This section is from the book "The Old And New Cook Book", by Martha Pritchard Stanford. Also available from Amazon: The old and new cook book.
2 doz. bulb artichokes.
1/2 teaspoon salt.
1 cup milk.
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon butter. 1/2 tablespoon flour 1 cup cream.
Scrape artichokes and boil with salt and pepper until tender. Serve with sauce made by boiling cream, butter, flour and milk.
12 bananas.
1 tablespoon water.
1 cup dark brown sugar.
1 tablespoon sherry. Lard.
Slice bananas thin and fry brown on both sides. Put a layer of bananas in covered dish with sugar, alternately. Pour water and wine over this, cover closely and let stand in warm oven about 1 hour before serving.
1 lb. white beans. 1/4 lb. pickled pork.
2 tablespoons butter.
2 tablespoons sugar. 1 teaspoon salt.
Soak beans about 12 hours and put on to boil. When boiled 2 hours put in the meat and let it boil about 2 hours longer. Put in a dish and stir in butter, sugar and salt. Place meat in the center and bake 1 hour. Beans are best when cooked in a stone crock.
1 lbs. snap beans. 3 tablespoons butter.
1 teaspoon salt.
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper.
Remove the strings from the beans with a sharp knife and cut them into very thin strips and put in boiling water; when nearly cooked, drop into steamer and steam, sprinkle with salt. When tender pour browned or drawn butter and pepper over them.
Prepared the same as potatoes with cream sauce.
1 head white cabbage.
1 pod pepper.
1 tablespoon flour.
1 pt. milk.
1 tablespoon butter.
Boil cabbage in salt water with pod pepper, changing it twice. Drain and serve with cream sauce made by boiling milk, flour and butter.
1 head cabbage. 3 slices bacon.
1 teaspoon salt. 3 pods red pepper.
Boil cabbage whole with salt until nearly tender. When cold, slice. Cut the bacon and pepper fine and fry, add the cabbage and cook about 10 minutes.
1 large head white cabbage.
1 lb. sausage meat.
1 pod red pepper.
1 cup fresh bread crumbs.
1 pt. milk.
1 tablespoon butter.
1 tablespoon flour.
Boil the cabbage in salt water until tender. Cut out the center with a sharp knife and chop it up with sausage, bread crumbs and pepper. Fry in butter and put back into cabbage. Serve with sauce made by boiling milk, flour and butter.
Pin cauliflower in a piece of mosquito net, put in water while boiling. When cooked sprinkle with salt; put on napkin. Serve with drawn butter.
1 cauliflower.
1/2 lb. grated cheese
1 tablespoon butter.
1/2 teaspoon red pepper. 1/2 cup milk.
Boil cauliflower; when cold cut in pieces. Put in dish alternately with cheese and pepper, pour over this milk and melted butter; and bake 10 minutes.
 
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