fruit. Put the sugar with the peaches; let stand over night. In the
morning, boil slowly in preserving kettle one hour and three-fourths;
skim well.
TO PRESERVE QUINCES. L. D.
Pare and core. Be sure you get out all the seeds. Boil the skins and
cores one hour; then strain through a coarse cloth; boil your quinces
in this juice until tender; drain them out; add the weight of the
quinces in sugar to this syrup; boil, and skim until clear; then put
in the quinces. Boil three hours slowly.
TOMATO BUTTER. MRS. J. KISHLER.
To one quart of tomato, add one pint of apple; put both through sieve;
one quart of sugar, some ground cinnamon; cook until it begins to look
like a preserve.
ORANGE MARMALADE. MRS. DR. TRUE.
To eighteen ripe oranges, use six pounds best white sugar. Grate the
peel from four oranges; reserve for marmalade. (The rinds of the
remainder will not be used). Pare the fruit, removing the white skin
as well as the yellow; slice the oranges; remove all seeds. Put the
fruit and grated peel into a preserving kettle; boil until reduced to
a smooth mass; rub quickly through a colander; stir in the sugar;
return to the stove; boil fast, stirring constantly, one-half hour, or
until thick. Put in glasses, or jars; cover closely when cold.
CURRANT JELLY. MISS KITTIE SMITH.
A FRENCH CONFECTIONERS RECIPE.--Allow one pound of sugar to one pint
of juice. Boil the juice five minutes, and add the sugar, which has
been previously well heated; boil one minute, stirring carefully.
Always a success.
CURRANT JELLY. MRS. DR. TRUE.
Weigh the currants on the stems. Do not wash them, but carefully
remove all leaves; or whatever may adhere to them. Put a few of the
currants into kettle (porcelain lined or granite iron); mash them to
secure juice to keep from burning; add the remainder of the fruit, and
boil freely for twenty-five minutes, stirring occasionally; strain
through a three-cornered bag of strong texture, putting the liquid in
earthen or wooden vessels (never in tin). Return the strained liquid
to the kettle without the trouble of measuring; let it boil well for a
moment or two; add half the amount of granulated or loaf sugar. As
soon as the sugar is dissolved, the jelly is done. Put in glasses.
PINEAPPLE JAM.
Peel, grate, and weigh the apple. Put pound to pound of pineapple and
sugar. Boil it in a preserving kettle thirty or forty minutes.
CRABAPPLE JELLY.
Boil the apples, with just enough water to cover them, until tender;
mash with a spoon, and strain out the juice. Take a pint of juice to
a pound of sugar; boil thirty minutes, and strain through a hair
sieve.
ROSE GERANIUM JELLY. MRS. SAMUEL BARTRAM.
Drop one large or two small leaves of rose geranium plant into a quart
of apple jelly a few moments before it is done, and you will add a
novel and peculiarly delightful flavor to the jelly.
CRABAPPLE MARMALADE.
Boil the apples in a kettle until soft, with just enough water to
cover them; mash, and strain through a coarse sieve. Take a pound of
apple to a pound of sugar; boil half an hour, and put into jars.
CRANBERRY JELLY. MRS. G. A. LIVINGSTON.
One pound of sugar to each pint of juice; boil, and skim. Test by
dropping a little into cold water; when it does not mingle with the
water, it is done.
APPLE JELLY. MRS. E. SEFFNER.
Ten quarts of sour apples, stewed very soft in sufficient water to
cover the fruit; drain over night through a flannel bag, without
pressing; add one pint of sugar to each pint of juice, and three
sliced lemons; boil twenty minutes; strain into glasses or bowls.
PEAR MARMALADE. MRS. E. SEFFNER.
EXCELLENT FOR TARTS.--Pare and core, then boil the pears to a pulp.
Take half their weight of sugar; put it into the kettle with a little
water; boil until like taffy; skim while boiling; add the pulp of the
pears, about four drops of essence of cloves; boil up once or twice.
PRESERVED STRAWBERRIES. MRS. KATE MARTIN, TIFFIN, OHIO.
Use one pound of granulated sugar to each quart of berries. Make a
syrup of the sugar, and sufficient water to moisten it. While
boiling, drop in the berries, and let them boil ten minutes. Skim out
the fruit, and put it on a platter. Boil the syrup ten minutes
longer; then pour it over the berries, and set where it will get the
sun for two days. Put in jelly glasses, and seal. Made in this way,
the fruit retains both color and flavor.
TO PRESERVE RASPBERRIES AND STRAWBERRIES. L. D.
Put pound to pound of sugar and fruit; let stand over night. In the
morning, boil all together fifteen minutes. Skim out the berries;
boil the syrup till thick and clear; pour over the fruit.
For millinery go to Jennie Thomas, the oldest and best.
CANNED STRAWBERRIES. MRS. G. A. LIVINGSTON.
For every quart of strawberries, take one pint of sugar; add a
tablespoonful or two of water. Let sugar dissolve; then add fruit,
and let boil. Can immediately in air-tight glass cans.
CHOPPED QUINCES. MRS. ELIZA DICKERSON.
Pare the quinces; cut in small squares; cover with water, and stew
until tender; pour into a colander, and drain. To each pint of the
juice, add three-fourths pint of sugar. Let boil, and skim well for
ten or fifteen minutes; then put in the quinces; cook until the syrup
begins to jell. Put in glasses, and seal same as jelly.
CANNED PINEAPPLE. MRS. LULU DANN.
Take equal measurements of shredded pineapple and sugar. Place in a
crock alternately, a layer of shredded pineapple and one of sugar; let
this stand over night. In the morning, drain off the juice, and to
three cups of juice, add one cup of water. After this mixture comes
to a boil, put in the pulp of your pineapple, and let boil up (not
cook). Seal in self sealing jars.
BEVERAGES.
"The cup that cheers, but not inebriates."
"Polly, put the kettle on."
COOLING DRINK FOR INVALIDS. MRS. RETTA LUCAS.
Two teaspoonfuls arrow root wet with a little cold water, three
tablespoonfuls white sugar, juice of half a lemon, and a small piece
of rind; stir quickly while you fill a quart pitcher with boiling
water. This is a cooling and nutritious drink for the sick.
RASPBERRY VINEGAR. MRS. E. S.
To nine quarts of mashed berries, add one quart of good vinegar; let
stand from four days to a week; then squeeze out the juice. Add one
quart of sugar to each quart of juice. Boil fifteen minutes; then
bottle tightly.
CHOCOLATE. MRS. W. E. THOMAS.
Scrape fine two ounces (two squares) unsweetened chocolate. Use
Walter Baker & Co.s No. 1 chocolate. Put into a granite ware pan, add
a small cup or sugar, a pinch of salt, and two tablespoons of hot
water; let this boil, stirring it constantly, until it is smooth and
glossy, like a caramel; then add one large pint of good rich milk, and
one pint of hot water; let this come to a boil, stirring constantly;
add a tablespoon of corn starch dissolved in a little cold milk or
water. When this boils, serve at once, with whipped cream, flavored
with a little vanilla.
If you cannot have the whipped cream, pour your chocolate from one
pitcher into another, or beat with a whisk until frothy. If you have
to use skimmed milk, take more milk and less water. Never omit the
salt, as it is very essential to the flavor.
COFFEE. EUGENE DE WOLFE.
Allow one tablespoonful to each cupful. Moisten with whole or half
well beaten egg; pour on half pint cold water; let this come to
boiling point; then fill up with boiling water. Stop up the nose of
the coffee pot, and let stand on stove fifteen to twenty minutes.
INVALID COFFEE. MRS. S. A. POWERS.
Three cups warm water, one cup baking molasses. Take as much fresh,
new bran as this will moisten (not wet); mix thoroughly, and brown in
oven exactly like coffee, and to this two pounds of mixed ground Rio
and Java coffee; then stir in three well beaten eggs. You will have
about ten quarts of mixture when done.
FOR USING.--Take one tablespoonful of this mixture to a cup of boiling
water; let boil from fifteen to twenty minutes.
BREAD.
"The very staff of life; the comfort of the husband; the pride of the
wife."
DRY YEAST. MRS. W. H. ECKHART.
A large handful of hops put into one quart of water; cover, and let
boil five minutes; strain over one pint of flour; beat until your arm
aches, and the batter is smooth. When cool, add a cake of good yeast.
When perfectly light, mix stiff with white corn meal, and a little
flour; roll out on the kneading board; cut in cakes, and dry. Turn
them often.
EVER-READY YEAST. MRS. W. H. E.
Four good-sized perfect potatoes; pare and grate them quickly. Pour
boiling water over the grated potato until it thickens like starch;
let cool a few moments; then stir in flour to thicken. When milk
warm, put in one or two cakes of dry yeast, previously dissolved in a
cup of water; let stand twenty-four hours. Use one pint of this with
four pints of water for four loaves of bread. Make the sponge either
at bed time, or early in the morning. Will keep in a cool place two
weeks.
SWEET YEAST. MRS. SUSIE SEFFNER.
Boil four large potatoes in two quarts of water. When done, mash the
potatoes, and add one cup of sugar, one-half cup of salt, one-half cup
of flour. Boil one pint of hops in the water in which the potatoes
were boiled until strength is out; then strain in the jar with other
ingredients; stir well. When cool, add one cup of yeast, or one cake
of dry yeast; let raise, and put in jar. Keep in cool place.
GOOD BREAD. MRS. SUSIE SEFFNER.
Take six good-sized potatoes; cook until very soft; take from the
water, and mash until creamy; turn the water over the potato scalding
hot, and stir in flour until the consistency of cake batter. When
cool, stir in one cup of good yeast dissolved in a little warm water;
let rise over night. First thing in the morning, heat two quarts of
water milk warm; add to the yeast; then stir in flour to make a thick
sponge; let rise; then work to a stiff dough; let rise again; knead
down; let rise again; make into loaves. When light, bake from three
quarters to one hour. This makes a large baking.
AN EASY WAY TO MAKE GOOD BREAD. MRS. G. E. SALMON.
FOR THREE LOAVES.--Take three medium-sized potatoes; boil, and mash
fine; add two tablespoons of flour; scald with potato water; add one
tablespoon of salt, one of lard, and two of sugar. Have one quart of
this, and when lukewarm, add one cake of yeast, dissolved. Prepare
this at noon; let stand till morning, stirring two or three times.
In the morning, have the flour warm; mix till stiff enough to knead on
the board, and knead thoroughly for half an hour; rub melted lard over
top, and set in a warm place to rise. When light, make into loaves,
handling as little as possible; rub melted lard over top, and let rise
again. Bake fifty minutes. When taken from the oven, rub the tops of
loaves over with butter. This will keep the crust soft.
COFFEE CAKE. MRS. U. F. SEFFNER.
When the bread is ready for the pans, leave about what you would use
for one loaf in the bowl; into that, work one-half cup butter,
one-half cup sugar, the yolks of two eggs, and the white of one egg;
work thoroughly; set to rise. When light, handle carefully; don't work
or roll it; make into cakes with the hands; put into pie plates;
grease the tops with butter; sprinkle on fine bread crumbs, sugar, and
cinnamon, mixed. When perfectly light, bake twenty or twenty-five
minutes.
BREAD. MRS. BELLE BLAND.
FOR FOUR LOAVES OF BREAD.--Peel five good-sized potatoes; boil until
soft, and mash through a colander; then two tablespoonfuls of sugar,
one of salt; and five pints of water. When about cold, add one-half
medium-sized cakes of yeast, which have been well soaked. Let this
stand in a warm place twenty-four hours. In the morning, mix stiff;
knead well; let it rise until light; mold into loaves, and when raised
again, bake in a moderately hot oven one hour.
COMMUNION BREAD. MRS. S. A. YOUNG.
Take one pint flour, one-half teaspoonful baking powder, a little
salt, a teaspoonful butter; rub all together, and then put in enough
water to make a stiff dough. Cut dough in two pieces; roll to
thickness of heavy pie crust; lay on white paper, and cut into strips
one-fourth inch wide. Bake between papers in slow oven.
CINNAMON BREAD.
Take flour as for making biscuit; add a cupful of yeast sponge, two
well beaten eggs, a quart of luke-warm water, and a cupful of sugar.
Salt and knead same as light dough and set to rise. When it is ready
to make out, roll into thin cakes; place in well buttered pans and let
it rise again. Bake to a light brown on top, and when done, spread a
cream over it, as follows: White of an egg beaten to stiff froth; add
teaspoonful of ground cinnamon, and a tablespoonful of granulated
sugar. When this is done, put the bread again in the oven to dry the
cream. This is delicious.
GRAHAM BREAD. MRS. A. C. AULT.
Two cups graham flour, one cup buttermilk, one-half cup sugar, one
egg, one teaspoonful soda, one tablespoonful butter, a pinch salt.
GRAHAM BREAD.
One cup sponge, one cup warm water, one-fourth cup molasses, two
tablespoons melted butter. Thicken with equal quantities of graham,
and flour just enough to form a loaf; then raise.
BROWN BREAD. MRS. MARY DICKERSON.
Three cups of sweet milk, three cups of graham flour, one and one-half
cups of corn meal, one cup of molasses, one teaspoon of salt, one
teaspoon of soda. Steam for three hours in four one pound baking
powder cans, with the covers on.
BOSTON BROWN BREAD. MRS. JOHN ROBINSON.
One and one-half pints sour milk, one cup baking molasses, two
teaspoonfuls soda (one in the milk, one in the molasses); beat well
before putting together. One teaspoonful salt, four cups graham
flour, one teaspoonful baking powder in the flour. Steam two and
one-half hours; remove the lids, and set in the oven one-half hour.
Five canfuls.
BOSTON BROWN BREAD. MRS. S. E. BARLOW.
One and one-half pints sour milk, one cup baking molasses, scant
teaspoon soda in each; foam separately. Pour cups graham flour, one
teaspoon baking powder, one teaspoon salt. Put in one pound baking
powder cans; steam two and one-half hours, and bake half hour.
CORN BREAD. MRS. SAMUEL SAITER.
Mix together one and two-third cups corn meal, one-third cup flour,
one-fourth cup sugar, one teaspoonful salt. Beat two eggs until light,
and add to them one cup sour milk, and one cup sweet milk in which one
teaspoonful soda has been dissolved; mix thoroughly. Have the frying
pan very hot, with two tablespoonfuls butter; pour the batter into it;
then pour into this mixture another cup of sweet milk, but do not stir
the cake. Place pan into hot oven, and bake one-half hour.
CORN BREAD. MRS. SALMON.
Two heaping cups corn meal, one heaping cup flour, two teaspoons
baking powder sifted with flour, whites and yolks of three eggs beaten
separately, two and one-half cups sweet milk, one tablespoon melted
butter, one tablespoon white sugar, one teaspoon salt. Bake steadily
in a moderately hot oven.
CORN BREAD. MRS. A. C. AULT.
One and one-half pints corn meal, one-half pint flour, one
tablespoonful sugar, one teaspoonful salt, two heaping teaspoons
baking powder, one tablespoonful lard, one and one-fourth pints milk,
two eggs. Sift together corn meal, flour, sugar, salt, and baking
powder; rub in lard cold; add the egg; mix to a moderately stiff
batter. Bake in rather hot oven thirty minutes.
CORN BREAD. MRS. C. H. WILLIAMS.
Two cups sweet milk, one egg, one and one-half teacups wheat flour,
two teacups Indian meal, two tablespoonfuls sugar, a little salt, four
teaspoonfuls cream tartar put in with flour, two teaspoonfuls soda
dissolved in warm water; add this last. Bake in gem pans in a quick
oven.
Darmody & McClures Premium Corn Meal should be used with these
recipes.
CORN BREAD. MRS. F. E. H. SELLERS.
One pint buttermilk, one pint corn meal, one pint flour, one
teaspoonful salt, two teaspoonfuls soda in milk, six tablespoonfuls
molasses, one egg. Bake in slow oven thirty minutes.
STEAMED CORN BREAD. MRS. CHAS. MOORE.
Two cupfuls new milk, two cupfuls Indian meal, one and one-half
cupfuls flour, two-thirds cupful New Orleans molasses, one scant
teaspoon soda. Mix flour, meal, and salt together thoroughly; then
add milk, and beat till smooth. Dissolve soda in molasses; add to
mixture; then put in buttered pan; steam three hours, setting steamer
over cold water. Put in oven fifteen minutes.
POTATO RUSKS. MRS. E. S. JORDAN.
Six good-sized potatoes cooked soft and then mashed, one-half cup
butter and one-half cup lard mixed, one cup sugar, one-half cup cooled
potato water, two tablespoons flour, one cup yeast. Mix the above;
let rise, and then beat three eggs; put in, and work up.
PENN RUSKS. MRS. A. C. AULT.
One large potato. Make sponge same as bread in the evening. In the
morning, add one pint of sweet milk, one cup white sugar, one-half cup
butter, and more flour. Let rise again; knead out soft; let rise
again; cut out; put in pans; let rise once more. Bake fifteen
minutes.
Best results obtained by using "ELECTRIC LIGHT FLOUR."
RAISED BISCUIT. MRS. M. A. MOORHEAD.
One pint sweet milk, one half cup butter, one tablespoonful sugar, one
tablespoonful yeast, a little salt, whites of two eggs beaten stiff.
Make the sponge at supper time. At bed time, work in flour to make a
stiff dough. Put in warm place to rise over night. In the morning
turn it out on the kneading board. Smooth out with the hand about one
inch thick; cut in small cakes; let stand five minutes; put in oven;
bake fifteen minutes. Delicious for breakfast.
BEATEN BISCUIT. GAIL HAMILTON.
One quart flour, one heaping tablespoonful lard, water to make stiff
dough, a little salt. Beat well with rolling pin; work into flat
biscuit; make a few holes in each with a fork. Bake in quick oven.
TO MAKE RUSKS. MRS. G. A. WRIGHT.
One quart of bread sponge, one coffee-cup white sugar, one teacup
butter, two eggs, one pint sweet milk, a little salt. Beat the sugar
and eggs well before adding the milk. Flour to knead well.
PARKER HOUSE ROLLS. MRS. CHARLES MOORE.
Rub one-half teaspoon of lard and one-half of butter into two quarts
of sifted flour. Into a well in the center of flour, one pint cold
boiled milk, and add one-half cup yeast or one cake dry yeast,
dissolved in one-half cup warm water, one-half cup sugar, and a little
salt. Set at one o'clock [ten p.m. for dinner next day?]; make up at
two o'clock, and put in pans at half past four for six o'clock tea.
Keep in warm place.
BAKING POWDER BISCUIT. MRS. H. T. VAN FLEET.
To one pint of flour, add two teaspoonfuls of baking powder; sift
together; add one heaping tablespoon of butter, and a pinch of salt.
Use enough sweet milk to make a very soft mixture. Work the butter
through the milk in the center of flour. Do not roll out on board, as
the mixture is too soft, but make out by hand as you would light
rolls. Avoid kneading. Bake in quick oven.
DELICIOUS TEA ROLLS. MRS. U. F. SEFFNER.
Two tablespoonfuls butter, two tablespoonfuls sugar, two eggs. Beat
the three articles all together; add a little salt, one cup sweet
milk, two cups flour, three teaspoonfuls baking powder. Grease a
large dripping pan with butter. Drop a tablespoonful in each place.
Bake twenty minutes.
GOOD MUFFINS (CHEAP AND EASY). MRS. E. FAIRFIELD.
One egg, one cup milk, one tablespoon sugar, one tablespoon butter,
two teacups flour, three teaspoons baking powder, one teaspoon salt.
Mix yolk of egg, butter, and sugar; add then the flour, baking powder,
and salt, sifted together; then white of egg, beaten well. Bake ten
minutes in quick oven. Much of the success in baking depends upon
having the iron muffin ring well heated on the top of stove before
putting the batter in them.
MUFFINS. MRS. W. C. BUTCHER.
Three eggs beaten separately, one-half cup of sugar, two-thirds cup of
butter, one pint of sweet milk, two heaping teaspoons of baking
powder; add flour to make it as thick as cake batter.
MUFFIN OR SHORTCAKE DOUGH. MRS. DR. McMURRAY.
Two pints of flour, three tablespoons of sugar, one tablespoon of
melted butter, one egg, one pint of sweet milk, three teaspoons of
baking powder. Bake in a quick oven in muffin rings, or drop the
dough from the end of your spoon as you do for drop cake. To be eaten
hot. Try with a broom splint, as cake. Enough for four or five large
persons.
QUICK MUFFINS. MRS. S. E. BARLOW.
One cup flour, one heaping teaspoon baking powder, one egg, two
tablespoons melted butter, a little salt; mix all together; before
stirring them, add sufficient water to make a stiff batter. Bake in
hot oven about fifteen minutes.
MUFFINS. MRS. A. C. AULT.
One cup sweet milk, one-half cup butter, one egg, one tablespoonful
sugar, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, two and one-half cups flour, a
pinch salt.
"ELECTRIC LIGHT FLOUR" is guaranteed pure winter wheat flour.
MUFFINS. MRS. T. H. LINSLEY.
To each cup of flour, add two teaspoons of baking powder, large pinch
of salt; moisten with sweet milk to the consistency of drop dough.
Have muffin pans hot, with a teaspoonful of butter in each. Bake ten
minutes in hot oven.
CORN MUFFINS. E. S.
Make just as you do wheat muffins, using one-half wheat flour, and
one-half corn meal.
Graham muffins are made in the same manner, using equal parts wheat
and graham flour.
FRENCH BREAD GRIDDLE CAKES. MRS. R. H. JOHNSON.
One pint bread-crumbs. One pint milk; scald, and pour over bread
crumbs at night to make a batter. Four eggs, two cups or less flour,
one-half cup or less butter. Bake like buckwheats.
VERY NICE CORN MEAL GRIDDLE CAKES. MRS. T. H. LINSLEY.
One pint rich sour milk, one well beaten egg, one large tablespoon
flour, teaspoon soda, meal enough to make the mixture not quite as
thick as for flour cakes.
CORN MEAL GRIDDLE CAKES. MRS. F. E. H. SELLERS.
One and one-half pints sour milk, one good teaspoonful soda, one
teaspoonful salt, one pint corn meal, one-half pint flour, one egg.
ANNIE'S CORN CAKES.
One egg, one pint of sour milk, one-half teaspoonful soda, pinch salt,
one-half cup flour, corn meal to make not too stiff a batter.
MUSH. W. R. C.
To three quarts of boiling water, add salt to taste. Stir in
gradually sufficient corn meal to make it quite thick. Boil slowly
one hour. Stir often, and beat well; that will make it light and
smooth. Eat with cream, milk, and butter, or syrup. To fry when
cold, cut in thin slices, and fry in lard and butter, mixed.
TO FRY HOT MUSH. MRS. T. H. LINSLEY.
Fry slices of bacon; remove the meat; drop in the mush by spoonfuls,
and fry delicate brown.
GERMICELLI. MRS. W. H. ECKHART.
Stir germicelli into two quarts of boiling water until as thick as
mush; add salt. Boil five or ten minutes, stirring constantly. Just
before serving, you can stir in a cup of sweet milk, if you wish.
When cold, slice, and fry same as corn mush.
OAT MEAL CRACKERS. JENNIE L. HARRINGTON.
Two cups oat meal (rolled oats is best), three cups flour, one cup
shortening, one cup sugar, one cup water, one teaspoonful salt, three
teaspoonfuls baking powder; roll very thin.
LEMON CRACKERS. MRS. E. S. JORDAN.
Two and three-fourths cups of granulated sugar, one cup of butter, one
pint of sweet milk, one cup of lard, three eggs, five cents worth of
lemon oil, five cents worth carbonate of ammonia, a pinch of salt.
Mix stiff, and roll thin; stick with a fork, and bake in a quick oven.
MILK TOAST. MISS H. W.
Boil one quart of milk; stir into it two tablespoonfuls butter, mixed
with one tablespoonful flour, and a saltspoonful salt. Let the whole
boil five minutes. Have ready a dish of toasted bread; pour the milk
over it, and serve hot. Nice for breakfast.
FRITTERS.
Separate four eggs; beat the yolks until light; add to them one quart
of sweet milk, a little salt. Beat the whites very stiff; stir in one
quart of flour, and the whites, half and half, with one teaspoonful of
baking powder. In a tablespoonful of batter, place a slice of nice
sour apple; drop into hot lard, and fry nice brown on both sides.
Serve hot, with butter and syrup.
Make oyster fritters the same way, using fine large oysters in place
of apples.
ORANGE FRITTERS.--Made in same way, using slices of orange instead of
apple.
PINEAPPLE FRITTERS.--Made in same manner, only stir into the batter a
pineapple, grated or chopped fine.
SPANISH FRITTERS. MRS. E. S.