam Soup.
Clams; cold water, one quart to a dozen clams.
Chop the clams, which should be large and plump, very fine.
Put the clams with their liquor and a quart of cold water for every
dozen clams, upon the fire in a perfectly clean vessel, and let them
simmer gently, but not boil, for about an hour and a half.
The clams should be so well cooked that you seem to have only a
thick broth.
Season to taste and pour into a tureen in which a few slices of
well browned toast have been placed.
If desired, an egg and a cup of milk may be added for every
two dozen clams. The egg should be thoroughly beaten and the
milk added to it gradually, then, after the soup is removed from
the fire they may be stirred into it. — Mrs. Stroud.
Lobster Soup.
Put one quart of milk on to boil ; put one large tablespoonful
butter in a saucepan. When bubbling add two heaping table-
spoonfuls flour ; then add the boiled milk gradually; season highly
with pepper and salt ; boil fifteen or twenty minutes. Dry the coral
in the oven and rub through a strainer into milk until it has a pink
•color, then add the meat chopped fine; cook five minutes.
If you wish you can strain it before serving. The shell can be
boiled in the milk. — Mrs. DrLUNGHAM.
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Chapter III.— FISH AND OYSTERS.
Baked Fish.
Clean thoroughly, and dry with a cloth outside and in. Stuff
with slices of buttered bread, sprinkled with salt, pepper, and
parsley. Skewer together, flour and salt it, and put it in a baking
pan, on a rack. Put a little hot water in the bottom of the pan.
Skewer small sUces of pork over the top of the fish. Baste occa-
sionally. If it weighs about three or four pounds, it will requhe
one hour to cook.
May be served with drawn butter, to which pieces of hard
boiled eggs, and parsley are added. Garnish with parsley and
shoes of lemon.
Baked Blue-fish.
Have a medium sized blue-fish scaled, dra^vn and washed.
Boll a pound of crackers, not too tine, mix with them two heap-
ing tablespoonfuls of butter, slightly melted, one teaspoonful each
of salt, sweet-marjoram and summer-savory, half a teaspoonful of
pepper and one raw egg, and just enough boiling water to moisten
the crumbs. Stuff the fish with this, and lay it in the baking-pan.
Put with it two tablespoonfuls of butter, a level teaspoonful of
salt, two tablespoonfuls of catsup or any good table sauce, and a
pint of hot water.
Put the fish in a hot oven and baste it every ten minutes.
After it has been in the oven half an hour, dredge it all over with
flour, and let it brown. Then baste again and dredge again. Ee-
peat the basting and dredging every fifteen minutes until the fish
has been baked an houi', and is nicely browned all over. This may
be served with drawn butter sauce, or the gravy in the dripping-
pan may be thickened with browned floui'.
To Boil Fish.
A cod or a sohd piece of halibut or salmon may be boiled as
follows :
After the fish has been thoroughly cleaned, that is, soaked in
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warm water and scraped, and then washed in cold salt and water,
it should be tied up in a floured cloth, and put into cold water,
enough to cover it, with a tablespoonful of salt in it.
The water should be skimmed often. It should be boiled for
about twenty or twenty-five minutes to every pound.
SHp it out of the cloth carefully upon the platter, so as not to
spoil its shape. Garnish with parsley and slices of lemon.
{Serve with drawn butter sauce.
Broiled Fish, or Scrod.
Cod, Spanish mackerel and bluefish are very nice broUed.
Have the fish split and the bone removed. "Wash, and dry in
a cloth.
Grease the gridiron well. It should be a wire one that can be
turned.
Broil over a good, but not too hot fire. Put the skin side down
first. It will take from twenty minutes to half an hour to cook,
and must be nicely browned, but not scorched.
Salt when half-done, and again when laid in the platter.
Spread with butter. Serve hot.
To Fry Fish.
When cleaned and dried, dip in Indian meal and fry in hot
pork fat slowly till brown.
Pickled Fish.
Raw fresh fish (shad is the best); salt ; pepper (whole); cloves
(whole); onion (sHced), half a one ; vinegar.
Put a layer of raw fresh fish in the bottom of a stone pot. The
pot should be large at the top, as it is easier to remove the fish
without breaking. Season with salt, pepper and cloves, and a little
onion. Then put in another layer of fish, to which add seasoning
as before. Repeat this till the pot is f uU. Pour over all sufficient
vinegar to cover it. Put it in a luke-warm oven at evening, and
leave it until morning. In the morning set it away to cool and
you will have an excellent relish ready for the table without any
further preparation. — Mrs. Ludlow.
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Fish. Chowder.
Fry four slices larding pork in tlie bottom of a deep kettle.
Take out and keep hot in a small platter. Cut in moderately thin
slices twelve raw potatoes and three raw onions.
Put these in the kettle in layers alternately, with four pounds
of haddock or codfish steak, adding salt and pepper to each layer ;
pour in at once boiling water enough to cover all. Lay over the
top half a dozen pilot biscuits, and boil moderately three-quarters
of an hour. When all is done, add two cups of milk, dredge in a
little flour, and boil up once. — Mbs. Emery.
Potted Shad.
Cut one shad through the back, wash and dry. Cut it in small
pieces and season with salt, pepper, allspice, cloves and mace. Pack
tight in a stone jar. Make it tight by putting a paste crust over
the top. Cover and bake in a moderate oven two hours. When
taken out of the oven remove the crust and cover with vinegar.
To be eaten next day. —Mrs. HuLii.
Potted Mackerel.
Small mackerel one dozen; Salt half cup;
Cloves one tablespoonf ul, heaped;
Allspice one tablespoonful, heaped.
Clean the mackerel and cut them in halves. EoU each piece in
the salt and spices mixed; put into an earthen pot, cover with
vinegar, cover close, and bake six hours in a slow oven.
— Mrs. Oliver.
Stewed Oysters.
Separate the liquor from the oysters. Strain the liquor and if
the oysters are " solid," add as much water as liquor.
Put this upon the fire, and at the same time another saucepan
containing milk equal in quantity to the oyster liquor. Let the
milk heat upon the back of the stove, but not boil.
When the oyster liquor boils add the oysters and let Ihem boil
till the beards begin to curl up.
Then add the milk and let it boil up once. Too long boiling
curdles the milk.
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Pour the stew into a tureen containing two tablespoonfuls of
fine oyster cracker crumbs and two tablespoonfuls (more if desired)
of butter.
Scalloped Oysters.
Butter a pudding dish.
Spread cracker crumbs over the bottom ; put evenly over this
a layer of oysters. Take them from the liquor one by one, with a
silver fork ; you can thus see if any particles of shell adhere ;
sprinkle them with salt and pepper.
Spread over these another layer of crumbs with bits of butter
scattered over them, then another layer of oysters seasoned as be-
fore, then more crumbs and butter, till all the oysters are used.
Strain the oyster liquor and pour over all. If there is not suf-
ficient hquor to moisten them thoroughly, add a little milk.
Put large pieces of butter on the top, and gi-ate a little nutmeg
over it.
The success of this dish depends upon a lavish use of butter
and seasoning. It is safe to say that a quart of oysters will require
a cupful of butter.
Bake three-quarters of an hour.
Deviled Oysters.
Oysters, chopped fine twenty-five;
Cracker crumbs one-half cup;
Melted butter one tablespoonful;
Cream one cup;
Salt to taste;
Pepper, red and black to taste.
Mix and cook fifteen minutes on well buttered oyster shells,
putting a large spoonful of the mixture on each sheU.
Fried Oysters.
Dry in a clean towel ; dip in beaten egg, then in cracker crumbs.
Fry in equal parts of butter and lard.
Fancy Roast.
Boil the oyster liquor, add salt, pepper and a tablespoonful
of butter ; then put in the oysters. When done pour over slices of
buttered toast.
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Fricassee of Oysters.
Oysters one quart or twenty-five oysters;
Butter size of an egg or two ounces;
riour (sifted) one tablespoonful;
Eggs two;
Salt to taste;
Red pepper a pinch;
Nutmeg one-quarter of one.
Put the oysters on the fire in theii* own liquor; the moment they
begin to boil drain the liquor into a hot dish, through a colander,
leaving the oysters in the colander.
Put the butter into a saucepan ; Avhen it bubbles sprinkle in
the sifted flour. Let it cook a minute without taking aolor, stirring
it well all the time, with a wire egg beater ; then add a cup of the
oyster liquor, mixing well. Take this from the fire, mix in the
jolks of the eggs, the salt and red pepper and nutmeg. A tea-
spoonful of lemon juice can be added here if desired. Beat all
well together, retui-n to the fire to set the eggs, but do not allow it
to boil ; then put in the oysters.
All the dishes used in the preparation of this must be hot and
the beating done with care that the cream may be smooth and
velvety. — Miss Niebuhr.
Clam Chowder.
Hard clams twenty-five;
Soft clams one large bunch;
Potatoes six;
Onions six;
Carrot one;
Pork, very fat one-half pound;
Tomatoes one-half a can, or six large ones;
Celery one-half bunch;
Crackers three (broken) ;
Sherry wine one glass.
Cut the pork in thin " slices and fiy slowly in an iron pot.
When the fat is tned out, cut the pork into small pieces, and chop
the other ingredients ^/ie, and place them in the pot in layers. The
pork fat, then the clams, then the crackers and vegetables, season-
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ing to taste. Add water euongh to cover all, and cook slowly three
or four hours, without stirring. Add the wine just before taking
from the fire. — Mrs. Waterman.
Stuffed Clams.
Take equal quantities of finely-chopped clams and bread soaked
in milk. Season with pepper and parsley. Mix well and add the
yolk of one egg.
Put a small piece of butter into a frying-pan. When hot, add
a teaspoonful of flour. Stir the clam mixtiu-e into this. Brown
and add some tomato sauce.
Fill the clam shells ; cover over with fine bread crumbs, and
keep warm until served.
Stewed Lobster.
Take the lobster from the shell and chop it, but not too fine.
Put it upon the fire in a saucepan, with water enough to nearly
cover it, a tablespoonful of butter, a little salt, according to taste,
a little pepper, and a pinch of cayenne pepper. Let it stew slowly
for ten minutes. Then dredge in a little flour. Let it boil up once,
pour in a deep dish, and serve hot.
This is a very nice and wholesome way of preparing lobster.
Escaloped Lobster.
Kemove the meat of a lobster and cut it in pieces one quarter
of an inch thick.
Make one cup of thick white sauce with one tablespoonful but-
ter, one heaping of fioui*, and one cup hot milk, season highly with
salt, pepper, lemon juice and cayenne.
Mix the lobster with the sauce, put it into the shells, cover
with buttered crumbs and brown in the oven. Garnish with the
claws and parsley. — Mrs. Henry DiLiiiNGHAM.
Lobster Croquettes.
To the meat of two boiled lobsters chopped fine, add a little
pepper, salt, and powdered mace, and a quarter as much bread
crumbs as meat. Make into egg-shaped balls, with a little melted
butter. Roll in beaten egg, then in cracker crumbs, and fry in
butter or nice lard. Serve dry and hot. — Mrs. Krahnstover.
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Shrimps en Coquille.
Pick over carefully one can of shrimps. Make a thick white
sauce with one cup of cream or milk, one tablespooDful of butter,
and one large tablespoonful of flour, season with salt and pepper,
add the shrimps, fill the shells and cover with cracker crumbs
moistened with butter. — Mrs. DiLiiiNGHAM.
To Pot Shrimps.
Pick over carefully, but do not wash one can of Gulf Shrimps.
Oil carefully about four ounces of butter. Put these into a por-
celain-lined saucepan with a pinch of ground mace and the same
of red pepper. Heat them through, say for four minutes. Then
press them into a jar. When cold, put a little clarified butter over
them. • — Mrs. Krahnstover.
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Chapter IV.— MEAT.
To Boil Meat.
Meat should be put into boiling water and boiled steadily but
not violently, and skimmed often.
When done the meat will cleave from the bone.
Leibig says, that "if the flesh be introduced into the boiler
when the water is in a state of brisk ebullition, and if the boiling
be kept up for a few minutes, and the pot be put in a warm place
so that the temperature of the water is kept at 158 to 165 degrees,
we have the united conditions for giving to the meat the qualities
that best fit it for being eaten."
By this means the meat is both wholesome and jjalatable, as it
keeps aU its nourishing properties.
Koast Meat.
Meat to be roasted, especially beef, should be put into a very
hot oven, so that it will cook quickly upon the outside. The
juices are thus retained, which would simmer out into the drip-
ping pan if the oven were only moderately warm.
Roasting meat should be thoroughly dredged with flour before
being put into the oven, but should not be salted till partly cooked,
as salt extracts the juices from raw meat.
Beef should be cooked for about fifteen minutes for every
pound if it is to be eaten rare, which is the most healthful way to
eat it.
Mutton requires about twenty minutes to the pound, lamb a
little more, as the latter should never be served rare.
Veal, venison and pork require long roasting. Four or five
hours is not too much, and a few slices of salt pork should be
skewered over the top. Venison may be wrapped in a crust of pas-
try, which keeps the juices from escaping. If pork is ever fit to be
eaten, it is only when thoroughly done, and should be roasted
from three to five hours.
A roasting pan should be furnished with a rack or grate upon
38 A NEW DAILY FOOD.
wliich the meat can be placed. It is thus prevented fr5m becom-
ing "soggy " by soaking in the gravy. It should, however, be bas-
ted frequently.
Pot Pie.
Boil the meat or fowl till nearly done. Add eight or ten sliced
potatoes, a small onion and pepper and salt to taste.
When the potatoes have boiled fifteen minutes put dumplings
made like yeast powder biscuit over the top of all. Care should be
taken that the water does not boil over the dumplings, or they will
be heavy. If the kettle contains too much water remove some of
it till the dumplings have risen. The gravy may be returned as it
is needed.
When the dumplings are done, which will be in about twenty
or twenty-five minutes, put them on a platter and place them where
they will keep warm. Serve the potatoes and meat on another
platter. Thicken the gravy, let it boil up, and serve it in a gravy
dish.
Baked Meat Pie.
Boil the meat, lamb, veal or poultry — till tender. Line a deep
dish with a crust made with about two-thirds as much shortening
as for pies. Put in the meat, season it well with salt and pepper,
pour in the gravy in which the meat Avas boiled, put two or three
slices of salt pork or a few lumps of butter over it, cover with a
thick upper crust, pierced with holes to let the steam escape, and
bake till the crust is done.
Beef Steak.
The best way to cook a steak is to broil it over moderately hot
coals, turning often.
But this method has its disadvantages. It causes much smoke,
which, if there is no smoke-escape over the range, fills the kitchen
and finds its way to the dining-room, besides investing the cook
with an aroma suggestive of a ham just from the smoke-house. If
the cook happens also to be the "lady of the house," the family
will be quite contented with a steak cooked as follows:
Have the gridiron hot. Grease the bottom, but leave no surplus
fat. Put in the steak, and as soon as it is brown turn it. Keep
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turning it every minute or two till the outside is cooked. This
will keep in the juices. Then cover it and let it cook for about
three minutes. Turn it and cook it for three minutes more. If it
is not a very thick steak, it will be done sufficiently by this time
for those who like a rare-done steak.
If it is turned often at iirst, and cooked just long enough, it
cannot be distinguished from a broiled steak.
French Stew.
Beef, in one solid piece three pounds;
Onion •. . .one;
Carrot one;
Turnip one;
Celery two sprigs;
Parsley two sprigs;
Tomatoes two;
Water one quart;
Vinegar two tablespoonfuls;
Sugar one tablespoon ful ;
Salt to taste;
Pepper to taste;
Flour to thicken the gravy.
First put the meat in the C3ld water, with vinegar and sugar.
After it boils steadily one hour add chopped vegetables, salt and
pepper. Boil one hour longer, or until the meat is tender.
—Mrs. W. 0. Emery>
Boiled Flank of Beef.
Wash the flank ; salt and pepper it, and spread over it a dress-
ing made as for poultry. Eoll this up and tie it firmly. Then sew
it up in a cloth. Lay it on a small plate in an iron pot, cover
with six quarts of boiling water, and boil gently six hours.
When done remove the cloth,, but do not take off the twine until
the meat is entirely cold.
Cut m thin slic-^% and serve for lunch or tea. — Mrs. Oliver.
Chipped Beef.
Beef two poimds ; Suet one-quarter pound.
Have these chopped together very fine by the butcher.
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Cover with cold water, and cook slowly two hours. Season to
taste, and just before removing it from the fire dredge in a little
flour. Let it boil up.
This may be cooked a day beforehand, and warmed up for
breakfast.
When ready to serve, pour it hot upon slices of toast. Dropped
or poached eggs may be spread over the top. —Mrs. Arnold.
Braised Beef,
Beef, from four to six pounds from the round or face of the
rump. Trim and tie in good shape. Eub well with salt, pepper
and flour. Cut two onions, one-half of a small carrot and one-half
of a small turnip fine and fry them till light brown m salt pork fat
or dripping. Skim them out into a braising pan. Brown the
meat all over in the frying pan, adding more fat if necessary.
Put the meat into the braising pan and add a quart of boiling
water and a tablespoonful of mixed herbs. Cover closely and
bake in the oven four hours, basting every twenty minutes. Turn
it over after two hours. When tender, take the meat from
the pan, remove the fat from the gravy, add more salt and pepper
if needed, and thicken with a tablespoonful of flour wet in cold
water. Cook ten minutes and strain over the meat. Add one-half
can tomato before straining, if liked. —Mrs. Dillingham.
Mock Duck.
Take two pieces of thick steak, pound it a little, put a layer of
stuffing, made as for duck, in between the slices, skewer together
and rub beaten egg and bits of butter over it.
The meat should be cooked on a grate, which raises it from
the pan. Cover the bottom of the pan with water. Bake about
one hour, basting often. —Miss Fairbanks.
Pressed Beef.
A shank of beef ; salt, pepper, sage or any sweet herb.
Crack the bone in several places. Wash and cut the meat in
small pieces. Cover Avitli cold water and boil slowly, adding more
hot water as the water boils away.
When the meat will cleave from the bone, by which time the
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water will be reduced two thirds, take out the meat and set it and
the broth away till next day.
Then chop the meat fine, and strain the broth (having removed
the fat) into it. Season, place upon the fire, and stew till dry,
stirring constantly to prevent its burning. Put into an oblong pan
and serve cold, cut in slices. — Mrs. Oliver.
Beef Jelly with Cream.
This jelly is made from a shin bone of beef. It should be
boiled without any salt, and long and slowly. After cooling remove
all fat and sediment. Then to this jelly — one and one half pints—
add lemons, juice of two and rind of one ; sugar, one cup ; white
wine, one cup.
Heat these together and when broken, add one cup of cream.
Take it from the fire before it boils, and pour into cups or
glasses while hot. —Mrs. Oliver.
Roast Beef (Second day).
Cut cold roast beef into thin slices, and brown it lightly in a
hot buttered spider. Do not salt it. Have the pan quite hot,
that the meat may brown quickly without losing its juices. Take
it from the pan, and mix well a spoonful of butter and one of flour
in the hot pan. Add a cup of boiling water and boil a minute.
Season to taste. Add a little catsup or Worcestershire sauce if de-
sired. Pour the gravy over the meat and serve.
Sauer Brouten.
For the Pickle.
Kound of beef (larded) four pounds ;
Cloves (whole) one ounce ; Black pepper(whole),one ounce;
Onion one-half of one ; Bay leaves ;
Vinegar.
For the Stew.
Butter one tablespoonf ul ; Water one tablespoonf ul ;
Bacon (sliced) one-quarter pound.
To lard the meat, fill a lardmg needle, to be obtained at any
furnishing store, with larding pork and di-aw it several times
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through the beef ; this done put the meat in a stone pot and cover
it with vinegar ; add the cloves, j)epper, onion and bay leaves.
Let it remain four days ; then drain and put it on the fire in an
iron pot with the butter, water and bacon as given above and cook
two hours, turning frequently. When done add to the gravy in the
pot a little flour, a little vinegar, and serve. — Mrs. LudijOw.
To cook a Ham.
Wash and scrape the ham thoroughly. Boil it three or four
hours, according to its size. Skin it and put it in a roasting pan
in the oven for half an hour. Then take it out and shake over it
powdered rusk, or bread, or cracker crumbs, and a little sugar if
desired.
Eeturn to the oven for half an hour longer, or until the crumbs
are browned. A ham is made more tender by baking and much of
tlie gross fat is tried out.
It is better to have a rack or grate in your roasting pan.
— Mrs. Stroud.
Jellied Tongrue.
Tongue, boiled and cold one ;
Gelatine, two ounces dissolved in Water . one-half pint ;
Veal gravy (browned) one tea cup ;
Liquor in which the tongue was boiled one pint ;
Sugar one tablespoonful ;
Burnt Sugar, for coloring one tablespoonful ;
Vinegar, .three tablespoonfuls ; Boiling water one pint
Put together the gravy, liquor, sugar, vinegar, and the table-
spoonful of burnt sugar, dissolved in cold water. Add the dis-
solved gelatine and mix well, then add the boiling water and strain
through a flannel. Cut the tongue in slices as for the table. Let
the jelly cool and begin to thicken. Wet a mould with cold water,
put a little jelly into the bottom, then a layer of tongue, and so on
in alternate layers till all is used. Set the mould, well covered, in
a cool place.
To turn it out, dip the mould in hot water for an instant, in-
vert it upon a dish and garnish with celery sprigs and nasturtium
flowers, if you can get them.
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Cut with a thin sharp knife, perpendicularly.
This is a handsome and delicious dish and easily made.
— Mks. Oliver.
Stewed Leg of Mutton.
Put a piece of butter the size of an egg in an iron pot. Put the
leg of mutton in and cook it one hour. After that time tui*n it
frequently until it is brown all over.
About an hour before taking it up sprinkle in a handful of
flour and salt to taste. If there is too much fat, skim it now. Cut
up tiu-nip and carrot, about two tablespoonfuls, and boil till tender.
Drain them, and after the meat is taken up, put them into the pot
and cook ten minutes longer.
It will require from three to four hours to cook.
— Mes. W. D. Ludlow.
Haricot of Mutton or Lamb.
Take a leg of lamb or a small leg of mutton ; trim off the fat ;
put it into a kettle with water enough to cover it. Skim this well
as it boils. Keep it covered and boil it slowly foui* hours. When
about half done, salt it and add an onion, a carrot and a turnip,
chopped fine. Let the water waste away till only enough for the
gravy is left. Thicken this with browned flour, add half a cup of
tomato ketchup, let it boil up once, and pour it over the mu ton,
which should be removed to a hot platter before the gravy is made.
Mutton Stew.
Cut up three or four pounds of mutton or lamb, removing the
most of the fat. Stew an hour, in water enough to cover it. Then
add half a pound of salt pork cut into strips and a chopped onion.
Season with a little salt, pepper, parsley and thyme. Thicken with
flour stu-red into a cup of cold milk. This is much improved by
adding a can of sweet corn, or in the season, half a dozen ears of
corn cut from the cob. Put slices of buttered toast in the bottom
of the platter and pour the stew over it. —Mrs. Emery.
Lamb Cutlets (Baked).
Cut from the neck and fore shoulder and trim neatly. Lay
aside all the bones and bits of meat for gravy. Dip the cutlets in
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melted butter, and then in beaten egg, and roll in cracker crumbs.
Bake in a quick oven.
For gravy — Put on the bones and bits of meat in enough cold
water to cover them. Stew, and season with a little thyme, salt,
and pepper, and a tablespoonful of tomato catsup. Strain and
thicken with corn-starch or browned flour. This may be poured
over the meat, or served in a gravy boat. — Mrs. Emery.
Mutton Chops,
Fry in their own fat. When in the platter, put a small lump
of butter on each chop. Keep the fat for soap grease.
Veal Steaks or Cutlets.
"Wash, dry in a cloth, dip in beaten eggi^, then in cracker or
bread crumbs.
Fry in salt pork fat, or half lard and half butter. Veal re-
quires long, slow cooking. Thicken the gravy with a tablespoon-
ful of flour, browned if you wish, and let it boil up, adding as
much water as you need for the requisite quantity of gravy. Melt
a liberal piece of butter in this and pour it over the meat.
Veal Loaf.
Veal, both fat and lean three and one-half pounds;
Salt fat pork one tliick slice;
Crackers, pounded tine six;
Eggs two;
Butter half a cup;
Pepper one teaspoonful;
Cloves a pinch;
Sweet herbs to taste.
Chop the meat raw. Mix all loell, and form a loaf. Place in a
shallow pan with a little water and bits of butter on top. Dredge
with flour.
Bake slowly two hours, basting frequently. It will keep for
some time and is a nice dish for lunch or tea. — Mrs. Omver.
Veal Fricassee.
Take a piece of veal from the breast or ribs. Cut it in thin
pieces about tliree inches square. Wash it, and put it over the
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fire in enough water to yield plenty of gravy. After it boils, skim
it well. Add an onion, some salt, some leaves or stalks of celery
tied in a bunch, and let it cook slowly for two hours.
Just before taking it up, add a tablespoonful of butter and a
tablespoonful of flour creamed together. After removing the meat
add a httle chopped parsley to the gravy. — Mrs. A. K. Seables.
Hashed Veal or Hashed Turkey.
Chop the cold remnants of either of the above very fine. Seas-
on with pepper, and salt, and warm up in the gravy. A little water
may be added if there is not sufficient gravy left to make it quite
moist.
Add a liberal piece of butter, and spread over slices of buttered
toast in a hot platter. Eggs cooked in hot water, called by some
dropped, by others poached, may be spread over the top.
Ragout of Cold Roasted or Boiled Mutton.
Cut the meat in sHces and put over the fire in cold water.
When it boils add a few bay leaves, cloves, slices of onion, and a
little salt. Let it simmer slowly for two hours.
Half an hour before serving, add sufficient browned flour
smoothed in cold water to thicken the gravy. Add at last a little
vinegar and a pinch of sugar. —Mrs. A. R Searles.
Fried Tripe.
Tripe should be kept in salt and water in a cool place till it is
time to cook it, as it spoils very quickly.
Before cooking it, pour boiling water upon it, let it stand a
minute; then drain it and rinse it two or three times in cold water.
Dry it in a clean towel, cut it in pieces, dip each piece in beaten
egg, then in crumbs, and fry in a hot spider in salt pork fat or
good drippings, or in lard and butter in equal quantities.
Served hot, as soon as fried, this makes a good breakfast dish.
It is as acceptable to some people as a beefsteak, and much cheaper.
Calf's Liver and Bacon.
Have the bacon sHced very thin. Remove the rind, fry till
crisp. Take out the bacon and put it around the edge of a platter.
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Pour hot water upon tlie liver and let it stand a moment. Dry
it in a towel and fry till brown in the bacon fat. Lay the slices in
the middle of the platter.
Beef's Hver may be cooked in the same way, but needs more
soaking, as it contains more blood.
Sausages.
Prick them all over with a fork and fry in a hot spider slowly.
They will fry in their own fat, and should be done through thor-
oughly.
Pile mashed potato, made quite dry, and with but little butter,
in the center of the dish and place the sausages around it. The
gravy is too gross to be eaten.
Salt Pork Fried in Batter.
Cut the pork in thin slices, let it soak in water over night.
Put it in a spider, pour boiling water over it, then turn the
water off and fry the pork until it is brown.
Then dip each slice in a batter made of one egg, one heaping
tablespoouful flour and a little milk.
Fry again in hot lard.
Cold potatoes cut lengthwise and wheat or brown bread are good
fried in this way. — Mes. Stkoud.
Meat Pates.
Put the remnants of a piece of corned beef into a tray and chop
fine. Chop a small onion and add, also butter, the size of an egg,
pepper and salt to taste and sufficient water to moisten.
Make a pastry as for i)ies, cut it into squares and put a spoon-
ful of the meat into each square. Fold over the dough like a turn-
over and bake it in a hot oven. Or, fry in hot lard like doughnuts.
— Mrs. Stroud.
Breakfast Meat Cakes.
Take any cold meat that is suitable for hash.
Chop it fine and add
Egg one ; MUk one-half cup.
Butter . . . . , a little ; Pepper and salt to taste.
Roll into balls and fry in a pan with very little lard.
—Mrs. F. W. Emery.
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Meat Cakes.
Meat, chopped one cupful;
Bread crumbs one cupful;
Butter, melted two tablespoonfuls;
Onion one (small;)
Milk six tablespoonfuls;
Salt, pepper and allspice.
Fii-st mix floiu', crumbs, spice and salt, then add the meat and
chopped onion, and stir well together, afterwards the milk and
melted butter; roll into round cakes, and fry in fat.
—Mrs. W. E. 8a WIN.
Pickled Sheep's Tongue.
Boil till done. Add hot vinegar and spices and bay leaves, and
put away in a stone pot. This will keep for months.
Poultry.
The easiest way to dress poultry is to get the butcher to do it.
Even then it must be examined to see if no bits of the wind-
pipe or other refuse is left.
If it is necessary for you to remove the inwards, remember that
if you put your hand far enough into the body of the fowl to gi*asp
the heart, you can remove all at once, and need not fear breaking
the gall bag.
Fowl should be singed, all pin feathers removed, and washed
in several waters; then dried both outside and in. Many people
stuff the body of the turkey or chicken; but for those who do not
hke a moist stuffing it is better to stuff the neck.
x\.fter the crop is removed, twist off the neck near the body.
Tie a string around the skin of the neck where the head was cut
off, stuff the space left vacant by the removal of the neck and crop
and sew it up.
Put a teaspoonful of salt and a saltspoonful of pepper in the
body of the turkey. Rub salt over the outside, skewer and tie
down the legs and wings and di'edge well with flour.
Bake it on a rack.
A turkey weighing twelve pounds will cook in three houi's.
The giblets and neck should be boiled by themselves and put
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into the dripping-pan half an hour before the turkey is done. The
water in which they are boiled can be thrown away.
The giblets are sometimes chopped and added to the gravy.
The gravy of a roast turkey should be skimmed of the gross fat
before it is thickened.
Stuffing for Fowl (No. 1),
Bread or cracker crumbs two cups ;
Sweet marjoram three tablespoonfuls;
Salt one tablespoonful;
Pepper one saltspoonful;
Butter two-thirds cup;
Eggs one.
Mix the crumbs and seasoning. Place the butter in the center
of the dish containing them, and pour in boilmg water sufficient to
melt the butter. If this does not moisten the crumbs, add more
water. Dried bread crumbs require more wetting than crackers.
Do not get them very moist. Add an egg and beat all well together.
Stuffing for Fowl —No. 2.
Baker's bread one loaf;
Thyme (powdered) two teaspoon fuls;
Summer savory two teaspoonf uls;
Sage one teaspoonful;
Egg one;
Onion one-half of a small one chopped or grated.
Remove the crust from the bread and soak the soft part for
several houi*s in cold water.
When thoroughly soaked, squeeze all the water out tlu'ough a
cloth or fine strainer. Then mix with the herbs and onion; last the
beaten egg.
This is enough for a ten-pound turkey. — Mrs. W. C. Emery.
Steamed Turkey.
Prepare the tm-key as for baking, except that chopped celery
is added to the stuffing and it must be made quite dry, as steam-
ing makes it more moist.
A turkey weighing eleven pounds needs to be steamed about
two and a half hours.
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It should be served with oyster sauce, which is made accord-
ing to the rule for drawn butter (see gravies), with oysters added.
The di-awn butter should be a little thicker than for meats, as the
liquor from the oysters thins it.
This is a dehcious way of cooking a fowl. — Mrs. White.
Chicken Souffle.
Cooked chicken one pint, (chopped;)
Cream sauce one pint;
Eggs four;
Chopped parsley one teaspoonful;
Chopped onion one teaspoonful;
Put salt, pepper, and other seasoning to taste into the sauce.
Cook two minutes.
Add yolks of the eggs well beaten, and when cold add the
whites beaten stiff.
Bake haK an hour in a buttered dish. Serve with mushroom
or celery sauce. — Mks. Dillingham.
Chicken Croquettes.
Chickens two, large;
Sweet-breads three pairs;
Onion one, small;
Flour three tablespoonfuls;
Butter three tablespoonfuls;
Cream one pint;
Black pepper one teaspoonful (scant;
Cayenne pepper one-half teaspoonful (scant);
Nutmeg (grated) one half teaspoonful;
Mustard one teaspoonful;
Salt two teaspoonfuls;
Eggs yolks of two;
This can be made without the sweet-breads, but if they are
used they should be parboiled, as should also the chickens. Chop
these very fine.
Mix the melted butter with the floui", spice and seasoning.
When smooth, add the cream, put all in a tin which place in a pot
of boiling water. Stir until thick, then set it away to cool.
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When cool add the chicken, onion, and well beaten yolks of the
eggs.
Form into long rolls by rolling in fine cracker crumbs and egg,
and fry in boiling lard to a delicate brown. — Miss Niebuhr.
Chickens fried in Batter.
Eggs two ; Milk one cup.
Mix, add a little salt, thicken with flour.
Parboil the chickens a little, cut them up and season them.
Dip the pieces in the batter and fry m hot lard. Make a gravy by
pouiing half a cup of water into the pan and adding a tablespoon-
ful of flour smoothed in cold water, and a lump of butter.
— Mrs. Oliver.
Qiuail.
Split, clean and wash the quail.
Broil on a buttered gridu'on over a lively fire, taking care that
they do not scorch at first.
Season, put a bit of butter on each and serve hot on buttered
toast, from w4iich the crusts have been removed.
Gravy.
The foundation of gravies is the juice of the meat which is left
in the dripping pan with the water, after the roast is removed. If
it is very fat it should be skimmed and as much water added as is
needed for the requisite amount of gravy. It should be thickened
with a tablespoon ful of flour, which may have been previously
browned, if a dark gravy is desired.
Salt to taste, and if the gravy is not rich add a bit of butter.
Prawn Butter.
Butter one (small) cup ; Flour one tablespoonf ul.
Mix till smooth, pour half a pint of boiling water gi'adually
over this till all is dissolved. Set it upon the fire and let it boil up
once. More boiling makes it oily. Or,
Stir one large tablespoonf ul of flour into half a pint of boiling
water. When it has thickened add a cup of butter, and stir till it
is all melted.
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This is more easily made as there is not so much danger of its
separating and becoming oily.
Milk may be substituted for the water. For boiled lamb two
tablespoonfuls of capers may be added just before taking it from
the fire.
For fish two or three hard boiled eggs and a Httle chopped
parsley should be added.
Celery Sauce — For Turkey.
Milk ' one quart.
Celery four small heads;
Pepper corns tAvo or three;
Onion one;
Cloves two or three to be stuck into the onion;
Mace one blade;
Cut the celery very small, using the white part only, and boil
until soft. It takes an hour and a half. When boiled, thicken to
the consistency of custard, or thick enough to keep its place when
poured over the turkey. Before thickening the sauce, remove the
onion and spice.
Gravy for Fowl.
Put the giblets and neck in a saucepan with cold water, add an
onion, a tomato or a spoonful of canned tomato, a pinch of salt, a
pinch of pepper, and a slice of dry bread which has been made
very brown in the oven. Let this boil two or three hours, then
strain it.
Chop the giblets fine, and put them and the gravy back into
the saucepan. Thicken with a little flour, add the brown gravy
from the bottom of the pan in which the fowl was cooked, after
skimming oflf the fat. Add a teaspoonful of vinegar and serve hot.
— Mrs. W. D. Ludlow.
Oyster Sauce for Poultry.
Put the oysters in a saucepan, pour over them the strained
liquor and let them heat slowly, allowing them to simmer but not
to boil.
After they have simmered a few minutes beard them. Stir into
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the liquor a quarter of a pound of fresh butter, and a tablespoonful
of flour. Let it boil and add a cup of cream.
Put back the oysters with a little cayenne pepper and simmer
until wanted.
Cauliflower Sauce.
Butter one tablespoonful :
Flour (sifted) one tablespoonful
Soup stock ; one cupful
Egg yolk of one
Lemon juice of half a one.
Put the butter in a pan. When it bubbles add the flour and
soup stock. Let it boil. Take it off the fire and add the well
beaten yolk of the egg and the lemon juice. Pour, hot, over the
cauliflower.
Horseradish Sauce (No. 1).
Grated horseradish four tablespoonf uls ;
Powdered sugar one teaspoonf ul ;
White vinegar four tablespoonf uls ;
Salt , . a Uttle.
Mix these and add gradually four tablespoonfuls of cream or
milk.
Warm this to serve with hot meat.
Horseradisli Sauce (No. 2).
Breads crumbs one cup ;
Beef liquor one pint ;
Butter one teaspoonful ;
Pepper one-quarter saltspoonful ;
Salt one saltspoonful ;
Oil one teaspoonful ;
Horseradish ten cents worth.
Boil the crumbs and beef liquor together for five minutes, then
add the other ingredients and boil hard fifteen minutes.
— Mrs. Ludlow.
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Mint Sauce for Spring Lamb.
Chop the mint, mix with half a cup of nice cider vinegar and
one tablespoonful powdered sugar.
Made Mustard.
Pour a very little boiling water over three tablespoonfuls mus-
tard. Stir into this gi'adually a teaspoonful of sugar, one table-
spoonful of oil, a saltspoonful of salt and the beaten yolk of an egg;
add vinegar to taste.
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Chapter V.— SALADS AND PICKLES.
Tomato Salad.
Pour boiling water upon fair, ripe tomatoes, and remove the
skins. Slice and place in the dish in which they are to be served,
scattering a little salt and a little pepper upon each layer. Pour
over all, a little vinegar and (if desired) a little olive oil. Serve
cold.
Simple Potato Salad.
Boil the potatoes with the skins on, as they will slice more
smoothly. When cold, slice them thin. Add half an onion,
chopped fine, sprinkle with salt and pepper, moisten mth vinegar
and sweet oil — twice as much vinegar as oil— added gradually.
Place it in a dish Hned with lettuce. Keep it in a cool place till
wanted.
Lobster Salad.
Take the lobster from the shell and chop fine. Chop two heads
of lettuce fine, or pick it apart ^vith a silver fork. The dressing is
made as follows:
Eggs two; Mustard one teaspoonful;
Sug^^r four teaspoonfuls; Vinegar three-quarters cup;
Cream three-quarters cup; Salt and pepper, a little.
Boil the eggs hard. Mix the yolks and the tomally of the lob-
ster together. Add the mustard, sugar, salt and pepper. Then
the vinegar slowly, and last the cream.
Put into the dish in which it is to be served a layer of lobster,
then one of the chopped lettuce ; pour over this three or four
spoonfuls of the dressing; so continue till aU is used. Spread the
whites of the eggs, cut in slices over the top. Garnish with whole
lettuce leaves and the claws of the lobster. — Mrs. Oliver.
Sauce for Liobster.
(For those who do not like oil.)
Vinegar one cup; Butter one-half cup;
Mustard one tablespoonful; Eggs yolks of four.
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Mix; simmer, not boil, a moment. A cup of scalded cream is
an improvement. — Mrs. Oliver.
German Herring Salad.
Herrings, Potatoes, Cold Roast Veal, Pickles,
Sour apples. Eggs. Capers,
Oil, Salt, Pepper, Mustard,
Parsley.
Put six salt herrings, which have been dressed and washed, to
soak in cold water over night. In the morning remove the skin
and bones and chop or cut them in small pieces.
Boil potatoes with the peeling on. After they are peeled and
cooled take a quantity equal to the herring and the same amount of
cold boiled beets, pickled cucumbers, sour apples (peeled and
cored) and cold roast veal: also six hard boiled eggs. Chop each
separately, but not too fine, as that would hurt the appearance of
the salad. Then prepare a sauce of good salad oil, a teaspoonful
of French mustard, some soup stock, pepper, salt and capers. Mix
the ingredients; pour over them the sauce, stirring carefully but
thoroughly. Let it stand in an earthen dish several hours before
you wish to use it. Then repeat the stirring; serve in a bowl and
dress it.
With the back of a knife impress the figure of a star on the
top. Fill the spaces with different colors; for instance, in one por-
tion put chopped pai'sley, Iq another beets, in another the yolk of
the egg, in another the chopped white. This ornamentation has a
pretty effect. —Mrs. A. R. Searles.
Mayonnaise Dressing (No. 1).
Egg yolk of one;
Mixed mustard one tablespoonful;
Salt one-quarter teaspoonful;
Oil six tablespoonf uls.
Stir the mustard, yolk of egg (raw) and salt together until they
thicken. Then add the oil gradually. A little vinegar may be
added if desired. — Miss Smith.
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Mayonnaise Dressing (No. 2).
Egg yolk of one;
Olive Oil one-half tumbler;.
Vinegar one-half wine glass;
Mustard one-half teaspoonful (scant);
Salt one teaspoonful (even) ;
Red pepper a little (if desired).
Put the egg in a large bowl. Add to it the oil, a teaspoon-
ful at u time, stirring with right hand while pouring with the left.
This will make a thick batter. Mix in the glass which contains
the oil the other ingredients. When thoroughly beaten add them
slowly to the oil batter, stirring all the time. —Mrs. White.
Mayonnaise Dressing (No. 3).
Put the yolks of two eggs in a deep dish with a little white
pepper; into these stu' briskly with a wooden spoon some olive oil,
which must be added very gradually and alternated every httle
while with a few spoonfuls of vinegar and one spoonful of Crosse
& Blackwell's Tarragon vinegar. Then add a Uttle condensed
milk (not canned).
This dressing should have an agreeable flavor, and a rather
stiff consistency. — Mrs. Krahnstover.
Keep salad oil in a dry, cool place, and always in the dark. The
bottle should be tightly corked.
Tomato Catsup.
Tomatoes one dozen three pound cans;
Vinegar four quarts;
Allspice one tablespoonful;
Cinnamon one tablespoonful;
Hed pepper one tablespoonful scant;
Black pepper one tablespoonful;
Mustard two tablespoonfuls;
Nutmegs two;
Salt four tablespoonfuls;
Sugar one cup;
Boil till thick enough, which will be four or five hours.
— Mrs. Oliver.
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Tomato Catsup.
Tomatoes (ripe) one bushel (not peeled) ;
Vinegar one quart;
Salt one pound;
Black pepper one-quarter pound;
Red pepper twelve pods;
Allspice one-quarter pound;
Cloves one ounce;
English mustard three ounces;
Onions six;
Brown sugar two pounds;
Peach leaves one handful;
Garlic a little;
Boil till of the right consistency, being careful not to let it
burn, then strain through a wire sieve. It is best to rub it through
when cool enough.
It should be quite thick when done. — Mrs. Krahnstover.
Tomato Catsup.
Tomatoes one bushel;
Salt one pint;
Allspice one ounce;
Cloves one ounce;
Ginger one ounce;
Cinnamon one ounce;
Mace one-half ounce;
White pepper one-eighth pound;
Mustard seed one-quarter pound;
Cayenne one teaspoonful;
Wash and dry the tomatoes, cut them in pieces, and boil them
for about half an hour. Then strain them through a fine sieve.
]\Iix with the spices, and boil them eight hours, very fast. Put
them, hot, into perfectly clean bottles, fu'st immersing the bottle
in hot water.
Liquor bottles keep the catsup best. Let them stand till the
next day, then cork them with new stoppers, and seal them with
sealing-wax. —Mrs. Arnold.
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Louise's Tomato Catsup.
Tomato juice one gallon;
Ground cloves one (heaping) tablespoonful;
Ground allspice one (heaping) tablespoonful;
Ground black pepper, .three (heaping) tablespoonfuls;
Salt four (heaping) tablespoonfuls;
Vinegar one pint;
Worcestershire sauce four tablespoonfuls;
Boil till of the consistency of cream. A handful of peach
leaves may be boiled with it to add flavor. — Mrs. Comfort.
Cucuinber Pickles.
{Spiced and sliglitly sweet.)
Make a brine of cold water and salt, strong enough to bear up
an egg. Heat it boiling hot and pour over the pickles.
Let them stand twenty hours, then take them out and wipe-
them dry.
Scald vinegar and pour over them and let tuem stand twenty-
four hours more. Then pom- off the vinegar and poui' over the
following mixture, boiling hot:
Fresh vinegar sufficient to cover the pickles;
Brown sugar one quart;
Peppers (green) two large;
White mustard seed one-half jDound;
Ginger (root) six cents worth;
Cinnamon six cents worth (ground) ;
Allspice six cents worth (ground);
Cloves six cents worth (ground) ;
Celery seed. one tablespoonful;
Alum size of a butternut.
Put the spices in a bag. —Mrs. W. E. Sawin.
Cucumber Pickles.
Brine to bear up an egg,.
Pour it over the pickles and let them stand two or three days.
Then soak them in cold water for a day.
The second day pour off this water and cover them with fresh
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water. Let them stand on the back of the range till they get hot,
but do not let them come to the boiling point.
Take them from the range and set them away to cool. When
cool put the cucumbers into jars and pour hot vinegar, spiced to
taste, over them. —Mrs. Waterman.
Pickled Cucumbers.
Wash and wipe the cucumbers and put them into stone jars.
Heat together
Vinegar one gallon; Cloves one ounce;
Allspice one ounce; Mustard seed two ounces;
Black pepper one ounce; Alum two ounces (scant);
Salt one cupful (scant.)
Do not let it come to the boiling point. Pour it hot over the
cucumbers. Cover with cabbage leaves. — Mrs. SEARiiES.
Pickled Beans.
Young string beans may be boiled in salted water till they are
tender, then pickled in the same way as cucumbers.
Chow-chow No. 1.
Green tomatoes one-half bushel;
Onions one dozen;
Peppers one dozen;
Chop these fine. Sprinkle on them, salt, one pint.
Let them stand over night. Scald them in vinegar. Pour off
the vinegar, scald again in fresh vinegar, to which must be added.
Brown sugar two pounds;
Mustard seed (whole) one-quarter pound;
Cloves one tablespoonful;
Cinnamon one-half tablespoonful;
Allspice one tablespoonful:
Cayenne pepper a pinch (if desired);
Celery seed ... a small one-half teaspoonful, if you like
the flavor.
Cook it well. —Mrs. White.
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Chow-chow No. 2.
Green tomatoes one-half bushel:
Onions (white) one peck;
Green peppers twelve;
Mustard (mixed) two tea-cups;
Cloves (whole) two ounces;
Allspice two ounces;
Chop the tomatoes, onions, and peppers, fine. Put them in a
dish with alternate layers of salt. Let them remain over night. In
the morning, squeeze them dry, put them in a kettle with vinegar
enough to cover them. Add the mustard and spices, and boil ten
minutes, stirring all the time. — Mrs. Waterman.
Chili Sauce.
Tomatoes (ripe) twelve; Onions eight
Peppers (green) five; Salt two tablespoonfuls
Sugar one tablespoonful; Vinegar one quart
Boil till the onions are tender. —Mrs. W. E. Sawin.
Mustard Pickles.
White onions (small) two quarts;
Cabbage one (large) ;
Cauliflowers two (large) ;
Green tomatoes (small) one half-peck;
Cucumbers (small) fifty;
String beans two quarts;
Red peppers half-dozen.
Put these in salt over night. In the morning wipe the pickles
dry. If the onions, tomatoes and cucumbers are not very small,
cut them in two. Cut the cabbage and cauliflower in small pieces.
Scald all in vinegar enough to cover them. Then make a dressing
as follows :
To vinegar one gallon, put;
White pepper (ground) one quarter-pound;
Mustard (ground) nine ounces;
Tumeric (ground) two ounces;
Ginger (ground) one ounce.
Mix these with a little cold water, and sth them into the hot
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vinegar, having first removed the pickles. Boil up well and pour
over the pickles.
This is much like Grosse and Blackwell's chowchow, and fully
as good. — Mks. W. E. Sawin.
The above dressing makes an excellent sauce for pickled lamb's
tongues.
Plum Pickles.
Plums three quarts; Sugar two pounds;
Vinegar one pint; Cinnamon one ounce;
Cloves . one ounce.
Pour the vinegar on the plums and let them stand over night.
Then pour the vinegar off and mix with the other ingredients.
The cinnamon (stick) should be broken in pieces. Boil the mix-
ture and pour over the plums. Repeat this process two or three
days in succession. —Mrs. Fokd.
Pickled Peaches.
Peaches seven pounds; Sugar four pounds;
Cider vinegar. . .one large pint; Stick cinnamon. . . , .one ounce;
Cloves (whole) four for each peach.
Boil the sugar, vinegar and cinnamon together, and skim the
mixture carefully. After it has boiled a few minutes, take out the
cinnamon, stick four cloves into each peach and put a layer of
peaches into the kettle. Boil them till tender, lay them in jars and
boil the syrup twenty minutes longer. Pour the liquor boiling
hot over the peaches and seal the jars at once. —Mrs. Arnold.
Pickled Pears.
Boil the pears in water till quite tender, then proceed as in the
rule for pickled peachei. These will keep in a cool place without
sealing.
Pickled Oysters (No. 1).
Black pepper (whole) one teaspoonful;
Mace two blades-,
Allspice (whole) one teaspoonful;
Vinegar four tablespoonfuls;
Salt one teaspoonful.
The above proportion to one quart of oyster liquor.
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Simmer the oysters for five minutes in this mixture, then skim
out the oysters and boil the liquor.
Skim it and turn it over the oysters. —Mrs. Comfobt.
Pickled Oysters (No. 2).
Have equal quantities of oyster juice and boiling water. Bring
these, with the oysters, to a scald. Then skim out the oysters, and
throw them into cold water, changing the water two or three times.
Then into about half the juice put ground cinnamon, whole white
peppers, mace, and salt to taste. Boil these up together, and when
nearly cool pour over the oysters. —Mrs. Arnold.
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Chapter VI,— VEGETABLES.
Potatoes (Boiled).
Wlien potatoes are old, peel them and let them he an hour or
two in cold water before boiling.
They should be boiled in hot water with a Uttle salt in it; as
little water as possible should be used. It is desirable to have it
all dry away by the time the potatoes are done. Cover them with
a towel, take them to the open air and shake them. If they are to
be mashed, take a wooden spoon or potato masher and beat them
till soft and light, in the kettle they were cooked in or in a hot
dish. Add butter and seasoning to taste, and moisten with a little
milk. Potatoes pressed through a colander make a pretty dish.
Potatoes (Steamed).
Potatoes may be put in a colander or steamer over a kettle of
hot water and steamed till done. They will be very mealy, but
Tequire more time than to boil in water. They can be put over the
kettle containing some other boiling vegetable, and thus save the
space of an extra kettle.
Potato Balls.
Take one pint mashed potato, highly seasoned with salt, pep-
per, celery, chopped parsley and butter, and moisten with a little
hot milk or cream. Beat one egg Ught. Add part of it to the
potato. Shape into smooth, round balls. Brush over with the
remainder of the egg and bake on a buttered tin till brown. Be
careful and not get them too moist. — Mrs. Henry Dillingham.
Duchess Potatoes.
Potatoes five; Flour. . .five dessert-spoonfuls;
Milk one large half cup; Eggs two.
Grate the potatoes, which should be boiled and cold. Mix
them with the flour and milk gradually.
Add the egg, and drop by spoonfuls into boiling lard.
Take them out the instant they are of a delicate brown.
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Potato Souffl6 (Nice).
Potatoes . . six large and smooth; Butter one tablespoonful;
Salt one teaspoonf ul ; Pepper. . . one-half saltspoonf ul;
Eggs whites of four; Milk (hot) to moisten.
Wash the potatoes very clean.
Bake them until just done.
Cut them in halves lengthwise.
Scoop out the potato into a hot bowl, mash, add the seasoning
and half the beaten egg. Fill the skins with the mixture and cover
lightly with the remaining egg, well salted.
Brown lightly. —Mrs. Dillingham.
Potato Puff.
Cold mashed potato two cups;
Butter, melted two tablespoonfuls;
Eggs two;
Milk one cup;
Salt one-half teaspoonful.
Beat the potato and butter to a cream, add the eggs, beaten
light, then the milk, then the salt. Beat all together Avell, pour into
a deep dish and bake in a quick oven till brown. — Mrs. Oliver.
Saratoga Potatoes.
Pare and wash raw potatoes and wipe dry. Cut in very thin
slices, and fry in hot lard. Take from the fat as soon as brown,
with a perforated skimmer, put into a colander, and keep hot.
Delmonico Fries.
Pare, wash, and wipe the potatoes as above. Cut in strips
about the size of the little finger. Fry in hot fat. Lay in a colan-
der on straw paper or a clean towel, which will absorb any fat that
may adhere. — Mrs. Emery.
Potato Croquettes.
Potatoes six; Eggs (yolks only) two:
Butter size of an egg; Salt to taste;
Pepper to taste; Crumbs
Pare the potatoes and put them into boiling salt and water.
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When cooked, mash fine. Season with the butter, salt and pepper;
add two thirds of the beaten yolks of the eggs. Beat these together
very Hglit, and rub through a sieve.
When cool, shape into balls, dip in bread crumbs, then in yolk
of egg, again in crumbs, and fry in boiling lard. Lay on a pan
covered with paper, to drain.
— Mrs. Henry Dillingham.
Stewed Potatoes.
Take some cold boiled potatoes that have been cooked in salted
water with their skins on. Peel and cut them in slices ; put them
into a saucepan with milk or cream. Let them boil five or six
minutes, Thicken with a little flour just before serving. Add a
piece of good butter, a little pepper to taste, and dash a little finely
chopped parsley over it. —Mrs. Krahnstoveb.
Peas.
Peas should be shelled by clean hands into a clean dish, as
they are better not to be washed. Put them into cold water, and
boil them till tender. The amount of time they will require de-
pends upon their freshness. Half an hour should be sufficient for
peas fit to be eaten. Have as little water as will suffice in the kettle.
String Beans.
Beans require long boiling, say an hour and a half. Strip off
the strings and break them in inch pieces. Put them into cold
water. Boil a piece of salt pork with them. When done, drain,
add plenty of butter and salt. Serve the pork with the beans if
desired. As little water as possible should be used that the good-
ness of the beans may not be wasted.
Green Corn.
Put com into boiling water and if fresh, it will cook in ten
minutes. Too much boiling spoils it.
Asparagus.
Wash in several waters. Cut off the tough end, scrape the
white part, tie up in bunches and throw them into boiling water
with salt in it.
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Boil twenty-five minutes, more if required. Try one or two
stalks and see if it is tender.
Lay the bunches evenly, with the green ends toward the centre
of the platter, upon slices of moistened buttered toast. Cut and
remove the strings, spread bountifully with bits of butter and
serve hot.
Some people cut the asparagus into inch pieces after it is
boiled tender, and pour drawn butter over it and serve it in a vege-
table dish.
Shelled Beans.
Put them into just enough cold water to cover them. Cook
an hour or till tender. Add salt and butter.
Baked and Stuffed Tomatoes.
Select firm, ripe tomatoes, and mth a sharp knife cut olff a thin
slice from the stem end. Now remove the green core and fill the
orifice with an onion chopped very fine, a small piece of butter, a
little pepper, a little salt, and a teaspoonful of cracker-dust or
bread crumbs; arrange them in a baking pan, add a little water
and bake in a moderate oven.
Fried Tomatoes.
Cut ripe tomatoes in half and fry them on both sides in hot
lard and butter. After the tomatoes ai'e taken from the frying-
pan, pour into it a cupful of cream, thickened mth flour, and
seasoned with a little cayenne and salt. Pour over the tomatoes
and serve hot. Cold boiled ham chopped or grated fine may be
added to this.
Scalloped Tomatoes.
Scald and skin half a peck of firm, ripe tomatoes; cut them
into sHces; take one pound of bread crumbs, half a pound of best
butter, two ounces of fine sugar, a dessert-spoonful of salt, a tea-
spoonful of pepper, and one of onion chopped fine.
Put into a baking dish a layer of crumbs, upon which place a
layer of sliced tomatoes; upon these place a few bits of butter, a
little of the chopped onion, a sprinkling of pepper, sugar and salt,
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now another layer of crumbs, and then another of tomatoes and
butter, etc.
Fill the dish with alternate layers in this way, making the last
layer of crumbs, dotting it over with pieces of butter and dusting
with pepper and salt.
Bake in a good oven an hour.
Broiled Tomatoes.
Select firm, ripe tomatoes, cut them in two and place upon a
well-greased broiler. Broil them over a clear fire, putting the skin
side next the fire first. Pour melted butter over them. Season
with pepper and salt. Serve on a hot dish.
Spinach.
Wash in several waters. Put into plenty of water and boil an
hour and a half, or till tender. Take from the pot and drain.
It may now be seasoned with salt, a little pepper and a table-
spoonful or two of butter, and garnished with slices of hard boiled
eggs and sent to the table thus; or, after removing from the pot,
drain in a colander, rinse thoroughly with cold water, then chop
it in a tray quite fine. Heat in a spider a tablespoonf ul of butter,
a tablespoonful of flour, a few bits of chopped or grated onion, salt
and pepper. Mix this thoroughly wdth the spinach; garnish with
slices of egg and serve.
Rice (as a vegetable).
Soak the rice, after picking it over and washing it, in cold
water for two hours. Scatter this slowly into a large kettleful of
boiling water and cook twenty minutes without stirring.
Drain in a colander and serve.
Winter Squash.
A hard skinned Hubbard squash need not be peeled before
boiling, as the squash can be easily removed from the rind with a
spoon. Other kinds should be peeled, the seeds and soft fibres
removed from the inside. Cut it in pieces and put into a colander
or steamer over a kettle of boiling water. It will cook in about two
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hours, and will be much dryer than if boiled in water. Strain
through a hot colander, add plenty of butter and salt, a httle pep-
per and serve.
Baked Cabbage.
Wash the cabbage and lay it in cold water for an hour. Put it
into well salted, boiling water. Change the water after it has boiled
half an hoiu'. When done, drain, chop fine, and add one cup milk,
one-half cup butter, one teaspoon salt, one-half saltspoon pepper,
two eggs. Put it in a shallow dish, cover with bread crumbs
moistened with butter and bake till the crumbs are brown.
— MbS. DlIililNQHAM.
Ladies' Cabbage.
Cabbage. . one, a fine white one; Eggs two;
Butter one tablespoonful; Milk three tablespoonf uls ;
Pepper a little; Salt a little.
Boil the cabbage. When cool chop fine, and add the eggs well
beaten, then the other ingredients. Mix well and bake in a butter-
ed dish till brown. —Mrs. Oliver.
Onions.
Peel ten or twelve small onions. Put them in boiling salted
water. When they have boiled five minutes change the water, and
again after ten minutes. Boil till they are tender, but not broken.
Drain off the water, cover them with milk and cook five or ten
minutes longer. Season with salt and pepper.
Serve plain or as a garnish for beef or pour white sauce over
them . —Mrs. Henry Dillingham.
Yorkshire Pudding with Roast Beef.
Eggs six; Flour six tablespoonf uls;
Milk one pint.
Beat the eggs, add one-quarter of the milk, then the flour,
then gradually the rest of the milk.
Bake in the pan in which the beef had been roasted for twenty
minutes or half an hour, leaving enough gravy in the pan to pre-
vent the pudding sticking.
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Yorkshire Pudding. — No. 2.
Eggs three; Flour. . one and one-half cups;
Salt a pinch; Milk to make a thin batter.
Bake as above fifteen minutes.
Baked Macaroni.
Break in inch pieces and boil half a package of macaroni for
half an hour. The water should be boiling when the macaroni is
put into it; and well salted. There should be ten times as much
water as macaroni.
At the end of the half hour drain it in a colander. Return it
to the kettle with four or five tablespoonf uls of beef dripj)ings and
a little salt. Let it heat through ; then put it into an earthen dish,
add a can of strained tomatoes, a few spoonfuls of milk, a httle
butter, a httle cayenne pepper and salt to taste.
Grate some old English cheese over the top, and set it in the
oven to brown.
Spagetthi.
Spagetthi may be cooked in the same way as macaroni. It is
more delicate, and need not be boiled more than fifteen minutes.
Butter may be substituted for the beef drippings when more con-
venient. -^Mrs. Arnold.
Puff Tomato Omelet.
Tomatoes. . .four, medium size; Flour two tablespoonf uls;
Butter a small piece; Eggs six;
Pepper and salt to taste.
Peel and chop the tomatoes. Rub the flour and butter to-
gether and mix with the tomatoes. Add pepper and salt. Beat
the eggs hght and stir into the mixture and fry in a hot frying-pan.
—Mrs. Oliver.
Asparagus Omelet.
Asparagus two pounds;
Eggs yolks of five, whites of three;
Cream two tablespoonf uls;
Salt a httle.
Boil the asparagus, which should be tender and fresh, in as
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little water as possible, or better still, steam it till tender. Then
chop it very fine, mix it mth eggs (well beaten) and cream. Fry
it in butter and serve hot. —Mrs. Stroud.
Green Corn Pudding.
Corn one dozen ears, or one can;
Milk one quart;
Sugar one tablespoonful;
Butter (melted) two tablespoonfuls;
Eggs (well beaten) four.
Mix all thoroughly and bake an houi*, or until the custard is set.
— Mrs. EiiLA St. John.
Stewed Mushrooms.
Put a can of French Mushrooms into a porcelain-lined sauce-
pan. Add a little pepper, salt, a squeeze of lemon and a good-
sized piece of butter. Cover the pan and let them stew slowly half
an hour. Then add floiu', which has been smoothed in milk, suffi-
cient to thicken them to the consistency of cream. Remove any
particles of butter which are floating on top, add a little grated
nutmeg, and let them simmer till they are tender.
Fresh Mushrooms.
Too great care cannot be exercised in the use of fresh mush-
rooms. To know if they are good, put a little salt on the gills. If
they turn black they are good. Cook them in the same way as
canned mushrooms. As the canned are handled by experts, it is
safer to use them. — Mrs. Krahnstover.
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Chapter VII.— EGGS.
Dropped.
Have a saucepan nearly full of boiling water with a little salt
in it.
Break each egg separately, being careful not to break the yolk.
Put a skimmer into the saucepan and upon that, drop the egg.
When the white is cooked draw out the skimmer with the egg in it,
carefully. Serve upon slices of buttered toast that have been
soaked a little, or upon hashed meat.
Poached Eggs.
Eggs six; Milk one pint;
Butter one tablespoonful; Salt
Put the milk upon the fire in a pan. When it is nearly boiling,
add the salt and butter. Then the eggs, well beaten, and stir
steadily till it thickens. Take from the fire before it becomes too
thick, and pour over slices of buttered toast.
Omelet (No. 1).
The requisites for success in cooking an omelet are a smooth
spider, good butter, and dexterity.
Beat together
Eggs four; Cream four tablespoonfuls;
Put into a hot spider a large tablespoonful of butter. Let it
melt and tui-n to a golden yellow, but do not let it brown. The
pan must not be too hot. Pour in the mixture, stir very gently
with a fork. When it begins to set, loosen the edge with a knife,
fold, and serve in a hot platter. Let each one salt it to his taste, as
salt if added before it is cooked makes it heavy.
Small bits of ham, smoked tongue or beef may be sprinkled
over it before it is folded.
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Omelet (No. 2).
Eggs four; Milk one cupful;
Flour four teaspoonfuls; Parsley one teaspoonful;
Thyme one teaspoonful; Salt one-half teaspoonful;
Pepper a pinch;
Onion (chopped fine) one teaspoonful.
Beat the yolks of the eggs thoroughly. To them add the flour,
then the seasoning, then stir in the milk ; lastly add the whites
beaten very stiff.
Have an omelet pan hot over the fire with a tablespoonful of
butter. Pour in the omelet and stir till half done. Let it stand a
minute and then fold one half over the other with a fritter turner.
Serve hot. —Mrs. Hull.
Puff Omelet.
Milk one cup; Eggs six.
Heat the milk, add a little salt and butter ; beat together the
yolks of the six eggs and the whites of three ; stir them into the
hot milk ; pour into a hot, buttered dish, and add the other three
whites well beaten. Bake ten or fifteen minutes. If the top browns
before the rest is done finish cooking it upon the top of the stove.
—Mrs. Oliver.
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Chapter VIII.— DESSERTS.
To Beat the Whites of Eggs.
The whites of eggs will froth more quickly if they are cold.
Let the eggs lie in cold water before breaking them. Cool the
dish into which they are to be broken by setting it on the ice or
letting the cold water run upon the bottom of it. Let them stand
in a cool place till you are ready to beat them. If they are cold
and fresh they will soon become stiff enough to stay in any form
they are put in.
Eggs, unless they are fresh laid, should be broken into a cup
one by one that the whole may not be spoiled by the addition of a
stale one.
Steamed Custard.
This should be made in a double kettle, the outside one con-
taining boiling water. Into the inner kettle put the milk, and when
it comes as near to boiling as it will in a double kettle, add well-
beaten eggs in the proportion of four or five to the pint of milk,
and sugar two-thirds of a cup to a pint. It is well to beat the
sugar and eggs together before adding them to the milk. The
whites of the eggs, or a part of them, may be reserved to garnish
the custard. Beat them to a stiff froth, add gradually a few spoon-
fuls of powdered sugar, and spread or drop this over the top.
Italian Cream.
Milk one pint;
Eggs two;
Gelatine, .three-eighths of an ounce (or the Aveight of
three thick nickel pennies) ;
Sugar one tablespoonf ul.
Soak the gelatine half an horn* in three tablespoonfuls of cold
•water.
Boil the milk and stir into the gelatine, and when cool strain
them into the eggs, which must have been beaten very light. Add
the sugar; flavor with vanilla. Beat well and pour into a mould.
Set on the ice. Serve with cream and sugar. —Mrs. Oliver.
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Frozen Pudding.
Fill a mo^lld with alternate layers as follows: First, plices of
sponge cake, then slices of banana, then some smooth jelly, then
macaroons till the mould is full. Pour steamed custard, in which
a teaspoonful of gelatine has been dissolved, over all. Freeze.
—Miss Dingley.
Brunswick Cream.
Milk one quart; Gelatine one-half box;
Sugar eight tablespoonfuls; Eggs six;
Brandy or Sherry wine . . one wineglassful.
Soak the gelatine in the milk ten minutes; place over the fire
and let it come to the boiling point. Add the sugar and the yolks
of the eggs beaten very light and stu- till it is a thick custard. Ee-
move it from the fire and let it stand five minutes. Stir in the
whites, well beaten, and the wine. —Miss Hull.
Baked Custard.
Milk one quart ; Sugar one cup ;
Eggs four ; Vanilla or Nutmeg to taste.
Boil the milk ; when nearly cool add the sugar, eggs and flavor-
ing.
Bake in a pudding dish in a slow oven till done.
Try it by slipping a spoon handle into the edge. If the milk
does not follow the spoon the custard is set.
This qaantity will make a filling for two pies, to be baked with-
out an upper crust.
Custard Soufla^.
Butter two tablespoonfuls ; Flour two tablespoonfuls ;
Milk (boiling) one cup ; Eggs four ;
Sugar two tablespoonfuls.
Cream the butter, add the flour, and gradually the milk which
must be boiling ; then add the yolks of the eggs which must have
been thoroughly beaten and mixed with the sugar.
When cool add the beaten whites and bake in a buttered dish,
in a moderate oven, thirty minutes or more.
Serve instantly. —Mrs. Dillingham.
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Charlotte Russe (No. 1).
Cream one pint;
Eggs whites of two;
Sugar two-thirds cup;
Gelatine one-quarter box dissolved in
Milk two-thirds cup;
Vanilla one teaspoonf ill.
Beat the cream, skimming off the froth as it rises, and putting
it into another pan, set in ice water. Then sth* in the sugar and the
whites of the eggs beaten stifif. Next the gelatine, which must have
been dissolved in the milk. Stir all together, and when thick enough
to just poui', tiu*n into moulds lined with thin slices of sponge cake.
—Mrs. W. H. Sawyer.
Charlotte Russe (No. 2).
Milk one pint;
Eggs four;
Cream one pint;
English gelatme one-half ounce;
Sugar one cup;
Vanilla one teaspoonf ul or more.
Put the gelatine into a gill of milk and place it upon the back
of the stove, where it will warm slowly.
Whip the cream to a complete froth, and add the gelatine when
it is thoroughly dissolved.
Make a boiled custard (see recipe) of the pint of milk and four
eggs and enough sugar to make it very sweet.
"When the custard is cold, flavor it with the vanilla, and add it
to the whipped cream.
Line a mould that holds a quart, with thin slices of sponge
cake, pour the mixtiu-e into it, and set it in a cool place to stiJBfen.
—Mrs. Clement.
Delicate Dessert.
Bake a sponge cake in a shallow pan, so that the cake will be
about two inches thick when done.
Just before serving, pour some boiled custard over this, and
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spread a layer of sliced oranges or peaches upon it. Beat the
whites of the eggs, about four, which may be reserved from the
custard, to a stiff froth, and drop them over the top.
— Mrs. Oliver.
"Wine Jelly.
Cox's gelatine. . . .one package; Water three pints;
Cut sugar one pound; Lemons juice of three;
Sicily Madeira wine one pint.
Dissolve the gelatine in a pint of cold water. Add the sugar
and lemon juice. Upon this pom* two pints of boiling water. Add
the wine and strain into bowls or moulds. Set it away in a cool
place. It will requu-e about eight hours to harden.
—Mrs. Arnold.
Cider Jelly.
Cider two quarts;
Sugar three cups;
Lemons the juice and grated rind of two;
Cinnamon one teaspoonful.
Dissolve the gelatine and sugar for half an hour in one pint of
the cider.
Boil the remaining three pints of cider, and when it boils, add
the rest of the cider, the sugar and gelatine. Let it thoroughly
mix, but not boil. Kemove from the fire, flavor and strain into
moulds.
If the cider is pretty sour, the lemon juice may be omitted.
Orange Jelly.
Gelatine. . .half box dissolved in Cold water half-cup; add
Hot water . . one small cup; then Orange juice one pint;
Lemon juice of one; Sugar one cup.
Stir and strain, —Mrs. Bemis.
Orange Jelly.
Gelatine half-box; Sugar one and a half cups;
Oranges juice of four; Lemon . . one;
Water one pint.
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Moisten the gelatine with cold water. Pour over it the pint of
boiling water, add the sugar and fruit juiee, let it boil up once,
then strain into a mould, wet with cold water.
To Serve Orange Jelly.
Cut a small piece from the tops of the oranges, smoothly.
Take out all the inside. When the jelly has cooled a little, pour it
into the oranges, as into cups, and set them on the ice to harden.
When the jelly is firm, serve on a glass dish ornamented with
green leaves.
Ice Cream.
Milk one quart;
Flour one tablespoonful;
Sugar (white powdered) three cups;
Gelatine one tablespoonful;
Eggs (yolks only) three;
Vanilla or lemon extract one tablespoonful;
Cream three pints.
Bring the milk to a boil, and add to it the flour smoothed in a
little cold milk. Then add the eggs beaten up with one cup of
the sugar. Then the gelatine dissolved in a little cold milk. Re-
move from the fire and strain.
The next day add to the mixture, the remaining two cups of
sugar, the cream, and flavoring. Beat all together and freeze.
— Miss DiNoiiEY.
Any kind of fruit juice can be added after the cream is partly
frozen, instead of lemon or vanilla flavoring.
Orangre Ice.
Oranges six of large size; Lemons two;
Water (boiling) five gills.
After squeezing the juice from the fruit, pour the boiling water
over the peel and pulp, and let it stand until cool. Then add it to
the juice, sweeten to taste and freeze. Mrs. Oliver.
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Raspberry Sherbet.
RaspbeiTy jam one cup; Water . . one and one-half pints;
Sugar one cup; Lemon, juice of one-half of one;
Gelatine one tablespoonful;
Dissolve the gelatine in a little of the water, mix with the other
ingredients, strain, put into a mould and freeze.
Substitute three-quarters package of gelatine for the above
quantity, melt all together over the fii'e, strain and set away till cold,
and you will have excellent jelly.
Water Ice.
Make strong lemonade, very sweet; dissolve a teaspoonful of
gelatine in cold water ; to these add sufficient cold water to make
the requisite quantity of ice. Orange or any other fruit juice may
be substituted for lemon.
To Serve a Watermelon.
Cut the melon in two. Take out the pink part in smooth
spoonfuls, removing the seeds, and pile up in a glass dish. Orna-
ment with flakes of white of egg, frothed and sweetened with a
little powdered sugar. Set on the ice till ready to serve.
Steamed Sweet Apples.
Wash and core some fair sweet apples. Lay them in a porce-
lain lined kettle. Fill the hole in the center with white sugar
and scatter a little sugar over the top. Put a little warm water
into the kettle and steam them till they are soft. Add more water
as it is needed, so that there will be sufficient for a little juice when
done. Keep them covered closely.
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Chapter IX.— PUDDINGS.
English Plum Pudding.
Flour .... three and a half cups; Milk one cup;
Suet one cup; Chopped raisins one cup;
Currants one cup; Soda one teaspoonful;
Salt one teaspoonful.
Warm the molasses and sth the suet, which must be freed from
strings and chopped very fine, into it. Pour this gradually upon
the flour. Then add the other ingredients, last the saleratus, which
must be dissolved in a little of the warm molasses reserved for the
purpose. Stir fast and thoroughly after the saleratus is added.
Steam in a well greased double kettle four hours.
This may be eaten with hot or cold sauce.
King George's Pudding.
Floui' three cups; Kaisins. two cups;
Currants one cup; Milk one cup;
Molasses one cup; Suet (chopped fine) . . . one cup;
Soda one-half teaspoonful.
Mix as in Enghsh Plum Pudding. Boil three hours.
Sauce.
Sugar four tablespoonfuls;
Butter two tablespoonfuls;
Flour one tablespoonful;
Beat together and add
Egg the white of one beaten to a froth.
Add a giU of boihng water, stin-ing fast. Flavor mth wine or
brandy. This is a good sauce for any hot pudding.
—Mrs. AENOiiD.
Simple Suet Pudding.
Chopped raisins one cup; Suet one cup;
Molasses one cup; Milk one cup;
Prepared flour three cups.
Steam in a double kettle— one with a hole in the center is best
— three and a half hours. — Mrs. Comfort.
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Bread Pudding.
Milk three pints; Sugar one cup;
Raisins, stoned one cup; Butter one-haK cup;
Eggs four or five ; Bread
Spices.
Break stale bread into the milk, and set it upon the back of the
range; baker's bread will make the lightest pudding, though any
pieces of stale bread maybe used; pieces of cake, slightly stale, may
also be used up in this way. About as much bread as the milk will
thoroughly soak will make it of the proper consistency.
Add the butter, and let it melt, then the sugar, then the eggs,
well beaten, last the raisins.
Spice to taste; all kinds may be used. A tablespoonful of mo-
lasses wDl make it look dark and rich.
Any bread pudding may be varied by spreading a layer of jelly
over the top and frosting it with the whites of one or two of the
eggs beaten up with a little sugar.
Old-fashioned Bread Pudding.
Bread (baker's) one loaf;
Milk sufficient to soak the bread;
Sugar one cup;
Molasses one cup;
Eggs five;
Baisins (stoned) one-half pound;
Butter one tablespoonful;
Spices.
Slice the bread and pour over it milk enough to cover it. Add
the sugar, molasses and eggs, well beaten. Mix, and add the raisins;
add spices to taste, half a nutmeg or half a teaspoonf ul of clove and
cinnamon each; a little salt may be added if desired. Turn into a
dish holding about two or three quarts, fill it up with milk, and
bake slowly five hours. When it has baked four hours set it in a
pan of hot water for the rest of the time. Can bo eaten with any
liquid pudding sauce. Is good warmed over. — Mrs. Oxjver.
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Grandma's J's Plum Pudding.
Baker's bread (stale) . . .one loaf; Suet one cup;
Molasses one cup; Sugar two cups;
Raisins one pound; Currants one pound;
Citron one-half pound; Eggs . . .- nine;
Cinnamon one teaspoonful; Cloves one teaspoonful;
Nutmeg one; Wine one wine-glassful;
Brandy one wine-glassful.
Soak the bread in milk over night. In the morning pour away
the milk not absorbed, and mix all the ingredients in a bowl over a
kettle of hot water. Bake very slowly five hours.
Cracker Pudding.
Cracker crumbs, two-thirds cup; Milk one quart;
Raisins one cup; Sugar one cup;
Butter. two-thirds cup; Eggs four.
Boil the milk and pour it over the cracker crumbs, which must
be rolled fine. Add the butter and sugar then the eggs and rai-
sins.
Bake three-quarters of an hour. —Mrs. Winslow.
Bun Pudding.
Baker's buns six
Eggs three
Salt alittle
Milk one quart;
Sugar four tablespoonfuls;
Spice to taste.
Soak the buns over night in half the milk. Next day add the
other things and bake till a light brown. May be eaten cold or
hot with sauce: if cold, a hard sauce should be served with it.
— Mrs. Harris.
Swedish Honeycomb Pudding.
Flour one cup; Sugar one-half cup;
Molasses one cup; Milk one-half cup ;
Butter one-half cup; Eggs four;
Soda one teaspoonful.
Beat flour (sifted), sugar and molasses together. Melt the but-
ter in the warm milk; to this add the soda.
Mix all these ingredients, and add the eggs beaten to a stiff
froth. Bake three-quarters of an hour.
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Sauce.
Sugai* one cup; Butter size of a walnut;
Eggs one.
Beat altogether, add hot water sufficient and flavor with wine
or any flavoring Kked. — Mrs. Fakdon.
Delicate Bread Pudding.
Bread crumbs one pint; or
Cracker crumbs one pint;
Milk one quart;
Sugar one cup;
Butter one tablespoonful;
Salt one-quarter teaspoonful;
Powdered sugar four tablespoonfuls;
Raisins one cup (chopped) ;
Eggs four;
Spices to taste.
Soak the crumbs in the milk till soft. Add the sugar, then
the yolks of the eggs, and salt and spices. Put in the butter and
raisins and set in the oven. After it has stood long enough for
the butter to melt, stir it well from the bottom.
It will require from half to three-quarters of an hour in a mod-
erate oven to bake. When done, frost with the whites of the eggs
beaten stiff, and the four tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar added
gradually. Brown. — Mrs. OiiiVER.
Bread Pudding.
Bread Crumbs one and a half pints, or three cups;
Milk one quart;
Butter one-eighth pound;
Eggs six;
Sugar one-half cup (or more if desired);
Powdered sugar four tablespoonfuls;
Spice or essence
Scald the milk and pour it over the bread crumbs, and stir in
the butter while warm. When cool, add the sugar, then the whites
of the eggs except two, which should be reserved for frosting.
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Add spice or flavoring to taste, and bake in an earthen dish in
a slow oven from thii-ty-live to fifty mintues.
When done frost the top with the whites of the eggs, which
must have been beaten to a stiff froth and sweetened with the four
tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, — Mks. Ford.
Indian Pudding No. 1 (very nice).
Corn meal four even tablespoonfuls;
Floiu* four even tablespoonfuls;
Salt a little.
Mix the above vnth a little cold milk.
Add to these one quart of scalded milk. Then
Eggs four, well beaten;
Soda . . one teaspoonf ul tlissolved in two tablespoonfuls
of hot water.
Add to the soda and water
Molasses one cup;
Eaisins (stoned) one cup;
Cinnamon a little.
Steam three hours. To be eaten with sugar and cream.
—Mrs. Oliver.
Indian Pudding No. 2.
Milk one quart;
Indian meal two cups;
Molasses one-half cup;
Suet two tablespoonfuls (chopped) ;
Salt one-half teaspoonful;
Cinnamon one-half teaspoonful;
Ginger one-half teaspoonful;
Flour one-half cup.
Boil aU but a cupful of the milk, and pour it hot over the
other ingredients.
Bake in a high pudding pot, slowly, three hours.
Then pour half of the cold milk over it, and bake another horn*;
then add the rest of the cold milk, cover with a plate and bake
three hours longer. —Mrs. W. C. Emery.
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Rice Pudding.— To be Eaten Cold.
Milk one quart;
Rice one tablespoonful;
Salt a pinch;
Sugar four tablespoonfuls;
Nutmeg or Vanilla to taste.
Mix and bake slowly four hours.
Economical and delicious.
Cocoanut Pudding.
Cocoanut one (grated); or
Desiccated cocoanut one and one-half cups;
Milk ■ one quart;
Eggs five;
Sugar one cup, (if grated cocoanut is used;) or
Sugar half-cup, (if desiccated cocoanut).
Boil the milk, and add the eggs well beaten, and the sugar and
cocoanut.
It is better to soak the desiccated cocoanut in the milk for an
hour before adding the eggs and sugar.
Banana Pudding.
Gelatine one-half box; Milk one quai-t;
Sugar two cups; Bananas five;
Cream one pint.
Dissolve the gelatine in a cup of cold water. Scald the sugar
and milk together. Thin the gelatine with a little of the hot milk,
strain it and add the rest of the milk. Let it simmer upon the
back of the stove for ten minutes. Pour into a bowl to cool. Stir
the bananas, which must be peeled and cut into small pieces into
the mixtiu-e, after it has cooled, (but not stiffened.)
Serve with the cream whii)ped to a froth, sweetened if desired.
This should be made a day before it is to be used, to give it
time to harden. —Miss RANDAiiL.
Orange Pudding.
Sugar one-half pound; Butter one-quarter pound;
Eggs six; Oranges two.
Cream the butter and sugar, add the juice and grated rind of
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the oranges, then the yolks of the eggs, one by one. Then slowly
the whites, well beaten.
Line a deep dish Avith puflf paste, pour in the mixture and
bake. —Mrs. Oliver.
Strawberry Pudding.
Line a bowl or mould with thin slices of stale baker's bread.
Pour into this a quart of stewed strawberries, hot.
If the strawberries are fresh they must be made very sweet.
If canned, half a cup of sugar should be added.
Set this away till cool. Then turn it out into a glass dish,
without disturb! ug its shape. Pour around it a steamed custard
made of a pint of milk and the yolks of three or four eggs and two-
thirds of a cup of sugar.
Ornament the top of the pudding with a meringue made of the
beaten whites of the eggs and three tablespoonfuls of powdered
sugar.
Prune Pudding.
Prunes, large and nice one cup;
Eggs wh ites of five:
Cream of tartar one-half teaspoonf ul;
Sugar one-half cup.
Cook the prunes till soft in as little water as possible, then rub
through a colander. Beat the whites of i-be eggs to a stiff froth
and add to the strained prunes. Mix the sugar and cream of
tartar thoroughly and sift them into Ihe prunes.
Bake it a few minutes in a moderate oven to cook the egg.
It may be served with whipped or sweetened cream, or a
custard may be made of the yolks of the eggs for a sauce.
— Miss RANDAiiii.
Lemon Pudding.
Sugar one-half pound or one cupful
Butter one-quarter pound or half a cupful
Eggs three
Lemon one
Cracker one (if desired)
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Cream the butter and sugar together, add the eggs beaten
light, then the juice and grated rind of the lemon. The cracker
may be rolled anil sifted and added if desired. It %vill give the
pudding more consistency. —Mrs. Ford.
liemon Rice Pudding.
Kice one cupful; Milk one pint;
Butter. one large tablespoon fnl; Sugar one cupful;
Eggs four; Powdered do . four tablespoonfuls;
Lemon one.
Boil the rice in salted water seventeen minutes. Add the milk
and butter to the rice while hot. Then add the sugar and the
yolks of the four eggs, well beaten, with the grated rind and a
teaspoonful of the lemon juice. Bake this.
Beat the whit es to a stiff froth, add the remainder of the lemon
juice and, gradually, four tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar.
Spread this over the pudding when done, and brown lightly.
— Mrs. Oliver.
Chocolate Pudding.
Chocolate, gi-ated. two ouucrs; Milk, boiled one quart;
Corn starch. . .one teaspoonful; Eggs four;
Vanilla half teaspoonful.
Boil the milk, add the chocolate, and boil five minutes. Add
the corn starch smoothed in a little cold milk. Cool a little, and
add the eggs except the whites of two, which are reserved for
frostmg. Add the vanQla.
Bake slowly for half an hour. Wlien done, fi-ost with the
whites of the two eggs beaten to a stiff froth, to wliich four table-
spoonfuls of sugar have been added gradually. Brown the frost-
ing hghtly. — Mrs. Frank Clement.
Tipsy Parson Pudding.
Pour over slices of slightly stale cake, (sponge is best), wine and
water enough to cover. When soaked, drain off the water.
Make a steamed custard and pour over it. Serve cold.
The wine may be omitted and the custard flavored with vanilla
or lemon.
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This pudding may be ornamented mth the white of one of the
eggs used in the custard, beaten stiff and dropped over the top.
Half a dozen cocoanut macaroons may be placed around the
edge.
Danish Pudding.
Pearl tapioca one cup;
Cold water one pint;
Boihng water one pint;
Sugar one-half cup;
Salt one-half teaspoonful;
Jelly, ciuTant or some acid jelly one cupful.
Soak the tapioca in the cold water over night.
In the morning put it into a double kettle with the boihng
water, and cook an hour, or until transparent; stir often. Add the
sugar, salt and jelly. Stir well and put into a mould to cool.
Serve with cream and sugar. — Mrs. Bemis.
Saratoga Pudding.
Tapioca one coffee cup; Water two quarts;
Sugar (white) one cup; Raisins (stoned) one cup;
Lemon one; Apples (chopped) . . . one quart.
Soak the tapioca in the water over night. In the morning add
the apples, then the sugar, then the juice and grated rind of the
lemon. Lastly the stoned raisins. Bake, in a covered dish, in a
slow oven, two hoiu's. — Mrs. Huli;.
Tapioca Cream.
Tapioca one-half cup; Milk one quart;
Eggs five; Sugar one cup.
Soak the tapioca in water thi-ee or four hom-s. Have just water
enough to keep it covered.
Boil the milk in a double kettle, add the tapioca and cook till
it is perfectly soft. Then add the yolks of the eggs, beaten up
with the sugar. Cook ten minutes longer.
Turn it into the dish in which it is to be served, and beat into
it gently with a silver fork the whites of the eggs, which have been
beaten to a froth.
Flavor with vanilla. Serve very cold.
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Snow Pudding (No. 1.)
Eggs six; Corn starch . .six tablespoonf uls;
Sugar one tablespoonf ul; Lemon juice of one;
Salt a little; Water one quart.
Dissolve the corn starch in a little cold water. Poui* a quart
of boiling water over it. Add the whites of the eggs beaten stiff.
Stir well, set it in a basin of boiling water, or double kettle, cook
ten minutes. Tiu*n into a mould and put away to harden.
Make a steamed custard for sauce, of the yoliis of the eggs, a
pint or a pint and a half of milk, two-thii-ds of a cup of sugar, and
a teaspoonful of vanilla or any flavoring preferred. (See rule for
Steamed Custard.)
Turn the pudding when cold into a dish and pom* the custard
around it before servjtig.
Snow Pudding (No. 2.)
Lemon juice of one;
Gelatine or Cooper's prepared isin-glass .... half- ounce;
Sugar (white) half-pound;
Eggs two;
Water one pint.
Dissolve the gelatine or isin-glass in the boiling water. Let it
stand till cool. Add the lemon juice, sugar and whites of the eggs
(well beaten). Beat till it thickens. Set it on the ice or in a cool
place until it hardens. It may need to be beaten for an hour.
For sauce, make a steamed custard, (see rule) of the yolks of the
eggs and a pint of milk. When cold, flavor mth wine.
— Mrs. Ford.
German Pudding.
Eggs ten ; Gelatine . . . four teaspoonfuls;
Lemons, three small or two large; Sugar one-half pound;
Water one cup;
Boil the water and dissolve in it the sugar and gelatine. Add
the yolks of the eggs well beaten, the juice of the lemons, and the
rind of one.
Let this come to a boil. When a little cool add the whites of
the eggs beaten stiff. Beat all together and cool.
— Miss Niebuhr.
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Foaming Sauce.
Sugar one cup (heaped) ; Butter one-half cup;
Egg one; Lemon one;
Water three tablespoon fuls.
Cream the butter and sugar, add the egg well beaten, then the
juice and half the grated rind of the lemon. Last, the three table-
spoonfuls of water, which must be boiling, stirred in slowly.
Molasses Sauce.
Molasses one cup; Butter a tablespoonful;
Vinegar or cider, one-quarter of a cup ; more if desired.
Boil the molasses (it should be very nice) until it thickens a
little. Add the vinegar or cider, and boil up again; stu' in the but-
ter and serve warm.
(Good with apple dumpHngs or boiled rice pudding.)
Creamy Sauce.
Butter one-half cup;
Powdered sugar, sifted one cup;
Wine four tablespoonfuls;
Cream or milk two tablespoonfuls.
Cream the butter. Add gradually the sifted sugar. Then
add, gradually, beating all the time, the four tablespoonfuls of
wine, then the two of cream or milk.
When this is beaten well, and just before serving, place the
bowl in hot water and stir until smooth or creamy.
— Mrs. Dillingham.
Hard Sauce.
Sugar (powdered) ten tablespoonfuls;
Butter (nice) two tablespoonfuls.
Beat to a perfect cream. Add the white of one egg beaten to
a stiff froth.
Flavor with wine, brandy or lemon or vanilla extract, or grate
a little nutmeg over the top.
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Chapter X.— PIES,
Pie Crust (No. 1).
Sifted flour five cups; Butter one cup ;
Lard one cup; Ice water one cup;
Salt to taste.
This will keep well in a cool place. — Miss. Smith.
Pie Crust (No. 2).
Flour six cups; Butter, at first one cup;
Lard, at first one cup; Salt one teaspoonful.
Chop the shortening, flour and salt together in a chopping
tray. (It is a good plan to wash the butter the day before. Many
cooks do this also for cake, as they think it makes it Ughter. )
Then wet with ice water.
Roll out about an inch thick, and with a knife spread little bits
of additional butter all over it, and roll it again. Do this three
times, always dredging flour over the butter before folding the
paste. After rolling in the butter three times in this way, make
the paste into a long roll and lay it on the ice or in a very cool
place for an hour or more.
Cut a piece from the end of the roll and roll out lightly a thin
crust of the size of the plate.
Chopping the shortening in obviates the necessity of handling
the paste, which makes it heavy. — Mrs. Hood.
PuiF Paste.
Butter one pound; Flour one pound;
Egg yolk of one; Lemon juice of one;
Salt a pinch.
Wash the butter the night before. Make a hole in the middle
of the flour; put in the yolk of the egg, the juice of the lemon and
the salt. Mix this with ice water; then put in the butter and roll
out four times.
Set the paste on the ice for an hour before rolling out for the
plates.
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Mince Meat (No. 1).
Meat, round of beef three pounds;
Suet one pound;
Apples three pounds;
Cinnamon two teaspoonfuls;
Allspice two teaspoonfuls;
Cloves two teaspoonfuls;
Nutmeg one;
Cider three cups;
Sugar three pounds;
Molasses one cup;
Raisins one and one-half pounds;
Currants one pound;
Citron one-half pound;
Salt to taste;
Lemons grated rind and juice of two; or
Vinegar, best cider one-half cup.
Boil the meat till tender, in a small quantity of water, so that
there will be only one or two cupfuls of liquor. Chop the
meat very fine. Peel, slice and chop the apples. Chop the suet,
and remember that it is impossible to get any of these ingredients
too fine. Chop the citron, stone the raisins, grate the rind of the
lemon and squeeze out the juice, wash the currants.
Boil together in a porcelain lined kettle the cider, molasses,
sugar and suet. Also the vinegar if you use it instead of lemons.
It gives a more pronounced taste to the mince.
Pour these hot upon the other ingredients which must first be
well mixed. This will keep a long time with the addition of a little
brandy. If at any time you fear its spoiling, put it into a preserv-
ing kettle and set it on the back of the range and let it scald
through.
If you wish, spread a few bits of butter on each pie before
you cover it, a little additional salt, and a few teaspoonfuls of
sugar.
If anything seems to be lacking in mince meat, it is usually
either sugar or salt.
The juice of preserved fruit or jelly may be added to the
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mince meat, to which the saying, "the more good things the
better, " is particularly applicable.
Mince Meat (No. 2).
Beef (second cut from the neck) five pounds;
Suet (chopped tine) three-quarter pound;
Raisins (stoned) one and one-half pounds;
Apples (peeled, sliced and chopped) five pounds;
Cinnamon two teaspoonfuls;
Allspice two teaspoonfuls;
Cloves two teaspoonfuls;
Mace one teaspoonful;
Nutmeg (grated) one;
Cider one quart;
Sugar to taste.
Boil the cider down one-half, and add the juice the meat was
boiled in, and a little of the fat. Then add the other ingredients,
with wine and brandy to taste. —Mrs. ARNOiiD.
Mince Meat (No. 3).
Chopped meat two pounds;
Chopped apples four pounds;
Suet (freed from strings and chopped) one pound;
Raisins (stoned and chopped) one pound;
Currants (cleaned) one pound;
Citron (chopped) one-quarter pound;
Sugar (brown) three pounds;
Cider three pints; or
Brandy one pint; or
Wine one bottle;
Nutmegs one and one-half;
Cloves (ground) one tablespoonful;
Cinnamon (ground) one tablespoonful;
Allspice two tablespoonfuls;
Mace one-half teaspoonful;
Salt two tablespoonfuls;
Lemons juice and grated rind of three.
The meat must be boiled tender and chopped very fine. It is
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desirable to have but little of the meat liquor left, which may be
added to the mixture. Cook all together twenty minutes, except
the wine or brandy, which must be added last. If a richer prepar-
ation is desired, another pound of raisins and currants each may be
added, and a pound of sultanas and half a jDound of citron.
— Mrs. OiirvTjR.
Apple Pie.
Bake a sliced apple pie in a deep pie plate. Heap the apple
lip, as it shrinks, as it softens. Allow six tablespoonf uls of sugar
and one of molasses to a pie. Spread little bits of butter and a
pinch of salt over the top. Flavor with nutmeg or cinnamon. Cut
a narrow strip of crust for the edge, dip it in water and j^ut it be-
tween the two crusts, pressing the upper one down. This forms a
paste which joins the two crusts firmly and prevents the juice from
escaping, — a good expedient for all juicy pies.
Gooseberry Pie
This may be made in the same way as cranberry pie, using
gooseberry instead of cranberry sauce (see rule).
Cocoanut Pie.
Cocoanut (grated), one, or cocoanut (desiccated), two cups;
Milk one pint;
Sugar one cup ;
Lemon one-half grated rind and juice;
Eggs four;
Butter one tablespoonf ul;
Crackers (pounded and sifted) two.
If desiccated cocoanut is used, soak it for two hours in the
milk, and use only half as much sugar, as the desiccated cocoanut
is sweetened. Bake in a deep dish lined witli nice paste without
upper crust.
The whites of two of the eggs may be reserved for frosting.
Beat them to a stiff froth, sweeten with three tablespoonf uls of
powdered sugar, add a little lemon juice, and after the pie is baked
pile the frosting over it in little mounds. Return it to the oven
and brown lightly.
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Rhubarb Pie.
Rhubarb (chopped).. . .one cup; Sugar. . .one and one-half cups;
Eggs three.
Mix the rhubarb, sugar and yolks of the eggs. Bake in a deep
plate without an upper crust. When done, frost with the beaten
whites of the eggs, mixed with three or four tablespoonfiils of
sugar. Brown lightly.
Cranberry Pie.
Fill a deep plate lined with crust with cranberry sauce (see
rule) and bake till the crust is done.
A few strips of pie crust crossed over the top will improve its
appearance, and a little powdered sugar may be sifted over it just
before serving.
Squash Pie.
Squash one large pint;
Sugar two and a half cups;
Milk one quart;
Butter two tablespoonfuls;
Cracker Crumbs three tablespoonfuls;
Eggs four;
Ginger one teaspoonful; or
Extract lemon one teaspoonful;
Salt one teaspoonful.
Peel, steam till soft and strain the squash.
To a large pint add the sugar, spice and cracker crumbs, which
must be rolled tine and sifted.
Boil the milk and melt the butter in it. Add it to the squash,
etc., one-half at a time. When well mixed, add the eggs well-
beaten.
Bake in a deep plate, with a nice undercrust.
Raisin Pie.
Raisins one pound; Lemon one;
Sugar one cup; Crackers three.
Boil, stone and chop the raisins, roll the crackers fine, mix all
and bake with two crusts. This makes three pies.
—Mrs. J. O. Bemis.
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Lemon Pie (No. 1).
Eggs four;
Lemons one large or two small;
Powdered sugar, eight tablespoonfuls for pie, four for
frosting;
Butter (melted) one large tablespoonful.
Beat the yolks of the eggs by themselves. Grate the rind and
strain the juice of the lemons into them and add the eight spoon-
fuls of sugar. Beat all together until very light. Then add the
melted butter. Pour into a deep plate lined with crust, and bake.
When done, frost with the whites, which must be beaten to a
stiff froth and sweetened with the four tablespoonfuls of sugar.
Brown in the oven. — Mrs. White.
Lemon Pie (No 2).
Lemons one large or two small;
Sugar one cup;
Milk one cup;
Eggs three;
Cornstarch or white flour three teaspoonfuls.
Mix the juice of the lemons and the grated rind with the sugar.
Smooth the flour or cornstarch with a little of the milk, and
mix all together. Bake in a deep pieplate, lined with nice paste.
When done, frost with the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff
froth, and three tablespoonfuls of sugar. Brown slightly.
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Chapter XL— CAKE.
Directions Regarding Cake.
An old-fasliioned tea -cup holds half a pint. A goblet or
ordinary tumbler about the same. "A pint is a pound all the
world round." A piece of butter "the size of an egg is one
tablespoonf ul. "
Use the same vessel for measuring the ingredients to be used
in anything you are cooking, that the proportion may not be
changed.
Baking powder or yeast powder is cream of tartar and soda
mixed in the proper proportion of two parts of the former to one
of the latter. It is a saving of trouble to use the chemicals thus;
and baking powder should be mixed and sifted with the dry flour.
If however the cream of tartar or soda are used separately, the
former should be mixed with the dry flour and the latter dissolved
in a Httle hot water, or in the milk, if milk is used.
Prepared flour is flour with the baking powder already mixed
with it.
Before making cake get all the ingredients called for in the
recipe, ready to your hand.
Currants, which are very dirty usually, should have been
thoroughly washed and dried.
Raisins should have been stoned. Have a cup of water at your
side when stoning raisins and drop the stones into it. This
washes the Angers at the same time and prevents their becoming
sticky. This can be done whenever there is a little time of leisure
or waiting in the kitchen. Sift the flour.
In mixing cake the butter and sugar should first be beaten
together till they look like cream. This should be done with a
wooden spoon, as an iron one is apt to discolor the cake. It saves
a good deal of strength to beat cake with the hand, and this may
be done in cool weather. But in summer the heat of the hand
makes it heavy.
Beat the eggs, yolks and whites separately, and add the yolks
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to the butter and sugar, then the whites. Next add half the milk,
and when this is well mixed half the flom-, then the rest of the
milk and the remainder of the flour containing the baking powder.
If fruit is used, save out a third of the flour to mix it with. It is
less Hkely to sink to the bottom of the pan. Add flavoring.
This is a good general method to follow, unless otherwise
directed in the recipe.
Grease the pans well. The cake is more certain to tiun out
easily if the pan is lined with a well greased paper. Have a brisk
but not too hot an oven.
Have your tire just right, so that you need not touch it till the
cake is done. The old proverb that ' ' There is more in baking
than there is in making,' applies here. If it is mixed ever so care-
fully and not properly baked, it is labor and material wasted. Do
not move it, if you can help it, till it is done. If it begins to brown
before it is properly raised, cool the oven a little by removing the
cover from the stove a little way — just a crack.
The cake will shrink from the sides of the pan when it is done.
Try it also with a broom straw, and when no dough sticks to the
straw it is safe to consider it baked sufliciently. Turn it carefully
from the pan upon a toast rack or clean broiler. Let it cool before
j)utting it away in the cake-box.
Fruit cake needs a long, slow baking. It is safe to leave it in
the oven half an hour after you think it is done.
All cakes containing molasses bmii more easily than sugar
Fruit Cake (No. 1).
Floiu" One pound; Sugar one pound;
Butter one i)ound; Fggs ten;
Eaisins three pounds; Citron one-half pound;
Wine one gill; Nutmeg one;
Cloves .... one-half teaspoonful; Allspice . . one-half teaspoonful;
Cinnamon one teaspoonful.
Beat sugar and butter to a cream, add the brandy. Beat
the eggs very light, strain and add them. Add two thii'ds of
the flour. Mix the fruit with the rest of the flour and add it
with the spices. The juice and grated rind of a lemon improves
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this cake. Bake in well greased pans, lined with paper, also well
greased, in a moderate oven from one and one-half to two hours.
— Mrs. Arnold.
Wedding Cake.
Sugar (brown) .-.one pound;
Butter one pound;
Flour one pound ;
Eggs ten;
Citron three pounds;
Stoned Raisins four pounds;
Currants four pounds;
Molasses (darkest) one-half pint;
Mace, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg (a little more cloves
and mace) one ounce each;
Brandy one gill.
Mix as in the ^jreceding recipe. —Mrs. J. Bolton.
Cleveland Fruit Cake
Sugar one pound;
Butter three-quarters pound;
Citron one-half pound;
Currants one pound;
Raisins (stoned and chopped) one pound;
Flour one pound;
Molasses one-half cup;
Eggs eight;
Spices all kinds.
Bake four hours. —Mrs. Clement.
Apple Fruit Cake
Molasses two cups; Sugar, brown one cup;
Floiu' four cups; Eggs three;
Raisins (chopped) . . one pound; Butter one cup;
Soda one teaspoonful; Cloves one teaspoonful;
Nutmeg one; Citron one-half pound;
Salt a little; Dried apples three cups.
Soak the dried apples over night and in the morning stew them
in one (;up of the molasses. Add them to cake when mixed as by
tlirections for other fruit cake. This will keep well.— Miss Smith.
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Cup Cake.
An old reliable and generally useful rule for cake, and one
easily remembered, is the old-fashioned One, two, three, four cake.
Only instead of three put three and a half, and remember that
there are two ones.
Of butter one cup;
Milk one cup;
Sugar two cups;
Flour, three and a half cups; three does not make it
quite stiff enough;
Eggs four;
Baking powder two teaspoonfuls:
This should be mixed according to the preceding directions,
and is good as a plain cake; or it may be made into currant cake by
adding a cup of currants; or raisin cake by adding a cup of raisins;
marble cake by adding to one-half of the batter, spices of all kinds
and a small half cup of molasses, and putting into the baking pan
in alternate layers; or fruit cake by adding spices, molasses and
raisins to all the batter; or layer cake, by baking in Washington
pie pans, when a little less baking powder should be used.
The dullest servant, if she cannot read, can easily learn this,
rule.
French Cake (Reliable and Good.)
Sugar two cups; Butter one-half cup,'
Flour three cups; Milk one cup;
Eggs three; Baking powder, two teaspoonfuls.
— Mrs. Clement
Spanish Bun.
Eggs four;
Butter three-quarter cup;
Sugar two cups;
Milk one cup;
Cinnamon one tablesj)oonful;
Flom* two cups;
Baking powder one and one-half teaspoonfuls.
Reserve the white of one egg for icing. Cream the butter and
sugar; add the well-beaten yolks of the eggs, then the whites beaten
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to a froth, then half the milk, then half the flour, then the rest of
the milk and the rest of the flour. Last, the spice.
Bake in a shallow pan. When done, spread over it a thin icing
made of the white of the egg and two teaspoonfuls of sugar, and
half a teaspoouful of cinnamon. — Miss Fairbanks.
Corn Starch Cake.
Sugar two cups;
Butter one cup;
Flour two cups;
Corn Starch one cup, dissolved in
Milk one cup;
Baking powder three teaspoonfuls;
Eggs whites of six.
—Mrs. Winslow.
Watermelon Cake.
For the white part:
Butter one-third cup;
Sugar one cup;
Milk one-quarter cup;
Flour one and one-quarter cup;
Soda ... one-quarter teaspoon ;
Cream of Tartar three-quarter teaspoon; or
Baking powder one teaspoonful:
Eggs whites of four.
For the red part:
Butter one-thii-d cup ;
Eggs yolks of four;
Bed Sugar one cup;
Milk one-quarter cup;
Flour two cups;
Baisins, stoned and quartered one cup;
Baking powder two even teaspoonfuls.
Put the red part in the centre of a round pan, scatter the
raisins through it to kx^k like the seeds, and put the white around
the edge. -Mrs. Oliver.
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Walnut Cake.
Sugar oue aud oue-half cups;
Butter one-half cup;
Milk oue-half cup;
■ Eggs three;
Cream of tartar one teaspoonful;
Soda one-half teaspoonful;
Walnut meats one cup;
Flour two cups;
Vanilla one-half teaspoonful.
Mix as in cup cake, adding the walnuts, broken very fine, last.
— Miis. F. W. Emery.
Harlequin Cake.
Cream one cup butter; add two cups sugar; mix well; add
three eggs, the yolks and whites beaten separately; sift one tea-
spoonful of cream of tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda, with
three cnps of flour; add alternately mth one cup of milk. Divide
it into foui' parts: color one part with two squares melted choco-
late, one part with pink coloring and leave two i^ai'ts uncolored.
Bake separately, and when done put together with lemon jelly.
Pink Coloring.
Cochineal one-half ounce;
Alum one-half ounce;
Cream of tartar one-half ounce;
Salts of tartar one-half ounce.
To the first three ingredients add half pint boiling water. Let
it stand on the stove two minutes; then add the salts of tartar
gradually. Add one-half pound sugar, and strain through a cloth.
Lenion Jelly.
Sugar one cnp;
Lemon grated rind and juice of one;
Flour, two tablespoon fuls, stirred into a well-beaten
egg;
AVater one cup.
Mix all and cook till thick and smooth like cream.
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Sponge Cake (No. 1).
Sugar. . . three-quarters pound; Eggs six;
Lemon one; Flour one-half pound;
Water one-half tumbler or cup.
Dissolve the sugar in the water by setting it upon the back of
the range. Beat the eggs very light, and add them to the sugar
and water. Then beat fifteen minutes. Add the grated rind of the
lemon, and three-teaspoonfuls of lemon juice. Last, the flour
(sifted). —Miss Smith.
Sponge Cake (No. 2).
Simple Old sure.
Eggs three;
Sugar one cup ;
Flour one cup;
Baking powder one and one-half teaspoonfuls;
Lemon juice and grated rind of one.
Sift all together, l>ut the eggs and lemon, which add last. Beat
well, and bake quickly in one loaf.
Chocolate Cake.
Butter one cup;
Sugar two cups;
Milk one cup;
Eggs five, except the whites of two;
Flour three and one-half cups;
Cream of tartar one teaspoonf ul ;
Soda one-half teaspoonful;
Lemon extract one teaspoonful;
Fri»<ti)}(].
Chocolate two squares;
Powdered sugar one and one-half cups;
Eggs whites of two;
Melt the chocolate over the steam of a kettle. Add the sugai*
and eggs, and frost the cake as soon as it comes from the oven. A
little vanilla may be added to the frosting. — IMrs. F. W. Emery.
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Chocolate Marble Cake.
Butter one cup; Sugar two cups;
Milk one cup: Eggs four;
Flour three cups; Baking powder, two teaspoonfuls.
Dissolve a tablespoonful of chocolate in a little milk or cream.
Stu' this thoroughly into a cupful of the cake batter. Spread the
dark batter over the light at intervals, forming little rings of the
dark, that the cake may look like marble when done.
—Mrs. Oliver.
Sour Milk Cake.
(Withovt eggs.)
Flour four cui)s;
Sugar (brown) two cups;
Butter two-thirds cup;
Sour milk one and one-half cups;
Soda one teaspoonful, to be dissolved in the milk;
Raisins two cups, stoned and chopped or halved;
Spices All kinds, to taste.
This is a very nice rule. —Mrs. Winslow.
Whigs.
Milk one pint;
Butter one tablesi)Oonful;
Sugar one cup;
Soda one dessertspoonful;
Cream of tartar two dessertspoonfuls;
Eggs three;
Flour five cups.
Mix as in previous recipes.
Frosting for the ahore.
Eggs white of one beaten to a froth;
Lemon juice of one ;
Flour one tablespoonful;
Sugar (powdered) one pound.
—Mrs. Harris.
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Com Starch Cake.
Butter cue-half cup;
Hugar one and one-half cups;
Eggs four;
Corn Starch one-half cup;
Milk one-half cup ;
Flour one and one-half cups;
Lemon Extract one teaspoonful;
Baking powder two teuspoonfuls.
Dissolve the <'orn-starch in the milk, and mix by previous di-
rections. —Miss Smith.
Berwick Sponge Cake.
Beat Eggs, .six yolks and whites together two minutes;
Add Sugar three cups, and V)eat five minutes; then
Flour two 3ups, with
Cream of Tartar, .two teaspoonfuls, l>eat two minutes;
Then cold water one cup, with
Soda one teaspoonful, l)eat one minute; then
Lemon one-half grated lind and juice;
Flour two cups, beat three minutes.
Obsei-ve the time exactly, and V)ake in rather deep cup-cake
pans in a good oven. —Mrs. J. O. Bemis.
Almond Cake.
Butter one and one-half cups;
Sugar one and one-half cups;
Milk one and one-half cups;
Flour two and one-half cups;
Eggs (whites only) four;
Cream of tartai* one and one-half teaspoonfuls;
Soda one-quarter teaspoonful;
Almonds . . two dozen, placed over the top of the cake.
The almonds must be blanched by soaking three minutes in
boiling water ; then put them into cold water and rub off the skins.
Flavor with essence of almond.
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JeUy Roll.
Eggs six; Sugar two cups;
Flour two cups; Milk, .one large tablespoonful;
Baking powder two teaspoonfuls.
Put in the pans very thin. Do not bake too long. Lay it be-
tween cloths when done to keep it moist tiU cool.
Spread with jeUy, roll and place in napkins to kee^) it in shape.
This may be flavored with the grated rind of a lemon or a few
drops of lemon extract. — Mrs. Hull.
Ribbon Cake.
Sugar two and one-half cups;
Butter one cup;
Flour two and a half cups;
Milk one cup;
Eggs four;
Baking powder two heaping teaspoonfuls;
Raisins one cup;
Currants one cup;
Molasses. one tablespoonful;
Si)ices all kinds to taste.
Mix as in previous directions. Separate the batter into three
parts. To one j^art add the fruit, molasses and spices, and bake
the three parts in pans of corresponding size.
Put the dark layer between the other two with a little jelly
between the layers. Press lightly together.
Frosting may be added if deshed. — Mrs. Stroud.
Bride Cake.
Eggs six (whites only) ;
Flour two and one-half cups;
Butter one-half cup;
Sugar one and one-half cups;
Milk one-half cup;
Baking powder one and one-half teaspoonfuls;
Cream the butter and sugar; add the milk; then the flour,
mixed with the baking powder; the whites of the eggs, well beaten^
last.
Flavor with rose or almond.
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Angel's Food, or White Sponge Cake.
Eggs whites of eleven ;
Sugar, powdered or sifted granulated, one and one-
half cups;
Flour one cu] > ;
Vanilla one teaspoonful (scant):
Cream of tartar one teaspoouf ul;
Sift some flour four times; then measure out the cupful; add
the cream of tartar and sift again.
Beat the whites to a stiff froth. Add the sugar lightly, then
the flom* very gently, then the vanilla.
Do not stop beating till the cake is in the pan. Bake forty
minutes in a moderate oven in an angel cake pan with a hole in the
centre, that must be kept for that purpose alone, and must not be
Turn the pan upside down to cool. When cool cut round the
edge with a knife and remove.
White Cake
Sugar, powdered two cups:
Butter one-half cup;
Milk one-half cup;
rioui' two cups;
Eggs ... whites of foiu-;
Baking powder one and one-half teaspoonfuls;
Almond to taste.
Bake in a brisk but not too hot oveu. — Mrs. Oliver.
Washington Cake.
Butter three-quarter cup;
Sugar one j^ound:
Flour one pound:
Eggs six;
Milk one cup;
Baking powder one teaspoonful (scant).
Mix as in previous directions. —Mrs. Waterman.
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Cream Pie (No. 1).
Eggs , three;
Flour one cup;
Sugar one cup;
Milk two tablespoonfuls;
Baking powder one and one-half teaspoonfuls;
Salt alittle;
Flavoring vanilla or lemon.
Mix as in previous directions for cake, and bake in jelly cake
pans; place between the layers the
Cremn.
Milk one pint; Sugar one (scant) cup;
Floiu' one-half cup; Eggs two;
Salt alittle.
To the boiling milk add the other ingi-edients, all beaten to-
gether; boil until it thickens; flavor -svith vanilla or lemon.
—Mrs. Clement.
Cream Pie (No. 2).
Eggs three;
Sugar one cup;
Flour one cup;
Cream of tartar.. one teaspoonful mixed with the flour;
Soda one-half teaspoonful, dissolved in
Warm water three teaspoonfuls.
Bake in three layers.
FilUny.
Milk one pint; Eggs one;
Flom- one tablespoonf ul ; Sugar two tablespoonfuls.
Scald the milk and add the other ingredients. Flavoi- ^^ith
vanilla. —Mrs. J. D. Winslow.
Cream Layer Cake.
Eggs three;
Powdered sugar one cup;
Flour one and one-half cups;
Water three tablespoonfuls;
Baking powder two teaspoonfuls.
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Filling.
Milk one pint;
Sugar one-lialf cup;
Butter two tablespoonfuls;
Corn Starch one tablespoonf ul.
Mix as in Cream Pie No. 1. — Miss HuiiL.
Cream Cakes.
Butter one-half cup; Water one cup;
Flour one cup; Eggs three.
Boil the water and butter together, then stir in the flour. Set
it away to cool. When cold add the eggs without beating.
Butter a pan very shghtly and drop a large spoonful of the
batter at intervals.
Bake in a quick oven twenty minutes.
Filling.
Milk two cups; Eggs two;
Sugar one cup; Flour two tablespoonfuls:
Salt a little.
Scald the milk and add the other ingredients.
—Mrs. CiiEMENT.
Eng-lish Cheese Cakes.
Make a nice puff paste (see rule) roll out and cut into cakes
with a cooky cutter. Bake brown and fill with
Ijtinoii Filling.
Sugar (gi-anulated).two pounds; Butter nine ounces;
Eggs (whites only) twelve; Lemons eight or ten.
Grate the rinds and squeeze out the juice of the lemons. Beat
the eggs to a froth, mix altogether and boil in a double kettle or a
jar set in a pan of water, till it thickens. Stir often.
— Mrs. Krahnstover.
It is a good idea to have one or two dozen clean cork stoppers
to put between the crusts before baking. When done, separate
the crusts; remove the cork and fill the vacant space with the lemon
jelly. Wash and dry the corks after using and keep covered from
dust for the next time. — Mrs. K.
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Blueberry Cake.
Blueberries one cup. or more if desired ;
Sugar one cup;
Milk one cup (scant) ;
Eggs two;
Butter one teaspoonf ul ;
Baking powder three teaspoonf uls;
riour for a stiff batter.
— Mrs. Frank CiiEivrENT.
Chocolate Layer Cake.
Butter one cup;
Sugar two cups;
Flour (prepared) two and a half cups;
M^ilk one cup;
Eggs five;
Grated Chocolate (Baker's) one-half cake;
Vanilla two teaspoonfuls.
Bake in Washington-pie plates and put l^etween the layers the
FiUuHj.
Baker's chocolate, one -half or three-quarter cake
(melted) ;
Sugar two cups, dissolved in l)oiling water;
Eggs whites of two, lieaten a little.
Boil all together; when cool add
Vanilla four teaspoonfuls;
Cocoanut one cupful (if desired).
— Mrs. Searles.
Wafers (Very nice).
Butter one cup; Sugar two cups;
Milk one-half cup: Lemon juice of one;
Nutmeg one; Soda one teaspoonf ul;
Flour enough to roll out.
Roll the dough very thin, sprinkle gTanulated sugar over them
and press it in with the rolling-pin. Cut in rounds and bake
quickly.
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Plain Cake for Layer Cake.
Sugar one and a half cups;
Butter oiio-lialf cup;
Water one cup;
Flour two and a half cups;
Baking x^owder tAvo teaspoonfuls;
Eggs three (white of one reserved for icing) ;
Lemon gi-ated rind of one, if convenient.
—Mrs. Huiiii.
Orange or Lemon Filling.
Water two cups;
Corn Starch three tablesj^oonfuls;
Oranges juice of three, grated rind of two; or
Lemons two;
Sugar one cup ;
Butter one tablespoonful;
Eggs yolks of three;
Add the corn starch dissolved in one-half cu]3 of the cold water,
to the rest of the water when it boils; add the rest of the ingi-edi-
ents; cook all together ten minutes or until it thickens.
Chocolate Filling.
Bakers chocolate. ..one square; Sugar one cup;
Eggs yolks of two; Milk .... one-third cup (boiled).
Stir the chocolate and sugar into the boiling milk, then add
the egg well beaten. Simmer ten minutes; flavor with vanilla.
Let it cool before using. — Miss Smith.
Filling for Layer Cake.
Raisins, stoned and chopped fine one cup;
Eggs whites of two well beaten.
Mix; add the juice of one or two lemons.
Orange Cake Filling.
Oranges gi-ated rind and juice of two;
Eggs whites of two;
Sugar enough to stiffen the above.
—Mrs. Harris.
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Orange Cake.
( To be baked in layers. )
Eggs five;
Sugar two cups;
Powdered sugar for frosting
Sweet milk one-half cup;
Baking powder one teaspoonlul;
Flour two cups;
Butter one teaspoonful or size of a walnut;
Orange one.
Grate the rind of the orange and reserve the whites of two eggs
for the filling. Sweeten this with the powdered sugar and spread
between the layers.
Strawberry Short-Cake.
Milk(soiu') one cup;
Butter size of a walnut;
Soda, one-third of a teaspoonful dissolved in a Httle of
the milk. Mix lightly and bake in a quick oven.
Mash and sweeten a pint and half of berries. When the cake
is baked, split it and butter each part. Si»read the strawberries
between the layers and serve immediately,
Strawberries mashed and sweetened may be spread between
any layer cake. Then garnish the top with whole strawbenies.
— Mrs. C. C. Dillingham,
New Years Cakes.
Butter one and one-quarter pounds;
Lard one pound;
Sugar two pounds;
Luke warm water one pint;
Soda one teaspoonful;
Caraway seed five teaspoonfuls;
Flour, about six pounds, or enough to make it suffici-
ently stiff to roll out.
Cream the butter and sugar, add the flour, th-op in the caraway
seeds, then add the water and the soda dissolved in a little hot
water. Roll about half an inch thick and cut with a wooden cake
cutter. —Mrs. Arnold.
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Orange Short-Cake.
Make a crust as for strawberry short-cake, and spread sliced
oranges, from whicli the seeds and as much as possible of the pulp
have been removed, between the layers. A little grated or desic-
cated cocoanut may be mixed with the orange for variety.
—Mrs. T. S. Dillingham.
Barnard Cake.
Butter one cup; Sugar three cups;
Elour . . .four and one-half cups; Eggs four.
Milk one cup; Soda one teaspoonful;
Lemon juice and rind of one.
Sugar Cookies (Rich).
Butter two-thii-ds of a cupful ;
Sugar two-tlmxls of a cupful;
Flour one heaping cupful;
Cinnamon (gTOimd) one teaspoonful;
Mace or nutmeg (gTound) one-half teaspoonful;
Egg one;
Cold water one teasiwonful.
Cream the sugar and butter, add the egg and spice, then gTad-
ually tlie flour. E(^ll as thin as possible, cut into cookies and bake.
—Mrs. Emery.
Sugar Cookies.
Sugar two cups;
Butter one cup;
Eggs two;
Milk one-half cup
Baking powder one and one-half teaspoonfuls;
Nutmeg (grated) one;
Elour to roll stiff.
Mix as for cake, add as much flour as is needed, roll very thin,
out out, scatter a little sugar over the top before putting in pans,
and press it down with the rolling-pin. —Mrs. Winslow.
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Jumbles.
Flour thiee-quiirfcer pound; Sugar one-half pound;
Butter six ounces; Eggs two;
Nutmeg and rosewater to taste.
Mix as for cake; roll them out with your ]iands, dip tliem
in sugar, and bake in round rings. — Mrs. Ford.
Boston Cookies.
Molasses two cups; Sugar one cup;
Butter one cup; Milk one cup;
Soda two teaspoonfuls; Floui- five cups;
Eggs two; Ginger one tiiblespoonful.
Melt the butter in the molasses, poui- them upon the sugar
mixed with the spice and a small part of the flour. Add the eggs,
well beaten; dissolve the soda in the milk; and add, then the rest
of the flour. Bake in gem pans. —Mrs. Wtnslow.
Soft Gingerbread.
Butter, lard or nice beef drippings one cup;
Sugar one cup;
Molasses two cups;
Sour milk one cup;
Eggs two;
Soda one teaspoonful;
Ginger one tablespoonful;
Cloves, cinnamon and allspice, one-haK teaspoonful of
each, if desii-ed;
Flour to make a batter as thick as cup cake.
Put the sugar, one or two cups of flour and the spices in n dish,
and mix. Melt the shortening in the boiled molasses and add
gradually. Then add half the milk, then a little more flour, then
the other half of the milk, with the soda dissolved in it, lastly the
eggs and sufficient floui* to make it of the right consistency.
Gingerbread as well as cake depends upon proper mixing and
thorough beating for its lightness. — Mrs. Ford.
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Gingerbread.
Molasses one cup;
Boiling water one cup;
Lard or butter one tablespoonlul;
Ginger one tablespoonlul;
Baking soda one teaspoonful;
Salt a little;
Flour as much as can be stirred into the molasses.
Mix the flour and molasses, then add the soda dissolved in a
little boiling water, then the ginger, salt and shortening.
—Mrs. Cummings.
Hard Sugar Gingerbread.
Butter one cup; Sugar two cups;
Egg 9ne; Milk three-( quarters cup;
Ginger one teaspoonful; Soda one-half teaspoonful.
Mix rather stiff; add flour to roll out. — Mrs. Oliver.
Ginger Snaps (No. 1).
Molasses one cup; Sugar one cup;
Butter three-quarters cup; Soda one teaspoonful;
Water (hot) one-third cup; Ginger two teaspoonful s;
Flour sufficient to roll out.
Boil the sugar and molasses together one minute. Add the
butter, then the soda dissolved in the hot water, then the ginger
and flour. Will roll out very thin. —Mrs. Bemis.
Ginger Snaps (No. 2).
Butter two-thii-ds cup;
Xiard tAN o-thirds cup;
Sugar (brown) one cup;
Molasses one pint;
Ginger two tablespoonfuls;
Flour one quart (at first) ;
Soda two teaspoonfuls, dissolved in
Milk four tal^lespoonfuls;
Spice a little of all kinds;
Pepper one-half teaspoonful (if liked).
After mixing, add flour enough to roll out.
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Molasses Cake.
Molasses one large eiip;
Warm water one-lialf cup;
Sliortening one-half cup;
Baking powder one teaspoonfnl;
Ginger one-half teaspoonfnl;
Cinnamon one-half teaspoonfnl;
Nutmeg one-half one;
Flour to make a batter.
—Mrs. Horace C. Fardon.
Doughnuts.
Sugar one and one-half cups;
Butter one-half teaspoonfnl;
Milk one cuj);
Eggs two;
Baking powder tlu-ee teaspoonfuls;
Nutmeg one and one-half;
Flour enough to roll out.
Mix as for cake, cut out, and fry in plenty of hot lard. Tiy a
piece of the dough ; if it rises quickly to the top of the lard, and
does not scorch, the heat \nl\ be right. When it rises, turn the
doughnut over. Tliey should be rolled about one-quarter of an
inch thick. Sift powdered sugar over them before you put them
upon the table.
Frosting.
Easily made.
Egg white of one; Powdered sugar, one large cup;
Corn Starch one teaspoonfnl.
Beat the egg a little — not till white, stu* in the sugar gi-adually,
then the com starch. When smooth, spread it on your cake.
—Mrs. J. D. Winslow.
Gelatine Frosting.
Gelatine one teasi)oonful ;
Water one-thii*d of a cup;
Sugar (powdered) sufficient to thicken;
Vinegar (nice) one-half teaspoonful.
Dissolve the gelatine in the water on the back of the range.
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Add the sugar, gTiidually, mid the vinegar. This hardens
quickly and is easily made. It is tliick enough when it will just
spread smoothly without running. —Mrs. Clement.
Frosting (No. 3).
This is usually made by beating the whites of eggs to a stiff
froth.
For a meringue, add very slowly a tablespoont'ul of powdered
sug-ar to an egg.
For a stiff frosting add gradually to the beaten whites suffici-
ent powdered sugar to make it stiff enough to spread smoothly,
but not to run.
A teaspoonful of lemon juice or nice vinegar lielps it to harden.
Chocolate Frosting.
Eggs whites of two;
Sugar (powdered) one-half cup;
Cho3olate one square or six tablespoonfuls;
Vanilla one teaspoonful.
Melt over the fire, the choc )late and sugar in two tablesjDoon-
fuls of water. Wlien smooth add the egg.
Frosting (No. 5),
For the white of ons egg, add teaspoonful of lemon juice and
one teaspoonful of powdere 1 sugar. Beat thoroughly, then add
another teaspoonful of sugar, and so on till the frosting is thick
enough to cut with a knife and leave its mark.
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Chapter XI I.— PRESERVES.
Preserves.
Jellies should be made from the juice (only) of fruits. Equal
quantities of juice and sugar, heated separately, and then boiled
together hard and ceaselessly for twenty minutes, is a good general
rule. Jam is made from the juice and pulp of fruit— all that can
be squeezed through a sieve. Equal quantities of pulp and sugar
boiled together till quite tlu'ck. It must be stirred constantly. Ti-y
it on the ice to judge when it is thick enough.
Canned preserves require about two cups of sugar to a cup of
water. Boil the syrup by itself, adding a cup of water once or
twice as it boils away. Skim it carefully. Add the fruit and boil
till tender. The cans should be filled with boiling Iwt preserve,
entii-ely full, and closed immediately, air-tight. Lay the cans on
the side and if they are not tight they will probably leak.
Glasses for jellies and preserve^s should be immersed in hot
water before filling.
A silver spoon or forlv put into a glass will draw the heat from
the hot liquid and present the glass from breaking. Setting the
glasses upon a wet towel will serve the same puipose.
duince Preserve.
Of nice orange quinces take equal quantities of fruit and sugar.
Peel the quinces and cut into quarters or eighths.
Boil them, in water enough to cover them, till they are tender.
Take them out one by one and lay them upon a platter.
Make a syrup of the water and sugar by boiling them together,
skimming if necessary. Return the cjuince to the preserving ket-
tle and boil all three-quarters of an hour longer. Put into a stone
jar, spread a brandied paper over the preserve and co^•er close-
Tie a piece of wrapping paper over the cover of the jar.
Brandied Peaches.
Lay the peaches for a few moments in a kettle of Doiling water.
Then they may be held in a dry towel and peeled off smoothly.
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Make a syrup in the proportion of one-lialf pound of sugar to
one pound of fruit. Boil a few minutes.
Put the fruit in jars and pour over them equal parts of the syrup
and white brandy. —Mrs. Harris.
Rhubarb Jelly.
Cut up the rhubarb without peeling. Stmm it till very soft.
Then lay it on a hair sieve to drain over night till all the juice is
out. It may be pressed a little at last.
To a pint of juice allow a scant pound of sugar.
Boil the juice, and skim. Heat tlie sugar in tlie oven while the
juice is boiling. Add the hot sugar to the juice, and boil till it
forms jelly when tried.
This looks and tastes like giiara jelly, and keeps well.
Delicious Apple Sauce.
Place a layer of peeled and (Quartered apples in a bean pot;
sprinkle a little sugar over them; then put in another layer of
a]>ples which sweeten as before; continue till the pot is about two-
tliirds full.
Cover tightly and l^ake three or four hours. Put no water in
them, but do not let them bake diy. Take them from the oven
while moist and juicy, and do not alhnv them to Ijake too fast.
Tasteless, insipid apples become in this manner rich in color
and flavor.
Sunday Apple Sauce.
Core and 1)ake, tilling the holes with sugar, seven or eight
apples.
Wlien veiy soft strain them into a small pudding dish. Grate
in the rind of a lemon, and spread over the top the white of an egg-
beaten to a stiff frost and mixed with half a cup of powdered sugar.
Brown slightly.
To be eaten cold.
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Cranberry Sauce.
Wash and pick over the craiibenies ftirefiilly; cover the bottom
of a porcelain-Hned kettle Avith water, put in the l)erries Avith two-
thirds tlie quantity of sugar. Poiu* over them a teacu])ful more of
water and boil slowly till every ben-y is l)r()ken.
Gooseberry Sauce.
Follow dii-ections for Cranbeny Sauce.
This or the preceding rule will make a good filling for pies.
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Chapter XilL— CANDY.
Cocoanut Cream Candy (No. 1).
Wattu- three-quarter cuj); Sngur three cups.
Boil ten minutes Avithout stirring. Just before taking from the
fii-e add one and one-half cups of cocoanut and a little cream of
tartar.
Beat until cold. Spread over buttered paper.
— Miss Clifford.
Cocoanut Cream Candy (No. 2.)
Sugar two cupfuls; Water one-third of a cup;
Lemon or vanilla . . . one teaspoonful, (more, if desired. )
Boil the water and sugar less than five minutes, till it is
stringy. When ct)ld beat with a fork till it has a creamy appear-
ance. Flavor with lemon or vanilla and stir in cocoanut till it is
thick enough. Pour into a platter to liarden.— M. F. Shillauer.
Chocolate Caramels (No. 1.)
Sugar one cup; Molasses one cujj;
Milk one-quarter cup; Butter o)ie tablespoonful;
Chocolate. . .six tablespoonfuls; Vanilla two teaspoonfuls.
Boil tlie sugai- and molasses together ft)r fifteen minutes, add
the chocolate, butter and milk and boil fifteen minutes more. Try
in cold water. When it ^vill harden take it fiom the fire. Add the
flavoring and pour into a buttered platter.
Mark off into squares before it is quite cold.
— M. F. SniliLABER.
Chocolate Caramels (No. 2).
Sugar one cu}); Butter one-half cup;
Molasses one cup; Chocolate, .(me-quarter pound.
Boil from thirty to forty minutes or until brittle, when put in
water. Flavor with vanilla. — Miss Smith.
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Cream Peppermint Candy.
GraiiTilated sugar tlii-ee cups ;
Hot water one ciip;
Cream of tartar one-quarter teaspoonful.
Mix these, and put them upon the fire. Boil hard ten minutes.
Do not stir it till you take it from the fire. Then drop eight or ten
th-ops of oil of peppemient into it. Heat it until it creams and will
drop on paper. -^ii«s Smith.
Lemon Candy.
Sugar two cups;
Water one cup;
Vinegar tln-ee-quarters cup;
Butter oi^^' tablespoonful;
Essence of lemon one teaspoonful.
Boil the sugar, water and vinegar together. Put in the butter
when nearly done, and the lemon after it is taken from the fire.
Tiy in a cup of water, when it will harden ; turn into a well-gi-eased
platter. When nearly cool, mark off into squares.
-M. F. SHILIiABER.
Hoarhound Candy.
Hoarhound tea (strong) one cup;
Sugar two pounds;
Water one-half cup;
Cream of tartar one-cpiarter teaspoonful.
Dissolve all together. Boil hard. Turn upon a plate thin.
Cut while hot.
French Candies.
A 1 confectioner's sugar must be used in making these candies.
It must be rolled and sifted.
Place the whites of two eggs in a tumbler, and mark the
amount. Pour this into a dish and add the same of cold water,
and a scant teaspoonful of vanilla. Stii- these well together, and
have ready about two pounds of the sugai-; add this slowly, stimng
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with a silver spoon. A little more or less sugar must be used ac-
cording to the size of the eggs.
Have ready,
Cocoanut, grated one;
English walnuts, shelled one-half pound;
Almonds, shelled one-lialf pound;
Dates, stoned one-half pound.
Take a part of the mixture on to the bread-board and knead a
little more sugar into it, then roll it out half an inch thick.
Cut off small i)ieces mth a silver knife, and shape with tlie
hands into balls; set this aside to harden for cliocolate drops.
Cut off other pieces, and shaping tliem with the hands place
halves of the walnuts on each side.
Eoll the almonds in pieces of the dough, and then in gTanu-
lated sugar, shaping them nicely.
Stone the dates and fill the opening with the dough, then roll
in granulated sugar.
Place some more of the dough upon the board and knead into
it as much cocoanut as it will hold, then roll and cut into squares.
The broken pieces of nuts may be chopped and mixed with the co-
coanut, and moulded into the dough and cut into squares.
Melt lialf a cake of Baker's chocolate on the back of the
stove — do not let it boil. Drop the balls which were reserved at
first into this, dip them out witli a silver fork and place them on a
paper to harden.
This makes delicious candy. —Mrs. W. H. Sawyer.
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Chapter XIV.— MISCELLANEOUS.
Cream Toast.
Milk one pint; Butter one half cup;
Salt one-half teaspoonful; Flour one tablespoonful.
Boil the milk, add the flour, smoothed in a little cold milk.
Stir it until it thickens. Add the butter, stu^ it until it melts; add
the salt. Dip slices of nicely browned toast, one by one, into this
cream. When they are well soaked put them into a dish, pour the
cream over them, cover and serve hot.
Water Toast.
Boiling water one )nnt; Butter one cup;
Floui- one tablespoonful; Salt one-half teaspoonful.
Smooth the flour in cold water, stir it into the boUng water
till it thickens. Add the butter, stirring till it is melted; then the
salt and pour over the toast. Serve hot in a covered dish.
Boiled Biscuit.
Soak half a dozen nice fresh pilot biscuit in wate^ a little
salted, over night. In the morning steam them in a perforated
steamer till thoroughly heated through.
Stir two-thirds of a cup of butter into them till it is melted J
salt to taste and serve hot.
Noodles.
Add gradually to two or three eggs (not beaten), sufficient
flom- to make a very stiff batter. When too stiff to stir with a
spoon, mould Avith the hands.
Cut the dough in two. If there are any small holes in it
mould it still longer until it is entirely smooth.
Eoll out vei-y thin, and leave the paste on the moulding-board
till perfectly dry, or it may be spread ux3on a clean cloth to dry.
When dry, cut into narrow strips. These requii*e about five
minutes to boil, and are excellent to thicken soups, or may be
boiled in salted water to eat with meat, when squares of fried bread
may be spread over the top, after they are put in the dish in which
they ai-e to be served.
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Boston Baked Beans
Dried pea beans one quart ;
Salt pork one pound;
Granulated sugar or molasses. ... .two tablespoonfuls;
Salt and pepper
Put on the beans in plenty of cold water and let them come to
a boil. Parboil until the skins "wrinkle, " changing the water two
or three times.
Drain and wash thoroughly.
Put in a deep "Boston bean pot," and lay the pork, scored, over
the top. Put in sugar and salt, and pour o^ er them boiling water
enough to cover them.
Bake from eight to twelve hours, keeping a cover over the top
until an hour before serving. Add more boiling water once ©r
twice. To serve, remove the jiork first, then pour out the beans.
Do not dip out with a spoon.
Split Peas (Boiled).
Wash a cupful of spHt peas. Put them to soak over night in
twice the quantity of water that will cover them. In the morning
boil them till they are soft and the water is nearly boiled away.
Season with salt and melt a tablesi3oonful of butter in them.
Turn into a mould wet with cold water. When cold, it can be
turned out into a i)latter and cut into slices like cheese.
Instead of the butter, a slice of pork may be boiled with the
peas, if pork is liked.
French Toast.
Soak slices of bread, with the crusts trimmed off", in a batter
made of two eggs and half a pint of milk, then fry in a buttered
frying-pan.
This may be eaten for dessert with a sauce made as follows:
Two eggs and a cup of powdered sugar beaten to a froth. Just
before sei-ving, add nearly a cup of boiling milk and flavor with
vanilla. This is a good sauce for any pudding, and easily made.
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Welsh Rarebit (No. 1.)
• Cheese one cupful;
Butter one large tablespooiiful;
Milk or cream two or three teaspoonfuls;
Egg one;
Pep])er
Salt
Mustard
Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the cheese cut small, then
the milk or cream. Stir often till the cheese is melted. Add the
beaten egg and seasoning.
Pour on to some sHces of buttered toast in a hot dish. Serve
hot. — Mrs. Oliver.
Welsh Rarebit (No. 2).
Select the richest and best American cheese, the milder it is
the better, as melting it brings out the strength. To make five
rarebits, take one pound of cheese. Grate it, and in\t it into a por-
celain-lined saucepan. Add ale enough to thin the cheese suffi-
ciently, say about a wineglassful to each rarebit. Sth until all
is melted. Have ready a slice of toast, A\ith the crust trimmed off,
for eacli rarebit. Put a slice on each plate, pour over each slice
the melted cheese, and serve hot. A poached egg may be carefully
placed on the tojj of each rarebit. —Mrs. Krahnstover.
Welsh Rarebit (No. 3).
Cheese one pound; Milk one cup;
Mustard. . one-haK teaspoonful; Butter one lump;
Egg one; Pepper and salt to taste.
Heat the butter, milk, and mustard through. Add the pepper
and salt. Grate or cut into small pieces the cheese, and stir it into
the heated milk. When melted, sth in the egg. Let it boil up,
and ixiur over small pieces of toast. Serve hot.
Lemonade.
To every doz-en lemons put half a dozen oranges. Sweeten to
tiiste. —Mrs. Jones.
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Cheese Kelish.
Commou crackers two and one-half, rolled fine;
Grated cheese three tablespoontuls;
Milk one cup.
Heat milk in a saucepan ; add the other ingTetlients ; then
a small piece of 1 )utter. Pepper and salt to taste. Should be served
at once. — Mrs. Oliver.
liiver Pudding.
Beef liver one pound; Bread one pound;
Suet one cup; Almonds (bitter) six;
Almonds (sweet) six; Salt and pepper to taste.
Chop the liver and suet, carefully removing the fibre and skin.
Pour boiling water over the bread. When thoroughly moistened,
squeeze out the water. Remove the skins from the ahuonds, and
<;ut them in slices. Add the pepper and salt, and beat all together
into a smooth paste. Bake in a well-})uttered dish an hour and a
half. —Mrs. C. Golderman.
Hominy Cakes.
Hominy one pint; Eggs two;
Salt aUttle.
Boil the hominy three hours in a double kettle. When cool,
mix with the well beaten eggs. Floiu- the hands thoroughly, and
roll the hominy into balls and fry in hot lard.
—Mrs. Horace C. Fardon.
Claret Cup.
This is something delightful for cultivated palates.
Take one bottle of claret (not twenty-five cent claret), the rind
of half a lemon, a few cloves, half a stick of cinnamon, and sufficient
sugar to sweeten. (Do not make it too sweet).
Let it just boil in an agate-ware saucepan.
Tlien take one pint of cream, and the yolks of two fresh-laid
•eggs, and beat them to a froth. 0%er this pour the boiling claret
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very gently, continuing the beating. Stir for ten minutes so that
it may not curdle. Remove the clo^ es, cinnamon and lemon peel,
pour into a claret jug, and serve while warm.
After a dance, this, if properly made, is nectar itself.
—Mrs. Krahnstover.
Scotch Panada.
Soda biscuit six; Sugar two teaspoonfuls;
Salt a pinch; Nutmeg a little.
Scatter a little sugar and a gi-ain of salt over each cracker.
Cover A\-itli boiling water and gTate the netnieg over all. Cover the
dish and let it stand in a wann place till the crackers are slightly
soaked. This is nice for an invalid. — An Old Nurse.
Beef Tea
Have the l)eef chopped very fine; co^er it with cold water and
let it stand for an hour and a half. Tlien set it u^jon the back of
the range and let it simmer till the juice of the meat is all extracted.
Skim off all the fat and season. — A Physician.
A good Brine for E utter.
"Water two quarts; Clean white salt one quart;
Wliite sugar one pound; Saltpetre one teaspoon.
Mix. When it has stood an hour, strain tlu-ough a flannel cloth
and poiu" over the butter. Less salt may l)e enough but as much
should l>e used as the water will take up. — Mrs. Oliver.
To Renovate Black Kid Gloves or French Kid Boots.
Stir a few drops of ink and sweet oil together, and apply the
mixture to any spots that are rubbed or white.
To Wash Blankets.
Dissolve a bar of soap in hot water. Put this into a tub of
luke warm water, throw into the water a large handful of borax.
Soak the blankets in this over night. Rinse in three clean
w^aters.
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Do not wiiug them out, but let two persons take liold of eitlier
end and sbake them thoroughly.
If there be any soiled spots a thread should be sewed around
them, as they cannot be distinguished when wet. A little soap
may be rubbed upon these spots.
Turn them once in a while as they hang upon the line. Take
a good drying season for washing bed clothing.
To Clean Combs and Brushes.
Immerse them in water in which a little ammonia or a little
borax has been put. Shake them thoroughly and diy as quickly
as possible.
ADDENDA.
Sabylon Pudding.
Eggs, yolks only ten;
Sugar eighteen teaspoonfnls;
Marsala wine eighteen half egg-sheUfuls.
Mix; boil until thick, stirring constantly. Serve cold in little
cups.
Orange Cake.
Butter one-half cup;
Sugar two cups;
Eggs fo^^i';
Milk one-half cup;
j^lour two cups;
goda one teaspoonful;
Cream of tartar one teaspoonful.
Beat yolks and whites of eggs separately, reserving the whites
of two for frosting. Bake in layers. Fill with orange tilling, for
which see rule. —Mrs. Harris.
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ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR, AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
Kesifience, 1323 Franklin Avenne.
DAVIS COLLAMORE.
S. D. BONFILS
ESTABLISHED, 1842.
DAVIS COLLAMORE & CO,
IMPORTERS
POECELAIN :-: POTTEEY :-: GLASS
ART GOODS.
NEW YORK :
921 BROADWAY, Cor. 21st ST., and 151 FIFTH AVE. OONNECTIMG.
ADVEETISEMENTS.
IBXJ'S'
YOUR GROCERIES FROM
HORSTJVTA^JNriNr,
Late H. F. FISCHER,
FOURTH AVE., Cor. 172d St., TREMONT, N. Y
CENTENNIAL MARKET.
I>EALEB IN
Beef, Veal, Mutton and Poultry.
The ('hoicest Meats Always on Hand.
177th ST. and R. R. AVE., opp. R. R. Station. TREMONT.
JACOB SCHAPPERT,
DEALER IN CHOICE
BEEF, VEAL, MUTTON, LAMB, POHK, ETC.
Game and Poultry in Season.
Cor. THIRD AVENUE and i69th STREET.
a. C. GRUr^THAL,
DEALER IN
FAMILY GROCERIES:
Teas, Coffees, Sugars, Spires,
Fruits, Vegetables, Canned
Goods, Etc., Etc.
Cor. 170th ST. and N. 3d AVE.
PAULSEN & WALTEK
Receive their
Gilt Edge CreameryButter
Direct from the Creamery.
Try It.
We Make a Specialty of it.
Cor. 177th ST. and 4th AVE.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
1095 NORTH THIRD AVENUE,
Bet. i66th &. 167th Sts., MORRISANIA, N. Y.
LOUIS EIOKIVOKT
German Pharmacist,
712 TREMONT AVE.,
Bet. Washington & B. R. Aves.,
TREMONT, N. 7. CITY.
SAILE & GREEN,
Successors to C. J. ALLEN,
1225 FRANKLIN AVENUE
Cor. 168th Street,
Deutsche Apoth<:ke,
American Pharmacy.
ALLEN'S FEVER AND AGUE
PILLS.
JOHN A. YORK. WM. H. SWIFT.
YORK & SWIFT,
lURNISaiNG
NORTH THIRD AVF.,
Cor. 145th St., New York.
M. E. MONAGHAN,
Chemist ani Druggist,
Cor. lera Street aaiSflAveHe,
Morrii^ania, N. Y.
RICHARD DAMM,
HOME-MADE
Bread, Cake and Pie
BAKERY,
1319 N. THIRD AVENUE,
Bet. 169tli and 170th StB.
WM. EPPINGER &SON,
Tinsinitlis and Boofers,
Stoves and Ranges For Sale.
1311 N. THIRD AVE.,
Bet. 169th and 170th Sts.
Stoves and Ranges put up at short notic.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
JOHN ESCH,
Bet. 169th and 170th Streets,
One block eait of Boston Road,
MORRISANIA.
A. ERDENBRECHER,
AND
ICB CHBAM5
1123 N. Third Ave.,
Bet. 166th and 167th Sts , NEW YORK.
HENRY J. METZ,
florist*
Washington Avenne and 170th St.,
— AND—
125th Street and 116th Street.
Floral Work a Specialty.
"A New Daily Food."
PRICE, 75 CENTS.
BEDELL & BRO., Publishers,
1809 N. 3d Ave., N. Y.
J REINKEN
Dealer in
-FINE -
167th Street,
Corner Washington Avenue.
C. H. SCHNAUFER
Dealer in
Beef Veal, Lamb, Mutton,
PORK AND SAUSAGES,
Garne and Poultry in Season.
Cor. 3d Av. and t67lh St.
Patronage Solicited.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
KETOHAM &L MOFFAT,
DEALERS IN FINE
68 WEST 125th STREET, NEW YORK.
GEO. E. KETCHAM, JR. Orders hy Mail receive prompt atten-
ANDREW MOFFAT. ^*'^^- -^^^ 9oods delivered
Late with Acker, Merrall & Condit. promptly.
Geo. E. Charles & Co.,
GROCERS AND FRUITERERS,
43cl St. & Vanderbilt Av,, op. Grand Central Depot.
Suburban Orders Called for and Delivered Free oj Charge.
Dealer in Thurber's Reliable Food Products, Canned Goods, Teas,
Coffees and ISpices. Fine Butter a Specialty.
1294 WASHINGTON AVE., cor. 169th St., Morrisania.
— DEALIK IN—
FOURTH AVE, COR. 175th ST.,
TREMONT, N. Y.
A7vxa:iTE3 cfc 00.,
DEALERS IN
C.0A1 ^ ANB «- WOUB,
FLOUR, HAY, GRAIN AND FEED.
BKOOK AVENUE, bet. I62d and I (5i3d 8TKI:ETS.
C. F. WHITE. J. LTNA.
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