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[A paper read by Mrs. Montrew Sanders on the occasion of the opening of the
basement of the church]
"Where there is no vision the people perish" are the words that were
spoken by one who was in close contact with human life in its various con-
flicts and triumphs. That inactivity is followed by retrogression and that
circumscribed vision results in loss of power and opportunity, is a fixed
law in the spiritual realm as well as in the physical.
Thousands of churches in America to-day have ceased to be bulwarks
of power in extending the kingdom of our Christ, simply because the
membership was content with small things. Hundreds of churches are
closed and are mouldering away by tbe roadside, because the congregations
lacked a vision of a larger field atid were unwilling to pay the price of a
larger growth and an increased power of evangelism. These empty church
houses, where once the gospel of love was proclaimed by men whose hearts
were aglow with heavenly fervor, and where the struggling multitudes
gathered in from the various walks of life in order that they might receive
spiritual food and guidance, have now become mere habitations for the
straying bird that seeks refuge from the disturbed elements. The faithful,
along with the aged trustees and loyal members, have either passed on to
their reward or lapsed into lethargy and inditTerenoe. The young men and
maidens spend their hours in frivolty and pleasure. The boys and girls
roam the fields and loiter on the streets. The heart of the parent becomes
burdened, and their eyes send forth tears of anguish on account of the iu-
been greatly appreciated by those who have had the work in hand.
Friends, it has been a long, hard pull. There were times when the
roads were not smooth, and the "weather was not pleasant. There were
conditions that made it embarassing for us work Throb-
to carry on our
bing heads and aching limbs have told the frequent story of a day of in-
cessant toil, but a full purse when the day's work was over, caused a joyous
spirit. The burden ot the responsibility has been .great and many times
seemed more than we could bear; but in the midst of all our sacrifice and
labors,we have been happy and hopeful, realizing our labors were for Him,
who gave his life for us. As we sit here to-night amidst these beautiful
and pleasant surroundings beneath the roof of this splendid temple dedicat-
ed to the worship of Almighty God, we glance backward over the pathway
over which we have traveled and see how the way has been opened up for
our advancement and realize that the hand of the loving B'ather has guided
us to this present hour of victory and promise.
Does it pay? Have our labors been in vain? Nay! Nay! All our
labors, all our sacrifices and all our energies have been transformed into
bulwarks of spiritual power and have become pillars in the temple of our
God. Our work is only begun. This enlarged vision will carry us into
new and larger fields of endeavor. Let us not relax. Let every step be
forward and upward, until the last battle is fought, and the victor's crown
is placed upon our brow. Then-^perhaps not until then, will we kaow the
real joy of unselfish service.Then we will forget all about our conflicts,
our conquests, and our crosses, for we will hear again the beautiful wonA
which were spoken at Bothany, ''She hath done what she couli"
Vour Baking troubles
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our purpose, however, to use one or more of the recipes of each ooD'
tributor.
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In a few instances the exact iimonnt of certain ingredients in recipes
were indefinite It will be well to use your own judgement in such cases.
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Any n—ipe ihnt is entirely new and untried, should be used cautiou.^ly
for the llrst lime.
Beveraoee
Coffee
One cu|)ful of colFee, one egg, one cupful of coM water, six eupfuls uf
boiling water, soald a graniteware coffeepot, waab the egg, break and boat
slightly, dilute with one half the cold water, suld egg, crushed sliell and
coffee, put into the coffee-pot, pour on the l)(jiling water and stir thorough-
ly. Place on front of range and boil from three to five minutes. Pour
some into a cup to free the spout from grounds, return to coffeepot and re-
peat. Add remaining cold water, which, being heavier than hot water,
sinks to the bottom, carrying the grounds with it, and completes the process
of clearing. Place on the back of the range, where it will not boil, for ton
minutes. Tliree egg shells may be used in place of one egg. Fov after-
dinner coffee use twice the amount of coffee given in this recipe.
— Mrs. H. U. liiman.
French Coffee
1 quart water to I cup very fine ground coffee. Put coffee grounds in
bowl; pour over about ^ pint cold water and let stand for 15 minutes; bring
n'oiaining water to a boil. Take coff*>o in bowl, strain through fine si(^ve,
then take French coffee-pot, put coffee grounds in strainer at top of French
pot, leaving water in bowl Then take boiling water and pour over coffee
very slowly Then set colfee-pot on stove 5 minutes; must not boil. Take
off and pour in cold water from bowl that coffee was first soaked in, to
settle. Serve in another pot. The French, who have the reputution of
making the best coffee, use 3 parts Java, 1 part Mocha, — Selected
Vienna Coffee
Fqual parts Mocha £;nd Java coffee; allow 1 heaping tablespoon of
coffee to each person, and 2 extra to make good strength. Mix 1 egg with
grounds, pour on coffee ^ as much l)oiling water as will be needed, let
coffee froth, then stir down giounds and let boil 5 minutet*; tlien let coffee
stand where it will keep hot, but not boil, for 5 or 10 minutes. an<l add
rest of water. To 1 pint cream add white of an egg, well l)oaten; this is to
Chocolate
One and one- half square baker's chocolate, two tablewpoonfuls of
sujrar, one cupful of water, three cupfuls of milk. Add water to the
chocolate and stir over the fire till smooth, add sugar and milk, bring to the
boiling point, boil one minute, whipping with an egg-beater. Serve.
—Selected.
Cocoa
One and one-half tabJospoonful of prepare*! cocoa, two tableqpoonfuls
of sugar, two cupfuls of boiling water, two cupfuls of milk Scald milk,
mix sugar and cocoa, and add one-half cupful of boiling water to make a
smooth paste, add remaining water and boil one minute, add scalded milk
and beat two minutes with Dover egg-beater. — Selected
Tea
Water for tea should be freshly heated and jnst boiling. Teas are of
differing strengths, but a safe rule is one teaspoon dry tea to one- half pint
boiling water. Scald tea-pot; put in dry tea and cover for one minute.
Add boiling water, cover closely. Let stand 3 to 6 minutes, strain off into
second hot pot A wadded cozy will keep tea hot for a long time off the
fire. — Selected.
Russian Tea
Serve a slioo of lemon in each cup of loa with ^noar to laRte. la
lluasia a preserved strawberry is added to each cup, — Selected.
Dandelion Wine
Gather one- half gallon of dandelion blossoms, pour over thorn one
gallon of boiling water let stand over night Strain well and add four
pounds of sugar and the juice of two lemons. Lot stand five or six weeks,
strainami bottle — Nettie Fleming.
Grape Wine
PrcPs juice from grapes, place on stove lot heat to the boiling point,
sklro, sweeten and seal it in quart cans. — Saliie Warner.
Pineapple Lemonade
One pint water, one cup sugar, one quart ice-water, one can grated
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pineapple, juice of three letnone. Make a syru|) by boiling the sugar and
water ton minutes A'M the [)i!ioapp!e and leraon juioe. Cool, strain and
add the iec water. — Selected.
Fruit Punch
Three cups sugar, one cup tea, two quarts lee- water, one pint straw-
berry syrup, juice of five lemons, juice of five oranges, one can graied pine-
apple. Make a syrup by boiling the sugar and water ten minutes. Add
the tea, fruit juices, pineapple 'and strawberry syrup. Let stand thirty
minutes; struiu, add enough ioe- water to make one and one-half gallons of
liquid, turn into a large punch bowl over a piece of ice and add the oherncs.
This amount will serve fifty people. —Selected-
Dandelion Wine
Recipe for one gallon.— Three quarts of blossoms, one gallon boiling
water, let stand three days, then strain. Three pounds granulated sugar,
IJoil, ekim and cool, add two lemons chopped fine, tvv^o tablospoona of yoast.
Let stand five days, strain and bottle. Tie a cloth ou each bottle, do not
use corks. —.Mrs. Adol[)h Levy, Mrs, Fanny Jones.
Choice Cuts
can always be found inour ice clients— the
quality and In
liind, the condition that you
appreciate. We taive pride in ciittinjj; meats
to piease our customers.
«««Our lard i^ pure and fresh and especially
desirable for bailing*
Your patronaj^e solicited.
Bteab
The Baking of Bread
TliG oven should bo hot cnoiijih to turn a piece of while paper a dark
brown in five minutes for the baliing of bread, The heat should inoreaso
HJightly for the first ten roinutes, and gradually deerease tiU the end of the
baking. The heat in the center of the loaf should roaoh 213 degrees, other-
wise the starch cells will not be ruptured or the ferment jjerms killed. The
heat changes the starch on the exterior of the loaf to dextrine. If it burns,
the dextrine is turned into oararael, and has a slightly bitter taste. When
the loaf removed from the oven, place it where the air will circulate free-
is
ly around it. Do not cover, if you like a crisp crust. When cold put it
into a clean, sweet bread-i)ox, without any wrapping, as the latter will give
it a musty fl ivor. The pan for baking bread should not be over four
inciios wide, four inches deep, and suited in lentrth to the oven When the
loaf is larger than this, there is danger of the temperature in the center of
thf loiif i!0t reaching 212 degrees Fahrenheit, and the yea^t germs not be-
ing kdicd. •
— Sele(!ted,
Corn Bread
Two cups fresU meal, one cup flour, one teaapoonful of salt and two
tottspooufuls of leaking powder, two well beaten eggs, two teaspoon fuls of
butter, a tablespoonful of sugar, Stir all with swoot milk to a soft dough,
plice in a pan and bake immediately. —Mrs. Kda UteUs.
Corn Fritters
One beaten egg, one-half cup sugar, one-half uup sour milk, ono-half
teaspoon soda, pinch of salt, two tablespoons of and meal.
fiour
—Mrs, Blanch Stewart.
Boston Brown Bread
One cup each of flour, white corn meal, sweet milk, and two-thirds of
a cup of ligiit Orleans molasses, one teaspoonful of salt, and ono of soda
dis»4olvod in hot water. Take pound baking powder cans, lard, them well.
an. I (111 two-thirda full. Hut on their llda and sot them in a kcitlo which Is
about half full of boiling water. Put on the kettle lid and keop constantly
boiling for two hours. Heplenish often with boiling water.
^Mv». C. (J. DrulGV,
Corn Bread
Ouo oup of corn meal, one cup of Hour, two lioaping teaspooofuls of
baking powder, a pinc-.h of salt, stir these dry IngrC'dicnts togetltor, one cup
of swMOt mik, one wwll beaten egg ami a scant third of a cup of iMitttT,
melted, stir this Into tho dry ingredients and beat until light and bake
twenty or thirty minutes. — Mrs. Lert Kadely.
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Biscuits
One quart flour, two teaspoons Royal Baking powder, one teaaprion
salt sifted tniretlier, add lard the size of two largo eggs, rubbing tbruugli
flour. Mix witli cold water, as soft as can bo bandied.
— Mrs. Merle Cummins.
pint flour, scant half tea cup sugar, one toaspoonful of soda. Steam tv
melted lard and sour milk enough to make a thin batter. Pour in bakir
dirth, or pan, an«l liake one hour. Mrs .John Wilkinson. —
Baking Powder Biscuits
One <inart of flour, salt, four teaspoonfuis baking powder, lump buttc
siae hu-iii! egg. Mis lig'itly with milk. Or
One quart of flour, salt, two teaspoonfuls baking [lowder. Mix wit
sweet c nam, Kilhor recipe is just the tiling to eat with sruolhered eliicke.
yoHMt, diaxolvod in one half cuufiil of water, add flour to make a soft batter,
beat well, add one ogg boaton separately, and flour to make a dough. kii«ad,
Jet rise till it doubles its* si/o, knead iigsiin and shape into rolls, lot it rise
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one aud one half to two hours, bake in a qiiiok oven twenty minutes, brush
with butter and milk. Rolls take thoir names from the ditferent forms in
which they are sliaped They may also be made from Vieuna bread dough.
— Selected.
Salt Rising Bread
A half pint of now milk, boiled, stir into this, three tablespoonfuls of
irn meal and stir well, set in a warm place over night. In the morning
ike a pint and a half of warm water, soda the si/.o of a pea, a pinch of
!lt and stir in Hour to make a thick batter, then stir in the mush and set
ina. let rise and bake, when done grease the top with butter and let it
Corn Bread
(Called Egg Bi-eadl in the Soath)
1* Beat twi eggs well in e*.one pan Add two eupa buttor-milk, tablc-
^oou sugar, tablospooa melted butter, lard or better, fried haw dripping-iSi
It of salt, scant level teaspoon soda sifted Into one oup each corn meal
4'nd flour. Make u stiff batter, adding more meal if noooasary, and pour
iito well oiled bread pan to the depth of one inch,
— Kllen Gfoenoudyko, Now Docatur, Alabama,
^ Yeast
One warm mashed potatoec;, throe pints of warm one-
4 alf
pint of
cup of sugar, one tablespoon of and ono oako of yoaat, Keep in
salt,
wator,
aelf scaler can ready for use, For throe loaveaof broad, ono quart of warm
water, one cup of the yeast, ono tablespoon of lard, ono-half cup of flugar,
mix stiff and lot raise over nljjht, mould out in loaves,
— Mr«. Kmuiu ytrouiili.
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Brown Bicad
oups ot sour miik, oue half cup of new Orleans molasses, three
Two
cupa of Graham flour, one tabloapoonful aoda stirred in molasses, mix and
put in a pan or baking powder cans, set in steamer over boiling water.
Steam three hours, then sot in oven and babe half an hour.
-=-Mrs. Tillie Davis, Galveston, Indiana.
Biscuits
One pint flour, one heaping teaspoon of baking powder, one teaspoon
salt, butter the siae of an egg, one-third pint of milk and water mixed,
baking powder and salt together, work in the butter till thorough-
Siir flour,
ly mixed. Make a hollow in the center, pour in the milk and water, then
with a fork or spoon work the llour toward the center and ve-'y lightly mix
the Ingredients together, it should be quite a soft dough. Flour the
board luavily. pour the dough on the flour and sprinkle flour over the top.
Fold ovor fioveral Umes with the hand-pat down gently. A rolling pin is
not needed at any time if the dougti is m;ido right. Keep board well flour-
ed or dough will stick Cut with the lid of a baking powder can or any
small cutter Remember, to have light lilscuits, the dough must bo very
soft and it Is nocessnyy to have plenty of flour on board and dip cutter
frequently in tho flour hut not work flour Into the dough except as a trifle Is
folded in. ™.Mrs. L. Hi. Ouster, Dayton, Ohio.
Cahe
Apple Sauce Cake
One cup sugar, one-half oup butter or lard, one cup apple aauoe, one
toaspoonfuls sotla, one teaspoon baking powder, two andono-balf cups Hour,
oinnamoo and uutmeg, raisins or nuts. —Mrs. K. F. Lodgerwood.
Spongfe Cake
Two cups of sponge, two cups of sugar, one oup of lard, two oups of
Hour, two eggs, one teaspooaful of ^oda, one tableapoonful of all kinds of
apices, —Mrs, Nan Ginn,
Spice Cake
Two cups of augar, ono-half cup of lard, four eggs, one^half oup of
sour milk, ono tou«poonful of aoda buat in milk, two and oiio half oup of
Hour, two toaspuoufula of eiiinamoo, one te&apoonful of clovea, om toa«
Spice Cake
Two cops of sugar, one oup of butter, yolk of three eggs, one cup of
sour milk, one teaspoouful of soda, three cups of flour, two and one- half
teaspoons of oiunainou, one half teaspoon of cloves, one oup of raisins,
one cup of currants, one cup of citron. When all made then add the
beaten whites of the eggs; this is Que
— Mrs. U, J. Carter, Mrs. Sarah Trout.
Coffee Cake
One oup brown sugar, one cup of butter.
of light Mis butter and
sugar together, then add three eggs, leaving out the whites of two for
icing; one cup of molasses, one tcaspoonful of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves
and allspice, one oup of strong coffee, three cups of flour, one level tea-
spoonful of sour milk, one cup of seeded raisins, chopped.
— Mrs. Mary Cummins, Middletown, Ind.
Nut Cake
Two oupa of white A One eup of sweet
sugar, one-half oup of butter.
milk, three cups of flour,two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powdir,
whiles of five eggs, one cup of hickory or walnut kernels. Cream tiic sugar
and butter then add the milk, then sift the flour and baking j)owder to.
gctlicr three times pour back into sifter and sift in the sugar, butler and
milk. Next add the well beaten eggs. Hul) the nuts good with flour, adcj
Sponge Cake
Yolks of throe eggs, one cup of granulatoil sugar and beat to a foam.
Four tabiospoonfuls of cold water, wne cupful of flour, one t*»aepoonful of
leaking powder in flour, sift, whites of eggs beat atiflf and stir in cako,
Flavor to lastc — Rebecca Clark, Greontown, Ind.
Jam Cake
One cup sugar, throo- fourths cup butter boaton to a eroam, one cup
jam, throo oggn well boaton, ono-hiU" teaspoon nutmog, one half toaapoon
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Watermelon Cake
One-half cup butter, one cup sugar, one cup sweet milk, three cups of
flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, whites of four eggs. Take out one-
third of the dough, add two teaspoonfuls lernon extract to the remainder
and two teaspoonfuls of red sugar In the part taken out. Place half
of the white dough in a buttered tin, pour in the very center one-half the
pink, place in this blanched almonds or raisins in a thick row for seeds,
pour on tne remainder of the pink, the white. This is a beautiful cake for
parties and entertainments, — Myrtle Craybill, Dunkirk, Ind.
Snowball Cake.
Two cups sugar, one-half cup butter, whites of four eggs beaten stifl?,
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one cup sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, nearly three cups
Hour. Flavor to suit taste.
Oatmeal Cookies
One cup ot sugar, two cups oat flakes, one cup of flour, three-fourths
cup of butter, two eggs, one teaspoon of cinnamon, three-fourths spoon of
soda dissolved in one tablespoon of boiling water, pinch of salt. Drop a
teaspoonful on well greased bread pan about two inches apart.
— Mrs. Martha Broughman, Indianapolis.
Cream Cake
One-half cup sweet miik, one and one-half cups white sugar, three
cups flour, throe-fourtiis cup of butter four eggs, three teaspoons baking
powder.
FOR CREAM.
One pint thick cream, the white of one egg, tablespoon sugar. To be
baked in four layers. — Mrs Sarah Rich wine.
Doughnuts
Four potatoes mashed without butter, one and one-half cups sugrr
mashed in potatoes, two eggs beaten separately, three teaspoons baking
powder, one scant cup sweet milk, butter size of walnut, little nutmeg.
Fry in lard. Tested and found very good.
— Mrs Sallie Wright, Lapel, Ind.
White Cake
One cup sugar, one cup sweet milk, onelialf cup butter, whites of two
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eggs, one teaspoon vanilla, two large cups sifted flour, two teaspoons bak-
ing powder. Bake in long, narrow tin pan, frost and cut in squares,
— Nettie Brandon.
Spice Cake
Three eggs, one cup sour milk, one and one-half cups dark brown
sugar, three- fourths cup of lard and butter, one teaspoon cloves, one tea-
spoonful spice, one teaspoonful cinnamon, one teaspoonful baking powder,
one teaspoonful soda, one teasponful nutmeg. — Mrs. Alice Mauek.
Feather Cake
Sugar two cups, butter one-half cup, flour three cups, whites four eggs,
one cup almost full of milk, three spoonfuls of baking powder. Flavor
with lemon. — Susie Fadely.
A Good Cake to Eat Warm
One cup sugar, one cup thickened yeast, one-half cup butter, three
tablespoons buttermilk, one teaspoon soda dissolved in milk, one teaspoon
spice and one of cinnamon, one cup flour. —Charity Myers.
Blackberry Cake
One cup brown sugar, one- half cup butter or lard, three eggs, four
tablespoons sour cream, one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon ground einnamon,
one teaspoon allspice, one-half, cup preserves (blackberries or cherries), two
cups of flour. Bake in layers or loaf. — Jennie Conn,
Rose Cake
Two cups of white sugar, one cup of butter, one-half cup sweet milk,
whites of five eggs, three teaspoonsful of baking powder, three and one-
half cups of flour.
Red Part — One cup of red sugar, one-half cup of butter, one- half cup
sweet milk, whites of three eggs, two teaspoonsful of baking powder, two
cups of flour. — Mrs. Kate Mad^y, Mintie Maddy,
Blackberry Cake
One cup of buiter, two cups of sugar, six eggs, six tablespoonfuls of
sour cream, two teaspoonsful of soda, three cups of flour. Spices of all
kinds to suit the taste. Last add one cup of blackberry jam. Bake in
layers; chocolate icing. — Miss Mary flarter.
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White Cake
Two scant cups granulated sugar, one cup butter, whites of six eggs,
one cup of milk, tliree cups of flour, two tablespoons of baking powder and
flavor. -—Mrs. Emma Cooper.
— Hattie Harter.
Good Cookies
Three eggs, two cups of sugar, one cup of sweet milk, one cup of
lard, one tablespoenful of lemon, three toblespoonfuls of baking powder.
— Susau Baker.
Devil's Food
Two cups brown sugar, one- half cup butter, one-half cup sour milk,
one small teaspoonful soda, two eggs, three cups of flour, one and one- half
teasspoonsful of baking powder, two-thirds o^ a cup of grated chocolate,
one-half cup of boiling water poured over the chocolate. Mix all the in-
giedieats together before adding tbe chocolate and water. It will be entirely
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too thick before adding the water, but this will make it about right. Some-
times a little more flour is necessary.
Filling — Cook until almost taffy, 1 cup brown sugar, one-fourth pint
of cream and a small lump of butter.
Good Filling for White Cake — Stir enough powdered sugar in a half
cup of cream to make a thick paste. — Alma Addison.
Eggless Cake
One and one half cups light brown sugar, one-half cup butter, one
cup sour milk, three cups of tiour, one tablespoonful soda, one-half tea-
spoonful each of cinnamon and nutmeg and one cup of chipped raisins.
Bake in two layers and use cornmeal dressing as directed for Caramel Cake.
— Mrs. J. B, Butcher, f<!okoiio, Ind., Mrs, C. J. Roberts, Marion, Ind.
Caramel Cake
Rub Sf^ant one-half cup of butter to a cream, gradually add two cups
of granulated sugar, mix until white and creamy, add one cup sweet milk,
three cups of flour, sifted with two heaping teaspoonfuls of Royal B. P.,
the white of four eggs, beaten to a stitf froth. Bake in three layers.
Filling — Two cups granulated sugar, two cups of sweet milk. Cook
in a granite pan forty-five minutes. When thicK, -remove from the stove
aud stir in two teaspoonfuls of vanilla. Stir until cold,
Cream Cake
Three egga, one cup of sugar, three tablespoons of cold water, two
teaspoons baking powder, one and one-half cups flour. Bake in layers.
Filling — One egg, two-thirds cup sugar, one tablespoon butter, two
tablespoons flour, one pint milk. Boil all together and spread between
layers. — Mao Flemming,
Ginger Snaps
One cup sugar, one cup Orlear-s molasses, one cup lard, one teaspoon-
ful of cinnamon, one of cloves and one of ginger, one- half cup of water,
one even teaspoonful of soda. Make a rather soft dough.
—Mrs. W. H, Barton,
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Neapolitan Cake
One cup sugar, two eggs, one-half cup butter, one-half cup molasses,
one-half cup strong coffee, two and one-half cups flour, one cup raisins,
one cup currants, one teaspoon each of soda, cinnamon and cloves, one-
half teaspoon nutmeg. — Ethel Spore-George, Princeton, Ind.
Cream Cake
Two cups sugar, two tablespoonfuls of butter, three eggs, one- half cup
sweet milk, two tablespoonfuls cold water, two cups flour and two ttaspoon-
fuls baking powder.
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one-half pint milk, one-half cup sugar, small piece of butter,
Filling
one egg and one tablespoonful of corn starch; boil until thick, when nearly
cold flavor and when the cakes are cold put them together.
— Mrs. Levina Miller.
Xmas Cookies
One and one-half cups of soft sugar, two- thirds cup of butter, three
eggs, one scant teaspoonful of soda, one and one half cups of raisins and
nuts, two and one-half cups of flour. Mix well and drop with a spoon,
— Avis Kelly.
Surpiise Cake
Whites of three eggs, one-half cup of butter, one and one-fourth cup
sugar, two large teaspoons baking powder stirred in three cups flour,
measured after sifting, one cup milk, flavor to taste This is an inexpen-
sive, never-fail cake, best eaten when iresh. '— Mrs. P. 0. Rhodes,
Chocolate Cake
Two teacups dark brown sugar, one-half cup of butter or butter and
lard, two eggs, one-half cup grated chocolate melted in one-half cup hot
water, one teaspoonful soda dissolved iu one-half cup sour milk, one tea-
spoonful baking powder and three cups flour.
—Mrs. E. M. Boston,
Jelly Roll
One enp sifted flour, one cup coffee sugar, ihree eggs, one teaspoon
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baking powder. Stir quickly, then pour into square tin pan and bake in
verj' hot oven, when done turn on flat surface, spread jelly on and roll
while hot. — Miss Lillian Fadely, New Castle, Ind,
Spice Cake
Two cups sugar, two egg yolks, one-half cup melted lard and a pinch
of salt, one and one-half cnp sour milk, one teaspoon soda, two teaspoons
baking powder, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon cloves, one teaspoon
spice, one teaspoon nutmeg, three or four cups flour and one-half box of
raisins. — Mrs, Mary Houren, New Castle, Ind.
Maud S. Cake
Custard, five tablespoonfuls of granulated sugar, eight of Baker's
chocolate, one-half cup of milk, boil until thick, and when cool, stir into
batter made as follows: one and one-half cups of white or brown sugar,
scant half cup of butter, three eggs, one half cup of sifted flour, one-half
cup milk; and custard together, add one and one. half cups of
stir batter
Doughnuts
Two eggs, one half cup granulated sugar, one cup sour milk, one tea-
spoonful soda, three tablespoonfuls melted lard, one half teaspoonful salt,
flour to make a soft dough. Roll about half an inch thick, cut with a
doughnut cutter and fry in hot lard. When all done put a few in a
are
paper sack in which there is some pulverized sugar and shake until they
are covered with sugar. — 011a Davis.
Sethd. Wills,
AUCTIOJ^EER.
Sulphur Springs, Route I. Mt. Summit Independant Phone.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED,
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Cinnamon Cake
Three oups of thick bread sponge, one cup of butter, two oups of
sugar, one-half cup raisins dredged with flour, three eggs, one-half tea-
will form a soft ball when put in cold water, then pour over the whites of
two eggs well beaten and boat till stlfl".
teaspoonful each of ground cinnamon and cloves, one grated nutmeg. Roll
raisins and nuts in flour and add Wat. Mix thoroughly and put Into well
buttered cake pan to rise, Bake in moderate oven.
--.Mrs, Minnie Forrest, Dalevllle, Ind.
and bake in a quick oven. The strips can be made of different lengths so
when stacked it will give the appearance of a log cabin.
Boiled Icing— Whites of three eggs and three cups of white sugar.
Use grated cocoanut and lemon flavoring.
—
Mrs. Anna Good, Honey Cieek. lud
Chocolate Cake
Boil together one half cup of grated chocolate, one-half cup of
sweet milk, a one-half cup brown sugar, when thi'sk as cream take from
the fire and cool. Cream one-half cup of butter with one cup of sugar and
add two eggs beaten light, two-thirds of a cup of milk and vanilla, mix
with the above mixture and add one pint of flour and two teaspoons of
baking powder.
loiug — tioil one cup of sugar with one q^iarter cup of w iter until it
will string. Beat the white of one egg until sliff and into it gradually beat
Prize Cake
Three eggs, one cup flour, two cups seeded dates, one cup of Kaglish
walnuts, one-half teaspoon ful baking powder. Chop dales and walnuts
and use part of the cup of flour to dredge them before straining info cake.
This is fine. — Miss Ijou A. KubusU.
Missionary Cake
One cup pulverized sugar, one cu[) melted l)utter, (or one-fonrtU cup
cocoanut oil), one cup of sweet milk, one egg, two level teaspoons baking
powder (or ouiit baking powder if using self rising flour), add any flavoring
preferred. Stir all together to the consistence of a pound cake. Bake
quickly. Place diflference in the cost of this cake and the one you have
in your missionary mite-box. You will be pleased with the cake and your-
eelf. — Ellen Grocndyke, New Decatur, Ala.
Doughnuts
One cup of sugar, two eggs, two tablespoons of m^ited butter, two-
thirds cup of sour milk, two teaspoons of creara tartar, one even teaspoon
of soda, flour enough to swell, salt and nutmeg.
— Sarah Vatcs.
2Q
Puff Cake
— Alma Addison.
Cream Cake
Requires, one cup sugar, l)reak one egg in cup and fill cup up with
Bwcet crearr:. Two teaspooufuls baking powders. Lemon extract. Thick-
en with flour. — Cleo Young.
spooiifuls of baking powder, the whites of four eggs and three cups of flour
— Mrs, N, P. France.
Strawberry Short Cake
One large cup of flour, one teaspoonful of baking powder, two table-
spoonfuls of sugar, one-half cup of butler- Mix with milk and bake in
two pie tins. Chop one quart of strawberries, add one cup of sugar, put
between cake and serve. —Miss Maude Nugen,
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White Cake
Whites of four eggs, one and one fourth oups sugar, two cupfuls
flour, (sifted five times), rounding teaspoon baking
powder, three-fourths
cup of sweet milk, one-half oup butter, flavor to taste.
Mrs. Annette F. Hughes, Blooraington, Ind., Mrs. W. W. Fadley, New
Castle, Ind.
Cookies
One egg, one cup of lard, one and one.fi)urlh cup of sugar, one cup of
Bour milk, one teaspoon of baking powder and one teaspoon of soda.
—
Mrw. Martha Abshire
Cookies
Four fresh eggs, beaten one cup fresh butter and two cups sugar
stiff,
creamed together, add eggs, two teaspoons vanilla, four cups flour, two
teaspoons baking powder sifted with flour twice,
— Alice Shoemaker,
Devil's Food Cake
Two cups of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one-half cup of sour milk,
three cups of flour, one-half cup of hot water, one- half cup of chocolate,
three eggs, one teaspoonful of soda
Filling— Two cups of sugar, one-half cup of butter, oue-half cup of
sweet cream, — Mrs. Sarah Schlogel, Daleville, Ind.
Doughnuts
Two eggs, one and one-half pint pulverized sugar, five tablespoons
melted butter, one pint sweet milk, three teaspoons baking powder, flavor
to taste; roll \u flour, and fry in hot lard. After frying roll in pulverized
augar. — Laura Paddock, New Castle, lod.
Spice Cake
Three cups of flour, two cups of brown sugar, one cup of sour milk,
one-half cup of buiter, two teaspoons of cloves, two teaspoons of cinnamon,
two teaspoons of pUspice, one teaspoon of soda tUssolved in the milk, four
eggs. — Mrs. C E. Elstabrook.
Buttermilk Cake
One egg, two cups of buttermilk, two cups sugar, four cups flour, one-
half cup butter, scant two cups raisins, one teaspoon eacli ground c'oves
and cinnamon two level teaspoons each of soda and baking powder and a
pinch of salt. One-half of quantity will make a very good sized cake.
— Mrs. Mildred Edwards
Gem Cakes
One cup sour milk, one and one half cup sugar, one half teaspoon su(ia
one teaspoon baking powder, one third cup butter, three cups of flour, nut-
meg. Bake in greased gem pans.
— Mrs Alice C ran or, Muucie, Ind.
Minnehaha Cake
Twocups of sugar, one half cup of butter, one cup of milk, tue whites
of six eggs, three cups of flour, three teaspoonfuls Royal Baking Powder.
Bake in layers.
—
Make a frosting as follows: Two cups granulated sugar and whites of
two eggs, pour Ave or six teaspoonfuls of boiling water over sugar aud let
boil until it threads when poured from spoon, pour slowly over the beaten
whites beating until cool. Mix with the icing one cup small raisins and
one cup of English walnuts cut the size of the raisins. Spread between
layers and on top of the cake. Flavor to suit.
— Mrs. J. W. Farrell.
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Quisset Cake
One half cup butter rubbed to a cretim with one and one half cups
sugar, add 3'olks cf three eggs well beaten with two tablespoons of aiilk,
one and one-half cups flour (heaping) in which has been sifted two level
teaspoons baking powder, one half cup milk, six tablespoons chocolate
melted over hot water, and lastly whites of three eggs. Bake lu two layers.
Frosting — two cups granulated sugar, three- fourths cup milk, one
ounce butter. Boil fifteen minutes, beat till thick, spread while warm.
— Mrs. J. B. Frazier.
Chocolate Cake
Two cups of brown sugar, one-half cup batter, two eggs, one-half cf.p
of buttermilk, three cups flour, use these all together, then into one-half
cup of boiling water stir one teaspoonful soda and one square grated
chocolate, one teaspoonful vanilla; bake in layers
For the icing take one cup sugar, one quarter cup butter, one- half cup
sweet cream and a little chocolate; cook until it threads.
—Mrs, Ora Harlon,
Christmas Cakes
One and one-half cup of soft sugar, two thirds cup of butter, three
eggs, two and one half <;ups of floar, one scant teaspoon of soda, one and
one-half cups of raisin^ and nuts chopped, mis one-half cup of floar with
the nuts, then drop in the pan with a teaspoon.
—Mrs. A. S. Miller.
Emergency Cake
One cup white sugar, two eggs, one half cup sweet milk, one table-
spoonful butter, one and one-ualf cups flour, one teaspoonful baking
powder, flavor to taste, drop in gem pans and bake,
—Mrs. W. D. Klliott.
Ginger Cookies
One pint sugar, one pint lard, one pint mola^sses, half pint hot water,
one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in the hot water, one teaspoonful of
girger. — Mrs Klizabeth Good.
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Plain Cookies
One half cup butter, one-half cup lard, two cups sugar, one cup sweet
milk, two eggs, six level teaspoons baking powder, four cups flour.
— Mrs, Chas J Wheeler, Noblesville, Ind.
Orange Cake
One-half cup butter, two cups sugar, mix into a cream. Three eggs
beaten light, two teaspoons baking powder, well sifted with three cups
flour, grated rind and juice of one orange with water enough to make a cup-
ful. Mix first the eggs with butter and sugar, second, the water and orange
juice, then the flour. Beat all together and bake in three layers.
Filling — Grated rind and juice of one orange with enough water added
to make one cupful, one egg, one cup sugar, and two tablespoons flour.
Mix all well together and cook in double boiler until thick, when cold
spread between layers.
— Mrs. Martha Taylor, Marion, Ind.
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Lemon Cake
One cup of sugar, six tablespoonfuls of melted butter, one oup of
sweot milk, two egga, two and one-half cups of (lour, two teaspoonfula of
baking powder, flavor with lemon.
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Icing—One grated lemon, one- half eup of water, one oup of sugar, one
tablespoonfnl of flour, one taWespoon of butter,
— Ida Addison
Sponge Cake
One oup bread aponge, one egg, one teaspoonful of cloves and cin-
namon, one cup granulated sugar, three tablespoonfuls of warm water, one
teaspoonful of soda, one-half cup raelied lard, one cup flour.
-^ Mi^e G oldie Bowman.
Layer Cake
Two cupa sugar, one-half cup butter, one cup sweet milk, three cupe
flour, whites of two eggs, two teaspoons of baking powder, flavor with
lemon. — Mrs Eflie Griffls,
Cookies
Two eupa sugar, two oggs (beaten and added Uist) one-hftlf oup lard
and butter, two tablespoonfuls baking powder, one cup milk, pinch of salt,
enough flour to roll out, flavor. - Mrs. R. J. Fadely,
White Cake
'Ywn eupe sugar, one-half cup butter, three cups flour, one cup awoot
milk, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, whites of three egga
— Mesdames Rva Showaltor, Millie Miller, Milo Itailoy,
Mahogany Cake •
Uout one and one-half fupa o'' granulated HUgar and one-half cup of
butter to a croau), ttien add three well beaten eggs to this and heat ton
minutes, fslir In this oii(!-half cup of sweet milk, two eups of well aifted
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flour, one teaspoon soda. Boil one-half cup grated chocolate in one-half
cup of sweet milk until thick, cool and add to the batter last.
For the filling use one and one half cups of sugar cooked in one- half
cup of sweet milk until thick; then remove from the fire and beat until cold,
flavor with vanilla. —
<Mrs. Blanch Stewart.
Snow Cake
One-half cup butter, one cup of sugar, two cups flour, one half cop of
sweet milk, whites of four eggs, two teaspoonfuls baking powdwr, flavor
Silver Cake
Whites of seven eggs, two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, cup of
sweet milk, two cups of flour, one cup of corn starch, three teaspoonfuls
baking powder. Flavor to taste. — Mrs. W. A. Davenport.
Sponge Cake
One and one half cups bread yeast, one and one- half cups sugar, one-
half cup butter, one-half cup flour, two eggs, one teaspoonful cinnamon,
one teaspoonful cloves, one teaspoonful nutmeg, one cup of seeded raisins,
o: e cup of seeded currants. Beat sugar, butter and eggs together 4hen add
other ingredients. — Luna MeShirley.
Doughnuts
Four baking powder, two cups of
tins of flour, six teaspoonfuls of
sugar (small), one cup of sweet milk, three eggs, well beaten, one table-
spoonful of melted butter, nutmeg. —
Sarah Schlegel.
Cookies
Two cups of granulated sugar, one cup of butter and lard, two eggs,
well beaten, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, one teaspoonful soda, oue
pint sour cream, flavor with lemon, sprinkle with granulated sugar before
putting in the oven,
— Mrs. H. E. Misener, Mechanicsburg, Ind.
Raisin Cookies
Two cups brown sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of raipins,
of soft
four tablespoons of sour milk, two eggs, beaten light, one teaspoon soda,
one teaspoon baking powder, enough tlour to roll good.
White Cake
Whites of eight eggs, three cupa sugar, three cups of flour, one cup
corn starch, one cup butter, one cup sweet milk, two heaping teaspoons
baking powder. Flavor with lemon.
—Mrs. J. W. Allen, Pendleton, Ind.
Ginger Cookies
One cup sugar, one cup molasses, three- fourths cup of lard, two eggs,
one tahlespoonful of soda, one tablespoonful of ginger, one teaspoonful of
cinnamon. —Mary Joiner.
Marble Cake
Li»ht, white sugar, one and one-half cups; butter, one-half cup; sweet
milk, one half cup; flour, two and one-half cnps; whites of four eggs; two
teaspoons of baking powder; flavor with lemon or almonds. Dark part;
brown sugar, one cup; molasses, one-half cup; yolks of four eggs, sweet
milk, one-half cup, two and one hilf cups flour; two teaspoons of baking
powder; mix in separate pans, flavor with spices.
—Miss Izuma Fadely, Newcastle, Ind.
Sponge Cake
One large cup of granulated sugar, three eggs, well beaten, separately,
teaspoonfuls baking powder, one and one-half cups of flour. Butter two
jelly pans, dust with flour aud bake in moderate oven, gieve powdered
Bugar on each layer and cut in squares, or put together with apple jelly,
the €. K Sowasb
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Banana Cake
Three eggs, two cups of sugar, one cup of sweet cream, not to rich,
two and one-half cups of flour, two and one-haif teaspoonsfuls of baking
powder, slice the bananas between layers and cut them length way a
for the top before whitening the cake.
Ginger Cookies
Two cups of Orleans molasses, one cup of sugar, one nup of lard, one
tal)lesp(tnn of cinnamon, one tablespoon of ginger, one teaspoon of cloves,
a pinch of alum, salt, two egge, one tablespoon of soda dissolved iu one
cup of boiling cotl'ee, flour to make a soft dough
—Mrs, Ida F, Hodson.
Spice Cake
Four eggs, leaving out white? of 2 for icing, two large cups of brown
sugar, two third cup of melted butter, one cup of sour milk, one level tea-
spoon of soda, two hea()ing teaspoons of cinnamon, one and one- half tea-
spoon of cloves, one-half teaspoon of nutmeg, three cups of flour. JJia-
White Cake
Whites of four egga, two scant cups o^'=ugar, one and one-half cups
flour, one half cup b.utter. one- half cup water or milk, two tcriS|)Oonfuls of
iiaking powdiU',
Icing— One cup granulated sugar, two-thlrdB cup of water, boil until
hairs from spoon, stir in liealoii wliitos of two o^ga, beat until stiff,
Jelly Roll
One cup of sugar, one egg, one cup of flour, one-half cup ot sweet
milk, one teaspoonful of baking powder, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one-
half teaspoonful of cloves. Bake and spread with jelly, roll up.
—-Mrs. Ada Malone, Elnora, Ind.
Scripture Cake
One cup of Judges 5:25, three and one-half cups I Kings 4:22, three
cups Jeremiah 6:20, two cups I Samuel 30:12, two cups Nahum 3:12, one
cup Genesis 24:17, two cups (chopped) Numbers 17:8, one-half dozen
Isaiah 10:14. one tablespoon 1 Samuel 14.'25, one teaspoon Amos 4:5, one
pinch of Leviticus 2:13, season to taste 11 Ohron. 9:9, (two teaspoons of
cinnamon and cloves). Follow Solomons direction for making a good boy
Prov. 23:14. —Mrs. D. M. Brown, Sena Lykens.
loaspoouful of cloves and one of cinnamon. White part: One and one-
half cup of granulated sugar, mixed with one- half cup of butter, one-half
cup of sweet milk, one-half cup corn starch, one large cup of flour, two
teasjjOonfuU of baking powder.
— Mrs. Ridgway, Ambay, lud.
Cookies
Make a hollow with Hour in a pan, put in oue cup sugar, one egg,
nutmeg, one- half teaspoon soda, one-third cup butter, onQ-fourtl\ cup aour
cream. Or
A largor quantity can be made with
flour, two teaspoons baking powder
in flour, ttvo cups sugar, Ave nutmeg, one teaspoonful of soda in one
egs^a,
pint thick, sour cream, oue pound melted butter, mix as soft as can be
handled. —Mrs. L. 0. Miller.
Baker's cbooolate, two heaping cups flour, cream butter and sugar, add
eggs, well beaten, tben nailk. Dissolve chocolate in one half the boiling
water and soda in the other half, add to the batter lastly the flour, Hake
in three layers.
Filling — two cups brown sugar, one-half cup cream, butter the size ot
egg, boil till it threads from spoon, vanilla, beat till almost cold, sproan on
layers and top. —Mrs, Austia Shumaker, Flat Rock, Ohio.
Ginger Cookies
Two cups sugar, two cups lard, two cups molasses, two eggs, two
tablespoons of vinegar, two tablespoons of ginger, two teaspoons of cloves,
two teaspoons of scdo, four cups of flour, dissolve soda in a little water.
— Cora Myers.
Doughnuts
Two quarts flour, two cups sugar, two eggs, one teaapoonfui of isalt,
cake, ^
— Mary P. Huflf, Yorktown, Ind.
Yellow Cake
Two cups of sugar, one cu|) of i.-utter, four egga beaten light, one cup
of sweet miik, sift four cups of flour level tull, three teaspoonfuls of baking
powder. — Mis3 Sallie Carter,
Nut Cake
One-half eup butter, one and one-half cups sugar, three ogga, two and
one half oups flour, one and one-half teaspoons iloynl baking powder, one-
half cup sweet milk, one cup of any kind of nuts, (meats prefered). Hub
butter and sugar to a liglxt cream; add the eggs well beaten, then the flour
sifted with the powder, mix milk and nuts into a rather firm batter, bake in
Fried Cakes
Sugar, two cups, cream and buttermilk, one cup of each, two eggs,
Boda and salt, one teaspoonful of each, mix soft as can be bandied, and
have grease hot. — Mary Helvie Atkinson,
Cookies
Two cups of sugar, one cup of sour cream, two eggs, one cup butter
or lard, one teaspoon baking powder, one teaspoon soda. Dissolve soda iu
cream and mix baking powder in the flour, bake in quick oven.
—Mrs. -Nora Evans.
Delicate Cake
Two cups of sugar, one-half cup butter, one cup of sweet milk, whites
of four eggs, two teaspoona of baking powder, three cups of flour, pinch of
3od.i. ™.Mra. Ada McGrady.
full weights, §:ood quaiitj^ and fair treatment. A trial will con-
vince you,
cream together thoroughly, one large cup sweet milk, three cups flour, three
teaspoonfuls baking powder, sift four times, one teaspoonful vanilla, four
whites of eggs. Divide batter even in two dishes, add enough red sugar in
one dish to make a deep pink, grease and flour pans, mark two rings around
pan, keep space even, put red in center of two and white in center of one,
be careful not to get the batter mixed, as the beauty of the cake depends
on getting it in pans even so it will be in squares cut from center.
-- iMaggie Painter,
one teaspoonful each of nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, vanilla, one tea-
spoonful of soda dissolved in hot water, when properly mixed let stand
over night. .^- Betta J. Miers.
Ginger Cookies
On(! teacup of sorghum molasses, one- half cup butter, two tablespoon-
fills of liot vvater, '^ne teaspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls of ginger.mis.
BREAKFAST CAKES
Waffles
Two eg'^a, yo'ks and whites separately, one cup of milk, one and
lieat
Buns
Take one large oup of light bread dough immediately after mixing.
One-balf oup granulated sugar, one oup luke warm water, lump of lard size
of egg, pinch of salt. Mix with dough and then mix this into another
dough, let rise and make into buns the size of yeast biscuit and put in pan
three inches apart. Let rise and then bake.
— Mrs. N. R. Fleming, Muncie, Ind.
Biscuits
One pint of thick, sour milk, lard the size of an egg, one teaspoonful
level) soda sifted in a scant quart of flour, gait.
- -^ Francis Morrison.
eggs, ten tablespoons of melted lard and butter, about half of each; all lard
will do, threo level teaspoons of soda dissolved in the milk, one level tea-
spoon of ginger, one level ceaspoon of cloves, two level teaspoons of cin-
namon, one and one-half cup of raisins, flour to make a little stiffer than
other cake. Bake in slow oven.
— Mrs. L. R. Harford, Omaha, Neb.
Marguerites
Two dozen large soda crackers, whites of two eggs (well beaten) three-
fourths cup sugar, one-half cup prepared cocoanut, flavoring to taste.
Mix well together, spread over top of crackers and set in stove to brown
slightly. — Lillie Ledgerwood.
Rusk
One cup of mashed potatoes, one cup of sponge, one cup of sugar,
four eggs beaten separately^ and let raise. Take one cup of lard and flour
enough to make soft dough and let raise real light, make in rolls, let raise
Cinnamon Rolls
Take batch of dough after it has risen second time, spread with a layer
each of butter, sugar and cinnamon. Make into a roll about an inoh thick
and slice ott into rolls the proper lengths and bake.
—Ladies' Aid, Tabor, Xnd,
Democrats
Three tableapoona soft white sugar, three tablespoons butter, cream
together, add yolks of two eggs, throe-fourths cup sweet milk, one and oae-
half cups flour, throe teaspoons baking powder, add whites of two eggs
beaten stiff, with pinoU of salt. — Alice Shoemaker,
.
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Graham Gems
One tablespoonful of butter, one beaten egg, one cup of milk, two
tablespoons of sugar, two teaspoons of baking powder, in Graham flour
enough for a good hatter, Bake in a rather hot oven
-Selected.
Brown Betty
Oil" enp of bread crumbs, half cup sugar, two cups chopped or sliced
apples that will cook good, one cup of chopped raisins, one teaspoon of
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Lemon Crackers
Two and one-half cups of sugar, one cup lard, two eggs, one cup sweet
milk, one ounce carbonate ammonia in the milk, one teaspoon oil lemon.
Flour to roll. — Laura Neese.
Cinnamon Rolls
One pint bread sponge, one small cup sugar, two tablespoonfuls of
butter, a little salt, one egg; mix altogether, then add
flour enough to make
a dough soft enough to roll about an inch thick, spread with butter, sugar
and cinnamon and roll up lightly, cut pieces two inches thick, place in
circles about an inch apart in buttered pans.
— Mrs. Emma Cooper,
Maro:uerites
One box of reception flakes, one cup of chopped peanuts, fine, two and
one-half cups of soft A sugar, whites of three eggs beaten to a stiff troth.
Add sugar aLd peanuts, spread on flakes and brown in quick ovon,
— Mrs. Addle Hallowell.
Tea Biscuits
Tliree cups of flour, one cup sweet milk, one level teaspoonful salt, two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Mix together lightly, roll out thin and
softly as possible; cut into biscuits lay a lump of butter on one side, double
together, put into butter greased pans and bake in a quick oven.
— Selected.
French Rolls
At noon scald a pint of milk, then let it cool. Sift two quarts of flour
into which rub two tablespoonfuls of butter or lard and them make a hole
in the center. Siir a spoonful of yeast and two spoonfuls of sugar into
your milk then put all into the center of your flour. Let it stand several
hours till foaming; then mix in all the flour; cover and set it away over
night. In the morning it will be found nicely ripen; knead it a very little
on the board; roll out, not too thin, spread over with butter, and cut in
rounds lapping one edge. Do not place the rolls near together in the pans.
Let them rise about two hours, then bake in a quick oven about twenty
minutes. — Mary A. Farrell.
Ginger Bread
One cup molasses, two-thirds cup of sliortening, one egg, one cup of
water or sour milk, pinch salt, one teaspoon soda, one tablespoon ginger,
flour for medium thickness, bake as a solid cake or in layers.
— Mrs. Ida Sanders
Mush Biscuits
Make corn meal mush same afe to fry, take about one gallon flour in
pan, make hole in center, put in one and one half cups lard, one-half gallon
v/arm mush on top of lard, when cool enough to bear hands, aJd one-half
cup sugar, a little Halt, and mix altogether, then add one- half cup good
yeast, and work well, ijeave in warm place over night then work down
4y
again and put in cool place until ready to make biscuits. Does not hurt to
freeze, and will be best at end of a week.
— Mrs. Addie Hallowell, Pendleton, lud.
Ginger Bread
One cup sorghum molasses, one cup sugar, one half cup melted lard
one egg, one cup sour milk, one-fourth tea^poonful of salt, one tablespoon-
ful ginger, one teaspoonful cinnamon, one-half teaspoonful ground nutmeg,
one teaspoonful soda dissolved in one-fourth cup hot water, flour to make
a stiff batter. Beat thoroughly, put in buttered pans, bake in moderate
oven. —Mrs. G. P. Macklin.
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Confectione
Cream Fudge
Two cups granulated sugar, one cup sweet milk, lump butter size of a
walnut. Boil sugar and milk and stir constantly, when nearly done add
butter, cook until it will form a ball when dropped in water. Remove from
stove and beat until cool; turn out into a well buttered pan and before it is
Peanut Crisp
One-half cup sugar, three-fourths cup butter, one teaspoon vanilla,
two cups of flour. Mix and spread this on bottom of dripping pan, spread
butter thin with knife and sprinkle with finely chopped peanuts, bake until
crisp in moderate oven.
— Mrs. J. W. Allen, Pendleton, Ind.
Crackerjack
0:ie cup of sugar, one cup of syrup, one tablespoonful of butter, one
tablespoonful of vinegar, one level teaspoonful of soda. When syrup is
very brittle when dropped in cold water, remove from stove and add soda
and pour quickly over six quarts of well popped corn, from which the hard
grains have been removed. — Mrs. D. W. Hayes, Qdon, Ind.
Taffy
One pint sugar, two tablespoons vinegar, one half teaspoon cream
tartar. Add little water to moisten sugar, boil until brittle, when cool pull
until white. Use any flavor desired,
— Mrs. C. J. Roberts, Indianapolis, Ind,
Fudge
Two cups sugar, one cup sweet milk. Boil and stir constantly, add
one tablespoon luitler, before removing from stove add two and ono-half
tablespoonfuls of ground chocolate. — Ivy Inman.
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Excellent Candy
Take two and one-half cups of granulated gugar, one-half cup of water
pinch of cream of tartar, boil five minutes or till it gathers good in water.
Then take it off, let it oool a short time, beat it until it sugars, then pour
it out on a dough board and flavor and work it like dough. Make it into
squares. — Chessie Young.
Nut Candy
Two cups granulated sugar, one half cup corn syrup, boil until quite
hard, then stir into beaten whites of two eggs, add one- half cup chopped
flue English walnuts. Stir until cool and cut in squares.
Cocoanut Taffy
Boil two cups of granulated sugar and one-half cup cold water until it
will harden when tried in cold water, then stir in one cup of prepared co-
coanut and one teaspoon lemon extract. Pour out on buttered tins and
mark ofli' in squares before it becomes too hard.
— Jannie Sanders.
Fudge
Two cups of brown sugar and enough milk to cover. Boil and stir
constantly, add butter the size of a walnut. When done remove from fire
— Gladys Showalter.
Cracker Jack
One-fourth cup of molasses, two-thirds cup of sugar, nno-fourth cup of
water and one-half cup of glucose Boil two minutes, then add one-fourth
cup of butter. Boil until ready to burn, then pour over corn.
— Mrs. Nelia Fadely.
Fudge
Two cups sugar, one-half cup sweet cream, one- fourth cup grated
chocolate, small lump butler, boil till when dropped in water will hold to-
gether, then beat until it sugars, drop in buttered plate.
— Ilallie Fadley.
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when dropped from a spoon. W^hen removed from the stove stir it quickly
with an egg or cake beater until the syrup is smooth and begins to
very
thicken. Turn into a well greased pan or dish, when cool cut in squares,
Any flavoring may be added just before removing from the stove.
—Mrs, Grace Tully.
cold. Flavor with one teaspoon of vanilla, add nuts or fruit if you like,
Egg Candies
Materials— One egg, one lemon, one- half pound of dates, two pounds
of powdered sugar, ono-half pound of nuts, vanilla and pei.pcrmint extracts
for flavoring. Put white of egg in one bowl and yolk in another. In the
white of the egg put one teaspoonful of water; in the yolk put one teaapoon-
ful of lemon juice, and if desired grate in a portion of the rind. Stir both
white and yolk into a stiff paste with augar. Stone dates and liU with the
lemon paste. Divide the ^hite paste; flavor one part with one-half tea-
spoonful of vanilla, make into balls, and p^ess one half of nut upon each.
P^lavor the other half with six drops of peppermint and roll into little balls
the size of small marbles and fluton gently until they are shapely.
— Crystal Florence PowelJ.
Butter Scotch
Two cups of light brown sugar, one oup butter, one tablespoon vinegar
and one of water. Mix well together and boll four minutes. Add one-
eighth teaspoon baking soda. Try a little in a oup of oold water and when
it will crisp remove from the firo. Pour on buttered tins and before it be-
t'oniGS too hard mark off in squiroi*. — Juntiio Sundors.
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Marshmallows
Soak four ounces of gum arable in one teacupfulof water. At the end
of two hoars put into a double boiler, poor jold water in outer vessel and
bring slowly to a boil. When gum is dissolved, strain through a piece of
cheese cloth; put it back add a large cupful, of powdered
in the boiler,
sugar, and stir the mixture steadily until stiff and white. Take from the
stove and beat vanilla in to taste; continue to beat and pour into tins which
have been rubbed wiih corn starch. When cold cut in squares and rub in
Chocolate Caramels
One cup roolasses, two cupe sugar, one cup rich milk or cream, and
one-half oake of chocolate. Flavor with vanilla as you remove it from the
stove. Boil 20 minutes and turn into buttered tins. The flavoring for
any candy ought not be put in until it is a little cool, to save evaporation
of the fine flavor. — Ivy Inman.
Mai shmallows
Dissolve two tablespoons of Knox gelatine in ten tablespoons of cold
water, iioil two eupa of granulated sugar In eight tablespoons of water until
It threaifj, pour lioiling syrup over the gelatine boat untd it cracks, Uavor
with six drops of vanilla, pour into pan lined with powdered sugar, sprinkle
sugar on top, when cold cut In squares.
—Mrs. A. K. Smith, Pondleton, Ind.
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Frosted Apples
Select large sound apples. Put them on to simmer in water witla a
very small piece of alum. Cook a little while then put them in cold water.
Then peel the skins off with the fingers. Remove the cores and fill with a
filling made of grated bread crumbs, a lump of butter and sugar to taste
and a dash of cinnamon or spice, Dip the apples in melted butter and
sprinkle with granulated sugar. Bake until done in a slow oven.
— Mrs. 0. P. Lewis,
Tapioca Dessert
Four tablespoons of tapioca, boil gently for one hour, add one-half cup
of sugar and let cool. Then add twice the amount of chopped oranges and
bananas to the tapioca and sweeten to taste. Eat with whipped cream.
— Mrs. Ada Malone, Elnora, Ind.
C. W. Swartz,
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Tomato Jelly
One can ripe tomatoes run through a colander, one-half box gelatine
dissolved in tomato juice, one-half teaspoonful salt, one bay leaf, one tea-
spoonful sugar, one-half cup vinegar, dash cayenne, put in buttered molds,
let set over night, serve either in slices or individual moulds.
— Mrs, Will H. Hughes, Bloomington, Ind,
Strawberry Preserves
Use one and one-half pints of sugar to each quart of fruit. Put enough
water to dissolve the sugar and let it boil until candy, add fruit and boil
from 5 to 8 minutes. Pour in large platters and place in the .sun until the
juice is as thick as jelly. This will require about three days, Put in
aiason jars, be sure to cover with parafflne before sealing.
—Mrs. Carrie A, France,
Tapioca Cream
Three tablespoonfuls of tapioca, one quart of milk, three eggs, vanilla
or other flavoring, and sugar to taste. Soak the tapioca in warm water un-
til soft; while boiling the milk stir in the softened tapioca and the yolks of
three eggs, one tableepoonful of corn starch or flour, beat with the sugar,
when sufficiently cooked pour into a dish and when oool add the flavoring.
Beat the whites of three eggs until stiff, sweeten and flavor, then stir a part
into the cream and pour the rest over it,
Orange Marmalade
Five seedless oranges, one lemon, slice oranges and lemon very thin,
Lemon Custard
One lemon, two eggs, one pint of bread crumbs, one quart of milk,
half cup sugar, grate the yellow part of the rind from the lemon and put in
the custard and put the whites of the eggs and lemon juice and half of the
half cup ot sugar to put on the top. — Mrs. Eda Ricks.
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Strawberry Fluff
Beat the whites of two eggs until very stiff, add four tablespoons of
sugar, and beat again, add two tablespoons of strawberry preserves and
continue beating, A few nuts chopped in fine pieces is an agreeable ad-
dition. Other preserves and jellies may be substituted for the strawberry.
— Mrs. E, S. Lorenz, Dayton, Ohio.
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vinegar can be used, one-half teaspoon salt and a little red pepper. Bake
a little more than one-half hour. — Mrs. W. A. Bowman.
Scalloped Oysters
Place oysters and crackers alternately in a granite pan until you have
the desired amount, using plenty salt, pepper and butter between each
layer, cover with cream, bake in a hot oven until brown on top.
— Ida Young.
Salmon Loaf
Two cans salmon, four eggs, four tablespoonfuls butter, one-half cup
bread crumbs, salt, red pepper and parsley to taste. Chop fish fine, drain,
rub iu butter until smooth, beat crumbs with eggs, seasoning before put-
ting in with salmon. Steam one hour.
—
Sauce One cup boiling milk, one tablespoonful corn starch. Take
liquor from fish and put in butter, three tablespoonfuls tomato catsup,
mace, pepper an<l salt to taste, one egg, stir into milk until thick.
—Mrs. C. L. Kelly, Kokomo, Ind.
Fried Fish
When the Ush is properly cleaned, wipe it dry, then rub with plenty of
salt and pepper, let it lay an hour or two, roll ia corn meal, fry in sufficient
!ard for it toHwim in, have lard hot before putting it in and it will come
out nicely browned and will be delicious.
— Mrs. Sarah Tarkleson.
Salmon Croquettes
One can salmon, half cup fine cracker crumbs, mix well together, make
into cakes. Boat an egg and dip the cakos in it then in cracker crumbs
and fry to a nice brown. Mis. J. T. Ilobson.
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Creamed Salmon
Remove salmon from can, take out all bones and mash fine, salt and
pepper to taste. Place sauce pan on stove and heat salmon slowly. Add
one cup of sweet cream and one tablespoonful of flour moistened in milk.
Fried Salmon
One can salmon, four eggs, crackers rolled fine and well mixed with
salmon and eggs until they adhere, make out in cakes. Fill frying pan
sufficient to cover with lard and butter equal parts. Have extra hot, lay in
cakes and fry until brown, turn over and fry brown on other side, serve
hot. —Mrs. W. C. Cook.
Salmon Croquettes
One can of salmon, chipped, one cup of milk, one cup of cracker
crumbs, one egg beaten. Make into small cakes, dip in beaten egg or milk,
and roll in cracker crumbs and fry in butter and lard.
— Mrs. Mildred Edwards.
Ices
Pineapple Sherbet
One grated pineapple, three oranges, the peel of one grated, one and
one half quarts of water and one quart of sugar. Let cotne to a boil, then
strain, add one tablespoonful of gelatine dissolved in cold water, and the
juice of three lemons Freeze until it begins to ice then add whites of
three eggs, beaten stiff. —Mrs. Margaret Eraswiller.
Boil for a few minutes. When put in fieezer, add one pint of sweet cream,
flavor. — Mrs. Minerva Arnett.
Sherbet
Four cups granulated sugar, two large tablespoonfuls of flour, mix to.
gether and add to it two quarts boiling water and boil just a little, strain
and cool. When cold add juice of four oranges and one lemon. The
whites of two beaten eggs added just before freezing. The juice of any
fruit can be used if desired and less water, [.ineapple being very fine. This
amount will servo fifteen to twenty people, according to amount served.
—Crystal Kelly.
Banana Ice
Peel six bananas, pound to a pulp with a spoon, stir into this the juice
of two large lemons and rub through u sieve Add one pint of whipped
cream and sweeten to taste, freeze. — Daisye Robrback.
Sherbet — We-Three
Thiee oranges, three bananas, three lemons, three pints water, one
pint sugar. Mix and freeze. — Ethel Spore George.
Maple Ice Cream
To one oup maple sugar add beaten yolks of four eggs, cook in granite
pan until it boils, stirring it all the while. Strain through a sieve and cool.
Beat one pint cream, add stiffly beaten whites of eggs, whip syrup until
light. Mix all logether and freeze. SeleoLed.
Pineapple Sherbet
Four cups granulated sugar, two tablespoons flour mixed with sugar,
and two quarts of boiling water added to sugar, boil just a little, strain and
let cool. Juioe of two lemons and one can of pineapple coloring if desired,
two eggs beaten and added just before freezing.
strain, whites of Will
make one gallon and serve 25 people. Olive Mills. —
Ice Cream
One-half gallon of milk, two tablespoonfuls of flour, yolks of three
eggs, cook together and when cool add whites of the eggs, sugar and flavor-
ing and fill up with cream. — Mrs. Ella Maddy.
Sherbet
Four cups of granulated sugar, two large tablespoonfuls of flour, mix
together and add it to two quarts boiling water an d boil just a little, strain
and cool. When cold add juice of four oranges and one lemon. The
whites of two beaten eggs added just before freezing. One- half pint of
whipped cream can be used instead of eggs. Color if desired. The juice
if desired and less water,
of any fruit can be used pineapple, apricot and
cherry being very fine. This amount will serve fifteen to twenty people,
according to amount served. — Mrs. Mary Cummins,
Maple Whip
Four eggs, two cups maple syrup, one quart cream. Put syrup on in
double boiler, when hot add the beaten yolks and cook five minutes. Then
take off the stove, add the whites beaten stifl!' and beat the mixture until
cold. Then add cream which has been beaten very stiff, and pour into
freezer, pack in ice and lots of salt and let stand 5 hours.
— Nell Swope.
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FVozen Pudding
Separate five eggs; take the yolks, stir with one cup sugar, one cup of
milk, flavor to taste, put in a pan, set in a kettle boiling water, let cook un-
til it thickens; after add two teaspoons dissolved gelatine and
it is cool,
whites of eggs well beaten. White part: beat one quart of cream, flavor
and sweeten, add two teaspoons of gelatine. Put in freezer, first a spoon-
ful of custard, then spoonful cream, and so on until all is used, pack in
plenty of salt and ice and let stand 5 hours, no turning necessary.
— Mrs. W. H. Hughes, Bloomington, Ind.
Lemon Sherbet
Freeze two quarts of new milk and four large cupfuls of fine granulat-
ed sugar until thick and white, then add two coffee cupfuls of lemon juice
which has been strained, and freeze until stiff; repack and cover allowing it
Tea Sherbet
One quart of strong tea freshly made; two cups of granulated sugar;
the juice of three lemons. Freeze the s:ime as any sherbet.
Plum Sherbet
Two quarts of rich sweetened juice poured off from canned or freshly
stewed Ciiickasaw plums; two quarts of cold water. Freeze nearly stiff,
Cranberry Sherbet
Particularly refreshing in hot weather. Cook very tender, sweeten
and rub through a colander; add an equal amount of water and freeze.
When stiff add the whites of two eggs beaten stiff.
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Bisque Cream
One quart of cream whipped stiff. Beat into it one cupful of maca-
roons, powdered or rolled fine, and six tablespoonfuls of fine sugar. Paek
in a freezer and let it stand several hours.
Nut Cream
One quart of cream, two-thirds cupful of sugar. Freeze partly stiff,
Strawberry Ice
Cocoanut Ice-Cream
Heat one cupful of sugar with one quart of cream until dissolved; cool
and add one freshly-grated cocoanut. Freeze and before it is stiff add the
white of one egg beaten stiff. Pack and let it stand a couple of hours.
Pineapple Ice
To one large pineapple, peeled and grated very fine, add the juice of
two lemons and two quarts of water. Make very sweet with granulated
sugar (freezing extracts the sweetness), and freeze.
Cherry Ice
Stone and bruise one quart of ripe cherries and place them over the
fire with one pint of sugar and one pint of water. Bring the mixture to a
boil, then simmer five minutes. Pass through a hair sieve, add the juice
of two lemons and enough sugar to make quite sweet. Freeze, and serve
in tall glasses with a garnish of whole cherries.
Raspberry Ice
To three quarts of raspberry juice add one quart of strong lemonade.
Make very sweet, turn into the freezer, then add the whipped whites of six
eggs^ and freeze.
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Currant Ice
Make a thick syrup of one and one- half pounds of granulated sugar
cooked in three pints of water; add two cupfuls of currant juice, turn into
the freezer, and when partly frozen stir in the beaten whites of five eggs.
Orange Ice
To the juice of twelve oranges and the grated peel of six, add the juice
of three lemons and sugar to make very sweet. Let stand one hour to
ripen, then freeze in the usual way.
Lemon Ice
To the juice of six lemons and the grated peel of three, add the juice
and grated peel of one orange, one pint of water and one pint of sugar.
Let stand an hour, then freeze.
Apple Ice
Select finely flavored apples ; to each
quart of grated fruit add one
pound and the juice of one lemon. Let the mixture ripen an hour,
of sugar
then add an equal measure of water. When half frozen stir in the whipped
whites of three eggs.
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MEAT ACCOMPANIMENTS
Apple gauce with roast pork.
Mint sauce with roast Iamb.
Oyster and chestnut dressing with roast turkey.
Current jelly with roast goose.
Celery sauce with quail.
Tart grape jelly with canvasback duck.
Orange salad with roast chicken.
Cream gravy, strawberry preserves with fried chicken.
Celery and onion dressing with roast duck.
Olives stuffed with cheese with cold tongue.
Olives stuffed with peppers with fish-balls.
Cucumber catsup with corned beef.
French dressing with sardines.
Melted butter sauce with mackerel.
White sauce, hard-boiled eggs and parsley with boiled salmon.
Kentucky Croquettes
Take equal parts of cbicken and veal chopped very fine, one- fourth
pound chopped almonds, half pint mashed potatoes. Mix and" season with
salt, pepper and mustard to suit laste. One cup sweet milk, two teaspoons
flour, two teaspoons butter, one egg; mix thoroughly; cook in a double
boiler till thick, then mix with chicken and when cold form into croquettes,
then roll in bread or cracker crumbs, dip in egg and fry in hot lard.
— Martha Young.
Gravy
To make a good rich gravy without the expense of much meat. Put a
heaping tablespoon of butter in the frying pan, let it get hot, then one cup
of sausage or chopped beef (dried beef is fine) or meat. Let fry until
brown, add one pint of milk thickened with flour, add salt and pepper.
— Mrs. Mildred Miller.
with a top crust, making one or two holes in top for steam to escape. Bake
three quarters of an hour. —
Montrew Hottinger.
Beef Patties
Two eu[)s of cold boiled beef, ground fine, two eggs well beaten, one-
lird cup of creum^ eight crackers rolled fine. Make in small balls and
I
tky. —Ethel Fadely,
Chicken Loaf
Cook chicken until It will fall from bones, chop meat fine, add two
eggs, one dozen butter crackers, rolled fine, season to taste with salt and
pepper and spoon of butter if chicken is not extra fat. Mix well, form In
loaf and bake one-half hour, usoiug the broth and basting well,
— Mrs Izora Jordan, Indianapolis, lod.
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Noodles
For one cbickea, six eggs, oue teaspoon salt, mix to a stiff dough, di-
vide into four parts, roll very thin, spread out to dry, when partly dry, rub
a little flour over, roll up light and shave very fine with a thin, sharp knife,
drop into the boiling broth and cook la minutes.
— Mrs. Jasper Sanders.
Roast Ribs
Take a nice side of rib3, wash and rub well with salt, then roll in flour
letting all the flour remain on it that will, lay it carefully in a drippiuty
pan; pepper well and sprinkle over it one tablespoon granulated sugar,
keep enough water in bottom of pan to prevent burning, cook slowlv till
done, turning it over once or twice. Kemove, stir one tablespoon flour
into one pmt milk, pour into tha pan, let it boil. This makes a delicious
gravy to serve with the meat. — Margai'et L. Brown.
To Boil a Ham
Scrape and wash well and if very salty, soak over night. To every ten
pounds of meat add one scant cup of sugar, cover with cold water, bring
to a boil then cook slowly; cook fifteen minutes for every pound, keep it
covered with water, when done remove from fire, let it cool in the broth
for 1 hour, then remove. — Mrs. Mary King.
Pigs Feet Pickled
Take twelve pig feet, serape and wash them clean, put them in a sauce
pan with enough hot water to cover. When partly done salt them. It re-
quires four or five hours to boil them soft, pack them in a stone crock, and
pour over them spiced vinegar made hot. They will be ready to use in a
day or two. — Miss Hattie Fadely.
Smothered Chicken
Allow an hour for youag fry chickens or 2 hours for 5'ear old chick-
ens, in a brisk oven. Cut up as for frying, put into a covered roaster or a
skillet with a tin pan as a cover, fitting closely, sprinkle on salt, pepper,
dredge with flour, and put in water enough to cause a good steam, lumps
of butter as needed to enrich. Baste and add water as needed. Make
thickened gravy. — Mrs. L. 0. Miller.
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Scalloped Chicken
Cook chicken until tender. Cut in small pieces, place layer in baking
dish with alternate layers of butter and crackers until dish is full. Season
with pepper and salt. Pour over one cup sweet cream and bake slowly 1
Beef Roll
Two pounds of round stake, one-fourth pounds of pork ground, two
eggs, six large crackers, butter size of a walnut, one teaspoon each sage,
salt (heaping), pepper, one cup sweet milk, a few stalks of celery chopped
very fine. Mix thoroughly with the hands. Press in a pan. Bake one
and one-half hour, pour a little water over the roll.
.
— Janie Sanders.
Stuffed Beef Steak
Take round steak, pound well, season, then spread with a nice dress-
ing, roll up and tie closely with twine, steam one hour and a half.
—
Mrs. Dora Day, Springport, Ind,
Roasted Duck
Scald, roll, in a cloth let stand awhile and then pick. Put in a roaster,
make dressing out of bread, pepper and salt, cover the duck all over, then
Meat Loaf
Two pounds hamburg steak, two eggs, one cup breai crumbs, one cup
milk, butter size of au egg, salt and pepper to taste. Onion and sage if
liked. —Mrs. P. 0. Rhodes, Shelby, Ohio.
Chicken Pie
Cook chicken real tender, season with salt and pepper, remove the
bones, thicken the broth with cream and flour. Por crust —half pint of
sour milk, half teaspoon of soda dissolved in the milk, half teaspoon salt,
one teaspoon baking powder, teacup of lard or butter; mix, roll and line a
deep pan, put in chicken, then the gravy, season well with butter it chicken
is not very fat, put on top crust and bake three- fourths of an hour,
— Sallie E, Edwards.
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Veal Loaf
Three and one-half pounds of steak, one cup of rolled crackers, two
eggs, one cup of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of pepper, one tablespoonful
of salt and a piece of butter the size of an egg Mix all together and bake
three hours. Set the pan which contains the loaf inside a roaster, cover
tightly, and it will bake much nicer. — Mrs J. T. Kelly.
Chicken Salad
One chicken cooked until tender. Chop very fine, laying aside bone
and chop equal amount of crisp cabbage,
gristle, six hard boiled eggs.
Add one cup strong vinegar and one tablespoon each of mustard and celery
seed, one-half cup butter, season to taste. — Janie Sanders.
Old Soldiers Method of Cooking Pickled Pork
Fry the pork until about half done, Make a batter with^one egg, well
beaten, one or two tablespoonfuls sweet milK or cream, and flour enough
to make a batter, dip the slices of pork in the batter and fry to a light
brown. — Eael M. Smith.
Veal Loaf
Two pounds of veal and one of pork, three eggs, salt and pepper, one
cup of cracker crumbs, one onion, one cup of miik. Form in a loaf with
just enou^.h water to bake. — Mrs. Jacob Fadely.
Hamburg Steak
One and one-half pounds steak, one pound porK, one onion, two egga,
one-half cup cracker crumbs, chop meat and onions, add salt and pepper,
mix well, form in cakes and fry till brown in hot lard.
— Sophia Keesling.
A Fine Substitute for Fresh Fish
One quart of flake hominy, cooked in as little water as possible, salt
to suit taste. Let cool, and add one can of Salmon (white prefered) well
mashed, with all bones removed, stir well together, make into flat cakes;
roll in corn meal and fry in butter, or half butter and meat fryings.
— Susie.
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Meat Balls
Take scraps of cold beef, grind up fine add two large potatoes and one
onion (ground) salt and pepper to taste, mix well, roll into halls then roll
— Emma Rohrback.
Veal Loaf
Two pounds veal, one half pound pork, two eggs, one cup cracker
meal, one half cup of milk two tablespoons melted butter, one teaspoon
salt, one-fourth teaspoou pepper, make into a loaf. Bake two or three
hours, baste ever few minutes. — Lola Strickler.
Hambutger Roast
Two and one-fourth pounds of beef, three-fourth pound of fresh pork
ground, one onion, six rolled cracker?, two eggs, mix all together, salt and
pepper to taste. — Cora Myers.
Veal Scalloped
One cupful of chicken or veal, one-half teaspoonful salt, one-half cup-
ful of bread crumbs, one pint of broth after the veal has been cooked,
pepper and parsley to taste. Chop or grind meat fine, soak bread crumbs
in milk until soft. Mix all together thoroughly and put in a well buttered
pan eo that the mixture two and a half or three inches deep, then sprinkle
is
dry bread crumbs over top and bits of butter. If mixture seems too dry
Meat Pie
Use scraps of boiled or roast beef. Put in kettle with plenty of water,
but»:er and seasoning, boil slowly for one hour, use two tablespoonfuls of
flour dissolved in milk to make thin gravy. Line bake pan with good, rich
pie dough, fill with meat and gravy adding small pieces of dough Cover
with top crust and bake thoroughly — Mrs. W, D. Elliott.
To Roast Btef
Roll in flour, slice onions and green tomatoes over the top, salt and
pepper, add water. If baked in steam cooker omit water,
— Dora McDonald.
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Creamed Chicken
Two chickens that weigh five pounds each before they are dressed,
will serve twenty people, prepared in the following manner: After they
are cooked tender and are allowed to cool, pick from bones, chop coarsely,
using the fat and skin from the thighs and wings, place a layer of cracker
crumbs in a buttered pan, then a layer of the chicken, over this pour gravy
made from the broth, then another layer of crackers and so on until you
have used all the chicken. Be sure to add enough gravy to make it moist.
Chopped hard boiled eggs can be added. Bake in a moderate oven about
half an hour. —
Norah Griffis,
Roast Turkey.
Having dressed your turkey carefully, rub the inside with salt, and
bang up to drain one hour, then rub dry with a cloth, then make a simple
dressing of fine bread crumbs, seasoned with salt and pepper and butter,
moisten with sweet milk and two eggs, and put inside of turkey. Then
melt some lard and spread on a cloth and spread the cloth over the turkey,
then grease a paper the same way and spread over cloth and then spread a
brown paper over all and put a cup of water in the pan, and do not baste
the turkey as the greased cloth will keep it moist and prevent burning. If
the top paper scorches replace wiih another until the turkey is nearly done.
Then remove all coverings for a few minutes, to allow the turkey to brown,
Ham Patties.
One quart of bread crumbs soaked over night in enough milk to
molpteu, one quart of cold boiled ham chopped fine, one- half teaspoon salt,
and the same of pepper. Mix thoiougbly and make out into little patties,
place in a bake pan, make a hole in the top of each large enough to hold an
egg; break an egg in each and bake for twenty minutes
Blanche Stewart,
Pressed Meat
Eight pig feet, four pig ears, boil until meat will drop off the bones.
Kemove the bones, chop the meat until very fine, one-half teaspoonful pep-
per, one cup vinegar, salt to suit taste. Put this back in the broth and let
Square Dumplings.
Flour, one and one- half cups sour milk, one egg, three tablespoons
butter, one teaspoon soda, one teaspoon baking powder, one teaspoon salt.
turkey and sew up. Butter outside and dredge with flour, place in roaster
aad add water to baste with. After the turkey is done, add thickening to
slock, (\\[ ping gravy over dressing before serving.
— Mrs. Joe Dutton.
Veal Loaf
One pound of veal, one fourth pound of pork aod one onion chopped
very fine, a«ld one egg, one cup of cracker crumbs, salt an(t pepper. Bake
two and one- half hours. —Mrs. 0, 0. Inmau, Springfield, 111.
Drop Dumplings
To one add one and one-half teaspoon baking powder,
pint of flour,
one pinch ot salt; sift all together. Use enough sweet milk to make a stifl'
batter; drop irom spoon into broth, from which the stew has been removed,
cover closely; boil from 5 to 7 minutes. Test with a fork.
— Mrs. Noffsinger.
saltpeter, two ounces of baking soda, hot water to dissolve. Put over beef
while hot, for dried beef leave in ten days. Will corn beef and keep all
summer by reboiling and skimming once in a while.
Tender loins are fine boiled until done then set into oven to dry a little,
and put into jars, lard put over them for summer use
Sausage is fine packed into one- half gallon crocks two-thirds full and
baked in a slow oven two hours When out put plate over with weight and
cover with lard, — Mrs. Seth Mills,
Veal Loaf
Three and one-half pounds of steak, one cup of rolled crackers, two
-eggs, one cup of sweet milk, one teaspoon of pepper, one tablespoon of
salt, butter size of an egg. Mix all together and bake three hours. Set
the pan which contains the loaf inside roaster, cover tightly and it will bake
much nicer, — Eva Showalter,
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Beefsteak Pie
One pound of beefsteak, one onion, one tablespoonful of butter Hack
beefsteak and onion together like making hash. Put on stove with water
and cook fifteen minutes, make dough like ordinary pie crust; after remov-
ing beefsteak from fire put in three hard boiled eggs, chopped, season with
salt, pepper and mustard to suit taste. Then put in crust with enough
broth to cover, sprinkle over with flour, put on top crust and bake.
— Jennie Myer,
Dumplings
pan and make a deep hole in the middle, put in one tea*
Sift flour in
spoon one lablespoon baking powder, one tablespoon butter, dip two
salt,
cups of boiling broth from chicken or meat, pour into the flour, stirring
with a spoon, when cool enough knead with the hands to a smooth dough,
roll thin, cut in squares and drop iu boiling broth and cook fifteen minutes.
— Ethel Lee.
Ham Sandwiches
Fof Large Parties. Socials and Teas
Trim the rind from ^n eight or ten pound ham, wash and boil till quite
tender, three or four hours required, and almost boiled dry, adding cup
a
of sugar while boiling. When done taRe out on a platter and sprinkle a
little cinnamon, pepper and sugar on it and cover with an overturned bowl
or pan while cooling. Grind with a meat knife, fat and lean anJ place in
a stone jar, add three or four good sized bunches of celery (cut fine with a
knife, not ground) a large cupful of ground horse-radish, six or eight hard
boiled eggs, also cut fine, place all together in the jar and cover with a good
raayonaise dressing made as follows: Six well beaten eggs, tablespoonful
of corn starch or flour, butter size of an egg. one quart of good cider
vinegar, salt, pepper and ground mustard to taste, with a little water added.
Cook in double boiler stirring constantly and when cold pour over the meat
and lightly mix with a wooden spoon. Use soft buttered bread, sliced
thin, and you will have a delicious sandwich. This amount will serve 150
or 200 persons, spreading 30 or more loaves of bread.
— Mrs. G, A. Funkhouser.
To Bake Meats
Salt and pepper, then roll in flour adding enough water to cook meat
done. Cook slow four hours, adding potatoes the last hour.
into one pint rich milk or cream let come to a boil, season with salt, pepper
and butter, stir in the meat and cook three minutes. Good for picnics.
— Mrs. B. R. In man.
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Chocolate Pie
One cup sugar, two eggs (whites for top), one tablespoon corn starch,
one cup milk, two tablespoons chocolate. — Mrs. F. P. Miller.
Lemon Pie
One lemon grated, three eggs, one cup of boiling water (added last),
oue cup sugar, one tablespoon flour, save whites of two eggs for top of
pie, one fourth cup of sugar to whites. Thicken on stove in double boiler,
extract to suit taste. Whip the white of egg, add two tablespoonsfuls of
sugar aad flavor, spread over the top of pies and brown. This will make
two pies. — Myrtle Crabill.
Mince Pie
One pint of water, six crackers, butter tlie size of an egg, one half cup
of vinegar, one cup of molasses, one-h-.ilf cup of sugar, one teaspooaful
each of cinnamon, clover, spice and nutmog. One cup of rasins, cut fine,
Washing:ton Pie
One egg. one cup of sugar, one half cup of milk or water, butter the
size of an egg, one teaspoon of baking powder, make as stiff baiter as for
cake, bake in jelly pan, slip off on a plate, and spread with strawberry jam,
over this spread the white of one egg beaten to a stiff froth with a little
Orange Pie
One large orange and one-half of a iemon^ one cup sugar, butter size
of a walnut, two tablespoons corn starch, four eggs, one-half cup milk.
Put milk and one cup boiling water in double boiler, then grate the yellow
part of orange, squeeze juice into a bowl and lemon juice also, then put
the orange and lemon in another bowl and pour one cup boiling water over
and let stand until you beat the four yolks and white of one egg, with the
butter, sugar and starch; then add the juice and grated rind and the water
from the orange and lemon, a pinch of salt; then pour into the boiling milk
and water, stirring all the time until well cooked, bake shell, put ii mixture
and add whites of eggs whipped stiff with a little orange flavor and powder-
ed sugar to top off pie; brown in oven. Enough for two pies
— Mrs. Belle Ramsey,
Lemon Pie
Yolks of three eggs, one and one half cups of sugar, one- half cup flour
butter size of walnut, one and one-half pints boiling water, one grated
lemon; beat the whites of egg3 until stiff, put on pies and brown. This
makes two pies, — Nettie Fadely.
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Banana Pie
One half cup sugar, yolks of two eggs, a lump of butter the size of a
walnut, two tableipooufuls of oorn starch. Mix all together and stir into
a pint of boiling milk and let cook until it thickens, when done slice two
large bananas into Bake crusl as for lemon pie then pour in the flUing.
it.
Beat the whites of the eggs and put on the top and set in the oven to
brown. Mabel Jackson. —
Batter Scotch Pie
Bake your crust for fllliug.One cup of brown sugar, one cup of milk,
one egg, two tablespoons of one
butter.
flour, Cook sugar,
teaspoon of
butter andenough milk to moisten sugar until very thick, stir constantly,
Have ready the flour, egg and cup of milk beaten smoothly, then add to
the tafl'y and cook till thick, Use the white of egg for top.
— Mattie E. Craven.
— Mrs, 8. P, Ledgerwood,
Banana Pie
Mash together two medium sized bauanas, add one tablespoonful of
flour, with four tablespoonfuls of granulated sugar, yolks of two eggs well
beaten and one pint of sweet milk. Bake as custard pie and when done
pour over the top the whites of two eggs well beaten to which has been
added one teaspoonful of granulated sugar. Put In oven to brown. Serve
hot. — Alma Addison,
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For.two pip^ use four eggs, saving out the whites of three for sepa,rate j|
beating. Beat the white, of the fourth egg , with the yolk^ to make the ,
custard firm.,yse a heaping tablespoon of flour, three cups ri?h milk, one
cap sugar; mix sugar, flour, eggs and milk. Bake till done then spread
the beaten whites over the top; af»way8^j)ilt thef'flav'oring in the whites of
eggs.'iiSprinkle shredded icocoanut over the top before putting in oven to
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One cup of brown sugar, one cup of sweet milk, two eggs, one table-
spoonful of flour. Rub sugar abdl 66b1' it6geth6i', 'add eggs, a lump of
buttepithe'sizeiof a wWnntj thenadd milk4ft8t,iand oook liaii double boiler.
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teaspoonfuls of lempn,.ptir all together and cook until thick; have crusts
baked and fill this in using the whites of two eggs for the top. Set in oven
and brown. i"~l -r.nf>rreci — Sophia Keesliog.
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Vinegar Pic
One cup sweet milk, one oup water, one egg, two tablespoonfuls sugar,
two tablespoonfuls vinegnr, one tablespoon butter, two tablespoonfuls corn
starch,any flavoring desired. Cook before putting in the crust, bake crust
and let cool, beat the whites of two ejjgs and one-half cup sugar, put on
top and brown. Mak68 two pies. — Mary More, Straughn, Ind.
Chocolate Pic
Four tablespoonfuls of grated, chocolate, two tablespoonfuls of corn
starch, two cups of sugar, two eggs, one pint of water (or enough to make
two pies.) Flavor xvith vanilla, use bitter chocolate, grate and disolve,
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then add sugar and corn starch and yolks of eggs, add water last, use boil-
ing water. Have crust baked before making filling. Beat the 'whites with
one-half cup of sugar and spread on top.
— Mrs, Idella Goetz, iDdianapoliB.
Orange Pic
One rounding tablespobnful of corn starch, mixed with one oup of cold
water, to three quarts cup of boiling water, and cook three minutes. Add
a pinch of salt, the grated rind of one and one-half oranges, the juice of
three oranges, one cup of sugar, and cool. Beat in the yolks of two eggs
and 'the well beaten white of one egg Pour into the already baked crust.
Beat the remaining white, aidd a teaspoon of sugar then spread over the
pie and brown. "
'—Mrs. Cecil Pickering, Wbittier, Cal.
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Pear Pickles
Two pints ot vinegar, two pints of sugar one pint of water, put ciu-
namon and elove« in a little muslin bag and remove when pears are cooked
tender, — Mrs. Lert Fadely.
Cucumber Pickles.
Put the cucumber in strong salt water and leave lay for two or three
days, or until the brine begins to Remove and
bubble up to the top.
drain. Have enough vjnegar tu suit taste, also add mixed pickle
boiling
spices and pepper. Drop In the cucumbers and heat altogether untill
the pickles are hot through. Seal at once. — Mrs. Riley Fleming.
Chili Sauce.
Twenty large ripe tomatoes, six good sized onions, three large green
peppers, three tablespoonfols salt, six tablespoonfuls brpwn sugar, three
teaspoonfuls ground cinnamon, two small teaspoonfuls ginger, one-half tea-
spoonful ground cloves, six cups vinegar Mash the tomatoes, chop or
slice the onions and peppers, mix all in a porcelain kettle, and boil till
perfectly soft, and when cool rub through a colander, and cook until done.
Put in bottles" and cork tightly. —Mrs 8. P. Ledgerwpod,
Celery Slaw
One half gallon chopped cabbage (salted), one teaspoon celery seed,
three hard boiled eggs chopped fine, one-halt jup cream; vinegar aqd sugar
to taste. —Mrs. Maggie Painter.
Higdon or Chow-Chow
Two flne, two gallons cabbage, salt lightly
gallons green tomatoes, cut
and drain over night, add two pounds sugar, Ave cents worth ground cin-
namon, live cents worth celery seed, ten cents worth yellow mustard seed,
Ave cents worth turmeric , a little horse radish, a few sharp peppers, or a
little oayeaae pappQP, four onions cut flue, cover with vinegar and ha.it
thoroughly. Some may like less spice.
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Pickles Cold
One gallon vinegar, three cups sugar; let it come to a boil, set away
until cold, pour over pickles that have been previously soaked in salt water,
put in jars; take ground mustard and sew between while cloth, put over
pickles and tie up without sealing. — Sarah Butcher, Kokomo, Ind.
Chili Sauce
Twenty-four ripe tomatoes, eight onions, six green peppers, four table-
spoons salt, eight tablespoons sugar, four tablespoons cinnamon, four tea-
spoons ginger, eight cups vinegar. Peppers and onions chopped fine, put
altogether and cook three hours. — Mrs. Chas. J. Roberts.
Philadelphia Relish
To two quarts chopped cabbage add two teaspoonfuls of white mustard
seed, one teaspoonful celery seed, one teaspoonful of salt, half a cup of
sugar, one cup vinegar; mix this well, add half cup of chopped pimientoes,
and one cup of sliced stuffed olives. Dissolve one package lemon Jell o,
in two thirds of a piut of boiling water, let this cool, and pour over this
mixture. — Norah Griftis,
Turnip Chow-Chow
Take twelve medium sized turnips and as many green mustard leaves,
two or three onions, peel and slice turnips and onions, pick and wash the
mustard leaves, chop fine, or run it all through the food chopper, add green
or ripe peppers and a little salt; put in glass jars and pour on enough good
apple vinegar to cover (or about the same as you would for tomato chow-
chow), seal up; will be ready for use in twenty-four hours, or it will keep
for months, Mary Brown. —
Mustard Pickles
Wash pickles and put in cans; pour over them a solution of one gallon
vinegar, one cup of salt, one cup of sugar aud-half cup of pulverized
mustard. Use solution cold, — Miss Lou A Rubush.
Pickled Beans
Put in salt water, cook till done, drain them, then put good vinegar
over them, put horse-radish, mustard seed and pepper in and can.
them,
Will keep till spring. — Mrs. John Toppin.
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Mixed Pickles
One peck of green tomatoes, two dozen large cucumbers, one head of
cabbage, one pint of hulled beans, one quart of green beans, two stalks of
celery, one pint of onions (small ones), one ounce of ground mustard, one-
half ounce of turmeric, one-half ounce white mustard seed, one and one-
half pounds of sugar. Slice tomatoes and cucumbers and soak in salt
water over night, salt beansand cook. Cut cabbage and salt. Add it
together and put nearly enough vinegar to cover it and cook till boiling
heat and can in glass cans. — Margaret Schlegel.
Cucumber Pickles
Two gallons of water, add one quart of salt, pour over pickles and
let stand three days. Pour off all the brine. Boil and skim and pour over
the pickles boiling hot, Let stand three days, then repeat and let stand
three days. Take out pickles pour over them boiling water in which alum
the size of an egg, has been disolved. Let stand over night, then wipe dry
and pack in jars. Boil vinegar and spice well, add one pound of sugar,
put on weight aud cover tight They are ready for use.
— Lizzie Mundell.
Kentucky Pickles
One gallon of cabbage chopped fine, one gallon of green tomatoes
chopped fine. One pint of chopped onions, one pint of chopped mangoes,
four tablespoons of ground mustard, two tablespoons of ground ginger,
one tablespoon of ground cinnamon, one tablespoon celery seed, six table-
spoons salt, two pounds of brown sugar, one-half gallon of vinegar. Boil
altogether for twenty minutes — Martha Young,
To Keep Pickles without Canning
Wash pickles and let stand in strong salt water forty-eight hours. To
each gallon of pickles use one quart of cider vinegar, to each quart of
vinegar one pound of brown sugar, boil one hour and let cool. To each
gallon of vinegar disolve one tablespoonful of salicylic acid in cooled vine-
gar. Put la5'er of pickles in jar, then add layer of nasturtium vines,
leaves, blossoms and all, pieces of horse-radish root and mixed spices, fill
jar in this manner and add vinegar. Cover with a plate and tie a cloth
over top of jar. Pickles will keep from one season to next. It is also
fine for mixed pickle, — Mrs. W, D. Elliott.
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An Appetizer
Three quarts of ripe cucumbers, four quarts of green tomatoes, three
quarts of onions, four green peppers, one quart of celery, two quarts of
vinegar, two quarts of brown sugar, one cup of white mustard seed, two
tablespoons whole cloves, four tablespoons salt, four tablespoons of
mustard, one tablespoon turmeric, one tablespoon of horse-radish. Cut
cucumbers in small pieces, onions and tomatoes in thin slices, chop celer}',
and peppers and cook each separately until partly soft. Put all ingredi-
ents together and heat thoroughly.
— Mrs. C W. Brewbaker, Chambersburg, Pa,
Hot Slaw
One-half cup of sour cream, one-half cup of sugar, two-thirds cup of
vinegar, one tablespoon of flour, butter the size of an egg, salt to taste,
Rag:on Pickle
Two gallons of chopped cabbage, two gallons green tomatoes, twelve
large onions chopped, one gallon cider vinegar, one pound
brown sugar,
one- half ounce turmeric powder, one-half pound white mustard seed, one
ounce of celery seed, one gill salt. Boil cabbage, tomatoes, onions, salt
vinegar and sugar until vegetables are tender, then add spices, put in stone
jars and cover tightly. — Mrs. Ora Harlon.
Chili Sauce
Eight quarts tomatoes, three cups of peppers, two cups of onions, three
cups of sugar, one cup of salt, one and a half quarts of vinegar, three tea-
spoonfuls of cloves, same quantity of cinnamon, two teaspoonfuls each of
ginger and nutmeg; boil three hours; chop tomatoes, peppers and onions
very fine; bottle up aud seal. — Mrs. M. F. Dawson.
Chili Sauce
One peck ripe tomatoes, one peck green tomatoes, three heads of cab-
bage, eight large onions, six green peppers. Chop fine, mix together and
drain over night. Add one quart chopped celery, one tab'espoonful of
black pepper, two tablespoonfuls of mustard, two tablespoonfuls of celery
seed, one- half cup grated horse-radish, three pounds brown sugar, spice
and vinegar. — Mrs. Lucy Myers.
Cucumber Pickles
Waph and cover cucumbers (four gallons) with salt water strong enough
to bare up an egg. Let stand forty- eight hours, pour ofl' and let stand in
vinegar watJir twenty-four hours; take out aud wipe dry. Piace a few
nasturtium leaves in the bottom of jar, then two or three layers of cucum-
bers, then a layer of leaves and so ou till jar is full. Cover with following:
To or.e gallon vinegar add three pounds of brown sugar, two ounces of
mixed spices; let set on back part of stove one hour (do not boil as this
kills vinegar); cool and add one tablespoonful of salicylic acid dissolved in
cold vinegar. When taking pickles out of jar for use lift out witli silver
fork. Never put pickles back in jar that have been out for some time as
this causes vinegar to mold. — Mis. A. J. Griffis
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Ipubbino
Suet Pudding
Two cups dry bread crumbs, two tablespoonfuls suet, one-half cup
molasses, one teaspoon soda, one cup flour, one cup or more of milk, steam
two hours. — Mrs. E. F. Ledgerwood.
Corn Pudding
Scrape the substance out of twelve ears of tender, green corn, add
yolks and whites beaten separately of four eggs, one teaspoonful of sugar,
one teaspoonful of flour mixed in one tablespoonful of butter, a small
quantity of salt and pepper and one pint of sweet milk. Bake one-half
hour. — Mrs. Emma Strough
Sweet Pudding
One cup Orleans molasses, one cup milk, one cup suet, chopped fine,
one ;inJ one third cup flour, one-half teaspoonful soda. Mix well, salt and
S;jice to taste and steam two hours.
Sauce — Whites of three eggs, well beaten, one cup sugar, one-third
cap water, Melt and boil the sugar in the water, and stir in wliites of
Fruit Pudding
One egg well beaten, one teispoonful of milk, three tablespoonfuls of
melted butter, one half cupful of sugar, two teaspoonfuls baking powder,
e lough flour to make a fairly stiOf batter. Put into a baking pan a pint of
sweetened fruit, peaches, cherries, plums or blackberries, canned or fresh.
The m )re tart the fruit the better Over the fruit pour the batter and bake
iu a moderate oven. Serve with any kind of liquid sauce.
— Mrs. Lizzie Haines, El wood, Ind,
Sauce — One cup sugar, one teaspoonful flour, one pint water, flavor
Tapioca Pudding
Soak four tablespoons of tapioca in a little water two or three hours,
boil one quart of milk and pour over it while hot; when cool, add one half
teacup of sugar, the yolks of three eggs and the white of one egg well
beaten, flavor with lemon and bake. When done, beat the whites of two
eggs, two tablespoonfuls of pulverized sugar, when iced return to the oven
to Drown. — Mesdaroes Mary J. Vest, Ora Harlowe, Angle Dillon.
Cherry Pudding
Two eggs, one cup milk one-half teaspoon salt, one tablespoon melted
butter, one and one half cups flour, one teaspoon baking powder, pinch uf
salt. Mix in order given, turn into greased pan; over the top put cherries,
press into the batter, sprinkle with three tablespoons granulated sugar.
Bake thirty minutes in moderate oven, serve hot with cream and sugar.
— Liilie Ledgerwood.
Orange Pudding
Peel and cut five sweet oranges into thin slices, taking out the seeds.
Pour over them a cup of white sugar; let a pint of milk get boiling hot by
setting in a pot of boiling water; add the yolks of three eggs well beaten.
tme tablespoonful corn starch made smooth with cold milk, stir all the time
until thick, then pour over fruit. Beat whites, sweeten, spread over top
and set in oven a lew minutes, serve cold. Berries or peaches may be
used instead of oranges. — Dicie Halo.
Fresh Fruit Pudding
Put one pint of fresh fruit, raspberries, blackberries or strawberries in
pan; sweeten and sprinkle with flour; cover with a batter made of one- alf 1
cup sugar, one egg, butter size of walnut, one-half cup milk, one teasjioon
baking powder, one teaspoon vanilla, and flour to make stiff batter. Seive
with cream. — Mrs. E. M. Boston.
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Apple Muffins
Sift together two cups
and two teaspoons baking powder, add one-
flour
half teaspoon salt; melt one-fourthcup butter, stir into the butt«r one-half
cup sugar; add the yolk of one egg and one cup milk, beat the white of the
egg stiff; have ready one cup skinned and sliced apples floured with one
tablespoon flour; have gem pans hot and grease by putting butter around
the top and letting it run down; put butter mixture to the flour mixture;
beat do not stir, add white of the egg; lastly add the apples and bake in
a rather warm oven twenty-five or thirty minutes.
— Mrs. L. H. Leitzell, Scottdale, Pa.
Sweet DumpIing^s
Take as much good yeast as would make a sufficient quantity of light
dough as required for an ordinary famil}', adding two eggs, one large table-
spoonful good fresh lard, a little salt, mix well; or take part of your light
bread dough instead of the yeast; mixing in the egg and lard let stand until
light, then mould out in common sized biscuits, and lay on a cloth that is
well floured, to prevent from sticking to cloth; when light, boil in thin
syrup, 1 use maple syrup if 1 have it, if not 1 use sugar and water. Boil
fifteen or twenty minutes until syrup gets real thick, do not crowd them too
much as they are liable to fall. Use an iron cook pot and put in about
five dumplings at a time, care should bo taken or they will burn. The next
batch put more syrup with a little water, cook as before.
— Mrs. William A. Shoemaker, Daleville, Ind.
Black Pudding
One cup Orleans molassas, two eggs, one-half cup hot water, one tea-
s[)ooiiful t)t soda, one aa I one-half cups of flour. Steam one hour. For
sauce — One cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one egg.
— Mrs. D. W. Zartman.
Apple Fritters
Two cup.s of sour milk, three eggs, one teaspoonful of soda, flour
e lough to make siitf batter, pare and cut apples into pieces about the size
Peach Roll
Makea good baking powder dough, roll thin, spread fruit on, putting
thin slices of butter and fruit, roll crust up, place in pan five or six inches
deep. Add one cup of sugar and a small one-half cup of butter. Al-
most cover roll with hot water. Bake forty-five minutes One cup of
flour makes a nice roll. Either fresh or canned fruit ci n be used. This
is delicious when warm. —Mrs. F. E. Rigg«
Apple Dumplings
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Apple dumplings and sauce Two cups flour, two teaspoons basing
powder, one teaspoon lard, one teaspoon salt and milk to make a soft
(i()iii;h, divide into small pieces and roll into rounds large enough to cover
half an nppii-; have the apples peeled, cut into halves and cored; place half
an apple in each round, put in a teaspoon of sugar, fold dough around
m('|)!p. place in lettered pan and pour over th?m one cup of sweetened
water and bake; turn the fire on full wlien they are first put in the oven and
when hot rediicn tho fluue and cook slowly; they will require about forty-
five minutes to bake 8auce — One lialf cup butter, (^ue cup sugar, two
tablespoons corn starch, mixed until smooth, add juice of one lemon, then
add two cups of boiling water and cook until about the thickness of cream.
— Selected.
Rice Pudding
One pint of rice cooked and seasoned as for table, one pound of raisins
cooked and sweetened, one grated lemon, yolks of four eggs; cook until
eggs are done; beat the whites and sweeten, put on top and brown
Hannah Peckinpaugh —
Brown Betty
Take one cup bread crumbs, two cups sour chopped apples, one-linlf
C'jp sugar, one teaspoonful cinnamon, two tablespoor.fuls butter, cut into
small bits. Butter a deep dish and put a layer of chopped apples at tiie
bottom, sprinkle with sugar, a few bits of butter and cinnamon, cover with
bread crumbs, then more apple, proceed in this way until the dish is full,
having a layer of crumbs on top Cover closely and steam three quarters
of an liour in a moderate oven, then uncover and brown quickly. Eat
warm with su^ar and cream or brown sauce. — 011a Davis.
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Fruit Roll
Make a soft, rich biscuit dough, using either baking powder or soda,
spread with fruit or berries, roll up and bake forty -five minutes. Serve
with sauce. Sauce — One quart of water, one pint of sugar, one heaping
teaspoon of flour, one heaping tablespoon of butter, boil and when done
add flavoring to suit taste. — Mrs. Lucretia Fadely.
Cream Pudding
Scald one pint of milk and add one-half cup of shredded cocoanat.
Beat together the yolks of two eggs, three-fourths cup of sugar, two and
one-half tablespoons of flour, one-fourth cup of milk and stir slowly into
boiling milk. Beat whites of eggs with one teaspoon of sugar, add one-
pudding pans and pour
half teaspoon vanilla, put in filling mixture over.
Cover top with cocoanut and brown in oven. — Mae Fleming.
Orange Sauce
Three pounds of currants, two pounds of raisins, four pounds of sugar,
four oranges. Stew raisins in very little water; grate the yellow rind of
oranges, being careful not to use any of the white, then peel oranges and
cut fine; stew currants and sugar till latter isadd raisins
dissolved, then
and oranges, and cook about twenty minutes. Cranberries or cherries may
be used in place of currants. Put in dishes same as jelly.
— Henrietta Ransburg.
Cottage Puddin?
One cnp sugar, one half cup sweet milk, one tablespoonful butter,
two teaspoonfuls baking powder, one and one half cups flour. Bake one-
half hour and serve warm with sauce. —
Sauce One cup sugar, two table-
spoonfuls flour, mix, then add one pint of boiling water, one tablespoon of
buiter, flavor with nutmeg; boil for a few miuutes.
— Mrs, Lute Shively, Callie Showalter.
Persimmon Pudding
One quart persimmons, one quart of milk, three eggs, two-thirds cup
sugar, three pints flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, one-half cup of
butter, cinnamon and spice. Bake one hour. — Eulalia D. Boyd,
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Steam Pudding
One cup of Orleans molasses, one cup chopped raisms or currants, one
cup warm water, yolks of two eggs, one teaspoonful of soda, two cups of
flour, steam two or three hours.
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Sauce One cup sugar, oue of water, a little butter, boil a little and
flavor with vanilla. —Olive Mills.
Prune Pudding
Soak one and one half pints of old bread and dry cake in sweet milk
until soft. Add the yolks of two eggs, well beaten, two heaping table-
spoonfuls of sugar, one cupful of seeded prunes that have been well cooked,
orange or lemon flavoring; bake thirty minutes. When done cover with a
frosting made from the whites of two eggs and white sugar. Serve cold
with cream. — Mrs. Laura James, Pendleton, Ind.
Banquet Pudding
Two heaping tablespoonfuls of grated apple (sour), white of one egg,
one cup sugar, one teaspoon of flavoring. Beat all together one-half hour
or longer. This is enough to serve eight persons.
—
Sauce Two-thirds cup of sugar, one cup of milk, yolk of one egg.
Cook in double boiler until it creams. —
Mrs. Richard Gossett.
Snow Pudding
One box of gelatine dissolve in one pint of boiling water, when
half
nearly cool, add one cup of sugar and juice of one lemon, strain, add
whites of three eggs, beaten to a stiff froth, beat all thoroughly and quick
and pour into a mold, serve cold with soft custard made of the yolks of
three eggp, two teaspoonfuls flour stirred in one pint of boiling milk and
sweeten to taste. Flavor with lemon. — Bertha Myers.
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Celery Salad
One cup apples, cut in small oubos, one cup celery, cut tine, ane-half
cup English walnuts. Serve on lettuce with salad dressing; garnish with
half walnuts, — Mrs. H. F. Shupe, Dayton, 0.
Tomato Salad
Seven ripe tomatoes cut four stalks of celery, one large onion
fine,
chopped with them, one-half cup sugar, one-half cup vinegar, pepper and a
little salt to tasie, — Caroline Sanders.
Salad Dressing
Yolks of eight eggs, one cup of butter, one cup sugar, one tablespoon
gait, one-half teaspoon pepper, a pinch of cayenne pepper, one pint of
vinegar, one-half cup of cream. — Sarah Trout.
Grape Salad
Seed a pound of malaga grapes, then fill them with hazel nuts, arrange
artistically on the leaves of head lettuce, pour over a dressing made of four
parts olive oil to one part vinegar, seasoned with salt and paprika.
— Mrs. E. S. Lorenz, Dayton, 0.
Corn Salad
One dozen ears of sweet corn, two small heads of cabbage, three red
mangoes, four large onions, two cupp of sugar, one-ihird cup ground
mustard, one tablespoonful of turmeric, one-half gallon vinegar, salt to
Salad
Boil five potatoes and when cold peel and chop fine with half a head
of cabbage, two hard boiled eggs, two or three onions, salt to taste, add
celery seed and mustard seed, half teaspoon of each.
Dressing — One-half cup of good vinegar, one egg beaten, one- half cup
of sugar, one tablespoonful of flour, one tablespoonful of butter, cook and
when cool pour over salad. — Mrs. C. C. Druley.
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Fruit Salad
Two oranges, six bananas, one-half can of apricots, one can of pine
apple chopped fine, one cup of English walnuts rolled fine, one box shredded
cocoanut. Mix well together and sweeten to suit taste.
—Mary E. Ellison.
Tomato Salad
Take one dozen ripe tomatoes, one head of cabbage, one bunch of
celery, one-half dozen onions; chop all togetuer fine, let stand in salt for a
little while, then drain. Take one cup vinegar, one cup sugar, one table-
spoon of celery seed, a little pepper, mix all together and pour over con-
tents. — Claudia Frye.
Bean Salad
One pint of butter beans after cooked, three cucumbers cut fine, three
stalks of celery, two hard boiled eggs cut fine, one cup of peanuts cut up
and added makes it fine.
Salad Dressing
Yolks of four eggs, one teaspoon each of salt, dry mustard and pepper,
one-third cup of cream, one cup vinegar, one-fourth cup sugar, one-ttiird
Potato Salad
Boil six or seven medium sized potatoes until tender. When potatoes
are nearly cold remove peeling and cut into small cubes, sprinkle over a
teaspoon of salt, then add two hard boiled eggs, two small onions and three
or four stalks of celery, all chopped fine. For the dressing use three eggs,
one-half pint of vinegar, one-half pint of sour cream, half pint of sugar
and a pinch of salt. Cook until it thickens; do not use until nearly cold.
Mayonnaise Dressing
Yolks of two eggs, butter size of a walnut, heaping teaspoon flour,
one-half teaspoon salt, one-halt cup sugar, one-half cup vinegar, touch of
mustard. Cook in double boiler. — Ethel Spore George.
Apple Salad
Two cups chopped apples (tart), one cup chopped celery, one cup
chopped nuts, boil one half cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one half cup
vinegar, one teaspoonful salt, then add three well beaten eggs and three
teaspoonfuls of flour, cook well, when cold add one pint of whipped cream
then pour over the api)les and celery, (white grapes make a pretty garnish).
—Mrs. Seth Mills.
Waldorf Salad
One cup apples cut in cubes, one cup celery, one-half cup English
walnuts; serve on lettuce with salad dressing, garnish with half walnuts.
— Mattie E. Craven.
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Salad Dressing
Yolks of eight eggs beaten till light and add one half cup of sugar, a
little pepper, salt to taste, one-half cup of cream, a little mustard, beat
these ingredients together. Boil one pint of vinegar with one- half cup of
good fresh butter and stir into the egga boiling hot.
— Bess Fleming.
Chicken Salad
One quart of chopped chicken, removing all fat, gristle and skin, one
pint of canned salmon, one pint of chopped cabbage, one pint of chopped
celery, four hard boiled eggs, one pint good vinegar, two spoons of sugar,
one half cup of melted butter or fresh olive oil, one-half spoon of pepper, a.
heaping spoonful of prepared mustard and salt to taste. Tiny hearts cut
from slice beets makes a pretty garnish for this.
—Mrs. Seth Mills.
Oyster Salad
Drain liquor from one can oysters, cut in small dice together with four
pickles, two hard boiled egj^s, one-half cup celery, season with celery salt,
pepper and mustard, pour mayonnaise dressing over all.
— Susan Gossett.
Salad Dressing
One- half tablespoon salt, one teaspoon mustard, one aid one half
tablespoons sugar, one tablespoon flour, pinch cayenne. Sift dry ingredients
and add gradually the yolks of two eggs, slightly beaten which has been
mixed with three fourths cup milk, add one fourth cup vinegar, cook in
double boiler until thick; remove from flre, add butter size of .in egg and
beat thorougbly with egg beuter; when used, thin with cream.
— Mrs. A. R, Arford, Benton Hurbur, Midi.
Beet Salad
One quart beets cooked and chopped
fine, one quart cabbage chopped
very one pint vinegar, one-half cup horse-radish grated, one table-
fine,
spoon salt, one and one- half cups sugar, one-half teaspoon pepper. Mix
all together, let just come to boil, and can. Lizzie Sheets,
Nut Salad
One pound English walnutp, one bunch celery, two large cucumbers
(almost ripe), peel and take seeds out, chop altogether, let stand a little
while, then press all the water out, use a mayonnaise dressing; put on cold.
Serve in ripe tomato cups on individual plates.
—Mrs. Joseph Shafler.
Salad Course
Remove the shells from as many hard boiled eggs as there are persons
to be served. Beginning at the small end of etich egg, cut the whites
lengthwise into one-fifth almost to base, taking care to leave the whole yolk,
turn back the "petals" thus formed, so as to make each egg simulate a
pond lilly, with a small brush dipped in beet juice, color the petals a pale
pinK. Roughen the surface of the yolk with a fork, serve these on a leaf
of lettuce to each place; serve with mayonnaise or French dressing and
cUei:se. — Mrs. Beth Mills.
the yolks, and work them to a paste with melted butter, salt, pepper and a
little cold ham chopped very fine Return the yolks to the halved whites,
pui the two sides together and lay them among lettuce leaves; serve as a
salud with the following dressing
Boiled dressing— Bring to a boil one cupful of rich milk, and one cup-
ful of cream, and stir into this two tablespoonfuls of corn starch which
ims been rubbed to a paste with two tablespooniuls of butter. Oook until
it thickens, take from the fire, and beat very hard with an egg beater. Set
it aside to cool; when perfeeMy cold, add to it two tablespoonfuls of vine-
gar, salt, pepper and mustard to taste. A very delicious addition to this
Potato Salad
One quart of cold boiled potatoes, cut in small cubes; one and one-half
cups cabbage, three stalks celery, two onions, chopped fine and mixed with
the potatoes, add salt and pepper to taste, cover with the following dress-
ing: Two eggs well beaten, one-half cup sour cream, one-half cup vinegar,
one-fourth cup sugar, one teaspoonful ground mustard, boil until thick.
— Mrs. Lute Shirely.
Salmon Salad
Put salmon in a dish, pick apart, add chopped celery, and two hard
boiled eggs chopped Then pour over them a mayonnaise dressing.
—
Mayonnaise dressing One tablespoonful of butter, one-half teaspoon-
ful of mustard, one-half cup of vinegar, one half cup of water (cold), one
teaspoonful of sugar, one egg or yolks of two, one tablespoonful flour, beat
the egg, add flour, then thin with water. Boil and when cool pour over
salmon. — Selected.
Cabbage Salad
Take one small head of cabbage and cut fine, add one teaspoon of salt,
pepper to taste, roll and add twelve crackers.
—
Dressing One-half cup of sugar and one egg beaten together, then
add one-half cup of rich, sweet cream, a small lump of butter and one-half
cup of strong vinegar, stir well and let boil two or three minutes. Pour
over cabbage while hot. —
Mrs. Eliza Harry.
Potato Salad
Six or eight boiled potatoes minced, one half cup Qnel}'^ chopped celery,
one-half cup chopped nuts, six hard boiled eggs, minced. Mix with the
salad dressing —
:Mrs. Effie Steele, New Castle, Ind.
Autumn Salad
One cup English walnuts, chopped fine, one cup apples, chopped fine,
Dressing —
One egg, pinch of salt and pepper, one teaspoon each of
flour and mustard, two teaspoons sugar, two tablespoons butter, one cup
vinegar; boil all together, remove from fire and add slowly one- half cup
cream. Pour over salad and serve on lettuce leaves.
—
Mrs. Lelia Brown, Whittier, Cal.
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Soup
Soup stock is made from cheap, tough cuts. The meat should be cut
1q small pieces and soaked in cold water for half an hour to draw out the
juices. Bone is added for the sake of the gelatine which it contains, and
which will give body to the soup. A good proportion is one pound each
of meat and bone to each quart of water. Use a kettle with a very tight
cover and simmer slowly for a number of hours. Stock is better when
made the day before it is to be used. Selected. —
Creamed Tomato Soup
Take new or canned tomatoes and cook slowly for au hour, season with
butter, salt and pepper. When ready to serve add a little thickening made
of cream and flour. Serve hot with crackers. Imo Fleming.
Oyster Soup
One pint of oysters, one quart of milk, two tablespoonfuis of butter,
two tablespoonfuis of flour, salt and pepper to taste, a little onion or mace
may be cooked in the milk if liked. Put milk in a double boiler while pre-
paring oysters, take each oyster in the fingers to make sure that no pieces
of shell adhere to it, after having poured one cupful of cold water over
them, strain and boil liquor, skimming as it boils; when clear, add to milk
which has been thickened with the butter and flour rubbed together, season,
add oysters and cook till edges curl. Serve at once. — Selected.
Vegetable Soup
One shin bone, one knuckle beef, set to cook at 10 a. m. with three
quarts of cold water, simmer until noon, skin and cut three quarts of
let
tomatoes, remove bone and knuckle to another kettle, set on the back of
the stove, cover with cold water and let simmer; add tomatoes and onion,
cut thin, at noon, boil steadily, but not hard; at 2 p. m. add one cupful of
string beans, cut or Lima beans, or mixed, one small turnip cut in dice,
one carrot scraped and cut one dozen ears of corn cut from cobs,
in half,
Beef Soup
Take a double handful of finely chopped cabbage and cook in beef
broth until tender, then thicken with sweet cream.
— Mrs, Lert Fadely.
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Salmon Soup
Remove oil, bone and skin from one-half can of salmon (one pound),
chop salmon very fine. Boil one quart of milk with a slice of onion in it,
minutes, add salmon and when heated and ready to serve, remove onion.
—Selected.
Tomato Soup
One quart of stewed tomatoes (one can), one pint of stock or water,
one small onion, one sprig of parsley, one bay leaf, two tablespoonfuls of
corn starch, one tablespoonful of butter, salt and pepper. Stew tomatoes,
bay leaf, onion and water till soft, strain, wash the saucepan and put
tomatoes back again, boil and thicken with the corn starch and butter
ruffled together. Season, and then serve. — Selected.
Ox Tail Soup
One ox tail, two pounds lean beef, four carrots, three onions, thyme
and parsley, pepper and salt to taste, four quarts cold water. Cut tail into
Joints, fry brown in good dripping. Slice onions and two carrots and fry
ia the same, when you have taken out the pieces of tail. When done tie
the thyme and parsley in lace bag, and drop into the soup pot. Put in the
tail, then the beef cut into strips. Grate over them two whole carrots,
pour over all the water, and boil slowly four hours; strain and season;
thicken with brown flour wet with cold water; boil fifteen minutes and
gerve. — Kmma Morris.
Potato Soup
Three potatoes, one pint of milk, or milk and water mixed, one tea-
spoonful of chopped onion, one saltapoonful of salt, one speok white pepper,
one-half tablespoonful of flour, one-half tablespoonful of drippings. Wash,
pare and put potatoes into boiling water and cook until very tender, cook
the onion In the milk in a double boiler, when the potatoes are soft, drain
and mash them, add the boiling water and seasoning, rub thorn through a
strainerand put them back into the double boiler to boll again, melt the
drippings in a pan, add the flour and stir until It thickens, stir this into the
boihna milk and let It boil five minuten. —Selected.
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Bouillon
Five pounds of lean beef, two pounds of l)one, three q.iarts of cold
water, one tablespoonful of salt, one third each of carrot, turnij), onion,
celery, one teaspoonful of peppercorns Wipe and cut meat into one inch
cubes, put two thirds of meat in soup-kettie with bone in water and souk
one half hour, brown remainder of meat marrow from bone, put into a
in
kettle, heat slowly, skim thoroughly and simmer five hours, add seasoning
and vegetables, cook one hour, strain and cool, remove every particle (»f
fat and clear. Serve in cups with a slice of lemon. Selected. —
Soups with Pastes or Vegetables
Prepare and clear stock In salted water boil macaroni, vermicelli,
barley, rice, tapioca, or other vegetables or dry material until done; drain
and add to the clear soup and simmer together ten minutes. Proportion,
one-half cup cooked material to one quart stock Vegetables should be
boiled in salted water, cut in shapes, and added to stock in same proportion.
— Selected.
red). Let the vegetables boil about two hours in the beef broth. When
well cooked remove from the stove and add one quart of sweet milk and
cream mixed, season to taste. Strain the soup and serve vegetables and
soup in diflferent dishes. Butter and lard may be used for seasoning in-
stead of soup bone. Grrace Tully, —
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IDeoetablcs
twenty minutes.
Asparagus — Same as peas; serve an toast with cream and gravy.
Winter Squash — Cut pieces and
in twenty boil to forty minutes in
small quantity of water; when done, press water out, mash smooth, season
with butter, pepper and salt.
Asparagus on Toast
Have stalks of equallength; scrape lower ends; tie in small bunches
with tape. Cook twenty to thirty minutes, according to size. Dip in six
or eight slices of dry toast in asparagus liquor, lay on hot platter, place
asparagus over them, and cover with a white or drawn butter sauce, in
making sauce use asparagus liquor and water or milk in equal quantities,
— S«l«cted.
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Baked Beans
Soak one^quart of beans over nfght. In the morning put them in
fresh, cold water and allow them to simmer until they can be easily pierced
with a pin; if desired an onion may be boiled^with them. When soft, pour
beans in colander and pour cold water through them. Remove the onion.
Take one-fourth pound of salt pork, pour boiling water over it and scrape.
Put beans in pan placing meat in the center. Mix together one teaspoon-
ful of salt, one of mustard and one-fourth cup of molasses, fllling the cup
with hot water. Pour over beans and add enough water to cover them.
Bake six or eight hours. — Emma Brown.
Baked Tomatoes
Ten nice sized tomatoes, 15 cents worth of boiled ham, a few sprigs
of parsley, five or six crackers; cut the top off the tomatoes, with a spoon
take out the inside put in a sauce pan, set on the fire, season with salt,
pepper and butter, cook till fine, have the ham and crackers ground. Just
before taking off, add the ham and crackers enough to thicken ; fill the
tomatoes, put a few dry cracker urumbs and small piece of butter on top of
each tomato, put in a baking pan and bake a nice brown. Serve at once.,
—Mrs Noffsinger.
Stuffed Tomatoes
Wipe and remove slices from stem end of six medium sized tomatoes,
take out seeds and pulp, sprinkle inside of tomatoes with salt, invert and
let stand. Cook one-half tablespoonful of mineed onion, with two table-
spoonfuls of butter,five minutes; add one-half cupful of finely chopped
cooked chickon or veal, one-half cupful stale, soft broad crumbs, tomato
pulp, salt and pepper to taste, cook five minutes, then add one egg slightly
beaten, cook one minute and refill tomatoes with mixture, place in buttered
pan, sprinkle with buttered crumbs and bake twenty minutes in a hot oven.
—Selected.
Potato Biscuit
Two cups Hour, three tablespoons lard aud butter, one teaspoon salt,
two cups mashed potatoes, three teaspoons Riimford Baking Powder, about
two cups milk. Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder; rub in the
butter, add the potato and mix as ordinary biscuit witli the milk. Koll
rather thin and bake in a quicik oven.
Creamed Tomatoes
Wipe, peel aud slice three tomatoes, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and
sauter in one tablespoonfui of hot butter; when soft put on a hot platter,
add one tablespoonfui of flour to fat in pan, add slowly one cupful of milk,
stir till smooth, season, and pour over tomatoes.
— Selected.
Creamed Cabbage
Chop the cabbage, put on in sauce pan with one cup of cream, lump
of butter, pepper and salt; when done have a thickening of flour and milk
and stir in until the right consistency.
— Mrs Harry (how, Richmond, Ind.
Baked Beans
Soak one quart white soup beans over night, season with salt, pepper,
one tablespoonfui prepared mustard, two tablespoonfuls sorghum molasses,
aud a piece of fresh pork, cover with water and bake.
— Norah Abbott.
Scalloped Corn
One can corn, butter pan, then put layer of cracker crumbs rolled tine,
then layer of corn with butter, salt and pepper, then crackers and so on
until you have used all the corn, put lots of butter on top, pour two-thirds
of a pint of milk in pan and bake one hour.
— Mrs. Alice Cox, Kokomo, Ind.
Canned Corn
Cut corn from cob, fill quart glass cans, add one teaspoonful of salt to
each quart can of corn, then with a spoon crush ihc corn until cream from
the corn comes to the neck of the can or corn is entirely covered ;
place
cans in boiler of water and boil three hours; seal and place in a cool, daik
place. — Ethel Fadely.
Pickled Beans
String, but do not break, about two gallons of green beans, then par-
boil in salt water until tender; heat four pints of vinegar with sugar enough
to weaken, add a dash of cloves, allspice and pepper, drop in the beans
and heat all together, seal in self-sealer cans. This recipe makes about
four quarts. — Mrs. Riley Fleming.
large cubes, season with salt, pepper aiid meat fryings if possible, if not
use equal parts of lard and butter, cook until potatoes will mash readily
when pressed with fork — Mrs. O. P. Lewis.
Scalloped Cabbage
Alternate layers of cabbage and cracker crumbs seasoned with salt,
pepper and butter, cover the whole with milk and cook in oven
— Mrs. J. A. Painter.
dumplings made as follows: One pint cold water, salt to taste, one table-
spoonful of fresh lard, mix this with flour to a moderate stiff dough, roll
out thin and cut in squares, and take out some of the potatoes and then
put in one layer of dumplings and sprinkle a little flour over them, then
put some potatoes and then the dumplings until they are all in; if there is
not enough water add more boiling water, cover and let boil, stirring just as
little as possible. — Mrs. J. S. Edwards.
lt)il
Scalloped Corn
To either fresh or canned corn add salt, pepper, and butter to taste,
Baked Beans
Parboil 10 cents' worth of navy beans, drain off water and put beans
in largebaking pan; add a can of tomatoes and a can of corn; also some
bacon cut up in small pieces; salt and pepper to taste; add enough water to
keep them from drying out and place in oven. In cooking, the corn and
tomatoes will mix through the beans. The longer these are baked the
better they are. It is a good idea to cook ttese on washday if you use a
coal stove. Then one fire will serve both purposes. — Selected.
Lucania Potatoes
Wash and bake six large potatoes. Cut a slice from the top of each.
Scoop out inside and mash. To three cupfuls of mashed potatoes add six
tablespoonfuls of finely chopped cold cooked ham, two tablespoonfuls of
finely chopped parsley, the whites of two eggs well beaten, three table-
spoonfuls of butter, four tablespoonfuls of rich milk or cream and salt and
pepper to Line potato shells with the mixture, place in each cavity
taste.
a poached egg, cover with the potato mixture and bake until brown.
—
Mrs. Maud Collier, Hartford City.
Potato Glace
Boil potatoes with peelings on. After standing over night they will
be somewhat dry, then peelthem and grate them. Put in one or two eggs,
very little flour, pinch of salt. Mix thoroughly and make into balls.
Drop into boiling water and boil. When they come to top of water, they
ar« done. Brown onions in butter aud put on them.
—
Mrs. Adolph Levy.
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Canned Beans
Two quarts of beans, one- half cup of vinegar, one tablef^poon of salt,
one tablespoon of sugar; cover well with water; cook one-half hour, then
can. When open for use, pour off water, add pinch of soda and cook wilb
meat. —
Mrs. Lucy Myers.
Potato Chips
Peel potatoes and slice very thin, spread on a cloth to drain for five
or ten minutes. Drop (only a few at a time) into hot lard and fry until a
golden brown. Remove and sprinkle salt over while hot.
—
Mrs Imo Flnming.
fllMscellancous
Baked Apples
Core six medium sized apples, fill one-half full sugar, one English wal
nut meat to each apple, chopped and added on the sugar. Teaspoonful sugar
and one of butter on top of each and four tablespoonsful of sugar in bottom
of pan one-half cup boiling water, put into oven and bake. Serve with
whipped cream. — Mrs. C J. Crim, BloomiLgton, Ind.
Tomato Sauce
One pint of stewed tomatoes, one slice of onion, one-half bay leaf,
when bubbling, the tomatoes slowly. Season and cook till smooth and
glossy. If tomatoes are very acid add a few grains of soda.
—Mrs. J. M. Walker.
To Preserve Eg^s
Keep in lime-water, or pack in sawdust, small ends down. During
the summer a large number of eggs are packed, small ends down, in cases
having compartments, one for each egg, and kept in cold storage; they may
thus be kept six months, but their quality is very much impaired.
— Mary Smith,
Floating Island
One quart milk, four eggs, yolks and whites beaten separately, four
tablespoons sugar, two teaspoons extract vanilla or bitter almonds, one-
half cup currant jelly. Heat milk to scalding, but not boiling. Heat the
yolks; stir into them the sugar, and pour upon them gradually, mixing
well, a cup of the hot milk. Put into saucepan and boil until it begins to
thicken. When cool, flavor and pour into a glass dish. Heap upon top
meringue of whites whipped until you can cut it, j^to which you have beat-
en the jelly, a teaspoon at a time. —Cora Jordan,
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Macaroni
Have a large kettle nearly full of rapidly boiling salted water. Break
macaroni into two or three inch lengths, drop into the water, :ind boil as
directed for rice until tender, which will take from thirty to forty five
minutes. Drain, then pour cold water through the colander to remove
pastiness. Reheat in a little butter, or in a wliile, brown, or tomato sauce^
Before sending to table, sprinkle thickly wi'^h grated cheese or stir the
cheese through it. Spaghetti, vermicelli, or any other of the forms of
paste may be prepared in the same way. — Selected.
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Mush
To m .ke mush to fry for breakfast take one gallon of rich beef broth,
when it is l)oiling brisk stir into it one pint of corn meal, one-half pint of
flour, one pint of Ralston Breakfast Food or oat meal, when cold slice and
fry. N — Ulara Smith.
Doughnuts
Two cups granulated sugar, tA^o eggs, one-half cup butter, then add
eggs, beat until very light, then add milk and stir thoroughly, add one tea-
spoonful of salt, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder sifted in with flour,
make a soft dough, roll half inch thick, and fry in hot lard.
— Mrs. Eliza Harry.
To Cook Greens
Wbile tlie greens are cooking in suit water take oue pound of nice
country sausage cut up in small bits and fry brown, then drain the g'-eens
and a^'d the sausage, also the fat it was fried in, cook slowly five minutes.
— Mrs. Barbara Kraus.
A Good Poultice
Wiiite of au egg mixed witb table salt. Good for sprains or bruises of
any kind. — Mrs. Sarah Tarkleson.
Creamy Omelet
Four eggs, one-half teaspoouful of salt, four tablespoonfuls of milk,
one half saltspoouful of pepper. Beat eggs lightly, add other ingredients,
mix well and pour into a hot buttered omelet pan, lift gently with a fork as
it begins to cook, letting the uncooked egg run under; when of a creamy
consistency roll and turn out — Mollie Starr.
Beef Loaf
Three pounds roundsteak (chopped), one-half pound salt pork, one cup
bread crumbs, two eggs, one-half cup milk, salt, pepper and sage or
onion to taste, season pn tty high, pack in square tin, grease tin first then
wet wiih cold water, bake in a good oven from one and one- half to two
hours, cover until last half hour. — Mrs. Carrie Ledgerwood.
Asparagus on Toast
Toast several slices of bread and crumb into a dish. Cook asparagus,
seasoning with butter, cream, salt and pepper. Pour over crumbs and
serve hot. — Melvina Frances.
Mince Meat
One pound currants, one pound
raisins, two and one-half pounds
brown sugar, one pound suet, two and one half pounds lean beef, one- half
peck apples, one- half pound citron, one half ounce cinnamon, one-fourth
ounce cloves, one-fourth ounce allspice, ground, two nutmegs, two oranges,
one lemon, juice of boiled meat, cider to make proper consistency.
—Mrs. G. K. Hart man.
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Massage Cream
One ounce of oil of almonds, one-half ounce of spermaceti, one dram
of while wax, two ounces rose water; melt white wax and stir in the other,
stir quickly and constantly to prevent lumps. — Mabel Hayes.
Kraut Duirplings
Boil one quart nice kraut with meat bone, when meat is tender add
dumpling made as follows: one cup sweet milk, one egg, one teaspoon
baking powder, one tablespoon butter, mix to a rather firm dough, roll
thin, cut in inch squares and drop into kraut, salt to suit taste, boil slowly
for fifteen minutes. — Aunt Mary.
How to Cook Mushrooms
Split mushrooms open and let stand in salt water one hour, drain,
flour well and fry brown in hot butter or lard, take out and arrange in a
one pint of rich milk in skillet let come
dish, pour to a boil, pour over the
mushrooms, season with salt and pepper to taste.
— Pauline Kerlin,
Canned Beans
One- lialf gallon green beans, the more hulled ones the better, one
quart water, one- half cup cider vinegar, one tablespoon salt, cook thirty
nnd l)oil constantly for twelve hours. Let stand until it is perfectly cold
remove with a knife the colored substance. Tliis leaves it hard and white.
Grate and run through a sieve; use three teaspoonfuls of flour, three of
sugar, and stir to a paste then stir to a pint boiling rain water, and add a
pint of very sweet milk, new is best. This is a grand food and has proved
very successtul for me. — Mrs. Walter Ritchie, Springport, Ind.
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Maple Syrup
One cup brown sugar, one cup granulated sugar, one cup water. BoiJ
until done, without stirring. When cold, flavor slightly with vanilla.
— Lizzie Sheets.
Nut Sandwich
Slice bread very thin, spread with butler and salad dressing, add to
this nuts that have been well rolled. Nuts and dressing may be used to
suit tasie. — Mrs. W. H. Barton.
Egg Sandwiches
Chop one dozen hard boiled eggs, one-half of a small onion or the
juice of a whole one, salt and pepper, then add the following dressing:
yolks of two eggs, one even teaspoonful corn starch, one and one- half
tablespoonfuls sugar, one-fourth teaspoonful celery salt, one-half cupful
cream (or milk and lump of butter), one-fourth cupful vinegar. Cook until
it thickens, spread bread with butter and then with the egg mixture. This
is sufficient for forty sandwiches.
— Mrs Mary K. Albert, Dayton, Ohio.
vessel of cold water. Steam three hours. Tighten lids and steam one hour
longer. — Mesdames Julia Crittenberger, Sarah Trout,
Honey
One find one-half pints boiling water, one-third ounce pulverized alum
when dissolved add four pounds white sugar, stirring all the time until
dissolved, boil three minutes. Five drops of rose oil, one- half pint alchol
added together then put two teaspoonfuls in above syrup.
— Maggie Painter.
Parched Walnuts
Into a frying pan pat one tablespoonful of butter, when smoking hot,
throw in one quart of English walnut kernels (not chopped). Stir con-
stantly until the kernels are a delicate brown. Pour out on brown paper
and sprinkle with salt. Serve cold on small dish.
—Mrs. 11. H. Tomkins, Whittier, Cal.
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Quince Honey
Four pints of granulated sugar, one pint of water. Let sugar and
water boil then add four medium sized quinces grated. Let boil five
minutes. —
Jennie Clevenger, Mahala Davis.
Oyster Rarebit
One cup of oysters, two tablet poous butter, one-half pound of cheese
cut fine, one-fourth teaspoon salt, few grains cayenne, two eggs, six slices
toast. Parboil the oysters and remove the tough muscle. Drain and re
serve the liquor. Melt the butter, add the cheese, salt and cayenne. Beat
the eggs, add the oyster liquor and add gradually to the melted cheese.
Add oysters and serve on toast. — Alta M. Markle.
International Popovers
Three cups of thrice sifted flour, three well beaten eggs, three cups
sweet milk, salt to season. Bake in gem pans in quick oven; serve hot
with sweetened cream or rich milk. — J. M. Phiilippi.
Orange Marmalade
This delicious preserve, which requires the greatest care in prepara-
tion, is made chiefly of sweet oranges, when they are plentiful and in the
best condition. Fare the outer rind and the white inner skin from one-half
dozen oranges, cut into small pieces and put into the preserving pan; cover
with water and cook gently one-half hour. Then add one-half cup of lemon
juice and one cup of sugar, or sweeten to and cook rifteen minutes,
taste,
Saratoga Chips
Tbe secret of preparing this daiunty dish mcoly, lies in cutting the
slices to the thinness of heavy paper and soaking them in cold water, with
a pinch of powdered alum added, not less than six hours. Moon, the
originator, is said to have soaked thera in ice water twelve hours. This is
Mayonnaise Dressing
Two tablespoons sugar, two teaspoons flour, one teaspoon salt, pinch
of pepper and mustard; mix thoroughly, then break one egg into mixiure
and stir. Have one cup vinegar, weakened to suit the taste, boiling hot
water, pour this over all, put on stove and cook until thick. When ready
to use, take the required amount and thin with cream.
— Mrs. Harry Crow, Richmond, Ind.
Relish
Six red mangoes, four medium sized onions, pass through grinder pour
over boiling water twice, drain, heat two and one-sixth cups vinegar, one
cup sugar, one teaspoon salt, bring to boiling point, pour over mangoes and
bring to boiling point also. Will keep without canning,
— Mrs. Eftle Steele.
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Artificial Honey
One and one-half pints of water, let come to a boiling point, add one-
third ounce of pulveriztd aluoa, when dissolved add four pounds of white
sugar, boil three minutes then add two teaspoonfuls rose water.
— Cbas. Cummins.
Grape Honey
Pick grapes from stem, press until the juice covers them, put into a
thin muslin sack and let drip over night. Do not squeeze the sack. Take
three times the amount of the juice of sugar, place on stove and let boil
Pear Honey
Ten pears, five pounds sugar, three pints of water, make a syrup of
the sugar and water then add the grated pears. Boil s'owly until it drops
Cheese Balls
Mix one tablespoon of flour, one and one-half cups of mild grated
cheese, a quarter of a teaspoonful of salt, a dash of cayenne pepper. Beat
whites of three egcs very stiff into the dry mixture, shape into balls and
roll in cracker crumbs, then fry in deep fat and drain on brown paper.
— Mesdames A. S. Miller, Mary Cummins.
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Canned Pineapple
Quarter the pineapples and cut out the hard portion, then take a sharp
knife ami chip the pineapple out to the peeling. Have ready a thin syrup
and (irop the ciiipped pineapple in and cook until the syrup clears like
water. Have cans ready and seal. One medium sized pineapple will fill
Face Wash
Three pints of rain water, two ounces of salts, boil down to one pint,
add one- half teaspoouful rose water. Apply to face with hands, massage-
in^ until dry. tiettie Pickenpaugh.
Raspberry Punch
Juice of two lemons, juice of two oranges, juice from one quart can of
r:is!»i»('trie.s to o lO-half gallon of water, sweeten to suit taste.
— Cuba Ocker.
Baked Macaroni and Cheese
Cook macaroni in boiling salted water till tender, about twenty-five
minutes; drain, put in baking dish, nearly cover with milk, bring to a
boil on top of stove; season with salt, cayenne, mustard and a little butter,
sprinkle the top with grated cheese, and bake till brown, or cover macaroni
with white sauce, putting in laj'ers of cheese, cover with buttered crambs
and bake till brown. —Emma Smith
Grape Jelly
To one gallon of grapes after picking from the stems add one quart of
cider vinegar, one ounce of whole cloves, one ounce of cinnamon bark, boil
one-half hour, strain as for other jelly, boil twenty minutes then add six
Stuffed Tomatoes
Take a sufficient number of fresh or hothouse tomatoes?, remove the
seeds and skin and place on ice until ready to serve. Chop enough celery
to fill each tomato and mix with mayonnaise dressing. Serve on the deli-
cate white leaves of lettuce. — Mrs. Mary Albert.
Grape Honey
Squeeze juice from raw grapes, let juice stand until drugs settle to
bottom of vessel, then drain off. To three quarts of juice add eieht pounds
of sugar, and boil five minutes. — Tisa A.bsliire.
Macaroni Cutlets
One cup of macaroni, boil until tender and drain, one dip of milk,
one tablespoonful of butter, two tablespoonfuls of flour Boil until thick
then take from fire and add salt, pepper and macaroni, when cuol shape in
To Cure Meat
Three ounces of pulverized sallpeter, two quarts of silt, one pound of
brown sugar. Rub the meat with the mixture and let lay nine d:iys, then
repeat the process Wash and dry the meat, pepper, hang up and smoke.
For one hundred pounds.
XoTE— The amount of material required, as given in this receipt, is
for two applications and should be equally divided (or each application.
— Mrs id. C. Wise.
Orange Filling
Take the juice oi two oranges and grated riud of one, add a tablespoon
of cold water and half cup sugar, mix a dessert spoon of corn starch in
tablespoon of cold water, then stir in one egii yolk beaten tlioroughly, put
iu orange juice and sugar, grated rind of orange, let come to boiling point,
then pour the egg a'.d corn starch, cook smooth tlien add the beaten whites,
let cool before using. — Mrs. Lzora Jordon
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Lettuce Sandwiches
A leaf of lettuce and mayonnaise dressiuir between slices of buttered
bread. — Mrs. J. A. Painter.
Currants .
8 " 12
Cranberries 8 " 12
— Selected.
Preserving
Preserves require from three- fourths toone- half pound of su^ar to
each pound of and one-half cup of water to each pound sugar.
fruit, The
fruit should be simmered in the sjrup until tender, a little at a time;
skimmed out into the jirs; when all are done the syrup should be brought
to a boiling point, j.irs filled and sealed. Hard fruits like quinces should
be first steamed or cooked in boiling water till tender. — Selected
Maple Sandwiches
Whip to a stiff froth the white of one egg and add it to one-half cup
of shaved map'e sugar, then add one-fourth cupful of chopped walnut
meats, two tablespoonfuls of pulverized sugar and a teaspoonful of finely
chopped candied orange peel Spread iietweeu thin slices of bread and cut
into dainty shapes. — Mattie E. Craven.
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vessel to cool, pressing the pieces with a fork or spoon to extract all the
remaining fat. If the fat is well extracted the "cracklings'' may be thrown
away but if not they may be saved for greasing the griddle. If properly
cared for this fat will be as soft and white as lard and may be used in the
same way. Pie crust made from this is far sweeter and better than from
any other fat. The writer has used this for twenty years.
— Mrs. L E. Custer.
Deviled Cheese
One and one half cups grated cheese, two tablespoons olive oil, two
tablespoons vinegar, one teaspoon dry mustj^rd, one teaspoon Worcester-
shire sauce, salt and pepper to taste, crackers. Mix the cheese, mustard,
salt and pepper. Add the oil and beat until creamy, then mix in the vine-
gar and sauce. Spread on hot, toasted crackers, or spread on ordinary
crackers or toast, and heat for five minutes in a quick oven.
— Alice Brown.
Stuffed Tomato Salad
Six ripe tomatoes, one-half pint cream dressing, two cucumbers,
lettuce, salt and pepper. Scald the tomatoes so that
skins can be the
easily removed. Cut a from the top of each, and with a small spoon
slice
remove the seeds. Peel the cucumbers and cut them into dice, season
highly and mix with at least half the dressing. Fill the tomato cups with
this and pat another spoon of the dressing on top. Sprinkle a very little
finely chopped parsley over and serve on a bed of lettuce leaves.
— Ethel Loring.
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Spiced Pluips
One pint of vinegar, add three pounds sugar, one teaspuon each of
cloves, cinnamon and allspice, boil all together, have ready four quarts of
plums, repeat the boiling of liquor each day for nine dajs and pour over
the fruit hot, then seal. Sarah Whitworth. —
Pickled Ripe Olives
Cover two gallons of ripe olives with strong lye water, let stand two
weeks, or until the olives are no longer bitter; change lye water once in
that time. Drain off lye water, and cover with fresh water, changing every
day for one week. Drain again and cover with weak salt water for three
davs then put on a new weak brine to keep them in. Ready for use.
—a. H. Tomkins.
Grape Honey
Three quarts of grape juice, eight pounds of granulnicd sugar, mash
grapes and dtain and cook Cook as tuick as desired.
— Mrs. Miiitha Abahire.
a spoon or by the hand working fat and flour well together tiien ad(i about
one-third cup of waim water to make a soft dough. The dough should
work easily into a mass and free from the pan. Flour the board lightly
and roll thin. This will make one cohered or two open pies. Watch your
oven, do not let the crust brown too soon, it should putf up first.
— Mrs. L. E. Custer.
Marshmallow Frosting
Boil three-fourths of a cup of granulated sugar and one- fourth of a cup
of milk, without stirring, about six minutes, or until the syrup threads.
Cook and stir one-fourth a pound of marshmallows and two tablespoons of
water over boiling water, until the mixture is smooth. Combine the two
mixtures and beat until stiflf enough to spread, after flavoring with half a
teaspoon of vanilla extract. — Mayme Keller,
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Nut Bars
Two cupsflour, one cup coarsol,- chopped nuts, one-half cup sugar,
two tablespoons butter, one teaspoon Rumford baking powder, one-half cup
milk, one egg, pinch of salt. Sift flour, salt and baking powder into a
bowl; rub in the butter and add the nuts and sugar. Mix to a rather stifT
dough with the egg and milk, turn on to a floured board and roll out two-
thirds of an inch thick. Cut into bars of convenient size and fry in hot
fat until golden brown. —Ella M. Cash.
Chocolate Cookies
One cup butter, one cup sugar, one egg, well beaten, one-fourth
half
tea'spoon salt, two ounces chocolate, melted, two and one-half scant cups
flour, two level teaspoons Rumford baking powder, one- fourth cup milk.
Creara the butter, add sugar gradually, egg, salt, and chocolate. Beat
well and add flour and baking powder sifted together thoroughly, alternate-
ly with railk Chill, roll very thin, then shape with a small cutter first
dipped in flour, and bake in a hot oven. — Edna M. Fisher.
Pickle Meat
Seven pounds of salt, pounds of C sugar, two ounces of saltpeter,
five
seven gallons of water. Boil all together and skim, let get cold then put
over the meat; this is for one hundred pounds of meat
— Mrs. George Zollman.
B. H. KLIS G SON,
Pot Plants, Horal Work and Bulbs a specialty
Dreams
Place a layer of cheese between thin slices of bread and fry quickly in
butter until a delicate brown on both sides. Eat at once.
— Mrs. J. C. Daniels.
To Make Mush
Let the water boil, then sift meal sufficient to thicken the amount de-
sired, mix meal in cold water and stir into boiling water, keep stirriug un-
til thoroughly boiled then let boil one hour slowly.
—Mrs J. T Englerth
Cocoanut Salad
One- half cocoanut, grated, two apples, pared, cored, chopped, one cup
celery, chopped, two tablespoons onions, chopped, one tablespoon parsley,
coarsely chopped, three Chili peppers. Mix, cover with two measures
French dressing, chill, and serve in lettuce shells or in scooped out toma-
toes. — Chloe Farney.
Jams
Jams are usually made with small fruits or with chopped large fruits;
they are cooked with an equal weight of sugar till richand thick, then put
into tumblers or small jars and sealed. —Selected.
Grated rind and juice of one lemon, two eggs, one spoon butter, two
spoons boiling water, stir sugar and lemon together then add eggs butter
and water. —
Mrs. Maggie Painter.
Salted Almonds
Blanch half a pound of almonds by pouring over them one pint of
boiling water; let stand three minutes. Drain and cover with cold water.
Remove the skins and dry the almonds on a towel. Fry in hot fat, using
equal parts of butter and lard. Drain on brown paper and sprinkle with
salt. — Selected.
Pork Sausage
Take thirty-two pounds of ground meat, six tablespoonfuls of salt, six
tablespoonfuls of sage, twelve tablespoonfuls of pepper, and eight table-
spoonfuls of ground allspice. Mix thoroughly. — S. E. B.
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Cheese Straws
Roll paste oae-fourtli inch thick, sprinkle one- half with grated cheese,
to which has been added a few grains of salt and cayenne, fold, press edges
together, fold again, roll out one-fourth inch thick, sprinkle v?ith cheese
and proceed as before, repeat twice, cut in strips five inches long, one-
fourth inch wide, bake eight minutes in a hot oven. — Fl. J.
Plain Rarebit
One half pound cheese cut fine, two tablespoons butter, one- fourth
teaspoon salt, a few grains cayenne, one-half cup thin cream, two egg
yolks, twelve zephyrettes (crackers). Melt the butter, add the cheese, salt
and cayenne. When the cheese is nearly melted, add gradually the cream
and the egg yolks slightly beaten. Pour over the crackers.
—Mary T Thorhburg.
Peanut Cookies
One tablespoon butter, two tablespoons sugar, two tablespoons milk,
one egg, well beaten, one- half cup flour, one-half level teaspoon Rumford
baking powder, one-half teaspoon salt, one-half cup finely chopped peanuts.
Cream the butter, add the sugar, milk and egg. Sift together thoroughly
the flour, baking powder and salt, and add to the mixture, then add the
peanuts. Drop by teaspoonfuls on an unbuttered tin one-half inch apart;
place one-half peanut on each and bake in a slow oven.
Agnes L. —
Meringue
Whites of two eggs, two tables()ooul'uls of powdered sugar, a few
drops of lemon juice or vanilla. Beat the whites till stiff, add sugar grad-
uall}-, continue beating, add flavoring and spread on the pie, bake in a slow
oven fifteen minutes. If cooked quickly and too long the meringue is
tough. —Selected.
Jellies
Use equal parts of f.ugar and drained fruit juice. Mash and heat
berries till juice runs readil}', then turn into bags of unbleached muslin or
two thicknesses of cheese cloth and let drip. Measure juice and sugar.
Boil juice twenty minutes. Have sugar in shallow pan, heat through in
open oven. Add to boiling juice, boil up once, take off fire and put into
tumblers. Fruit like apples and quinces should be chopped and covered
with water, then simmered till tender before turning into jelly- bags.
— Selected.
N. S. Good,
Honey CreeK, Ind.
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Spiced Fruits
These are also called sweet pickled fruits. For four pounds prepared
fruit allow one pint vinegar, two pounds brown sugar, one-half cup whole
spices — cloves, a,llspice, stick cinnamon and cassia-buds. Tie spices in
thin muslin bag, boil ten minutes with vinegar and sugar. Skim, add
fruit, cook till tender. Boil down syrup, pour over fruit in jars, and seal.
If put in stone pots, boil syrup three successive mornings and pour over
fruit. Currants, peaches, grapes, peart), and berries may be prepared in
this way, also ripe cucumbers, muskmelons, and watermelons.
— Selected.
To Broil Fish
Clean, wash and wipe dry. Split so that when laid flat the backbone
will be in middle, or take the backbone out.and lay,
Sprinkle with salt
inside down, upon a buttered gridiron over a clear fire until it is nicely
colored, then turn. When done, put upon a hot dish, butter plentifully,
and pepper. Put a hot cover over it and send to table. Selected. —
Creamed Fish
Steam two pounds removing bones and skin.
codfish, break in flakes,
Make one Meat and Fish Sauces ) Grease a hah iug
pint of white 8auce(see
dish, fill with alternate layers of fish and sauce, seasoning with sjit, pepper,
chopped parsley, and lemon juice or a few drops of vinegar. Mix to-
gether one cup dry bread crumbs and three tablespoons melted butter;
spread over top and brown in quick oven. This may be varied by using
tomato, bechamel, curry, or any other sauce, or by adding grated cheese or
sliced hard-boiled eggs to the white sauce; by baking in shells or patty-
pins in place of the deep dish or by covering with mashed potato or biscut
crust instead of crumbs. — Selected.
Broiled Salt Mackerel
Freshen by soaking it over night in water, taking care that the skin
lies uppermost. In the morning dry it without breaking, cut off the head
and tip of the tail, place it between the bars of a buttered fish gridiron,
and broil to a light brown; lay it on a hot dish, and dress with a little
Apple Snow
Core, quarter, and steam three large, sour apples.
Rub through sieve,
cool;whip whites of three eggs to very stiff froth with one-half cup
powdered sugar, gradual!}^ add apple, and whip long time till white and
stiff. Pile in dish, garnish with dots ot currant jelly. — Selected.
Pigs in Blanket
Drain any number of oysters required and throw them into cold water
f(jr a moment, then drain again. Wipe each oyster carefully on a soft
linen cloth; slice some bacon as thin as possible, allowing a slice for each
oyster. Place a slice of bacon on the palm of the hand, put an oyster on
it and fold the bacon in such a way that the ends come together; then run
an ordinary wooden toothpick through both the bacon and oyster. Place a
tew at a time in ti, hot skillet, brown lirst on one &ide and then on the other.
Serve hot. — Selected.
Spiced Cherries
Seed cberries and let stand over night in cold water to toughen. To
each gallon of the seeded fruit, use three piuts sugar and one pint vinegar,
heat and pour over. Pour off the liquid and re-heat each morning for nine
mornings. Put spices in a bag, and heat with fruit on last four mornings.
Seal, — Mrs. 0. D. Sanders.
A New Sandwich
One-half cupful scalded milk, one-half cupful of boiling water, one-
half tablespoonful of lard, one-half tablespoonful of butter, two table-
spoonfuls of molasses, three-fourths of a teaspoonful of salt, one half a
yeast cake dissolved in two tablespoonfuls of lukewarm water, one- half
cupful of white flour and enough entire wheat flour to kne£.d, and one cup-
ful of English walnut or pecan nut meats broken in pieces. The result is
more satisfactory if the nut meats are added while kneading after the flrst
raising. When this bread is twenty- four hours old, slice as thin as possi-
ble, spread sparingly and evenly with creaoied butter, and put orange
marmalade between slices. Remove crusts, cut in triangles or any desired
shapes, and garnish with halves of nut meats, which need a bit of butter on
their under surfaces, to keep them in place To keep moist, pack the
same as other sandwiches. If orange marmalade is not {)rocurable, make
the sandwiches without it, and even then you will have a delicious novelt}'.
— Selected,
An Original Chicken Dressing
Have one-quarter cup and let boil; stir in sifted
of lard in a skillet
corn- meal as long as there is enough lard to keep it from burning, then
break up stale biscuit and add to this. Add broth from the chicken suf-
ficient to moisten the mixture; break in two eggs. Let cool sufficiently to
bear hands in it, work out in balls, and have ready one-quarter cup of
butter in the skillet boiling hot. Put in the dressing and fry brown on
both sides, then sprinkle flour in the butter while the dressing still remaius
in the skillet and pour in chicken broth till enough gravy made to
is
cover the dressing. Use salt and pepper to taste. This is much better
thau baking the dressing iu the chicken, as it dries out in the baking. The
fowl is placed in the platter and the dressing put around it.
potatoes and mash them; mix fish and potatoes together while potatoes are
hot. taking two-thirds potatoes. —Selected,
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Broiled Halibut
Slices of halibut, salt, pepper, butter. Cut the slices of fish about an
inch thick, season with pepper and salt, and lay them in melted butter one-
half hour, allowing 3 tablespoons of butter to a pound of fish, then roll
them in flour, and broil abuut twenty minutes. Serve very hot.
— Selected.
J. W. Cassadap
Middletown, Ind.
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Cake Baking .
When baking a delicate white cake, set a vessel of watei' in the oven,
it will keep it from browning too brov^n.
Cover with corn meal, let stand for four or five days, shake out, hang
in the wind, they will look like new.
Croup
Cover the throat and chest well with a cloth wrung out of cold water,
then wrap the child in a blanket and keep warm, relief will come in a few
minutes. Powdered alum, one fourth teaspoonful in white of egg is very
good as it will cause the phlegm to be thrown up.
Iron Rust
Get one-half ounce of oxalic acid in small pieces, in vial and keep
corked, when needed dissolve one-half teaspoonful with two or three table-
spoonfuls of boiling water, and dip the spot into it or wet with rag; as soon
as the rust is bleached out, wash the article right out in clean water to keep
acid from injuring the goods. Applications of lemon juice and salt is
good, laying the goods out in the sun, or holding over the spout of a boil-
ing tea-kettle
Mildew, to Remove
Cover the spot with soap and salt, that has been mixed and wet just
enougii to spread, hiy out on the grass over night, if not removed, repeat
the process, a sure thing.
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To Peel Oranges
If you
pour scalding water over oranges and let them stand five
will
of wax or stain remains, put a piece of blotting paper over the place and
press with a hot iron. — Mrs. H. H.
Cough Syrup
Juice of six lemons, one pound of strained honey, one ounce glycerine,
one quart whiskey, mix, bottle, and take one tablespoonful three times a
day. — S. P. Ledgerwood.
ble, immerse the burned part in kerosene for ten or fifteen minutes; if not,
cover it closely for some time with a cotton cloth saturated with kerosene,
and you will be surprised how soon the soreness will leave, never to return.
--M. S. Van P.
remove all dark stains, such as those from coal, soot, etc. After cleaning,
wipe the lemon off the shoes, let dry, and then polish with the usual
polish. The bright, new appearance of the shoes is very gratifying.
—Mrs. F. H. P.
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Fruit Stains
Pour boiling water through the article which has been stained before it
Bruises
Cover with butter as soon as possible, will prevent the bruised part
from coloring.
water.
Soot
"If soot falls on the carpet lay a paper near it and fan the soot onto it,
if the least particle remains cover with bran or meal and brush up, then
rub with dry cloth.
Washing Windows
Use a lablespoonful of kerosene (instead of soap) to a gallon of water
and see how the windows sparkle.
To Clean Clothing
To clean a skirt or pair of pants, pour one gallon of gasoline into a
vessel and dip the garment up and down, examine and if needed rub the
sailed places gently, hang up to the clothes line and let drip, do not wring,
it will not injure or shrink the finest fabric or most dainty color, — do not
attempt this work in the house as it is positively dangerous.
— Mrs. J. H. Painter.
For removing egg stains from silver, salt applied with a soft cloth will
act like magic.
If salt is rubbed on fruit stains when they are fresh all trace of them
will disappear in the washing.
A pinch of salt added to the whites of eggs will cause them to whip in
half the time usually required.
A pinch of salt added to ground coffee just before the cooking ac-
centuates the natural flavor of the berry and gives "body" to the drink.
•
Greens used for palads should be thoroughly rinsed in salt water to
dislodge possible insects or their eggs too small to be seen by the naked
eye when picking over the greens.
Sprinkle salt over a dingy carpet before sweeping and the transforma-
tion wrought will convince the most skeptical of the value of salt as a
cleanser all along the line.
Renovating Soap
Good from clothing, grease from coat collars, etc.
for cleaning spots
Ivory soap one fourth pound, alcohol one ounce, beef gall two ounces, salt-
peter one-fourth ounce, borax one-fourth ounce, sulphuric ether one-fourth
ounce, spirits of turpentine one- fourth ounce, camphor gum three drams,
pipe clay one dram, common salt one small te^spoonful. Mix the pipe
clay into beefs gall, the camphor into the alcohol, pulverize, saltpeter and
borax, after two or three hours, slice the soap into a porcelain kettle, with
the gall mixture and place over a slow fire, stirring until melted, remove
from fire, add all the other ingredients, stir until mixed, put into a glass
fruit jar, as it soon hardens, keep lid screwed on tight as it loses strength
by evaporation; keep in a dark closet as light injures it. To use, take out
sible by dipping an old brush or cloth in the hot liquid and rubbing the
soiled spots, dry quickly.
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Preserve Flowers
To preserve flowers in water, mix a little carbonate of soda in the
water, and it will keep the flowers a fortnight.
Table of Measutes
Two saltspoons make one coffeespoon.
Two cotfeespoons make one teaspoon.
Four teaspoons (liquid) make one tablespoon.
Three teaspoons (dry) make one tablespoon.
Four tablespoons (liquid) make one wineglass.
Two wineglasses make one gill.
Two gills (^ pint) make one eup.
Two cups make one pint.
Four cups make one quart.'
One cup butter (solid) makes onehulf pound.
One cup granulated sugar makes one half pound.
One round tablespoon butter makes one ounce.
A dash of pepper is quarter of a saltspoon.
Arsenic, Rat Poison, Paris Green. — Milk, raw eggs, sweet oil, lime
water, flour and water.
Bug Poison, Lead, Saltpetre, Corrosive Sublimate, Sugar of Lead,
—
Blue Vitriol. Whites of eggs, or milk in large doses.
Chloroform, Chloral, Ether. —
Dash cold water on head and chest.
Artificial respiration.
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In Case of an Accident
Immediately send for a physician, while waiting for him proceed as
follows:
Drowning — Loosen clothing. 2 Place patient face down with liead
patient's head making the forearms touch ground. 8 Push the arms for-
ward, cross them over the lower part of the chest and press firmly. 9 Re-
peat these movements eighteen times a minute. 12 Every two minutes
turn patient on face and press firmly on back and sides of chest to expel
water. ) Others should replace wet clotlies with dry ones and make ij^t
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Ues of Lemons
Lemon jniee and salt will remove iron rust.
Gargle a bad sore throat with a strong solution cf lemon juice and
water.
A hot lemonade, taken before going to bed, will cure a coid on the
lungs.
To keep lemons fresh a long time, invert over them a glass dish that
flts closely.
A cloth satui'ated in lemon juice and bound about a cut or wound will
stop its bleeding
Ijemon juice is much nicer for salads than vinegar. This is especially
true of fruit salads.
Lemon juice mixeil very thick with sugar will relieve that ticklintr
cough that is so annoying.
For hoarseness, beat up the white of an egg, flavor with lemon and
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Lemon juice added to fruit juices that do not jell readily, such as
cherry, strawberries, etc., will cause them to jell.
Lemon Extract — Let stand the rind of four grated lemons in half a
pint of alcohol for about three weeks. Drain off the fluid, bottle and cork,
and you have a finer extract tkan you can buy at the stores.
Things to Remember.
To prevent salt from becoming damp or hardening in the shaker place
a few grains of rice in shaker when filling.
To keep the flies on the screen door from coming inside rub the door
with kerosene; the flies do not like the odor. A cloth saturated with kero-
Delicate blues and pinks can be laundered without fading, in the fol-
lowing way: One teaspoontul of turpentine put into half a gallon of water.
Wet the goods in this and hang in the shade to dry.
An easy and convenient way to remove the silk from sweet corn is to
If any member of the family is very sick at the stomach, beat up the
white of an egg and let him swallow it. It acts like a charm.
with a bandage can be relied upon to effect a speedy and inexpensive cure.
It has never failed to cure when even the services of a physician were
Rice has a finer flavor if washed in hot wa'oer instead of c^ld, before
cooking.
The smaller a roast of meat, the hotter should be the oven at first, that
Bread should never be covered with a cloth when taken from the oven,
but laid on the side and allowed to become perfectly cold; then keep in a
closely covered tin box, without any wrappings.
A spoonful of vinegar put into the water in which meats or fowls are
boiled makes them tender.
When corks swell and are two large for a bottle throw them for a fi-w
The best way to freshen home made bread so that it is as good as new
is to dip the loaf in cold water, put it in a pan and bake it until it is heati'd
through. Then wrap in a damp cloth, and when cold it is as good as when
first baked.
A good bath for tired, swollen feet is to bathe the feet in a bath with
alum, one ounce; rock salt, two ounces; borax, two ounces; using one tea-
spoonful to each quart of water. Bathe the feet in this water every niglit
for a week.
A little vinegar kept boiling on the stove while onions or cabbage are
being cooked will prevent the disagreeable odor going through the house,
or a small pinch of carbonate of soda in the water preserves the color of
vegetables and lessens the unpleasant odor of cabbage and onions when
cooking
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sputters and fizzles, do not be anxious. Some do this until they are quite
done. Add a little sugar in the form of what confectioners call kisses, but
no vinegar or popper in any account A little spice will improve him, but
it must be used with judgment. Do not stick any sharp instruments into
him to see if he is becoming tender. Stir gently, watching the while lest
he lie too flat. and too close to the kettle, and so become flabby.
If thus treated you will find him digestible, agreeing nicely with you
and the children. He will keep as long as you like, unless you become
careless and set him in too cold a place.
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Luncteon
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Reception
Coffee
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Thanksgiving- Dinner
Tea Coflfee
Christmas Dinner
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Wedding Breakfast
Wedding Luncheon
Banana Ice
lirown Bread and Butter Strips
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