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My Pet Recipes, Tried and True



"We may live without poetry, music and art; We may live without conscience, and live without heart; We may live without friends; we may live without books; But civilized man cannot live without cooks". - Owen Meredith.

TitleMy Pet Recipes, Tried and True
AuthorLadies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec
PublisherDaily Telegraph
Year1900
Copyright1900, Daily Telegraph
AmazonDr. Pitcairn's New Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats
-Rhymes To Remember.
Always have lobster sauce with salmon,And put mint sauce your roasted lamb on. In dressing salad mind this law With two hard yolks use one raw.Roast pork, sans apple sauce, past doubtIs Hamlet with t...
-Soup
The best soups are made with a blending of many flavors. Don't be afraid of experimenting with them. Where you make one mistake you will be surprised to find the number of successful varieties you ca...
-Soup. Continued
Kidney Soup One ox kidney, one quart second stock or water, one tablespoon Hardy sauce, one tablespoon mushroom ketchup, one ounce butter, one ounce rice flour, pepper, salt and cayenne. Wash and dry...
-Fish
Now good digestion wait on appetite, And health on both. - Macbeth. Rule For Selecting Fish If the gills are red, the eyes full, and the whole fish firm and stiff, they are fresh and good; if on t...
-Oysters
Famous Oyster Pie One cup melted butter is put in a lined saucepan, and three tablespoons of flour which are rubbed well into the butter, one half teaspoon of mace, a little pepper and salt. The juic...
-Meats
To make beefsteak tender, rub a pinch of baking soda on each side of the steak about an hour before cooking and roll it up on itself in the meantime. A very small pinch of brown sugar used in the same...
-Game
Accompaniments. - With wild ducks, cucumber sauce, currant jelly or cranberry sauce. Roast Duck With Apples Pluck and singe a duck, draw it without breaking the intestines, wipe it with a wet towel ...
-Vegetables
Cheerful cooks make every dish a feast. - Massinger. Always have the water boiling when you put your vegetables in, and keep it constantly boiling until they are done. Cook each kind by itself when...
-Potatoes
Stirred Potatoes With Eggs Eight cold boiled potatoes chopped fine. Put into the saucepan a piece of butter the size of an egg. When it melts stir in the potatoes, stirring them till brown, then pour...
-Entrees And Meats Rechauffe
Beef Croquettes Two cups beef (minced fine), one cup stock, two pounds flour, one pound butter, one teaspoon lemon juice or vinegar, ditto of onion and salt, one half teaspoon pepper, two eggs, bread...
-Salads And Salad Dressing
To make a perfect salad, there should be a spendthrift for oil, a miser for vinegar, a wise man for salt, and a madcap to stir the ingredients up, and mix them well together. - Spanish Proverb. App...
-Eggs
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men Could not set Humpty Dumpty back again. - Mother Goose. Try the freshness of eggs by puttin...
-Cheese Dishes
Cheese Straws Mix one cupful of any good cheese grated with one cupful of flour, one half saltspoonful of salt, a pinch of cayenne pepper and butter the size of an egg. Add enough cold water to enabl...
-Pies
Who dare deny the truth, there's poetry in pie. - Longfellow. Ingenuity, good judgment and great care should be used in making all kinds of pastry. Use very cold water, and just as little as possi...
-Puddings
The proof of the pudding lies in the eating. Almond Pudding One pint of milk, two eggs, two heaping tablespoons of maple sugar, one heaping tablespoon of cornstarch, flavor with almond; cook milk,...
-Puddings. Continued
When cold and stiff cut the pudding into parallelograms, about three inches long and two inches wide: roll them carefully, first in sifted cracker crumbs then in eggs (slightly beaten and sweetened) t...
-Desserts
Custards for supper and an endless host of other such lady-like luxuries. - Shelley. Orange Float One quart of water, the juice and pulp of two lemons, one coffee cup of sugar. When boiling add fo...
-Desserts. Part 2
Easy Ice Cream One pint of cream, half a pint of milk, teacupful of sugar, two eggs beaten separately, the whites being added last, a teaspoonful of vanilla extract. Stir thoroughly but do not cook, ...
-Desserts. Part 3
Scripture Cake One cup butter Judges V. 25 Four cups flour I. Kings IV. 22 Three cups sugar Jeremiah VI. 20 Two cups raisins I. Samuel XXX. 12 Two cups figs I. Samuel XXX. 12 One cup wate...
-Icings For Cakes
Apple Filling For Cake One apple grated, one cup of sugar, one teaspoonful of vanilla, the white of one egg beaten stiff. Chocolate Frosting White of one egg, eight tablespoons powdered sugar, one ...
-Gingerbread And Small Cakes
Gingerbread Three fourths pound of butter, two cups of milk, five cups of flour, two cups of molasses, two cups of sugar, five eggs, four tablespoons of ginger. Mix butter and sugar together. Mix the...
-Confections
Sweet meats, messengers of strong prevailment in an unhardened youth. - Shakespeare. Salted Almonds Blanch, put into a baking pan, and to each pound allow a tablespoonful of butter, stand them in ...
-Pickles
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. - Mother Goose. Canadian Tomato Chutney. (Splendid.) One peck green tomatoes, twelve large red onions, one large cauliflower, two heads celery, two he...
-Preserves
Will't please your honor taste of these conserves. - Shakespeare. Canning Fruit To can strawberries, raspberries or plums: to each pound of sugar add one half pint of water, boil till you have a r...
-Beverages
Boston Cream. (A Summer Drink) Make a syrup of four pounds of white sugar, with four quarts of water; boil; when cold add four ounces of tartaric acid, one and one half ounce of essence of lemon, and...
-Cooking For The Sick
Nourishing Cream For Convalescents Beat the yolks of four eggs, three tablespoonfuls of sugar, and the rind (grated lightly), and juice of an orange, or lemon. Add a teaspoonful of powdered sugar to ...
-Bread, Buns, Fritters
Boston Brown Bread One cup Graham flour, one cup corn meal, one cup wheat flour, one large cup raisins, one teaspoon baking soda, one half cup warm water, one pinch of salt. Steam four hours: nice sl...







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