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 " We may live without friends, We may live 
 without books, 
 But civilized man cannot live without cooks." 
 
 Malone Cook Book 
 
 Compiled from Recipes contributed by 
 Ladies of Malone and published by 
 the Woman's Aid Society of the 
 FIRST CONG REG A TIONAL 
 CHURCH, Malone. New York. 
 
 Rutland, Vt.: 
 
 THE TUTTLE COMPANY. 
 
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 FIRST EDITION EDITED BY 
 
 riRS. C. S. RICHARDSON and MRS. M. E. McCLARY 
 
 SECOND EDITION REVISED BY 
 
 MRS. GEORGE HAWKINS and MRS. M. E. McCLARY 
 
 THIRD EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED BY 
 
 MRS. GEORGE HAWKINS, MRS. M. E. McCLARY 
 
 MRS. C. W. BREED, 
 
 MRS. D. R. DEEDING and MRS. W. H. KING. 
 
 FOURTH EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED BY 
 
 MRS. GEORGE.. HAWKINS,.,, .MRS. M. E. McCLARY 
 
 ": 'yl A ?:Mfei.c. m breed, 
 
 Mp:S.,p,,IJ, BELDING, and MRS. W. H. KING. 
 
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 Copyrighted 1903 by the Woman's Aid Society First Congre- 
 gational Church, Malone, N. Y. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Weig"hts and Measures, 
 
 Time Required for Cooking, . 
 
 Table Service, 
 
 Soups, 
 
 Fish and Oysters, 
 
 Meats and Poultry, . 
 
 Fish and Meat Sauces with Relishes, 
 
 Croquettes, . 
 
 Vegetables, 
 
 Salads, 
 
 Eggs, . . 
 
 Cheese Dishes and Sandwiches, 
 
 Bread, Breakfast and Tea Cakes, 
 
 Pies and Puddings, 
 
 Pudding Sauces, 
 
 Desserts, 
 
 Frozen Desserts, 
 
 Cakes, 
 
 Fillings for Layer Cakes, 
 
 Small Cakes and Cookies, 
 
 Pickles and Relishes, 
 
 Preserving, Canning and Jellies, 
 
 Coffee, Tea and Other Beverages, 
 
 Chafing-dish, 
 
 Candy, 
 
 For the Sick, 
 
 Miscellaneous, 
 
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A Table of Weights and Measures for House- 
 keepers. 
 
 '-'■With weights and measures just and true, 
 
 With stoves of even heat, 
 Well buttered tins and quiet nerves. 
 
 Success will be complete.'''' 
 
 Ten eg-gs, ..... One pound 
 
 One quart of flour, 
 
 Two cupfuls of butter, 
 
 One generous pint of liquid, 
 
 Two cupfuls of granulated sug-ar, 
 
 Two heaping- cupfuls of powdered sug-ar, 
 
 One pint of finely chopped meat, packed solidly. 
 
 The cup used is the common kitchen cup, holding half a pint. 
 Two and one-half teaspoonfuls make . . One tablespoonful 
 
 Four tablespoonfuls make . . . One wineglassful 
 
 Two wineglassfuls make .... One gill 
 
 Two gills make .... One teacupful 
 
 Two teacupfuls make .... One pint 
 
 Four teaspoonfuls of salt make . . One ounce 
 
 One and one-half tablespoonfuls granulated sugar make One ounce 
 Two tablespoonfuls of flour make . . One ounce 
 
 One pint of loaf sugar weighs . . Ten ounces 
 
 One pint of brown sugar weighs . . Twelve ounces 
 
 One pint of granulated sugar weighs . . Sixteen ounces 
 
 One pint of wheat flour weighs . . Nine ounces 
 
 One pint of corn meal weighs . . . Eleven ounces 
 
 A piece of butter the size of an o.^^ weighs . about 1 \ ounces 
 
 One square of Baker's chocolate weighs . One ounce 
 
Time Required for Cooking the following Meats 
 and Vegetables. 
 
 Beef, sirloin, rare, per pound, eight to ten minutes. 
 
 Beef, sirloin, well done, per pound, twelve to fifteen minutes. 
 
 Chickens, three to four pounds weight, one to one and one-half hours. 
 
 Duck, tame, from forty to sixty minutes. 
 
 Lamb, well done, per pound, fifteen minutes. 
 
 Pork, well done, per pound, thirty minutes. 
 
 Turkey, ten pounds, three hours. 
 
 Veal, well done, per pound, twenty minutes. 
 
 Pototoes, boiled, thirty minutes. 
 
 Potatoes, baked, forty-five minutes. 
 
 Sweet potatoes, boiled, forty-five minutes. 
 
 Sweet potatoes, baked, one hour. 
 
 Squash, boiled, twenty-five minutes. 
 
 Squash, baked, forty-five minutes. 
 
 Green peas, boiled, twenty to forty minutes. 
 
 Shelled beans, one hour. 
 
 String beans, one to two hours. 
 
 Green corn, from twenty to thirty minutes. 
 
 Asparagus, fifteen to thirty minutes. 
 
 Spinach, one to two hours. 
 
 Tomatoes, one hour. 
 
 Cabbage, forty-five minutes to two hours. 
 
 Cauliflower, one to two hours. 
 
 Dandelions, two to three hours. 
 
 Beet greens, one hour. 
 
 Onions, one to two hours. 
 
 Beets, one to five hours. 
 
 Turnip s, forty-five minutes to one hour. 
 
 Parsnips, from one-half to one hour. 
 
lo TABLE SERVICE 
 
 Bills of fare can easily be made from the following table and 
 served in the order indicated: 
 
 First Course — Raw oysters. 
 
 Second Course — Soup. 
 
 Third Course— Fish. 
 
 Fourth Course — Entrees: croquettes, sweet breads, fricassees. 
 
 Fifth Course — Roast meats. 
 
 Sixth Course — Sherbet. 
 
 Seventh Course — Entremets: dressed vegetables, served alone 
 each, as asparagus, spinach, cauliflower, macaroni, dressed eggs, 
 etc. 
 
 Eighth Course — Game. 
 
 Ninth Course — Salad. 
 
 Tenth Course — ^Cheese — macaroni dressed with cheese, cheese 
 omelet, etc. ; cheese and salad often served together. 
 
 Eleventh Course — Puddings, charlottes, creams, etc. 
 
 Twelfth Course— Glaces: anything iced— ice cream, water ice, 
 frozen pudding, etc. 
 
 Thirteenth Course — Dessert: fruit, nuts, raisins, bonbons, etc. 
 
 Fourteenth Course — Coffee. 
 
 It is very simple to prepare a dinner "a la Russe," as the many 
 dishes do not have to be hot and in perfection the same minute, and 
 served all together, but each succeeding course can be prepared 
 while the other is being served and eaten. For a " tea party," or, 
 in city parlance, "high tea," the coffee and tea equipages stand 
 before the hostess. The table may be ornamented with fruit and 
 flowers, but not in the formal fashion of a dinner party. Preserves 
 may stand on the table in glass dishes. 
 
 Fried oysters, croquettes, chops and green peas, omelet and 
 cold meats of various kinds may be served by the host. Vegetable 
 and other salads are always welcome, and hot bread and coftee 
 indispensable. 
 
 Bouillon often forms a first course. With bouillon a large tea- 
 spoon is provided. 
 
SOUPS 
 
 *' Good broth and good keeping do much now and then. 
 Good diet with wisdom best comforteth men. ' ' 
 
 General Directions. — The basis of all good soups is the broth of 
 meat. Put the meat into cold water, allowing one and one-half 
 pints for one pound of bone and meat — equal quantities of each. 
 Do not let it boil for the first half hour; then simmer slowly till done, 
 keeping the pot closely covered. The next day, when the soup is 
 cold, remove the fat. 
 
 Beef Stock. — Half a shin of beef; cover it with cold water, and 
 boil slowly five or six hours, salt it and strain. In the morning take 
 off fat. Then add the vegetables and herbs used for seasoning, 
 cooking all well together about one hour. Strain the soup before 
 sending to table. 
 
 Rice or Barley Soup. — Add to the above half a cup of rice or 
 barley, and boil for one hour. 
 
 Vermicelli Soup. — One cup of vermicelli; break it up and boil ten 
 or fifteen minutes. Then add to beef stock. 
 
 Macaroni Soup. — One cup of macaroni; boil three-quarters of an 
 hour. Then add to beef stock. 
 
 Consomm^. — Four pounds of the lower part of a round of beef, 
 four pounds of the knuckle of veal, two tablespoons of butter, six 
 quarts of cold water, one large onion, one-half a carrot, three stalks 
 of celery, one tablespoon of salt, bouquet of herbs and a few spices. 
 Cut the beef and veal into pieces, put one tablespoon of butter into a 
 very clean soup kettle with the pieces of meat, stir over a hot fire until 
 the meat is browned but not burned. Then add one quart of water; 
 cook until a glaze has formed on bottom of the kettle, say about one 
 hour. Then add five quarts of cold water, let it come slowly to the 
 boiling point, set back and simmer for six hours. Remove scum 
 from time to time. One hour before serving, add vegetables which 
 
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 have been cut fine and browned in one tablespoon of butter. Add 
 herbs and spices and one tablespoon of salt. When done strain 
 through a fine cloth into a bowl and cool without covering-. If the 
 Consomme is not clear, put over the fire again, bring to the boiling 
 point and add the white and crushed shell of one ^^^, mixed with a 
 little cold water, boil two minutes, then stand on back of range to 
 settle, then strain through two thicknesses of cheese cloth. 
 
 Bouillon. — A knuckle of beef well cracked and a small veal bone; 
 one-half each of a carrot, turnip and onion; a little celery. Cover 
 the^bones with water and let kettle stand where it will boil slowly 
 all da3^- -twelve hours if possible; the last three hours have the vege- 
 tables in. Salt, strain through a colander into a stone jar; in the 
 morning remove all fat. Heat the jelly, which should be solid, and 
 strain through a flannel bag. Bouillon is simply good, strong stock, 
 well seasoned. Mrs. L. C. Wead. 
 
 Bouillon, No. 2. — Should be served in little china cups. Place 
 a fowl that has been half roasted in the soup kettle, with three 
 pounds of lean beef, salt and pepper them and pour over them three 
 quarts of cold water. Then set it over a good fire. In about halt 
 an hour remove the scum, then add ordinary sized carrot, one small 
 leek, one stalk of celery, a little parsley, bay leaf, one onion and 
 two cloves, clove of garlic, let it simmer for about five hours, then 
 skim again; strain into an earthen bowl, where it can cool rapidly. 
 When ready to serve, heat. Mrs. J. R. Flanders. 
 
 Vegetable Tomato Soup. — Two quarts beef stock, one can or one 
 quart of fresh tomatoes, one-half can or one-half pint fresh peas, 
 same quantity string beans, cut in small pieces, and a small onion, 
 cut fine. Cook all in stock, season with pepper and salt. Do not 
 strain. Serve with squares of toast. Mrs. Ralph. 
 
 Black Bean Soup.^ — Soak one pint of black beans over night. In 
 the morning pour oft' the water, and add three quarts of water, with 
 any bones, either of beef or mutton. Boil slowly five or six hours. 
 When half done add one scant teaspoon of cloves in a bag, and an 
 
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 onion, if liked. Skim carefully if it is to be used the same day. 
 Strain it, mashing the beans slightly with a spoon. Lay slices of 
 lemon and hard boiled o.^^ in the tureen, and pour the soup upon 
 them. Mrs. Richardson. 
 
 Bean Soup. — To about three pounds of a well-broken joint of veal 
 add four quarts of water, and let it boil one hour. To this add a 
 scant pint of beans, which have been previously soaked over night 
 and parboiled. Let cook slowly two hours. Season with pepper 
 and salt. One-half hour before going to the table add a cup of sweet 
 milk; also a small piece of butter. Serve with crackers. 
 
 Mrs. Emma Hawkins. 
 
 Pea Soup. — Use one quart of split peas, soaking them over 
 night. Put over the fire at nine in the morning, in four quarts of 
 cold water; add one finely chopped onion and a pound of salt pork. 
 Boil four hours; strain and put back on the stove for one-half hour. 
 
 Mrs. Gillett. 
 
 SpHt Pea Soup. — One cup of peas, three pints of cold water, one 
 tablespoon of butter, one tablespoon of flour, one-half teaspoon of 
 sugar, one teaspoon of salt, one salt spoon of white pepper. Soak 
 peas over night, put them on to boil in three pints of cold water, and 
 let them simmer until dissolved, adding enough water as it boils 
 away to keep three pints of liquid in the kettle. Keep well scraped 
 from the sides of kettle, and when soft, rub through a strainer, and 
 put on to boil again. Add either water, stock, milk or cream to 
 make the consistency 3^ou wish. It .should be more like a puree 
 than a soup. Cook the butter and flour together, and add to the 
 strained soup w^hile boiling; add salt and pepper, and when it has 
 simmered ten minutes serve at once with toasted dice of bread. It 
 must always be strained, and thickened with flour and butter, or it 
 will separate as it cools. It may be varied in many ways, hy 
 adding half of a can of tomatoes before straining, or by boiling 
 with the peas a small onion, or by adding any remnants of bone or 
 meat. Mrs. J. Lincoln. 
 
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 SOUPS 
 
 Tomato Soup. — One can or a quart of nice ripe tomatoes, chopped 
 fine; also, two or three good-sized onions, chopped fine, a handful of 
 rice, two quarts of water. Boil nearly an hour. Then add pepper, 
 salt, and butter the size of a small egg; last, add one quart of good, 
 rich milk. Taste, and season more if needed; it requires a good 
 deal of salt. Mrs. J. S. Phillips. 
 
 Tomato Soup. — One quart can of tomatoes, three pints of milk, a 
 large tablespoonful of flour, butter the size of an o.^^, pepper and 
 salt to taste, a scant teaspoonful of soda. Put the tomato on to stew 
 and the milk in a double kettle to boil, reserving, however, half a 
 cupful to mix with the flour. Mix the flour smoothly with this cold 
 milk, stir into the boiling^'milk, and cook ten minutes. To the 
 tomato add the soda, stir well, and rub through a strainer that is 
 fine enough to keep back the seeds. Add butter, salt and pepper to 
 the milk, and then the tomato. Serve immediately. A little 
 ■whipped cream added when serving improves this. If half the rule 
 is made stir the tomatoes well in the can before dividing, as the liquid 
 portion is the more acid. Miss Mary Meehan. 
 
 Tomato Soup. — Put into a sauce-pan one quart of stewed or can 
 of tomatoes, one pint of stock, one bay leaf, one small onion, sprig of 
 parsley, let all cook for fifteen minutes, press through a sieve to 
 remove seeds, return to the sauce-pan and place on the range, rub a 
 tablespoon of butter and two of flour together until smooth and stir 
 into the soup when boiling. Stir constantly until smooth, add salt 
 and pepper. Serve with Croutons. 
 
 Potato Soup.^ — Three potatoes, one pint of milk, or milk and 
 water, one teaspoon of chopped onion, one-half teaspoon each of flour 
 and butter. Cook onion in milk, then add the potato, which has been 
 previously boiled and mashed. Rub through strainer and return to 
 kettle. Stir flour and butter together, add a little soup and stir into 
 the remaining soup. Boil a few moments, season with pepper, salt 
 and a little parsley. Serve with toasted crackers. 
 
 Stewed Oysters. — One quart of milk, one quart of water; salt 
 
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 and pepper to taste; six crackers rolled fine and cooked in the milk 
 and water twenty minutes; then add three pints of oysters and half 
 a cup of butter, and let it come to a boil. Mrs. F. J. Seaver. 
 
 Oyster Soup. — Put one quart of oysters in a colander to drain, 
 then pour over them one pint of cold water and drain it into the 
 liquor. Put the liquor into the sauce pan and when it boils skim it. 
 Add one pint of milk or cream. Wash the 03^sters by allowing cold 
 water to run over them through the colander. Add them to the soup 
 with one tablespoon of butter, salt^ and pepper to taste. Let all 
 come to a boil and serve. 
 
 Turkish Soup. — Bring to the boiling point one quart of good 
 stock (white preferable). Add to it one teaspoon of onion juice, blade 
 of mace, one bay leaf and a little parsley if liked. Stand over a 
 moderate fire fifteen minutes. Then strain and add two-thirds of a 
 pint of milk, salt and pepper to taste. When ready to serve take 
 kettle from the fire and add quickly the yolks of two eggs, beaten 
 with two tablespoons of cream. Serve immediately with cheese 
 croutons. Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Turkey Soup. — Boil a turkey or chicken carcass, dressing and 
 all, for two hours, adding one onion. Take out and chop all the meat 
 and return to the soup. Then add stalks of celery, cut fine, and 
 thicken with two tablespoonfuls of flour. Half an hour before 
 serving, add one cup of cream or milk. Mrs. Breed. 
 
 White Stock for Soup. — To four pounds of veal, lamb or chicken, 
 put five quarts of cold water. This should be heated only moderately 
 for the first half hour, after which place the pot on back of stove, 
 allowing the soup to simmer for four or five iiours or until the meat 
 falls from the bones. Strain through colander into an earthen dish, 
 add a little salt and set to cool; when cool remove fat. 
 
 Mrs. Breed. 
 
 Cream of Celery Soup.— To one pint of white stock add a small 
 onion, large cup of celery cut in small pieces, cook until soft enough 
 
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 to strain throug-h a sieve, after which return to the kettle; add one 
 pint of milk; thicken to the consistency of cream, using- about one 
 tablespoon of flour. Just before serving add one pint of cream and 
 a piece of butter the size of a M^alnut. Mrs. Breed. 
 
 Asparagus Soup. — Follow directions"for celery soup, substituting- 
 asparag-us for celery, and use the asparag-us tips to drop in about 
 five to ten minutes before serving. 
 
 Cream of Green Peas. — Follow the directions for celery soup, 
 substituting one pint of green peas for celery. 
 
 Corn Soup. — One pint of grated corn, one quart of milk, one pint 
 of hot water, one even tablespoonful of flour, two tablespoonfuls of 
 butter, one slice of onion, salt and pepper to taste. Cook the corn 
 in the water thirty minutes. Let the milk and onion come to a boil. 
 Mix the butter and flour together, add a few tablespoonfuls of the 
 boiling milk, when smooth, stir into the milk and cook eight 
 minutes, remove the onion, strain corn and add to the above. After 
 cooking a little add one cup of sweet cream, and when thoroughly 
 heated, a small piece of butter, and serve. Mrs. H. E. King. 
 
 Corn Bisque. ^Take one can of corn, place on back of stove, let 
 it cook slowly for three or four hours, then strain through a colander. 
 To the liquid add one pint of milk, and thicken as desired, (about 
 one tablespoonful of flour). Just before serving, add one cup of 
 sweet cream which has been heated, and butter size of a walnut. 
 Salt to taste. Serve when hot. Makes enough for eight or ten 
 bouillon cups. Mrs. S. T. Carpenter. 
 
 Velvet Soups.— To a quart of strong, well-flavored consommo 
 (beef, chicken, mutton, game, or "combination ") add a large cupful 
 of rich cream which has been poured boiling hot on the beaten 3^olks 
 of four eggs mixed with four tablespoonfuls of cold cream. As a 
 last touch of seasoning in reheating, add a little powdered mace. 
 Boiled chestnuts or blanched almonds, pounded to a paste, may be 
 added, if desired. 
 
FISH AND OYSTERS 
 
 " The best fish is the one that's caught.'" 
 
 Baked Trout. — Dry fish thoroughly, inside and out. Sprinkle 
 inside with pepper and salt, and put in a small cup of butter. Cut 
 fish in sections and insert small strips of salt pork; put in dripping- 
 pan, on a rack. Just before taking from the oven pour over the fish 
 a coffee cup of sweet cream. Let brown if necessary; thicken gravy 
 with a little flour. 
 
 Stuffed Lake Trout.— Clean the fish and prepare a dressing of 
 bread crumbs, butter, salt, pepper, a little milk, to moisten, and fill 
 the fish. Bake about one hour. Miss W. Childs. 
 
 Fish Dressing. — One cupful of stale bread crumbs, moisten with 
 a little cold water, add a small onion chopped very fine, or the juice. 
 One teaspoonful of thyme, savory, parsley, salt and pepper to taste, 
 mix with one &gg, stuff, tie, and bake with slices of salt pork until 
 done. Mrs. W. S. Lawrence. 
 
 Brook Trout, Fried. — Wash, wipe and roll in meal or flour; drop 
 into the frying pan of hot butter; fry to a nice brown. After 
 removing the fish, pour a cup of cream into the frying pan, adding a 
 little pepper and salt; boil a minute or two and pour over the trout. 
 
 Mrs. Gillett. 
 
 Adirondack Trout. — ^Catch'em; remove inwards; pack in fine salt 
 to slime — two ounces to each pound of fish; let them remain in slime 
 twelve hours; then clean thoroughly and pack in broken ice and 
 swamp moss; keep in a cool place till used. To fry, put a piece of 
 butter size of an egg in a pan; heat as hot as possible without 
 burning; drain and lay trout in pan; salt lightly; cook on one side; 
 remove pa7i from fire; turn the trout and crisp to taste. Serve la 
 ivoods, M. E. McClary. 
 
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 Boiled Salmon. — The middle slice of salmon is the best. Sew- 
 up neatly in cheese cloth, boil a quarter of an hour to the pound in 
 hot salted water. When done, unwrap with care, lay upon a hot 
 platter, taking- care not to break it. Have ready a large cupful of 
 drawn butter, very rich, in which has been stirred a tablespoonful 
 of minced parsley and the juice of a lemon. Pour half upon the 
 salmon and serve the rest in a boat. Garnish with parsley and 
 sliced eg-gs, or slices of lemon. Any fresh iish can be cooked in 
 this way. 
 
 Turbot a la Creme.— Take a white iish or two pounds of halibut; 
 steam or boil twenty minutes; break in flakes; remove the bones 
 and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Take one quart of milk, three 
 large slices of onion, a little parsley; put over the fire and boil one 
 minute; mix four tablespoonfuls of flour with one-half cup of butter, 
 add a little milk and mix to a cream; then pour it into the boiling- 
 milk and stir and cook until it forms a thick cream; take from the 
 fire; add the yolks of two well- beaten eg-gs, and strain through a 
 coarse strainer. Put in a buttered baking dish a layer of sauce 
 and a layer of fish alternately until the dish is full, the sauce being 
 on top; sprinkle with bread crumbs and bake one-half hour in a 
 moderate oven. May be baked in shells. Mrs. J. E. Taylor. 
 
 Creamed Codfish. — Put fish on the stove in cold water; keep 
 warm, but do not boil until the fish is softened; remove bones and 
 skin, shred finely and put it in a sauce pan with rich milk, in 
 proportion of one pint of milk to one coffee cup of fish; let it come to 
 a boil and thicken with a teaspoon of flour. Just before taking from 
 the stove stir in butter size of an \^^^', and one beaten ^^^. Season 
 with pepper and garnish with hard-boiled eggs, or place poached 
 eggs carefully on fish with a little salt and pepper on each &^^. If 
 you wish, the fish may be shredded before putting in cold water. 
 Fish prepared as above is good poured over buttered toast. 
 
 Codfish Balls. — One coffee cup of boiled codfish, picked very fine; 
 add two cups of mashed potatoes, one ^^^, three tablespoons of cream, 
 
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 and butter size of an egg; salt and pepper to taste. Beat all 
 together until very light; make into balls, roll in flour and fry in 
 butter. Enough for five persons. Nellie O'Connell. 
 
 Codfish Balls. — One quart of potatoes, pared and sliced; one pint 
 of codfish, finely shredded; two eggs, one tablespoon of butter. Boil 
 potatoes and codfish together, mash and add the beaten eggs and 
 butter. Beat all together until very light. Shape in balls and fry 
 like doughnuts. Mrs. Chipperfield. 
 
 Note. — One-half teaspoon of mustard improves fish cakes. 
 
 Codfish and Potatoes.— Prepare the fish as for fish balls, only 
 not as fine; put in a baking dish, with alternate layers of cold boiled 
 potatoes sliced and seasoned with butter and pepper. Pour over 
 all two cups of sweet cream or cream sauce. Bake one-half hour. 
 
 Mrs. Pease. 
 
 Codfish Fried in Butter. — Pull codfish apart and soak over night. 
 In the morning put in a dry towel, absorbing all the water. Make a 
 batter of .two eggs, a tablespoon of flour; roll the fish in this and fry 
 in butter. Miss Chambers. 
 
 Broiled Fish.— Wash and dry fish in a towel. Place on a 
 greased broiler, flesh side down, over clear coals, but not so hot as 
 for beef steak. Season with butter, pepper and salt. Salt fish 
 freshened twenty-four hours is also good broiled. 
 
 Salt Mackerel. — Freshen over night with the flesh side down. 
 Bake in dripping pan one-half hour; then place on hot platter and 
 add one small cup of sweet cream and a little butter. 
 
 Mrs. McClary. 
 
 Broiled Mackerel.— Soak the fish in a large pan of cold water, 
 flesh side down, for eighteen hours; change the water. When ready 
 to cook, wipe dry and lay on a greased broiler, broil with flesh side 
 down, over a clear fire, then turn and broil the skin side. Be care- 
 
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 ful, as this side burns quickly. When cooked place on hot platter 
 and spread with butter or serve with Maitre d' Hotel Sauce. 
 
 Mrs. Rorer. 
 
 Broiled Finnan Haddie.— Plunge fish into boiling water and let 
 it remain five minutes, then dry thoroughly on a cloth. Broil over 
 a clear fire, flesh side down at first, turning occasionally to keep 
 from burning; the skin side needs only to brown, the flesh side 
 needs the cooking. When done put on hot platter with a little butter, 
 or one tablespoon of melted butter and a teaspoon of lemon juice. 
 
 Broiled Shad Roe. — Wash and dry the roe with care not to break 
 the skin, place it on a well-greased broiler and rub it with butter 
 once or twice during the time of broiling; cook to a nice brown, place 
 it on a hot dish and cover with a Maitre d' Hotel sauce. Can be 
 baked or cooked in a Saute-pan. 
 
 Halibut a La Flamande.— Have steaks two inches thick cut from 
 the halibut, cover the bottom of a baking pan with one tablespoon 
 each of butter in small bits, onion and parsley chopped fine, one- 
 half teaspoon of salt and a few dashes of pepper. Lay the steak on 
 this. Beat the yolk of one o.^^ light, brush it over the top of the fish 
 and cover with one tablespoon each of onion and parsley chopped 
 fine, one tablespoon of butter, one-half teaspoon of salt and a little 
 pepper. Pour over each steak one teaspoon of lemon juice. Bake 
 forty minutes. Garnish with lemon and parsley. Serve with 
 HoUandaise sauce. Mrs. J. E. Ta3dor. 
 
 Broiled Halibut. — Season the slices with salt and pepper, and 
 lay them in melted butter for half an hour, having them well covered 
 on both sides. Roll in flour and broil from twenty to thirty minutes 
 over a clear fire. Serve on a hot dish, garnishing with parsley and 
 slices of lemon. The slices of halibut should be about an inch thick 
 and for every pound there should be three tablespoonfuls of butter. 
 
 Miss Parloa. 
 
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 Escaloped Fish. — Take cooked fresh fish; put alternate layers of 
 fish and cream sauce in a baking- dish. Cover with fine cracker 
 crumbs and pieces of butter. Bake one-half hour. 
 
 Oyster Cocktails.— In a wineg-lass put one tablespoon of lemon 
 juice, four tablespoons of tomato catsup, tliree drops of tabasco 
 sauce, a dash of celery salt and a dash of Worcestershire sauce for 
 six oysters. Mrs. L. C. Wead. 
 
 Escaloped Oysters.— Butter a dish that is about three inches 
 deep; put in a layer of cracker and bread crumbs; then a layer of 
 oysters free from their liquor; then bits of butter; sprinkle with 
 pepper and salt; do this until you have used a quart of oysters; over 
 the whole pour a teacup of sweet cream, and bake three-quarters of 
 an hour. Mrs. Parmelee. 
 
 Fried Oysters. — Take with great care from the liquor as many 
 oysters as you wish to fry; lay flat on a soft napkin; press another 
 lightly over to absorb all liquor; beat several eggs in bowl; roll 
 fresh, crisp oyster crackers to fine powder; melt enough sweet butter 
 to cover bottom of pan one-eighth inch deep; dip each oyster in eggs, 
 and roll in cracker, without breaking the oyster, until completely 
 incrusted; place carefully in pan, and fry quickly to nice brown; 
 turn oysters so as not to break crusting. Serve on hot plates with 
 buttered toast. T. W. Miller. 
 
 Note. — Serve with oysters finely shredded cabbage, with French 
 dressing. 
 
 Fricasseed Oysters. — Put in a sauce pan one quart of oysters 
 with their liquor, boil a little, then put in a colander, shake well 
 until thoroughly dry, then put back in the sauce pan with a cup of 
 sweet cream, a little butter, a little white pepper and salt; put a 
 tablespoon of flour into the cream to thicken. Serve on toast. 
 
 Mrs. Belding. 
 
 Creamed Oysters.— Put butter size of an English walnut into a 
 sauce pan, add a little parsley, celery, onion, mace, nutmeg, and a 
 small piece of bay leaf. Let simmer, but not brown. Sprinkle in two 
 
22 FISH AND OYSTERS 
 
 tablespoonfuls of flour, cook, stirring constantly. Pour in strained 
 juice of one and one-half pints of oysters (hot), cook slowly for one- 
 half hour. Then add one-half cup of thick cream, heated. Run 
 throug-h a sieve. If not thick enough add a little more flour wet with 
 milk. Season with red pepper and salt, juice of one-half lemon. 
 Cook oysters in sauce until plump and hot. Mrs. S. A. Beman. 
 
 Deviled Scallops. — Put one quart of scallops in sauce pan, bring 
 to boiling point in their own liquor, drain and chop fine, saving 
 liquor. Put three tablespoonfuls of butter in a bowl, beat to a 
 cream, add scant teaspoonful of made mustard, one teaspoonful of 
 salt, dash of cayenne, and beat well. Now add one cup of hot stock. 
 Stir scallops and then liquor into this sauce and let stand one-half 
 hour. Then put in baking dish or shells. Sprinkle with crumbs 
 and dot with butter and bake in a moderate oven twenty minutes. 
 
 Miss Parloa. 
 
 Scallops Fried in Batter. — Make a batter of one pint of flour, two 
 eggs, one tablespoonful of salad oil, one teaspoonful of salt, nearly 
 one-half pint of milk. Beat eggs light, add milk, then pour the 
 mixture upon the flour. Beat hard for two or three minutes. Then 
 add salt and oil. Drain and dry one quart of scallops, season with 
 salt and pepper. Drop into the batter and then drop spoonfuls of 
 scallops and batter into boiling lard. Cook for three minutes, 
 drain and serve at once. Miss Parloa. 
 
 Deviled Crabs.— Twenty-five live crabs steamed about twenty 
 minutes; pick them out carefully, bodies first, then the claws. 
 Take four hard boiled eggs, mash fine, mix them with crab meat, 
 fork them together. Take two cups of milk, two tablespoons of butter 
 and two of flour creamed together; have the milk scalding. One 
 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce, about one-third of a nutmeg 
 grated, a little cayenne pepper, salt to taste. Take fifteen shells 
 and wash carefully, then fill shells and cover with white dried 
 bread crumbs, put a little butter on each and brown in the oven. 
 
 Mrs. Frank Haven. 
 
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 A Simple Timbale of Halibut. — Take a half pound of uncooked 
 halibut. Cut it into fine pieces, pound it in a mortar, and pass it 
 throug-h a sieve. Mix a cupful of white bread crumbs with a half 
 cupful of cream, and stir until it makes a smooth paste; remove it 
 from the fire, add the fish pulp, a half teaspoonful of salt, and a 
 dash of paprica. Then beat in lig-htly, a little at a time, the 
 whipped whites of five egg-s. Fill buttered timbale molds with the 
 mixture, and place them in a pan of hot water in a moderate oven 
 for thirty minutes. This will fill a quart mold, or eight individual 
 molds. Serve with a white or with a tomato sauce. 
 
 Mrs. Belding-. 
 
 Salmon Wiggle. — One and one-half cups of milk, four tablespoons 
 of butter, three tablespoons of flour, one cup salmon picked apart 
 with fork, one cup green peas, pepper and salt to taste. Make a 
 sauce of the milk, butter and flour. When it thickens, stir in peas 
 which have been previously warmed. Serve hot. 
 
 Sadie Thompson. 
 
 Little Pigs in Blankets. — Take as many large oysters as are 
 wished and dry them with a towel. Have some fat bacon cut in 
 very thin slices, cover each oyster with them and pin on with wooden 
 toothpicks. Broil or roast them until the bacon is crisp and brown. 
 Do not remove toothpicks. Serve hot. 
 
 " Within these folds we may confidently look to find the intel- 
 lectual powers of man." — Duke of Ar gyle. 
 
MEATS AND POULTRY 
 
 " JV/io can offef such a dish 
 May dispense with soup or fish; 
 And if he a guest should wish, 
 Let him send for vie.'''' 
 
 Roast Beef. — Place meat on a rack which will raise it a little 
 above the bottom of the pan. Put in a corner of the pan a half tea- 
 spoonful of salt and a quarter of a teaspoonful of pepper. Put in 
 also two tablespoonfuls of water. Place in a very hot oven for 
 fifteen or twenty minutes until meat is browned; then lower the 
 temperature of the oven and cook more slowly until done; baste 
 frequently. Allow fifteen minutes to the pound. Mrs. Belding. 
 
 Yorkshire Pudding. — One pint of milk; one teaspoonful of salt; 
 two cups of flour sifted with one teaspoonful baking powder; four 
 egg-s, beaten thoroughly; mix all together quickly — eggs, milk and 
 salt, then flour — pour off fat from the gravy in the pan, and then 
 pour in the pudding. Continue the roasting, letting the drippings 
 fall on the pudding; baste the meat with the gravy taken from the 
 pan. From half an hour to fifty minutes will make the pudding. 
 Cut the pudding in small squares and serve about the beef, or 
 separately if preferred. Mrs. C. L. Hubbard. 
 
 Beef a la Mode. — Take from six to eight pounds of the round of 
 beef, free from bone; one-fourth pound of salt pork; cut the pork into 
 one-fourth inch strips, pepper, and draw through the beef with a 
 larding needle; place in a kettle one-third full of boiling water — 
 keeping the beef from the bottom of the kettle by placing a wire 
 frame or narrow pieces of board under it. Then cut fine two or 
 three carrots, one large onion, and put over the beef; keep enough 
 water in the kettle to steam the meat; care should be used not to 
 burn. Cook three to four hours, keeping the kettle closely covered; 
 when done remove the beef, leaving carrots and onions in liquor, 
 which thicken for grary. Mrs. Ralph. 
 
MEATS AND POULTRY 25 
 
 Smothered Beef and Onions. — Take a good-sized steak (round is 
 the best) and six onions; remove bone from steak; chop onions fine; 
 pepper and salt; place on steak, and roll; fasten firmly; put in fry- 
 ing pan with a little water; cover closely, and steam about fifteen 
 minutes; then put a good-sized piece of butter in the pan, and cover 
 again; steam till done,, having just enough water in pan to keep from 
 burning. Mrs. Ralph. 
 
 Irish Stew.— Take the remnants of a roast of beef; pare four 
 potatoes and slice one-half inch thick; one or two onions cut up fine; 
 one-third cup of rice, if desired. Place meat over fire in three 
 quarts of cold water, two hours before dinner, onions and rice one 
 hour, potatoes twenty minutes. Season with pepper and salt. 
 Remove bones and add dumplings fifteen minutes before serving. 
 For the dumplings use one pint of flour, two rounded teaspoonfuls 
 baking powder, salt, and sweet milk for a stiff batter. Drop by 
 spoonfuls into boiling soup fifteen minutes before serving. Do not 
 raise the cover or let the soup cease to boil after they are added. 
 
 Mrs. McClary. 
 
 To Broil Beefsteak. — A perfect steak should be from one and 
 one-half to two inches thick. Trim it a good shape, heat the broiler 
 very hot, greasing with a piece of the fat. Lay outside edge 
 towards the handle so that the fat may run on the meat. Place it 
 close to the hot coals and count ten slowly, turn it and do the same, 
 to sear the outside and keep the juices in, then hold it farther from 
 the coals, turning very frequently. Broil from eight to fifteen minutes 
 according to the thickness of the steak. A steak should be rare, but 
 not raw, should have a uniform red color and be full of juice. Put on 
 hot platter, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and spread with butter. 
 It is excellent with tomato or mushroom sauce poured over the steak. 
 
 Mrs. Belding. 
 
 Hamburg Steaks. — Chop one pound of lean raw meat very fine, 
 remove all the fiber possible. To the mince add one-half table- 
 spoonful of onion juice, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one-fourth tea- 
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26 MEA TS AND PO UL TR Y 
 
 spoonful of pepper, dash of nutmeg, one egg. Form into small 
 balls and flatten, or shape in tin, good inch and a half thick. Broil 
 same as beefsteak. Serve with Maitre d'Hotel sauce. 
 
 Roast Steak. — Have two pounds of good tender steak. Have 
 ready a dressing of bread crumbs; spread this on the steak and 
 roll; tie firmly. Have the oven hot, and bake an hour. Sprinkle 
 on salt and pepper just before it is done. Mrs. Gillard. 
 
 Potted Beef. — Take a large beef shank, and put into enough cold 
 water to cover it. Boil till very tender — till all the bones and 
 cartilage can be easily removed. Chop the meat fine, and replace 
 in the pot with the liquor, which should be about one quart. Let 
 it simmer gently; season with salt, pepper and a little sage or 
 summer savory if you wish. Press, and when cold cut into slices. 
 It is convenient for tea. Mrs. Gilbert. 
 
 Beef's Tongue. — Boil a fresh tongue in salted water one and one- 
 half hours. Before putting it in the water, trim it carefuUj^ and 
 skewer into good shape. When it is boiled remove the skin. If it is 
 to be used cold, replace the skewer, put it again in the water in 
 which it was boiled and let it remain until cold. If used hot, pour 
 over it a white or a piquante sauce, garnish with parsle\^ Spinach 
 is a good vegetable to serve with tongue. Mrs. Belding. 
 
 Creamed Dried Beef. — One cup of dried beef. Let it soak in 
 warm water a few minutes; pour off the water and add one pint of 
 milk and cream. Thicken with a little flour, and season with 
 pepper, salt and butter. Just before taking from the stove add one 
 ^^^, well beaten. 
 
 Packing Beef. — For one hundred pounds of beef, take four quarts 
 of salt, one and one-half ounces saltpetre, one and one-half ounces 
 soda, four pounds sugar. Rub this together and then rub on the 
 beef; pack very tightly and solidly; this makes the brine. For 
 small families use small package, that each layer may be as small 
 as possible, as taking away part of a layer drains the brine from the 
 
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 remainder of the layer. Adding water takes away the peculiar 
 excellence and tenderness of the beef. George Hawkins. 
 
 Corned Beef Hash. — To one heaping measure of meat chopped 
 fine, allow two measures of chopped potato, season with pepper; 
 put in frying pan and moisten with milk or cream; when hot add a 
 generous piece of butter and mix. It may now be put in a baking 
 dish and cooked in a quick oven until brown or left in the frying 
 pan and cooked fifteen minutes, stirring occasionally. 
 
 Mrs. James Sawyer. 
 
 Hash Balls. — Prepare hash as above, form into small, round 
 cakes about an inch thick; dip in ^^^, roll in bread crumbs and fry 
 like croquettes. Serve with tomato sauce. 
 
 Meat Puffs. — Chop meat that has been previously cooked; season 
 well with pepper, salt and butter; moisten with a little stock or 
 water. Make nice puff paste; roll thin; cut into round cakes; fill 
 with meat and bake. Serve warm. Miss Amelia Greeno. 
 
 Chopped Beef. — Take tender steak and chop very fine, removing 
 all the fibre; make into a flat ball. Put it on the broiler over 
 bright coals, only heating through; season with butter and salt. 
 Nice for invalids. Mrs. Parmelee. 
 
 Roast Lamb. — Put salt and pepper on the meat and with a flour 
 dredge sprinkle on a little flour. Place in the dripping pan without 
 water. If there is not enough fat to baste it, when thoroughly 
 heated, throw on a cup of boiling water in which has been placed a 
 little butter. Baste frequently. If you choose, use a dressing made 
 as for turkey. Serve with mint sauce. Mrs. Gillett. 
 
 Crown of Lamb with Peas. — In cooking it care must be taken 
 that it is thoroughly done. With the length of the ribs on both sides 
 a crown roast may be prepared which is very effective in appearance. 
 Stand the. two pieces with the bone side outwards and draw them 
 round together to a circle, tying or skewering them. Cover the ends 
 
28 ME A TS AND PO UL TR Y 
 
 of the bones with greased paper or a flour and water paste so that 
 they will not char, then roast in a quick oven. In serving fill with 
 nicely cooked peas. 
 
 Ragout of Mutton. — For six persons. Three pounds of mutton, a 
 carrot, a turnip, two tablespoons chopped onion, one quart potatoes, 
 measured after being pared, and cut into one-half inch cubes; three 
 tablespoons flour, three of butter, three pints of boiling water, and 
 enough salt and pepper. Cut most of the fat off", and then cut meat 
 in small pieces. Season and roll in flour. Put butter in frying 
 pan, and all the vegetables (except potatoes), cut fine. Cook slowl}' 
 five minutes, then add meat. Stir over a hot fire until a golden 
 brown. Pour on the water and cook slowly one and one-half hours. 
 Add potatoes and cook one-half hour longer. Mrs. Chipperfield. 
 
 Venison. — Lard the venison, rub with butter and dredge with 
 flour, place in a hot oven and roast fifteen minutes to every pound, 
 basting every ten minutes, at first with melted butter, and then with 
 its own drippings. When half done season with salt and pepper. 
 When done put on hot platter, add two tablespoons of flour to the fat 
 in the pan, add one pint of stock and cook; take from the fire and 
 add one tablespoon of currant jelly, season with salt and pepper. 
 
 Veal Cutlets. — Take cutlets and partly cook, then dip in a beaten 
 &^g and roll in bread crumbs. Fry brown in lard and butter. 
 When cooked, remove, and put a little water in the pan, thicken with 
 teaspoon of flour, season with butter, pepper and salt; pour over 
 cutlets and serve. Mis Greeno. 
 
 Veal Pot Pie. — Take three pounds of veal; put in hot water, 
 enough to cover; cook slowly about three hours, or till tender; renew 
 water as it boils away. It is well to plan for this the day you are 
 baking bread. Take of raised dough for dumpling as you would 
 for biscuit; when light steam one hour in steamer. Cook the potatoes 
 either by themselves or with the meat for half an hour. Put meat, 
 
ME A TS A ND PO UL TR Y 29 
 
 potatoes and dumplings on a platter and pour over gravy. For gravy- 
 take some of the water in which the meat is cooked, thicken with 
 flour wet in cold water. Season with butter, pepper and salt. 
 
 Mrs. C. D. Hubbard. 
 
 Veal Stew, English.— Three pounds of shoulder of veal, cut into 
 four-inch pieces, stewed with a large onion, sliced, and a piece 01 
 salt lean and fat pork. When nearly done add salt and pepper, 
 thicken gravy, adding a small can of button mushrooms. Stew 
 fifteen minutes after. A little chopped parsley is an improvement. 
 
 Mrs. W. S. Lawrence. 
 
 Veal Balls.— Chop cold veal fine; add half as much bread 
 crumbs and a little butter, stir in two eggs, season, make into balls, 
 and fry in butter. Mrs. W. A. Short. 
 
 Pate de Veau. — Three and one-half pounds of veal chopped fine, 
 with one slice of fat pork, two crackers, rolled fine, two eggs, a 
 piece of butter size of an ^^^, one tablespoon of salt, one-half tea- 
 spoon of pepper, one nutmeg. Work all together in form of a loaf; 
 put bits of butter on top, and cracker crumbs; put in baking tin 
 and bake two or three hours, basting often. Mrs. Baker Stevens. 
 
 Veal ii la Sweetbreads. — Cut veal steaks vety thin, then into 
 pieces suitable for serving. Pound until very tender — dip into Qgg, 
 then into bread crumbs. Have plenty of butter hot in frying pan 
 and cook to a golden brown. Take meat from the pan and put in 
 one-half cupful of cream, let boil one minute and pour over veal. 
 
 Mrs. MacAllister. 
 
 Blanquette of Veal.— One and one-half cupfuls of cold veal cut in 
 thin bits as large as a quarter of a dollar, half a cup of finely 
 chopped cooked ham. Butter a sauce pan and pour in a coffee cup 
 of cream, when it boils stir in one teaspoon of flour wet in milk; let 
 boil till it thickens, then add the meat, pinch of nutmeg, salt anj 
 pepper to taste; lastly stir in the yolk of one egg beaten with a 
 tablespoon of cold milk. Stir for a moment, then pour on a hot 
 platter and garnish with hard boiled eggs and a slice of lemon. 
 
 Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
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 To Bake a Ham. — Boil three hours, then take out of water, 
 remove rind and sprinkle the top with flour rubbed with a little 
 butter, stick cloves over and bake one hour. Mrs. L. Whitney. 
 
 Boiled Ham. — Cover with cold water and boil slowly. A ham 
 weig-hing twelve pounds will require five hours. If you wish to serve 
 it hot, skin and sprinkle with a little sugar, sticking- in cloves. Then 
 set in the oven thirty minutes. If to be served cold, do not remove it 
 from the water until cold. 
 
 To Fry Ham and Eggs. — Put slices of ham into a hot pan, fry 
 until done, then remove and drop eggs in pan. If necessary add a 
 small bit of lard to fry the eggs, frequently covering them with the 
 hot fat. 
 
 Head Cheese.— To one pig's head add one heart, one liver, one 
 tongue. Clean the head nicely, put it all in a brine twenty-four 
 hours, then boil until very soft, remove bones, and chop fine; add salt, 
 pepper and sage to taste, and four small onions, chopped fine, mix 
 thoroughly, put in a colander over a kettle of hot water over night; in 
 the morning put weights on, and press like cheese. Mrs. Willard. 
 
 Souse. — Take lean neck pieces of pig, also legs, chopping off 
 feet, soak in cold water until blood is extracted, scrape thoroughly 
 until white and clean. Boil tender till all bones and cartilage can 
 be removed. Put meat in a colander and pick up fine, be sure to 
 take out all small bones. Season with salt, pepper and sage. Put 
 weights on and let stand until it is thoroughly drained and cold. 
 
 Mrs. F. W. Lawrence. 
 
 Sausage. — For each pound of lean fresh pork use one half pound 
 of fat pork. Grind with a meat or vegetable grinder. Season 
 with two teaspoonfuls of sage, finely sifted, one level teaspoonful of 
 salt and one teaspoonful of pepper for each pound of the meat. Mix 
 thoroughly and test b}'^ frying a small piece. Add more of the 
 seasoning if desired. Pack in muslin bags five inches wide and 
 twelve inches long. Mrs. McClary. 
 
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 Sausage. — Thirty pounds of meat, one-third fat and two-thirds 
 lean, thirty-four teaspoonfuls salt, eig-hteen of sag-e, six of allspice, 
 six of pepper, four of cloves. Mrs. M. K. Wead. 
 
 Fried Pork and Milk Gravy. — Cut slices very thin, put into frying- 
 pan in hot water for a few minutes, take out on a plate and let drip. 
 Dip in flour and shake off. Put back into the dry pan and fry 
 until crisp. Mix a part of the fat with milk and thicken for g-ravy. 
 Season to taste. 
 
 Liver and Bacon. — Slice liver and let it remain in cold water 
 one hour, take out, dry and roll in flour. Fry thin slices of bacon 
 crisp, remove bacon, put the liver in the pan and fry carefully and 
 thoroughly. 
 
 Tripe. — Select the honey comb, cut into convenient pieces for 
 serving- and pour over warmi water and let it remain in this about 
 ten minutes; then drain thoroughly and ag-ain place the tripe in 
 water in a spider and cook slowly until tender — about twenty minutes; 
 have ready another spider with a little melted butter and lard. 
 Drain the tripe, cover with an eg-g- batter and fry a delicate brown. 
 Tripe for six persons requires the batter made as follows: Two 
 well-beaten eg-gs, one-fourth cup of milk and one-half cup of flour. 
 
 Mrs. McClary. 
 
 Directions for Preparing Sweetbreads. — Sweetbreads should be 
 thrown into cold water the moment they come from the market, then 
 wash well, allowing them to remain in cold water one hour. Then 
 free from all fat, lard or not as you wish. Put them into boiling 
 water in a granite or porcelain sauce pan, add a teaspoon of salt, 
 stand over a moderate fire and parboil fifteen minutes, then throw 
 them into ice cold water for five minutes, then remove any skin or 
 rough parts. Now put in the refrigerator until ready to use. They 
 will keep from thirty to forty hours. Always use a silver knife to 
 cut sweetbreads. This process of parboiling and blanching is 
 necessary in whatever form the sweetbreads are to be used. 
 
 Miss Alice J. Watkins. 
 
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 Fried Sweetbreads. — Prepare sweetbreads according to directions, 
 then cut them into nice pieces, dip them first in egg, then in bread 
 crumbs, and fry in boiling- fat. Serve with cream sauce. 
 
 Miss Alice J. Watkins. 
 
 Fried Sweetbreads, No. 2. — Fry several thin slices of bacon to a 
 crisp. Cut three sweetbreads into slices and fry in bacon fat till 
 done. Put them on a hot platter. Pour out fat and melt two table- 
 spoons of butter in the pan, add juice of one-half lemon and pour 
 over sweetbreads. If the butter is allowed to scorch the dish is 
 ruined. 
 
 Creamed Sweetbreads. — Prepare two pairs of sweetbreads 
 according to directions, then break into pieces and add one can of 
 mushrooms. Squeeze over all the juice of one-half lemon. Put in a 
 sauce pan one cup of cream, one of veal stock or juice of mushrooms, 
 one small onion, a little mace and nutmeg. Put over fire and when 
 hot stir in one tablespoon of flour which has been mixed with one 
 and one-half tablespoons of butter. Let cook ten minutes, then 
 strain and add sweetbreads; let this cook slowly ten minutes. Serve 
 immediately. Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Dressing for Fowls.— One quart of bread crumbs which have 
 been chopped, not soaked; season with salt, pepper, sage, and a 
 generous supply of butter; beat in one or two eggs. The best 
 authorities say that dressing is the finest when it crumbles as the 
 fowl is cut. Moisten with a little water or milk if desired. 
 
 Mrs. McCla'-3'. 
 
 Oyster Dressing. — One quart of 03'sters, add bread crumbs till you 
 can mould like a loaf of bread, butter size of two eggs, pepper, salt 
 and sage to taste. Mrs. Grinnell. 
 
 To Cook a Turkey. — The turkey should be killed three or four 
 days before it is cooked; wasli thoroughly, then wipe dry the inside, 
 and rub with fine salt; fill with dressing. Bake slowly four or five 
 hours, according to size; or steam tw^o hours and bake two, basting 
 frequentl3% Mrs. G. W. Hubbard. 
 
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 Roast Goose (English Method). — Parboil the g-oose fifteen minutes 
 to extract the oil. Stuff with a dressing- made of one cup of mashed 
 potato, one large onion, one tablespoonful each of butter and sage, 
 one <s:^^, salt and pepper to taste. Tie firmly and roast in a 
 moderate oven. Baste frequently with salt and water. When brown 
 cover with a greased paper to keep from burning. Roast about 
 
 three hours. 
 
 "■ Ne'er failed old Scolland to Produce 
 At each high tide her savory goose.'" 
 
 Roast Duck. — Prepare the same as goose, using turkey or goose 
 dressing. Koast in a quick oven from one hour to an hour and one- 
 half. Baste frequently. 
 
 Fricasseed Chicken. — Joint the chicken and place over the fire 
 with sufficient water to cover. Boil until tender, then pour out any 
 water remaining and brown chicken in the pot; add milk and 
 cream, as much as required for gravy. Season with butter, pepper 
 and salt; thicken with flour. Place the chicken on slices of toast 
 and pour over it the gravy. Mrs. Parmelee. 
 
 Fricasseed Chicken.— Take a spring chicken; cut at the joints; 
 cook until tender; season with pepper and salt and a piece of butter; 
 have ready soda biscuits; split them open and butter them; thicken 
 the broth with flour, lay the chicken on a platter with the biscuit, 
 and pour the gravy over. Mrs. M. S. Mallon. 
 
 Cream Chicken and Mushrooms.— Prepare two chickens as for a 
 stew; boil until tender. Pour the liquor oft" from a can of mushrooms 
 and boil them twenty minutes with the chicken. Skim out the 
 chicken and mushrooms on a platter, and pour over hot cream 
 sauce. Mrs. Temple. 
 
 Broiled Chicken.— About an hour before it is wanted cut open, 
 and lay in a dripping pan — putting in the pan butter, pepper and 
 salt, and a little water; cover closely. Set in a hot oven; when 
 thoroughly steamed, take out and put on a broiler long enough to 
 brown, and pour over the water, butter, etc., in the pan. 
 
 Mrs. Pitman. 
 
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 Fried Chicken. — Roll the chicken in a little flt»ur, fry in half 
 butter and lard (considerable in the pan), have the butter and lard 
 very hot; after both sides brown, cover over and cook slowly about 
 one hour. If there is much butter or lard in the pan pour it out, 
 then pour on half a cup of boiling- water, hold the cover down tight 
 for about five minutes for one side, turn the chicken and do the same 
 for the other side, then leave the cover on until ready to serve. 
 
 Julia Goggin. 
 
 Smothered Chicken. — Rub the inside of the chicken with fine salt 
 and a little pepper; sprinkle flour over the outside; put it, with a 
 bit of butter size of a butternul, and about a pint of water, in the 
 dripping pan; cover closely; set in the oven and cook one and one- 
 half hours; baste frequently; turn once or twice, so as to cook evenly; 
 then remove the cover and brown lightly; add one-half cup of cream 
 and a teaspoonful of flour to the gravy in the pan; boil up and serve. 
 
 Mrs. G. W. Hubbard. 
 
 Chicken Pie. — Cook the chickens thoroughly. Season with 
 pepper and salt after it is done. Make a good baking- powder 
 biscuit crust, with plenty of butter rolled in. Line the rim of a 
 soup plate or platter with a strip of the pastry. Put the chicken in, 
 free from bones, with as much of the broth as the plate will hold, 
 with a good quantity of butter; cover with the pastry, making a cut 
 in the center. The backbone in the center of the plate keeps up the 
 crust. Miss Meeker. 
 
 Curry of Chicken in Rice Border.— Boil until tender a four-pound 
 chicken. This can be done the day before it is wanted to serve. 
 When the chicken is cold, remove the skin and bones. Cut the meat 
 into neat squares; put two tablespoonfuls of butter into a sauce pan; 
 cut into it one onion; let this cook for about thirty minutes; it must 
 not brown, but just be soft and yellow; then add two tablespoonfuls 
 of flour; mix; add one pnit of the liquor in which the chicken was 
 boiled; stir constantly until it thickens; add one teaspoonful of 
 Indian curry powder and one half of a teaspoonful of salt; add the 
 
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 chicken; cover the pan and stand it on the back part of the fire for 
 about twenty minutes. Arrange a neat border of nicely boiled rice 
 around a meat dish, put tlie chicken in the center and serve. 
 
 Pressed Chicken. — Boil three chickens till well done; bone, and 
 pull to pieces in flakes; season with butter, pepper and salt; then 
 pour over it the broth in which it was boiled and mix well together. 
 Put it into a pan or mould and press. Mrs. H. D. Hickok. 
 
 Chicken Terrapin. ^ — Cut into small pieces enough of cold cooked 
 chicken to measure one pint. Put one tablespoonful each of butter 
 and flour in a sauce pan over the fire and stir till cooked, then add 
 gradually one cupful of thin cream or milk and stir till thick. Add 
 the chicken and when well heated three hard boiled eggs cut into 
 pieces, and salt and pepper to season. 
 
 The Way Adam Dresses Partridges. — He breaks the skin over the 
 breast bone, gives a sudden jerk to the left, another to the right, and 
 the animal is completely skinned. The bones of the wings are broken 
 close to the body, and all but the breast is thrown away. This is 
 broiled on a forked stick before the fire, and is a bit altogether too 
 good for a king. George Hawkins. 
 
 Mock Pate de Foie Gras. — Lard thickly over the top a calf's 
 liver, put it in a sauce pan with one chopped onion, two bay leaves, 
 a blade of mace, a half dozen pepper corns, six whole cloves, one salt 
 spoon salt, a lump of loaf sugar and one pint of stock. Cover the 
 pan and cook slowly three hours. When done remove the liver, cut it 
 in slices, put them in an earthen dish and strain over the liquor. 
 Stand aside over night. In the morning heat the liver, then pound 
 it to a paste; add a teaspoon of salt, a salt spoon of white pepper 
 and one-third of a pound of melted butter. Mix all well together 
 and press through a sieve. Pack in small pots, smooth the top and 
 pour over melted butter. Addie Stevenson. 
 
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 Boudins a la Reine.— To every pint of finely chopped cooked 
 chicken or veal allow one tablespoon of butter, half cup of cream, 
 whites of three eg-gs and one tablespoon of chopped parsley, salt and 
 pepper to taste. Melt the butter, add it to the chicken with the 
 cream and seasoning-, mix well, rubbing it to a paste with a spoon. 
 Beat whites of eg-g-s to a stiff froth and add carefully to the meat; 
 fill cups two-thirds full and bake twenty minutes like custards in a 
 pan of water. Serve with Bechamel sauce. 
 
 Boudins. ^ — One pint of cold chopped meat. One tablespoon of 
 butter, two tablespoons of dried bread crumbs, one-half cup of stock 
 or boiling water, two beaten eggs, salt and pepper to taste. Put all 
 ingredients over the fire and stir until nicely mixed. Fill custard 
 cups two-thirds full, stand in a baking pan half filled with boiling 
 water, and bake in a moderate oven twenty minutes. When done 
 turn carefully on a heated dish, and pour around them cream, or 
 Bt'chamel sauce. Mrs. Chipperfield. 
 
FISH AND MEAT SAUCES WITH RELISHES 
 
 " The good things of life are not to he had singly. 
 But come to us with a mixture.'''' — Chas. Lamb 
 
 Drawn Butter Gravy. — Two tablespoons of butter, one of flour, 
 rubbed together. Pour over it one cup of boiling- water; boil a few 
 minutes, add salt and pepper. Miss Childs. 
 
 Mint Sauce. — Chop mint very line and put into vinegar with 
 sugar. Let stand one hour before serving. Mrs. S. W. Gillett. 
 
 Butter Sauce. — Beat together one-half cupful of butter and one 
 tablespoonful of flour. Pour on this mixture half a pint of boiling 
 water. Place the sauce pan on the fire, and stir constantly until 
 the sauce boils; then take from the fire immediately. 
 
 Cream Sauce. — One pint of cream (or milk, with one tablespoon 
 of butter), one generous tablespoonful of flour, and salt and pepper to 
 taste. Let the cream come to a boil. Have the flour mixed smooth 
 with half a cupful of cream reserved from the pint; and stir it into 
 the boiling cream. Add seasoning and boil three minutes. This 
 sauce is good for delicate meats, fish and vegetables, and to pour 
 around croquettes and omelets. Miss M. E. Parmelee. 
 
 White Sauce for Fish. — One quart of milk; add a small slice of 
 onion, two sprigs of parsley, salt and pepper to taste, and boil. 
 Stir four tablespoons of flour and four of butter till light, and mix 
 with a little of the warm milk; then stir into the boiling milk; cook 
 eight minutes, and strain. Miss Parloa. 
 
 To Make Gravy Brown. — If very brown gravy is desired place 
 flour in a dry spider and stir constantly until it browns thoroughly, 
 then when used stir with cold water as the ordinary thickening. 
 
38 FISH AND 31 E A T SA UCES 
 
 Tomato Sauce. — One-half of a small onion sliced and fried in 
 one tablespoonful of butter; add one-half can of tomatoes, two cloves, 
 salt and pepper. Cook twenty minutes — thicken with teaspoon of 
 flour and strain. A little cayenne pepper and chopped parsley may 
 be added if liked. 
 
 Mushroom Sauce.— Put a piece of butter the size of a walnut 
 into a tin basin, and when it bubbles add a teaspoon (not heaping-) 
 of flour, when well cooked stir in a cupful of stock and half a teacup 
 of the mushroom juice from the can, let it simmer for a minute or 
 two, then after straining- add one-half or three quarters of a can of 
 mushrooms, pepper, salt and a few drops of lemon juice. When 
 thoroug-hly hot it is ready to pour over the meat. 
 
 Sauce Tartare.— To one cup of mayonnaise dressing add one 
 tablespoon each of capers and chopped cucumber pickles, one table- 
 spoon of chopped parsley and one teaspoon of onion juice. Mix well 
 and serve. 
 
 Piquante Sauce. — Two cupfuls of brown stock, four tablespoons 
 of butter, two of flour, four of vinegar, one of chopped onion, one of 
 chopped capers, two of chopped pickles, dash of cayenne, one tea- 
 spoon of sugar, one-half of salt, one of tarragon vinegar. Melt the 
 butter in a sauce pan, add the flour and stir until well browned, 
 draw to a cooler place, and slowly add the stock, stirring constantly. 
 Add salt and cayenne and let simmer ten minutes. In another sauce 
 pan, boil the vinegar, onion and sugar rapidly for five miiiutes, 
 then add it to the sauce, also the capers, pickles and tarragon 
 vinegar. Stir well and let cook for two minutes. If the sauce 
 becomes too thick, dilute with a little water. 
 
 Maitre d' Hotel Sauce. — Two tablespoonfuls of butter, one 
 tablespoonful of chopped parsley, one tablespoonful of lemon juice, 
 one-half teaspoonful of salt, one-half teaspoonful of pepper. Rub 
 the butter to a cream, add salt, pepper and parsley chopped fine, 
 then the lemon juice slowly. Spread it on broiled meat or fish. 
 
FISH AND ME A T SA UCES 
 
 39 
 
 Let the heat of the meat melt the batter. The dish must not be be 
 put in the oven after the sauce is spread, or the parsley will lose its 
 freshness. 
 
 Caper Sauce. — Melt two tablespoons of butter, add one table- 
 spoon of flour, stir till smooth, then add one and one-half cups of 
 boiling water. Stir till cooked. Add two tablespoons of capers. 
 Take from the lire and add two teaspoons lemon juice and the beaten 
 yolk of one egg". Season with salt and pepper. Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Horse Radish Sauce for Fish.— Four tablespoons of cream whip- 
 ped stiff, add one tablespoon of vinegar, three tablespoons of grated 
 horse radish, a little cayenne pepper and salt. Mrs. L. C. Wead. 
 
 Sauce for Raw Oysters. — Cut a raw onion with a silver knife and 
 scrape until the juice coats the knife blade; use knife for mixing 
 the sauce. One-half cup of tomato catsup, juice of one lemon, one 
 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce, one-half teaspoon of salt, one- 
 fourth teaspoon of paprika. Serve very cold. Mrs. Capron. 
 
 Bechamel Sauce. ^ — Melt one tablespoonful of butter without burn- 
 ing, add one tablespoonful of flour and mix till smooth. Add one 
 cup of cream or one-half cupful each of cream and stock; stir 
 continually until it thickens. Season with salt and pepper and just 
 before taking from the fire add quickly the beaten yolk of one egg. 
 
 Sauce Hollandaise.— Put two tablespoons of butter and a gill of 
 water into a small sauce pan and slowly heat. Then pour this over 
 the yolks of four eggs beaten to a cream, stand it over boiling water 
 and stir until jelly like. Then add one-half teaspoon of salt, one 
 tablespoonful of lemon juice, and a little white pepper; take a tea- 
 spoonful of butter on the end of a knife, and so touch it all over the 
 top that the butter will be added little by little. Serve at once. 
 
 Mrs. Rorer. 
 
 "When we have succeeded then shall be our time to rejoice and 
 freely l^ngh.""— Buckley's Sophocles. 
 
40 FISH AND MEAT SAUCES 
 
 Cranberry Jelly.— One quart of cranberries, one pound of sugar, 
 and one pint of boiling water. Cook twenty minutes, strain, wet the 
 mould and pour in the juice. Mrs. Frank Haven. 
 
 Mint Jelly. — One bunch of mint, one-half pint of boiling water, 
 one teaspoonful of gelatine. When cold add a very little sugar, 
 lemon juice and spiced vinegar. Strain and pour into mould. 
 
 Mrs. John Cantwell. 
 
 Cranberry Sauce. — One quart of cranberries put into one quart 
 of cold water over a quick fire. When it comes to a boil pour off the 
 water, add another quart of water and two cups of sugar; put on 
 the back of the stove and cook slowly for about two and one-half 
 hours. Mrs. Breed. 
 
 Delmonico Apple. — One can each of peaches and apples heated. 
 One pound of macaroons rolled, one pound of almonds blanched and 
 chopped. Butter a baking dish and put in a layer of peaches, then 
 one of macaroons, then nuts and then apples. Repeat until fruit is 
 used. Put butter between each layer; bake until brown. To be 
 used with meats. Mrs. William Breed. 
 
 Fried Apples. — ^Cut tart apples in round slices, remove core and 
 fry in butter, or in gravy after pork or ham has been fried. 
 
 Apple Charlotte.— Put in a buttered pudding dish a layer of 
 grated apples, seasoned with butter, sugar and cinnamon; then a 
 layer of cracker crumbs — alternate layers until the dish is tilled — 
 three layers will fill it — having cracker crumbs on top. Bake a light 
 brown. To be served with meats. Fouquet House. 
 
 Baked Bananas. — Make a syrup of three-quarters of a cupful of 
 water, one-quarter of a cupful of lemon juice and one-half of a cupful 
 of sugar for half a dozen bananas. Strip off the skins, cut into 
 quarters, place in a deep baking dish, pour over the hot syrup and 
 bake until tender, basting several times with the syrup. 
 
 Fried Bananas.— Peel, cut in halves, roll in bread crumbs, then 
 in ^^^i and again in bread crumbs, fry in deep fat until brown. 
 Serve with lemons cut in quarters. Mrs. George Williamson. 
 
CROQUETTES. 
 
 •' To make them one must have a spark of genius. 
 General Directions for Making Croquettes. 
 
 Sauce for Croquette Mixture.— (To this amount of sauce add two 
 cupfuls of chopped meat). One tablespoonful of butter; one teaspoon- 
 ful of onion juice; two tablespoonfuls of flour; one teaspoonful of 
 salt; one cupful of cream; one-fourtli teaspoonful of pepper; one egg; 
 dash of cayenne; dash of nutmeg. Put the cream into a double 
 boiler and scald. Rub the butter and flour together, add to the 
 cream and stir until the sauce is thicic, add seasoning, remove from 
 the fire, and stir in the beaten ^^^, cook a moment, now add what- 
 ever meat desired, and pour on a platter to cool. Let stand two 
 hours or more. Have ready a beaten q^^, then take a tablespoon of 
 the mixture, roll lightly between the hands into a ball. Have 
 plenty of sifted crumbs on a board, roll the ball lightly on the 
 crumbs into the shape of a cylinder, then drop in &^^ and roll again 
 in the crumbs. When the lard is hot (see directions for frying), dip 
 frying basket in lard to grease, take out and lay in the basket four 
 croquettes and immerse in the hot fat to cook to a delicate brown. 
 Take from the basket and place on a brown paper in the heater 
 until ready to serve. 
 
 Note. —For frying, use good sweet lard in deep kettle. Sub- 
 stances which are moist, as fish balls, croquettes, oysters, corn meal 
 mush, cold boiled rice, etc., should be first dipped in beaten ^g^^ 
 then rolled in sifted bread or cracker. A quantity of this can be 
 prepared and kept ready for use. The temperature of the fat for 
 frying should be high enough to brown a bit of bread in half a 
 second. Use a frying basket. If preferred use olive oil or cotton- 
 seed oil instead of lard. 
 
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42 CROQUETTES 
 
 Chicken Croquettes. — One pint of cream come to a boil; thicken 
 with two even tablespoonfuls of butter and four heaping tablespoon- 
 fuls of flour. Season with one-half teaspoonful salt; ^ few grains of 
 cayenne pepper. The sauce should be very thick; add a beaten egg 
 just as it is taken from the fire. One-half pound of chicken minced 
 ver}^ fine; season with one-fourth teaspoonful of salt; one teaspoonful 
 of chopped parsley; one teaspoonful of lemon juice; one teaspoonful 
 of chopped celery; stir into the hot sauce; mix thoroughl}'; spread 
 thin on a platter until perfectly cold and stiff. Shape croquettes, 
 roll in the beaten white of an q^^ and cracker dust, and fry. 
 
 Mrs. L. C. Wead. 
 
 Note.—Ow^ four-pound chicken makes twenty-six croquettes. 
 
 Veal Croquettes. — Same as chicken. 
 
 Sweetbread Croquettes. — One pair of sweetbreads prepared 
 according to directions. Make a cream sauce of the following: One 
 tablespoon of butter, one gill of sweet cream, one-fourth teaspoon of 
 white pepper, two tablespoons of flour, one tablespoon of chopped 
 parsley. When this is cooked, take from the fire, add the sweet- 
 breads, salt to taste, parsley, and, if you like, two teaspoons of 
 chopped mushrooms, mix well and turn out to cool. They should 
 stand at least five hours in a cool place to form nicely, then form 
 into croquettes. Dip first in &^^ and then in bread crumbs and fry 
 in boiling fat. Miss Watkins. 
 
 Oyster Croquettes. — Boil twenty-five oysters in their liquor five 
 minutes, drain and cut fine with a silver knife and drain again. 
 Make a cream sauce of one tablespoon of butter, two of flour, one 
 gill of oyster liquor and one gill of cream, when cooked add oysters 
 and beaten yolks of two eggs. Cook a moment, take from the fire 
 and add a tablespoon of chopped parsley, ten drops of onion juice, a 
 grating of nutmeg, and salt and pepper to taste. Pour out on a 
 platter and follow general directions for croquettes. 
 
 Jean Hawkins. 
 
CROQUETTES 
 
 43 
 
 Oyster Croquettes. — One pint of cream, one tablespoon of butter, 
 four large tablespoons of flour, salt and pepper to taste. Parboil 
 one pint of oysters, drain and cut into quarters and mix with the 
 cream sauce. Drop a spoonful into the crumbs, roll in eggs, then in 
 crumbs again, repeat the eggs and crumbs and fry in very hot lard. 
 
 Mrs. John Cantwell. 
 
 Potato Croquettes. — Season cold mashed potatoes with salt, 
 pepper and butter; moisten with sweet milk or cream; mix thor- 
 oughly with this one beaten ^^^^ and then make up into small rolls, 
 being careful to have the surface perfectl}^ smooth; and fry a rich, 
 golden brown in hot lard. 
 
 Rice and Meat Croquettes. — One cupful of boiled rice, one cupful 
 of finel3^ chopped cooked meat, an}" kind; one teaspoonful of salt, a 
 little pepper, two tablespoonfuls of butter, half a cupful of milk, one 
 ^^^. Put the milk on to boil, add the meat, rice and seasoning. 
 When this boils, add the 'd.^^, well beaten, stir one minute. After 
 cooling, shape, dip in o.^^ and cracker crumbs and fry in hot lard. 
 
 Rice Croquettes.— One large cupful of cooked rice, half a cupful 
 of milk, one ^^^, one tablespoonful of sugar, one of butter, half a 
 teaspoonful of salt, a slight grating of nutmeg. Put the milk on to 
 boil, and add the rice and seasoning. When it boils up add the egg, 
 well beaten. Stir one minute; then take off and cool. When cold 
 shape, roll in ^^^ and cracker crumbs and fry in hot lard. 
 
 Mrs. W. H. King. 
 
 Macaroni Croquettes. — Cook three ounces (about twelve sticks) of 
 macaroni and cut into one-fourth inch pieces. Rub one large table- 
 spoon of butter and two of flour to a smooth paste and stir into one- 
 half pint of boiling milk. Stir until a thick paste is formed. Then 
 add two tablespoons of grated cheese, the yolks of two eggs and cook 
 a moment; add the macaroni; salt and pepper to taste, and turn out 
 to cool. Proceed as for any croquette. Serve with tomato sance. 
 
 Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
44- CROQUETTES 
 
 Royal Croquettes. — One-half pint of cooked breast of chicken, 
 chopped fine; one-half pint of cooked sweetbreads cut fine. One gill 
 of minced mushrooms. Follow "General Directions" given for 
 making croquettes, adding a little lemon juice. 
 
 Cheese Croquettes.— Three tablespoonfuls of butter, one-fourth 
 cup of flour, yolks of two eggs, two-thirds of a cup of milk, one and 
 one-half cups of mild cheese grated, little salt and white pepper, 
 dash of cayenne. Make a thick sauce of the butter, flour and milk, 
 add yolks of the eggs unbeaten; when well blended add cheese. As 
 soon as the cheese melts remove from the fire, add seasoning, spread 
 in a shallow pan to cool. Turn on a board, cut in strips one-half 
 inch thick and three inches long, dip in crumbs, eggs and crumbs 
 again. Fry in deep fat. Serve for a cheese course. 
 
 Miss Mary Fay. 
 
VEGETABLES. 
 
 " The onion strong, the parsnip sweet. 
 The twining bean, the ruddy beet. 
 Yea, all the garden brings to light 
 Speak it a landscape of delight.'''' 
 
 Note.— AW green vegetables must be washed thoroughly in cold 
 water and dropped into water which has been salted and is just 
 beginning to boil. There should be a tablespoonful of salt for every 
 two quarts of water. It is well to let old potatoes soak in salted 
 water an hour or two before cooking. 
 
 Saratoga Fried Potatoes. — Cut with slicer into thin slices, which 
 are improved by being put into cold water over night, with a small 
 piece of alum, to make crisp. Rinse in cold water, and dry with a 
 crash towel; fry to a light brown in boiling lard. 
 
 Mrs. Cherrier. 
 
 French Fried Potatoes. — Pare uncooked potatoes, divide them 
 lengthwise in halves and each half in three pieces, let stand in 
 salted water two hours, drain and wipe. Fry in good hot lard ten 
 minutes, drain and dredge with a little salt. 
 
 Mrs. F. E. Taylor. 
 
 Potato Whip.— Beat one pint of mashed potato seasoned with 
 salt, pepper, and a little milk. Two tablespoons of butter and the 
 yolks of two eggs. When very light and creamy, add the well- 
 beaten whites; heap lightly on a dish and brown in the oven. 
 
 Mrs. Lincoln. 
 
 Potatoes with Ham. — Mash six boiled potatoes with two table- 
 spoonfuls of softened butter, add gradually two beaten eggs, and 
 one-half pint of finely chopped boiled ham. Bake twenty minutes. 
 
 Mrs. Lincoln. 
 
46 VEGETABLES 
 
 Lyonnaise Potatoes.— Put a piece of butter the size of an egg in a 
 frying pan with one small, finely chopped onion. When this is 
 browned put in slices of cold boiled potato; turn carefully until 
 brown; add a teaspoonful of finely chopped parsley, salt and pepper. 
 
 Escaloped Potato. — Cut up cold boiled potatoes in small pieces; 
 fill a quart dish. Put into a stew pan one pint of cream, piece of 
 butter size of a small &^^. Take a tablespoonful of flour, stir it into 
 one-half cup of milk until smooth. Stir this into the cream when 
 hot; let come to a boil; salt and pepper to taste. Pour this over 
 potatoes, and loosen them with a fork so the cream will run through 
 them. Bake three-quarters of an hour in a moderate oven. 
 
 Mrs. George Sabin. 
 
 Escaloped Potatoes — Raw. — Pare and slice them very thin; take 
 as much milk as you think will cover them, and stir into this about 
 a tablespoonful of flour — first in a little of the milk. Then, having 
 put them in a dish with as much butter, pepper and salt as will 
 season well, pour the milk over them, and bake an hour. 
 
 Mrs. H. D. Thompson. 
 
 Browned Sweet Potatoes. — Boil a little; slice thin and lay in a 
 pudding dish; sprinkle each layer with a little salt, pepper, sugar 
 and butter; put in the oven and brown. Mrs. Spann. 
 
 Glazed Sweet Potatoes. — Boil the potatoes until nearly done, peel 
 and cut into thick slices lengthwise. Put in a pan and sprinkle 
 thickly with brown sugar and bits of butter. (For a good-sized tin 
 of^potatoes, use one-half cup of sugar and two tablespoons of butter). 
 Cook from one hour to an hour and one-half in a moderate oven. 
 Turn each piece several times while in the oven, that the pieces may 
 be well covered with the sugar. Addie Stevenson. 
 
 Southern Way. — Prepare sweet potatoes as above. Fill a baking 
 dish with laj'ers of the slices thickly covered with brown sugar and 
 bits of butter. Cook in a hot oven for thirty minutes. 
 
VEGETABLES 47 
 
 Warmed-up Potatoes. — Put one quart of sliced nciv potatoes, 
 baked or boiled, into a spider and pour over them three-quarters of 
 a cup of milk and half a cup of butter. Pepper and salt to taste. 
 Heat on the back of the stove, then cook three minutes, chopping- with 
 a knife, and turning* the potatoes to keep from burning. 
 
 Mrs. Channel. 
 
 Potato PufF. — One teacupful of chopped meat; one teacupful of 
 mashed potato; two egg"s; a little milk, to soften; season with salt 
 and pepper. Bake half an hour. Mrs. H. D. Hickok. 
 
 Stuffed Potatoes. — Bake potatoes of medium size, cut a piece of 
 the skin from the flat side of the potatoes. Remove the inside, mash, 
 and mix with it any highly seasoned meat, chopped fine, also a 
 seasoning of butter, salt and pepper. Fill the skins rounding full. 
 Set in the oven to brown over. If preferred leave out the meat. 
 
 Delmonico Potatoes. — Cut cold boiled potatoes very fine and to 
 each pint allow a half pint of cream, two ounces of butter, a tea- 
 spoonful of salt, a dash of pepper; then put them in a baking dish 
 about two inches deep, nearly cover them with the cream; put the 
 butter (melted) over them; put dish in hot oven and brown nicely. 
 
 Table Talk. 
 
 Hashed and Browned Potatoes. — One]quartof cooked potato cubes, 
 two tablespoonfuls of butter, one tablespoonful of flour, one and one- 
 half teaspoonfuls of salt, one-half teaspoonful of pepper, one tea- 
 spoonful of Liebig Company's Extract of beef, one teaspoonful of 
 minced onion, one-half pint of water. 
 
 Put the onion and one tablespoonful of butter in a frying pan 
 and set on -the fire. When the onion begins to turn a light straw 
 color, add the flour, and stir until smooth and frothy. Gradually 
 add the water, and stir until it boils. Now add half the salt and 
 pepper, as well as all the extract of meat, and cook for five minutes. 
 Season the potatoes with the remainder of the salt and pepper, and 
 stir them into the sauce. Cook for five minutes without stirring. 
 
48 . VEGETABLES 
 
 Put one tablespoonful of butter in a second frying pan and set 
 on the fire. When quite hot, turn the potatoes into this pan, spread- 
 ing- them lig-htly, and cook for fifteen minutes, being- careful not to 
 burn the potatoes, but to brown them thoroughly. At the end of the 
 quarter-hour, fold the potatoes over, and turn out on a warm dish, 
 as if they were an omelet. Serve at once. 
 
 Hashed and Browned Potatoes, No. 2.— Chop cold boiled potatoes 
 very fine; season with salt and pepper; to each potato allow one 
 tablespoon of cream, mix well. Put a tablespoon of butter in a fr}^- 
 ing pan. When hot, put in the potato about one inch thick and press 
 down smoothly and firmly. Cook slowly until the whole is nicely 
 browned; fold over one half, cook a moment longer, and turn on a 
 hot dish as an omelet. Mrs. J. Lincoln. 
 
 Potatoes au Gratin. — Five potatoes, thoroughly cold, cut in small 
 dice; make a cream sauce of one cup of milk, one tablespoonful of 
 flour, one of butter, stir butter and flour, add milk, one level tea- 
 spoonful of salt, sprinkle of white pepper; add the potatoes, mix well 
 with the sauce, put on small oval platter, cover with grated cheese 
 and bake until brown. Lucy King Allen. 
 
 Baked Squash. — Cut in pieces; scrape well; bake from one to 
 one and one-half hours, according to the thickness of the squash. 
 Equally good steamed three-fourths of an hour. Mash and season 
 with butter. 
 
 Parsnips.— Boil until tender in a little salted water; take up; 
 cut in strips and fry in melteJ butter. 
 
 Vegetable Oysters.— Wash and scrape well; cut into thin slices; 
 put in boiling water; cook nearly one hour. Drain, if necessar}', 
 and add rich milk or cream; thicken slightl}^ with corn starch; 
 season well with butter, pepper and salt. 
 
VEGETABLES 49 
 
 Fried Cabbage. — Take a small cabbag-e, chop fine, put in a fry- 
 ing- pan with water enough to cover, and cook until tender. Then 
 add one teacupful of sweet cream, piece of butter half the size of an 
 egg, pepper and salt. Fry till nearly dry. Serve hot. 
 
 Mrs. Frank White. 
 
 Cauliflower.— Soak the cauliflower in salt and water half an 
 hour, then boil in slightly salted water until tender. Drain and 
 serve with cream sauce. Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 String Beans. — Cut off each end and remove the strings. Put in 
 boiling water and cook at least two hours, or until tender. ' If the 
 water has not boiled away, drain, and season with salt, pepper 
 and butter; add a cup of sweet cream. 
 
 Shelled Beans. — Put beans into salted boiling water and cook 
 until tender, then drain off the water, moisten them with butter and 
 season with salt and pepper, add a little hot cream or cover with 
 white sauce. 
 
 Peas. — Shell and put in boiling water; cook one-half hour; drain 
 if necessary, and season with butter, pepper, salt, and cup of sweet 
 cream. If liked, thicken a little with flour. Let all come to a boil 
 and serve immediately. 
 
 Note. — ^Many serve the last two vegetables without liquid, simply 
 seasoning with salt, pepper and butter. It is difficult to say just 
 how long they should cook, so much depends upon the age and the 
 length of time they have been gathered. 
 
 Spinach.— Pick over carefully a half peck of spinach, cut off 
 roots; wash through several waters; drain by taking up in handfuls, 
 shaking and pressing out all the remaining water. Put in kettle; 
 add a cupful of hot water, stand over the fire and boil until tender, 
 about fifteen or twenty minutes. Then drain in colander, cutting 
 fine with knife. Some like it chopped very fine. Then put in a 
 sauce pan with two tablespoonfuls of butter, salt and pepper to 
 taste. Stir until very hot. Then serve. 
 
50 
 
 VEGETABLES 
 
 Egg Plant. — Cut the egg-plant into slices one-quarter of an inch 
 thick after removing the skin. Sprinkle the slices with salt, pile 
 them one upon another. Place on them a plate holding a weight, let 
 stand two hours or more to press out the juice. Dip the slices in o^gg 
 and crumbs and fry on both sides in butter. Mrs. Belding. 
 
 Stewed Mushrooms.— Cut off the ends of the stalks and pare a 
 pint of mushrooms; as each is prepared throw it into cold water in 
 which is a little lemon juice. In a sauce pan put three ounces of 
 butter, juice of half a lemon, salt and white pepper to taste. Cover 
 the pan closely and let the mushrooms stew gently for twenty 
 minutes, then thicken with one teaspoon of flour, after which add 
 sufficient cream > to make the sauce of proper consistency. Add a 
 little grated nutmeg. If the mushrooms are not tender, cook five 
 minutes longer. 
 
 Succotash.— Remove the corn from the cob, and an hour and a 
 half before dinner put the cobs, with a few shelled beans, into cold 
 water to boil; after one hour take out the cobs, put in the corn, and 
 boil half an hour. There should be no more water at first than will 
 be necessary to make the succotash of the right thickness, as having 
 too much occasions a loss of richness imparted by the cobs. Before 
 you take up, add butter, pepper and salt. This is a much better 
 way than to boil the corn on the cob and then cut it off. 
 
 Mrs. A. G. Crooks. 
 
 Escaloped Onions. — Pare and slice enough onions to fill a baking 
 dish; parboil in water till tender. Butter a dish, put in a layer of 
 onions, sprinkle over a layer of crumbs, add salt and pepper, and a 
 few bits of butter, then another layer of onions, etc. Continue so till 
 the dish is full. Have the last layer crumbs. Put bits of butter 
 over the top, pour over a half cup of cream and bake in a moderate 
 oven one hour or less, according to the size of the dish. 
 
VEGETABLES 51 
 
 Baked Spanish Onions. — Boil onions two hours, after which take 
 out the inside of each one and chop. Mix with bread crumbs, 
 butter, salt and pepper. Fill the onions with this dressing-. Put 
 into a pan and bake for one hour. Mrs. Breed. 
 
 Scalloped Tomatoes. — Place in a baking- dish a layer of bread 
 crumbs, then a la3'er of peeled, sliced tomatoes with bits of butter, 
 a little pepper and salt, then bread crumbs, tomatoes, etc., until the 
 dish is full — having- the bread crumbs on top. Bake one hour. 
 
 Mrs. Parmelee. 
 
 Stuffed Tomatoes. — Six medium, smooth tomatoes, one-half tea- 
 spoonful of salt, a little pepper, one tablespoon of butter, one-half 
 cupful of bread crumbs, a little sage if liked. Cut a slice from top of 
 each, scoop out as much of the pulp and juice as possible without 
 injuring- the shape, mix pulp and juice with the other ingredients, 
 and fill tlie tomatoes with this mixture. Put on the tops and bake 
 slowly three-quarters of an hour. Slide the cake turner under the 
 tomatoes and lift gently on to a hot platter, garnish with parsle}' 
 and serve. 
 
 Stewed Tomatoes. — ^Pour boiling water over a dozen sound, ripe 
 tomatoes; let them remain for a few moments; then peel off the 
 skins, slice them and put them over the iire in a granite sauce pan. 
 Stew them about forty minutes, then add a tablespoonful of butter, 
 salt and pepper to taste; serve hot. It desired thicken with bread 
 crumbs. 
 
 Fried Tomatoes. — Cut firm tomatoes in thick slices. Fry them 
 in butter until brown, being very careful not to burn. If necessary 
 add more butter while cooking; season with salt and pepper. 
 Remove tomatoes to a hot platter and pour into the pan one cup of 
 cream, when hot add carefully the beaten yolks of two eggs; take at 
 once from the stove and pour over the tomatoes. Milk thickened with 
 a little flour may be used instead of cream, adding a little butter. 
 This is a good luncheon dish. Esther H. Taylor. 
 
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 VEGETABLES 
 
 Asparagus.— Take the tender part of the asparagus, cut stalks of 
 equal length, and tie in bundles; boil in salted water for twenty 
 minutes; have ready slices of nicely toasted bread; dip these in the 
 asparagus liquor, butter them, and lay on a hot dish; drain the 
 asparagus; untie and arrange on toast; pour over all hot cream 
 seasoned with butter. Mrs. Mallon. 
 
 Asparagus with Cream Sauce. — Boil asparagus about twenty 
 minutes in salted water, drain and lay on hot platter, pouring cream 
 sauce over the tender part. 
 
 " Fingers were made before forks." — Swift. 
 
 Macaroni with Cheese. — Break and wash twelve sticks of maca- 
 roni, and boil rapidly for twenty-five minutes in two quarts of water 
 with one tablespoonful of salt. Drain and add half a pint of cream 
 sauce. Turn into a buttered escaloped dish. Sprinkle over the 
 macaroni half a cupful each of grated cheese and bread crumbs 
 mixed. Place in tlie oven and brown. It will take about twent}' 
 minutes. Miss Parloa. 
 
 - Macaroni. — Take a dozen sticks of macaroni; boil in strong salt 
 and water; put into a baking dish a layer of macaroni; then bits of 
 butter and a little salt; then a layer of grated cheese; and so on 
 until the dish is full; fill up with milk, and set into the oven; cover 
 over, bake an hour slowly, then remove the cover and brown nicely. 
 
 Mrs. M. K. Wead. 
 
 Italian Macaroni. — Cook macaroni. Have ready some grated 
 cheese, chopped onion, (enough to flavor) tomato and stock. Butter 
 a dish and put in a layer of macaroni, cheese, some tomato, a little 
 onion, some stock, butter, salt and pepper. Continue in this way 
 until the dish is full, pour over one teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce. 
 Then set the dish on the range; stir all thoroughly; take from the 
 range, put a layer of cheese over the top and bake. 
 
 Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Another Way. — Cook macaroni in salted water; take from the 
 water and pour over a rich white sauce and serve with grated cheese. 
 
VEGETABLES jj 
 
 Macaroni with Tomato Sauce.— Boil and drain as directed for 
 plain boiled macaroni, pour over it one pint of tomato sauce. 
 
 Southern Way of Boiling Rice.— Pick over the rice; rinse it 
 in cold water until perfectly clean; then put it in a pot of boiling- 
 water, allowing- a quart of water to less than a teacup of rice; 
 boil it hard seventeen, minutes; drain off the vi^ater very close, 
 and let it steam fifteen minutes with the lid off. When carefully 
 done in this way each kernel stands out by itself, while it is per- 
 fectly tender. 
 
 Boiled Rice. — Put two quarts of boiling- water into a stew 
 pan; when the water boils hard pour in a cup of thoroughly 
 washed rice and a good pinch of salt; let it boil hard for 
 fifteen minutes, shaking the pan occasionally. Try the grain and 
 if soft pour into a colander immediately and put it under the cold 
 water faucet, shaking it well; put it back on the range and cover 
 until ready to serve. 
 
 Stewed Celery with Cream Sauce.— Wash and scrape the tender 
 white part of two heads of celery. Cut in pieces two inches long. 
 Cover with boiling water and simmer gently half an hour. Season 
 well with salt. Drain off the water, add a pint of cream sauce and 
 serve. Miss Parloa. 
 
 StufFed Green Peppers. — Use green sweet peppers. Cut length- 
 wise and remove seeds. Put in boiling water for five minutes to 
 parboil. Fill each one with a stuffing made of equal parts of 
 softened bread crumbs and minced meat (chicken or veal preferred), 
 well seasoned with salt, butter and a few drops of onion juice. 
 Place in a baking dish with stock about one inch deep. Bake in a 
 moderate oven one half hour. Some prefer it without onion. 
 
 Mrs. Beman. 
 
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 VEGETABLES 
 
 Boston Baked Beans. — To one pint of dry beans allow a full half 
 pound of pork, a large spoonful of molasses, one teaspoon each of 
 salt, sugar and mustard. Soak the beans over night; in the morn- 
 ing put them in fresh water and simmer until tender, but do not let 
 them break to pieces; skim them out of this water into a quart bean 
 pot. Mix molasses, sugar, etc., together in hot water enough to fill 
 the pot; cut the rind of pork in squares and put it with the beans; as 
 the water cooks away fill the pot with more, adding the last water 
 within three hours of serving. Cook slowly from eight to ten hours, 
 or longer. Mrs. George Noyes. 
 
 Pork and Beans. — Two quarts of beans, soaked in water over 
 night; in the morning, parboil them until tender; drain through a 
 colander; boil a pound and a half of pork in three pints of water for 
 half an hour. Then into this water in which the pork has been 
 cooked, put the beans, and let them boil ten minutes; take all out 
 into a baking dish; add one tablespoonful of molasses; bake several 
 hours. Miss Chambers. 
 
 Pillau — {Profwimced Pillaff). — Make a rich broth of any kind of 
 meat, using plenty of fat; add half a can of tomatoes, or you maj^ 
 use fresh tomatoes; cook thoroughly and strain through a colander; 
 then to the liquid add one-third rice; cook slowly, stirring well at 
 first, until all the liquid is absorbed and the rice is soft. 
 
 Charles S. Richardson. 
 
 Apple Brownies. — Take apples, if small, eight or nine, pare and 
 quarter. Place in a pretty baking dish, the broad side up, and 
 only one layer. Melt butter the size of an egg and pour over the 
 apples. Cover with a cup of sugar and bake three hours. Excellent 
 used as a vegetable. Mrs. Richardson. 
 
 Apple Fritters. — Peel and core four apples and cut in slices. 
 Beat the yolks of two eggs light, to which add a gill of water, a 
 pinch of salt and a pint of flour, then the beaten whites of the eggs. 
 Slip the slices of apple into the batter and fry in hot lard. When 
 cooked dust with powdered sugar. 
 
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 Corn Cakes. — One half dozen ears of corn, two eggs, one heaping 
 tablespoon of flour, one teaspoon of baking powder, two tablespoons 
 of milk; pepper and salt. Cut the corn through each ear and press 
 the milk from the corn wnth the back of a knife. Beat yolks and 
 whip, whites separately, adding whites the last thing. Fry on a grid- 
 dle. Drop the batter from a spoon. Mrs. W. H. King. 
 
 Corn Cakes. — ^One dozen ears of grated corn, five tablespoonfuls 
 of thick sweet cream, two tablespoonfuls of flour, yolks of two eggs, 
 whites of three well-beaten eggs with a little salt. Do not turn them 
 on the griddle until they are thoroughly cooked through, as it 
 requires more time than for common griddle cakes. Fry in butter. 
 This batter can be dropped into hot lard and fried, thus making 
 corn fritters. Mrs. Ralph. 
 
SALADS. 
 
 " It is a Spanish proverb that four persons are necessary for the 
 proper preparation of salad — a spendthrift for oil, a miser for vine- 
 gar, a counsellor for salt, and a madman to stir it." 
 
 Note. — A salad should come to the table fresh and crisp. 
 
 All kinds of meats and fish used for salads should be cut in 
 small pieces and set on the ice in a marinade of two teaspoonfuls of 
 vinegar, one of oil, one of salt, and one-fourth teaspoonful of white 
 pepper. The French Dressing may be used as a marinade. 
 
 Rubbing a cut onion around the inside of a salad bowl is suffi- 
 cient when only a slight onion flavor is desired. Lettuce should 
 never be cut, but broken or torn apart. 
 
 The garnishes should be of the lightest and freshest kind. In 
 arranging a salad, handle it very lightly and never use pressure to 
 get it into form. The white leaves of the celery, the small leaves 
 from the heart of a lettuce head, or the new leaves of the nasturtium, 
 make pretty garnishes. Small round radishes may be arranged in 
 a dish with lettuce salad; points of pickled beets or of lemons made 
 by quartering slices of either, may be placed at the base of a salad; 
 and wild roses, buttercups, nasturtiums and water-cresses are suit- 
 able for garnishes, if not used too freely. 
 
 Tarragon Vinegar for Salad Dressing. — Put green tarragon in a 
 bottle, fill it with cider vinegar, place in a sauce pan of cold water 
 and let it gradually come to a boil. Remove and cork. 
 
 Mrs. Beman. 
 
 Cooked Mayonnaise Dressing.— Add the well-beaten yolks of five 
 eggs to five tablespoonfuls of vinegar, cook until stiff, be careful to 
 stir clean from the sides of the bowl while cooking. Remove from 
 the fire, add one tablespoonful of butter and stir until cool and per- 
 fectly mixed. When quite cold season to taste with salt, pepper 
 (also mustard when making this dressing for cabbage salad), then 
 with whipped cream to the required consistency, just before using. 
 
 Mrs. Edward Lawrence. 
 
SALADS 
 
 57 
 
 Mayonnaise Dressing, No. 1.— For three persons take the yolk of 
 one egg-, beaten very stiff; add oil slowly until very stiff; then add 
 two teaspoonfuls of powdered mustard; salt and pepper to taste; 
 after this, one tablespoonful of vinegar, and last of all the w^hites of 
 two well-beaten eggs. If it should curdle, beat in another q:^^ very 
 slowly. Use o^^^ beater. Mrs. Calvin Skinner. 
 
 Mayonnaise Dressing, No. 2. — To the yolks of three or four eggs, 
 raw, add a few drops of oil at a time, alternating with an occasional 
 drop of lemon; stir constantly in a deep bowl, with a wooden spoon, 
 in one direction; stir constantly, and add the oil gradually, putting 
 in the lemon when it tastes of too much oil; add, at last, a little salt, 
 mustard and red pepper. To three or four eggs, add half a bottle 
 of oil, to one and one half lemons; a whole bottle to three lemons. 
 When finished it should be thick and creamy. 
 
 Mrs. L. C. Wead. 
 
 Mayonnaise Dressing, No. 3. — To the yolks of three eggs (raw) 
 add a little oil, a pinch of salt, beat with silver fork on platter until 
 it thickens. Repeat this until you have it salt enough and quite 
 thick (as the vinegar will thin it). Add the oil gradually, beating 
 all of the time. Add at last juice of lemon or vinegar wuth a little 
 mustard and red pepper to taste. Then add two tablespoonfuls of 
 cream, whipped. Put in a cool place until ready to use. 
 
 Mrs. Breed. 
 
 Cream Dressing, No. 1.— Two eggs, one teaspoonful of salt, one- 
 fourth of a teaspoonful of mustard, one-fourth of a teaspoonful of 
 white pepper. Butter the size of a lemon. Three tablespoonfuls of 
 vinegar. Cook until it thickens, stirring all the while. Add one 
 cup of sweet cream whipped before pouring over the salad. For 
 cabbage salad use one-half a cup of vinegar and cook cream in the 
 dressing. Mrs. W. H. King. 
 
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 Cream DressiHg, No. 2.— The yolks of two eggs, one cup of vine- 
 gar, one teaspoon each of mustard and salt, three teaspoons of 
 sugar, butter the size of an egg. Stir all together and steam until 
 the mixture thickens. When cold add beaten whites of the eggs 
 mixed with one cup of whipped cream. Florence C. Mallon. 
 
 Cream Dressing, No. 3.— One-half cup of vinegar (if strong add 
 two tablespoonfuls of water), two tablespoonfuls of butter, two tea- 
 spoonfuls of salt, a little red pepper. Heat the vinegar hot, add the 
 butter, pepper and salt, put in three well-beaten eggs, stirring 
 quickly. When thick set away to cool. When ready to serve the 
 salad, add one cup of cream, whipped. Mrs. H. D. Thompson. 
 
 Salad Dressing with Lemon.— Put three cups of milk in double 
 boiler with a piece of butter size of a walnut. When hot add the 
 yolks of two eggs and one tablespoonful of flour beaten thoroughly 
 and cook until of the consistency of cream. When cold add one level 
 teaspoonful of mustard, three tablespoonfuls of sugar, two teaspoon- 
 fuls of salt, the juice of one lemon and a half a cup of vinegar. 
 Strain through a fine sieve. This makes about one quart of dressing 
 which will keep for weeks in a cool place. Add whipped cream 
 when using. Mrs. Marshell. 
 
 French Dressing. — One saltspoon of salt, one-half saltspoon of 
 pepper, three tablespoons of oil, and one tablespoon of vinegar or 
 lemon juice. Mix salt and vinegar thoroughly before adding oil. 
 
 Chicken Salad.— Take equal parts of cold boiled chicken and 
 celery. Cut in dice shape. Marinate meat and when read3^ mix 
 with celery and pour over it mayonnaise or cream dressing. Lettuce 
 may be used in place of celery. Use cream dressing No. 1. 
 
 Mrs. W. H. King. 
 
 Veal Salad.— Same as chicken. 
 
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 59 
 
 Sweetbread Salad. — Two sets of calves' sweetbreads cooked until 
 tender in slightly salted water, take off and put into cold water until 
 cool, remove all outside covering- and break into small pieces and set 
 on ice until thoroughly cold. Then mix with this as much celery, 
 cut into small pieces, as you have sweetbreads. One teacupful of 
 English walnuts chopped small. Mix with regular Oil Mayonnaise 
 Dressing. Mrs. Edward Lawrence. 
 
 Shrimp Salad.— Take shrimps from the can and throw into ice 
 water for a minute; reject all discolored ones; break into pieces, not 
 too small (or do not break at all). Pour over them a French dress- 
 ing and let stand in the ice-box one hour— drain and put on a bed of 
 lettuce leaves; pour over a mayonnaise and garnish with pickled 
 beets, chopped olives and sliced cucumbers, or an equal amount of 
 celery may be added to the shrimps, then mix all cafefully with 
 mayonnaise and put on lettuce leaves. 
 
 Lobster Salad. — Cut the lobster into small pieces; season it well 
 with salt, pepper and vinegar; let it stand an hour; then drain well 
 and mix with small leaves of lettuce, not too fine; pour over your 
 dressing just before putting on the table. Put small lettuce leaves 
 around the salad. 
 
 Lobster Salad, East Indian.- -Cut the meat in blocks half an inch 
 square. Chop a medium sized onion with twelve capers, half a 
 green pepper, a cucumber, six stoned olives. Mix with the lobster; 
 also some shredded lettuce. Rub to a paste the yolks of two hard- 
 boiled eggs, saltspoon of salt, teaspoon of curry, three tablespoons of 
 oil and one of tarragon vinegar. Mix wuth the lobster and garnish 
 with lettuce. Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Fish Salad.— Take any cold, boiled, fresh fish and separate 
 carefully; stir lightly with a little mayonnaise; make nests of crisp 
 lettuce leaves, put a large spoonful of the mixture on each leaf with a 
 spoonful of mayonnaise on top. 
 
6o SALADS 
 
 Oyster Salad. — Boil twenty oysters in their own liquor five 
 minutes; drain; wash in cold water; dry and leave until very cold. 
 Then mix with one-half cup of mayonnaise and serve on crisp salad 
 leaves. Table Talk. 
 
 Potato Salad, No 1. — Cut one dozen cold boiled potatoes into dice; 
 add cold beef, chicken or turkey — chopped — not too fine, and cover 
 with mayonnaise. Should be made two hours before needed. 
 
 Mrs. George Williamson. 
 
 Potato Salad, No. 2. — Use cream dressing* No. 3. Cut two quarts of 
 boiled potatoes in cubes. One cup of celery, four hard-boiled eggs, 
 a little onion (scraped). Put these in alternate laj^ers with the 
 dressing, mix with a silver fork. (This will serve twelve people). 
 
 Mrs. H. D. Thompson. 
 
 Vegetable Salad. — Two sliced tomatoes, two sliced cucumbers, 
 one sliced onion, a cupful of Lima beans, four good sized stalks of 
 celery, a little chopped tarragon and parsley. Serve with French 
 dressing. 
 
 The ShurtlefF Salad. — "I cut the cold potato in small pieces, I 
 chop some cold beets or a few pieces, quite fine. One small onion, I 
 also chop fine; then I put the potato, beet and onion all together on 
 a dish large enough to allow for mixing up. Then I put in salt, 
 pepper, a little vinegar and a good deal of oil and mix thoroughly 
 together. I then taste of it and if it doesn't taste just as I like it, I 
 add salt or oil or whatever ^it seems to need. In their season I add 
 thinly sliced cucumbers." Keene Valley. 
 
 Note.— It oil in dressing is objectionable, boiled dressing may 
 be used, but hard-boiled egg should be cut up with the potato. 
 
 Cabbage Salad. — Cut cabbage, one head, very fine, put in a dish 
 and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Take one egg^ one cup of 
 cream, one cup of vinegar and a small piece of butter, beat all 
 together, and let boil, then while hot pour it on the cabbage. 
 
 Mrs. S. E. Buttolph. 
 
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 Egg Salad. — Boil one dozen eggs hard; cut in halves and take out 
 eg-g-s carefully; mash eight yolks; add an uncooked &^^, and beat 
 well; then add, slowly, two tablespoonfuls of oil, and, as slowly, the 
 same quantity of butter; beat in pepper, mustard, salt and curry, to 
 taste. Then add one and one-half tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Chop 
 half the breast of a boiled chicken; mix well together; fill your eggs, 
 and place them on lettuce leaves. Mrs. Calvin Skinner. 
 
 Egg Salad.— Remove the shells from six hard-boiled eggs, cut 
 them into halves and put each half on a lettuce leaf and arrange 
 neatly on a platter. Chop fine two olives, one gherkin and a table- 
 spoon of parsley. Make French dressing of five tablespoons of olive 
 oil, two of tarragon vinegar, half a teaspoon of salt, saltspoon of 
 pepper and half a teaspoon of grated onion. Sprinkle over the eggs 
 the chopped gherkin, parsley and olives, pour over the dressing and 
 stand in a cold place for fifteen minutes before serving. 
 
 Jean Hawkins. 
 
 Lettuce Salad. — One head of lettuce, one hard-boiled ^^^, one- 
 half teaspoon of salt, a small mustard spoon of mustard, two good 
 tablespoons of oil, one tablespoon of vinegar, tablespoon of mashed 
 potatoes. Rub the yolks and potato to a powder, add salt, mustard 
 and oil, beat well in the vinegar, cut the lettuce in a bowl with a 
 thin slice of onion and the white of the &g^- Add the dressing and 
 mix by tossing with a fork. Mrs. H. E. King. 
 
 Note. — Lettuce can be used with French dressing. 
 
 Waldorf Salad. — ^Pare, core and cut into dice four large tart 
 apples. Add to them one quart of celery cut into cubes; mix all 
 together with cream or mayonnaise dressing. Arrange on a salad 
 dish and garnish with celery tips, equal parts of apple and celery 
 is a good proportion. Litz Dustin. 
 
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 Waldorf ChifFonade Salad. — One head of lettuce, one head of 
 chicory or escarolle, two small beets, two hard-boiled eg-g-s, two 
 boiled potatoes cut in pieces, a little celery sliced thin, two fresh 
 tomatoes sliced on top of the dish. Pour over French dressing just 
 before serving. Mrs. William Breed- 
 
 Asparagus Salad. — Select tender stalks of asparagus, boil, set 
 away to cool. Just before serving, pour over French or mayonnaise 
 dressing. 
 
 Celery Salad. — Cut in inch lengths crisp celery. Let it be cold 
 and just before serving mix with cold mayonnaise or cream dressing. 
 
 Miss M. E. Parmelee. 
 
 Cucumber Salad. — Pare and cut cucumbers in thin slices; put in 
 cold water until ready to serve. Drain and place in bowl with ice; 
 serve with salt, pepper and vinegar or French dressing. Thinly 
 sliced onions may be mixed with the cucumbers, if desired. 
 
 Cucumber Boats. — Pare medium sized cucumbers and cut 
 through the center lengthwise and scoop out the seeds; place in a 
 pan of ice water until ready to serve. Prepare a salad of tomatoes 
 and cucumbers, cut in small cubes, with cream dressing No. 1 and 
 fill the boats with the salad just before serving and garnish with 
 nasturtiums. E. McClary. 
 
 Bean Salad. — Arrange lettuce leaves in dish, put in the center a 
 pint of French beans. Cover the top with English walnuts (cooked 
 if you prefer). Pour over enough French dressing to make as moist 
 as you like. Mrs. Breed. 
 
 Peas and Fruit Salad. — One can of French peas, one coffee cup 
 of Malaga grapes (seeded), one coffee cup of English walnuts broken 
 into small pieces, two tablespoonfuls of olive oil, one tablespoonful 
 of Tarragon vinegar over this. Stir lightly together and let stand 
 one hour. Before using put cooked ma3^onnaise dressing over all 
 and serve immediately. Mrs. Edward Lawrence. 
 
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 Banana Salad. — Slice bananas on lettuce leaves or in the skin of 
 the banana (cutting- leng-thwise one side and taking- out the fruit 
 very carefull^O- Put English walnuts over the fruit and French 
 dressing made with one tablespoonful of vinegar, heaping- saltspoon- 
 ful and a half of salt, dash of cayenne pepper, (stir this until the 
 salt is dissolved) add five tablespoonfuls of salad oil, small teaspoon- 
 ful of grated onion. Whip with a silver fork until emulsified. This 
 salad must be prepared just before serving. Mrs. Breed. 
 
 Fruit and Savory Salad.— A small ripe pineapple is peeled and 
 shredded, a cupful of finely chopped celery and diced red peppers 
 mixed. Marinate this with a little French dressing. Put on ice for 
 fifteen minutes, after which toss through it with a silver fork a little 
 mayonnaise dressing-, then a half cupful of stiftly whipped cream. 
 Serve on lettuce leaves. Mrs. William Breed. 
 
 Fruit Salad. — Cut three bananas, three oranges and one-half 
 pound of Malaga grapes into small pieces, add one pint of fresh or 
 canned pineapple cut in cubes. Mix with a cream dressing and 
 serve very cold. Winifred Dustin. 
 
 Nut and Celery Salad.— Put one cup of shelled walnuts in a 
 sauce pan, add two slices of onion, one-half teaspoon of salt, one bay 
 leaf and a blade of mace. Cover with boiling water and boil ten 
 minutes; throw into ice water to blanch, then dry on a towel. Cut 
 into small pieces enough crisp celery to make one pint. Mix all 
 together with cream or mayonnaise dressing. Jean Hawkins. 
 
 Orange and Nut Salad.— Prepare nuts as above. Peel oranges 
 and separate the sections into small pieces. Mix the oranges and 
 nuts and pour over a French dressing. 
 
 Nut and Olive Salad. — Take a cup of walnuts and blanch as 
 directed. Cut two dozen of large olives in strips, hard boil four eggs 
 and cut in quarters lengthwise. Mix together nuts and olives and 
 marinate with a French dressing. Put on a dish that has been 
 lined with lettuce leaves and garnish with the eggs. 
 
 Table Talk. 
 
64 SALADS 
 
 Tomato Salad, No. 1. — Cut six ripe tomatoes in slices, sprinkle 
 on each layer a little pepper and salt and pour over them a mixture 
 of oil and vinegar in the proportion of two tablespoons of oil to one 
 of vinegar, sprinkle a very little chopped onion over the top and leave 
 them in the dressing two hours. Serve. Mrs. W. H. King. 
 
 Tomato Salad, No. 2. — Cut ripe tomatoes, when peeled, into 
 thick slices; have them very cold; place on a salad plate and pour 
 over a mayonnaise dressing. 
 
 Tomato Salad, No. 3. — Peel firm, medium-sized tomatoes; cut a 
 slice from the stem end, carefully remove the seeds and fill the cavity 
 with the following: Pare one or two crisp cucumbers and a small 
 onion; cut all fine and mix with a mayonnaise or cream dressing. 
 Place tomatoes on lettuce leaf and pour over a dressing. French 
 dressing may be used if preferred. The tomatoes maybe filled with 
 celery cut fine and mixed with dressing. Jean Hawkins. 
 
 Salad in Green Peppers. — Take six good sized peppers, cut in 
 half, scoop out seeds and put the peppers in ice water to soak for 
 two hours. Drain and fill with any preparation of fish or meat 
 salad and put on top a spoonful of mayonnaise. 
 
 Sweetbread Salad. — Cut cold cooked sweetbreads into dice and 
 mix with an equal quantity of celery. Cover with mayonnaise or 
 cream dressing and garnish with lettuce. 
 
 Tomato Aspic. — Put one can of tomatoes, one slice of onion, two 
 bay leaves, a few celery tops, teaspoon of salt, half a teaspoon of 
 paprika in a sauce pan. Bring to the boiling point and add three- 
 quarters of a box of gelatine, which has been soaked in half a cup 
 of cold water for half an hour. Stir until dissolved, add the juice of 
 half a lemon and strain. Poirr into cups or fancy molds. Stand 
 on'ice for four or five hours. When time to serve turn out on a lettuce 
 leaf. Serve as you would a whole tomato with mayonnaise dress- 
 ing. Enough for twelve people. Mrs. John Lincoln. 
 
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 Chicken Salad in Aspic— Pour aspic jelly into small cups, when 
 set take out the center and fill with chicken salad; melt the jelly 
 taken out and pour over the tops of the cups. When ready to serve 
 tip out of the cups on to a lettuce leaf and garnish with mayonnaise. 
 
 Aspic Jelly. — Five cups of rich consomme, one tablespoon of lemon 
 juice, tv^^o tablespoons of tarrag-on vinegar, one box of gelatine. 
 Soak the gelatine in some of the consomme one hour, ♦^hen add to the 
 remainder of the consomme, and put over the fire, when well dis- 
 solved stir for five minutes. Then strain through a flannel bag into 
 any mold desired. Aspic jelly is used as a garnish for cold meats, 
 fish or salads. 
 
EGGS. 
 
 " 6>, egg! ivithin thine oval shell 
 
 What palate-tickling joys do dwell.'''' 
 
 Eg-g-s should be boiled by putting- into cold water. Gradually 
 bring" the kettle to a strong heat. When the water comes to a boil, 
 it is sufficient for rare eggs. For hard boiled, twenty minutes 
 should be given. 
 
 To Shaker Eggs. — Boil four minutes; take from the water; let 
 stand long enough to cool sufficiently to handle; rem.ove the shell, 
 keeping the eggs from breaking by taking the skin with the shell; 
 as fast as you get them ready, drop into a covered dish to keep hot; 
 then add butter, pepper, salt, and a spoonful or two of sweet cream; 
 dress it over the eggs, and serve for lunch or tea in side dishes. 
 
 Mrs. J. S. Phillips. 
 
 Scrambled Eggs. — Put a tablespoonful of butter into a hot frying 
 pan, have ready half a dozen eggs broken in a bowl, mixed slightly. 
 Turn them into the hot butter and stir briskly one way until they 
 are cooked. Be careful that they do not get too hard. Many add a 
 little milk to the eggs. 
 
 Creamed Eggs. — Boil six eggs twenty minutes. Make one pint 
 of cream sauce. Have six slices of toast on a hot dish. Put a layer 
 of sauce on each, then the whites of the eggs, cut in thin strips; and 
 over this the yolks rubbed through a sieve. Place in the oven for 
 about three minutes. Garnish with parsley and serve. 
 
 Miss M. E. Parmelee. 
 
 Egg Timbales. — Beat eight eggs without separating, add one 
 rounded teaspoonful of salt, one-half of a teaspoonful of white 
 pepper, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, one teaspoonful of 
 onion juice and a pint and a half of milk. Stir nicely together and 
 fill small buttered timbale inolds two-thirds full. Set the molds in 
 
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 a deep pan partly filled with water, covered with buttered paper 
 and place in a moderate oven until firm in the center, which will 
 take from ten to twenty minutes. Serve with tomato sauce. 
 
 Mrs. McClary. 
 
 Eggs a la Newburg.— Boil hard four egg-s, throw them into cold 
 water for a minute and then remove the shells. Cut into halves and 
 arrange on a heated platter, white side up. Put into a sauce pan 
 one tablespoonful of butter and one of flour. When creamed add two- 
 thirds of a cup of hot milk. When boiling- take from the fire, add 
 the well-beaten yolks of two eggs, bring to a scalding point again, 
 add a small teaspoonful of salt, a dust of cayenne. 
 
 Lucy King Allen. 
 
 Baked Eggs. — For six people use eight eggs, one cupful of milk, 
 one generous tablespoonful of butter, one teaspoonful of flour, half a 
 teaspoonful of salt, pepper to taste, and one teaspoonful of chopped 
 parsley. Put the butter in a frying pan, when melted put in the 
 flour and stir until smooth and frothy; draw the pan back, and add 
 gradually the cold mill<:, then the seasoning, after boiling up once, 
 pour the sauce into a deep plate. Break the eggs carefully and drop 
 into the sauce, and sprinkle over parsley. Place in a moderate oven 
 and bake till the whites are set, say five minutes. Serve immedi- 
 ately, in the dish in which they are baked. Mrs. Breed. 
 
 Omelet — ^Five eggs, beaten separately; five tablespoonfuls of 
 milk; to the yolks add the milk, a pinch of salt, then the ^whites, 
 beaten lightly; have your omelet pan ready with a large table- 
 spoonful of melted butter; cook carefully on the top of the stove, and 
 when well set put it in the oven to brown; fold it, and serve. Some 
 say the salt should not be put in, as it takes from the lightness of 
 the eggs. William H. Barney. 
 
 Asparagus Omelet. — Boil tw^o pounds of asparagus in a little 
 water with a little salt, or steam until tender; chop fine; mix with 
 five yolks and three whites of eggs well beaten; add two tablespoons 
 of sweet cream; fry, and serve hot. Mrs. C. L. Hubbard. 
 
68 EGGS 
 
 Bread Omelet. — Soak a teacup of bread crumbs in a cup of 
 sweet^milk over nig-ht; three eggs beaten separately; yolks with the 
 bread and milk; stir in the whites, and fry brown; sprinkle over 
 salt and pepper just before t,aking up. Sufficient for six persons. 
 
 Miss W. Childs. 
 
 Meat Omelet. — Beat six eggs quite light; have ready minced meat 
 of ham, tongue, cold chicken or veal; put this into a dish with a 
 little butter to warm through, but not fry; turn the eggs into a 
 spider in which you have previously heated the butter; let the omelet 
 brown lightly on the lower side, and the upper forming a thin 
 custard; season to taste; put in the meat; fold the omelet over, and 
 take up quickly; serve immediately. Mrs. Farnham. 
 
 Poached or Dropped Eggs. — Have one quart of boiling water and 
 one tablespoonful of salt in a frying pan. Break the eggs, one by 
 one, into a saucer and slide carefully into the salted water. Dash 
 with a spoon a little water over the ^^^ to keep the top white. The 
 beauty of a poached o.^^ is for the yolk to be seen blushing through 
 the white, which should be only just sufficiently hardened to form a 
 transparent veil for the &^^. Cook until the white is firm and lift 
 out with a griddle cake turner, and serve immediately. Muffin 
 rings may be placed in the water and an ^%^ dropped into each ring. 
 
 Mrs. Belding. 
 
 Eggs with Tomato Sauce. — One-half of a small onion sliced, 
 fried in half a tablespoon of butter. Add one-half a can of tomatoes, 
 two cloves, salt, pepper, one tablespoon of flour rubbed with one-half 
 a tablespoon of butter. When thick pour into a deep platter, drop 
 on the sauce poached eggs and serve. This sauce is sufficient for 
 six eggs. With graham gems this makes a nice course by itself. 
 
 Mrs. Breed. 
 
 Deviled Eggs. — Put five eggs into cold water and boil twenty 
 minutes, then put into cold water. When cool remove the shells and 
 cut in two lengthwise. Take out the yolks and press through a 
 sieve. Add one tablespoonful of olive oil or butter, salt, pepper, 
 mustard and vinegar to taste. Fill the whites with the mixture. 
 
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 Eggs StufPed with Sardines.— Boil twelve eggs steadily for fifteen 
 minutes, then cover with cold water and set aside to cool. Cut a 
 small slice off each egg large enough to remove the yolks without 
 breaking the white. Take one medium sized can of boneless sar- 
 dines, mash to a paste with the yolks of tlie eggs, add a little salt 
 and the juice of a fresh lemon. Refill the whites and arrange the 
 eggs in a nest of lettuce leaves. Mabel Lawrence. 
 
 Scalloped E?gs. — ^One tablespoonful of corn starch, one table- 
 spoonful of butter, one saltspoon of salt, one pinch of red pepper. 
 Put these into one pint of boiling cream and stir until thick and 
 smooth. Pour this sauce over one-half dozen deviled eggs, and bake 
 lightly. Lucia F. Gilbert. 
 
 Egg Puffs for Tea. — Break as many eggs as would be required, 
 keeping the yolks each in a separate dish, add salt to the whites and 
 whip; butter an iron griddle on which drop a spoonful of the whip, 
 then place a yolk on each one. Season with salt and pepper, cover 
 with whip, and when a nice brown, turn with a pan cake turner, 
 brown and take up. Do not have the griddle too hot. 
 
 Mrs. F. E. Taylor. 
 Scotch Woodcock. — One tablespoon each of flour and butter 
 rubbed together, six or seven hard boiled eggs chopped fine, one 
 pint of milk, one small teaspoonful o'f anchovy paste, a little mustard. 
 Serve on small squares of buttered toast. 
 
 Mrs. Frank Haven. 
 
CHEESE DISHES AND SANDWICHES. 
 
 "Bachelor's fare— bread and cheese and kisses."— ^ze///?, Polite 
 Convei'sations, I. 
 
 Cheese Straws, No. 1.— Roll puff paste thin, sprinkle well with 
 grated cheese and a little cayenne pepper, fold, roll out and repeat 
 the process. Let it stand in a cool place for a time; then roll very 
 thin; cut strips about one-fourth of an inch wide and three inches 
 long- and the same number of small rings. Bake in a slow oven ten 
 or fifteen minutes. When done hang the rings on the sticks; the 
 rings may be omitted and the sticks piled cob-house fashion on a 
 fancy plate. Serve hot or cold as a course at dinner, or with the 
 salad, or whenever a cheese course is allowable. 
 
 Cheese Straws, No. 2.— One cup of grated cheese, two table- 
 spoonfuls of melted butter, yolk of one &gg, a pinch of salt, a dash of 
 cayenne pepper, two tablespoonfuls of cold water, one-half teaspoon 
 of baking powder, one-half cup of flour. Roll and cut in strips and 
 bake to a nice brown. Mrs. S. T. Carpenter. 
 
 Cheese Fondu.— Melt two tablespoons of butter, add four table- 
 spoons of flour and mix until smooth. Add one cup of milk or 
 cream, stir continually until it cooks and becomes quite thick; take 
 from the fire and add the beaten yolks of three eggs. Mix throughly, 
 then add four tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese. Salt and 
 pepper to taste. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stift' dry froth, add 
 carefully to the mixture; butter a baking dish and bake in a quick 
 oven twenty-five minutes or it may be put in souffle dishes and 
 baked ten minutes. Litz Dustin. 
 
 Cheese Ramakins.— Put two ounces of bread and a gill of milk 
 over the fire; when hot add two tablespoons of butter, four heaping 
 tablespoons of grated cheese (more if domestic cheese is used) and a 
 dash of red pepper; take from the fire and add the yolks of two eggs 
 and the well-beaten whites of three. Turn into ramakin dishes and 
 bake in a quick oven ten minutes. Mrs. Breed. 
 
CHEESE DISHES AND SANDWICHES 71 
 
 Croutons with Cheese. — Cut slices of bread about one-half an 
 inch thick and remove crusts. Then cut in any shape desired and 
 toast a delicate brown. Have ready a cheese sauce made as 
 foUov^rs: Scald half a pint of milk; rub one generous tablespoon of 
 butter and two tablespoons of flour together and stir into the milk. 
 Stir until it thickens, add yolk of one Q^^, two large tablespoons of 
 grated cheese and a palatable seasoning of white pepper and salt. 
 Put a large teaspoon of the sauce on a crouton and serve with cream 
 soups or salads. Mrs. J. E. Taylor. 
 
 Cottage Cheese, No. 1.— Take a pan of curdled milk and set on 
 the stove or over hot water, heat thoroughly, but do not scald. Put 
 a clieese cloth in the colander and pour in the curd. When well 
 drained or slightly squeezed add a little salt and moisten with sweet 
 cream. Make into balls. Mrs. W. C. Orcutt. 
 
 Cottage Cheese, No. 2. — Have a pan half full of thick, sour milk, 
 fill the pan with boiling water and let it stand two or three minutes, 
 then drain in a colander pressed with a plate and a weight over it 
 for a while, then add salt and cream or butter, and a little sage; 
 make into balls. Mrs. McClary. 
 
 Welsh Rarebit. — In a sauce pan put one-half of a cupful of milk 
 and set over the fire; when hot add two cupfuls of grated or chopped 
 rich cheese and stir until it melts. Add quickly one teaspoonful of 
 made mustard, one-quarter of a teaspoonful of salt, one-half of a 
 teaspoonful of paprika or a dash of cayenne and two well-beaten 
 eggs. Stir for a moment until the mixture begins to thicken, pour 
 o^^er toast and serve at once. Table Talk. 
 
 Sandwiches may be made of white, graham or brown bread and 
 should be of fine grain and a day old. When the bread is read^', 
 the butter should be spread on the loaf, and then a slice cut ofi" 
 evenly. 
 
 "They who have little butter must be content to spread thin their 
 bread." 
 
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 Lettuce Sandwiches.— Spread the bread with mayonnaise dress- 
 ing-. Put between the slices from which the crust should be cut, 
 small crisp lettuce leaves. Trim and shape the sandwiches before 
 putting- in the lettuce that it may not have to be cut. Serve as soon 
 as possible after preparing. Mrs. J. E. Taylor. 
 
 Celery Sandwiches.— Cut the celery fine and mix with a little ice. 
 Butter the bread; dry the celery on a cloth; mix with mayonnaise; 
 spread it on the slice, cover it with another, and cut into the desired 
 shape. 
 
 Egg Sandwiches.— Put the eg-gs into cold water, bring- gradually 
 to the boiling point and boil for forty-five minutes. This long boil- 
 ing makes the yolks very mealy. Put into cold water, when cool 
 remove the shells and put through a potato press or fine sieve. To 
 each &^^ allow one-half teaspoonful of soft butter, a little vinegar, 
 pepper and salt to taste. Mix to a paste; spread on the bread and 
 use small crisp lettuce leaves between the slices. 
 
 Mrs. J. E. Taylor. 
 
 Watercress Sandwiches.— Wash the cress and dry in a cloth. 
 Pick the leaves from the stems and season with salt. Lay the cress 
 thickly on the buttered slice, cover with the other and press together. 
 
 Spanish Sandwiches.— Spread buttered graham bread with 
 mustard; then with a layer of cottage cheese; and then with a layer 
 of chopped olives mixed with mayonnaise. 
 
 Cheese Sandwiches.— Cream one roll of Neufchatel cheese. If 
 a little hard, as it is apt to be, put in it a spoonful of milk or cream. 
 Add a little salt and a dash of red pepper or paprika. Paprika, 
 by the way, should always be used with cheese, as it develops the 
 flavor better than any other pepper. Mix with the cheese half a cup 
 of chopped or pounded nuts and spread on slices of rye, graham, 
 whole wheat or Boston brown bread. The mixture loses half its 
 delicious flavor if spread on white bread, and the brown breads are 
 much more nourishing. Rye is the bread par excellence to use with 
 this filling, a rye sandwich of this kind being enticingly appetizing. 
 
CHEESE DISHES AND SANDWICHES /j 
 
 Sardine Sandwiches. — One small box of sardines, yolk of one 
 hard boiled egg, juice of one lemon and a little cayenne. Drain the 
 sardines, remove skin and bones and mash with a fork. Add the 
 <i^^ yolk rubbed through a sieve, the lemon juice, cayenne and 
 enough melted butter to make a paste. Do not butter the bread, but 
 spread the paste directly on it. 
 
 Nut Sandwiches.— Chop the nuts very fine, making a mixture of 
 one-half almonds, one-quarter English walnuts and the remainder 
 hickory nuts. Butter the bread, slice, put on it a thin layer of the 
 chopped nuts, a dust of salt, a sprinkle of grated cheese and cover 
 with another slice. 
 
 Peanut Sandwiches.— Take one quart of freshly roasted peanuts, 
 remove the outer shells and the inner red skins and pound to a paste. 
 Add sufficient mayonnaise to enable you to spread it on the loaf, 
 then cut in thin slices and press together. 
 
 Olive Sandwiches.— Butter slightly round thin slices of bread* 
 lay between each sandwich one or two lettuce leaves and sliced 
 olives, very thin, which^have been prepared a few hours and kept on 
 ice. Cover the lettuce and olives with cream salad dressing. Serve 
 as soon as possible after preparing. E. McClary. 
 
 Ham Sandwiches. — Chop cold boiled ham very fine, and to every 
 cupful allow one tablespoonful of melted butter, the yolks of two 
 hard boiled eggs, one teaspoonful of lemon juice, one-fourth of a tea- 
 spoon of dry mustard and one-fourth of a teaspoon of paprika. 
 Pound all to a paste. 
 
 Cheese for Crackers or Sandwiches.— One-quarter of a pound of 
 cheese cut in small pieces and put into a double boiler; add one- 
 quarter of a teaspoon of salt, same of mustard, pinch of cayenne 
 pepper, small piece of butter, one ^^^ and one-half cup of milk. 
 Allow the cheese to melt, mix q^^, milk and other ingredients, add 
 to the cheese, cook to the consistency of thick cream. This will 
 curdle if cooked too long. Use cold. Mrs. E. G. Mason. 
 
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74 CHEESE DISHES AND SANDWICHES 
 
 Sweet sandwiches are often served at five o'clock teas. They 
 are made from preserved fruits or fig's, dates, etc. When made of 
 the latter, the fruit must be chopped fine and moistened with orange 
 or lemon juice. The fruits may be used separately or mixed, using 
 those that blend. Cut the bread in fancy shapes, spreading the fruit 
 thin. Nut sandwiches are best served with meat salads. 
 
 Orange Marmalade Sandwiches.— Toast, butter and spread with 
 marmalade thin slices of bread. Place two together, cut in strips 
 one inch wide. Serve hot. 
 
BREAD, BREAKFAST AND TEA CAKES. 
 
 " Nolu for the tea of our host, 
 Now for the rollicking bun, 
 Noiv for the muffins and toast, 
 
 And now for the gay Sally Lunn.''^ 
 
 Hint for Making Bread. -During- the cold weather all flour 
 should be thoroughly warmed before mixing. Frost-bitten or chilled 
 yeast wall surely make black bread, and the fresher the j^east is the 
 better the bread will be. The dough should be thoroughly kneaded, 
 and care taken that it does not get chilled during the process of 
 rising. Ladd & Smallman. 
 
 Yeast. — Take six good-sized potatoes, pare and grate them; steep 
 a small handful of hops in one pint of water and pour over the 
 potatoes; then turn on boiling water until it thickens; add one-half 
 cup of sugar, one tablespoonful of salt, one of ginger. When luke 
 warm add one cupful of good yeast. This will make one gallon of 
 yeast. Mrs. E. A. Webster. 
 
 Bread.— One and one-half quarts of luke warm water, into which 
 put one heaping tablespoon of sugar, add a little flour, and beat 
 well; then stir in three-fourths of a cup of yeast, and enough flour 
 to make a thick batter (in summer make a little thicker) and give it 
 a good beating. In the morning add one tablespoon of mixed melted 
 butter and lard, and an even tablespoon of salt, then add all of the 
 flour necessary to knead; knead the dough sufficiently to work in the 
 flour, then let it remain on the board covered by a pan until it rises 
 some, perhaps fifteen or twenty minutes (by doing this it is much 
 easier to knead into velvety and elastic dough); then knead about ten 
 minutes and let rise until double its bulk. Then knead just enough 
 to take out the air bubbles and put in the tins, let rise and w^hen 
 ready bake in a moderate oven. Mrs. John Law. 
 
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 Bread. — Take one pint of milk, one tablespoon each of butter 
 and lard and let come to a boil; add one pint of water, tablespoon of 
 sugar, salt, a yeast cake or one cup of home-made yeast; flour 
 enoug-h to rnould from one-half to three-quarters of an hour. Knead 
 as little as possible in the morning; shape into loaves and let rise 
 before baking. Mrs. L. C. Wead. 
 
 Franch Bread. — One pint of milk, six eggs, one-half cup of 
 butter, two-thirds of a cup of sugar, one-half cup of yeast, flour 
 enough to knead all together. In the morning knead again; cut in 
 strips, braid and when light bake. Mrs. Ralph. 
 
 Parker House Rolls. — Scald one pint of sweet milk, and when 
 partly cooled melt in it one-half cup of white sugar and one table- 
 spoon of lard or butter. When luke warm add one-half cup of yeast 
 and place the mixture in the center of two quarts of flour. If for 
 tea, set to rise early in the morning. When light mix and knead 
 thoroughly, let rise again, then knead again for ten or fifteen 
 minutes, then roll out thinner than for biscuit, cut out as for biscuit, 
 and spread butter over half the surface, fold it upon the other, place 
 upon tins so as not to touch each other. Let it rise again, and when 
 light bake fifteen or twenty minutes. Miss H. E. Keeler. 
 
 Meacham Rolls. — One cup of warm milk, one-fourth cup of 
 butter, two tablespoons of sugar, one-fourth of a small cup of yeast, 
 flour to knead at night softly and in the morning turn carefully on 
 to the moulding board and roll out one-half inch thick; cut with 
 biscuit cutter and spread with warm butter, fold these over half 
 way; let rise very light and bake. If warm rolls are desired for 
 supper leave the dough in a cool place until about three o'clock and 
 then roll and cut as stated. The' above makes eighteen rolls. 
 
 Mabel Earle Selkirk. 
 
 Cinnamon Rolls.— Take from bread dough in the morning the 
 amount required for one medium loaf of bread and mix in one-half 
 
BREAD, BREAKFAST AND TEA CAKES 77 
 
 cup of soft butter, put in a cool place until about three o'clock in the 
 afternoon, then roll out thin and spread with warm butter and sugar. 
 Sprinkle with cinnamon; then cut off strips three inches wide, and 
 roll over until one and one-half inches in width; cut off slices and 
 place in long- gem tins to rise ver}' light. Bake in a medium hot 
 oven. For lemon rolls turn a little lemon extract into your hand and 
 rub with the sugar and butter over the dough and then roll and cut 
 the same as for the cinnamon rolls. Mabel Earle Selkirk. 
 
 Rolls. — One quart of sweet milk, three eggs, one cup of butter, 
 one-half cup of sugar, two-thirds cup of yeast, flour for a thick 
 batter. Let remain over night and mix for rolls as biscuit in the 
 morning. Mrs. D. F. Soper. 
 
 Breakfast Rolls. — One quart of flour, a pinch of salt, butter the 
 size of an ^^^ rubbed in the flour, one-half cup of baker's yeast or 
 one-fourth home-made yeast; mix with water and knead hard. Let 
 it rise over night. In the morning make into rolls and let rise again. 
 Bake twenty minutes. Mrs. F. J. Seaver. 
 
 Rolls for Tea. — One ^g^, one-half cup of butter, scant, one-half 
 cup of sugar, one cup of milk, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder; 
 flour enough to stift'en, so that it will drop from a spoon into hot gem 
 pans. Bake in a very quick oven. The same recipe makes good 
 graham rolls for breakfast, omitting the sugar. 
 
 Mrs. J. E. Barry. 
 
 Finger Rolls. — Use any good recipe for rolls, and when read}- to 
 put in the tins take off pieces about the size of an o^^^ and shape into 
 narrow rolls about four inches long and place in tins. If a crust is 
 liked all around place an inch apart, when light bake in a quick 
 oven. 
 
 Crescents or Horse-Shoe Rolls. — Use recipe for Parker House 
 rolls. When ready to put in tins roll the dough out to about one-half 
 an inch in thickness, spread lightlj' with butter and cut in six-inch 
 
78 BREAD, BREAKFAST AND TEA CAKES 
 
 squares, then each square across, making two triangles; commence 
 at the longest side and roll towards the point and fasten, then bend 
 in crescent shape and place on tins a little ways apart. When light 
 bake in a quick oven and just before they are done brush lightly 
 with a little sweet milk. 
 
 Bread Sticks. — Scald one pint of milk and while hot add two 
 ounces of butter. When luke warm add a teaspoon of salt, one of 
 sugar, and about one quart of sifted flour. Beat vigorously for five 
 minutes, add a half yeast cake dissolved in half a cup of luke warm 
 water, or half a cup of good yeast. Mix, cover and stand in a warm 
 place over night. In the morning add the white of an &^^ beaten to 
 a stiff froth, and sufficient flour to make a soft dough. Knead for 
 five minutes, then pound until soft and velvety. Put back in a bowl 
 until very light, then take a very small piece of the dough and roll it 
 out into a long strip about the size of a thick lead pencil. Place on 
 greased pans, when light brush them with a little white of an ^^^ 
 and water mixed, and bake in a quick oven ten or fifteen minutes. 
 
 Table Talk. 
 
 Raised Biscuit. — One pint of sweet milk, one-half cup of butter, 
 one cup of home-made yeast, one tablespoon of sugar. Let the 
 butter, milk and sugar come to the boiling point, then cool, sponge 
 and add flour and the yeast. Let rise three times. This rule makes 
 about one dozen and a half biscuits. Mrs. F. W. Lawrence. 
 
 French Rolls.— Three cups of sweet milk, a teaspoonful of salt, 
 one-half cup of yeast or half a cake of compressed yeast, one cup of 
 melted butter, add flour enough to make a stiff dough. Let it rise 
 — better over night — and then add two well-beaten eggs; knead thor- 
 oughly, and let rise again. Make into balls about the size of an 
 ^^^, then roll between the hands to make long rolls (about three 
 inches). Place close together in two even rows on well-buttered 
 pans. Cover and let rise again. Bake in a quick oven to a delicate 
 brown. Mrs. T. Hawley. 
 
BREAD, BREAKFAST AND TEA CAKES 79 
 
 Whole Wheat Bread.— Scald one cup of milk, add a teaspoon of 
 butter, one of sugar, one of salt, and one cup of water. When luke 
 warm add one-half a yeast cake dissolved in one-half cup of water; 
 stir in three cups of whole wheat flour, and beat until light and 
 smooth; let rise over night. In the morning add two or three cups of 
 flour or enough to make a soft dough. Knead well and be careful 
 not to add too much flour; let it rise till double its bulk. Shape into 
 loaves. Put in tins and let rise. Bake forty-five minutes in a mod- 
 erate oven. Table Talk. 
 
 Buns. — One pint of sweet milk; one-half cup of yeast; half a cup 
 of shortening; two-thirds of a cup of sugar; one small teaspoon of 
 salt; raisins or English currants. Knead with flour to make the 
 proper consistency. Mrs. Clinton Stevens. 
 
 German Coffee Cakes.— Add half a cup of butter to a pint of 
 luke warm milk, sift enough bread flour with a teaspoon of salt to 
 make a batter as stiff as you can stir. Beat in half a cup of home- 
 made yeast or half a yeast cake, and a cup of sugar, add two eggs 
 and beat the batter until it blisters. In summer the dough should 
 rise from eight to ten hours. In the morning add merely enough 
 flour to roll out the dough. Let it rise two hours, then roll out until 
 it is a little less than half an inch thick, cut into small cakes and 
 let rise one-half hour, then bake for about twenty minutes in a quick 
 oven. When they are cooled a little, break in halves and pile with 
 their soft side up in a large dripping pan. Put them in a hot air 
 oven for a day or two to become thoroughly dry. 
 
 Florence C. Mallon. 
 
 CofPee Bread.— One quart of flour, four teaspoons of baking 
 powder, one-half cup of sugar, a piece of butter half the size of an 
 Qgg, two well-beaten eggs, a little salt and enough milk to make a 
 stiff' batter. Mrs. Frank Haven. 
 
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 Graham Bread. — One cup of bread sponge; one and a half cups 
 of sweet milk; a little less than half a. cup of molasses; one even tea- 
 spoonful of soda; a little salt and ging-er; stir with a spoon; add the 
 amount of graham flour needed; let it stand until very light, and 
 bake thoroughly. Mrs. Hiram French. 
 
 Graham Bread. — One cup of sweet milk, one-half cup of New 
 Orleans molasses, two tablespoons of sugar, one cup of bread 
 sponge, one-half teaspoon of soda, one-half teaspoon of salt; stir in 
 graham flour until stiff and smooth, and let rise over night or until 
 light. Turn into baking pan without moulding or stirring, let rise 
 a second time even with the top of the pan. Bake slowly one hour. 
 
 Nellie Scully. 
 
 Steamed Graham Bread. — Two cups of sweet milk, one of sour 
 milk, one-half cup of sugar, one-half cup of molasses, five cups of 
 graham flour, one teaspoonful of soda, one of salt; steam three hours. 
 
 Miss H. E. Keeler. 
 
 Steamed Brown Bread. — Two cups of sweet milk and one of sour; 
 two cups of corn meal and one of graham flour. Into the milk put 
 one teaspoonful of soda and one-half cup of molasses; salt; then add 
 the meal and graham flour. Steam three or four hours. The batter 
 will be very thin. Mrs. McClar3^ 
 
 Brown Bread. — Two cups of graham or r3"e meal; one cup of 
 Indian meal; stir together; add one large half cup of molasses; one- 
 half cup of raisins, stoned; two cups of sour milk and two teaspoon- 
 fuls of soda; butter the dish thoroughly, and boil five or six hours. 
 
 Mrs. L. C. Wead. 
 
 Baking Powder Biscuit, No. 1.— One quart of flour; two heaping 
 teaspoonfuls of baking powder; two tablespoons of butter. Sift 
 baking powder with the flour; rub in the butter, and add one coft'ee 
 cup of sweet milk; bake in a quick oven fifteen minutes. 
 
 Mrs. Mallon. 
 
BREAD, BREAKFAST AND TEA CAKES 8i 
 
 Baking Powder Biscuit, No. 2.— One quart of floar; three tea- 
 spoons of baking- powder, a little salt, butter the size of a small egg; 
 mix with sweet milk very soft. Mrs. Spann. 
 
 Soda Biscuit.— Put into one quart of flour two teaspoonfuls of 
 cream of tartar and a little salt; add two tablespoonfuls of cream or 
 one of butter; dissolve and add one teaspoonful of soda in a little hot 
 water; mix the whole soft with milk. Mrs. C. L. Hubbard. 
 
 Raised Graham Rolls. — One cup of water, one tablespoon of lard 
 or butter, a little salt, half a cup of yeast, half a cup of flour; add 
 graham flour to make a stiff batter. Let it rise over night and in 
 the morning add one ^^^, three tablespoonfuls of molasses, half a 
 teaspoonful of soda and one-third of a cup of Indian meal. Beat 
 thoroughly, put in the roll pans to rise, and bake in a quick oven. 
 
 Mrs. H. K. White. 
 
 Graham Gems, No. 1. — Two cups of sour milk, one teaspoonful 
 of soda, a little salt, melted butter the size of an O:^^, and graham 
 flour until quite thick. Bake in hot iron gem moulds. 
 
 Mrs. C. A. Wood. 
 
 Graham Gems, No. 2. — Four large cooking spoons of thick sour 
 milk and two of cream or one of butter; one-half teaspoonful of 
 soda, one-fourth cup of sugar, one ^^^, a little salt; one-fourth 
 cup of flour and three-fourths cup of graham flour; make rather 
 soft and bake in gem pans. Above makes eight or ten rolls. 
 
 Mrs. McClary. 
 
 Scotch Biscuit. — One cup of thick sour cream; one and one-half 
 cups of sour milk; one teaspoon of soda; salt. Knead with flour 
 and roll out thin. Spread with sugar (white or maple). Roll like 
 jelly cake; cut oft' the size of biscuit; bake quickl}'. 
 
 Mrs. F. White. 
 
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 Pop Overs, No. 1. — One scant cup of flour, one cup of milk, one 
 6g"g"- ^^^ 3-11 together and beat hard for fifteen minutes. Have 
 cups very hot with plenty of butter. Mrs. Breed. 
 
 Pop Overs, No. 2. — Two cups of sweet milk, two scant cups of 
 flour, three eggs, salt. Beat eggs light; then add milk and flour 
 and beat all five minutes. Pour into hot gem irons and bake in a 
 quick but not scorching oven. Mrs. A. Munger. 
 
 Raised Muffins. — One pint of milk; a piece of butter the size of a 
 butternut; three tablespoonfuls of yeast; add flour to make a thick 
 batter, let rise over night; in the morning, add two well-beaten eggs, 
 and bake in rings. Mrs. C. A. Wood. 
 
 Muffins, No. 1. — One Qgg, three-fourths of a cup of sugar, one- 
 half cup of milk, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, one cup of 
 flour, pinch of salt, one teaspoonful of baking powder mixed in the 
 flour. Bake about fifteen minutes. Carrie King Hall. 
 
 Muffins, No. 2.— One pint of flour; one cup of milk; one egg', one 
 large tablespoonful of sugar; one teaspoonful of cream tartar; one- 
 half teaspoonful of soda; butter the size of a walnut, melted with the 
 soda in a little warm water. Mrs. F. J. Seaver. 
 
 Rice Crumpets. — One cup of cold boiled rice, one cup of sweet 
 milk, one cup of flour, two eggs, one heaping teaspoon of baking 
 powder, one and one-half tablespoons of melted butter, pinch of salt, 
 one even tablespoon of sugar. Bake in piping hot gem pans in a 
 quick oven. Mrs. E. G. Mason. 
 
 Laplanders.— Two eggs, beaten; one pint of milk; a little salt; 
 one pint of flour; three tablespoons of melted butter. Heat the irons 
 quite hot and grease them. Pour the mixture in and bake in a quick 
 oven, in French roll irons, fifteen or twenty minutes. This makes 
 two dozen. Mrs. B. Webster. 
 
BREAD, BREAKFAST AND TEA CAKES 83 
 
 Nantucket Corn Pudding. — Grate twelve ears of uncooked corn, 
 add two or three eggs, milk, a little powdered cracker, salt; mix 
 about as thick as Indian pudding; bake in a deep dish; eat hot, 
 with butter, for tea. Mrs. Richardson. 
 
 Corn Caiie,No. 1.— One &^^\ one cup of sour milk; one-half cup 
 of sugar; one cup of flour; one cup of meal; one-half teaspoonful of 
 soda; one teaspoonful of baking powder; one tablespoonful of 
 butter; work the butter and sugar together, then beat in the ^^^. 
 
 Mrs. C. L. Hubbard. 
 
 Corn Cake, No. 2. — One-half cup of sour" cream, three-fourths 
 cup of sweet milk, one-half teaspoonful of soda (in the cream), one 
 Q.^^, one heaping tablespoonful of sugar, one-half teaspoonful of salt, 
 one small cup of meal, the same of flour. Mrs. Breed. 
 
 Parker House Corn Cake. — ^Mix one cup each of flour and 
 Indian meal, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of cream tartar, one tea- 
 spoonful of soda, and a little salt, together. Mix one o.^^, one-half a 
 cup of sugar, butter the size of an ^^^, and one cup of warm sweet 
 milk together; then pour the liquid into the dry mixture; beat well 
 and bake. Miss Childs. 
 
 Washington Cake for Breakfast. — One ^^^, beaten; one small 
 coffee cup of sweet milk; small half cup of yeast; butter the size of 
 an ^^^\ flour to make stiff, but not too stiff. Put in a tin and let 
 rise over night. Bake for breakfast fifteen or twenty minutes. 
 
 Mrs. Helen Knapp. 
 
 Sally Lunn, No.l. — One quart of flour, one generous pint of milk, 
 two tablespoons of sugar, three of butter, two eggs, one teaspoon of 
 salt, half a cup of yeast. Have the milk blood-warm, add the butter, 
 the eggs well beaten and the yeast, then the flour, salt and sugar; 
 beat all together and pour in greased pans to the depth of two or 
 three inches. Let rise and bake. 
 
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 Sally Lunn, No. 2. — Two eg-gs, two and one-half small cupfuls of 
 flour, one cupful of sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls of cream tartar, 
 one teaspoonful of soda, three tablespoonfuls of butter. Bake in a 
 shallow tin. Mrs. H. E. King. 
 
 Berry Tea Cakes. — One-half cup of sugar, one ^^^-^ three-fourths 
 cup of milk, one level teaspoon of baking powder, piece of butter one- 
 half the size of an ^^^. Flour sufficient for a stiff batter. Into this 
 batter stir one cup of fresh berries or the canned ones without the 
 juice. (Dried berries can be soaked for the same purpose). 
 
 Mrs. McClarj'. 
 
 Blueberry Cake. — One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, four 
 cups of flour, two cups of blueberries, one-half cup of milk, three 
 eggs, one teaspoon of cream tartar, one-half teaspoon of soda. Roll 
 the blueberries in the flour and put them in the last thing. 
 
 Mrs. W. H. King". 
 
 German Toast. — One egg-; one cup of milk. Dip into this slices 
 of bread; butter a hot spider and brown the bread in it. 
 
 Mrs. Thorndike. 
 
 CoFFee Cakes. — One quart of flour, butter one-half the size of an 
 ^^^■, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one teaspoonful of salt, 
 mix as soft as can be rolled, cut in ring-s and fr3' in deep hot lard 
 like doughnuts. Serve for breakfast with coffee. 
 
 Mrs. Leroy W. Hubbard. 
 
 Toast in Camp.— First, take plenty of crackers; second, have a 
 g-ood fire; third, put your cracker on a forked stick; (be sure and 
 have your stick long- enoug-h) brown one side to the color of half- 
 forgotten autumn; fourth, turn your cracker without dropping- it in 
 the ashes, and brown the other side till you can smell the fragrance 
 of all the summers that are gone; fifth, butter slightly, and reclining 
 on the boughs or against a mossy log, eat slowly and dream that life 
 has only beauty and sweetness in it— the beauty of the deep woods, 
 the sweetness of your toasted cracker; sixth, toast another. 
 
 M. S. Parmelee. 
 
BREAD, BREAKFAST AND TEA CAKES 85 
 
 Griddle Cakes. — Two eg-g-s, two cups of sour milk, one and one- 
 half teaspoons of soda, butter the size of an eg-g-, one-halt teaspoon of 
 sLig'-ar and one of salt; flour to make a thin batter. Cakes mixed the 
 nig-ht before. Put in a cool place and in the mornng- let stand in a 
 warm room ten or fifteen minutes before frying-. If any batter is 
 left, it can be used when making- more cakes. Mrs. Ralph. 
 
 Wheat Griddle Cakes. — One pint of sour milk, one teaspoon of 
 soda or sweet milk and tw^o teaspoons of baking- powder, two table- 
 spoons of butter; salt; two eg-g-s beaten lig-ht; flour for a batter; 
 beat all thoroug-hly; fry on a g-riddle g-reased with a piece of salt 
 pork. 
 
 Green Corn Griddle Cakes. — Grate the corn from twelve ears of 
 boiled corn; two eg-g-s, pepper, salt and a very little butter; one-half 
 tea cup of flour; one-half tea cup of milk; stir well together and fry 
 on a griddle. Mrs. Clinton Stevens. 
 
 Buckwheat Cakes. — One quart of luke-warm water; make a 
 batter with the buckwheat flour; salt; three-quarters of a cup of 
 yeast; let rise over night; in the morning- add a teaspoon of soda 
 and a little milk, which browns them. Mrs. Parmelee. 
 
 Corn Meal Griddle Cakes. — Beat one egg light, add one cup of 
 sweet milk, one-half teaspoon of salt, one cup of corn meal and two- 
 thirds of a cup of white flour sifted together with two heaping tea- 
 spoons of baking powder; beat well, lastly add one tablespoon of 
 melted butter and beat again. Mrs. W. A. Short. 
 
 Waffles, No. 1. — One pint of sour milk; one pint of flour; two 
 eggs beaten separately; one level teaspoonful of soda in the milk; 
 one tablespoonful of melted butter; two-thirds of a teaspoonful of 
 salt; stir in the whites of the eggs last, lightly. Cook in watfle 
 irons over a hot fire. Mrs. Barney, 
 
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 Waffles, No. 2. — One pint each of milk and flour, one tablespoon 
 of butter, three eggs, two teaspoons of baking powder, a little salt, 
 beat the eggs separately, very light. Mrs. Belding. 
 
 Ginger Bread, No. 1. — One cup each of molasses, sugar, sour 
 milk and butter, two eggs, two teaspoons of soda, two scant tea- 
 spoons of ginger, three and one-half cups of flour. To be eaten 
 warm. Makes two sheets in biscuit tins. Mrs. Belding. 
 
 Ginger Bread, No. 2. — One cup each of sour milk, sugar and 
 molasses, three-fourths of a cup of butter, two eggs, one teaspoon of 
 ginger, one heaping teaspoon of soda, three cups of flour. 
 
 Mrs. S. Greeno. 
 
 Plain Ginger Bread. — One cup of warm water; into this put 
 shortening the size of a large egg, one cup of molasses, one tea- 
 spoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of ginger, a little salt, and flour 
 sufficient to make a thick batter; bake in a shallow tin. To be 
 eaten warm. Mrs. McVickar. 
 
 Molasses PufF. — One Qgg, one cup of molasses, one-third 
 cup of sugar, one cup of sour cream, salt, or scant half cup of 
 butter, and one cup of sour milk, two and one-half cups of flour, two 
 teaspoons of cinnamon, one even tablespoon of soda. Bake in 
 shallow tins and cut in squares. 
 
 Fritters.— Two eggs, two cups of sour milk, a little salt, 
 one teaspoon of soda, flour to make a batter quite stiff; drop by 
 spoonfuls into hot lard. Mrs. Wells S. Dickinson. 
 
 Doughnuts, No.l. — One cup of sugar, one egg, two tablespoons of 
 cream in a cup filled up with milk, one teaspoon of cream tartar, 
 one-half of soda, flour to roll soft. Mrs. J. P. Morse. 
 
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 Doughnuts, No. 2. — One cup of sugar, butter half the size of an 
 egg, scant, two eggs, three-fourths of a cup of thick sour milk, three- 
 fourths of a teaspoon of soda, a little nutmeg, a pinch of salt, flour 
 to roll out soft. Mrs. Frank Haven. 
 
 Doughnuts, No. 3.— One ^^^, one cup of sugar, one cup of sweet 
 milk, two tablespoons of melted butter, two teaspoons of baking 
 powder, a little salt. Put sugar, &^^ and melted butter together 
 and beat well. Put baking powder in about three-fourths of a pint 
 of flour at first, then put in more if necessary. Put through a sieve 
 to get out the lumps, do not work it much. Put milk in last and 
 then let stand a few minutes, then cut out before frying. 
 
 Mrs. S. Robinson. 
 
 Plain Doughnuts, No. 1.— Three tea cups of thick sour milk, one of 
 sour cream; add flour for a thick batter at night; in the morning add 
 four small teaspoons of soda dissolved in a little milk, two teaspoons 
 of salt, one &^^ beaten into the batter thoroughly. The dough must 
 not be too stiff with flour. Mrs. Clinton Stevens. 
 
 Plain Doughnuts, No. 2.— One cup of thick sour milk, one table- 
 spoon of sour cream, half a teaspoon of soda, pinch of salt, flour to 
 roll soft. Miss Mary Meehan. 
 
 Plain Doughnuts, No. 3.— One cup of sour cream, one teaspoon 
 of soda, one ^^^. Put the soda into the cream, beat the &^^ and 
 pour into that, then beat together, putting in about one teaspoon of 
 salt. Flour to roll out. Cut in strips and twist. Mrs. Vilas. 
 
 Aunt Susan's Raised Doughnuts.— One quart of milk; one cup of 
 butter; two cups of sugar; two eggs; one small cup of yeast. 
 Prepare the sponge with flour at night. 
 
 Raised Doughnuts, No. 1.— Sponge at night by putting one and 
 one-half pints of flour in a deep bowl. One pint of milk (scalded 
 
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 and cooled), one-half cup of yeast or one yeast cake, one small tea- 
 spoonful of salt, one-half cup of butter and lard mixed cold into the 
 sponge, and one Qgg well beaten. In the morning work in flour 
 enough for medium stiff dough. Knead well and cut with a knife. 
 Let this rise, when light, knead slightly, roll out, cut into cakes, put 
 on a board and when sufficiently light, fry in lard. 
 
 Mrs. McVickar. 
 
 Raised Doughnuts, No. 2. — Three medium sized potatoes, boiled 
 and mashed, then beaten with a silver fork until light and creamy, 
 add a little cold water if necessary to make them so. One quart of 
 water, lard one-half the size of an egg, one tablespoon of sugar, one 
 teaspoon of salt, and one yeast cake. Make a sponge of the above at 
 night. In the morning beat three eggs very light, and add them to 
 one and one-half cups of sugar and beat again; melt together equal 
 quantities of lard and butter, and take two-thirds of a cup, add it 
 to the sugar and eggs, beat all thoroughly, then stir this into the 
 sponge, add flour and knead thoroughly, and set to rise; let rise 
 until very light, then knead carefully— just enough to take out the 
 air bubbles. Roll out about as thick as for soda doughnuts and cut 
 into doughnuts. Let rise again. Be sure and keep at the same 
 temperature, air blowing on them will spoil them. When frying put 
 the side next the board next to the lard. Do not have the lard as 
 hot as for soda doughnuts. Mrs. Thomas Adams. 
 
 Sour Cream Doughnuts.— Two eggs, two heaping teaspoons of 
 cream tartar, one heaping coffee cup of sugar, nutmeg, all stirred 
 together. Full two-thirds of a cup of sour cream, one and one-half 
 coffee cups of sweet milk, one small teaspoon of salt, two teaspoon- 
 fuls of soda, throw in dry before the flour. Mrs. Belding. 
 
 Crullers No. 1.— Three eggs, three tablespoons of melted butter; 
 five of sugar, one-fourth of a teaspoon of soda dissolved in a little 
 milk; season with nutmeg. Flour to roll soft. Mrs. Abbott. 
 
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 Crullers, No. 2. — Two eggs well beaten, one cup of sugar, one 
 cup of sweet milk, two heaping tablespoons of thick sour cream, one 
 teaspoon of soda, two of cream tartar, one-half teaspoon of salt, 
 flour to roll soft. Cut in three-inch squares, make three slits in 
 center of each square with cheese straw cutter. Fry in hot lard 
 and sprinkled with pulverized sugar if desired. 
 
 Mrs. W. H. King. 
 
 Rosettes. — Three tablespoons of butter, three of sugar, stirred to 
 a cream; three eggs yolks and whites beaten separately; flour to roll 
 quite hard; cut the dough into strips eight or nine inches long, one 
 inch wide, and on one edge make cuts with a sharp knife one- 
 third of an inch apart; form into rosettes; fry on under side; turn 
 carefully, and brown lightly the upper side; sprinkle over sugar. 
 
 Mrs. McClary. 
 
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PIES AND PUDDINGS. 
 
 ' Praise us as wc tasted, 
 Allocv lis as we prove.'''' 
 
 Pastry for One Pie. — One heaping cup of pastry flour, one salt- 
 spoon each of salt and baking- powder, and from one-third to one- 
 half cup of lard and butter. Stir baking powder and salt in flour, 
 then work in the lard and mix stiff with cold water; roll in butter 
 —roll up like jelly cake, divide in two and use. 
 
 Pie Pastry. — Two cups of flour sifted twice, a little salt, large 
 half cup of lard rubbed into the flour thoroughly. Water, very cold, 
 say enough to mix, not soft, but have it hard; roll out the crust, put 
 on plates; when filled put on the upper crust previousl}'^ spread with 
 butter, sprinkle with flour; then take it to the cold water faucet and 
 let the water run over the pie, holding it slanting. 
 
 Annie Sheehan. 
 
 Fine Puff Pastry. — One quart of sifted flour — a little more for 
 rolling pin and board; one cup of lard; same of butter; cut the butter 
 and lard through the flour into small, thin shells, and mix with 
 sufficient ice water to roll easily. Avoid kneading it, and use the 
 hands as little as possible in mixing. 
 
 Mince Meat, No. 1. — Five pounds of beef, one pint of chopped 
 suet. For one quart of chopped meat take two quarts of chopped 
 apples, three pounds of brown sugar, one quart of molasses, two 
 quarts of boiled cider, four pounds of seeded raisins, two pounds of 
 currants, one-fourth of a pound of citron, one-fourth of a pound of 
 orange peel, one-fourth of a pound of lemon peel. Chop the fruit 
 very fine, add four tablespoonfuls of cinnamon and two of cloves. 
 This makes about five gallons. Mrs. S. T. Carpenter. 
 
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 Mince Meat, No. 2.— Salt and pepper the meat and measure 
 when chopped fine. For each quart of meat add one pint of raw 
 chopped suet, three quarts of chopped apples (not chopped too fine), 
 two quarts of sugar, one and one-half pints of molasses, one pint of 
 boiled cider, four nutmegs, two teaspoons of ground cloves, two of 
 Jemon extract, three tablespoons of cinnamon, three pints of seeded 
 raisins, (citron and currants if liked), one pint of the meat broth or 
 water. Two and one-fourth pounds of good meat make one quart 
 when chopped. Mrs. Spann. 
 
 Apple Pie. — Line a plate with pastry, making edges as for 
 custard pie. Pare tart, juicy apples; cut into quarters, dividing 
 again if the apples are large; dip them in water and place on the 
 bottom crust, putting them closely around the edge. Add one cup of 
 sugar, cinnamon and bits of butter. Wet the edge of the bottom 
 crust and put on the cover, pressing the two together with the palm 
 of the hand. Mrs. McClary. 
 
 How to Cook a Pumpkin.— Use the small sugar pumpkins. 
 Remove the soft part and the 'seeds, cut into small pieces, put in a 
 porcelain kettle with a little water, cover and cook slowly until 
 tender, then remove the cover and cook a long time until dry. Press 
 through a colander and it is ready for use; this pumpkin can be kept 
 for winter use hy spreading on plates and drying slowly in the 
 heater. Maggie O'Connor. 
 
 Pumpkin Pie.— One cup of strained pumpkin, one-half cup of 
 sugar, one q^^, two tablespoons of molasses, small half teaspoon of 
 ginger, one teaspoon of cinnamon, one pint of sweet milk. Line a 
 plate with pastry and pour in the mixture. Bake carefully about 
 three-quarters of an hour. Maggie O'Connor. 
 
 Squash Pie.— Made the same as pumpkin. 
 
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 Sweet Potato Pie. — When the potatoes are dry and mealy take a 
 quart, after they have been pared, boiled and mashed, a quart of 
 milk, three or four eggs, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon and sugar to taste; 
 bake the same as a squash pies. If the potatoes a.re very moist, use 
 less milk. Miss Parloa's Cook Book. 
 
 Prune Filling. — Stew one pound of prunes in cold water about 
 three hours; when nearly done put in one cup of sugar, and stir most 
 of the time, take off and put through a colander hot; the mixture 
 must be thick. Annie Sheehan. 
 
 Lemon Meringue Pie. — One and one-half coffee cups of sugar, 
 grated outside and juice of one lemon, five eggs, whites of three 
 reserved for meringue, two good tablespoons of flour and three- 
 fourths of a cup of hot water, a pinch of salt. Beat the flour, sugar 
 and eggs together: add the water to the lemon juice and stir with 
 the flour, etc. Make the meringue with the whites of the eggs and 
 two tablespoons of sugar. Pour into a crust previously baked. 
 
 Mrs. Belding. 
 
 Lemon Pie, No. 1. — One large or two small lemons, the yolks of 
 four eggs, eight tablespoons of sugar and one of butter. Make a 
 meringue of the whites of the eggs and four tablespoons of sugar. 
 
 Alice L. Hyde. 
 
 Lemon Pie, No. 2. — One cup each of sugar and boiling water, 
 one lemon, piece of butter the size of a butternut, two tablespoons of 
 corn starch, the yolks of two eggs. Put in a double boiler and cook 
 until thick, stirring most of the time. Pour into a crust previously 
 baked. Make a meringue of the whites of the eggs. 
 
 Mrs. Julia Noland. 
 
 Lemon Pie, No. 3.— Juice and grated rind of one lemon; one tea 
 cupful of sugar; two eggs; two large crackers (or three tablespoon- 
 fuls of corn starch) and one large cup of water; a small piece of 
 
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 butter; put the water and sugar on the stove to boil; pound the 
 crackers fine and mix with the water and sugar, then the yolks of 
 the eggs; make one rich crust and bake; then fill wuth the boiling 
 custard. Have ready the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth 
 with one tablespoonful of sugar; spread over the top and brown in a 
 hot oven three minutes. Mrs. Dv^'ight Dickinson. 
 
 Lemon Pie, No. 4. — Mix the juice and grated rind of one lemon 
 with one-half cup of chopped raisins and one tart apple chopped 
 fine. Roll one cracker fine and mix with one tablespoonful of 
 melted butter. Beat the yolks of three eggs very light and the white 
 of one, then beat all together, adding one large cup of sugar and a 
 little salt. Pour into a pie plate lined with pastry, and bake until 
 the crust is done. Then cover with the meringue made from the 
 remaining whites of the eggs and return to the oven to brown. 
 
 Mrs. Franklin S. Cooley. 
 
 Currant Pie. — One cup of mashed currants, one cup of sugar, 
 one &gg, one tablespoonful of flour, and one tablespoonful of water. 
 Place in double or tart crust. Mrs. J. W. Leighton. 
 
 Pieplant Pie, No. 1. — One tea cup of chopped pieplant, one good 
 cup of sugar, one egg, butter the size of a large walnut, one table- 
 spoonful of flour, four tablespoonfuls of water, one teaspoonful of 
 lemon extract. This is better with a top crust. 
 
 Mrs. James Sawyer. 
 
 Pieplant Pie, No. 2. — One cofl'ee cup of chopped and drained pie- 
 plant, one of sugar, one tablespoon of flour, yolks of two eggs, 
 butter the size of a walnut, and juice of one lemon. Use whites of 
 eggs for meringue. Mrs. Belding. 
 
 Orange Pie.— The juice of two large oranges, grated rind of one, 
 one cupful each of water and sugar, two level tablespoons of corn 
 starch, a little salt, two eggs. Make custard and meringue same 
 as for lemon pie. 
 
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 Jumble Pie. — One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, five eggs, 
 three cups of dried stewed apples — strained; spice to taste; bake 
 like a tart pie. Miss Greeno. 
 
 Raisin Pie. — One cup of raisins, chopped, one-half cup of water, 
 one lemon, two tablespoonfuls of flour; frost with the whites of 
 eggs. • Mrs. R. S. Brown. 
 
 Marlborough Pie. — Six tablespoonfuls of stewed apple, six table- 
 spoonfuls of sugar, .three eggs, one-half a cup of sweet cream, and a 
 little cinnamon; leave out the whites of two eggs for frosting. The 
 juice and grated rind of a lemon are sometimes added, and in the 
 place of the cream the same amount of butter may be used. 
 
 Mrs. Botham. 
 
 Cocoanut Pie. — One and one-half cups of desiccated cocoanut; 
 one quart of swee<- milk; three eggs, reserving the white of one &g^; 
 one-half a cup of sugar; season, bake and frost. One cup of rolled 
 butternut meats may be substituted instead of cocoanut. 
 
 Mrs. O. L. Ballard. 
 
 Cranberry Pie. — One cup of cranberries, one cup of sugar, one 
 cup of cold water, one cup of seeded raisins, one teaspoon of flour in 
 a little water, cook all till it thickens, when cold add one teaspoon 
 of vanilla. Bake with two crusts. Mrs. George Furness. 
 
 Custard Pie. — One pint of milk, three eggs, pinch of salt, three 
 and one-half tablespoons of sugar, flavor to taste. Bake carefully. 
 
 Miss Meehan. 
 
 Meringue Custard Pie. — Yolks of four eggs, sugar to taste, pinch 
 of salt, and milk to fill a medium-sized plate. Line a plate with 
 pastry and put in the custard. Bake carefully. Grate nutmeg on 
 the top when taken from the oven. Test by inserting a knife in the 
 center; if no custard adheres the pie is done. Make meringue of 
 whites of four eggs, and brown carefully. Mrs. Gurley. 
 
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 Cream Pie. — Scald together one and one-half cups of milk and 
 one-half cup of sug-ar; piece of butter the size of a walnut; add to 
 this one-half a cup of milk, one tablespoonful of starch, yolks of two 
 eggs, and a very little salt; season with lemon; when about as thick 
 as cream put into the crust, which has been baked first, and brown 
 in the oven. Mrs. W. C. Stevens. 
 
 Chocolate and Cream Pie.— Line a deep pie plate with good 
 paste. Prick in several places with a fork to prevent blistering 
 and bake a delicate brown. For filling put over the fire in a double 
 boiler one large cup and a half of sweet milk, in which put a piece 
 of butter as large as an English walnut. Stir together one-half a 
 cup of sugar, one small half cup of flour, a small half cup of milk, 
 and the yolks of two eggs, well beaten. Mix well and add to the 
 milk above. When it boils, stir until it thickens and is well cooked. 
 Take off the iire, flavor with one teaspoonful of vanilla. Beat with 
 a silver fork hard for five or ten minutes, which greatly improves the 
 custard. Fill the baked crust with the custard. Beat the whites 
 of the eggs stiff, add two tablespoonfuls of sugar, flavor with lemon 
 or vanilla. Spread over the custard and brown lightly. For choc- 
 olate pie use the above receipt, adding two tablespoonfuls of choco- 
 late, melted. Miss E. J. Flanders. 
 
 Chocolate Pie. — The yolks of three eggs, two blocks of chocolate 
 grated, two heaping tablespoonfuls of corn starch, butter the size of 
 an Q^^^i one cup of sugar, two cups of sweet milk; beat the whites to 
 a stiff froth; sweeten, and flavor with vanilla, and frost over the top. 
 This will make two pies. Mrs. F. J. Seaver. 
 
 Dutch Pie. — One cup of rich sweet cream, one-half a cup of 
 sugar, two heaping tablespoons of flour; mix the flour and sugar, 
 add the cream, and stir until smooth. Line a plate with pastry, 
 making edges as for a custard pie. Pare, core and quarter enough 
 tart apples to half fill the crust; steam or cook the apples until they 
 soften without losing their shape, then place them in the crust and 
 pour over the cream mixture. Bake until the cream thickens in the 
 center of the pie; cool a little and serve. Mrs. E. G. Mason. 
 
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 Cherry Pie.— Line your pie plate vvitti good crust, fill half full 
 of ripe cherries which have been stoned, sprinkle over them about a 
 cupful of sugar, a teaspoon of sifted flour and a few bits of butter; 
 now fill the crust full of the cherries. Cover with the upper crust 
 and bake. 
 
 Cherry Pie with Whipped Cream.— Line a pie plate with a rich 
 crust, prick it with a fork and bake quickly in a hot oven; when 
 rather cool spread with a layer of preserved cherries and cover with 
 sweetened whipped cream flavored with vanilla. Jellj^ or jam may 
 be used in place of cherries. Mrs. McClar3^ 
 
 Apple Puffs. — Take good puff paste; cut round, using the same 
 cutter for both upper and under crust; moisten the edge of the under 
 crust with cold water, and put on a little of the filling; then take 
 the upper crust and work with the fingers, so as to enlarge the 
 center without changing the form of the edge, giving it somewhat the 
 shape of a hat; put it over the under crust, pressing the edges 
 together. 
 
 For the Filling. — To a quart of stewed apple — stewed with as 
 little water as possible— take a tablespoonful of butter; sugar, nut- 
 meg and cinnamon to taste. This must be done the day before the 
 puffs are made. In summer put upon ice. Mrs. C. Skinner. 
 
 Note. — To prevent the syrup of juicy pies escaping take a strip 
 of muslin one inch wide, wet in cold water, and la}- it around the 
 pie half upon the pie and half upon the plate, pressing it either side. 
 Remove as soon as the pie is taken from the oven. 
 
 In making berry pies it is well to sprinkle powdered cracker 
 over the berries instead of flour. 
 
 Tart Crust. — One cup of lard, one tablespoonful of white sugar, 
 the white of one &^^, beaten to a froth, three tablespoonfuls of 
 water, and a little salt. Mrs. H. R. Thompson. 
 
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 Lemon Tarts.— Bake a rich'crust the same as for other tarts. 
 
 For Fillitig. — The juice and grated rind of one and one-half or 
 two lemons, one cup of sug-ar, three eg-g-s. Cook in a double boiler 
 until of the rig-ht thickness. When cool fill the shells. Make a 
 meringue of four tablespoons of powdered sugar and the whites of 
 two eg-g-s. Carrie King- Hall. 
 
 Cherry Tarts.— Fill tart shells with thick cherry preserves. 
 
 " Sweet lad3^ tell me— can you make a pudding- ? " 
 
 Fruit Pudding. — One cup of raisins, stoned and chopped, one cup 
 of chopped suet, one cup of molasses, one cup of sour milk, one tea- 
 spoonful of soda, a pinch of salt, four cups of flour, cinnamon and 
 cloves; steam three hours; serve with a rich sauce; see "Sauces." 
 
 Mrs. Hiram H. Thompson. 
 
 Suet Pudding, No. 1.— One cup of suet chopped, one cup of 
 molasses, two cups of chopped raisins, one cup of sweet milk, four 
 cups of flour, one Qgg, one teaspoonful of salt; boil or steam three 
 hours. Mrs. Willard. 
 
 Suet Pudding, No. 2.— One and one-half cups of chopped suet, 
 one and one-half cups of sweet milk, one cup of molasses, one tea- 
 spoon each of salt, cloves, cinnamon and soda, two cups of raisins, 
 one-half a cup of citron, two cups of sifted flour. Mix in the order 
 named, place in a two-quart pudding- mould and steam four hours 
 continuously. A melon mould is a good shape. Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 English Plum Pudding.— One-half pound each of bread crumbs, 
 raisins and Eng-lish currants; one-fourth pound each of citron and 
 suet; one coffee cupful of sug-ar, a teaspoon of cinnamon, an even one 
 of ging-er, one nutmeg-, one pint of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of 
 baking- powder, five eg-g-s, well beaten, stirred into the milk and 
 added last, with one-half a cup of coffee or any desired flavoring-. 
 Steam six hours. Serve with a rich sauce. 
 
 Libbie Rog-ers McKenan. 
 
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 Woodford Pudding. — Beat the yolks of three eg-gs well, add one 
 cup of sug-ar, one-half a cup of butter rubbed to a cream, one cup of 
 flour and one cup of jam (blackberry) or preserves, one-half a salt- 
 spoon of cinnamon and whites of three eggs, beaten stiff, and one 
 teaspoonful of soda dissolved in three teaspoonfuls of sour milk. 
 Put in a pudding dish and bake slowly in a moderate oven from 
 thirty to forty minutes. Serve with plain or whipped cream. 
 
 Miss Mary Fay. 
 
 Forest Pudding. — One cup of cold water, one-half a cup of 
 molasses, dissolve a teaspoon of soda in a tablespoonful of boiling 
 water and mix with the molasses; one-half a cup of brown sugar,. 
 one-half a cup of suet, one cup of raisins, flour to make the thickness 
 of cup cakes. Steam two hours. Mrs. James Sawyer. 
 
 Fig Pudding. — One cup of molasses, one cup of milk, one-half a 
 pound of raisins, one-half a pound of figs, chopped a little, one scant 
 cup of butter, one teaspoon of soda, one-half teaspoon each of cinna- 
 mon and cloves, three cups of flour. Steam two and one-half hours 
 in a tin with a tube in the center. Serve with any kind of sauce 
 desired. Mrs. McClary. 
 
 Graham Pudding, No. 1.— One and one-half cups of graham 
 flour, one cup of sweet milk, one of molasses, one teaspoonful of 
 soda, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, one tablespoonful of melted 
 butter; steam three hours and serve with a rich sauce. To the above 
 may be added, if desired, a good half cup of raisins and one ^^^. 
 
 Mrs. Abbott. 
 
 Graham Pudding, No. 2.— One ^^^, one cup of sugar, one-half a 
 cup of molasses, three tablespoons of melted butter, one cup of not 
 very sour milk, one and two-thirds of a cup of graham flour, one cup 
 of raisins, one teaspoon of soda, and one teaspoon of baking powder- 
 Steam three hours. Mrs. F. W. Lawrence. 
 
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 Blueberry Pudding.— One quart of flour, three pints of blue- 
 berries, one pint of molasses, one teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoon- 
 ful of salt. Steam three hours. Serve with sauce. 
 
 Mrs. Thomas Havvley. 
 
 Puff Pudding.— One pint of flour, two teaspoons of baking- 
 powder, a little salt, milk to make a stift' batter. Put one-half of 
 the batter in a pudding- dish; then a g-enerous layer of fruit with a 
 sprinkling- of sugar, then the remainder of the batter. Steam one 
 hour. Serve with whipped cream and sugar or sauce. 
 
 Roily Polly.— Take g-ood soda biscuit crust, roll one-half inch 
 thick and spread with any kind of fruit— fresh, preserved or dried. 
 Roll over and over, fastening- the ends so the fruit will not escape. 
 Steam one hour and a half. Serve with cream and sugar or sauce. 
 Dried fruit must be first soaked in water. 
 
 Coffee Pudding. — Moisten one quart of bread crumbs with coffee, 
 one cup of brown sugar, one cup of chopped raisins, two tablespoons 
 of flour, three eggs beaten light, season with one-half teaspoon of 
 cinnamon, one-fourth teaspoon of cloves, one-fourth teaspoon of nut- 
 meg. Steam one hour. Mrs. Capron. 
 
 Cranberry Pudding.— One-half cup of sugar, piece of butter the 
 size of a walnut, one Qgg, one-half a cup of milk, one and one-half 
 cups of flour, one teaspoon of baking powder, one-half pint of cran- 
 berries. Steam three-quarters of an hour. See sauces. 
 
 Mrs. Marshall Howard. 
 
 Steamed Cottage Pudding.— One cup of sugar, one egg, two 
 tablespoonfuls of melted butter, one cup of sweet milk, two cups of 
 flour, one teaspoonful of cream tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda. 
 Steam one hour. To be eaten with a sauce. Equally good baked. 
 
 Mrs. Munger. 
 
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 Raisin Puffs. — One-half cup of butter, one of sugar, one of sweet 
 milk, and two of flour, two egg-s, two teaspoons of baking powder, 
 one cup of raisins, stoned and chopped. Cream the butter and 
 sugar, add the eggs well beaten; mix the flour and baking powder 
 and add the flour and milk alternately to the above mixture, then 
 add the fruit with a little flour sprinkled over it. Steam in cups 
 three-quarters of an hour. Place the cups in a steamer when the 
 water is boiling and do not take off the cover until the pudding is 
 cooked. Serve with whipped cream. Mrs. Chesle,v. 
 
 Date Puffs.— Two eggs, one cup of sugar, one-fourth cup of 
 butter, one-fourth cup of milk, one teaspoon of baking powder and 
 flour to make a thin batter. Stir in one cup of stoned dates. Fill 
 muffin cups half full and steam thirty minutes. Serve wath liquid 
 sauce. Mrs. E. G. Mason. 
 
 Vevy Pudding. — One cup of New Orleans molasses, one cup of 
 sweet milk, one-quarter of a cup of butter, two and one-half cups 
 of flour. One teaspoon each of cinnamon and soda. One-half tea- 
 spoon of cloves. Steam two hours. See sauces. 
 
 Faith Chipperfield. 
 
 Parlamo Pudding. — One cup of sugar, two eggs, one cup of sour 
 milk, two-thirds of a cup of cream, or one-half of a cup of butter, one 
 cup of chopped raisins, one teaspoonful of soda; spice to taste; flour 
 to make thickness as for cake. Steam one and one-half hours. 
 
 Mrs. Spann. 
 
 Boiled Indian Pudding.— Sift a scant pint of Indian meal and 
 mix with it a half teaspoonful of salt; boil a pint of milk; pour it 
 gradually over the meal, stirring and boiling well and smoothly; 
 while hot stir in one-half cup of broken butter; add and heat well a 
 half cup of molasses. Dissolve one-half a teaspoonful of soda in a 
 little water and beat quickly into the pudding; then turn without 
 delay into the double boiler, cover tight and boil steadily three 
 
PIES AND PUDDINGS loi 
 
 hours; turn out carefully. It is improved by adding dried fruit, 
 such as berries, currants, raisins, etc. Serve with cream or butter, 
 or better, maple sugar. Mrs. A. E. Clark. 
 
 Baked Indian Pudding.— Four tablespoonfuls of meal, one-half a 
 cup of molasses, a piece of butter the size of a walnut, one and a half 
 pints of milk, one-half cup of raisins, one ^^^. Scald one pint of 
 the milk, stir in the meal, then molasses, butter, salt and one ^^^. 
 Cook in a double boiler, turn into a pudding dish and bake one hour, 
 stirring in the remainder of the milk occasionally. 
 
 Carrie King Hall. 
 
 Baked Apple Dumplings.— One pint of flour, two small teaspoon- 
 fuls of baking powder, two tablespoonfuls of shortening, a little salt, 
 water enough to make a soft dough. Roll out and cut into six pieces, 
 fill with apples, sprinkle over a little sugar, a little cinnamon, fold 
 in shape, press the edges well together, make a little opening in the 
 center for the steam to escape, place in a baking tin and pour over 
 them one cupful of boiling water. Sprinkle each one with sugar 
 and bake in a quick oven one-half hour. Serve with cream. Any 
 kind of fruit may be used. Addie Stevenson. 
 
 Steamed Apple Dumplings. — Pare tart, mellow apples; remove 
 the cores and fill with sugar; take one quart of flour, three teaspoon- 
 fuls of baking powder and one tablespoonful of shortening; mix 
 with sweet milk or water as soft as possible; roll out and cut in 
 squares of sufficient size to roll the apples in; put on a plate and 
 steam half an hour in a steamer. Mrs. A. G. Crooks. 
 
 Peach Cobbler. — Two cups of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking 
 powder, one-half teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of butter, 
 one Q-^^, three-fourths of a cup of milk, one quart of peeled peaches. 
 Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt, rub in the butter. 
 Beat the ^^^ to a cream and add to the milk. Mix all together, turn 
 on a floured board, roll gently until about a quarter of an inch. 
 
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 thick. Line the sides of a pudding dish with a strip of the paste, 
 invert a teacup in the center of the dish and place the peaches 
 around it. Sprinkle liberally with sugar, put on the top crust and 
 bake one-half hour in quite a hot oven. When the pudding is cut 
 the cup will be found filled with a most delicious syrup, which is 
 used for the sauce. It is best to invert the pudding on a deep 
 platter. Mrs. W. H. King. 
 
 Strawberry Shortcake. — One cup of sour cream, one of milk; one 
 teaspoonful of soda; one-half a cup of butter; flour enough to knead 
 about like biscuit. This will make two cakes, and when cut open 
 makes four laj^ers. Mrs. Breed. 
 
 Currant Shortcake.— Into one pint of flour rub butter the 
 size of an Q^^\ two teaspoons of baking powder, a little salt. 
 Moisten with sweet milk. Roll out in two parts and cut the size of 
 the baking plate or tin. Spread softened butter over the bottom la3^er, 
 put the other over it and bake. The layers will cleave apart when 
 baked, which avoids cutting. Pack with ripe currants, sweetened. 
 
 Mrs. McClary. 
 
 Apple Kooker. — Take one-half a pint of sifted flour, three teaspoon- 
 fuls of baking powder; rub in butter the size of an ^^^. Add sweet 
 milk or water for a stiff batter. Put into a baking tin, slice apples 
 on top with sugar and bits of butter. Season with salt, nutmeg 
 and cinnamon. Sprinkle with a little water. Bake in a hot oven 
 and serve immediately with sugar and cream. Mrs. Beman. 
 
 Baked Apple Pudding. — Pare, core and quarter apples to cover 
 a shallow baking tin. Take one pint of flour, rub in butter the size 
 of a lemon and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Add one cup of 
 milk for a batter and pour over the apples. Turn it out into a plate, 
 having the apples on top. Serve wdth whipped cream. 
 
 Mrs. McClary. 
 
PIES AND PUDDINGS 103 
 
 Fried Apple Turnovers.— One cup of sweet milk; one teaspoonful 
 of cream tartar; one-half teaspoonful of soda; or one cup of sour 
 milk and one-half teaspoonful of soda; salt; one egg, well beaten; 
 flour to roll like biscuit; roll out and cut the size of a bowl; flour 
 the upper side ver}' lightly, fold through the center and fry in fresh 
 lard; just before serving open carefully and put in cider apple sauce, 
 sweetened and spiced. Mrs. McClary. 
 
 Brown Betty.— One cup of bread crumbs, two of chopped apple, 
 one of brown sugar. Butter a deep dish; put in the apple, then the 
 sugar, reserving a little to put with the bread crumbs; add bits of 
 butter. Season wdth cinnamon and nutmeg; then add bread crumbs; 
 bake very brown. Serve with "Fairy butter." See sauces. 
 
 Mrs. House. 
 
 Sponge Pudding.— Ten eggs— beat the whites and yolks separ- 
 ately; to one pint of boiled milk add one cup of flour and one-half 
 teaspoonful of salt; let this cool; add 3^olks of eggs, one cup of sugar, 
 and then the w^hites; put paper in the bottom of the tin; bake slowly 
 three-quarters of an hour. Serve with foaming sauce. 
 
 Mrs. Flanagan. 
 
 Angel Food Pudding.— One loaf of angel food cake cut through 
 the center, one pint of cream partly whipped, to which add one scant 
 tablespoonful of gelatine dissolved in water, one teaspoonful of 
 vanilla, four tablespoonfuls of sugar. Let it stand in a cool place 
 until it gets firm. Spread between the cake and over the top, 
 sprinkled with chopped almonds and candied cherries. 
 
 Mrs. William Breed. 
 
 Minute Pudding.— One quart of milk, six tablespoons of flour, 
 one-half cup of sugar, saltspoon of salt and one Q^^. Stir flour, 
 sugar and salt into a little of the cold milk. Heat the remainder of 
 the milk and when at the boiling point stir in the flour. Cook ten 
 minutes and just before taking from the stove stir in the &^^ beaten 
 lightly. Pour into the dish in which it is to be served. To be eaten 
 with maple sugar and cream. Hattie Knapp, 
 
104 PIES AND PUDDINGS 
 
 Corn Starch Pudding. — One pint of milk, the whites of three eggs, 
 two tablespoonfuls of corn starch, three of sugar, and a pinch of 
 salt; when the milk boils add the sugar, salt and the corn starch, 
 dissolved in a little cold milk, and when cooked take from the stove 
 and stir in the beaten whites of the eggs; pour into a mould or cups. 
 Make a boiled custard of the yolks and a pint of milk; flavor it with 
 vanilla when cool, and pour over the pudding when served. This 
 may be varied by adding cocoanut or grated chocolate, flavored with 
 vanilla, to the pudding. Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Corn Starch Meringue. — One quart of milk, three tablespoons of 
 corn starch dissolved in a little of the milk, three-fourths of a cup 
 of sugar and the yolks of four eggs. Scald the milk; add corn starch' 
 and when cooked the well-beaten yolks. Flavor with lemon. Put 
 in a pudding dish and cover with a meringue of the whites of the 
 eggs and two tablespoons of sugar; brown in the oven. To be 
 eaten cold with whipped cream. Libbie Rogers McKenan. 
 
 Banana Pudding.— Arrange one dozen of lady fingers or small 
 squares of sponge cake in a fancy china or glass pudding dish. 
 Upon these slice two good-sized bananas and sprinkle over them two 
 tablespoonfuls of sugar. Make a custard of one pint of new milk, 
 one teaspoonful of corn starch, one whole ^^^ and the yolks of two, 
 and one half cup of sugar. While slightly warm pour over the 
 bananas and cake. Make a meringue of the remaining whites of 
 two eggs and heap on the top, sprinkle a tablespoonful of sugar over 
 it and place in the oven to brown and crisp. 
 
 Mrs. Franklin Cooley. 
 
 Cocoanut Pudding.— One quart of sweet milk, ten tablespoonfuls 
 of grated cocoanut, one cup of sugar, the whites of five eggs; bake 
 one hour. Serve cold with sugar and cream. Mrs. Austin. 
 
 Baked Batter Pudding.— Four eggs well beaten, eight tablespoons 
 of flour stirred in carefully, one quart of milk added slowly and a 
 pinch of salt. Bake one-half hour. Serve with sauce. 
 
 Mrs. Belding. 
 
PIES AND PUDDINGS 105 
 
 German Puffs.— One pint of sweet milk, five tablespoonfuls of 
 flour, one tablespoonful of melted butter, six eg-gs (leaving out the 
 whites of three ) well beaten; bake in buttered cups, half filled, 
 twenty minutes in a hot oven. 
 
 For Sauce.— ^Q^^t the whites of three eggs to a stifi" froth; add a 
 cofifee cup of powdered sugar and the juice of two lemons. 
 
 Mrs. Rufus Lowe. 
 
 Bread Pudding.— Three-fourths of a pint of bread crwvah^, grated, 
 one and one-half pints of milk, two eggs, one tablespoon of melted 
 butter, three tablespoons of sugar, a pinch of salt, one teaspoon of 
 vanilla. Serve with sauce. See sauces. Mrs. Griswold. 
 
 Queen of Puddings.— One pint of bread crumbs, which should 
 be dried thoroughly in the oven and crushed before using; one full 
 quart of milk, yolks of three eggs, one cup of sugar, and a little salt; 
 after baking spread a little jelly on the top; then a frosting made 
 from the whites of the eggs; brown a few minutes in the oven. 
 
 Mrs. Amos B. Keeler. 
 
 French Charlotte.— Line a deep buttered dish with bread crumbs 
 wet with melted butter; fill it heaping with layers of cranberry 
 jelly and stewed apples— ^^'?az«<?^; sprinkle with a little powdered 
 clove; cover with bread crumbs wet with melted butter; brown in the 
 oven; turn out on a platter, and serve when nearly cold with pow- 
 dered sugar or sweetened whippfed cream. Mrs. Richardson. 
 
 Chocolate Pudding. — Two cups of scalded milk, one cup of bread 
 crumbs, one square of chocolate ( or two tablespoons of cocoa ), one- 
 third of a cup of sugar, one q^^, a pinch of salt, one teaspoonful of 
 vanilla. Scald the milk, then add the bread and let it become soft, 
 then add the chocolate. Beat the &^^ slightly, add the sugar, salt 
 and vanilla, mix thoroughly and add this to the milk and bread. 
 Bake twenty-five minutes. Serve with hard sauce. 
 
 Anna Watterson. 
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 Rice Pudding, No. 1.— One and a half cups of cooked rice, two 
 cups of milk, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one eg-g well beaten, three 
 fourths of a cup of raisins, stoned. Bake about one-half hour. 
 Serve with hard sauce. Amelia Russell. 
 
 Rice Pudding, No. 2. — To one quart of milk add two tablespoons 
 of rice — place on the back of the stove for one hour. Then sweeten, 
 salt and flavor with vanilla to taste. Put in the oven and bake 
 slowly from two and one-half to three hours. Run a spoon in at the 
 side a few times to mix the rice from the bottom with the milk, being 
 careful not to disturb the surface of the pudding. When taken from 
 the oven it must be very moist, so when ice cold it will be creamy. 
 Nutmeg may be put on top if desired. Mrs. C. W. Breed. 
 
 Rice Custard. — One quart of milk, one-half cup of rice, a little 
 salt; steam one and a half hours. Just before taking up stir into it 
 the yolks of four eggs beaten with four tablespoonfuls of sugar; turn 
 into a pudding dish, spread the beaten whites of the four eggs over 
 the top, and brown slightly. Mrs. Hiram French. 
 
 Manioca Pudding. — Three tablespoonfuls of inanioca, one quart of 
 milk, a very small piece of butter, and a little salt; soak the manioca 
 in a pint of milk over night ; in the morning add the other ingredi- 
 ents; cook in a kettle of water, stirring all the time, until it thickens; 
 then pour in a pudding dish to cool. When cool put the beaten 
 whites of two eggs sweetened a little over the top, and drop on 
 currant jelly, which improves the taste as well as the looks. Serve 
 with cream, sweetened and flavored with lemon and a little vanilla; 
 whip cream enough to thicken. Mrs. S. Greeno. 
 
 Tapioca Pudding, No. 1.— Soak four tablespoonfuls of tapioca over 
 night in one quart of sweet milk; in the morning set the pail in a kettle 
 of hot water on the stove and let come to a boil ; stir frequently ; add 
 one tumbler of sweet cream, half a tumbler of sugar and extract of 
 lemon ; beat the yolks and whites of four eggs separately and stir 
 them in; bake three-quarters of an hour. Good warm or cold. 
 
 Mrs. Austin. 
 
PIES AND PUDDINGS 107 
 
 Tapioca Pudding, No. 2. — Six tablespoons of tapioca, one quart 
 of milk, three eggs; soak the tapioca over night, sweeten and flavor 
 to taste. Heat the milk and tapioca moderately and bake one hour. 
 Serve with sauce. Mrs. C. J. Lawrence. 
 
 Peach or Apple Tapioca Pudding.— Soak one-half pint of tapioca in 
 cold water for two or three hours, then set on the stove until it boils. 
 Sweeten with white sugar. Peel and slice ripe peaches or apples 
 to nearly fill a baking dish, and sprinkle over them white sugar ; 
 pour over the tapioca and bake slowly one hour. To be eaten with 
 cream and sugar. Mrs. Robert Miller. 
 
 Pineapple Tapioca. — Put three-fourths of a cup of tapioca in one 
 quart of water, soak over night. Let it cook slowly on the back of 
 the stove until tender, adding more water if necessary. Then add 
 the juice of one lemon, sweeten to taste. Stir in a fresh pineapple, 
 chopped, or add the canned pineapple. When done stir in the beaten 
 whites of three eggs. Serve cold with whipped cream. 
 
 Hattie H. Webster. 
 
 Strawberry Tapioca. — Soak half a cup of tapioca over night. 
 Place half of it in a deep pudding dish and sprinkle with sugar. 
 Then put a layer of a pint of strawberries, then the rest of the tapi- 
 oca, then another layer of strawberries, sprinkle each layer with 
 sugar. Fill the dish full of water and bake until perfectly clear. 
 Serve cold with cream and sugar. Mrs. Temple. 
 
 Date Tapioca.— One and one-half pounds of dates, one cup of 
 tapioca; one-half cup of sugar. Cook the tapioca in water until it is 
 clear. Add stoned dates and sugar and bake three-quarters of an 
 hour. Nita Dustin. 
 
 Tapioca Caramel Pudding. — Soak one cup of tapioca in a generous 
 quart of water over night, add three cups of brown sugar and bake 
 slowl}'' one and one-fourth hours, stirring occasionally. When done, 
 add the juice of one lemon and one teaspoon of vanilla. Serve with 
 cream. Mrs. W. C. Short. 
 
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 Omelette Souffle. — Six whites and three yolks of eggs, three 
 tablespoons of pulverized sugar. Beat the yolks and sugar to a light 
 cream, add a little flavoring, beat the whites to a very stiff froth. 
 Put the yolks and sugar in a deep bowl, pour the whites over and 
 mix carefully. Turn into a baking dish slightly buttered, smooth 
 over the top, sprinkle with sugar, bake in a moderate oven about ten 
 minutes. Serve immediately. Mrs. Breed. 
 
 Custard Souffle. — Two scant tablespoonfuls of butter, two table- 
 spoonfuls of flour, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one cupful of milk, 
 four eggs. Let the milk come to a boil. Beat the flour and butter 
 together ; add to them, gradually, the boiling milk, and cook eight 
 minutes, stirring often. Beat the sugar and yolks of eggs together ; 
 add to the cooked mixture, and set away to cool. When cool, beat 
 the whites of eggs to a stiff froth, and add to the mixture. Bake in 
 a buttered pudding dish about twenty-five minutes in a moderate 
 oven. Serve immediately with creamy sauce. Mrs. Haw^kins. 
 
 Prune Pudding, No. 1. — A little over a pint of milk heated to the 
 boiling point, one tablespoon of corn starch, sugar to taste; three 
 well-beaten eggs, let come to a boil and add one cup of stewed prunes 
 without stones, pour into a buttered dish and bake fifteen or twenty 
 minutes. Serve with sauce or cream. Mrs. Frank Haven. 
 
 Prune Pudding, No. 2. — One pound of prunes stewed until tender 
 and the water well boiled down; put them through a colander. Beat 
 the whites of five eggs stiff; add two cups of sugar to the prunes and 
 two tablespoons of lemon juice, then the beaten whites, and mix all 
 thoroughly and bake twenty minutes in the dish in which it is to be 
 served. Serve immediately. Use any pudding sauce. 
 
 Miss Alice J. Watkins. 
 
PIES AND PUDDINGS 109 
 
 Orange Marmalade Pudding.— One cup of fine breadcrumbs, half 
 a cup of sugar, one cup of milk or cream, four eg-gs, two teaspoon- 
 fuls of butter, one cup of orang-e marmalade ; put the butter and 
 sugar together, add the yolks well beaten, the milk, bread crumbs 
 and the whites whipped to a froth. Put a layer of this in the bottom 
 of a well-buttered mould, spread thickly with some thick marma- 
 lade, then another layer of the mixture until the mould is full, 
 having the custard mixture at the top. Bake in a moderate oven 
 about one hour, turn out of the mould upon a dish and serve with 
 sweetened cream or custard. Mrs. Estes. 
 
PUDDING SAUCES. 
 
 "// is sometimes pleasant ejwiigh to consider the different 
 notions which different persons have of the same thing.'" 
 
 — Addison. 
 
 Foaming Sauce. — One-half cup of butter; one cup of sugar; 3'olk 
 of one eg-g- beaten to a cream, one-half a tablespoonful of flour or 
 cornstarch; add one cup of boiling" water; place in a kettle of boiling 
 water until it thickens ; add the beaten white of one ^^g and flavor- 
 ing after removing from the fire. Mrs. VV, L. Collins. 
 
 Pudding Sauce, No. 1. — One cup of sugar; one &^z^ white and 
 yolk beaten separately; stir three tablespoonful s of boiling milk in 
 just before serving; flavor with vanilla. 
 
 Mrs. Hiram H. Thompson. 
 
 Pudding Sauce, No. 2.— Butter the size of an &^^, rubbed with 
 one tablespoon of corn starch, three tablespoons of sugar, one pint 
 of boiling water, flavor with vanilla or lemon. Put in a double 
 boiler and simmer one hour or until clear. Mrs. Ralph. 
 
 Pudding Sauce, No. 3.— Butter the size of an ^^^, one-fourth of a 
 pound of sugar, one ^^^. Cream the butter and sugar thoroughlj', 
 into this drop the &^^ unbeaten, then beat all well; add two table- 
 spoons of boiling milk, a little nutmeg and stir to a good foam. 
 
 Mrs. Griswold. 
 
 Pudding Sauce, No. 4. — One cup of sugar, one half a cup of 
 butter, one ^^^. Stir the butter and sugar to a cream, add the 
 beaten yolk and then three tablespoonfuls of boiling water, mix in 
 a bowl and set in a dish of hot water until ready for use, then add 
 the beaten white of an ^^^. Flavor to taste. 
 
 Luc}-^ King Allen. 
 
PUDDING SAUCES ui 
 
 Pudding Sauce, No. 5. — Add grated rind and juice of one lemon to 
 yolk of one egg-, beat lightly; one cup of pulverized sugar, white of 
 one egg beaten stiff, two cups of whipped cream beaten thoroughly. 
 
 Mrs. Capron. 
 
 Fairy Butter or Hard Sauce. — One cup of powdered sugar, one- 
 half cup of butter, the white of one o.^^^ Beat all together until light 
 and ream}'. Flavor with nutmeg. 
 
 Cream Sauce. — Cream one cup of powdered sugar and one cup 
 of butter together, add one-half a cup of cieam. Place bowl in hot 
 water just before going to the table. It does not want to cook, just 
 get hot and dissolve. Miss Mar}'- Fay. 
 
 Strawberry Sauce, No. 1.— Make a hard sauce as directed above ; 
 add the whipped white erf one &^^ and a cupful of strawberries mashed 
 to a pulp. Any fruit may be added in the same way and makes a 
 good sauce for fruit puddings. Mrs. Belding. 
 
 Strawberry Sauce, No. 2. — Two cups of sugar, one tablespoon of 
 butter, one quart of strawberries, mix the butter and sugar, then mash 
 in the strawberries with a spoon and stir well together. Eaten with 
 rice boiled in milk this makes a delicious dessert. 
 
 Vevy Sauce. — One cup of powdered sugar and one-half cup of 
 butter creamed together. Add one well-beaten &^^ and two table- 
 spoons of boiling water. Flavor with vanilla. 
 
 Faith Chipperfield. 
 
 Sour Sauce. — One cup of sugar and two tablespoonfuls of butter 
 rubbed to a cream ; one-half cup of vinegar ; one o.^^ well beaten; 
 add one-half cup of hot water, stirring all the time. 
 
 Mrs. Whittelsey. 
 
112 PUDDING SAUCES 
 
 Caramel for Flavoring.— Put one cup of granulated sugar into a 
 dry frying pan. Stir until it not only melts but turns dark. Be 
 careful not to burn. If it is to be used at once, heat whatever is 
 used with it before adding to the caramel. If for future use, add 
 one cup of boiling water to the caramel, simmer five minutes and 
 bottle when cool. Mrs. J. E. Taylor. 
 
 Velvet Sauce. — Yolks of two eggs, one cupful of sugar, one table- 
 spoon of butter, and one cup of milk. Beat the eggs, butter and 
 sugar together. Heat the milk and add to the eggs, then place on 
 the stove and stir till it comes to a boiling heat. Flavor with vanilla 
 or whatever you wish. 
 
 Sauce for Cranberry Pudding.— One cup of sugar, one &^g, one- 
 half cup of milk. Scald the milk, beat the ^gg and sugar together 
 a long time, pour the milk in. Flavor and serve immediately. 
 
 Mrs. Marshall Howard. 
 
 Cream Sauce. — One cup of powdered sugar, one ^^^, two cupfuls 
 of whipped cream ; beat the white of the &^^ to a stiff froth; add the 
 yolk and sugar, and beat well; flavor and add the cream last of all. 
 
 Molasses Sauce. — One cupful of molasses, half a cupful of water, 
 one tablespoonful of butter, a little cinnamon, a little salt and three 
 tablespoonfuls of vinegar; boil twenty minutes. 
 
 Lemon Sauce. — One cupful of sugar, half a cupful of butter, one 
 ^^% beaten light, one lemon, juice and grated rind, or one tablespoon 
 of vinegar, half a cupful of boiling water ; put in a tin basin and 
 steam. 
 
 Maple Sugar Sauce. — Boil one-fourth of a pound of maple sugar 
 
 and a half a cup of water until it begins to spin a thread. Take 
 
 from the fire and add the juice of one lemon. Beat the whites of two 
 
 eggs until frothy, add the syrup gradually beating all the time ; 
 
 when well mixed stir in one-half cupful of cream and serve. 
 
 Table Talk. 
 
DESSERTS. 
 
 Fed by the dainties which 
 Are bred in a book.''' 
 
 Ambrosia.— Eight fine sweet orang-es peeled and sliced, half a 
 grated cocoanut, and half a cup or more of powdered sugar; arrange 
 the oranges in a dish ; then a layer of sugar ; then cocoanut ; then 
 sugar, and so on until the dish is full. A layer of pineapple adds 
 much. Mrs. Barney. 
 
 Pineapple Ambrosia. — Soak one cup of tapioca over night in one 
 quart of water. In the morning put on the back of the range with 
 one cup of sugar and a pinch of salt. Cook until clear. Remove 
 from the fire and while hot stir in one can of grated pineapple. Put 
 in a mould and when cold serve with whipped cream. If fruit is 
 used, chop, and put in more sugar, and cook ten or fifteen minutes 
 after the fruit is in. Mrs. Beman. 
 
 Charlotte Russe, No, 1. — One-half a box of gelatine, one cup of 
 sugar, nearly one quart of milk, one pint of whipped cream, three 
 eggs; dissolve the gelatine in the milk ; when hot add the eggs, well 
 beaten ; when nearly cold add whipped cream ; season with vanilla. 
 Line the moulds with sponge cake. Mrs. D. W. Lawrence. 
 
 Charlotte Russe, No. 2.— One pint of cream whipped light, one- 
 half an ounce of gelatine dissolved in a gill of hot milk, whites of 
 two eggs beaten to a stiff froth, one small teacupful of powdered 
 sugar, one small teaspoonful of vanilla, a few drops of almond; mix 
 the cream, eggs, and sugar ; flavor and beat in the gelatine last ; it 
 should be quite cold before added. Line a mould with slices of 
 sponge cake or lady fingers; fill with the mixture, and set on the ice 
 to cool. This quantity will fill two moulds. Mrs. L. C. Wead. 
 
114 DESSERTS 
 
 Charlotte Russe, No. 3. — One ounce of isinglass, ( two and one- 
 half sheets) one-half pint of milk, three eggs, one and one-half cups 
 of sugar. Melt the isinglass in the milk on the back of the stove, 
 stirring often. Beat the eggs and add the sugar; when the isinglass 
 dissolves pour over the eggs and beat well ; whip one and one-half 
 pints of cream, flavor with vanilla and add to the above mixture. 
 Line moulds with slices of sponge cake and fill ; this will make two 
 moulds. Mrs. Delia H. King. 
 
 Mock Charlotte Russe. — Moisten two tablespoonfuls of corn 
 starch in a quarter of a cup of cold water; pour over it a half pint of 
 boiling water, boil one minute ; add half a cup of sugar and pour 
 while hot over the well-beaten whites of three eggs; add a teaspoonful 
 of vanilla or other flavoring and turn into a mould to harden. Make 
 a sauce from the yolks of the eggs, beaten with four tablespoonfuls 
 of sugar and one pint of scalded milk, cooked together for a moment 
 but not allowed to boil or it will curdle. Mrs. Macintosh. 
 
 Cup Custards. — For six cups of custard take one pint of milk, 
 three tablespoonfuls of sweet cream, three eggs; three tablespoonfuls 
 of maple sugar — scraped — beaten with the eggs, and little nutmeg. 
 Fill the cups, set in a dish of hot water and bake half an hour. 
 
 Miss Chambers. 
 
 Caramel Custards. — Put four tablespoons of granulated sugar in 
 a clean frying pan, and stir over a moderate fire till it melts, being 
 careful not to let it become too dark. Divide this into six small cups, 
 turning each so that the bottom and part of the sides may be coated 
 with the caramel. Make a custard of three eggs, and four table- 
 spoons of sugar, one pint of milk and one teaspoon of vanilla. Pour 
 this mixture into the cups, set them in a pan of hot water and bake 
 in a moderate oven till firm in the center. Serve ice cold. 
 
 Addie Stevenson. 
 
DESSERTS 115 
 
 Cup Caramel. ^T wo cups of sweet milk, two tablespoonfuls of 
 corn starch, two cups of brown sugar, one-half cup of English walnut 
 meats. Place the sugar in an iron spider and melt to a smooth 
 paste. Heat the milk and thicken with corn starch. Slowly pour 
 the thickened milk over the sugar, stirring constantly to prevent 
 lumps. Add the nuts, which have been broken into pieces. Pour 
 into cups for serving. When cold serve with whipped cream. 
 
 Mrs. L. F. Hodge. 
 
 Coffee Custard. — Boil one quart of milk with five tablespoonfuls 
 of sugar; add one cup of very strong, hot coffee, four beaten eggs, 
 one-half a cup of corn starch in a little cold milk ; stir till smooth ; 
 put into cups and when cool ornament with beaten whites. 
 
 Mrs. John King. 
 
 Chocolate Blanc-mange. — One-quarter of a pound of chocolate, 
 one-half a box of gelatine, one quart of milk, one cup of sugar; put 
 all in a dish, set in a kettle of boiling water and boil one hour; when 
 nearly cold turn into a mould. Flavor with vanilla. 
 
 Mrs. John King. 
 
 Bavarian Cream. — Soak one-half box of gelatine in one-half cup 
 of water, beat the yolks of four eggs until creamy, then add one 
 small cupful of sugar. Scald one pint of milk in a double boiler, 
 and pour slowly on the beaten eggs, stirring all the time. JReturn 
 to the stove a moment to set the eggs; add the soaked gelatine, one 
 teaspoonful of vanilla, stir until the gelatine is dissolved, then 
 strain; when it is cold and beginning to set, mix in lightly one pint 
 of cream whipped. Pour into a mould to harden. 
 
 Judge Peters .—To two-thirds of a box of gelatine add one pint 
 of cold water, dissolve with one pint of boiling water, add two cups 
 of sugar, the juice of four lemons, and strain. Arrange in layers 
 three bananas, two oranges, six brazilian nuts shaved, live figs, 
 eight dates. When the gelatine is cold pour over the fruit and place 
 on ice to harden. Serve with whipped cream. Whip one pint, 
 sweeten to taste. Flavor with vanilla. Miss Mary Fay. 
 
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 Tutti Frutti — One-half box of g-elatine, one cup of sugar, juice 
 and rind of two lemons. Soak the gelatine in one-half pint of cold 
 water one hour. Then pour one pint of boiling water over it, add 
 the lemon and sugar, strain into moulds, let it stand until it begins to- 
 harden, then stir into it carefully the following fruit, cut small: 
 Two oranges, two bananas, six figs, nine dates, ten nuts. Let it 
 harden and serve with whipped cream. Mrs. E. G. Mason. 
 
 Coffee Cream. — One-half pint of boiling water, one heaping 
 tablespoon of coffee, one-fourth box of gelatine, one-half cup of sugar. 
 Pour the water on the coffee and let stand closely covered for fifteen 
 minutes, then strain over the gelatine. When cold stir in the sugar 
 and one pint of cream, which has been previously whipped, beat 
 lightly and pour in mould. 
 
 Spanish Cream — Take one-third of a box of gelatine and dissolve 
 in a pint of milk; boil twenty minutes ; add one cup of sugar ; beat 
 the yolks of four eggs and pour them in the hot milk, stirring 
 briskly; again cook a little, as for custard; beat the whites stiff and 
 pour the boiling custard on them ; stir fast. Flavor with one tea- 
 spoonful of vanilla. Pour around the mould a pint of sweetened 
 whipped cream. Mrs. William Orcutt. 
 
 Coffee Jelly. — One-half box of gelatine dissolved in one cup of 
 cold water, one cup of boiling coffee, one cup of boiling water, one- 
 half cup of sugar ; vanilla ; let it come to a boij; strain and set in. 
 moulds to cool. To be eaten with cream and sugar. 
 
 Mrs. L. C. Wead. 
 
 Grange Souffle. — Four oranges sliced and sprinkled with sugar 
 a short time before dinner; one pint of milk; three eggs, leaving out 
 the whites of two for frosting; small half cup of sugar and one tea- 
 spoonful of vanilla; make the same as boiled custard, and when cold 
 pour 'over the oranges; make the whites of the two eggs into frosting 
 with four tablespoonfuls of sugar; put over the top and brown in the 
 oven. Mrs. F. S. Channell. 
 
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 Orange Float. — One quart oi milk, juice and pulp of two lemons, 
 one coffee-cup of sugar; add four tablespoonfuls of corn starch, mixed 
 in boiling- water; let it boil fifteen minutes, stirring it ; when cool 
 pour it over four sliced oranges; spread over the top the beaten 
 whites of three eggs ; sweeten, and add a few drops of vanilla; serve 
 with cream. Mrs. B. Webster. 
 
 Banana Float.— Soak one-third of a box of gelatine in a little 
 ■cold water. Scald a pint of milk and a scant half cup of sugar 
 together. Pour a little of the hot milk over the gelatine and stir 
 until dissolved, then stir this into the rest of the milk and boil a few 
 minutes. When cool stir in two bananas broken in small pieces; 
 mix well, pour into a mould and set on ice to cool. Just before serv- 
 ing take from the mould and pour over whipped cream sweetened and 
 flavored. Addie Stevenson. 
 
 Orange Charlotte.— Make a jelly of one-half a box of gelatine, 
 one pint of orange juice and one and one-half cups of sugar, the 
 juice of one lemon and one and one-half cups of water. When 
 the jelly begins to thicken add slowly the well-beaten whites of four 
 eggs, stir until the eggs and gelatine are thoroughly mixed. A pint 
 of whipped cream may be used instead of the eggs. Line a mould 
 with sections of oranges and fill with the mixture. For a change 
 the above may be moulded and garnished with whipped cream and 
 oranges or piled in a glass dish and garnished with bright jelly and 
 orange. 
 
 Apple Charlotte.— One-third of a box of gelatine, one-third of a 
 cup of cold water, one-third of a cup of hot water, one cup of sugar, 
 juice of one lemon, one cup of chopped apples, whites of three eggs. 
 Soak the gelatine in cold water, then add boiling water, sugar, 
 lemon and apples and set it in a dish of ice water and stir until it 
 becomes thick, then add the beaten whites of the eggs. Line a 
 mould with lady fingers and pour this into it. Set in ice and serve 
 with whipped cream. Nora McCarthy. 
 
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 Snow Pudding. — Cover one-half box of gfelatine with a little cold 
 water and let soak one-half hour, pour over it one pint of boiling- 
 water, add two cups of sug^ar and juice of three lemons, strain into- 
 a tin basin, place this in a pan of ice water and let stand until 
 cold. When cold beat with an egg- beater until white as snow. 
 Beat the whit< s of four eggs to a stifif froth and stir into the pudding, 
 pour into a mould to harden. Serve with boiled custard made from 
 one quart of milk and the yolks of the four eggs or whipped cream. 
 
 Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Bivou. — Whites of four eg-gs, five tablespoonfuls of posvdered 
 sugar, two tablespoonfuls of gelatine. Beat the eggs to a stiff 
 froth, then add the sugar. Pour a little water on the gelatine 
 to soften, then place on the fire and let it dissolve. When boiling- 
 hot pour over the sugar and eggs. Beat for about twentj^ minutes 
 after putting in the gelatine. Flavor with one teaspoonful of vanilla. 
 Serve with plain or whipped cream and strawberry preserves. 
 
 Mrs. William Breed. 
 
 Devonshire Junket. — One quart of new milk, warmed to blood' 
 heat only. One tablet dissolved in a teaspoonful of the milk. Two 
 teaspoonfuls of sugar; nutmeg (or any other flavoring, coffee, 
 chocolate, fruit juice. If using the last named, a half cupful, and of 
 milk one-half cupful less must be used. ) Stir as little as possible and 
 set aside to coagulate. Then cool in the ice box. 
 
 Mrs. W. S. Lawrence. 
 
 Orange Baskets. — Take oranges and cut them around in the 
 shape of a basket with a sharp knife. Take out the pulp carefully 
 with a spoon; make a gelatine jelly with the juice of the oranges 
 and fill the baskets with this, after they are placed on cups or 
 tumblers, and when firm place them on the dish from which to serve 
 and pile upon them whipped cream. Mrs. McClary. 
 
DESSERTS 
 
 119 
 
 Orange Jelly.— For each pint of juice allow one-half box of 
 gelatine, one-half cup of cold water, one cup of boiling- water, one cup 
 of sugar and the juice of one lemon. Proceed as for lemon jelly. 
 
 Mrs. McClary. 
 
 Lemon Jelly. — ^Two cups of sugar, one cup of lemon juice, one 
 quart of boiling water, one cup of cold water and one box of gela- 
 tine. Soak the gelatine in cold water two hours; then add boiling 
 water, sugar and lemon juice. Strain and mould. 
 
 Miss Fleming. 
 
 Raspberry Gelatine. — One-half a box of gelatine dissolved in one- 
 half pint of cold water, add one-half pint of boiling water, one pint 
 of raspberry juice, sugar to taste. Beat in one pint of whipped 
 cream when the above is partly set, and place in a mould. 
 
 Nora McCarthy. 
 
 Grape Fruit. — The grapefruit is served at breakfast or as a first 
 course at luncheon. The center must be taken out with a sharp 
 knife, the pulp separated from the thin, bitter skin (which separates 
 the sections) taking great care not to cut through the peel. Fill with 
 powdered sugar. The pulp and juice is eaten with a spoon from 
 the peel, one-half the grape fruit being served to each person. When 
 preferred put on ice. 
 
FROZEN DESSERTS. 
 
 Then farewell heat and welcome frost. ''^ 
 
 — Merchant of Ve?iice. 
 
 Ice Cream, No. 1 . — Put one quart of milk into a pail and set into 
 a kettle of hot water; add three-quarters of a pound of sugar and let 
 this scald; wet one tablespoonful of corn starch in a little milk and 
 scald until smooth; beat the yolks of three eggs and add just as you 
 take the milk from the stove; strain through a gravy strainer; one 
 coffee-cup of cream beaten to a froth; whites of three eggs beaten stifif ; 
 stir with the cream and add to the custard when cool; flavor. 
 
 Miss Meeker. 
 
 Ice Cream, No. 2. — Make a custard in a double boiler of one 
 quart of milk, three even tablespoons of corn starch, and one-half 
 cup of sugar; when cold stir in two quarts of cream, one coffee-cup of 
 sugar, two tablespoons of vanilla, one of lemon; after thoroughl3' 
 mixing put in a freezer. Do not stir much for five minutes, after 
 that the more it is stirred the finer the cream. 
 
 Lib.bie Rogers McKenan. 
 
 Vanilla Ice Cream. — For four or five quarts of ice cream take 
 two quarts of milk and three small cups of sugar. Let come to a 
 boil in a double boiler. Stir in gradually two heaping tablespoon- 
 fuls of corn starch, which has been thoroughly mixed with cold milk. 
 Cook about thirty minutes or until of the consistency of cream. When 
 cold, add two quarts of thick cream, slightly whipped. Flavor 
 with vanilla and a little lemon to your taste. Strain and put into 
 the freezer. If desired the whites of two eggs well beaten can be 
 added just before freezing. Mrs. W. H. King. 
 
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 Hot Chocolate Sauce for Ice Cream, No. 1.— To one-half cupful of 
 boiling- water add one cupful of granulated sugar and stir until dis- 
 solved, then boil without stirring until it threads. Add one square of 
 Baker's chocolate or four level tablespoonfuls of Huyler's powdered 
 chocolate dssolved in two tablespoonfuls of boiling water. Let it all 
 boil up again until it threads and serve immediately. 
 
 Mrs. Belding. 
 
 Hot Chocolate Sauce, No. 2. — Melt four squares of chocolate over 
 the teakettle, add four tablespoonfuls of sugar, and stir till smooth. 
 Add gradually one scant cupful of hot water and boil it slowly ten 
 minutes, then add one-half cupful of cream, one-half teaspoonful of 
 vanilla. If desired a teaspoonful of arrow root to thicken. 
 
 Mrs. Estes. 
 
 Maple Sugar Sauce for Ice Cream.— One pint of maple sugar 
 syrup, boil until it thickens; one-fourth of a pound of English 
 walnuts chopped fine. Serves twenty people. " 
 
 Mrs. S. T. Carpenter. 
 
 Banana Ice Cream. — Two quarts of cream, one of milk, one even 
 teaspoon of corn starch, one coffee-cup of sugar, nine bananas cut in 
 small pieces. Make a custard of milk and corn starch ; strain and 
 when cold stir into the cream, slightly whipped. Put all together 
 and freeze. Libbie Rogers McKenan. 
 
 Chocolate Ice Cream. — One quart of cream, one pint of new 
 milk, two and a half cups of sugar, two eggs beaten very light, six 
 tablespoonfuls of chocolate wet with a very little hot water, one tea- 
 spoonful of vanilla ; make a custard of the milk, sug-ar, eggs and 
 chocolate; when cold stir in the cream and vanilla and freeze. 
 
 Mrs. F. S. Channell. 
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122 FROZEN DESSERTS 
 
 CofPee Ice Cream.— Six tablespoonfuls of coffee, one-half white 
 of an egg placed in a muslin bag and cooked in one pint of hot or 
 cold water; when done strain through a muslin bag and add to this 
 one pint of milk, three cups of sugar, yolks of three eggs, and strain 
 in a double boiler. When cold add the beaten whites of three eggs 
 and from one pint to one quart of whipped cream. 
 
 Mrs. McClar3^ 
 
 Strawberry Ice Cream. — One quart of cream, two cups of sugar, 
 one and one-half quarts of strawberries. Put one-half the cream 
 and one Cup of sugar on to boil in a double boiler ; when the sugar 
 is dissolved set aside to cool. Add the remainder of the sugar to the 
 berries and after letting them stand an hour, strain through cheese 
 cloth. Add remaining half of the cream to sweetened cream and 
 freeze ; when nearly frozen add the fruit juice, beat thoroughly and 
 finish freezing. Mrs. Chipperfield. 
 
 Caramel Ice Cream, No. 1.— Put one-half cup of sugar in an iron 
 frying pan and stir over the fire until it melts and becomes brown, 
 being careful not to burn ; add to it one pint of boiling milk ; stir a 
 minute longer and stand awa}^ to cool ; w^hen cold add a quart of 
 cream, a cup of sugar and a tablespoonful of vanilla and freeze. 
 
 Caramel Ice Cream, No. 2.— One quart of milk, scald three- 
 fourths of the milk, one quart of cream, one-third of a cup of flour, 
 with one cup of sugar mixed through it, then wet slowly with 
 remaining one-fourth of milk, add two eggs well beaten, and beat all 
 until smooth. Then stir in scalded milk for custard. Melt one cup 
 of sugar in a thin skillet and when brown stir in briskly ( a little 
 at a time ) in custard while on the fire. Strain. When cold add the 
 cream and freeze. Mrs* William Breed. 
 
 Almond Ice Cream. — One quart of cream, one cup of sugar, one- 
 fourth pound of shelled almonds, one tablespoonful each of caramel 
 and vanilla. Blanch and roast the nuts and pound to a smooth 
 
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 paste. Put the sugar and half the cream on the fire and stir till 
 the sugar is dissolved, then add the rest of the cream and almonds ; 
 when cold add the caramel and vanilla and freeze. Walnut ice 
 cream is made the same way— using one-fourth pound of shelled 
 walnuts. Mrs. Rorer. 
 
 Maple Ice Cream.— Make a steamed custard of one quart of milk, 
 one and one-half cups of soft maple sugar, two eggs beaten light. 
 When cold add one pint of cream beaten a little. 
 
 Alice Redmond. 
 
 Peach Ice Cream.— Put into a double boiler one quart of milk, 
 one and a half cupfuls of sugar ; boil until the sugar is dissolved; 
 add one heaping tablespoonful corn starch, which has been thoroughly 
 mixed with cold milk. Cook about thirty minutes. When cold add 
 one quart of thick cream, one dozen peaches pared and mashed, one 
 fourth of a teaspoonful of almond extract, strain and freeze. 
 
 Mrs. Breed. 
 
 Lemon Ice. — Eight lemons, whites of six eggs, two quarts of 
 water, sugar to taste. Cut and squeeze the lemons— let the rinds 
 stand in water ten minutes. Strain all through a colander, press- 
 ing out all the juice. Sweeten and strain through flannel. Beat 
 the eggs to a stiff froth. Pour the water into the freezer, add the 
 eggs and stir thoroughl}^ Then freeze. Mrs. Ralph. 
 
 Orange Ice. — Six or eight oranges, juice of two lemons, two 
 quarts of water and sugar to taste. Squeeze juice of oranges, 
 grate outside of three and pulp of all, not using the white skin. 
 Proceed as for lemon ice. Mrs. Ralph. 
 
 Strawberry Ice.— One quart of strawberr}' juice, one quart of 
 water, juice of five lemons; strain through a flannel bag. One pint 
 of sugar. When nearly frozen add the whites of three eggs well 
 beaten. Libbie Rogers McKenan. 
 
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 Milk Sherbet. — One quart of milk, one pint of sugar, four lemons; 
 mix the lemon juice and sugar and let it stand ; chill the milk and 
 just before freezing add the sugar and lemon. One pint of cream, 
 beaten, improves it. Mrs. Richardson. 
 
 Sicilian Sherbet. — The juice of eight oranges, one quart can of 
 apricots, press the fruit through a sieve ; dissolve a heaping table- 
 spoon of gelatine in a little water, then add the juice and fruit ; 
 sugar to taste and freeze. Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Peach Sherbet. — Pare one dozen large mellow peaches, chop fine 
 with a silver knife and press through a sieve, add one pint of orange 
 juice, a pound of sugar. Dissolve one heaping tablespoon of gela- 
 tine in one-half cup of cold water, add to the mixture and freeze. 
 Any combination of fruits may be used that blends nicely. 
 
 Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Pineapple Sherbet.— One tablespoonful of gelatine, one and one- 
 half cups of sugar, two quarts of water ; boil ten minutes; let cool, 
 add one can of chopped pineapple or cooked fresh pineapple if 
 desired, and freeze. Mrs. John Robb. 
 
 Orange Sherbet. — Soak one tablespoonful of gelatine in one-half 
 cup of cold water. Wash and soak the skin of two oranges in one 
 cup of water. When some of the flavor is extracted, put this and 
 one cup of sugar and one pint of orange juice into a pitcher. Dis- 
 solve the gelatine in the boiling water, and add to the mixture. 
 Strain into a can and freeze. A little cream is an addition. If you 
 do not use the extract from the skin of the oranges add one tea- 
 spoon of extract of orange. Mrs. S. A. Beman. 
 
 Mousse. — One pint of whipped cream, sweeten and flavor with 
 bitter almond, add one-half pound of macaroons, color green and 
 freeze, then pack in cups with cherries on top. 
 
 Mrs. Frank Haven. 
 
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 Note. — For mousse the cream is alvva^'^s whipped before mixing- 
 with other ingredients ; put into a packed and chilled mould ; must 
 not be stirred. It requires more salt to freeze than ice cream. 
 About four pounds of salt to a three-quart freezer. 
 
 Biscuit Tortoni — .Boil one cofteecup of granulated sugar and the 
 same quantity of water together for twenty-five minutes, draw to one 
 side of the fire and stir into the syrup the whites of three eggs 
 beaten to a stiff froth, beat the three 3^olks well and add to the 
 mixture. Place the sauce pan in another pan of boiling water and 
 cook for ten minutes, stirring all the time. Remove from the fire 
 and add two dozen finely powdered macaroons (about a cup and a 
 half ) and set away to cool. When cold add two and one-half or 
 three teaspoons of vanilla and a quart of cream well whipped. 
 Pour into a mould, pack with ice and a good deal of salt for four 
 hours. ( Two tablespoonfuls of finely- chopped almonds are very 
 nice). Mrs. Breed. 
 
 Mousse Cafe. — Proceed as in recipe for Biscuit Tortoni, sub- 
 stituting half a pint of strong coffee for the macaroons. 
 
 Pineapple Mousse.— One pint can of grated pineapple, juice of 
 one lemon, one-half box of gelatine and one quart of cream, sugar to 
 taste, perhaps half a cup. Soak the gelatine in half a cup of cold 
 water for fifteen minutes, add the sugar and lemon juice to the 
 pineapple. Whip the cream, add one-half a cup of hot water to the 
 gelatine and strain it into the pineapple. Put this in a basin and 
 stand in a pan of cracked ice and stir till it begins to thicken. Then 
 add carefully the whipped cream. Put the mixture in a melon 
 mould and pack in salt and ice. 
 
 Maple Mousse. — One cup of maple sugar boiled about as you 
 would for packing a cake; pour into this the lightl}' beaten 3'olks of 
 two eggs; stir until cold and when ready pack for freezing and add 
 one pint of cream, whipped. Mrs. Marshall. 
 
126 FROZEN DESSERTS 
 
 Vanilla Glace. — Whip one pint of cream stiff. Beat the yolks of 
 two eg-gs lig-ht. Beat both tog-ether. Beat in one cup of powdered 
 sugar well. Flavor with one and one-half teaspoonfuls of vanilla. 
 Pour into a melon mould and pack in ice for four hours. Sufficient 
 to serve eight people. Mrs. Breed. 
 
 Maple Parfait. — Take enough good maple sugar to make one cup 
 of syrup. When the syrup is cold add it to one pint of cream. Stir 
 together, chill and whip. Then put it in a mould and pack in salt 
 and ice. Let stand three hours. Parfait may be made from any 
 flavoring or fruit desired, the parfait taking the name o'f flavoring 
 or fruit used, as strawberry, grape parfait, etc. 
 
 Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Cafe Parfait. — One-half pint of cream, one-half cup of sugar, one- 
 fourth cup of clear strong coffee; mix all together, chill and whip. 
 Put the mixture in a mould, cover with paper to prevent water 
 getting in and pack in salt and ice. Let stand three hours without 
 stirring. Or in place of coffee use one tablespoon of melted chocolate. 
 
 Alice J. Watkins. 
 
 Cafe Frappe. — Prepare coffee according to directions ; add 
 cream and sugar as for drinking, only making much sweeter. 
 Turn into a freezer and work slowly until slightly frozen. Serve in 
 glasses. Nice for warm summer evening. Mrs. Breed. 
 
 Frozen Peaches. — Cut into small pieces one can of peaches. Boil 
 one quart of water and one pint of sugar five minutes. When cold 
 add the peaches and freeze. When beginning to harden, add one 
 pint of whipped cream. Apricots, cherries, pineapples and straw- 
 berries may be used. Mrs. Chipperlield. 
 
 Nesselrode Pudding. — One pint each of large chestnuts, cream 
 and water, yolks of six eggs, one pound of sugar, one-half pint of 
 grated pineapple or one-half can drained, one pound of mixed candied 
 
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 fruit and one cup of almonds. Shell the chestnuts and put in boiling- 
 water for five minutes, then throw into cold water and remove skins. 
 Cook the blanched chestnuts till tender and press through a sieve. 
 Boil the sugar and water together for five minutes, beat the yolks of 
 the eggs till creamy and add gradually to the boiling syrup ; take 
 from the fire and beat continuously until thick and cool. When cold 
 add the cream slightly whipped, the chestnuts, one tablespoonful of 
 vanilla and the almonds which have been previously blanched and 
 pounded. Put into a freezer and freeze. When frozen remove the lid 
 of the freezer and stir in the finely chopped fruit. Replace the lid 
 and turn the freezer for another five minutes. Then put the cream 
 in a mould and pack in ice and salt till ready to serve. Serve with 
 whipped cream or the following- sauce: Beat the yolks of two eggs 
 and two tablespoonfuls of sugar to a cream; then stir over hot water 
 till the eggs are a little thickened, remove froni the fire and con- 
 tinue to beat till cold; add two teaspoonfuls of lemon juice and then 
 mix in lightly one-half pint of cream whipped to a stiff froth. 
 
 Frozen Pudding. — One quart of cream, one pint of milk, two eggs, 
 one-fourth of a cup of flour, two tablespoons of gelatine, two cups of 
 sugar, one-half tablespoon of vanilla, one-half tablespoon of lemon, 
 one pound of candied cherries, one pound of candied pineapple, one 
 pound of English walnuts. Beat the flour, eggs and one cup of 
 sugar together and stir into boiling milk, cook twenty minutes, then 
 add the gelatine. When cool add the other cup of sugar, cream and 
 flavoring. Freeze and when it begins to stiffen add the fruit. 
 
 Mrs. Fred Amsden. 
 
 Frozen Fig Pudding. — One quart of milk, one cup of sugar, four 
 eggs, one tablespoon of gelatine, one tablespoon of vanilla, one-half 
 pound of walnuts, one-half pound of figs. Soak the gelatine in a 
 little water, then make a custard of the sugar, eggs and milk. 
 Dissolve the gelatine in the custard, add the fruit and nuts, chopped 
 fine, flavor and freeze. Mrs. W. C. Short. 
 
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 Frozen Pineapple Souffle.— Pare and grate two medium pine- 
 apples, the pulp should measure one pint ; add to this the juice of 
 one lemon and a pint of sugar ; cover a half box of gelatine with a 
 half cup of cold water and let it soak one-half hour. Beat the yolks 
 of six eggs until creamy, then add them to the pineapple and mix 
 well. Put the gelatine over hot water and when dissolved add it to 
 the pineapple. Turn this mixture into a tin basin and stand in a 
 pan of cracked ice ; stir carefully until it begins to thicken, then 
 add quicklj^ one pint of cream, whipped ; turn this into a mould, put 
 on the lid and bind the seam with a piece of muslin dipped in butter. 
 Pack in salt and ice and let stand two hours. Canned pineapple 
 may be used instead of fresh. Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
CAKES. 
 
 ' ' Wottldst thou have thy cake 
 And eat it toof 
 
 Hints for Making Cake.— Measure the flour after sifting unless 
 otherwise stated. Sift the baking- powder or cream tartar with the 
 flour. Eggs will beat more quickly if cold. Grease cake pans with 
 butter. Line the bottoms of cake tins with paper; la3'er cake tins 
 and patty pans also. In mixing cake, first beat the butter to a 
 cream, add the sugar and beat light ; next beat in the eggs, add the 
 milk, the flavoring and spices ; then the flour, and if there is fruit, 
 roll it in a little of the flour saved from the measure and stir in last. 
 If the eggs are beaten separately add the whites alternatelj' with 
 the flour. 
 
 White Cake, No. 1.— Whites of eight eggs, two cups of sugar, 
 one-half cup of butter, three-fourths of a cup of sweet milk, two and 
 one-half cups of flour, two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder ; 
 flavor to taste. Mrs. D. W. Lawrence. 
 
 White Cake, No. 2.— One cup of granulated sugar, scant half 
 cup of butter, a good one-third cup of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of 
 cream tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda, whites of four eggs beaten 
 ver3^ stiff, one and one-half cupfuls of flour. Flavor with almond 
 carefully or one teaspoonful of vanilla. Mrs. Breed. 
 
 White Cake, No. 3.— One-half cup of butter, one and one-half 
 cups of sugar, one-half cup of sweet milk, two cups of flour, two 
 teaspoonfuls of baking powder; stir the butter and flour to a smooth 
 paste by adding the milk a little at a time; add the sugar by 
 degrees; then the baking powder in a little of the flour; last add the 
 whites of five eggs beaten stiff. Mrs. P. H. Shields. 
 
/JO CAKES 
 
 White Cake, No. 4.— One cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter 
 beaten to a cream, to which add the whites of four eggs well beaten, 
 mix thoroughly and add two-thirds of a cup of sweet milk, two cups 
 of flour, two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one-third of a 
 teaspoonful of rose flavoring. Mrs. Fred Amsden. 
 
 White Cake, No. 5. — One and one-half cups of sugar, same of 
 flour, one-half cup of corn starch mixed with one teaspoonful of 
 cream of tartar, one-half cup of butter, one-half cup of milk, one- 
 half teaspoonful of soda, whites of six eggs. Flavor to taste. 
 
 Mrs. Henry Foote. 
 
 Silver Cake.— Beat one-half of a cupful of butter to a cream; add 
 one and one-half cupfuls of sugar, beat again. Now add one cupful 
 of cold water and two and one-half of flour. Beat thoroughly and 
 continuously for five minutes, and then stir in two teaspoonfuls of 
 baking powder. Have ready the well-beaten whites of four eggs; 
 stir them carefully in and bake in a moderate oven. 
 
 Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Chocolate Caramel Cake.— For one loaf of white cake, baked 
 and left remaining in a long tin, take the white of one egg, three 
 tablespoons of cold water, one-half teaspoon of vanilla and enough 
 sifted confectioner's sugar to make thick enough to spread over the 
 cake; then one hour afterwards melt one-fourth of a cake of 
 chocolate, and spread this over the cream with a knife. If pre- 
 ferred, in place of this make the following: Two cups of sugar, 
 one-half cup of sweet cream or one-half cup of milk and a piece of 
 butter the size of a walnut. Boil together about five minutes. 
 Remove from the fire, flavor with vanilla and stir to a cream. Cover 
 with the melted chocolate or chopped walnuts. Mrs. McClary. 
 
CAKES 131 
 
 Flake Cake. — One-half cup each of molasses, sugar, butter and 
 sour milk, two cups of flour, 3'olks of two eg-gs, one teaspoon each of 
 soda and vanilla, and a scant half teaspoon of cloves. Makes three 
 layers. Pack with boiled frosting, made from the whites of the 
 eggs, two cups of sugar, and one-half teaspoon of citric acid. 
 
 Jean Hawkins. 
 
 Potato Cake. — Two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, one-half cup 
 of milk, four eggs, two cups of flour, one cup of mashed potato, four 
 sticks of grated chocolate, two teaspoons, of baking powder, one 
 teaspoon each of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves, one cup of chopped 
 walnuts. Bake in a loaf. Mrs. J. H. King-. 
 
 German Chocolate Cake. — One cup of sugar, one small table- 
 spoonful of butter, two eggs, yolks and whites beaten separately, 
 one small cup of milk, two large teaspoons of baking powder, two 
 cups of flour, add filling while hot. 
 
 Take one-half cake of Baker's chocolate, one-half cup of milk; 
 one cup of sugar, yolk of one Qgg. Cook all together until it thickens 
 and add it to the cake. Bake in four layers, and put together 
 with boiled frosting. Can add one square of melted chocolate to the 
 frosting. Flavor with vanilla. Mrs. John King. 
 
 Cocoanut Cake.— Two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, one cup 
 of corn starch, one cup of sweet milk, whites of four eggs, one-half 
 teaspoon of cream tartar, one-fourth teaspoon of soda, two cups of 
 flour; beat the starch, cream tartar and milk together. Whites of 
 four eggs for frosting with cocoanut. Mrs. M. H. Barry. 
 
 Layer Cake, No. I. — One-half cup of butter, one and one-fourth 
 cups of sugar, one cup of milk, two and one-half cups of flour and 
 two teaspoons of baking powder; whites of four eggs; flavor with 
 lemon. Mrs. D. W. Lawrence. 
 
132 CAKES 
 
 Layer Cake, No. 2. — One and one-half cups of sugar, one-half 
 cup of butter, one cup of milk, whites of three eg-gs, two heaping 
 cups of flour, two teaspoons of baking powder, flavor to taste. 
 
 Mrs. Lincoln. 
 
 Orange Cake. — Two cups of sugar, two cups of flour, one-half 
 a cup of cold water, pinch of salt, a teaspoonful of cream tartar, 
 one-half teaspoonful of soda, four eggs, the juice and grated rind of 
 one large orange; beat the yolks and sugar together ; dissolve the 
 soda in the water ; sift the cream tartar in the flour; add the beaten 
 whites of two of the eggs ; bake as for jelly cake. For the icing put 
 nearly' a pound of sugar with the beaten whites of the other two eggs 
 and add the juice and grated rind of another orange. 
 
 Mrs. Gilbert. 
 
 Harlequin Cake. — One cup of butter creamed, two cups of sugar, 
 one cup of sweet milk, yolks of three eggs, three cups of pastry flour, 
 one teaspoonful of cream tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda, or three 
 teaspoonfuls of baking powder, whites of three eggs. Mix in the 
 order given, then divide into four equal parts. Have two parts the 
 color of the dough, color the third with one square of melted choco- 
 late, color fourth part with pink coloring — one-half teaspoonful 
 of cochineal, one-half as much alum, the same of cream tartar, put 
 it in two tablespoonfuls of warm water, let it stand and then strain 
 through a cloth. Bake in pie tins, chocolate layer first, second 
 white, third pmk, fourth white. Mrs. George Furness. 
 
 One Egg Cake. — One egg, one cup each of sugar and sweet milk, 
 two cups of flour, three tablespoons of melted butter, two teaspoons 
 of cream tartar, one teaspoon of soda. Bake in two or three layers. 
 Excellent with whipped cream as a filling. Hattie B. Warner. 
 
 Nut Cake, No. 1. — Two cups of flour ; four eggs, one small cup 
 of butter, one cup of sugar, one cup of cold water; one teaspoon of 
 soda, tv^'o teaspoons of cream tartar ; one cup of hickor}' or butter- 
 nut meats. Mrs. John Kobb. 
 
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 Nut Cake, No. 2. — Two cups of sug-ar, one cup of butter, not too 
 full, four whole eg-gs and one yolk, two thirds of a cup of milk, three 
 cups of flour, three even teaspoons of baking- powder, two teacups of 
 walnut meats, chopped fine. This quantity makes two loaves. 
 
 Mrs. George Hale. 
 
 Ribbon Cake. — ^Take nearly one-third of white cake batter and 
 add to it one cup of raisins, one cup of currants, one-fourth pound of 
 citron, cinnamon and cloves to taste, two tablespoonfuls of molasses; 
 bake in a layer and the rest of the batter in two layers; put the 
 three together with jelly, having the fruit loaf in the center. 
 
 Mrs. Annie Morgan. 
 
 Rolled Jelly Cake.— Four eg-gs, yolks and whites beaten separ- 
 ately, two-thirds of a cup of sugar, one and one-half teaspoons of 
 baking powder, three teaspoons of cold water, one cup of flour. 
 Bake rather slowly in a heavy tin or dripping pan ( size 18 x 10 
 inches ), when baked turn on a cloth, leaving the bottom side up, 
 and spread with jelly which has been beaten with a fork and roll 
 the cake lengthwise while warm. Mrs. McClary. 
 
 Chocolate Cake.— Shave one-half a cake of Baker's chocolate, 
 pour over it one-half a cup of boiling- water and let it dissolve, two 
 cups of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one-half cup of thick sour milk, 
 one-half teaspoon of soda, two teaspoons of vanilla, two eggs, two 
 even cups of flour; put the chocolate in before the flour. 
 
 Mrs. Frank Haven. 
 
 Chocolate and Nut Loaf Cake. — Two and one-half cups of sug-ar, 
 one cup of butter, one cup of sour milk, one teaspoon of soda, five 
 eggs, one and one-half squares of Baker's chocolate melted, two and 
 one-half cups of flour, one cup of English walnuts chopped, not too 
 fine. Stir the butter and sugar, add the beaten yolks of the eggs, 
 then the sour milk, to which the soda has been added, add the beaten 
 
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 whites of the eggs, mixing- alternatel}' with two and one-half cups of 
 flour, add a good pinch of salt and two teaspoonfuls of vanilla, 
 adding last two-thirds of a cup of nuts, using the remainder in the 
 icing. This makes two sheets. Mrs. O. S. Lawrence. 
 
 Spice Cake, No. 1. — One cup of sugar, one-half cup of molasses, 
 one-half cup of butter, one-half cup of sour milk, two and one-half cups 
 of flour, one teaspoonful of soda, 3'olks of four eggs, one teaspoonful 
 of cloves, allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg. 
 
 Mrs. William C. Orcutt. 
 
 Spice Cake, No. 2. — Two eggs, one and one-fourth cups of sugar, 
 one cup of sour cream with a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in it, two 
 cups of chopped raisins, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, a pinch of 
 salt and two cups of flour. Mrs. S. T. Carpenter. 
 
 Clove Cake. — One cup of butter, one cup of sugar, one cup of 
 molasses, three cups of flour, three eggs, one dessertspoon of salera- 
 tus, raisins, about a dessertspoon of cloves. 
 
 Mrs. Albert Andrus. 
 
 Citron Cake. — One cup of sugar, one-third of a cup of butter, 
 one-half a cup of sweet milk, two cups of flour, two eggs or the 
 whites of four, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder ; when for a loaf 
 add citron and a cup of raisins. Mrs. A. Williamson. 
 
 Quick Cake. — Break two eggs into a small teacup and fill up 
 with thin, sweet cream; one teacupful of sugar, one coftee-cup of 
 flour, one teaspoonful of cream tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda; 
 measure your sugar and put in a pan ; then pour in the eggs and 
 cream; measure the flour and sift in; then the soda and cream 
 tartar; beat all together. Mrs. AVhittelse}'. 
 
 One Egg Cake. — One ^^^i one cup of sugar, a piece of butter the 
 size of an &^^, one cup of sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls of cream 
 tartar, one teaspoonful of soda, two cups of flour. Mrs. Swift. 
 
CAKES 
 
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 Bread Cake. — Two cups of light bread sponge, one and one-half 
 cups of sugar, two-thirds of a cup of butter, two eggs, one cup of 
 flour, one teaspoonful of soda, one cup of raisins, cinnamon and 
 nutmeg. Mrs. S. W. Gillett. 
 
 Old Fashioned Cream Cake.— One cupful each of sour cream 
 and sugar; two eggs, two cups of flour, one-half teaspoon of soda, a 
 pinch of salt and a little nutmeg. Better when eaten fresh. 
 
 Mrs. Belding. 
 
 Angel Cake. — The whites of eleven eggs, one and one-half cups 
 of granulated sugar, one cup of pastry flour, measured after being 
 sifted four times; one teaspoonful of cream tartar, one teaspoonful 
 of vanilla. Sift the flour and cream tartar together. Beat the sugar 
 into the eggs, after beating the eggs to a stifl" froth; add the season- 
 ing and flour, stirring lightly. Beat until read}' to put in the oven; 
 bake forty minutes in a moderate oven. Use a pan that has little 
 legs at the top corners, so that when the pan is turned upside down 
 on the table, after baking, a current of air will pass over and under 
 it. Do not grease the pan. Miss Parloa. 
 
 Note. — If the oven is too hot place a tin of cold water inside to 
 reduce the temperature. 
 
 Gold Cake.— Yolks of eight eggs beaten light, one cup of sugar, 
 one-half cup of sweet milk, three tablespoonfuls of softened butter, 
 one and three-fourths cups of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking 
 powder. Mrs. S. T. Carpenter. 
 
 Sunshine Cake, No. 1. — ^Whites of seven and yolks of five small 
 eggs, one cup of granulated sugar, two-thirds of a cup of flour, one- 
 third of a teaspoonful of cream tartar and a pinch of salt. Sift, 
 measure, and set aside the flour and sugar, as for an angel cake. 
 Beat the 3'olks of the eggs thoroughly, then affer washing the beater, 
 beat the whites about half ; add cream tartar and beat until ver}-. 
 
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 very stiff. Stir in the sugar lighitly, then the beaten yolks thor- 
 oughly; add the flour; flavor and put in tube pan and in the oven at 
 once. Bake from thirty to fifty minutes. Mrs. Van Deusen. 
 
 Sunshine Cake, No. 2. — Beat the yolks of four eggs until thick 
 and light, add gradually one and a half cups of powdered sugar 
 and beat ten minutes longer. Stir in lightly the whites of eleven 
 eggs, which have been beaten stiff, add one cupful of flour in which 
 is mixed one teaspoonful of cream tartar; sift both five times. 
 Mix gently and add one teaspoonful of vanilla or the grated 
 rind of one lemon and a teaspoonful of the juice. Turn into an 
 ungreased tin and bake three-quarters of an hour or until done. 
 
 Mrs. S. T. Carpenter. 
 
 Sponge Cake, No. 1. — Two eggs beaten hard, one cup of sugar, 
 beat the eggs and sugar thoroughly w^ith a beater, add one cup of flour 
 — measure first and then sift twice — one-half cup of boiling water, a 
 little salt, one teaspoonful of baking powder, vanilla. Moderate 
 oven at first ; bake about forty minutes in angel cake tin; cut 
 with a cake knife. Sadie M. Thompson. 
 
 Sponge Cake, No. 2.— One tumbler each of sugar and flour, five 
 eggs and a pinch of salt, flavor with lemon. Beat the yolks and 
 sugar light, add the beaten whites, then beat all fifteen minutes, 
 stir in the flour lightly, and bake immediately. 
 
 Mrs. McVickar. 
 
 Sponge Cake, No. 3.— The yolks of three eggs, a small cup of 
 sugar, three tablespoonfuls of cold water in the eggs and sugar. 
 Beat until stiff with a Dover beater. Beat the whites to a stiff froth. 
 One full cup of flour, beat all in carefully. One teaspoonful of bak- 
 ing powder added to the flour and a little salt added to the eggs. 
 
 Mrs. D. W. Lawrence. 
 
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 Sponge Cake, No. 4. — Two eggs, two-thirds of a cup of sugar, 
 one-third of a cup of cold water, one even cup of flour, one teaspoon- 
 ful of baking powder, a little salt, season with vanilla and almond 
 flavoring, mixed if desired. Beat the eggs to a froth, add the sugar, 
 then beat five minutes, stir in the flour and water lightly. Bake 
 very slowly. Mrs. N. Porter. 
 
 Cream Sponge Cake. — One pint of pulverized sugar, the yolks of 
 six eggs beaten with the sugar fifteen minutes, one-half cup of cold 
 water; beat the whites, and mix with the sugar and yolks; lastly, 
 one full pint of sifted flour with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder; 
 stir in quickly; bake in two long pans. 
 
 For the Filling. — Three-fourths of a pint of sweet cream, two 
 heaping teaspoonfuls of corn starch ; cook until it thickens ; add a 
 little salt and vanilla. Sweeten to taste. 
 
 Icing. — To the juice of one lemon add enough pulverized sugar 
 so it will not run. Mrs. Spann. 
 
 White Sponge Cake.— Two-thirds of a cup of sugar, one-half 
 cup of flour, whites of five eggs, one teaspoonful of cream tartar ; 
 sift the cream tartar and flour four or five times together. 
 
 Mrs. Caldwell. 
 
 Snowballs.— Two cups of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one 
 cup of sweet milk, three cups of flour, three teaspoonfuls of 
 baking powder, whites of five eggs. Bake in deep, square tins. 
 The following day cut in two-inch squares, taking the outside oft' so 
 as to leave it all white ; take each piece on a fork and frost upon all 
 sides, and roll in freshly grated cocoanut. These may be varied 
 by rolling in chocolate frosting prepared thickly enough to give a 
 rough surface. Miss M. E. Parmelee. 
 
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 Fruit Cake, No. 1. — One pound of brown sugar; one and one- 
 fourth pounds of butter, one pound of iiour, two and one-half pounds 
 of raisins, the same of currants, two pounds of citron, ten eggs, one- 
 half cup of molasses, one tablespoon of cinnamon, one of mace, one- 
 half tablespoon of nutmeg, teaspoon of cloves, one teaspoon of soda 
 just before going into the oven. Mrs. Belding. 
 
 Fruit Cake, No. 2. — One pound of butter, one pound of flour, one 
 pound of currants, one pound of sugar, two pounds of raisins, one 
 tablespoonful of cinnamon, one teaspoonful of cloves, one-half tumbler 
 of molasses, soda the size of a pea, ten eggs. Put the butter and 
 sugar together and stir to a cream ; then add the molasses, then the 
 eggs, fruit, spices, liour and soda last. Mrs. S. T. Carpenter. 
 
 Cream Fruit Cake. — One cup of sour cream, one cup of sugar, 
 one cup of chopped raisins, two cups of flour, one teaspoonful of 
 soda, two eggs; flavor with spices. Aunt Susan Andrus. 
 
 White Fruit Cake. —One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three 
 cups of flour, whites of eight eggs, half a wine glass of rose water, 
 one teaspoonful of baking powder, quarter of a pound of citron, half 
 a pound of almonds blanched, one cup of grated or desiccated cocoa- 
 nut. Mrs. T. Davidson. 
 
 CofFee Cake. — One cup of coffee prepared as for the table, one 
 cup of sugar, one of molasses, one of butter, four of flour, one egg, 
 one coffee-cup of raisins, one teaspoonful of soda, two of cream tartar, 
 three tablespoonfuls of cinnamon, one of cloves and one of nutmeg. 
 
 Mrs. W. N. Ames. 
 
 Spanish Bunns. — Two cups of sugar, one cup each of butter and 
 sweet milk, two heaping cups of flour, four eggs, two teaspoonfuls of 
 cream tartar, one of soda, and two tablespoonfuls of cinnamon. Bake 
 in sheets, frost and cut in squares. Mrs. M. C. Abbott. 
 
FILLINGS FOR LAYER CAKES. 
 
 A ''Wilderness of Sweets/' — Paradise Lost. 
 
 Note. — Care is necessary in the preparation of syrup for icings, 
 etc. Confectioners recognize six or eight degrees in boiling sugar, 
 but for our purposes a knowledge of three will be enough — the second 
 degree or "thread;" the fourth or "ball;" and the sixth or "-fruit 
 glace.'" One cup of granulated sugar and one-half cup of water 
 will boil to "the thread" in ten or fifteen minutes; to the "ball" in 
 twenty minutes; and a little longer is necessary for a "■fruit glace.''' 
 Test by dipping the thumb and forefinger in cold water and taking 
 a drop of syrup between them and drawing apart. If it threads the 
 second degree is reached; when it forms a soft ball by rolling 
 between the thumb and finger we have the fourth degree ; and when 
 the syrup dropped in cold water is brittle, the sixth degree is 
 reached. 
 
 Boiled Frosting.— Take one pound of granulated sugar, put in a 
 pail and pour over just enough boiling water to dissolve; set in a 
 kettle of water ; beat the whites of three eggs a very little; put into 
 the pail and beat until it thickens ; remove from the stove and beat 
 until cold. This is sufficient for a layer cake and a loaf. 
 
 Mrs. F. J. Seaver. 
 
 Boiled Milk Frosting. — One cupful of sugar, one-fourth of a cup- 
 ful of milk, cook until it comes to the boiling point; take from the stove 
 and beat until white. While warm add to the cake. This makes a 
 soft frosting. Mrs. W. S. Lawrence. 
 
 Confectioner's Sugar.— Take equal parts of white of ^^^ and 
 water, beat lightly ; then stir in sifted cbnfectioner's sugar until the 
 frosting can be spread without running. Flavor to taste. 
 
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 Icing. — One cup of sug-ar with water to dissolve, boil until it 
 waxes soft in water and add to the whites of two eg-gs well beaten. 
 
 Mrs. Fred Amsden. 
 
 Chocolate Icing.— Break the white of one egg- into a glass, add 
 an equal measure of cold water, stir into this pulverized sugar until 
 it is the right consistency. Three or four tablespoonfuls of grated 
 chocolate melted over the teakettle and stirred in with the ^^^ and 
 sugar. Flavor with vanilla. If a little too stiff to spread, add a 
 few drops of boiling water. Mrs. W. H. King. 
 
 Maple Sugar.— Two cofifee-cupfuls of maple sugar and one-fourth 
 cupful of water; cook to "the ball;" then pour it on the beaten white 
 of one &^^ and beat hard. Mrs. E. W. Knowlton. 
 
 Note. — Chopped walnuts ma3^ be added with the maple sugar if 
 desired. 
 
 Apple Jelly. — One large sour apple pared and grated, juice of 
 one lemon ; one cupful of sugar. Stir all together and cook three 
 minutes. Stir in the beaten white of one egg- after removing the jelly 
 from the fire. 
 
 Almond. — Blanch one pound of almond meats; reserve sufficient 
 whole ones for the top layer; split in two or three parts,, lengthwise, 
 the remaining ones. When the cake is baked stick the nuts into 
 the layers one inch apart and pour over plain or boiled frosting. 
 
 Mrs. McClary. 
 
 Walnut. — Chop fine one-half pound of English walnut meats. 
 Put into boiled frosting after it has cooled a little. 
 
 Butternut. — Take the whites of two eggs beaten with one-half a 
 cup of sugar; spread over each layer one cup of butternut meats, 
 peeling the large pieces for the top layer. 
 
 Mrs. John'C. Williamson. 
 
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 Lemon. — One cup of sugfar, scant, one-fourth cup of butter, 
 grated rind and juice of two lemons, yolks of four eg-gs; cook until it 
 thickens, stirring all the while. Mrs. W. H. King. 
 
 Raisin, No. 1. — One cup of raisins, stoned and chopped fine and 
 stirred into boiled frosting when partly cooled. 
 
 Mrs. A. B. Keeler. 
 
 Raisin, No. 2. — One and a half cupfuls of raisins, one and a 
 half cupfuls of sweet cream, one cup of sugar, one tablespoonful of 
 butter, two scant tablespoonfuls of corn starch, pinch of salt, cinna- 
 mon, nutmeg, cloves, or other flavoring to taste. Boil twenty 
 minutes, spread when cool. This maj' be used for pie filling with 
 meringue on top, with cocoanut. Mrs. W. S. Lawrence. 
 
 Fig, No. 1. — Eight figs and one-half cup of raisins, chopped very 
 fine ; beat the white of one &^g with three tablespoonfuls of sugar ; 
 stir the figs and raisins in ; then add about half as much chocolate 
 as for a large chocolate cake. Mrs. F. White. 
 
 Fig, No. 2. — One pound of figs chopped fine; stir in jelly or fruit 
 juice until it will spread easily; add sugar if necessary. 
 
 Mrs. W. Crooks. 
 
 Fig, No. 3. — ^Take three-fourths of a pound of figs, chop fine and 
 put into a stew pan on the stove ; pour over them two cups of water 
 and a large cup of sugar. Cook all together until soft and smooth. 
 When cold spread between the layers of the cake. 
 
 Mrs. Horrigan. 
 
 Tutti Frutti. — One cup of sugar, one-fourth cup of water, white of 
 one &^^, one-fourth cup of figs, one-fourth cup of cocoanut, one-fourth 
 cup of walnut meats. Make boiled frosting of sugar, water and eggs, 
 then add the fruit chopped fine. Miss Alice J. Watkins. 
 
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 Chocolate Custard.— Yolks of five egg-s, two teaspoonfuls of grated 
 chocolate, one-half cup— small cup— of sugar, four tablespoonfuls of 
 milk; flavor with vanilla; put in a bowl and place in hot water until 
 it begins to thicken ; make two tins of white cake; grate two table- 
 spoonfuls of chocolate and mix in with the other two tins of cake. 
 
 Mrs. R. W. Cantwell. 
 
 Chocolate Cream.— Add three tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate 
 to whipped cream. 
 
 Note. — One square of Baker's chocolate, grated, makes four 
 level tablespoonfuls of Huyler's powdered chocolate. 
 
 Chocolate, No. 1.— One and a half cupfuls of sugar, grate one- 
 fourth of a bar of Baker's chocolate, six tablespoonfuls of boiling 
 water, cook to the ball. Beat the whites of two eggs, on them pour 
 the syrup while hot, beating all the time until it is thick enough to 
 spread on the cake. Hattie H. Webster. 
 
 Chocolate, No. 2.— Place two blocks of chocolate, without grat- 
 ing, in a basin over steam ; when melted stir into it the following : 
 One Q^^ or 3'olks of two beaten light, with nearly one cup of sugar, 
 four spoons of cold milk; steam until smooth. Flavor with vanilla. 
 
 Cocoanut. — Take the whites of four eggs; allow one cup of sugar 
 to each ^g^\ one pound of desiccated cocoanut; one pound either of 
 English walnuts or blanched almonds; dissolve the sugar in a little 
 water and boil a few minutes ; have the eggs beaten ; stir in the 
 sugar ; beat until light and flavor. Miss Klohs. 
 
 Banana.— Pack cake with boiled frosting, and over each layer 
 slice bananas a short time before serving. Also used with whipped 
 cream. Mrs. H. E. King. 
 
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 Peach. — Cut up peaches in thin slices ; prepare cream by whip- 
 ping and sweetening- ; flavor with vanilla ; put layers of peaches 
 between the sheets of cake and pour the cream over each layer and 
 the same on top. Mrs. Caldwell. 
 
 Whipped Cream. — Put nearly one pint of cold swee<- cream in a 
 bowl and beat with an egg beater until thick ; then sweeten and 
 flavor to taste. The beaten whites of two eggs ma}'^ be added if 
 there is not the amount of cream required. 
 
 Sour Cream, No. 1. — One cup of sour cream, one-half cup* of 
 sugar, one tablespoonful of flour. Beat all together and cook till it 
 thickens. When cold add one cup of chopped walnuts. 
 
 Mrs. Wm. Tobey. 
 
 Sour Cream, No. 2.— One coft"ee-cup of sour cream, the same of 
 sugar, and one pound of English walnuts chopped fine; cook all 
 together until it thickens. Spread when cold. Mrs. Breed. 
 
 Ice Cream Filling. — Two cups of pulverized sugar ; add one- 
 half a cup of water to dissolve the sugar, and boil to " the thread ;" 
 beat the whites of two eggs, and on these pour the sugar while hot, 
 beating all the time; add one-half a teaspoonful of lemon acid. 
 
 Mrs. Parmelee. 
 
 Marsh Mallow Filling.— Two cups of sugar, one cup of water, 
 whites of two eggs, one-half pound of marsh mallows. Heat the 
 marsh mallows in the oven or over steam, reserving a few to chop for 
 the top. Boil the sugar and water to a syrup until it threads. While 
 hot pour it on the stiffly beaten whites, stirring all the time. Add 
 the melted marsh mallows and beat until smooth. Flavor with 
 vanilla. When almost cool spread on layers. 
 
 Mrs. William Breed. 
 
SMALL CAKES AND COOKIES. 
 
 "6>/ Small Cakes it may be said in general, thai age cannot 
 wither nor custom stale their infinite variety. " 
 
 Cookies, No. 1. — One cup of sugar, one cup of sour cream, one 
 teaspoonful of soda, a little salt. Flavor with nutmeg and essence 
 of lemon. Mix very soft. If the cream is not very rich add a piece 
 of butter. Bake in a medium oven. Add caraway if you choose. 
 
 Mrs. S. A. Beman. 
 
 Cookies, No. 2. — One cup of butter, one cup of sugar, two eggs, 
 four tablespoonfuls of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of cream tartar, 
 and one-half teaspoonful of soda. Aunt Susan Andrus. 
 
 Cookies, No. .1. — One cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three eggs, 
 one teaspoonful of baking powder, one tablespoonful of lemon, one- 
 half cup of milk; roll out the dough and sprinkle with desiccated 
 cocoanut and fine sugar. Mrs. O. L. Ballard. 
 
 Cream Cookies. — Two eggs, two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, 
 two cups of sour cream, one teaspoonful of soda; spice to taste; beat 
 well. Mrs. Croft". 
 
 Sour Cream Cookies. — One cup of sugar, one ^^^^^ one cup of 
 sour cream, one teaspoonful of soda, a little salt. Make stiff enough 
 to drop from the spoon and bake without rolling out. Flavor with 
 lemon and vanilla or nutmeg. Maggie Binan. 
 
 Ginger Cookies, No. 1. — Three cups of New Orleans molasses, 
 eight tablespoonfuls of butter, two tablespoonfuls of boiling water, 
 two tablespoonfuls of saleratus, one tablespoonful of ginger, one 
 tablespoonful of alum ; dissolve the alum in boiling water; mix soft; 
 bake quick. Mrs. Wells S. Dickinson. 
 
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 Ginger Cookies, No. 2. — One cup of shortening- and one cup of 
 sug-ar creamed, two eggs, one cup of New Orleans molasses, three 
 teaspoonfuls of g-ing-er, three level teaspoonfuls of soda, one-half 
 cup of sweet milk, flour to mix soft. Mrs. F. J. Seaver. 
 
 Soft Ginger Cookies, No. 1. — Three-fourths cup of molasses, one 
 cup of sour milk, one-half cup of sug-ar, one heaping cup of butter, 
 two teaspoonfuls of soda, two teaspoonfuls of ginger ; put the 
 molasses and milk together ; stir in the soda, then add the butter, 
 ginger, etc. Do not make too stiff with flour ; mix soft ; roll half 
 an inch thick and cut in square pieces. Mrs. McVickar. 
 
 Soft Ginger Cookies, No. 2. — Two-thirds of a cup of butter and 
 the same of New Orleans molasses, one and one-fourth cup of sugar, 
 one cup of thick sour milk, two teaspoonfuls of soda, one and one-half 
 of ginger. Flour to make very soft. Mrs. W. H. King. 
 
 Molasses Cookies. — One cup of New Orleans molasses ; one cup 
 of sugar, one cup of butter, one eg-g, a teaspoonful of ginger and one 
 of soda; mix hard and roll out. Mrs. Bliss. 
 
 Fruit Cookies. — One cup of butter, two cups of sug-ar stirred to a 
 cream, two egg-s, one cup of chopped raisins, two level teaspoonfuls of 
 soda dissolved in one-half cup of cold water, flour enough to mix 
 soft. Mrs. F. J. Seaver. 
 
 Graham Cookies. — One egg-, one cup of sour milk, one-half cup of 
 butter, one cup of sugar, one-half teaspoonful of soda; thicken till 
 quite thick with graham flour, and drop on tins. 
 
 Mrs. C. A. Wood. 
 
 Graham Crackers.— Blend three-fourths cup of sugar, one-fourth 
 cup of butter, and one-fourth cup of lard. Stir in the beaten white 
 of one eg-g, add four tablespoonfuls of water, with one (even) tea- 
 spoonful of soda dissolved in it. Mix stiff with unsifted graham 
 flour, roll thin. Bake in a medium oven. Mrs. Ransom. 
 
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 Maple Sugar Cakes. — One cup of sour cream, one and one-half 
 cups of maple sugar, one eg-g-, one teaspoonful of soda, one-half tea- 
 spoonful of cinnamon; roll soft and bake in a quick oven. 
 
 Mrs. R. W. Cantwell. 
 
 Dominoes. — Bake any kind of sponge cake in a thin sheet. Cut 
 this into small oblong pieces the shape of a domino. Frost the top 
 and sides of them. When the frosting is hard, draw the cross lines 
 and make the dots with a small brush that has been dipped in melted 
 chocolate. These are particularly good for children's parties. 
 
 Jumbles. — One ^^^, one cup of sugar, one cup of butter, two 
 teaspoonfuls of sweet milk, one-half teaspoonful of cream tartar, one- 
 quarter teaspoonful of soda. Cut round with a hole in the middle; 
 sprinkle with sugar before baking. Miss Amelia Greeno. 
 
 Hermits. — One and one-half cups of sugar, one cup of butter, two 
 eggs, one cup of currants or chopped raisins, one teaspoonful of soda 
 in one-fourth cup of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of cloves, one of 
 cinnamon, nutmeg or allspice to taste. Put in flour as for cookies; 
 roll thin; sprinkle with sugar before baking. 
 
 Ginger Snap?. — One cup of sugar, one cup of molasses, one-half 
 cup of butter, one-half cup of lard, one tablespoonful of ginger, one 
 tablespoonful of soda, one tablespoonful of vinegar, two tablespoon- 
 fuls of water, one tablespoonful of alum; boil ten minutes; put in the 
 soda after boiling; stir the flour in wiiile warm. 
 
 Mrs. Durkee. 
 
 Ginger Wafers. — One-half cup each of butter, sugar and 
 molasses, one heaping- teaspoonful of ginger, a little salt. Let this 
 come to a boil. Take from the fire and immediately add one tea- 
 spoonful of soda dissolved in a little water; while foaming add the 
 flour to make very stiffs. Roll thin as paper. 
 
 Carrie B. Stevens. 
 
SMALL CAKES AND COOKIES 147 
 
 Fruit Drops. — One eg-g-, one-half cup each of molasses, sug-ar and 
 sour cream, one teaspoonful each of vanilla and cinnamon, one-half 
 teaspoonful each of cloves and salt, two cups of flour, one-half cup of 
 raisins, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little cold water and 
 added the last thing. Drop in small spoonfuls and bake in a quick 
 oven. Mrs. G. H. Hale. 
 
 Vanities. — Beat two eg-g-s; add one-half teaspoonful of salt, and 
 flour to make a stift' doug-h; roll it as thin as possible, and cut in 
 small diamonds; fry in lard; turn them the moment the^^ come to the 
 surface, and take out when the least brown; sprinkle with sugar or 
 fill with jelly. Mrs. R. D. Hunting-ton. 
 
 Nut Jumbles. — One-half cup of butter, one cup of sugar, one egg, 
 one teaspoonful of baking powder, two cups of flour, a pinch of salt, 
 three-fourths cup of walnut meats coarsely chopped, about one-third 
 cup of milk. Beat together the butter and sugar, add the egg well 
 beaten, then the flour, salt and baking powder sifted together, add- 
 ing the milk gradually so as to prevent the mixture becoming too 
 dry. Mix the nuts well in and drop in spoonfuls some distance 
 apart. Bake in a quick oven about ten minutes. 
 
 Katharine L. King. 
 
 Sponge Drops. — Beat to a froth three eggs and one cup of sugar. 
 Stir into this two cups of flour in which one teaspoonful of cream 
 tartar and one-half teaspoonful of soda have been thoroughly mixed; 
 flavor with lemon. Butter tins and drop by the teaspoonful two 
 inches apart. Esther H. Taylor. 
 
 Lady Fingers. — Beat the whites of three eggs until stiff and dry. 
 Add gradually one-third of a cup of powdered sugar. Beat the yolks 
 of two eggs until thick and lemon color. Add to the first mixture. 
 Fold in one-third of a cup of flour mixed and sifted with one-eighth 
 of a teaspoonful of salt; flavor with one-fourth of a teaspoonful of 
 vanilla or lemon extract. Bake eight or ten minutes in a moderate 
 oven. The above will make two dozen. 
 
 Boston Cooking School. 
 
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 Walnut Macaroons.— One pound of powdered sugar, one pound 
 of nuts chopped fine; the unbeaten whites of five eggs, two small 
 teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two tablespoonfuls of flour. Mix 
 these ingredients together and add more flour if necessar3' to make 
 quite thick. Drop from a teaspoon upon buttered paper or baking 
 tins, a little distance apart, and bake a light brown in a moderate 
 oven. Leave in tins until quite cool before taking out. 
 
 Mary E. Parmelee. 
 
 Strawberry Puffs. — One-quarter pound of butter, one-half pint of 
 water, two teacupfuls of flour; boil water and butter together; while 
 boiling stir in the flour. Take off, and when cool stir in five eggs 
 and one-half teaspoonful of soda; drop the batter the size of a hen's 
 ^^^ into pans; bake thirty minutes; split open and put in sugared 
 strawberries or boiled custard. Mrs. Beman. 
 
 Cream Puffs. — One cup of water, small half cup of butter; let 
 this come to a boil, then stir in slowly one cup of sifted flour. 
 Remove from the stove, stirring until perfectly smooth. When cool 
 beat in three eggs, one at a time and beat the whole five minutes. 
 In dropping on the tin by spoonfuls pile as high and roughly as 
 possible. Bake in a steady hot oven until nicely brown. When cold 
 open and fill with custard or whipped cream. This makes one 
 dozen. 
 
 Filling for Cream Piijfs. — Two eggs, two or three spoonfuls of 
 corn starch, sugar and vanilla to taste, one quart of milk. Cook 
 till it thickens. Mrs. G. H. Hale. 
 
 Marguerites. — Make a boiled frosting flavored with vanilla, frost 
 square wafers, then sprinkle over with English walnuts chopped 
 fine, frost again, place on a board or tin and set in the oven a few 
 minutes. Mrs. W. A. Short. 
 
SMALL CAKES AND COCKLES 149 
 
 English Banbury Cakes. — Make a Banbury filling- as follows: 
 One cup of seeded raisins, four figs, a piece of citron the size of an 
 English walnut, rind and juice of one lemon, and one cup of sugar. 
 Chop the fruit and lemon rind fine, then add the juice and sugar; 
 mix well. Make a good pastry, roll out thin and cut in rounds, 
 about four inches across. Place a small dessert spoonful of the 
 filling upon each round; wet the edges and fold over one side of the 
 paste and pinch the edges together. Prick the top with a fork and 
 bake about twenty minutes. The pastry may be cut into diamond 
 shape and the filling put on one piece and covered v^^ith another, 
 having moistened the edges, and just before putting in the oven they 
 may be brushed over with egg beaten up with sugar. 
 
 Chocolate Eclairs. — Make a paste as for cream puffs, drop on a 
 pan in oblongs about four and one-half inches long and two inches 
 apart. Bake in a rather quick oven till a delicate brown. As soon 
 as baked, ice with chocolate icing. When cold open on the side and 
 fill as cream puffs. 
 
 Icing. — Melt gradually, being- careful not to scorch, four table- 
 spoonfuls of grated chocolate, then stir in three tablespoonfuls of 
 milk or cream and one of water; mix well and add a scant cup of 
 sugar; boil about five minutes. Mrs. G. H. Hale. 
 
PICKLES AND RELISHES. 
 
 ' ' Cook, see all your sauces 
 Be sharp and poynant in the palate 
 That they may commend you.'"' 
 
 Note.~K\V pickles should be stirred frequently. 
 
 Pickled Pears. — To seven pounds of pears, steamed, take three 
 pounds of sug-ar (maple preferred), one quart of strong cider vinegar, 
 one pint of water, three cloves in each pear, cinnamon and allspice. 
 
 Mrs. Georg-e Sabin. 
 
 Pickled Sickle Pears. — Allow enough vineg-ar to cover the pears. 
 Make a syrup in proportion of one pint of good strong- vinegar to 
 three pounds of sugar, brown and maple, two ounces of ginger root, 
 a small bag of cloves, stick a clove in each pear. Cook in the syrup 
 until easily pierced with a fork. When finished, pour the syrup 
 over the pears. Mrs. Belding. 
 
 Pickled Plums. — Seven pounds of fruit, three pounds of sugar, 
 one pint of vineg-ar, spice if preferred. Miss Childs. 
 
 Pickled Blackberries. — Seven pounds of blackberries, three of 
 sug-ar; one pint of vinegar; cook all together until it boils, then 
 remove the berries and let the vinegar and sugar boil for half an 
 hour. Remove from the stove and pour over the berries. 
 
 Mrs. E. A. Webster. 
 
 Piccalilli. — Slice one peck of green tomatoes; put on them one 
 cup of salt and let stand over night; chop, and let them drain; put 
 on vinegar enough to cover and cook until soft. Chop six green 
 peppers and four onions; grate one cup of horse radish; put in, also, 
 two cups of sugar, one tablespoonful each of cloves, cinnamon and 
 allspice; cover with vinegar and let come to a boil. 
 
 Mrs. House. 
 
PICKLES AND RELISHES /j/ 
 
 Pickled Peaches. — Make a syrup of vinegar and sugar — one pint 
 of vinegar to three pounds of sugar— put one clove in each peach; 
 cook in the syrup until tender; place in air-tight jars; pour over 
 scalding syrup, and seal; add a little cinnamon and mace, if you 
 choose. Mrs. R. A. Delong. 
 
 Peach Mangoes. — Seven pounds of peaches, four pounds of sugar, 
 one-half ounce of green ginger root, one pint of vinegar, one teaspoon- 
 ful of ground cloves, two teaspoonfuls of allspice, one-half teaspoonful 
 of ground mace put in two bags for this quantity. Rub the fur off 
 from the peaches, halve them and remove the pit. Fill with equal 
 parts of grated horse radish, and light and dark mustard seed. Tie 
 firmly with a string. When the syrup boils put in a few at a time ; 
 be sure and not cook too much. Use peaches not too ripe. Draw off 
 the juice for two or three mornings and pour over hot. 
 
 Mrs. F. J. Seaver. 
 
 Cucumber Pickles, No. 1.— One gallon of water; one pint of 
 good vinegar ; one cup of molasses ; one-half cup of salt; a piece of 
 alum the size of a walnut. Gather the cucumbers in as large 
 quantities as possible ; wash and put them into the above ; when the 
 jar or tub is full scald the brine nine mornings in succession and 
 pour, while hot, over the cucumbers ; then put them into sharp vine- 
 gar, sweetened and spiced (spices put in bags ); add two or three 
 horse radish roots. Mrs. House. 
 
 Cucumber Pickles, No. 2.— Scald cucumbers for nine mornings 
 in a hot brine made fresh each day. Then take good vinegar, not too 
 strong, and a piece of alum, scald and pour over the cucumbers, letting 
 them remain in it three days. Then take enough of the best cider 
 vinegar to cover the pickles, season with mixed spices and sugar to 
 taste, also a piece of horse radish, and pour over the cucumbers 
 while hot. Cover the pickles with horse radish leaves. 
 
 Mrs. H. E. King. 
 
 Brine for Cucumbers.— Two pails of water ; six quarts of salt; 
 one pound of alum ; two ounces of saltpetre ; keep the cucumbers 
 under the brine with a weight. Mrs. J. P. Morse. 
 
152 PICKLES AND RELISHES 
 
 Green Tomato Pickles. — Slice one peck of green tomatoes and 
 allow them to remain in salt and water twenty-four hours ; rinse in 
 clear water and drain; cook until tender in weak vinegar. Prepare 
 a liquid according to the following proportions: Two quarts of vine- 
 gar ; four pounds of sugar ; one cup of horse radish ; three table- 
 spoonfuls of cloves; three of cinnamon; one of pepper. Boil and pour 
 over the tomatoes. Mrs. O. P. Ames. 
 
 Cabbage Pickle.— Six quarts of chopped cabbage, nine large or 
 twelve small red peppers, one quart of small onions; chop all fine 
 and sprinkle w^ell with salt, let it stand four hours, then drain off 
 all liquor. 
 
 Dressing. — Three quarts of vinegar, one pound of sugar, one- 
 half cup of celery seed, one-fourth cup of white mustard seed, the 
 same of black mustard seed, one-half ounce of turmeric powder and a 
 small piece of alum. Let all boil in the vinegar and pour over the 
 cabbage hot. Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Pickled Onions. — Peel and put in strong brine for four days, 
 changing the brine twice. Then put the onions in cold milk and 
 w^ater and let come to a boil ; take out, wipe dry, put in a jar and 
 pour over hot vinegar to which has been added a little sugar, whole 
 mace, pepper and cloves. Mrs. Carr. 
 
 Ripe Cucumber Pickles. — Pare and slice lengthwise the cucum- 
 bers, put in an earthen dish, first a layer of cucumbers, then a thin 
 layer of salt, another of cucumber and salt, etc. Let stand twenty- 
 four hours. Pour off the brine, rinse and put on cold water. Let 
 stand another twenty-four hours. Then cook in vinegar and water 
 until clear. Take four pounds of sugar, part maple and part 
 granulated, to one quart of vinegar, add one ounce of cinnamon 
 broken in pieces, one-half ounce of whole cloves ( a few allspice if 
 you wish). Put all in a cheese cloth bag. Cook the cucumbers in 
 this a few minutes, then take out and cook the vinegar until it tastes 
 of the spices. Pour all over the cucumbers. Mrs. Ralph. 
 
PICKLES AND RELISHES 153 
 
 Watermelon Pickle. — Take the thickest rinds you can get ; pare 
 off the green skin and cut out all the pink pulp. Put the rind to 
 soak in a brine of salt and water strong enough to bear an o^^^. 
 Let them lie in this brine three or four days ( or more if not conven- 
 ient to make up at once ). Then put them in fresh water for three or 
 four days, changing the water every day. Then weigh them and 
 boil in equal parts of vinegar and water until easily pierced with a 
 fork. Skim out on a platter to cool. Prepare a pickle of three- 
 quarters of a pound of sugar and a tea-cup of good strong vinegar 
 for every pound of the rinds. Then put in the rinds and boil until 
 they look clear. Skim them out and put in the jar in which they 
 are to remain. Put into the boiling vinegar a small handful of 
 whole allspice, half as much of whole cloves, two or three blades of 
 mace and a few sticks of cinnamon. Then turn the whole hot over 
 the rinds. Thev will be ready to use in two or three days. 
 
 Mrs. J. R. Flanders. 
 
 Oil Pickles. — Slice quite thin two dozen large size pickling 
 cucumbers, sprinkle with salt and let them stand over night. Pour 
 oft" all liquor and pour over them one cup of salad oil, one-half cup 
 of black mustard seed, three ounces of white mustard seed, one 
 ounce of celery seed and one quart of vinegar. No cooking. Stir 
 the pickles occasionally. Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Spanish Pickles.— Chop fine one peck of green tomatoes and four 
 large onions ; sprinkle well with one-half pint of salt. Let stand 
 twenty-four hours; then put in a colander; pour over cold water and 
 drain thoroughly. Chop fine one head of cabbage and three green 
 peppers and add to the above. Cook in vinegar until tender ; then 
 drain off all vinegar. Put one pint of molasses, one tablespoonful 
 of cinnamon, one-half tablespoonful of cloves, three-fourths table- 
 spoonful of allspice and two of grated horse radish into fresh vinegar; 
 cook all together and pour over the pickles while hot. 
 
 Mrs. E. W. Knowlton. 
 
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154 PICKLES AND RELISHES 
 
 Chow-Chow. — One quart each of small onions, cauliflower, 
 cucumbers, and small pieces of ripe cucumber, one large green 
 pepper. All except pepper to remain in salt and water over night. 
 In the morning drain and cook in weak vinegar, then put all in the 
 following dressing: 
 
 Dressijig. — One quart of vinegar, six tablespoonfuls of mustard, 
 one cup of sugar, one-half cup of flour, one-fourth ounce of turmeric 
 powder, the same of curry powder. Boil five minutes. If a less 
 pungent pickle is desired, omit the curry and use only three meas- 
 ures of mustard. Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Tomato Catsup, No. 1. — Boil until tender one peck of ripe toma- 
 toes. Strain and add one tablespoonful each of cinnamon, cloves, 
 mustard and salt, one teaspoonful of allspice, one pint of vinegar 
 and one cup of sugar. Boil gently until of the consistency of cream. 
 Bottle while hot. Mrs. John Law. 
 
 Tomato Catsup, No. 2. — Cook one-half bushel of tomatoes and 
 five or six onions until tender. Strain and add one quart of vinegar, 
 one small tea-cup of salt, two tablespoonfuls of cloves, one table- 
 poonsful each of allspice and black pepper, one-fourth teaspoonful 
 of cayenne pepper. Then boil until reduced one-half. Bottle when 
 cold. Miss Greeno. 
 
 Shirley Sauce. — One dozen ripe tomatoes, two large onions, two 
 large peppers, one tea-cup of vinegar, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, 
 one of salt ; chop the vegetables and boil one hour or more ; seal at 
 once. Mrs. S. C. Williamson. 
 
 Chili Sauce. — Thirty ripe tomatoes, five large onions, three green 
 peppers, three tablespoonfuls of sugar, three of salt, four cups of 
 vinegar; boil two and one-half hours. Mrs. Sweet. 
 
 Note. — Cinnamon and cloves may be added to the above. 
 
PICKLES AND RELISHES 135 
 
 Cucumber Catsup. — Pare and remove the seeds from large green 
 cucumbers, let them remain in cold water for two or three hours. 
 Take them from the water and grate. Then drain the pulp thor- 
 oughl3^ — pressing out all the water. Turn the pulp into an earthen 
 dish and Season well with pepper and salt. Use a little red pepper 
 if liked. Add enough cider vinegar to cover; bottle and seal. 
 
 Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Tomato Butter. — Nine pounds of ripe tomatoes ; boil till thick ; 
 then add three pounds of white sugar, one pint of vinegar, a table- 
 spoonful each of allspice, cinnamon and cloves ; boil again until 
 thick, stirring often. Mrs. Clark Dickinson. 
 
 Spiced Currants. — Five quarts of currants ; one pint of vinegar ; 
 three pounds of sugar; one tablespoonful each of cloves, cinnamon 
 and allspice. Boil an hour or until quite thick. 
 
 Mrs. VV. H. King. 
 
 Spiced Gooseberries. — Seven pounds of gooseberries with the 
 blossoms removed ( the stems will not harm), five pounds of sugar, 
 one scant pint of vinegar, two tablespoonfuls of cinnamon, one of 
 cloves and one-fourth of allspice. Cook about two hours. Twelve 
 quarts of gooseberries make seven quarts of the relish. 
 
 Spiced Grapes. — Six pounds of fruit, four pounds of sugar, one- 
 half pint of vinegar, one teaspoonful each of ground mace, cloves, 
 allspice and cinnamon, one-half teaspoonful of ginger. Seed the 
 grapes as for preserves. Boil all together one hour. 
 
 Mrs. John Spann. 
 
 Cucumber Sauce. — Thirty good sized green cucumbers ; pare 
 and remove the seeds ; four onions chopped together, one small tea- 
 cup of salt ; drain twelve hours, then add one cup of white mustard 
 seed, one-third of a cup of pepper, vinegar to cover. 
 
 Miss Meeker. 
 
PRESERVING, CANNING AND JELLIES. 
 
 '■'■Good housewife provides ere a sickness do come. 
 Of sundry good things in her home to have sonie^ 
 Conserves of otanges, qimices and such, 
 With sirops that easeth the sickly so much.'''' 
 
 Strawberry Preserves.— To one quart of strawberries, take one 
 pound of sugar, put on the stove and cook until the berries are cooked 
 through, skim out the berries, put into jars, have the jars a little 
 more than half full, cook the syrup until it will almost jelly when 
 cold. ( Try in a saucer ). Add the berries. Put the jars on their 
 sides to let the berries thoroughly mix with the syrup, 
 
 Mrs. Ralph. 
 
 Raspberry or Strawberry Jam. — For each pound of fruit allow a 
 pound of sugar. Mash the fruit in the kettle. Boil hard for fifteen 
 minutes; then add the sugar and boil five minutes. 
 
 Mrs. W. H. King. 
 
 Quinces. — Pare, quarter and core the fruit, taking out the hard 
 place around the core ; boil in clear water, or steam, until tender. 
 For one pound of fruit allow three-fourths of a pound of sugar, and 
 one pint of water for three pounds of sugar; when the S3^rup is boil- 
 ing hot put in the fruit, and cook very slowly ; equally good with 
 part sweet apples. 
 
 Preserved Pears.— To one pound of fruit allow one-half pound of 
 sugar, three-fourths cup of cold water. Let simmer slowly, say 
 several hours, until a golden brown, after which put in glass jars. 
 
 Chipped Pears. — Eight pounds of pared pears sliced vety thin, 
 eight pounds of sugar, one-fourth pound of preserved ginger cut into 
 small pieces, juice of three lemons, the yellow rind pared thin and 
 cut in tiny bits, and one pint of water. Boil slowly till thick. 
 
 Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
PRESERVING. CANNING AND JELLIES 157 
 
 Pear Compote. — Seven pounds of pears, six pounds of sugar, 
 one-fourth ounce of g-inger root, juice and rind of four lemons (more if 
 you wish). Slice the pears very thin after paring, grate the rind of 
 the lemons and slice them very thin, bruise the ginger root, put all 
 together and boil slowly three or four hours or until thick. 
 
 Mrs. M. H. Bigelow. 
 
 Preserved Peaches. — ^Pare the peaches. For every pound of fruit 
 take three-fourths of a pound of sugar. Make a syrup with one cup 
 of water to each pound of sugar ; boil and skim. Add the peaches 
 and cook until they look clear and transparent. Fill the cans at 
 once. Preserved peaches are much better left whole, especially if 
 the flavor of the pits is liked. Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Cherries. — Allow one-half or three-quarters pound of sugar to 
 one of fruit. Make a syrup of one-half pint of water to three pounds 
 of sugar. Pit the cherries, leaving in a few stones to flavor the fruit. 
 Cook and seal as usual. 
 
 Preserved Apple and Ginger. — To one pound of chopped, sour 
 apples allow one pound of sugar ; to every two pounds of sugar, 
 two lemons and one-half ounce of ginger root. Chop the lemons, 
 grate the ginger root. Put all together and cook slowly two and one- 
 half hours. Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Grape Preserves. — Press the pulp from the skins ; put the pulps 
 in a preserving kettle and boil them a few moments, then strain 
 through a colander to separate the seeds — add the pulp to the skins 
 and weigh ; allow three-fourths of a pound of sugar to one pound of 
 fruit. Cook slowly from one- half to three-fourths of an hour. 
 
 Preserved Plums. — Preserve plums the same as peaches. 
 Remove the skin from them or not; if left on it is likely to crack open 
 and come off if boiled too long. To prevent this, in a ineasure, prick 
 the plums in several places with a fork before cooking. 
 
 Mrs. Belding. 
 
IS8 PRESERVING, CANNING AND J E LUES 
 
 Pineapple. — Grate or chop the pineapples iine. For each 
 pound of fruit add three-fourths of a pound of sug-ar. Boil ten 
 minutes and then can. This is nice for sherbet or punch. 
 
 Mrs. McClary. 
 
 Mock Pineapple. — Take partially ripe watermelons, pare and cut 
 in small squares and steam until tender. Make a rich syrup of white 
 sugar, and put in enough fresh or canned pineapple for flavoring, 
 simmer ten minutes, then add the watermelon and simmer fifteen 
 minutes more. Can while hot. Mrs. Nellie Graham. 
 
 Currants and Fruit. — Six pounds each of currants and sugar, 
 three large oranges, one and one-half pounds of raisins. Mash the 
 currants and cook slowly one-half hour, then add the juice, pulp and 
 finally the chopped rind of oranges and cook one hour; then add the 
 raisins which have been seeded and chopped fine. Then cook one- 
 half hour. Now add the sugar, stirring well, and cook one-half hour, 
 making two and one-half hours in all. Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Cold Strawberries. — Pick over firm, fresh berries, rinse and drain 
 well. To three cups of berries take two of sugar ; put into a large 
 earthen bowl ; mix well and put into the refrigerator until morning ; 
 then stir well, but not deep. Take off all bubbles ; put into cans ; 
 press out the air ( it will take a long while ), seal, wipe off the can 
 and at once roll in two or three thicknesses of paper so no light will 
 touch the fruit. Put in a dark cellar. Mrs. McClary. 
 
 To Can Raspberries. — Make a syrup in the proportion of one and 
 one-half pounds of sugar to one quart of water; let it boil hard 
 twenty-five minutes, then skim and let the syrup cool. Fill the cans 
 with fresh garden berries, then add syrup to cover the fruit, put on 
 the covers without rubbers and fasten; place the cans on a rack in a 
 wash boiler ; fill with water to within two inches of the top and let 
 boil one minute. Take the cans from the water, take off the covers 
 
PRESERVING, CANNING AND JELLIES 159 
 
 and add more hot syrup if needed, put on the rubbers and covers 
 and the next day store them in a cool dry place. All fruits may be 
 canned in the same way, but for acid fruits like plums use two 
 pounds of sug-ar to one quart of water and cook longer. 
 
 Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Cold Raspberry. — Put the berries in a new tin or earthen disii 
 and jam with a potato masher ; add one pound of sugar for each of 
 fruit; stir thoroughly, and put into cold cans; seal tight. Will keep 
 two years as fresh as when canned. Mrs. McClarj^ 
 
 Canned Peaches. — Pare and place them on a plate in the steamer 
 over boiling water, keeping them tightly covered; steam till the}^ can 
 be easily pierced with a fork ; put them into heated cans, keeping 
 the cans in hot water until sealed ; make a syrup in the proportion 
 of one pint of water to each pound and a half of sugar, and allowing 
 three-quarters of a pound of sugar to each of fruit. Pour over the 
 fruit the hot syrup and seal. Pears put up the same way allowing 
 but one-half pound of sugar for each of fruit. Mrs. McClary. 
 
 Gooseberries or Currants. — Four pounds of fruit, three of sugar, 
 one pint of water; cook until they commence to break. This quantity 
 will fill four pint cans. Mrs. George Sabin. 
 
 Currants, Cold. — To one pound of fruit allow one of sugar. Mash 
 the currants, stir in the sugar thoroughly and let stand over night ; 
 in the morning put into cold glass cans, fill to overflowing-, put on 
 the rubbers and seal. 
 
 Baked Apple Sauce. — One cup of sugar and one quart of apples 
 pared and cut in quarters. Bake in a stone jar in the oven one and 
 one-half or two hours. Mrs. McClary. 
 
 Canned Apple Sauce. — In the fall take ripe apples, pare, core 
 and cook to a pulp ; while hot fill the cans full — shaking the cans to 
 settle the apple ; seal when hot. For pies in the winter. 
 
i6o PRESERVING, CANNING AND JELLIES 
 
 To Can Tomatoes, No. 1. — Pare firm medium-sized tomatoes 
 cold, then place them in a colander, cover and place over a kettle of 
 boiling water, do not let it touch the water, steam until thoroughly 
 heated,. perhaps fifteen or twenty minutes. Have some sliced toma- 
 toes cooking. Put the whole tomatoes in hot jars and fill with the 
 strained juice from the cooked tomatoes. Seal. 
 
 To Can Tomatoes, No. 2.— Scald the tomatoes ; peal and slice ; 
 put in a porcelain ketttle and boil thirty minutes or longer ( some 
 prefer them only well heated, others like most of the wattr evapor- 
 ated ). Put them boiling hot into the jars ; put on the rubbers and 
 lids and fasten, and when cold keep in a dry, dark closet. 
 
 Canned Corn. — Select fresh corn, shave one layer from the ear 
 and then press out the rest of the pulp with the knife; fill the cans 
 with the corn, packing it solidly ( cob may be used for this) to break 
 any air bubbles ; fill the cans so the milk will flow over the tops ; 
 put on the rubbers and lids — not screwing- perfectly tight. Put a 
 rack in the bottom of a wash boiler, put in the cans and pour in 
 sufficient cold water to nearly cover. Put on the cover of the boiler 
 and boil steadily for three hours. Then remove the cans and tighten 
 the covers and when perfectly cold put in a dark dry place. 
 
 Excellent Recipe for Currant Jelly, No. 1.— Coddle the currants, 
 squeeze out the juice and put it into the preserving kettle. Boil 
 briskly, take off the scum, add the sifted sugar and stir till it is 
 melted. Instantly it is melted put it in the pots and set it to cool. 
 You must not boil it a minute after the sugar is melted or 3^ou spoil 
 the color and flavor. To every pint of juice put a pound of sugar 
 and not one scrap over or your jelly will be spoiled. 
 
 Mrs. Roosevelt (President's mother). 
 
 Currant Jelly, No. 2. — To one heaping quart of fruit put a small 
 half cup of water. Put the fruit in a preserving kettle and cook to 
 a pulp ; then put in a bag and drain — do not squeeze. To each pint 
 of juice allow one pound of sugar. Cook from three to eight minutes. 
 
 Mrs. Jane Jones. 
 
PRESER\'ING, CANNING AND JELLIES i6i 
 
 Currant Jelly, No. 3. — Use when the}^ first ripen ; jam them and 
 drain through a bag twice without squeezing; allow a pound of sugar 
 for a pound of juice; when the juice boils put in the sugar and let it 
 thicken; then pour into glasses. Mrs. R. D. Huntington. 
 
 Spiced Jelly.— To one quart of currant jelly add one teaspoonful 
 of cinnamon and one-half teaspoonful of cloves. 
 
 Grape Jelly.— Take grapes before they are thoroughly ripe, put 
 them in a porcelain kettle and mash with a spoon ; when soft put in 
 a bag and press out the juice. Allow a pound of sugar to a pint of 
 juice ; boil the juice twenty minutes ; put in the sugar and stir till 
 dissolved and boil a moment. If the fruit is over ripe it will never 
 be a firm jelly. It is difficult to make jelly of some grapes but sour 
 apple juice added will make the jelly firmer. Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Crab Apple Jelly. — Remove the stems and blossoms from the 
 fruit ; cut in two and put in a porcelain kettle with water to nearly 
 cover ; cook until soft; put in a flannel bag and drain ; for each pint 
 of juice allow one pound of sugar ; boil the juice ten or fifteen 
 minutes; skim thoroughly; heat the sugar in the oven and add to the 
 juice, then let it just come to a boil and strain into glasses. 
 
 Mrs. Brennan. 
 
 Note. — Transcendent apple makes the best jelly. 
 
 Other Jellies.— Jellies can be made from quinces, peaches and 
 plums by following the directions for crab apple jelly. 
 
 Marmalade.— Cut up peaches, crab apples or quinces without 
 paring, cover with water and boil until tender ; rub through a sieve 
 and to every pint of pulp add one pint of sugar ; boil two hours, 
 stirring often. 
 
1 62 PRESERVING. CANNING AND JELLIES 
 
 Crab Apple Marmalade. — Partly peal the apples, then quarter 
 and core them. Use one pound of sugar to a pound of fruit and let 
 stand together over night. In the morning put on the stove and let 
 come to a boil ; then set back and let it simmer for three hours, stir- 
 ring occasionally. To every eight or ten pounds of fruit add, when 
 you put on the stove, two cut-up lemons. Take the crab apples 
 when the}^ are first ripe and juicy. Mrs. W. H. King. 
 
 Orange Marmalade, No, 1. — Six oranges and three lemons sliced 
 very thin. Add one quart of water to each pound of fruit and set 
 away for a day in an earthen bowl or jar; then cook till tender and 
 weigh, and allow to each pound one pound of sugar. Boil slowly 
 until it thickens. Makes about twelve glasses. 
 
 Mrs. Hawkins. 
 
 Orange Marmalade, No. 2. — Take thin skinned oranges, take 
 out the pulp with a teaspoon and add it to the peel chopped very fine. 
 A pound of sugar to each orange, a quart of water to every two 
 oranges, one lemon added to every four oranges. Put the water on 
 after the fruit is chopped and let it stand thirty-six hours. Then put 
 on the stove and let boil ( not too hard ) an hour, then add the sugar 
 and cook until the juice begins to jell when tried on a cold saucer. 
 If the oranges are sweet do not hesitate to use more lemons. 
 
 Mrs. E. W. Knowlton. 
 
 Orange Marmalade No. 3. — Two bitter oranges, two sweet 
 oranges, two lemons. Slice the fruit very thin, add three pounds of 
 water to each pound of fruit. Let stand ( in earthen or porcelain 
 ware ) twenty hours. Boil one hour ( uncovered ). Let cool, then 
 weigh the mixture and to each pound add three-fourths of a quart of 
 sugar. Boil one hour, then pour into glasses. Fills about twelve. 
 
 Mrs. Ransom. 
 
PRESERVING, CANNING AND JELLIES 163 
 
 Sugared Orange Peel.— Cut the peel into narrow strips with 
 scissors. Boil in plenty of water, till tender, changing the water 
 after the first ten minutes. Drain as dry as possible. Make a 
 syrup of one and one-half cups of sugar and three-fourths cup of 
 water. Put in the peel and cook slowly until the syrup is absorbed. 
 Spread on a flat dish and sprinkle over it a handful or two of pow- 
 dered sugar. Mrs. Shaw. 
 
 Candied Orange Peel.— Soak the peel of the oranges over night 
 in salt and water, one-half teaspoonful of salt to one quart of water. 
 Drain this brine off and put on fresh water enough to rinse the peel. 
 Cut the peel into narrow strips and boil in three waters until tender. 
 After draining off the last water, boil in a syrup made of the same 
 amount of sugar as fruit. When the peel has entirely absorbed this 
 syrup it will be crystalized and ready to eat. 
 
 Mrs. Wallace C. Short. 
 
 Frosted Fruit. — Dip the fruit in the beaten whites of eggs ; then 
 in pulverized sugar ; put white paper in tins and lay on the fruit to 
 dry in a very cool oven. Mrs. R. D. Huntington. 
 
 Note. — In canning fruit use the extra juice that cannot be put 
 into the jars to make a jelly. Add enough dissolved gelatine to the 
 juice to make it mould when cold ; serve it with whipped cream and 
 you have a delicious dessert. 
 
COFFEE, TEA AND OTHER BEVERAGES. 
 
 '■'■Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine. 
 Yet leVs be merry: zve'll have tea and toast. " 
 
 Coffee.— Allow a heaping tablespoonful to each person and one 
 extra; use half of one egg for six persons, and mix it with the 
 coffee; then moisten thoroughly with cold water; just fifteen minutes 
 before it is to be served pour on boiling water, allowing a coffee- 
 cupful for each person and one extra ; let it boil about five minutes, 
 stirring it when the coffee rises to the top ; place on the back of the 
 stove to settle or add a tablespoonful of cold water. 
 
 Mrs. S. S. Whittelsey. 
 
 Another Way. — Prepare the coffee and Qgg as above, put the 
 mixture into cold water in a tightly covered vessel, and boil five 
 minutes, or have a pot or can that fits into the tea kettle, and steam, 
 keeping the water in the tea kettle boiling all the time. Two- 
 thirds Java and one-third Mocha makes a nice flavored coffee. 
 
 Coffee for One Hundred. — Take three pounds of coffee ; beat in 
 six eggs, with their shells ; put in first enough cold water to mix 
 well; then pour over boiling water; cover tight. Mrs. Gallnow. 
 
 Tea. — For moderate strength use one teaspoonful to half a pint 
 of water ; pour on boiling water, leaving the pot standing where it 
 will be at the boiling point yet will not boil, for from three to five 
 minutes, keeping tightly covered. 
 
 Note. — To have first class tea, you must have freshly boiled 
 water. 
 
 Iced Tea. — Make tea by recipe already given. Strain into an 
 earthen pitcher and when cool set in an ice chest until wanted for 
 use. To serve, put two lumps of sugar with cracked ice and a slice 
 of lemon into a glass and fill with cold tea. 
 
COFFEE, TEA AND OTHER BEVERAGES 165 
 
 Iced Drinks. — Mid-summer brings compensation for heat in the 
 many iced drinks which can be prepared from fresh fruits. The 
 simplest of these are prepared by crushing- the fruit, adding suffi- 
 cient sugar to sweeten and, after a few hours' maceration, pressing 
 ofiF the clear juice. This, before serving, is mixed with an equal 
 amount of ice water. A small amount of lemon juice — about one 
 tablespoonful to the pint — will intensify and improve the flavor of all 
 fruit while a well made lemonade used in some, such as pineapple, 
 strawberry, raspberry and currant, in place of iced water, makes an 
 agreeable drink. For those who desire iced beverages at meals, 
 cocoa, tea or coffee may be used. The cocoa should be made with 
 boiling water, sweetened and cooked for a few minutes, then chilled 
 and served with cream, whipped or plain. Coffee should be clear 
 and freshly prepared before icing, and it is usual to sweeten it 
 slightly before cooling. Tea is steeped and strained in the orthodox 
 manner; some prefer to serve it hot and of unusual strength, pouring 
 it into glasses filled with cracked or crushed ice, thus chilling it 
 instantly. 
 
 Chocolate, No. 1. — One square of W. Baker's chocolate grated,^ 
 stir with this two teaspoonfuls of sugar and one tablespoonful of cold 
 water, add one-half pint of boiling water and boil five minutes. 
 Scald one-half pint of milk and add to the chocolate the last moment 
 before serving. Add one small spoon of whipped cream to each cup 
 just before it is served. For fifty medium sized cups one pound of 
 chocolate is required, with one and one-half cups of sugar, four 
 quarts of water, the same of milk and one pint of cream. 
 
 Mrs. McClary. 
 
 Chocolate, No. 2. — A famous Washington recipe. — Break up the 
 chocolate and place in a warm spot to melt; put in a farina kettle 
 and pour on boiling milk; stir while pouring in the milk and stir 
 constantly while cooking; let it boil some minutes and serve with 
 whipped cream. 
 
i66 COFFEE, TEA AND OTHER BEVERAGES 
 
 Raspberry Shrub. — Cover the berries with vinegar and let them 
 stand over night in an earthen bowl. Then mash them a little and 
 strain through a bag. To every pint of juice add one piound of white 
 sugar. Boil twenty minutes and bottle when cool. When served 
 add the juice of one lemon to one quart of the prepared shrub. 
 
 Mrs. McClary. 
 
 Blackcap Shrub. — Made the same as raspberry 
 
 Soda Cream.— Two and one-half pounds of white sugar, two 
 ounces of tartaric acid^both dissolved in one quart of hot water; 
 when cold add the beaten whites of three eggs, stirring well; jflavor 
 to taste; bottle for use. Put two tablespoonfuls of this into a glass 
 of cold water and stir in one-fourth teaspoonful of soda. 
 
 Mrs. Willard. 
 
 Lemonade.— Good lemonade can be made with half a pint of 
 lemon juice, three pints of water, and a generous pint of sugar. 
 Strain ; water and sugar may be boiled iiv*e minutes before adding 
 to the juice. 
 
 Orangeade. — Oranges with lemons in the proportion of one and 
 one-half cups of orange juice to one of lemon. Water and sugar to 
 taste. 
 
 Punch. — For fifty punch glasses take four quarts of water and 
 the strained juice of two dozen lemons and three oranges, one quart 
 can of chopped pineapple, one pint bottle of stoneless cherries. Add 
 the peel of the three oranges chopped fine. Sweeten to taste. If 
 desired add one pint of raspberry shrub. 
 
 Mrs. S. T. Carpenter. 
 
COFFEE, TEA AND OTHER BEVERAGES 167 
 
 Fruit Punch.— The juice of eighteen lemons, one quart can of 
 pineapple ; put it tog-ether with two cups of sugar and let it stand 
 one-half day. Then dilute with water and sweeten to taste. Strain 
 and add whole grapes, sliced bananas and a few small pieces of 
 lemon. If red color is liked use one can of strawberries or rasp- 
 berries. Mrs. E. G. Mason. 
 
 Unfermented Wine. — Three pounds of grapes, two of white sugar, 
 three quarts of water ; scald the grapes and water slowly; then 
 mash and strain ; add the sugar ; boil and seal as for canned fruit. 
 
 Mrs. Dwight Dickinson. 
 
 Grape Juice. — One peck of Concord grapes taken from the stems 
 and cooked in three quarts of water. When tender strain through a 
 jelly bag, being careful not to press any of the pulp through with th"e 
 juice. Add two-thirds of a cup of sugar to each quart of juice. Let 
 it come to a boil. Skim carefully and can or put in bottles, sealing 
 air tight. Mrs. McClary. 
 
CHAFING DISH. 
 
 ''The frivolous work of polished idletiess.'" 
 
 Kromanskies.— A Russian standby, are becoming a part of the 
 bill of fare in many American households. They are particularly 
 nice for luncheon or for Sunday night tea. For the latter they may be 
 prepared the day before and tried in the chafing dish when wanted. 
 To make them cut bacon into very thin regular slices and place on 
 each a little finely minced cold meat of any kind, having seasoned 
 with salt and paprika ; add also a bit of cream. Roll each lightly. 
 Place them on the ice. Fry a golden brown. Use skewers with 
 kromanskies. Mrs. Richardson. 
 
 Chicken with Mushrooms. — One good sized chicken boiled, cut 
 into dice, one can of mushrooms, two tablespoonfuls of butter, one 
 tablespoonful of flour, one-half pint of cream, one gill of chicken 
 broth, the yolks of two eggs, salt and pepper. Make sauce of the 
 flour, butter, cream and broth, add the chicken, cook three minutes, 
 add the mushrooms and cook two minutes longer. Add the beaten 
 eggs very slowly, stirring all the while. Mrs. John Cantwell. 
 
 Creamed Chicken. — One pint of minced chicken, one pint of 
 sweet milk, one tablespoonful of butter, one tablespoonful of flour, 
 season with salt and pepper. Place the butter in the pan and allow 
 it to melt. Rub the flour into the melted butter and add the milk. 
 Stir constantly until the milk comes to the boiling point. Add the 
 chicken, continue stirring, allowing the chicken to boil three or four 
 minutes. Serve immediately on crisp crackers or toast. 
 
 Mrs. L. F. Hodge. 
 
 Chicken Wiggle.— One can of chicken — a coffee-cupful — one 
 coffee-cupful of cream, one coffee-cupful of milk, yolks of three hard 
 boiled eggs, (put through a potato ricer), one heaping tablespoonful of 
 
CHAFING DISH 169 
 
 flour, one-half cofl^ee-cupful of French peas, one-eighth pound of 
 butter. Place the butter in the chafing- dish with the chicken and let 
 them heat thoroughly together. Mix the eggs and flour until smooth 
 with a little milk. Add to the chafing dish milk and cream, then 
 the thickening and the peas just before serving. Salt and pepper to 
 taste. Serve on toast. Litz Dustin. 
 
 Shrimps a la Newberg. — Pick over carefully one can of shrimps. 
 Melt four tablespoonfuls of butter, add one tablespoonful of flour and 
 stir until smooth. Add one-quarter of a cupful of cream and the 
 shrimps, and stir very gently until heated. Add the beaten yolks of 
 two eggs gradually, stirring all the while. Salt and pepper to 
 taste. Jessie Marshall. 
 
 Panned Oysters. — Place oysters in the dish with a tablespoonful 
 of butter and a little salt. Cover closely and light the lamp. Stir 
 occasionally and w^hen the oysters are plump and the gills curled 
 they are ready to serve. One-half cup of thick sweet cream may be 
 poured over them if desired before taking up. E. McClary. 
 
 Lobster. — Melt four tablespoonfuls of butter, add three table- 
 spoonfuls of flour and a liberal seasoning of salt and pepper. Pour 
 in one and a half cups of milk and stir till creamy, then add one 
 cup of lobster meat and one cup of canned peas from which every 
 drop of liquor has been drained. Bring just to the boiling point, 
 then serve. Shrimps may be used instead of lobster if one likes 
 their flavor. 
 
 Creamed Lobster.— Melt three tablespoonfuls of butter, add four 
 tablespoonfuls of flour, and pour in one and a half cups of milk. 
 Season with salt and paprika. Stir with a wire whisk till the 
 sauce is creamy, then add one pound of lobster meat and two tea- 
 spoonfuls of lemon juice. Serve with sandwiches of graham or 
 brown bread. 
 
 ri2i 
 
ijo CHAFING DISH 
 
 Scrambled Eggs. — Beat five eggs till slightlj^ blended, add a 
 dust of white pepper, half a teaspoonful of salt and half a cup of 
 milk. Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter in the chafing dish, pour 
 in the ^^^ mixture and cook till it is creamy, scraping it from the 
 bottom of the pan as it becomes thick. Scrambled eggs are nice 
 accompanied by saltine wafers. 
 
 To Make a Good " Rabbit ".—Use a chafing dish. In the 
 upper pan put enough milk — I don't know just how much — half a 
 cup or a little more. Put in about two pounds of cheese cut up fine 
 or mashed with a fork. Put in butter depending on the richness of 
 the cheese, say butter the size of an ordinary hen's ^^^, set up 
 machine, with hot water for a starter in the bottom pan and set 
 flame agoing. Turn over the cheese occasionally, only do not stir. 
 In a glass or other dish as seems necessary, mix up red pepper, 
 mustard and any other seasoning that you may want. In another 
 dish beat up one or two eggs, depending on how much of the stuff 
 you are making. When the cheese is all melted ( this is a critical 
 point ) put in the seasoning and mix. Put in the ^^^ and beat 
 well. If there seems to be too little milk in the solution, put in a 
 little before the ^^^ is added and allow to become heated. When the 
 ^^^ has been beaten well into the mess, cover and allow to thicken, 
 stirring occasionally. N. F. McClar3^ 
 
 Tomato Fricassee. — One-half quart can of tomatoes, one heaping 
 tablespoonful of butter, salt and pepper to season very highly, and 
 one pinch of soda. Simmer fifteen minutes, add three well beaten 
 eggs and take from the fire the moment it begins to thicken. Pour 
 over toast. Jessie Marshall. 
 
 Tomatoes and Rice. — Put into a chafing dish a half cupful of 
 tomatoes, add a bay leaf, a few drops of onion juice, pepper and 
 salt to taste. Let them cook until tender, then remove the bay leaf 
 and stir in as much boiled rice as can be well coated and moistened 
 with the tomatoes. Serve with cracker biscuits. 
 
CHAFING DISH 171 
 
 Italian Spaghetti. — Fill the pan with enough salted water to cover 
 the spag-hetti. Bend the sticks into the water slowly so as not to 
 break them. Cook until tender — about twenty minutes. Serve on 
 hot plates and cover v^ith Italian sauce and grated Parmesan cheese. 
 
 Sauce. — One cup of tomato soup, butter the size of a walnut, one 
 eup of chopped olives, three or four chopped mushrooms, paprika, 
 cayenne, salt, to taste. The sauce is improved by being made 
 few hours before using. S. H. B. Clark. 
 
 Fudge. — Two cups of granulated sugar, piece of butter one-half 
 the size of a walnut, one-half cup of water, one-half cup of sweet 
 cream, one square of Baker's chocolate. Place the butter, water 
 and chocolate in the chafing dish. Allow it to boil, stirring only 
 when necessary to prevent burning. As soon as a few drops of the 
 mixture will form a soft ball in cold water add the cream and boil 
 until the same degree of consistency is again reached. Remove the 
 pan and allow the candy to cool thoroughly. Flavor with vanilla 
 and stir vigorously until the candy is set. Pour on buttered pan 
 which is not more than six inches square, as the fudge is delicious 
 when thick. Nuts may be added soon after the stirring is begun if 
 desired. Mrs. L. F. Hodge. 
 
CANDY. 
 
 '■'■ Come, give us a taste of your quality.'"' 
 
 Fondant. — Put two cups of granulated sugar and one of hot water 
 (pinch of cream tartar if you wish) in a sauce pan on the fire and 
 stir rantil the sugar is dissolved, not a moment longer. Watch while 
 boiling, carefully wiping off the crystals which form on the sides of 
 the pan, with a cloth wet in cold water, as these crystals dropping 
 into the syrup will cause it to granulate when cooling; remove any 
 scum which may appear. When it has boiled about ten minutes 
 begin to test it. Chill the fingers in ice water, then dip them 
 quickly in the syrup and back in the water. When the syrup picked 
 up with the fingers forms a soft ball, pour it out on a greased 
 platter (do not scrape out the sauce pan). When nearly cool begin 
 to stir it with a fork or wooden paddle; stir continuously and rapidly 
 until it is white and creamy; when too stiff to stir, knead till soft 
 and smooth. This fondant forms the base of many candies. 
 
 Nut Candy. — One cup of sweet cream; two cups of maple sugar, 
 melted together; boil until it begins to grain, avoiding much stirring; 
 put butternut meats in a tin and pour over them the syrup; cut in 
 squares. Mrs. Pitman. 
 
 Chocolate Caramels. — One cup of grated chocolate, one cup of 
 molasses, one cup of brovi^n sugar, one cup of milk, a piece of butter 
 the size of an ^^^. Put the ingredients in a kettle, adding one table- 
 spoonful of glycerine, and boil fast. When nearly done, add the 
 chocolate; test by dropping into cold water, and pour into buttered 
 pans. When cool make into blocks with the back ofJ[a knife. 
 
 Hoarhound Candy.— Steep one tablespoon of hoarhound in a half 
 cup of water, strain and add one pint of sugar and one tablespoon 
 of vinegar. Boil without stirring, and when brittle pour into 
 buttered pans. Mark off into squares while warm. 
 
CANDY 173 
 
 Stuffed Dates. — Remove the stone from the date, place a half 
 walnut meat within the fruit, press tightly together, and roll in 
 granulated sugar. Mrs. N. Porter. 
 
 Note. — Preserved ginger in place of walnut meats is delicious. 
 
 Pinoche. — One large cup of milk to one pound of coffee C. sugar, 
 a piece of butter the size of a walnut. Boil until it will mould into a 
 soft ball when tried in water. Just before taking from the fire stir 
 in half a pound of chopped English walnuts and stir briskly until it 
 begins to thicken; pour in buttered pan. Anna Lincoln. 
 
 Fudge. — One cup of milk, two cups of sugar, one-fourth cake of 
 Baker's chocolate, butter the size of a walnut. Cook over a hot fire. 
 When it becomes a soft ball, add one teaspoon of vanilla, and stir 
 briskly. Just before pouring on a platter add chopped walnuts, 
 when almost cold cut into small squares. Katharine L. King. 
 
 Vassar Fudge. — Put into a sauce pan four tumblers of sugar, 
 two of milk. Grate into this one-half cake of chocolate, and add a 
 piece of butter the size of a walnut. Cook over a hot fire and stir 
 constantly. When it becomes a soft ball, add about one-half tea- 
 spoon of vanilla, and remove from the stove. Stir until it becomes 
 like thick cream. Pour on a large piece of white paper; when 
 almost cold and before it becomes hardened, cut into small squares 
 and put into dishes for serving. Gertrude L. Chesley. 
 
 College Candy. — Two cups of maple or brown sugar, one-third 
 of a cup of sweet cream, one-half pound of English walnuts. Boil 
 the sugar and cream until it forms a ball when dropped in water, 
 stirring constantly. Remove from the stove and add the walnuts 
 chopped fine; stir until the mixture begins to whiten, turn into pans 
 and when cold cut into squares. E. McClary. 
 
 Peanut Candy. — Two cups of white sugar, one cup of vinegar, 
 two quarts of peanuts; let the sugar and vinegar boil until hard, 
 testing by dropping into cold water; flavor a little with vanilla and 
 add the peanuts; pour into flat tins, and just before hardenuig cut 
 into squares. Mary E. Parmelee. 
 
174- CANDY 
 
 Macaroons. — Blanch one-half pound of almonds; when dry pound 
 them fine; beat the whites of three egg-s to a stiff froth; add one-half 
 pound of white sugar and the almonds; flavor with extract of bitter 
 almonds; drop a small teaspoonful in a place on buttered paper; 
 sift sugar over them and bake slowly half or three-quarters of an 
 hour. Mrs. R. D . Huntington. 
 
 Cream Candy. — Three cups of sugar, one-half cup of water, one 
 tablespoonful of vinegar; boil fifteen minutes. 
 
 Mrs. George Sabin. 
 
 Chocolate Creams. — Shape the fondant into balls and have the 
 chocolate melted over steam. To cover the balls lay them, one at a 
 time, upon a silver fork and pour over them the melted chocolate 
 with a teaspoon and place the balls upon oil paper. 
 
 Mrs. John Lincoln. 
 
 Peanut Brittle.— Three cups of granulated sugar, one cup of 
 crushed peanuts. Put the sugar in a frying pan and heat gradually, 
 stirring constantl^s until the sugar is all melted. Do not let it 
 scorch. Have your tins buttered. Stir the peanuts into the melted 
 sugar and pour in tins. Other nuts may be used. 
 
 Mrs. A. H. Proctor. 
 
 Kisses. — ^Beat the whites of four eggs to a very stiif froth; stir in 
 half a pound of powdered sugar; flavor with rose or lemon; continue 
 to beat until very light; spread white paper over a board half an 
 inch thick; drop the mixture by spoonfuls on the paper, having them 
 one inch apart; place in the oven, watching carefully until they 
 have a golden tint; lift from the paper with a thin knife blade and 
 stick them together at the base by twos. Mrs. Munger. 
 
 Peppermint Drops.— One cup of sugar, a very little water, boil 
 until it hairs. Remove from the stove, add a pinch of cream tartar 
 and three drops of oil of peppermint, stir until the mixture begins to 
 whiten. Drop with a spoon on buttered paper. Wintergreen oil 
 may be used instead of the peppermint and cochineal may be used 
 to color them pink. E. McClary. 
 
CANDY 175 
 
 Molasses Candy, No. 1. — One cup of New Orleans molasses, one- 
 half cup of white sugar; boil until it cracks in water, then add one- 
 half teaspoonful of soda; pour on a buttered tin or marble ; pull as 
 soon as it is cool enough until hard. L. V. Hubbard. 
 
 Molasses Candy, No. 2. — Two cups of molasses, one cup of 
 sugar, a piece of butter the size of an &gg, one tablespoon of 
 glycerine. Boil twenty or thirty minutes until brittle. Stir in one- 
 half teaspoonful of soda, and pour on a large platter. When cool 
 enough, pull on a hook until white. Draw into sticks and cut with 
 shears. Mary E. Parmelee. 
 
 Molasses Candy, No. 3.— Two cups of New Orleans molasses, 
 one cup of sugar, four tablespoons of vinegar, butter the size of a 
 small Q^^. Boil until when dropped in cold water you can pull it. 
 Pour on buttered platters, and let stand until you can handle it, not 
 until too cool. Miss Cahill. 
 
 French Cream. — Break in a bowl the white of one or more eggs; 
 add an equal quantity of cold water. Then stir in confectioner's 
 sugar until it is stiif enough to mould into shape with the fingers. 
 Flavor to taste. 
 
 Chocolate Creams. — Mould French cream into small cone-shaped 
 balls. Let them harden several hours and then cover with melted 
 chocolate. 
 
 Fig Candy. — To half a pound of fondant add one-fourth of a pound 
 of figs chopped fine, roll the mixture out on a board into a flat cake 
 cut into oblong pieces and dust with confectioner's sugar or cover 
 with melted chocolate. If liked, raisins may be substituted for the 
 figs. E. McClary. 
 
 Walnut Creams. — Make a ball of French cream about the size of 
 a walnut and place a half nut meat upon either side of the ball, 
 pressing it into the cream. Other nut creams may be made by chop- 
 ping the meats fine and working into French cream, and cutting 
 into bars. 
 
176 CANDY 
 
 Butter Taffy. — Take two heaping cups of sugar, and of water 
 only one, and put them in a kettle on the fire; of molasses half a 
 cup, and — before you take it up — all the butter the family can spare. 
 Now you stir it, and you mix it, and you watch it all the time, and 
 j^ou boil the whole concoction till it hairs. Then you tr3^ it on a 
 plate (it will surely be first rate), and you pour it into pans and cut 
 it into squares. 
 
 Salted Almonds.— Shell the nuts and pour boiling water over 
 them; let them stand in the water a minute or two, and then throw 
 them into cold water, and rub between the hands. To every cupful 
 add one even tablespoon of melted butter or olive oil and let stand 
 a while. Sprinkle with a level teaspoon of salt. Place in a moder- 
 ately hot oven and bake until brown, stirring occasionally. Peanuts 
 ma3^ be salted in the same way. E. McClar3\ 
 
 Salted Peanuts. — Select raw peanuts. Blanch hy pouring over 
 them boiling water. Heat lard enough to cover the peanuts nicelj', 
 the same as for frying doughnuts. Put the peanuts in and let them 
 cook, stirring constantly, until they are as brown as you wish. 
 Remove and let drain in a sieve, then put them on several brown 
 papers until all the lard is absorbed. When this is done, salt to 
 taste. Mrs. A. H. Proctor. 
 
FOR THE SICK. 
 
 " Simple Diet is best; for- many dishes bring many diseases. " 
 
 Sleeplessness.— This may be relieved by laying a cold wet cloth 
 on the back of the neck, with a dry cloth outside. 
 
 Beef Tea, No. 1. — Take a pound of the juicy round of beef steak; 
 cut into thin strips an inch long-; put into a sauce pan, and first 
 cover with cold water; set over the stove where it will warm grad- 
 ually; when it comes to a boil let it boil five minutes; pour ofiF, and 
 put in salt. Mrs. M. K. Wead. 
 
 Beef Tea, No. 2.— Cut up the beef in small pieces, place in a 
 bottle or glass can; set in a kettle of cold water and cook slowly 
 until the juice of the meat is extracted. Add salt after it is done. 
 
 Mrs. McClary. 
 
 Chicken Jelly.— Half a raw chicken pounded with a mallet to 
 break the bones; put in about a quart of warm water; let it simmer 
 in a covered vessel until the meat is in rags and the liquid reduced 
 one-half; strain through a coarse cloth, return to the fire, and season 
 to taste; simmer live minutes longer; when cool skim the oil from the 
 top. Keep on ice. 
 
 Indian Meal Gruel.— Stir two tablespoonfuls of the meal to a 
 smooth paste with cold water and put into one pint of boiling water. 
 Let this boil for one-half hour, stirring often as it burns easily; if 
 too thick add a little water. Season to taste. 
 
 Farina Gruel. — Add one saltspoonful of salt to one cupful of 
 boiling water; when boiling sprinkle in one teaspoonful of farina; 
 cook for ten minutes; add one cupful of milk, cook five minutes and 
 serve. 
 
178 FOR THE SICK 
 
 Sago Gruel. — A heaping tablespoonful of sago, washed in several 
 slightly warm waters; put this into a coffeecup of water; when 
 boiled up clear put in half a teacup of milk; as soon as scalded take 
 off, and add one or two tablespoonfuls of thin cream; salt to taste. 
 
 Mrs. M. K. Wead. 
 
 Oat Meal Blanc Mange. — Cook to a jelly; strain through a fine 
 sieve, and mould; salt while cooking. Mrs. C. B. Beardsley. 
 
 Mutton Broth. — One pound of lean mutton or lamb, cut small; 
 one quart of cold water; a small tablespoonful of rice, soaked in a 
 little warm water; add a little milk if preferred; salt and pepper to 
 taste. 
 
 Corn Tea. — Brown and pound in a mortar one cup of sweet dry 
 corn; pour on two cups of boiling water, and steep fifteen minutes. 
 This is light and nutritious, and can be taken when the patient is 
 very weak. 
 
 Toast Water. — Slices of bread dried thoroughly and nicely 
 browned; pour over enough boiling water to cover them; let them 
 steep until cold, keeping closely covered; strain, and sweeten to 
 taste; put a piece of ice in a glassful. 
 
 Hot Milk is both nourishing and stimulating, when one is 
 weary it is more easily digested than cold milk. Should be taken 
 slowly in sips. 
 
 For Indigestion. — Sprinkle cayenne pepper over food. 
 
 Flaxseed Lemonade.— Four tablespoonfuls of flaxseed, one quart 
 of boiling water, let remain in a covered dish three hours. When' 
 cold add the juice of two lemons and sweeten to taste. Take ice cold. 
 This makes a soothing drink in throat and lung troubles. 
 
FOR THE SICK 179 
 
 Kumyss. — Put into a self-sealing- pint bottle one tablespoon of 
 sug-ar, and one-sixth of a Fleischman's yeast cake; fill the bottle to 
 within three inches of the top with new milk and seal. Let it 
 remain in a warm place nine hours— shaking frequently, at least 
 once an hour. Then let it stand in a cold place for three hours, 
 when it will be ready for use. An excellent and nourishing drink. 
 
 Mrs. J. S. Phillips. 
 
 Cough Mixture, No. 1. — Two ounces of flaxseed, one-fourth pound 
 of rock candy, one cup of sugar, three cents worth of hoarhound, one 
 stick of black licorice, two lemons boiled whole, cut and squeezed 
 after boiling; one quart of water. Simmer all except the sugar and 
 licorice for two hours — then strain, pressing the juice from the 
 lemons; add the sugar and licorice and stir over the fire until the 
 licorice is dissolved. L. C. Wead. 
 
 Cough Mixture, No. 2.— Make a syrup of one pound of white 
 sugar and one pint of water; dissolve two ounces of licorice ball in 
 one pint of water; one-fourth ounce of opium in eight ounces of 
 alcohol; let it stand over night; one ounce of anise oil in two ounces 
 of alcohol; one-half ounce of pulverized blood root steeped in one pint 
 of water and strained; mix the ingredients; take one-half teaspoonful 
 as often as the case may require. Mrs. Gurley. 
 
 Cough Syrup. — One ounce each of licorice root, flaxseed, thor- 
 ough wort, slippery elm and anise seed; steep until all the strength 
 is extracted; strain and a^d one pint of molasses and one pound of 
 white sugar; simmer to a quart. Excellent for children. 
 
 Mrs. House. 
 
 Mustard Plaster.— Mix thoroughly flour and ground mustard in 
 the proportions required — usually one-third mustard to two-thirds 
 flour or mustard and flour equal parts — add hot water in sufficient 
 quantity to make a thick paste. Spread on cotton cloth and cover 
 with cheese cloth or old linen. Mixing with the white of an egg 
 will prevent blistering. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 ''A storehouse of comical oddities 
 That have niver been neighbors before."" 
 
 Entertainment Supplies for Fifty Guests.— For chicken salad 
 allow five medium-sized chickens and twelve heads of celery. One 
 hundred sandwiches; two loaves of loaf cake and three of layer. 
 One and one-half pounds of coffee and three pints of cream for the 
 same; two gallons of ice cream; two moulds of jell3^ 
 
 Church Supper Supplies for One Hundred Guests. — For chicken 
 pies use fifteen medium-sized chickens. For escalloped oysters allow 
 two gallons of oysters, four pounds of crackers, two pounds of butter. 
 For hash, ten pounds of corned beef with double the quantit}^ of 
 potato. With any two of these allow ten dozen biscuit; five pounds 
 of butter; twelve pounds of ham before cooking; six quarts of cab- 
 bage salad; twelve heads of celery; five dozen boiled eggs for egg 
 salad; seventy-five doughnuts; three pounds of cheese; three loaves 
 of white cake, two of dark, four of la^'^er; three pounds of cofifee and 
 three quarts of cream for the same. 
 
 To Make Sandwiches. — Butter the bread before cutting the slices 
 from the loaf. In this wa3' they can be made much thinner. 
 
 To Cut Warm Bread.— Heat a thin bladed knife on the stove or 
 in boiling water. 
 
 To Cook Dried Fruits. — All fruits should be well washed and 
 soaked in cold water twelve hours before cooking. Cook slowly in 
 the same water. 
 
 To Stone Raisins. — Pour over them boiling water and the seeds 
 can easily be removed. It also improves them for a cake or pudding. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS i8i 
 
 Sharp Vinegar. — Put West India molasses into cold'water until 
 the mixture will bear up an egg-, showing a piece of the o.^^ shell 
 as large as a five cent piece; set in the sun or a warm place. 
 Remove the mother when it forms. 
 
 Vanilla Extract. — One vanilla bean, five tonka beans; ten ounces 
 of alcohol, six of water, three of sugar; break the beans in small 
 pieces; put all together and shake every day for six weeks. 
 
 Mrs. H. H. Thompson. 
 
 To Clean Straw Matting. — Wash with a cloth dipped in clean salt 
 and water, then wipe dry at once. This prevents its turning yellow. 
 
 Filling for Cracks in Floors. — Thoroughly soak newspapers in a 
 paste made of one-half pound of flour, three quarts of water and 
 one-half pound of alum mixed and boiled until like putty. 
 
 Bouquet of Herbs. — Four leaves of parsley, one of celery, one of 
 bay leaf, one of thyme, and two cloves; fold together and tie with a 
 string. 
 
 To Remove Paint from Window Glass.— Put sufficient pearl-ash 
 into hot water to make a very strong solution; saturate the spots of 
 paint with this and let it remain until nearly dry; then rub off with 
 a woolen cloth. Mrs. Caldwell. 
 
 Ink and Iron Rust Stains. — Such stains can generally be removed 
 from white cloth with oxalic acid. Wash immediately. 
 
 Mildew.— Take lemon juice mixed with an equal weight of salt, 
 powdered starch and soft soap; rub thickly on the spots, renewing 
 two or three times a day until the spots disappear; strong soft soap 
 alone will often do as well if placed in the sun. 
 
 To Make Good Starch.— Mix the starch with cold water; add 
 boiling water until it thickens, then add a dessert spoon of sugar 
 and a small piece of butter or lard. This makes a stiff and glossy 
 finish. 
 
1 82 MISCELLANE O US 
 
 Paste. — Three level tablespoonfuls of flour with enough water 
 for a smooth paste, one-fourth teaspoonful of powdered alum, one- 
 half cup of cold water. Stir constantly and cook until well thick- 
 ened; then add twenty drops of oil of cloves and pack in a glass jar. 
 When mounting pictures apply the paste with a piece of soft cloth. 
 
 Mrs. McClar3\ 
 
 Shirt Polish. — One cup of starch, one and one-half ounces of 
 spermaceti, three-fourths of an ounce of paraffine, one and one-half 
 ounces of white wax, one teaspoonful of gum arable, one quart of 
 warm water. Mix, and boil ten minutes. Put one teaspoonful of 
 the mixture to each pint of starch. 
 
 To Starch Mull or Lace. — Into a teacupful of water put a small 
 teaspoonful of dissolved gum arable; dry the goods after starching 
 and dampen before ironing — will make them look like new. 
 
 To Wash White Flannel. — Dissolve borax, one tablespoonful for 
 each three quarts of warm water. Let the goods soak in this an 
 hour, turning over frequently. If much soiled, add a little white 
 soap to the water and rub with the hands. Rinse and shake out 
 well. 
 
 To Wash Calicoes. — Put a teaspoonful of sugar of lead into a 
 pailful of water and soak fifteen minutes before washing. For 
 stiffening navy blue cambrics use dark glue instead of starch. 
 
 Wash Goods liable to fade should be washed in a strong solution 
 of salt, allowing a cup of salt to a quart'of hot water. While the 
 water is warm put the material in and let it lie for a time; then take 
 out and wash in the usual way. 
 
 To prevent the salt from absorbing the dampness and becoming 
 hard in the salt cellars during the summer season mix a little corn 
 starch or rice flour with the salt, using one spoonful of starch to six 
 of salt. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS 183 
 
 Hard Wood Floors. — First fill the wood. Then put on three or 
 four coats of white shellac, letting each coat harden, after which put 
 on a good floor wax. Rub the wax on with a cloth, letting it stand 
 for an hour or more. Then polish with a weighted floor brush, first 
 lengthways, then across. To keep in good order wax every month. 
 Never put the wax on thick. 
 
 If hard wood floors are properly finished when laid the}' require 
 but little attention to keep them looking well; a rubbnig over with 
 gasoline every two or three months will be all the^^ require, and a 
 broom covered with cotton flannel, the nap side out, is the best kind 
 of a duster to use on them every morning. 
 
 Hard Soap.— Six pounds of sal soda, in crystal; three pounds of 
 unslacked lime; four gallons of water; put all in a kettle and boil 
 until dissolved; then let it settle; pour off the liquid and add to it 
 seven pounds of clean grease (if tallow, six pounds); boil to the 
 thickness of honey; pour into a wash tub and cut in bars. 
 
 Soft Soap. — Ten pounds of grease, six pounds of washing soda, 
 eight gallons of hot water; let it stand for several da3's— until the 
 grease is eaten up; if too thick add more water; stir every da}'. If 
 wood ashes are used instead of soda boil the mixture. 
 
 To Clean Coffee and Tea Pots.— The black coating which 
 collects inside the coffee and tea pots may be easily removed. 
 Throw a handful of cooking soda in the pot, fill it with boiling 
 water, let it stand on the back of the stove for five or six hours and 
 then wash and rinse it in boiling water. Be careful to clean out the 
 spout. This process will make the inside of an old coffee pot bright 
 and sweet. 
 
 To Remove Coffee, Tea, Chocolate and Fruit Stains.— Place a 
 bowl on the table, spread the stained part over it, pour boiling water 
 on it from a height so as to strike the stain with force. 
 
/ 84 M ISC ELLA NEO US 
 
 To Clean Lamp Burners. — Put the burners into water in which 
 beans have been soaked or parboiled and boil one hour, then clean 
 with sapolio or bath brick. Mrs. F. W. Lawrence. 
 
 How to Keep Flatirons Clean and Smooth.— Rub them first with 
 a piece of wax tied in a cloth, and afterwards scour them on a paper 
 or cloth strewn with coarse salt. 
 
 To Wash Chamois. — Two quarts of moderately warm water, two 
 heaping teaspoonfuls of borax, let soak for about ten minutes, then 
 wash. Then take two quarts of water with one teaspoonful of borax, 
 and wash again, rinse well, pull out smooth; when partly dry rub 
 with the hands. Mrs. Ralph. 
 
 Furniture Varnish. — One pint of Japan, five cents worth of 
 asphaltum varnish, one tube of Indian red. Thin the mixture with 
 spirits of turpentine and apply with a cloth. 
 
 Dents in fine Polished Furniture.— They may be removed in the 
 following manner: Lay a number of layers of moistened brown 
 paper over the dent, and put a warm iron over them. The steam 
 will gradually cause the wood to swell and to fill up the dent. It 
 sometimes requires patience, but slight dents that are a considerable 
 mar to furniture can be raised in this way. 
 
 To Renew Black '^\W.—^\x\. on d, perfectly smooth ^\xxi'ACQ.\ sponge 
 with clear, cold water until it sticks to the board and leave until 
 thoroughly dry. Mrs. Mallon. 
 
 To Restore Velvet that has been Wet.— Dampen it thoroughly on 
 the wrong side; then hold it over a very hot iron, being careful not 
 to let it touch the iron. 
 
 For a Burn. — Apply common baking soda; there is nothing better. 
 
 Mrs. C. B. Beardsley. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS 185 
 
 Antidote for Poison.— For any poison swallow instantly a glass 
 of cold water with a heaping teaspoonful of common salt and one of 
 ground mustard stirred in. This is a speedy emetic. When it has 
 acted swallow the whites of two raw eggs. Marion Harland. 
 
 Spermaceti Salve. — One ounce of spermaceti, three of white wax, 
 six of olive oil; melt the spermaceti and wax together; heat the oil 
 and put all together, stirring until cold. 
 
 To Remove Discoloration from Bruises.— Apply a cloth wrung 
 out in hot water and renew frequently. Or, apply a piece of raw 
 beef. 
 
 To Keep Roses.— Lay them, their full length of the stems, in a 
 pan of cold water, and place them in a cool place during the nights 
 and they will keep for many days. 
 
 Each recipe is true and tried, 
 And sofne good housewife'' s honest pride — 
 
 Soiue home's delight; 
 And should your effort bi'itig no prize, 
 
 I' II say not where the trouble lies, — 
 ' Twere impolite. 
 
 " There are other days still, and other things we shall say.'^ 
 
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INDEX. 
 
 Advertisements, 
 
 217 
 
 Beans — Contin ued. 
 
 
 Almonds, salted, 
 
 176 
 
 Soup, . . . . 
 
 12, 13 
 
 Apples, 
 
 
 String, . 
 
 49 
 
 Brownies, 
 
 54 
 
 Beef, 
 
 
 Charlotte, 
 
 40, 116 
 
 A la mode, 
 
 24 
 
 Delmonico, 
 
 40 
 
 And onions smothered, 
 
 25 
 
 Dumplings 
 
 101 
 
 Chipped, 
 
 26 
 
 Fried, . 
 
 40 
 
 Chopped, 
 
 27 
 
 Fritters, 
 
 54 
 
 Corned beef hash, . 
 
 27 
 
 Jelly, for cake, 
 
 140 
 
 Dried, 
 
 26 
 
 Kooker, 
 
 103 
 
 Hamburg steak. 
 
 25 
 
 Pie, 
 
 91 
 
 Hash balls, . 
 
 27 
 
 Preserves, 
 
 157 
 
 Packing, 
 
 26 
 
 Pudding", 
 
 102, 117 
 
 Potted, . 
 
 26 
 
 Puffs. . 
 
 96 
 
 Roast, . 
 
 24 
 
 Puffs, filling- for, 
 
 96 
 
 Steak, roast, . 
 
 26 
 
 Sauce, baked. 
 
 159 
 
 Steak, to broil, . 
 
 25 
 
 Sauce, canned. 
 
 159 
 
 Stock, . 
 
 11 
 
 Turnovers, 
 
 103 
 
 Tea, 
 
 177 
 
 Antidote for poison. 
 
 185 
 
 Tongue, . 
 
 26 
 
 Asparagus, 
 
 52 
 
 Yorkshire pudding, 
 
 24 
 
 Asparagus, with 
 
 cream 
 
 Berry Tea Cake, 
 
 84 
 
 sauce, . 
 
 52 
 
 Biscuit, 
 
 
 Aspic Jelly, 
 
 65 
 
 Baking powder, . 
 
 SO, 81 
 
 Bacon and Liver, 
 
 31 
 
 Raised, . 
 
 78 
 
 Bananas, 
 
 
 Scotch, . 
 
 81 
 
 Baked, . 
 
 40 
 
 Soda, 
 
 81 
 
 Filling for cake. 
 
 142 
 
 Bisque, Corn, . 
 
 16 
 
 Float, 
 
 117 
 
 Black silk, to renew. 
 
 184 
 
 Fried, . 
 
 40 
 
 Blueberry Cake, 
 
 84 
 
 Ice cream. 
 
 121 
 
 Boudnis, . 
 
 36 
 
 Pudding, 
 
 104, 117 
 
 Boudins, a la reine, 
 
 3() 
 
 Salad, 
 
 63 
 
 Bouillon, . 
 
 12 
 
 Banbury Cakes, 
 
 149 
 
 Bread, hints for making. 
 
 75 
 
 Beans, 
 
 
 Bread, . 
 
 75, 76 
 
 Baked, with pork. 
 
 54 
 
 Brown, . 
 
 80 
 
 Boston baked. 
 
 54 
 
 Brown, steamed, . 
 
 80 
 
 Salad, . 
 
 62 
 
 Coffee, . 
 
 79 
 
 Shelled, . 
 
 49 
 
 French, . 
 
 76 
 
204 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Bread — Continued. 
 
 Graham, ... 80 
 Graham, steamed, . 80 
 Sticks, .... 78 
 Warm, to cut, . . 180 
 Whole wheat, . . 79 
 Brine for cucumber pickles, 151 
 Bruises, to remove discolora- 
 tion, .... 185 
 Bunns, ... 79, 138 
 Burns, remedy for, . 184 
 Cabbag-e, fried, . . 49 
 Calico, to wash, . . 182 
 Cake, hints for making, . 129 
 Angel, .... 135 
 Bread, ... 135 
 Chocolate, ... 133 
 Chocolate and nut, . 133 
 Chocolate caramel, . 130 
 Chocolate, German, . 131 
 Citron, ... 134 
 Clove, . . . . 134 
 Cocoanut, . . . 131 
 Coffee, . . . . 138 
 Cream fruit, ... 138 
 Cream, old fashioned, . 135 
 Cream, sponge, . . 137 
 Flake, .... 131 
 
 Fruit 138 
 
 Fruit, white, . . 138 
 
 Gold, .... 135 
 
 Harlequin, . . . 132 
 Layer, . . . 131, 132 
 Nut, . . . 132, 133 
 One Egg-, . . 132, 134 
 
 Orange, . . . 132 
 
 Potato, .... 131 
 
 Quick 134 
 
 Ribbon, ... 133 
 
 Rolled Jelly, . . 133 
 
 Silver, . . .• . 130 
 
 Snowballs, . . . 137 
 
 Spanish bunns, . . 138 
 
 Spice, .... 134 
 
 Cake — Continued. 
 
 
 Sponge, 
 
 136, 137 
 
 Spong-e, cream, 
 
 137 
 
 Sponge, white, 
 
 137 
 
 Sunshine, 
 
 135, 136 
 
 White, . 
 
 129, 130 
 
 Candy, 
 
 172 
 
 Butter Taffy, 
 
 176 
 
 Chocolate Caramel 
 
 s, . 172 
 
 Chocolate Creams, 
 
 174, 175 
 
 College, 
 
 173 
 
 Cream, . 
 
 174 
 
 Cream, French, 
 
 175 
 
 Dates, stuffed, 
 
 173 
 
 Fig, 
 
 175 
 
 Fondant, 
 
 172 
 
 Fudge, 
 
 171, 173 
 
 Fudge, Vassar, 
 
 173 
 
 Hoarhound, . 
 
 172 
 
 Kisses, . 
 
 174 
 
 Macaroons, 
 
 174 
 
 Molasses, 
 
 175 
 
 Nut, 
 
 172 
 
 Peanut, 
 
 173 
 
 Peanut Brittle, 
 
 174 
 
 Peppermint Drops 
 
 174 
 
 Pinoche, 
 
 173 
 
 Walnut Creams, 
 
 175 
 
 Canning, 
 
 
 Apple Sauce, 
 
 1.59 
 
 Corn, 
 
 160 
 
 Extra juice. 
 
 163 
 
 \ Peaches, 
 
 159 
 
 Raspberries, 
 
 158 
 
 Tomatoes, 
 
 160 
 
 Caramel for flavoring 
 
 ?, . 112 
 
 Catsup, 
 
 
 Cucumber, 
 
 155 
 
 Tomato, 
 
 154 
 
 Cauliflower, 
 
 49 
 
 Celery with cream sj 
 
 luce, 53 
 
 Chafing Dish, 
 
 168 
 
 Chicken, creamed, 
 
 168 
 
 Chicken wiggle, 
 
 168 
 

 INDEX 
 
 205 
 
 Chafing- Dish — Continued 
 
 
 Chocolate, 
 
 165 
 
 Chicken, with mushrooms, 1(58 
 
 Chocolate Eclairs, 
 
 149 
 
 Eggs, scrambled, 
 
 170 
 
 Coffee, . . . . 
 
 164 
 
 Kromanskies, 
 
 168 
 
 Bread, . . . . 
 
 79 
 
 Lobster, 
 
 169 
 
 Cake, . . . . 
 
 138 
 
 Lobster, creamed. 
 
 169 
 
 Cakes, . . . . 
 
 84 
 
 Oysters, panned, 
 
 169 
 
 Cakes, German, . 
 
 79 
 
 Rarebit, * 
 
 170 
 
 Cream, . . . . 
 
 116 
 
 Shrimps a la Newberg- 
 
 169 
 
 Ice Cream, 
 
 122 
 
 Spaghetti, Italian, 
 
 171 
 
 For one hundred, . 
 
 164 
 
 Tomatoes and rice. 
 
 170 
 
 Pudding, 
 
 99 
 
 Tomatoes, fricassee, 
 
 170 
 
 Consomme, 
 
 11 
 
 Chamois, to wash, . 
 
 184 
 
 Cookies, . . . . 
 
 144 
 
 Cheese, 
 
 
 Cream, . . . . 
 
 144 
 
 Cottage, 
 
 71 
 
 Fruit, . . . . 
 
 145 
 
 Croquettes, 
 
 44 
 
 Ging-er, . . . ] 
 
 144, 145 
 
 Croutons, with, 
 
 71 
 
 Ging-er, soft. 
 
 145 
 
 Fondu, . 
 
 70 
 
 Graham, 
 
 145 
 
 For crackers or sand 
 
 
 Maple sug-ar, 
 
 146 
 
 wiches, 
 
 73 
 
 Molasses, 
 
 145 
 
 Ramakins 
 
 70 
 
 Sour cream. 
 
 144 
 
 Rarebit, 
 
 71 
 
 Corn Cake, 
 
 83 
 
 Sandwiches, 
 
 72 
 
 Bisque, 
 
 16 
 
 Straws, 
 
 70 
 
 Cake, Parkerhouse, 
 
 83 
 
 Chicken, 
 
 
 Cakes, . 
 
 55 
 
 Boudins, 
 
 36 
 
 Canned, 
 
 160 
 
 Broiled, 
 
 33 
 
 Griddle cakes. 
 
 85 
 
 Creamed, 
 
 168 
 
 Pudding-, 
 
 83 
 
 Creamed with mushrooi 
 
 ns, 
 
 Soup, 
 
 16 
 
 
 33, 168 
 
 Succotash, 
 
 50 
 
 Croquettes, 
 
 42 
 
 Tea, 
 
 178 
 
 Curry of, in rice border 
 
 34 
 
 Cottage Cheese, 
 
 71 
 
 Fricasseed, 
 
 33 
 
 Coug-h Mixture, 
 
 179 
 
 Fried, . 
 
 34 
 
 Cough Syrup, 
 
 179 
 
 Jelly, . 
 
 177 
 
 Crabs, deviled. 
 
 22 
 
 Pie, 
 
 34 
 
 Cranberry Jelly, 
 
 40 
 
 Pressed, 
 
 35 
 
 Cranberry Sauce, 
 
 40 
 
 Salad, . 
 
 58 
 
 Croquettes, 
 
 41 
 
 Salad, in Aspic, . 
 
 65 
 
 Note for frying-. 
 
 41 
 
 Smothered, 
 
 34 
 
 Cheese, . 
 
 44 
 
 Terrapin, 
 
 35 
 
 Chicken, 
 
 42 
 
 Wig-g-le, 
 
 168 
 
 Macaroni, 
 
 43 
 
 With mushrooms, . 
 
 168 
 
 Oyster, 
 
 . 42, 43 
 
 Chili Sauce, 
 
 154 
 
 Potato, 
 
 43 
 
2o6 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Croquettes— Con f I Nued. 
 
 
 Rice, 
 
 43 
 
 Rice and Meat, 
 
 43 
 
 Royal, 
 
 44 
 
 Sauce for. 
 
 41 
 
 Sweetbread, 
 
 42 
 
 Veal, 
 
 42 
 
 Croutons with cheese. 
 
 71 
 
 Crullers, . 
 
 88, 89 
 
 Crumpets. 
 
 82 
 
 Dates, stuffed, 
 
 173 
 
 Desserts, 
 
 113 
 
 Ambrosia, 
 
 113 
 
 Ambrosia, Pineapple, 
 
 113 
 
 Apple Charlotte, . 
 
 117 
 
 Banana float. 
 
 117 
 
 Bavarian cream, . 
 
 115 
 
 Bivou, 
 
 118 
 
 Caramels, cup, 
 
 115 
 
 Charlotte Russe, . 
 
 113, 114 
 
 Charlotte Russe, mock. 
 
 114 
 
 Coffee cream. 
 
 116 
 
 Coffee jelly, 
 
 116 
 
 Chocolate Blanc Mange 
 
 115 
 
 Custards, 
 
 
 Caramel, . 
 
 114 
 
 Coffee, 
 
 115 
 
 Cup, . 
 
 114, 115 
 
 Rice, . 
 
 106 
 
 Date tapioca. 
 
 107 
 
 Judge Peters, 
 
 115 
 
 Junket, 
 
 lis 
 
 Lemon jelly, 
 
 119 
 
 Orange baskets, 
 
 118 
 
 Orange charlotte, . 
 
 117 
 
 Orange float. 
 
 117 
 
 Orange jelly. 
 
 119 
 
 Orange souffle, 
 
 116 
 
 Raspberry gelatine. 
 
 119 
 
 Snow pudding, 
 
 118 
 
 Spanish cream 
 
 116 
 
 Strawberry tapioca, 
 
 107 
 
 Tapioca, 
 
 106, 107 
 
 Tutti Frutti, 
 
 116 
 
 Dominoes, . . . 146 
 
 Doughnuts, . . .86, 87 
 
 Plain, .... 87 
 
 Raised, . . .87, 88 
 
 Raised, Aunt Susan's, 87 
 
 Sour cream, . . 88 
 
 Dressing for fish, . . 17 
 
 Fowl, .... 32 
 
 Fowl, oyster, . . 32" 
 
 Pickle, . . 152, 154 
 
 Salad, .... 56 
 
 Drinks, iced, . . . 165 
 Duck, roast, ... 33 
 
 Dumplings, 
 
 Apple, 
 
 For meat, 
 Eggs, 
 
 A la New burg. 
 
 Baked, . 
 
 Boiled, 
 
 Creamed, 
 
 Deviled, 
 
 Dropped, 
 
 Omelet, 
 Asparagus, 
 Bread, 
 Meat, 
 
 Poached, 
 
 Puffs, . 
 
 Salad, ... 61 
 
 Sandwiches, . . 72 
 
 Scalloped, ... 69 
 
 Scotch woodcock, . . 69 
 
 Scrambled, . . 66, 170 
 
 Shaker, 
 
 Stuffed with sardines, 
 
 Timbales, 
 
 With tomato sauce. 
 Egg-plant, 
 Fading, to prevent, . 
 Filling for layer cake. 
 
 Almond, 
 
 Apple jelly. 
 
 Banana, 
 
INDEX 
 
 207 
 
 Filling for layer cake — Con. 
 
 Butternut, ... 140 
 
 Chocolate, ... 142 
 
 Chocolate cream, . 142 
 
 Chocolate custard, . 142 
 
 Cocoanut, . . . 142 
 
 Cream, whipped, . 143 
 
 Cream, sour, . . 14.3 
 
 Fig-, .... 141 
 
 Ice cream, . . . 143 
 
 Lemon, . . . 141 
 
 Maple, .... 140 
 
 Marsh mallow, . . 143 
 
 Peach, . . . 143 
 
 Raisin, . . . 141 
 
 Tutti Frutti, . . 141 
 
 Walnut, ... 140 
 Fish, 
 
 Broiled, ... 19 
 
 Codfish and potato, . 19 
 Codfish balls, . . 18, 19 
 
 Codfish, creamed, . 18 
 
 Codfish fried in butter, 19 
 
 Dressing-, ... 17 
 
 Escaloped, ... 21 
 
 Finnan haddie, . . 20 
 Halibut, 
 
 A la Flamande, . 20 
 
 Broiled, ... 20 
 
 Timbale, ... 23 
 Mackerel, 
 
 Broiled, . . . 19 
 
 Salt, .... 19 
 
 Salad, ... 59 
 
 Salmon, 
 
 Boiled, ... IS 
 
 Wiggle, ... 23 
 
 Shad roe, ... 20 
 
 Trout, 
 
 Adirondack, . . 17 
 
 Baked, ... 17 
 
 Brook, . . . 17 
 
 Lake, ... 17 
 
 Turbot a la creme, . 18 
 
 Flannel, to wash, 
 
 182 
 
 Flatirons, to keep clean, 
 
 184 
 
 Flaxseed lemonade, 
 
 178 
 
 Floors, 
 
 
 Filling for cracks, 
 
 183 
 
 Hard wood, . 
 
 183 
 
 Fritters, . 
 
 86 
 
 Fritters, apple, 
 
 54 
 
 Frosting and icing-. 
 
 
 How to make. 
 
 139 
 
 Boiled, . 
 
 139 
 
 Boiled milk. 
 
 139 
 
 Confectioner's sugar. 
 
 139 
 
 Icing, 
 
 140 
 
 Icing, chocolate, . 
 
 140, 149 
 
 Frozen desserts, 
 
 120 
 
 Biscuit Tortoni, 
 
 125 
 
 Cafe Frappe, 
 
 126 
 
 Fig pudding, frozen. 
 
 127 
 
 Frozen peaches. 
 
 126 
 
 Frozen Pudding, . 
 
 127 
 
 Ices and Ice Cream, see 
 
 below. 
 
 
 Mousse, . 
 
 124 
 
 Mousse, cafe. 
 
 125 
 
 Mouse, maple. 
 
 125 
 
 Mousse, pineapple. 
 
 125 
 
 Nesselrode Pudding, 
 
 126 
 
 Parfait ,cafe, 
 
 126 
 
 Parfait, maple. 
 
 126 
 
 Pineapple souffle, 
 
 128 
 
 Vanilla glace. 
 
 126 
 
 Fruit drops, 
 
 147 
 
 Fruits, dried, to cook. 
 
 ISO 
 
 Fruit, frosted, . 
 
 163 
 
 Furniture, to remove dent 
 
 3, 184 
 
 Gems, Graham, 
 
 81 
 
 Ginger bread, . 
 
 86 
 
 Ginger bread, plain. 
 
 86 
 
 Ginger cookies, . \ 
 
 44, 145 
 
 Ginger cookies, soft. 
 
 145 
 
 Ginger snaps, 
 
 146 
 
 Ginger wafers, 
 
 146 
 
 Goose, roast, 
 
 33 
 
208 
 
 INDEX 
 
 
 
 Graham bread, 
 
 80 
 
 Jam, 
 
 Graham bread, steamed, 
 
 80 
 
 Raspberry, . 
 
 Graham cookies, 
 
 145 
 
 Raspberry, cold. 
 
 
 Graham crackers, . 
 
 145 
 
 Strawberry, 
 
 
 Graham gems, 
 
 81 
 
 Jelly, 
 
 
 Graham pudding-, . 
 
 98 
 
 Apple, for cake 
 
 
 Graham rolls, raised, 
 
 81 
 
 Aspic, 
 
 
 Grape fruit, 
 
 119 
 
 Chicken, 
 
 
 
 Grape juice. 
 
 167 
 
 Coffee, . 
 
 
 
 Gravy, 
 
 37 
 
 Crab apple. 
 
 
 
 Griddle cakes. 
 
 85 
 
 Cranberry, 
 
 
 
 Buckwheat, 
 
 85 
 
 Currant, 
 
 
 
 Corn meal, 
 
 85 
 
 Grape, . 
 
 
 
 Green corn, . 
 
 85 
 
 Lemon, 
 
 
 
 Wheat, 
 
 85 
 
 Mint, 
 
 
 
 Gruel, 
 
 
 Orange, 
 
 
 
 Farina, 
 
 177 
 
 Spiced, 
 
 
 
 Indian meal. 
 
 177 
 
 Other kinds. 
 
 
 
 Sago, 
 
 178 
 
 Jumbles, . 
 
 
 
 Ham and eggs, 
 
 30 
 
 Jumbles, nut, 
 
 
 
 Ham, baked, 
 
 30 
 
 Junket, 
 
 
 
 Ham, boiled. 
 
 30 
 
 Kisses, 
 
 
 
 Hamburg steak. 
 
 25 
 
 Kumyss, 
 
 
 
 Head cheese, 
 
 30 
 
 Lace, to starch, 
 
 
 Herbs, bouquet of, . 
 
 181 
 
 Lady fingers. 
 
 . 
 
 Hermits, 
 
 146 
 
 Lamb, 
 
 Ice cream. 
 
 120 
 
 Crown of, with peas. 
 
 Almond, 
 
 122 
 
 Roast, . . . . 
 
 Banana, 
 
 121 
 
 Lamp burners, to clean. 
 
 Caramel, 
 
 122 
 
 Laplanders, 
 
 Chocolate, 
 
 121 
 
 Lemonade, . . 1 
 
 Coffee, . 
 
 122 
 
 Liver and bacon. 
 
 Maple, . 
 
 123 
 
 Macaroni, 
 
 Peach, 
 
 123 
 
 Croquettes, 
 
 Strawberry. 
 
 122 
 
 Italian, 
 
 Vanilla, 
 
 120 
 
 Soup, .... 
 
 Sauces for ice cream. 
 
 
 With cheese. 
 
 Hot chocolate, 
 
 121 
 
 AVith tomato sauce, 
 
 Maple sugar. 
 
 121 
 
 Macaroons, 
 
 Ices, see Sherbets and Ice 
 
 -s, 
 
 Macaroons, walnut. 
 
 Indigestion, to relieve, 
 
 178 
 
 Marguerites, 
 
 Irish stew. 
 
 25 
 
 Marmalade, 
 
 Iron rust, to remove. 
 
 181 
 
 Crab apple, 
 
 
 . 
 
 60, 
 
 166, 
 

 INDEX 
 
 209 
 
 Marm3i\a.de—Conhmied. 
 
 
 Oysters — Continued. 
 
 
 Orange, 
 
 162 
 
 Salad, . 
 
 60 
 
 Peach, 
 
 101 
 
 Soup, 
 
 15 
 
 Quince, 
 
 161 
 
 Stewed, 
 
 14 
 
 Mayonnaise, 
 
 57 
 
 Paint, to remove from win- 
 
 Mayonnaise, cooked. 
 
 56 
 
 dow glass. 
 
 181 
 
 Meat puffs, 
 
 27 
 
 Parsnips, 
 
 48 
 
 Mildew, to take out, 
 
 181 
 
 Partridges, to dress, 
 
 35 
 
 Milk, hot, 
 
 178 
 
 Paste, 
 
 182 
 
 Mince meat. 
 
 . 90, 91 
 
 Pate de fois gras, Mock, 
 
 35 
 
 Mint jelly. 
 
 40 
 
 Peanut Brittle, 
 
 174 
 
 Mint sauce. 
 
 H7 
 
 Peanut candy, 
 
 173 
 
 Miscellaneous, 
 
 180 
 
 Peanuts, salted. 
 
 176 
 
 Molasses puff, 
 
 86 
 
 Pears, 
 
 
 Muffins, 
 
 82 
 
 Chipped, 
 
 156 
 
 Muffins, raised. 
 
 82 
 
 Compote, 
 
 156 
 
 Mull, to starch, 
 
 182 
 
 Preserved, 
 
 156 
 
 Mushrooms, 
 
 50 
 
 Peas, 
 
 49 
 
 Mustard plaster, 
 
 179 
 
 Peppers, green, stuffed. 
 
 53 
 
 Mutton broth, . 
 
 178 
 
 Pickles, 
 
 
 Mutton, ragout of, . 
 
 28 
 
 Blackberries, 
 
 150 
 
 Nantucket corn pudding. 
 
 83 
 
 Cabbage, 
 
 152 
 
 Oat meal Blanc Mange, 
 
 178 
 
 Catsup, cucumber. 
 
 155 
 
 Omelet, 
 
 67 
 
 Catsup, tomato, 
 
 154 
 
 Asparagus, . 
 
 67 
 
 Chili sauce, . 
 
 154 
 
 Bread, . 
 
 68 
 
 Chow chow, . 
 
 154 
 
 Meat, 
 
 68 
 
 Cucumber, 
 
 151 
 
 Onions, 
 
 
 Cucumber, brine for. 
 
 151 
 
 Escaloped, 
 
 50 
 
 Cucumber, ripe. 
 
 152 
 
 Spanish, baked, . 
 
 51 
 
 Cucumber sauce, 
 
 155 
 
 Orangeade, 
 
 166 
 
 Oil, . . . 
 
 153 
 
 Orange peel, candied, 
 
 163 
 
 Onions, 
 
 152 
 
 Orange peel, sugared, 
 
 163 
 
 Peaches, 
 
 151 
 
 Oysters, 
 
 
 Peach mangoes, . 
 
 151 
 
 Cocktail, 
 
 21 
 
 Pears, . 
 
 150 
 
 Creamed 
 
 21 
 
 Pears, sickle, 
 
 150 
 
 Croquettes 
 
 42, 43 
 
 Piccalilli, 
 
 150 
 
 Dressing for fowl. 
 
 32 
 
 Plums, 
 
 150 
 
 Escaloped, 
 
 21 
 
 Shirley sauce. 
 
 154 
 
 Fricasseed, 
 
 21 
 
 Spanish, 
 
 153 
 
 Fried, . 
 
 21 
 
 Spiced currants. 
 
 155 
 
 Panned, 
 
 169 
 
 Spiced gooseberries. 
 
 155 
 
 Pigs in blankets, . 
 
 23 
 
 Spiced grapes. 
 
 155 
 
 Raw, sauce for, . 
 
 39 
 
 Tomato butter, 
 
 155 
 
210 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Pickles — Continued. 
 
 
 Potatoes au Gratin, 
 
 Tomato, green, 
 
 152 
 
 Croquettes 
 
 Watermelon, 
 
 158 
 
 Delmonico, 
 
 Pies, 
 
 
 Escaloped, 
 
 Pastry, 
 
 90 
 
 Escaloped, raw, . 
 
 Pastry, fine puff, 
 
 90 
 
 Fried, French, 
 
 Apple, . 
 
 91 
 
 Fried, Saratoga, . 
 
 Apple puffs, . 
 
 96 
 
 Hashed and browned, . 
 
 Cherry, . 
 
 96 
 
 Lyonnaise, 
 
 Cherry with wl 
 
 lipped 
 
 Potato puff, . 
 
 cream, 
 
 96 
 
 Salad, . . . . 
 
 Chocolate, 
 
 95 
 
 Soup, . . . . 
 
 Cocoanut, 
 
 94 
 
 Stuft'ed, . . . . 
 
 Cranberry, 
 
 94 
 
 Sweet, browned, . 
 
 Cream, . 
 
 95 
 
 Sweet, glazed, 
 
 Currant, 
 
 93 
 
 Sweet, Southern way, . 
 
 Custard, 
 
 94 
 
 Warmed up, . 
 
 Custard meringue. 
 
 94 
 
 Whip, . . . . 
 
 Dutch, . 
 
 95 
 
 With ham. 
 
 Jumble, . 
 
 94 
 
 Pots, coffee and tea, to 
 
 Lemon, . 
 
 . 92, 93 
 
 clean. 
 
 Lemon meringue, . 
 
 92 
 
 Preserves, 
 
 Lemon filling for 
 
 tarts, 97 
 
 Apple and ginger. 
 
 Marlborough, 
 
 94 
 
 Cherries, 
 
 Mince meat for. 
 
 . 90, 91 
 
 Currants, 
 
 Orange, 
 
 93 
 
 Currants and fruit. 
 
 Pieplant, 
 
 93 
 
 Currants, cold. 
 
 Prune filling for. 
 
 92 
 
 Gooseberries, 
 
 Pumpkin, 
 
 91 
 
 Grape, . . . . 
 
 Raisin, . 
 
 94 
 
 Peaches, 
 
 Squash, . 
 
 91 
 
 Pears, . . . . 
 
 Sweet potato. 
 
 92 
 
 Pears, chipped. 
 
 Tart crust, . 
 
 96 
 
 Pears, compote. 
 
 Tarts, 
 
 
 Pineapple, 
 
 Cherry, . ' 
 
 97 
 
 Pineapple, mock. 
 
 Lemon, 
 
 97 
 
 Plums, 
 
 To prevent syrup 
 
 from 
 
 Quince, 
 
 escaping, 
 
 96 
 
 Strawberries, 
 
 Pillau, 
 
 54 
 
 Strawberries, cold. 
 
 Poison, antidote for, 
 
 185 
 
 Prune filling for pie, 
 
 Popovers, . 
 
 82 
 
 Pudding sauces. 
 
 Pork and beans, 
 
 54 
 
 Puddings, 
 
 Pork, fried, 
 
 31 
 
 Angel food, . 
 
 103 
 

 INDEX 
 
 211 
 
 Pudding-s — Continued. 
 
 
 V\xd.^\n^^— Continued . 
 
 Apple, baked, 
 
 102 
 
 Rice, 
 
 106 
 
 Apple dumplings. Baked 101 
 
 Rice custard. 
 
 106 
 
 Apple dumplings, 
 
 
 Roily Polly, 
 
 99 
 
 Steamed, . 
 
 101 
 
 Short cake, 
 
 102 
 
 Apple kooker, 
 
 102 
 
 Snow, 
 
 118 
 
 Apple turnovers, fried, 
 
 103 
 
 Sponge, . 
 
 103 
 
 Banana, 
 
 104 
 
 Suet, 
 
 97 
 
 Batter, baked, 
 
 104 
 
 Tapioca, 
 
 106, 107 
 
 Blueberry, 
 
 99 
 
 Apple, 
 
 107 
 
 Bread, . 
 
 105 
 
 Caramel, 
 
 107 
 
 Brown Betty, 
 
 103 
 
 Date, 
 
 107 
 
 Caramel tapioca, . 
 
 107 
 
 Peach, 
 
 107 
 
 Chocolate, 
 
 105 
 
 Pineapple, 
 
 107, 113 
 
 Cocoanut, 
 
 104 
 
 Strawberry 
 
 107 
 
 Coffee, . 
 
 99 
 
 Vevy, . 
 
 100 
 
 Corn starch, 
 
 104 
 
 Woodford, 
 
 98 
 
 Corn starch meringue, 
 
 104 
 
 Puffs, 
 
 
 Cottage, steamed. 
 
 99 
 
 Apple, 
 
 96 
 
 Cranberry, 
 
 99 
 
 Cream, 
 
 148 
 
 Custard souffle. 
 
 108 
 
 Date, 
 
 100 
 
 Date puffs. 
 
 100 
 
 German, 
 
 105 
 
 English plum. 
 
 97 
 
 Raisin, . 
 
 100 
 
 Fig, 
 
 98 
 
 Strawberry, 
 
 148 
 
 Forest, . 
 
 98 
 
 Pumpkin, how to cook, . 91 
 
 French Charlotte, 
 
 105 
 
 Punch, 
 
 166 
 
 Frozen 
 
 127 
 
 Punch, fruit. 
 
 167 
 
 Fruit, 
 
 97 
 
 Raisins, to ston 
 
 e, . . 180 
 
 German puffs, 
 
 105 
 
 Rarebit, . 
 
 71, 170 
 
 Graham, 
 
 98 
 
 Rice, 
 
 
 Indian, baked. 
 
 101 
 
 Boiled, . 
 
 53 
 
 Indian, boiled, 
 
 100 
 
 Croquettes, 
 
 43 
 
 Manioca, 
 
 106 
 
 Crumpets, 
 
 82 
 
 Minute, . 
 
 103 
 
 Custard, 
 
 106 
 
 Nesselrode, 
 
 126 
 
 Pudding, 
 
 106 
 
 Omelette souffle, . 
 
 108 
 
 Soup, 
 
 11 
 
 Orange marmalade. 
 
 109 
 
 Southern way 
 
 of boiling, 53 
 
 Parlamo, 
 
 100 
 
 Rolls, 
 
 77 
 
 Peach cobbler. 
 
 101 
 
 Breakfast, 
 
 77 
 
 Pineapple, 
 
 107, 113 
 
 Cinnamon, 
 
 76 
 
 Prune, . 
 
 108 
 
 Crescent, 
 
 7*7 
 
 Puff, . 
 
 99 
 
 Finger, . 
 
 77 
 
 Queen of. 
 
 105 
 
 French, . 
 
 78 
 
 Raisin puffs. 
 
 100 
 
 Graham,, rais 
 
 2d, . . 81 
 
INDEX 
 
 Rolls— Contimied. 
 
 
 Salad Av^^^xr^^— Contimied. 
 
 Horseshoe, 
 
 77 
 
 French, . 
 
 58 
 
 Meacham, 
 
 7C 
 
 Mayonnaise, . 
 
 57 
 
 Parkerhouse, 
 
 76 
 
 Mayonnaise, cooked. 
 
 56 
 
 Tea, 
 
 77 
 
 With lemon, . 
 
 58 
 
 Roses, to keep, . 
 
 185 
 
 Sally Lunn, 
 
 83, 84 
 
 Rosettes, . 
 
 89 
 
 Salt, to prevent hardening, 182 
 
 Salads, directions for, 
 
 56 
 
 Salve, 
 
 185 
 
 Asparagus, . 
 
 62 
 
 Sandwiches, to make. 
 
 71, 180 
 
 Aspic jelly, . 
 
 65 
 
 Celery, . 
 
 72 
 
 Banana, 
 
 63 
 
 Cheese, 
 
 
 72 
 
 Bean, 
 
 62 
 
 Egg, 
 
 . 
 
 72 
 
 Cabbage, 
 
 60 
 
 Ham, 
 
 . 
 
 73 
 
 Celery, . 
 
 62 
 
 Lettuce, 
 
 . 
 
 72 
 
 Chicken, 
 
 58 
 
 Nut, 
 
 . 
 
 73 
 
 Chicken in aspic, . 
 
 65 
 
 Olive, 
 
 . 
 
 73 
 
 Cucumber, 
 
 62 
 
 Orange marmalade, 
 
 74 
 
 Cucumber boats, . 
 
 62 
 
 Peanut, . 
 
 73 
 
 Dressing for. 
 
 56 
 
 Sardine, 
 
 73 
 
 Egg, 
 
 61 
 
 Spanish, 
 
 72 
 
 Fish, 
 
 59 
 
 Sweet, . 
 
 74 
 
 Fruit, 
 
 63 
 
 Watercress, . 
 
 72 
 
 Fruit and savory, . 
 
 63 
 
 Sauces for fish and meat 
 
 37 
 
 Green peppers, 
 
 64 
 
 Apple, 
 
 40 
 
 Lettuce, 
 
 61 
 
 Banana, 
 
 40 
 
 Lobster, 
 
 59 
 
 Bechamel, 
 
 39 
 
 Lobster, East Indian, 
 
 59 
 
 Butter, . 
 
 37 
 
 Nut and celery, 
 
 43 
 
 Caper, . 
 
 39 
 
 Nut and olive. 
 
 43 
 
 Cranberry, . 
 
 40 
 
 Nut and orange, . 
 
 43 
 
 Cream, . 
 
 37 
 
 Oyster, . 
 
 60 
 
 Drawn butter. 
 
 37 
 
 Peas and fruit, 
 
 62 
 
 Grav3^ brown, how 
 
 to 
 
 Potato, . 
 
 60 
 
 make . 
 
 37 
 
 Shrimp, 
 
 59 
 
 Hollandaise, . 
 
 39 
 
 Shurtlefie, 
 
 60 
 
 Horse Radish, 
 
 39 
 
 Sweetbread, . 
 
 59, 64 
 
 Maitre d' hotel, . 
 
 38 
 
 Tomato, 
 
 64 
 
 Mint, 
 
 37 
 
 Tomato aspic. 
 
 64 
 
 Mint jelly, 
 
 40 
 
 Veal, 
 
 58 
 
 Mushroom, 
 
 38 
 
 Vegetable, 
 
 60 
 
 Oysters, raw. 
 
 39 
 
 Waldorf, 
 
 61 
 
 Piquante, 
 
 38 
 
 Waldorf Chiffonade, 
 
 62 
 
 Tartare, 
 
 38 
 
 Salad dressing. 
 
 
 Tomato, . 
 
 38 
 
 Cream, . 
 
 57, 58 
 
 White, 
 
 
 37 
 

 INDEX 
 
 213 
 
 Sauces, pudding-, 
 
 110 
 
 Soup — Con tin ucd. 
 
 
 Caramel, 
 
 112 
 
 Beef stock. 
 
 11 
 
 Cream, 
 
 111, 112 
 
 Bouillon, 
 
 12 
 
 For cranberry pudding. 
 
 112 
 
 Celery, cream of, . 
 
 15 
 
 Fairy butter, 
 
 111 
 
 Consomme, 
 
 11 
 
 Foaming-, 
 
 110 
 
 Corn, 
 
 16 
 
 Hard, . 
 
 111 
 
 Corn bisque, . 
 
 16 
 
 Lemon, . 
 
 112 
 
 Macaroni, 
 
 11 
 
 Maple Sug-ar, 
 
 112 
 
 Oyster, . 
 
 15 
 
 Molasses, 
 
 112 
 
 Oyster stew, . 
 
 14 
 
 Sour, 
 
 111 
 
 Pea, 
 
 13 
 
 Strawberry, . 
 
 111 
 
 Pea. green, cream of, 
 
 16 
 
 Velvet, 
 
 112 
 
 Pea, split, 
 
 13 
 
 Vevy, 
 
 111 
 
 Potato^ . 
 
 14 
 
 Sausage, . 
 
 30, 31 
 
 Rice, 
 
 11 
 
 Scallops, deviled. 
 
 22 
 
 Tomato, . 
 
 14 
 
 Fried in batter. 
 
 22 
 
 Turkey, . 
 
 15 
 
 Sherbets and ices. 
 
 
 Turkish, 
 
 15 
 
 Cafe Frappe 
 
 126 
 
 Vegetable tomato, . 
 
 12 
 
 Milk, 
 
 124 
 
 Velvet, . 
 
 16 
 
 Orange, . 
 
 124 
 
 Vermicelli, 
 
 11 
 
 Peach, . ... 
 
 124 
 
 White stock for, . 
 
 15 
 
 Pineapple, 
 
 124 
 
 Spaghetti, Italian, . 
 
 171 
 
 Sicilian, 
 
 124 
 
 Souse, 
 
 30 
 
 Lemon ice, 
 
 123 
 
 Spiced currants, 
 
 155 
 
 Orange ice, . 
 
 123 
 
 Spiced gooseberries, 
 
 155 
 
 Strawberry ice, . 
 
 123 
 
 Spiced grapes, . 
 
 155 
 
 Shirt polish, 
 
 182 
 
 Spinach, . 
 
 49 
 
 Shirley sauce, . 
 
 154 
 
 Sponge drops, . 
 
 147 
 
 Short cake. 
 
 
 Squash, baked, 
 
 48 
 
 Currant, 
 
 102 
 
 Stains, to remove. 
 
 
 Strawberry, 
 
 102 
 
 Chocolate, 
 
 183 
 
 Shrub, black cap, . 
 
 166 
 
 Coffee, . 
 
 183 
 
 Raspberry, . 
 
 166 
 
 Fruit, 
 
 183 
 
 Silk, black, to renew. 
 
 184 
 
 Ink, 
 
 . 181 
 
 Sleeplessness, to relieve. 
 
 17? 
 
 Iron rust. 
 
 181 
 
 Soap, hard. 
 
 183 
 
 Tea, 
 
 183 
 
 Soft, 
 
 183 
 
 Starch, to make. 
 
 181 
 
 Soda cream. 
 
 166 
 
 Straw matting, to clean 
 
 181 
 
 Soup, general directions. 
 
 11 
 
 Stock for soup. . 
 
 11 
 
 Asparagus, . 
 
 16 
 
 Beef, 
 
 11 
 
 Barley, . 
 
 11 
 
 White, . 
 
 15 
 
 Bean, 
 
 13 
 
 Succotash, 
 
 50 
 
 Bean, black, . 
 
 12 
 
 String beans, . 
 
 . . 4D 
 
214 
 
 Supplies, church supper, 
 Sweetbreads, directions for, 
 
 Creamed, 
 
 Croquettes, 
 
 Fried, . 
 
 Salad, . . . 59, 
 
 With mushrooms 
 Table service, 
 Tapioca, . . . 106, 
 
 Apple, . 
 
 Caramel, 
 
 Date, 
 
 Peach, . 
 
 Pineapple, 
 
 Strawberry, 
 Tarragon vinegar 
 Tarts, crust for, 
 
 Cherrj', 
 
 Lemon, . 
 Tea, . 
 
 Iced, 
 Timbales, 
 
 Egg, 
 
 Halibut, 
 Time required for cooking 
 Toast, German 
 Toast, in camp 
 Toast water. 
 Tomato sauce, 
 Tomatoes, 
 
 Catsup, 
 
 Fricasseed, 
 
 Fried, . 
 
 Pickled, 
 
 Salad, 
 
 Scalloped, 
 
 Soup, 
 
 Stewed, 
 
 INDEX 
 
 
 180 
 
 Tomatoes — Co7ifinued. 
 
 
 31 
 
 Stuffed, . 
 
 51 
 
 32 
 
 With rice. 
 
 170 
 
 42 
 
 Tortoni, biscuit, 
 
 125 
 
 32 
 
 Tripe, 
 
 31 
 
 64 
 
 Turkey, to cook. 
 
 32 
 
 
 Dressing for. 
 
 32 
 
 8 
 
 Turnovers, 
 
 
 107 
 
 Apple, fried, . 
 
 103 
 
 107 
 
 Vanilla extract. 
 
 181 
 
 107 
 
 Vanities, . 
 
 147 
 
 107 
 
 Varnish, furniture, . 
 
 184 
 
 107 
 
 Veal, 
 
 
 107 
 
 A la sweetbreads, 
 
 29 
 
 107 
 
 Balls, . 
 
 29 
 
 56 
 
 Blanquette of. 
 
 29 
 
 96 
 
 Boudins, 
 
 36 
 
 97 
 
 Croquettes, 
 
 42 
 
 97 
 
 Cutlets, . 
 
 28 
 
 164 
 
 Pate de veau. 
 
 29 
 
 164 
 
 Pot pie, . 
 
 28 
 
 
 Salad, 
 
 58 
 
 66 
 
 Stew, 
 
 29 
 
 ^? 
 
 Vegetable oyster. 
 
 48 
 
 7 
 
 Vegetables, to cook. 
 
 45 
 
 84 
 
 Velvet, to restore. 
 
 184 
 
 84 
 
 Venison, 
 
 28 
 
 178 
 
 Vinegar, sharp, 
 
 181 
 
 38 
 
 Vinegar, tarragon, . 
 
 56 
 
 
 Waffles, 
 
 85, 86 
 
 154 
 
 Washington cake, 
 
 83 
 
 170 
 
 Wash goods. 
 
 182 
 
 51 
 
 Woodcock, Scotch, . 
 
 69 
 
 152 
 
 Weights and measures 
 
 
 64 
 
 table of. 
 
 () 
 
 51 
 
 Wine, unfermented . 
 
 167 
 
 14 
 
 Yeast, 
 
 75 
 
 51 
 
 Yorkshire pudding, . 
 
 24 
 

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 Hayes Block MALONE, N. Y. 
 
 B. W. BERRY 
 
 Attorney and Counseeor at Law. 
 
 ROOMS OVER F. W. LAWRENCE & CO.'S Stoke. 
 
AD VER TISEMENTS 233 
 
 ChannelVs 
 Insurance Agency 
 
 ESTABLISHED IN 1850 
 
 ¥ ¥ ¥ 
 
 If you desire Good Insurance, 
 
 As well as a good Cook Book, 
 
 Call at No. 27 East Main Street, 
 
 Malone, N, Y\ 
 
 And be made cheerful and happy. 
 
 ¥ ¥ ¥ 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 F. S. Channell. 
 
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234 ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 OPEN DAY and NIGHT 
 
 The Star Lunch Room 
 
 F. C. ANDREWS, Proprietor 
 
 MALONE,, N. Y. 
 LEATHER AND FINDINGS 
 
 JOHN LINCOLN 
 
 HARRISON PLACE 
 
 H. D. HICKOK, D. D. S., 
 Dental Parlors 
 
 Over People's National Bank. MALONE, N. Y. 
 
 We Keep everything to be found 
 in a first=class Dry Goods Store 
 
 Mulla.rney 6 Holland 
 
 31 East Main St., Malone. N. Y. 
 
ADVERTISEMENTS 23s 
 
 Malone Light and Power Co. 
 
 Do all kinds of electric wiring, furnish electroliers, 
 gas chandeliers, and gas stoves at very reasonable 
 prices. 
 
 Also Dealers in Coal 
 
 The best Hard and Soft Coals constantly on hand. 
 We guarantee our coal free from dirt and every 
 ton full weight. 
 
 ^ ^ ^ 
 
 YOUR PATRONAGE IS SOLICITED 
 
 -Office, 25 Amsden Street 
 
236 AD VER TISEMEN TS 
 
 SAFE AND oUlv£r. When looking about for a place to put your money, 
 
 just call at the 
 
 SPOT CASH GROCELRY 
 
 And get a supply of our goods — just the kind to prolong life. A sack of Pastry or Bread 
 
 Flour from us will make the cook look pleased and the family always happy. 
 
 Our Teas and Coffees are not of the trashy sort, but will carry 
 
 you to good old age. If not satisfied with purchase 
 
 you may return the same and get 
 
 your money back. 
 
 Twentieth Century Block. COOLEY and TALLMAN 
 
 GORDON H. MAIN 
 
 ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW 
 
 Malone, N. Y. 
 
 A. B. PARMELEE 6 SON 
 
 Adirondack Lands and 
 General Real Estate Business 
 
 CEO. W. DUSTIN, Manager 
 
 A. N. HENDERSON 
 
 FUNERAL DIRECTOR 
 
 23 W. Main Street 'Phone Malone, N. Y. 
 
AD VER TISEMENTS 
 
 237 
 
 A Timely Arrival 
 
 Life Insurance comes at a time when other circumstances might 
 break the heart and make the misfortune a real calamity. 
 
 A POLICY IN 
 
 The Mutual Life Insurance Company 
 ===of New Yorh= 
 
 RICHARD A. McCURDY, President 
 
 Robs misfortune of its sting, and gives to the memory of the past a sweetness 
 and beauty which is priceless. 
 This Company has paid to policy-holders since its organization more than 
 Five Hundred and Ninety Millions, 
 and has now invested over 
 
 Three Hundred and Eighty Two Millions 
 of dollars for the protection of its policy holders. Write for rates. 
 
 ALTON C. DEAN, 
 
 District Manager. Malone, N, Y, 
 
238 AD VER TISEMENTS 
 
 H. P. CARROLL. city market 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 
 
 Chicago Dressed Beef, 
 
 Fresh Salmon, Fish, Oysters and Wild Game. M ALONE, N. Y. 
 
 FAYETTE B. ESTES 
 
 Manager 
 
 Aetna Life Insurance Co, 
 
 of Hartford, Conn. 
 
 MALONE, N. Y. 
 
 R. N. PORTER, D. D. S., 
 
 21 EAST MAIN STREET 
 
 Over Cantwell's Jewelry Store 
 
 Office Hours: MATDNF N Y 
 
 8 to 12 A. M. 1 to 5 P. M. 1S\.1\\^\JI\ IL, IN . I . 
 
 BADGER & CANTWELL 
 
 COUNSELORS AT LAW 
 
 MALONE, N. Y, 
 
ADVERTISEMENTS 239 
 
 MONAGHAN 6 RICE 
 
 PLUMBING and METAL ROOFING 
 
 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS 
 
 STOVES AND RANGES 
 
 Heating by Hot Water, Hot Air and Steam 
 
 91 W. MAIN ST. MALONE, N. Y. 
 
 E. y^, KKOWLTON 
 
 JEWELLER 
 
 Dealer in Watches, Diamonds, Fine Gold and Plated 
 Jewelry, Solid Silver and Plated Ware, Fine 
 French and American Clocks, Fine China 
 and Fancy Goods, Kodaks. Special 
 attention given to the repair- 
 ing of fine and compli- 
 cated watches. 
 
 SPECTACLES AND EYE GLASSES A SPECIALTY 
 
240 ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 THE BEST THE SOUNDEST 
 
 NORTHERN NEW YORK DISTRICT AGENCY 
 
 WASHINGTON LIFE INS. CO., 
 
 OF NEW YORK. 
 
 Office, M ALONE, N. Y. FLOYD E. ROCK, Dist. Agent. 
 
 PROMPT RELIABLE LIBERAL 
 
 (The ifai'inci's IHational 18anb 
 —^= of yiftalone ^=^= 
 
 FOR FINE, MILLINERY go to 
 
 Mrs. M. J. McCormick 
 
 COR. MAIN and WASHINGTON STS. 
 
 CHARLES H. TURNER 
 
 Adirondack Spruce, Pine and Hemlock Lumber 
 IN WHOLESALE LOTS ONLY 
 
 MALONE, N. Y. 
 
AD VER TISEMEN TS 2^, 
 
 C. L. CAPRON 
 
 PHARMACIST 
 PURE SPICES AND FLAVORING EXTRACTS 
 
 The value of spice depends on its strength and flavor. The same may 
 be said of flavoring extracts. That spices and flavoring extracts are 
 largely adulterated is certainly a deplorable fact. As quality in medi- 
 cine should be of the utmost importance, so ought the articles used in 
 preparing the food which sustains life, to oe of a pure quality and of 
 full strength. I have facilities for testing the purity of spices, and guar- 
 antee the ones I sell to be STICTLY PURE, free from adulteration 
 and of EXTRA full strength. The Flavoring Extracts of Vanilla, 
 Lemon, Orange, Almond and Rose are of my own manufacture and 
 are guaranteed to be pure and Extra strong. All spices and flavors 
 are sold in bulk and at reasonable prices. I solicit a share of your 
 patronage, believing you will be pleased after a trial. Respectfully, 
 C. L. CAPRON, PHARMACIST. 
 
 STRENGTH =^malone, n. y ^— PURITY 
 
 BEFORE TAKING 
 
 BEFORE making use of any of the recipes in this book, sen- 
 sible people will come to my office on East Main Street, and 
 attend to the making of their Last Wills and Testaments. 
 
 AFTER TAKING 
 
 AFTER making use of any of the recipes in this book, 
 Icindly suggest to your heirs that I make a specialty of looking 
 after estates. 
 
 M. E. MCCLARY, 
 
 ATTORNEY. 
 
242 
 
 AD VER riSEMENTS 
 
 SARGENT'S GEM FOOD CHOPPER is an article for kitchen use, intended 
 to take the place of the chopping bowl and knife. It is carefully made and nicely tinned; 
 it has self- sharpening steel cutters that cannot break ; also cutter for making Nut Butter. 
 
 YOU NEED THE GEM IN YOUii KITCHEN. It chops all kiad9 of meat, both raw anil cooked, fish, clams, fruit, vegetables an^ 
 other articles of food. Chops quickly, quietly and easilr; is easy to take apart, easy to put together, easy to adjust, easy to use. It sare* 
 tims, trouble and strength and greatly simplifies the making of mince pies, hash, Hamburg steik, croquettes, fish balle, salads and 
 other farorite dishes without limit. Uiiliiei "left-overs" which can be made into attractire and appetizing dishes by using thi Gem. 
 Cloth-bound Gem Chopper Cook Book, containing oyer i!00 valuable recipes, free with each chopper. 
 
AD VER TISEMENTS 
 
 243 
 
 THE GUM CHOPPER. 
 
 No. 20 small, chops 2 lbs. per minute, $1.00 
 No. 22 medium, " 2 1-2 '* " " 1.25 
 
 No. 24 large " 3 " " " 2.00 
 
 Sold Exclusively by 
 
 H. D. Thompson ^ Co. 
 
 Jobbers of 
 
 UP = TO = DATE, HAR DW ARE 
 
 MALONE, NEW YORK. 
 
 GREENO 4 AUSTIN 
 
 55 East Main Street, 
 
 MALONE. NEW YORK. 
 
 DRY GOODS and 
 Novelties in Women's Wear. 
 
24^. ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 Catpet0, iRus0, Qgattings, paper !^anging0, 
 
 2DiI Clatf)0, iLfnDleum0 
 
 2^inDato ^|)aDe0, JLace Curtains 
 
 Brp (S^ootis anti Crockerp 
 
 (lBa0t 90ain Street* 
 
 Sole Agents for the Famous McMillan Pants 
 
 Men's and Boys' Suits 
 
 Also Hats, Caps and Furnishing Goods of every descrip- 
 tion at Low Prices. 
 
AD VER TISEMENTS 
 
 245 
 
 To get good results from any recipes 
 in this book, good material and good 
 work are necessary. The same rule 
 appHes to anything made. It is be- 
 cause J. 0. BALLARD & CO. follow 
 this rule that '' MALONE PANTS " 
 are so widely and favorably known. 
 
 A. G. CROOKS iSL CO. 
 
 MALONE, N. Y. 
 
 Oldest Wholesale Grocery 
 House in Northern New York 
 
 G. W. CROOKS. Wm. A. CROOKS. W. B. CROOKS. 
 
246 AD VER TISEMEN TS 
 
 F. W. LAWRENCE & CO. 
 
 115 EAST MAIN ST. 
 
 M A L O N E 
 
 Fine Dry Goods, Ladies' Suits, Waists, Laces, Embroider- 
 ies, Dress Trimmings, Etc. 
 
 OFFICE OF 
 
 DRS. R. J. & A. G. WILDING. 
 
 S. C. COLEMAN 
 
 DENTIST 
 Over Hyde's Drug Store. 
 
 Hours: 9 to 12; 1.30 to 5.30. 
 
 BENJ. L. WELLS 
 
 LAWYER. MALONE, N. Y. 
 
 Second Entrance East 
 
 OF Peoples Bank MAIN STREET. 
 
A D VER TISEMEN TS 247 
 
 O. S. LAWRENCE 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 
 
 Flour, Grain and Mill Feed, 
 Baled Hay and Straw. 
 
 ICE CREAM AND ROCK SALT, LINSEED MEAL, ETC. 
 
 PILLSBURYS BEST FLOUR, SfwulfouYS"^ rd'of.=l: 
 
 I have a large quantity of BODY BIRCH and MAPLE 
 WOOD which will be cut up to suit the purchaser. 
 
 O. S. L A WRENC E 
 
 SOROSIS SHOES 
 
 ONCE A WEARER; ALWAYS A WEARER 
 
 HOIT & HASKELL 
 
 EXCLUSIVE DEALERS. MALONE, N. Y. 
 
248 AD VER TISEMENTS 
 
 Howard House 
 
 S. J. 6 J. A. FLANAGAN, Proprietors 
 
 Malone, N. Y. 
 
 J. J. MURPHY'S 
 
 42 MAIN STREET 
 
 HEADQUARTERS FOR 
 
 Ladies' and Children's Cloaks, Suits and Separate Skirts. 
 A complete line of Ladies' Fine Dress Shoes. 
 
 SOLE AGENT FOR THE "ULTRA" SHOES. 
 
 MADAME MARGUERITE 
 
 Fine Millinery 
 
 EAST MAIN ST. MALONE, N. Y. 
 
 Geo. H. Nickelson 
 
 Office and Residence 
 44 West Main Street 
 
 Funeral Director and 
 Practical Emb aimer 
 
 Both Telephones 
 
 oid67D. New 75 Malone, N. I, 
 
AD VER TISEMEN TS 249 
 
 H i 11^ lii MM m i — m » ^ \\\\ im m ^ m ' " "H 
 
 Made From % 
 
 Gfeant Tariz^r 
 and Soda 
 
 with the added produtfl 
 
 Sugar of nilk 
 
 (Crystalized from 
 Cows' Milk) 
 
 WHICH IS 
 
 Entirely Converted 
 
 — INTO— 
 
 Leavening Gas 
 
 — AND A — 
 
 Rich. Food Flavor 
 
 Without a 
 
 Grain of Lossm 
 
 Thatcher's Baking Powder 
 
 Dissolves Clear as Crystal 
 
 — IN HOT WATER — 
 
 And is Purest and BesU 
 
 Write for Cook Book, etc., H. D. Thatcher & Co., Potsdam, N. Y. 
 
 L miiii^ ill ^ li II mm II II ■■■■ iiii MB m i I I I im b J 
 
230 ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 FRED O'NEIL G. H. HALE 
 
 ESTABLISHED 1878. 
 
 O'NEIL & HALE 
 
 FIRE AND LIABILITY 
 
 INSURANCE 
 
 MALONE, NEW YORK 
 
 PUTNAM'S 
 
 DEPARTMENT STORES 
 
 HEADQUARTERS FOR 
 
 WALL PAPER 
 
AD VER TISEMENTS 251 
 
 The Tuttle Company 
 
 Fine Stationery and 
 Printing House 
 
 11 and 13 Center Street Rutland, Vt. 
 
 Card Plate and 
 Steel Die Embossing 
 
 Wedding Invitations 
 Stationery 
 Address Dies 
 Visiting Cards 
 
 Miscellaneous, and 
 Blank Books 
 
 Prompt attention given to the exe= 
 cution and delivery of all orders 
 
252 AD VER TISEMENTS 
 
 THE 
 
 PEOPLE'S NATIONAL BANK 
 
 OF MALONE 
 
 CAPITAL $150,000. SURPLUS $160,000. 
 
 Malone Cook Book 
 
 FOR SALE AT 
 
 THOS. T. BUTTRICK'S 
 
 63 EAST MAIN STREET MALONE, N. Y. 
 
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
 Symonds & Allison, 
 E. J. Wood, . 
 Miss McDonald, . 
 Copeland & Kipp, 
 Eldredge & Mason, 
 C. W. Breed & Co., 
 Fred Smith, . 
 M. Slason & Son, 
 M. N. Fell, . 
 J. J. Flanagan, . 
 Short, Wilding & Co., 
 M. J. Munger, 
 William F. Lynch, 
 A. C. Hadley, 
 James T. Welch, . 
 T. T. Buttrick, . 
 C. W. Hyde & Co., 
 Mrs. P. S. Phillips, 
 Paddock & Haskell, 
 William L. Allen, 
 E. N. W. Robbins, 
 A. J. Nicholson, . 
 Clark & Son, 
 Donovan & Looby, 
 R. M. Moore, 
 Lawrence, Webster & 
 Shufelt & Donaldson, 
 Kellas & Geneway, 
 Ernest E. Muller, 
 John H. Dullea, . 
 Andrus-Robinson Co., 
 
 
 217 
 
 D. Dickinson & Co., . 
 
 . 230 
 
 
 218 
 
 Louis Rushford, . 
 
 . 230 
 
 
 218 
 
 E. & S. Koory, . 
 
 . 230 
 
 
 218 
 
 R. D. Huntington, 
 
 . 230 
 
 
 218 
 
 S. B. Skinner, 
 
 . 231 
 
 
 219 
 
 Ladd & Smallman, 
 
 232 
 
 
 220 
 
 Mrs. C. H. Berry, 
 
 . 232 
 
 
 220 
 
 M. J. Melden, 
 
 232 
 
 
 220 
 
 B. W. Berry, 
 
 . 232 
 
 
 220 
 
 F. S. Channell, . 
 
 . 233 
 
 
 221 
 
 F. C. Andrews, . 
 
 . 234 
 
 
 222 
 
 John Lincoln, 
 
 . 234 
 
 
 222 
 
 H. D. Hickok, 
 
 . 234 
 
 
 222 
 
 Mullarney & Holland, 
 
 . 234 
 
 
 222 
 
 Malone Light Co., 
 
 . 235 
 
 
 228 
 
 Cooley & Tallman, 
 
 . 236 
 
 
 224 
 
 Gordon H. Main, 
 
 . 236 
 
 
 224 
 
 A. B. Parmelee & Son 
 
 ; . 236 
 
 
 224 
 
 A. N. Henderson, 
 
 . 236 
 
 
 224 
 
 A. C. Dean, . 
 
 . 237 
 
 
 225 
 
 H. P. Carroll, 
 
 . 238 
 
 
 226 
 
 Fayette B. Estes, 
 
 . 238 
 
 
 220 
 
 R. N. Porter, 
 
 . 238 
 
 
 226 
 
 Badger & Cantwell, . 
 
 . 238 
 
 
 226 
 
 Monaghan & Rice, 
 
 . 239 
 
 Co., 
 
 227 
 
 E. W. Knowlton, . 
 
 . 2.39 
 
 
 228 
 
 Floyd E. Rock, . 
 
 . 240 
 
 
 228 
 
 Farmers National Ban 
 
 k, . 240 
 
 
 228 
 
 Mrs. M. J. McCormick 
 
 . 240 
 
 
 228 
 
 C. H. Turner, 
 
 . 240 
 
 
 229 
 
 C. L. Capron, 
 
 . 241 
 
254 
 
 INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 M. E. McClary, . 
 
 H. D. Thompson, . 242, 
 
 Greeno & Austin, 
 
 J. H. King, .... 
 
 Mallon & Pratt, . 
 
 J. O. Ballard, 
 
 A. G. Crooks & Co., . 
 F. W. Lawrence & Co., 
 Drs. R. J. & A. G. Wilding, 
 S. C. Coleman, 
 
 B. L. Wells, .... 
 O. S. Lawrence, . 
 
 241 
 
 Hoit & Haskell, . 
 
 247 
 
 243 
 
 Howard House, 
 
 248 
 
 243 
 
 J. J. Murphy, 
 
 248 
 
 244 
 
 Madame Marguerite, . 
 
 248 
 
 244 
 
 George H. Nickelson, . 
 
 248 
 
 245 
 
 H. D. Thatcher & Co., 
 
 249 
 
 245 
 
 O'Neil & Hale, . 
 
 250 
 
 246 
 
 H. A. Putnam, 
 
 250 
 
 246 
 
 The Tuttle Company, . 
 
 251 
 
 246 
 
 People's National Bank, 
 
 252 
 
 246 
 
 Malone Cook Book, 
 
 252 
 
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