This section is from the "The National Cook Book" book, by Marion Harland And Christine Terhune Herrick. Also available from Amazon: National Cook Book
Line a pie-plate with paste; wash with white of egg and fill with whole ripe cherries that have been washed and picked over. Sweeten abundantly. Cover with a crust and bake.
Stone ripe cherries. Save every drop of juice that escapes during the process. Line a pie-plate with crust, sweeten the cherries plentifully and fill the plate with them. Heat the juice to scalding, and stir into it half a teaspoonful of corn-starch or arrow-root; pour over the cherries and bake twenty minutes in a good oven, or until the paste edge is lightly browned.
 
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