Hanover Cook Book
Compiled And Published By Committee Of Ladies From The Library Association
| Title | Hanover Cook Book |
| Author | The Library Association |
| Publisher | The Library Association |
| Year | 1922 |
| Copyright | 1922, Hanover Library Association |
| Amazon | The Hanover Cook Book |
Hanover Cook Book
Third Edition Revised And Enlarged
Favorite Recipes
Compiled And Published By Committee Of Ladies From The Library Association
Hanover, Pennsylvania
Committee Of Arrangements.
*Mrs. W. W. Hafer. Mrs. C. E. Moul. Mrs. H. S. Ehrhart. Mrs. Walter W. Shultz. Mrs. G. D. Gitt. Mrs. C. P. Wolcott. *Deceased.
Copyrighted
December 1922
Hanover Library Association
Anthony Printing Company Hanover
Soups- Soup Stock Beef is the best meat for making good stock, as it contains the most nourishment. A shank bone should be well cracked (that the marrow may be ex-tracted). Put on to cook in cold water, all...
- Soups. Part 2
- Clam Chowder Twenty-five clams, chopped; four large raw po-tatoes, blocked; one onion, cut fine; one can of to-mato soup or four fresh tomatoes; four hard boiled eggs, blocked; one-fourth pound of bu...
- Soups. Part 3
- Tomato Soup Without Stock Stew together for ten minutes one can tomatoes, one pint water, one teaspoonful salt, one tablespoon-ful sugar, five cloves, one-half teaspoonful pepper, one tablespoonful o...
- Soups. Part 4
- Potato Puree Three cups mashed potatoes, one small onion, two large tablespoonfuls butter rolled in one of flour, two quarts boiling water, two eggs, two stalks celery, salt and pepper. Put potatoes,...
- Soups. Part 5
- Oyster Soup One quart oysters (put through grinder). Boil for a few minutes. Salt and pepper to taste. Add one tablespoonful flour worked in a good sized lump of butter. Add milk or cream until thick...
- Fish
- Boil Halibut and Salmon........per pound, 15 minutes Bluefish and Bass..........per pound, 10 minutes Cod and Haddock..........per pound, 8 minutes Bake Halibut, salmon, bass, bluefish, shad, e...
- Fish. Part 2
- Fish Croquettes Cream two tablespoonfuls of flour and two table-spoonfuls of butter; put one cup of milk into double boiler, when at boiling point add the flour and but-ter; stir until smooth and thi...
- Fish. Part 3
- Deviled Salmon Take either canned or fresh boiled salmon and pick it apart. Put one tablespoonful butter and one table-spoonful flour in a saucepan and mix. Add one-half pint milk, stir until boiling...
- Fish. Part 4
- Soft Shell Crabs Wash the crabs, remove the lungs from both sides and dip in milk, then roll in flour and fry in plenty of very hot frying fat, when of a fine color, drain and dress on a folded napki...
- Oysters
- Oysters are not good unless they close firmly on the knife when being opened. They should never be plunged in hot water to increase their size. Oysters in the shell may be kept, at least, a month by ...
- Oysters. Continued
- Escalloped Oysters Boil macaroni until soft, put a layer in a baking dish, cover with oysters, little pepper, salt and butter, then another layer of macaroni, then a layer of oysters, until dish is f...
- Sauces
- Dressing For One Fish Into four tablespoonfuls melted butter rub two large tablespoonfuls flour to smooth paste. Add one cup fresh stewed tomatoes, or half can tomatoes, one tablespoonful Worcestersh...
- Meats Roasting Or Baking Time
- Beef, ribs or sirloin,rare...................... per pound 10 minutes well done .......... 12 boned and rolled 12 Round of beef ...
- Meats
- To Clean And Truss Poultry Select plump fowl. Pick, singe and remove all yellow skin by dipping fowl in very hot water. Scrape with dull knife so as not to break skin. Re-move neck by drawing skin do...
- Meats. Part 2
- Jellied Chicken Boil chicken until very tender, remove the meat from the bones, boil the broth until there is about one-half cup, season well with salt and pepper. Put three slices of hard boiled egg...
- Meats. Part 3
- To Roast A Duck Pick, singe and draw a duck. Wash thoroughly inside and outside. Lay in water with a little salt, about half an hour. Filling Break into small pieces one medium sized baker's loaf...
- Meats. Part 4
- Fried Rabbit Skin, draw, remove head and feet, and wash well the rabbit. Soak in strong salt-water 1 hour or longer according to the age of the rabbit. Then wash well again. Parboil in salt-water unt...
- Meats. Part 5
- Chicken Croquettes 1 boiled chicken, 1 cup of bread crumbs, 2 oz. of melted butter, 2 oz. of flour, 1 cup of water in which the meat was boiled, 1/2 cup of cream, 2 eggs, pepper, salt, onion, and par...
- Meats. Part 6
- Veal Loaf 3 lbs. of raw veal, butter the size of an egg, 8 crackers, 1 nutmeg, a tablespoonful of pepper, 1 of salt, 2 eggs. The veal is chopped fine, the whole mixed well, made into a loaf and baked...
- Meats. Part 7
- Baked Ham In Old Virginia Style Choose a fine large well cured ham and rub it thoroughly with a rough towel; wash, and let it soak in cold water over night. In the morning place the ham in a boiler o...
- Meats. Part 8
- Chili Con-Carnie 2 lbs. beef, boil until tender, cut in dice, 1 large can tomatoes, 2 large tablespoonfuls flour. 1 onion fried in butter, 2 teaspoonfuls chili powder, salt to taste,, add a little bi...
- Meats. Part 9
- Mock Duck Round or flank steak, chopped onion, bread crumbs, salt, pepper, and sage. Place on the round or flank steak a filling of bread crumbs, seasoned with salt, pepper, chopped onion, butter, (o...
- Meats. Part 10
- Beef Loaf 2 lbs. of beef chopped fine, 1 egg, a small onion, 1 cup of bread crumbs or crackers rolled fine, 1/2 cup of sweet milk or cream, salt and pepper to taste, 1 tablespoonful chopped parsley, ...
- Eggs
- To Preserve Eggs 1 lb. of water glass to 1 gal. of water. Stir several times each day for several days, then add eggs. To Preserve Eggs Grease each egg with lard and stand on point and cover with...
- Eggs. Continued
- Oyster Omelet Beat 6 eggs to a light froth, add 1/2 cup of cream, salt, and pepper. Pour into a frying pan with 1 tablespoonful of butter and drop in a dozen large oysters. Fry a light brown. Double ...
- Fruits, Etc
- Apple Fritters 1 pint flour, 1 teaspoonful baking powder, 1 egg, little salt, milk enough to make batter about consis-tency of thick cream. Core, pare and slice apples, dip in batter and fry in hot l...
- Vegetables
- Young peas, canned tomatoes, green corn, aspar-agus, spinach, Brussels sprouts - 15 to 20 minutes. Rice, potatoes, macaroni, summer squash, celery, cauliflower, young cabbage, peas - 20 to 30 minutes...
- Potatoes
- Peel very thinly as the best part of the potato is nearest the skin. The great point in cooking potatoes is to serve them as soon as they are done. When boiled, baked, fried or stewed, they are render...
- Potatoes. Continued
- Potato Croquettes 1 1/2 cups cold mashed potatoes, 1 tablespoonful butter, 1/4 teaspoonful salt, dash of cayenne pepper and celery salt. Mix thoroughly and add | tea-spoonful minced onion, 1 teaspoon...
- Corn
- Corn Pudding 1 doz. small ears corn, 1 tablespoonful sugar, small cup milk, and a little salt. After putting in oven stir several times until it begins to get thick, or it will not bake in the middle...
- Onions
- Creamed Onions Remove skins, slice onions; cook until tender and drain. Pour over the onions a sauce made of 1 cup sweet milk, 1 tablespoonful of flour mixed with salt and pepper to taste. E. F. H. ...
- Beans
- Escalloped Beans And Corn Break and cook 2 quarts green beans. Cook until tender in salt water in which 2 tablespoonfuls of pork drippings had been added. Take 1 quart of green corn, cut from the cob...
- Beets
- Beets With Dressing Boil about 4 beets until soft. Place in cold water and remove the skins, then cut into squares. Make a dressing by placing on the fire a cup of vinegar, half a cup of sugar, half ...
- Tomatoes
- Fried Tomatoes Slice tomatoes, roll first in egg, then in bread crumbs, fry in butter and lard mixed. Mary Zinn. Scalloped Tomatoes Skin the tomatoes, cut in pieces, put a layer of tomatoes with...
- Cabbage
- Creamed Cabbage Take a small head of cabbage, remove hard core, boil whole until tender. Serve with cream dressing. Mary Zinn. Stuffed Cabbage - The Texas Favorite. Select a good sound head a ...
- Cucumbers
- Fried Cucumbers Pare and slice well grown green cucumbers 1/4 in. thick. Let soak in salt water 1 hr. or more, drain, wipe dry, and dip each slice into beaten egg, then into grated bread crumbs, and ...
- Spinach
- Spinach Cook in boiling water 5 minutes. Pour off the water and boil 1/2 hour in salted water. Cut up bread into cubes and fry in butter. Drain the spinach, put into the pan with browned bread cubes ...
- Peppers
- Stuffed Peppers Cut stems from sweet peppers, also top, large ones preferred, remove the seeds, fill them with ground meat, either cooked or uncooked, season to taste, cover the bottom of a deep pan ...
- Cheese
- Cheese Toast. A Tasty Breakfast Cut 4 slices of bread, 4 inches square. Add a little salt, and 4 tablespoonfuls of milk to 2 well beaten eggs, 1 egg will do. Dip each slice of bread in the mixture an...
- Rice
- Rice Croquettes With Orange Sauce Take 1 cup of rice, scald it; bring it to a boil and boil 10 minutes, then add 1 quart of milk and cook in a double boiler until the rice has absorbed the milk, add ...
- Noodles
- Virginia Noodles The required quantity of noodles boiled and drained. Put into a baking dish a layer of noodles, then a layer of grated cheese, and a sprinkling of salt and pepper, then another lay o...
- Salads And Dressings
- Mayonnaise Dressing Without Oil 1 teaspoonful ground mustard, 2 tablespoonfuls sugar, 2 eggs, 3/4 cup of vinegar, butter size of walnut. Moisten mustard with warm water, add sugar, butter and beaten ...
- Salads And Dressings. Part 2
- Salmon Salad 1 can of salmon, picked fine, 3 sweet pickles, and 3 hard boiled eggs chopped fine, 4 crackers rolled fine. Mix all together. Dressing 1/2 cup of vinegar, 1 beaten egg, 2 teaspoonfuls ...
- Salads And Dressings. Part 3
- Cabbage Salad Shave a hard white head of cabbage into small strips, take the yolks of 3 well beaten eggs, 1 1/2 cups of good cider vinegar, 2 teaspoonfuls of thick cream, 1 teaspoonful of mustard mix...
- Salads And Dressings. Part 4
- Tomato Aspic Soak 1 box gelatine in 1 pt. cold water 2 minutes, add 2 pints tomato juice, heated. Season with salt and pepper. Put into molds. Serve on lettuce leaves. Mrs. Geo. D. Gitt. Tomato, C...
- Salads And Dressings. Part 5
- Banana Salad Cut bananas into three parts, dip into mayonnaise, and roll in ground nuts. Mrs. Frank Bussom. Pineapple Salad Halves of Hawaiian pineapples on lettuce leaves. Pour over them French...
- Pickles, Etc
- Sweet Pickle For All Kinds Of Fruit First pare the fruit and drop in a pan of water. For each 7 pounds of fruit prepare a syrup from 3 pounds granulated sugar and 1 pint of good vinegar. Boil the fru...
- Pickles, Etc. Part 2
- Chow-Chow 6 large white onions, 6 large sweet peppers, red and green, 1 head of cabbage, 1/2 peck green tomatoes, 2 doz. medium sized cucumbers, 1 bunch celery, 1 head of cauliflower, 1 pint small on...
- Pickles, Etc. Part 3
- Virginia Cabbage Pickle 3 large heads of cabbage cut very fine, 6 red pep-pers, 1 tablespoonful celery seed, 1 tablespoonful white mustard, 1 1/2 tablespoonfuls mixed spices, 1 tablespoonful tumeric,...
- Pickles, Etc. Part 4
- Cucumber Chow-Chow 1 doz. large cucumbers, 4 large onions, and 1 small sharp pepper, cut fine, and lightly salted over night. In the morning squeeze out, add 1 small bunch of celery cut fine, some ce...
- Pickles, Etc. Part 5
- Tomato Catsup 1/2 bushel ripe tomatoes, cut up, and boil a little, pass through a fine wire sieve. Boil four hours, stir frequently; just before taking off the fire, add 1 qt. cider vinegar, 5 teaspo...
- Pickles, Etc. Part 6
- Sweet Watermelon Pickle Cut the rind into small pieces and soak it for three or four hours, then weigh it and to 5 pounds of it allow 3 pounds of granulated sugar and 3 pints of vinegar. Put the suga...
- Bread, Rolls, SandWiches, Etc
- Bread, baked ...........45 minutes Bread, large loaves ......60 minutes Biscuits and small cakes 15 to 20 minutes To Cut Hot Bread Use a knife greased with butter. To Cut Butter When cutting...
- Bread, Rolls, SandWiches, Etc. Part 2
- Steamed Boston Brown Bread 2 cups of yellow corn meal, 2 cups of graham flour, 3 cups of sour milk in which has been dissolved 3 even teaspoonfuls of soda, 1 cup of molasses, 1 teaspoonful of salt. F...
- Bread, Rolls, SandWiches, Etc. Part 3
- Parker House Rolls 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 2 tablespoonfuls butter, 1/2 teaspoonful salt, 2 table-spoonsful sugar, two-third cup milk. Mix flour, sugar, salt and baking powder, wo...
- Bread, Rolls, SandWiches, Etc. Part 4
- Lebanon Rusks Take a teacup of mashed potatoes, then almost a cup of sugar, 1 cup yeast, 3 eggs beaten separately. Stir together and let rise till noon. Then add a half cup of butter and lard mixed, ...
- Bread, Rolls, SandWiches, Etc. Part 5
- Potato Rolls 1 cup of potatoes cut into small pieces, and cook until soft, mash fine, and add 1 cake of Fleischman's yeast, dissolved in 1 cup of warm water, and 1 cup of flour. Set this mixture in a...
- Bread, Rolls, SandWiches, Etc. Part 6
- Drop Biscuit 3 cups of flour, 2 scant teaspoonfuls of baking powder, butter and lard the size of a walnut, 1/2 tea-spoonful salt, milk to soften. Bake in muffin pans. Mrs. L. H. Hoffacker. Cream ...
- Bread, Rolls, SandWiches, Etc. Part 7
- Green Corn Pone One-half doz. ears corn, 1 pt. corn meal, 1 cup sweet milk, 2 eggs, well beaten, 1/2 teaspoonful soda; a pinch of salt. Mrs. H. M. Rudisill. Corn Pone 2 cups thick milk, 2 eggs, 2...
- Bread, Rolls, SandWiches, Etc. Part 8
- Cinnamon Cake 1 cup of white sugar, 2 eggs, leaving out the white of one, 2 tablespoonfuls of melted butter, 1 cup of sweet milk, 3 cups of flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Spread top of cake ...
- Waffles And Muffins
- 4 saltspoonfuls .........equal 1 teaspoonful 4 teaspoonfuls.......... equal 1 tablespoonful 2 teaspoonfuls ..........equal 1 dessertspoonful 2 dessertspoonfuls........equal 1 tablespoonful 8 table...
- Waffles And Muffins. Part 2
- Flannel Cakes 3 cups flour, 1 qt. sour or butter milk, 1/4 teaspoonfu l of salt, 1 teaspoonful soda, 2 eggs beaten separately. If milk is very sour add the full amount of soda, if it is freshly turne...
- Waffles And Muffins. Part 3
- Cornmeal Muffins 1 1/2 cups cornmeal, 1 1/2 cups flour, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 teaspoonful salt, small teaspoonful melted butter, 2 eggs, milk enough to make stiff batter. ...
- Puddings
- Baked Pudding Such as bread, rice, tapioca, sago and cocoanut, one hour each. Boiled Pudding Such as Indian pudding, plum pudding and huckle-berry pudding, two or three hours each. Batter Pudd...
- Puddings. Part 2
- Queen Of Pudding 1 qt. milk, 1 pt. bread crumbs, 4 eggs, 1 cup sugar. Beat the yolks of the eggs and sugar together, add the milk, then the bread crumbs. Pour into a pud-ding dish well greased with b...
- Puddings. Part 3
- Sauce For Pudding 1 cupful boiling water, 1 tablespoonful of corn starch, 1/4 cup of butter, 1 cup powdered sugar, 1 egg, a little grated nutmeg, juice of 1 lemon. Wet the corn starch in cold water a...
- Puddings. Part 4
- Cherry Pudding 1 pt. of flour, 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar, 1 teaspoon-ful salt, 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder, 1 cup of milk, and 2 eggs. Stir all together until smooth, add 1 cup of cherries, seede...
- Puddings. Part 5
- Moonshine 1 cup of sweet cream, whites of 2 eggs, well beaten, 2 oranges, 2 bananas cut in small pieces, stir in the cream, sweeten to taste. Set on ice and serve with whipped cream. Mrs. D. D. Ehrha...
- Puddings. Part 6
- Dark Pudding One-half cup raisins, chopped, 1/2 cup molasses, 1/2 cup butter, 1 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 cup sweet milk, 1/2 teaspoonful cloves and 1 teaspoonful cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoonful soda. Steam 1 1/...
- Pudding Sauces
- Lemon Sauce 1 large cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1 egg, 1 lemon juice, and 1/2 rind, 1 teaspoonful nutmeg, 3 table-spoonfuls boiling water. Beat all together until light, then add hot water, and stand ...
- Pudding Sauces. Part 2
- Fruit Meringue Whites of 4 eggs, 4 tablespoonfuls powdered sugar, 1/2 cup of pineapple marmalade. Beat eggs to a stiff dry froth, then add sugar or pineapple. Put this in an ungreased cake pan, and s...
- Pudding Sauces. Part 3
- Marsh-Mallow Cream Whip 1/2 pt. of cream, sweeten to taste, place on ice to cool. Cut in small pieces 1 orange, 2 bananas, 5 cents worth of marsh-mallow, 1/2 cup walnut meats. Beat the fruit lightly ...
- Pudding Sauces. Part 4
- Charlotte Russe 1 qt. cream, whites of 5 eggs, yolks of 3 eggs, 1/2 lb. pulverized sugar, 1/2 oz. gelatine,1 gill new milk. Whip cream very light, whites well beaten, beat yolks with the sugar, add g...
- Pastry And Pies
- Pastry For One Pie 1 large cup flour, 2 tablespoonfuls of butter or lard, pinch of salt, 1/4 cup cold water. Cora Colehouse. Tart Or Custard Pastry 1 cup lard, 1 tablespoonful white sugar, white...
- Pastry And Pies. Part 2
- Lemon Custard 1 cup of water, grated rind and juice of 1 lemon, 1/2 cup of sugar, good measure, 1/2 tablespoonful of corn starch. Beat yolks of 2 eggs and mix all togeth-er. Line a pie dish with good...
- Pastry And Pies. Part 3
- Pumpkin Pie 1 cup pumpkin, 1 cup sugar, 1 qt. milk, 2 eggs, beaten separately, lump of butter size of egg, 3 even tablespoonfuls flour, vanilla. Cinnamon on top. Mrs. J. A. Melsheimer. Pumpkin Cu...
- Pastry And Pies. Part 4
- Chocolate Custard 1 pt. sweet milk, 3/4 cup sugar, yolks of 3 eggs, 1/2 cup flour, 3 tablespoonfuls chocolate. Boil all together, put in a baked crust with the whites beaten stiff with 1 1/2 tablespo...
- Pastry And Pies. Part 5
- Pineapple Custard 1 can of pineapples cut fine, 2 cups sugar, small, 2 cups sweet milk, 4 eggs, 1 tablespoonful of melted butter. Beat eggs well, then mix in the melted butter and the milk, pineapple...
- Icings And Cake Fillings
- Butter Icing 1 lb. pulverized sugar, 2 tablespoonfuls of melted butter, sweet cream sufficient to thin to the desired consistency. Flavor. Mrs. Jacob Trone. Cream Chocolate Icing Boil 2 cups of s...
- Large And Small Cakes
- Table For Baking Ginger bread ......... .... 20 to 30 minutes Brown Bread, steamed ... .3 hours. Sponge Cake ........ .... 45 to 60 minutes Plain Cake ...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 2
- Miss Mary Grove's Almond Cake 1 lb. of granulated sugar, 1/2 lb. of flour, whites of 6 eggs beaten stiff, 1 heaping cup powdered almonds, drop in buttered tins, bake a light fbrown. Almond Cake 4...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 3
- Cream Chocolate Cake 2 cups of sugar, 4 tablespoonfuls of butter, 4 eggs, beaten separately, 1 cup of sweet milk, 3 cups of flour, 2 teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Icing - 1 cup of sugar, and 1/2 cu...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 4
- Filling Whites of 2 eggs, and 12 even table-spoonfuls of granulated sugar beaten light, flavor with vanilla, spread and sprinkle the remaining half cocoanut on each layer. Mrs. J. H. Fleming. Coc...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 5
- Filling 2 cups of dark brown sugar, two-thirds cup of sweet cream, butter the size of an egg. Boil till mixture drops quite thick from spoon, then add 1 large teaspoonful of vanilla. Beat till fillin...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 6
- Fruit Cake 2 lbs. raisins, 2 lbs. currants, 1 lb. figs, 1/2 lb. citron, 1 lb. butter, 1 lb. sugar, 1 lb. flour, 12 eggs, 3/4 cup molasses, 2 lemons, 1 wine glass grape juice, 1 1/2 grated nutmegs, 1 ...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 7
- Gold Layer Use the gold loaf recipe with 1/2 cup flour added; oven moderate; will bake in 15 to 30 minutes. Can be baked in two or three layers and laid up with any filling desired. Mrs. Marsby Roth...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 8
- Lady Baltimore Cake Cream 1/2 lb. butter and 1 lb. of sugar, add the beaten yolks of 8 eggs, and 1/2 pt. of milk, then add 1 lb. of flour in which has been sifted 4 teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Las...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 9
- Angel Cake Whites of 9 eggs, 1 1/4 cups of sugar, 1 cup flour, scant 1/2 teaspoonful cream tartar, a pinch of salt added to the eggs before whipping, whip eggs about half, add cream tartar and whip u...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 10
- Sunshine Cake Whites of 11 eggs, yolks of 3 eggs, 1 1/2 cups granu-lated sugar, 1 cup flour, 1 teaspoonful cream of tartar, 1 teaspoonful of orange extract. Bake 45 minutes. Mrs. S. L. Bixler. Sun...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 11
- White Cake Whites of 12 eggs, beaten stiff, 2 cups sugar, 2 cups butter, 5 cups flour, 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder mixed with the flour. Cream butter and sugar together, then add flour and eggs alte...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 12
- One Egg Cake 1/4 cup butter, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 1/2 cup pas-try flour, 2 level teaspoonfuls Royal Baking Powder. 1 egg beaten without separating white from yolk, grated rind of 1 lemon or...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 13
- Wellesley Cake 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 1 cup milk, 1 cup corn starch, 2 cups flour, 2 level teaspoonfuls baking powder, 5 egg whites. Cream the butter, add gradu-ally the sugar. Sift together the...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 14
- Feather Cake 2 cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 4 eggs, 1 cup sweet milk, 3 cups flour, 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder. Flavor with vanilla. Mrs. H. M. Stokes. Feather Cake 2 eggs, 2 cups sugar, 1/2 cup ...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 15
- Lake George Cake 1 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup molasses, 1 cup strong coffee or sweet milk, 4 cups flour, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoonful of soda, 1 1/2 lbs. of fruit mixed, currants, citron and raisins, 2 ...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 16
- Rose Cake 2 cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 5 eggs, 1/2 lb. raisins, 1/2 lb. currants, 1/4 lb. citron, 1 cup sweet milk, 2 tea-spoonfuls baking powder, 3 cups flour. M. V. K. Scripture Cake 1 cup butte...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 17
- Caraway Jumbles One-half lb. butter, 1 lb. sugar, 1 gill of grape juice, 1 tablespoonful caraway seed, flour to make a soft dough. M. V. K. Cocoanut Jumbles 1/4 lb. butter, 1 lb. cocoanut, 3 egg...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 18
- Sugar Cakes 2 eggs, 2 cups of sugar, 1 cup of butter, 1 cup of thick milk, 1 teaspoonful of soda, 1/2 teaspoonful cream tartar; flour to roll. Mrs. W. H. Sheffer. Sugar Cakes Beat 1 lb. of sugar ...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 19
- Nut Cakes Whites of 6 eggs, 1 lb. pulverized sugar, 1 lb. nuts, 1 tablespoonful cornstarch. Bake in slow oven. Mrs. Warren Hafer. Hermits 1 1/2 cups sugar, 2 eggs, 1/2 cup butter, 3 cups flour, ...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 20
- Rolled Oats Cookies One-half cup butter, 1 scant cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 1/2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 1 teaspoonful vanil-la, 2 teacups rolled oats. Mix butter and sugar well, add egg beaten light. Mi...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 21
- Ginger Crackers One-half pint lard, 1/2 lb. brown sugar, 1 pt. mo-lasses, 1 teaspoonful soda, 1 tablespoonful of cloves, 1 tablespoonful ginger, and a little salt, make very stiff, roll it in. Mrs. D...
- Large And Small Cakes. Part 22
- Colonial Ginger Bread 1 cupful of New Orleans molasses, placed in mixing bowl with 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cupful of sugar. Over this pour 1 cup of boiling water in which a level dessert spoonful of soda...
- Canning
- Canning Fruit Prepare fruit or berries, place in jars and seal. Boil sweet syrup and pour over fruit in jars, then place jars into wash boiler; pour boiling water over jars, let stand until cold. ...
- Preserving
- Fruit Jelly Fruit should be cut and covered with water then simmered until tender before turning into jelly bags. The bags may be unbleached muslin or two thick-nesses of cheese cloth. Allow juice to...
- Preserving. Continued
- Pineapple Honey Put into kettle 3 lbs. granulated sugar, add pint of water. Boil that for 1/2 hr., add 2 grated pineapples, boil 15 minutes longer. Add piece of alum the size of a cherry stone. Mrs. ...
- Ice Cream, Ices, Etc
- Frozen Strawberries 1 qt. strawberries, juice of 2 lemons, 1 lb. sugar, 1 qt. water. Add sugar and lemon juice to berries. Stand this aside for about 1 hr., then mash berries, add water and stir unti...
- Penna German Dishes
- Onion Cake Take curd and mix with good rich milk to the consistency of cottage cheese. Fry sliced onions until soft in butter and add to cheese. Season with salt; bake in pastry. Sauerkraut Put i...
- Penna German Dishes. Part 2
- German Potato Soup Take 4 large potatoes, pare and cut into dice, boil in 1 quart of water until soft. Take 1/2 lb. of fat meat, cut into tiny pieces and fry. (If meat is very fat, pour off part of t...
- Penna German Dishes. Part 3
- Tangled Jackets 1 pt. of sour milk, 3 eggs, 1/2 teaspoonful soda, 1 teaspoonful salt, 1 lb. flour. Mrs. C. Anthony. Fat Cakes 3 eggs, 1/2 cup lard, 1 cups sugar, 2 cups thick milk, 1 teaspoonful...
- Penna German Dishes. Part 4
- Crullers One-half lb. of sugar, 2 eggs, 1/2 pt. of thick milk, 1/2 cup of cold lard, 1/2 teaspoonful of soda, 1/2 teaspoon-ful cream tartar, flour to make a dough stiff enough to roll. A little nutme...
- Penna German Dishes. Part 5
- Funnel Cakes 1 qt. of flour, 3 eggs and a pinch of salt, 1 scant teaspoonful of baking powder, sweet milk enough to make it thin enough to run through a funnel. Swim them in hot lard. Mrs. M. J. Bow...
- Candies
- Cream Chocolate 2 cups sugar, 3 cups flour, or 21/2 cups flour and 1/2 cup cornstarch, 1 cup sweet milk, 1/4 lb. butter, whites of 5 eggs, 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder. Flavor with vanilla. Mrs. Sol....
- Candies. Part 2
- Peanut Butter Fudge 2 cups sugar (pulverized or granulated), 1 cup milk, 2 heaping tablespoonfuls peanut butter. Cook until it forms a ball in water, then take off the fire and beat until stiff. Pour...
- Candies. Part 3
- Cocoanut Bars 2 cups sugar, 1/2 cup milk, cream tartar the size of a pea, boil until it forms a ball in water, add 1 cup shredded cocoanut, beat until white, turn into but-tered tins and mark in stri...
- Beverages
- Tea Put 5 teaspoonfuls tea into hot teapot, add 5 cups boiling water, let stand 5 min. to steep, pour off from grains and serve. Chocolate 1 heaping tablespoonful of grated chocolate, 1 cup of ho...
- Beverages. Part 2
- A Simple Tea Punch Pour 2 cups of boiling water over 1 tablespoonful of English breakfast tea. Let stand 5 minutes and strain over 1 cup of sugar. When cool add one third cup of lemon juice, two-thir...
- Beverages. Part 3
- Broiled Sweetbreads 1 pair sweetbreads, 1 tablespoonful butter, salt and white pepper. Parboil sweetbreads which have previously stood 1 hr. in ice water. Cut them length-wise, trim, sprinkle with sa...
- Miscellaneous
- How To Restore Mildewed Clothes A cure for mildew that is a remedy of an old negro laundress is excellent for all white goods, and wil not injure fine materials. Pour a quart of boiling water over 2 ...
- Household Hints
- To remove fruit stains pour boiling water over them before washing. To clean porcelain tubs, etc., use a little gasoline on a flannel cloth. Coal oil on a soft flannel cloth will brighten nickle and...
- Care Of The Baby. First Aids
- Earache. First, drop warmed sweet oil into the ear. Test your own ear first to insure its not being too hot. Second, rest the affected side on a hot water bag. Colic. An attack of colic is best reli...
- Cookery For The Sick
- Kinds Of Invalid Diet In the feeding of in-valids there are four grades of diet recognized, besides the so-called special or restricted diets which are required in dealing with such diseases as diabe...
- Remarks
- I. Any food that can be cooked in water or by steam can be cooked to perfection in the Fireless Cooker. II. The best results are accomplished when the kettles are full of boiling hot food, and tightl...
- Table For Boiling Cereals
- Scotch Oatmeal - 1 rounded teaspoonful salt to 1 cup cereal, 4 cups water to 1 cup of cereal, boil 20 minutes before putting in cereal, leave in cooker 3 to 6 hours or all night Rolled Oats - 1 round...
- Table For Boiling Vegetables
- Cover potatoes with boiling water, 1 round table-spoonful salt, boil 10 minutes and leave in cooker 2 hours or longer Asparagus (tied in bundles)-Cover with boiling water, teaspoonful salt, boil 5 mi...
- Table For Boiling Meats
- Corned Beef - Cover with cold water, boil 20 min-utes and leave in cooker 6 hours or longer Ham-Cover with cold water, boil 20 minutes and leave in cooker 6 hours or longer Tongue - Cover with cold ...
- Recipes
- Brown Soup Stock 4 lbs. soup meat and bone, 1 onion, 1 tablespoonful salt, 1/4 teaspoonful pepper, 2 1/2 qts. water, 1 carrot, 1/2 bay leaf, 1 turnip, 1 stalk celery. Wipe meat and cut into inch cube...
- Recipes. Continued
- Steamed Graham Bread 1 qt. graham flour, 1 teaspoonful salt, 1 level tea-spoonful soda, 1/2 cup molasses, sour milk. Sift salt and soda with flour, mix thoroughly, add molasses and sour milk enough t...
- How To Remove Stains
- Ink While an ink stain is fresh take warm milk and saturate the stain; let stand a few hours, then apply more fresh milk; rub it well and it will soon disappear. If the ink has become dry, use salt a...
- Additional Miscellaneous Hints
- Granite ware should not be left to dry over a hot fire, as the heat in expanding, may cause the outside to scale. A small dish of charcoal placed in your meat larder will keep the articles sweet and ...
- The Wedding Anniversary
- Fifth year ................Wooden Wedding Tenth year .................Tin Wedding Fifteenth year ............Crystal Wedding Twentieth year .............China Wedding Twenty-fifth year .........Si...
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