The P.E.O. Cook Book | PEO Sisterhood Chapter Z
A collection of recipes compiled by PEO Sisterhood, Chapter Z. Harrisburg, Ill.
| Title | The P.E.O. Cook Book |
| Author | PEO Sisterhood. Chapter Z |
| Publisher | Illinois Printing Co. |
| Year | 1922 |
| Copyright | 1922, Illinois Printing Co. |
| Amazon | P.E.O. Cook Book |
The P. E.O. Cook Book
Chapter Z
Harrisburg, Illinois, Nineteen Hundred Twenty-Two
Illinois Printing Co., Danville. Ill.
Cocktails- P. E. O. Cocktails 1/2 Pound marshmallows, 21/2 pounds white grapes, I dozen oranges, 1 dozen lemons, 2 cans pineapple, I pound sugar, 1/2 of a honeydew melon. Slightly flatten the marshmallows, cut ...
- Soups
- Asparagus Soup 1/2 Can of asparagus or 1/2 bunch of fresh asparagus, reserving the tips for table use; 1 pint of boiling water; 1/2 teaspoon of salt; I pint of sweet milk; I tablespoon flour; red or ...
- Soups. Continued
- Corn Soup 1 can corn; 1 cup boiling water; 1 quart milk; 1 tea-spoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon pepper; 4 tablespoons butter. Pour boiling water on the corn and cook for half hour, then rub through a sieve....
- Fish
- Pigs In Blankets 1 Dozen large oysters, I dozen thin slices bacon, seasoning. Pick over oysters carefully. Roll each in a slice of bacon and fasten ends with skewer. Put in a hot pan and cook until b...
- Fish. Part 2
- Stuffed Baked Fish With White Sauce Prepare fish for cooking and wash in cold water. Make a dressing of bread crumbs, salt, pepper, melted butter and 1 egg. Stuff the fish and sew together, leaving r...
- Fish. Part 3
- Salmon Pie Line a pudding dish with hot mashed potatoes about 1 inch or 1 1/2 inches thick, then fill in the center with creamed salmon (seasoned with onion if desired), cover with mashed FISH pota...
- Entrees
- Red Devil Grate 1 pound yellow cheese, add 1 can tomato soup and 1 can Underwood's deviled ham. Salt and pepper, cook as for Welsh rarebit and serve on crackers. Reba Gaskins. Potato Puffs 1 Cup c...
- Entrees. Part 2
- Denver Rolls 1 Cake of Fleischmann's yeast soaked in 1 cup warm water. Melt 1 cup lard in 1 quart sweet milk, 1 cup mashed potatoes, 3/4 cup sugar. Mix and add about 2 quarts flour, let rise in warm ...
- Entrees. Part 3
- Southern Spoon Bread 1 1/2 Cups corn meal, 3 cups buttermilk, 1/2 teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 eggs well beaten. Bake 30 minutes. Mrs. W. V. Rathbone. Scotch Scones Sift 2 cups flour, add 1...
- Entrees. Part 4
- Waffles 1 Egg well beaten, 1 pint buttermilk, 1 teaspoon soda, 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, pint flour (winter wheat), 1/4 pint meal, 2 tablespoons melted fat. It will ta...
- Meats
- In selecting beef see that the lean is a clear, bright red, the fat firm and a creamy white, never yellow; then you may be reasonably sure that meat is fresh and from a young animal. In selecting poul...
- Meats. Part 2
- Broiled Steak Have steak cut at least 11/4 inches thick. Wipe clean with damp cloth and trim off excess fat. Grease broiler so steak will not stick. Broil over live coals turning each half minute for...
- Meats. Part 3
- BREADED BEEF OR PORK TENDERLOIN. Have tenderloin cut 1 inch thick and flattened with meat cleaver. Season with salt and pepper, dip in beaten egg, then in cracker crumbs and fry until brown in hot fat...
- Meats. Part 4
- Veal Stew Use a cheap cut of meat for this stew. Neck brisket or plate are good. Cut meat into 1 1/2 inch pieces; salt, pepper and dredge well with flour. Brown well in hot fat and cook slowly, for 2...
- Meats. Part 5
- Cottage Pie Alternate layers of mashed potato and highly seasoned minced beef, baking whole in a pie crust in baking dish. Patties To 1 cup of chopped cold meat of any kind, add 1 1/2 to 1 1/2 cups...
- Meats. Part 6
- Veal Birds Take strips of veal steak 3x5 inches. Place spoonful of bread dressing, made with onion, on each strip, roll and fasten with toothpicks. Roll in flour and brown in plenty of fat, then add ...
- Meats. Part 7
- Browned Hash Use any left-over beef you may have and mashed baked or boiled potatoes. Put both meat and potatoes through food chopper. with a small amount of onion. Cut bacon in small pieces and fry,...
- Meats. Part 8
- Oatmeal Scrapple 1 Pound of flank steak, salted and cooked until tender. Cool and grind. Cook one cup of oatmeal in broth; add the ground steak and put in pan to mold. When cold slice, flour and fry ...
- Meats. Part 9
- Baked Ham In Milk Use a slice of ham about 2 inches thick. Put in a frying pan and cover with sweet milk. Bake slowly 1 1/2 hours; 30 minutes before ham is done, add potatoes cut in thin slices. Rub...
- Meats. Part 10
- Pressed Chicken Stew a large fowl in a small amount of water until the meat falls from the bone. When the cooking begins, drop in one small slice of onion, a pinch of parsley and also celery leaves, ...
- Meats. Part 11
- Hasenpfeffer Cut a rabbit into about 7 pieces. Put into a bowl and cover with vinegar. If the vinegar is too strong add a little water. Add a rather large onion, sliced, a few bay leaves and a few wh...
- Vegetables
- Time Table For Cooking Vegetables In Water Potatoes.........25-30 m. Carrots..........35-45 m. Turnips ........45 m. Beets (young)... .45 m. Beets (old).......3-4 hrs. String Beans.....1-3 hrs. ...
- Sauces For Vegetables
- White Sauce I 2 Tablespoons butter, 1 tablespoon flour, 1 cup milk, 1/4 teaspoon salt, few grains pepper. Put butter in saucepan, stir until melted and bubbling; add flour mixed with seasonings and s...
- Sauces For Vegetables. Part 2
- Asparagus With Hollandaise Sauce I If fresh asparagus is used, wash, cut off tough ends, tie in bunches so that it will stand erect when placed in boiling water. Keep the tips out of the water as it ...
- Sauces For Vegetables. Part 3
- Kidney Beans Kidney or other dried beans may be cooked and seasoned as Lima Beans, or seasoned with salt pork as Baked Beans. Green Beans 1/2 Gallon green beans when prepared, 3/4 pods and 1/4 shel...
- Sauces For Vegetables. Part 4
- Brussels Sprouts Blanch brussels sprouts in the following manner: Remove the wilted or yellow leaves from the little heads, cut the stalk close to the head and soak in cold salted water for an hour o...
- Sauces For Vegetables. Part 5
- Cabbage With Sausage 6 Sausages, 1 quart boiled minced cabbage, 1 teaspoon pepper, salt if necessary. Fry the sausages crisp and brown. Take from the frying pan and pour off all but 3 tablespoons of ...
- Sauces For Vegetables. Part 6
- Cabbage Rolls Cabbage leaves may be stuffed with boiled rice or meat mixture, roll and tie. Boil until tender and serve with Tomato Sauce. Sauer Kraut The outside leaves of cabbage should be remove...
- Sauces For Vegetables. Part 7
- Cauliflower Au Gratin Soak cauliflower in salted water 1 hour. Drain and cook whole in salted water until tender, about 25 or 30 minutes. Drain and separate and arrange in a baking dish. Pour over th...
- Sauces For Vegetables. Part 8
- Corn Oysters 1 Pint oysters, 1 can corn, salt, pepper, butter, milk, cracker crumbs. Butter a baking dish. Put in a layer of corn than a layer of oysters, salt, pepper and butter. Repeat until all in...
- Sauces For Vegetables. Part 9
- Greens The most common greens, both cultivated and wild, are as follows: Swiss chard, kale, Chinese cabbage leaves, water cress, endive, turnip tops, spinach, beet tops, dandelion, mustard, pepper cr...
- Sauces For Vegetables. Part 10
- To Keep Lettuce Fresh Lettuce is used principally uncooked, either by itself or in combination with other food as salads. To be palatable it must be crisp and fresh. The best way to keep it fresh is ...
- Sauces For Vegetables. Part 11
- Other Fillings For Peppers 1. Soak in water bread crumbs sufficient to make 1 pint when the water is pressed out; mix with 1 teaspoon salt, pepper to taste, 1/2 teaspoon finely pulverized sage, 1/2 t...
- Sauces For Vegetables. Part 12
- Peas In Turnip Shells Select turnips of even size, peel and scoop out centers. Drop in boiling salted water and cook until tender. Lift out carefully, drain, and fill with French peas. Pour over peas...
- Sauces For Vegetables. Part 13
- Potato Cakes Grate 4 large raw potatoes, add a little salt, 3 eggs, 1 tablespoon flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder. Make into cakes and fry in deep fat. Mrs. Carrie Morris. Potato Oyster Pats Peel ...
- Sauces For Vegetables. Part 14
- Sweet Potato Croquettes Boil, peel and mash about 6 good sized sweet potatoes. Add salt, pepper and 1/2 cup milk or cream. Mold into small cones, place in a pan, pour melted butter over them and bake...
- Sauces For Vegetables. Part 15
- Baked Stuffed Tomatoes Take medium sized tomatoes, wash and wipe dry, scoop out inside and add cracker crumbs, lots of butter, salt and pepper. Refill shells with mixture and put tops on with toothpi...
- Sauces For Vegetables. Part 16
- Baked Macaroni With Cheese 1 Cup broken macaroni, 2 quarts boiling salted water, 1 pint White Sauce II, 1 cup grated cheese, 1 cup buttered bread crumbs. Cook the macaroni in the water for 20 to 30 m...
- Salads
- Cucumber And Pineapple Aspic Juice of 4 lemons, juice from 1 small can pineapple, 2 1/2 teaspoons hot water, 1 cup sugar. Heat all together and add 2 1/2 teaspoons gelatine which has been dissolved i...
- Salads. Part 2
- White Perfection Salad 1 Quart cabbage shredded fine and crisped in cold water 2 hours, 1 pint marshmallows cut in pieces, I can pineapple cut in pieces, and I cup blanched almonds cut in strips. D...
- Salads. Part 3
- String Bean Salad One quart cooked beans, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 3 hard boiled eggs, J cup lemon juice,1/3 cup minced onion, 1 cup chopped celery, 1 cup broken nut meats. Rub egg yolks to a paste with 3 ...
- Salads. Part 4
- Molded Cheese Salad Soften 2 tablespoons gelatine in 1/4 cup cold water. Add 1/2 cup boiling water. Stir and cool. When beginning to set add 3 drops tabasco sauce, 1/2 teaspoon mustard, 1/3 tea-spoon...
- Salads. Part 5
- Pineapple-Almond Salad One envelope Knox softened in 1 cup cold water 5 minutes. Dissolve in 2 cups boiling pineapple juice, add 3/4 cup sugar, stir until cool, add 1/2 cup lemon juice and strain thr...
- Salads. Part 6
- Mayonnaise With Mazola 2 Egg yolks, 1 pint Mazola, 1 teaspoon dry mustard, dash of cayenne or white pepper, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons each of lemon juice and vinegar. Have all ingredients and uten...
- Pickles
- Relish 1 Quart cooked beets, 1 quart raw cabbage, 1/2 cup horse-radish, cover with vinegar, salt to taste. , Mrs. W. V. Rath bone. Home Made Pickles To every gallon vinegar, 1 cup sugar, I cup salt...
- Pickles. Part 2
- Mustard Pickles Chop fine 1 quart of cucumbers, 1 quart green tomatoes, 1 quart pickling onions, 6 green peppers, 1 heads cauliflower, 2 bunches celery. Mix well with salt and let stand over night....
- Pickles. Part 3
- Green Tomato Pickle Slice 1 peck green tomatoes, salt and drain over night; 1 dozen medium sized onions, sliced and salted over night, 2 dozen, more if liked, cucumbers, sliced. Dilute enough vineg...
- Pickles. Part 4
- Spiced Beets Boil medium-sized beets, remove skins, pack in fruit jars when sliced. Have ready boiled a quart of vinegar, I tea-spoon whole cloves, I teaspoon cinnamon bark, sugar to taste. Pour this...
- Preserves
- Delicious Preserves Cook 1 pint of shredded pineapple in 2 cupfuls of water for 20 minutes, add 5 pounds of granulated sugar, and when the mixture boils again, add 3 quarts of hulled strawberries. Si...
- Preserves. Continued
- Grape Marmalade 5 Pounds grapes, 4 pounds sugar, 1 pound raisins (seeded), 1 pound nuts, 3 oranges. Cook orange peel cut up in small pieces until tender. Seed grapes by slipping off skins and cooki...
- Pastry
- A Few Rules It is better to have everything you use about pastry cold or chilled. To keep lower crust from being soggy when making juicy pies, brush over with white of egg. To get a rich brown, bru...
- Pastry. Continued
- Pineapple Pie 1 Cup powdered sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 2 eggs, 1 small can grated pineapple. Cream butter and sugar, add beaten yolks and pineapple. When well mixed add well-beaten whites, mix light...
- Desserts
- Black Pudding 1 Cup sugar, 3/4 cup butter, 1 cup flour, 1 cup jam run through colander, 3 eggs, 3 tablespoons sour milk, 1 tea-spoon soda, 1 teaspoon nutmeg, 1 teaspoon spice. Bake slowly. Myrtle C. ...
- Desserts. Part 2
- Date Tort 1 1/2 Cups nuts, 11/2\ cups steamed dates, measured before chopping; cream 1 cup sugar with 4 whole eggs, add 6 tablespoons flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoo...
- Desserts. Part 3
- Pineapple Tapioca 1 1/2 Pints sweet milk, 2 eggs well beaten, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 of a pint can grated pineapple, 1 cup One Minute tapioca. Soak tapioca in milk, add eggs, pineapple and bake, stirri...
- Desserts. Part 4
- Ice Box Cake Line dish with Lady Fingers or strips of Ward Sponge cake. 1 Pint cream whipped very stiff, whites 2 eggs beaten very stiff, 2 tablespoons Knox gelatine dissolved in 1/3 cup sweet milk, ...
- Frozen Desserts
- Apricot Sherbet Run through sieve: 1 Can apricots, 3 or 4 lemons and 3 or 4 oranges; boil 1 quart sugar in 1 quart water. Add beaten whites of 2 eggs and when partly frozen add 1 pint of cream. This ...
- Cakes
- Cake Hints Rich cakes need plenty of beating to fill the batter with air and make it light, but cakes that are mostly of beaten eggs, angel food and sponge, must be treated very lightly or the air he...
- Cakes. Part 2
- White Cake 2 Cups sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 5 egg whites, 3 cups flour, 1 cup sweet milk, 3 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix, beat well and bake in a moderate oven. Mrs. W. T. Skaggs. ...
- Cakes. Part 3
- Dream Cake 1/2 Cup butter, 13/4 cups sugar, 1 cup sweet milk, 2f cups flour, whites 5 eggs, 3 teaspoons baking powder. Cream the butter, adding the sugar a little at a time until the whole is light a...
- Cakes. Part 4
- Archangel Cake Beat the whites of 8 eggs to a stiff froth, sift 2 cups of pulverized sugar and beat with 1 cup of butter until it is light and creamy; to this add 2 cups of flour that has been sifted...
- Cakes. Part 5
- Cup Cake Put 2 egg whites in a cup and half fill with butter which has been creamed. Finish filling with milk, add 1 cup sugar. Sift together 2 1/2 cups flour and 2 heaping teaspoons baking powder, a...
- Cakes. Part 6
- Coffee Cake Sift together twice 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 3 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Mix to soft dough with 4 tablespoons melted butter, a well-beaten egg,...
- Cakes. Part 7
- Devil's Food 2 Cups sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1 cup grated chocolate, 1 cup buttermilk, I teaspoon soda, 2 1/2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 3 eggs and a pinch of salt. Flavor with vanilla.. Mr...
- Cakes. Part 8
- Apple Sauce Cake 2 Cups apple sauce, 1 scant cup sugar or molasses (if molasses is used a little more flour is needed), 3 cups flour, 3 scant teaspoons soda, 1/2 cup shortening, 1 cup nuts and 1 cup ...
- Cakes. Part 9
- Fruit Cake 4 Cups sifted flour, 1 teaspoon soda, 3 cups sugar, 2 pounds chopped seedless raisins, 2 cups butter, 2 pounds currants, 1/2 pound citron, 1 nutmeg grated, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ...
- Cake Fillings
- Cake Filling Yolks of 3 eggs, well beaten, 1 cup sweet milk and 1 tablespoon butter, 2 tablespoons chocolate or cocoa mixed with 2 cups sugar. Mix all together and cook. Miss Minnie Welch. Icing Fo...
- Cookies
- Oatmeal Cookies 2 Eggs, 1/2 cup sour milk, 1 teaspoon soda, 3 cups oatmeal, 2 cups flour, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup shortening, 1 cup currants, 1 cup nuts, 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Mix all dry ingredients...
- Cookies. Part 2
- Marguerites Whites of 2 eggs beaten stiff, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup chopped nuts, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add sugar to stiff egg whites, mix nuts in and spread on long crisp crackers. Brown slightly in oven....
- Cookies. Part 3
- Lebruchen 2 Cups brown sugar, 2 cups molasses, 1/2 pound citron, 1/2 pound almonds, a pinch of orange peel, 5 eggs, leaving whites for icing, cloves, cinnamon and allspice to taste, 1/2 ounce powdere...
- Cookies. Part 4
- Rocks 1 Cup butter, \\ cups brown sugar, 3 eggs, 3 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon allspice, 1 teaspoon soda dissolved in 1 tablespoon warm water, 1 cup buttermilk, 1 pound each Engli...
- Cookies. Part 5
- Fondant 2 Cups granulated sugar, cup water, 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar. Stir until all is dissolved. Wipe grains from sides of pan, cover and let boil without stirring. Try in cold water. Wh...
- Cookies. Part 6
- Cherry Cocktails Drain marischino cherries and cover each with a coat of inside fondant and dip as for chocolate creams. Drain on oiled paper and wrap in paper. Let mellow for several days. Mrs. Cha...
- Cookies. Part 7
- Mrs. Chas. E. Combe. Creole Pralines 3 Cups dark brown sugar, 1 cup rich cream, 2 cups hickory nuts or pecans. Boil sugar and cream to soft ball stage, remove from fire, beat until creamy, add nuts,...
- Cookies. Part 8
- Turkish Delight Soak 1 ounce of sheet gelatine in 1 cup of cold water tor 2 hours. Put 2 cups white sugar on the stove with 1/2 cup of water and when it comes to a boil, add the dissolved gelatine. L...
- Cookies. Part 9
- Master Candy Formula 2 Cups sugar, 1 cup liquid or a little more in the case of certain variations, 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar or its equivalent in glucose or corn syrup, up to 1/2 cup may be used ...
- Beverages
- Coffee - Percolated Scald percolator. Use 1 large tablespoon of pulverized coffee for each cup of boiling water. Boil 5 to 7 minutes. Mrs. M. S. Coleman. Boiled Coffee To 4 heaping tablespoons of ...
- Beverages. Continued
- Lemonade 5 Tablespoons lemon juice, 1 cup sugar, 1 pint water. Make a syrup of the water and sugar by boiling 10 minutes, add lemon juice, cool and dilute to suit the taste. This may be made and kept...
- Lenten Dishes
- Cheese Souffle Grate 1/2 pound of cheese and add 1 small bottle of cream or a cup of boiling milk and season with a pinch of cayenne pepper, salt to taste, a piece of butter the size of a walnut and ...
- Lenten Dishes. Continued
- Maple Cheese Toast Slice bread and toast a golden brown, butter, then spread with soft maple sugar and lay on it a thin slice of cream cheese. Put into the oven long enough to melt the sugar slightly...
- Sandwiches
- Ginger Sandwiches Chop 1 cup of preserved ginger fine and blend with it enough thick cream to spread, spread between thin slices of buttered brown or white bread. Date Sandwiches Stone and chop 1 c...
- Quantities For Serving Fifty People
- Ten quarts of bouillon. Creamed chicken - Six 4-pound chickens, or three chickens and the same amount of veal. For Cream Sauce - Three pints each of cream and milk. Chicken Croquettes - Five 4-poun...
- Household Hints
- Varnish Remover Three tablespoonsful of baking soda in a quart of water, applied with a rough cloth, will remove old varnish very easily when you wish to revarnish furniture. To Remove Shine Sponge...
- Uses Of Potato
- To Clean A Vinegar Cruet - Fill the cruet with finely chopped potato skin; cork tightly and let stand in a warm place three days. Then turn the skins out and rinse the cruet with warm water and borax....
- Table Of Measures
- Sixty drops make a tablespoon. Three teaspoons equal one table spoon. Eight rounded tablespoons of dry material equal one cupful. Sixteen tablespoons of liquid equal one cupful. One cup of liquid is...
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