The Cook's Guide | by Semper Fidelis Circle
Not only will the use of this book make revelations of the heart, but it will have a happy effect upon the brain, causing others to think pleasant thoughts and say nice things, especially if they are visitors; and as for servants, why, it will be just marvelous what wisdom they will have in culinary arts after studying this text-book of cookery; besides, they will be perfectly able to get along without any advice.
| Title | The Cook's Guide |
| Author | Semper Fidelis Circle |
| Publisher | Stockton |
| Year | 1907 |
| Copyright | 1907, Stockton |
| Amazon | The Cook's Guide |
Preface- IF the heart of man is reached through his stomach, as some observer has remarked, then the housewife who uses this Cook Book has the great advantage of continuing indefinitely, at her pleasure, the h...
- Soups
- While soup is the one dish to which all the odds and ends of the table, except the sweets, may contribute, it may nevertheless be made from any of the same articles in their virgin state. Soup stoc...
- Soups. Part 2
- Clam Chowder Fry 4 thin slices of salt pork a rich brown. Cut into small pieces. Place the grease from pork in bottom of stew-pan with some of the pieces. Cover with a layer of thinly sliced potato...
- Soups. Part 3
- Chicken Soup Cut the meat into small pieces and break the bones. Put on plenty of cold water, salt and let slowly come to a boil. Boil very slowly for about 4 hours. Strain and set aside to cool; t...
- How To Make Vegetable Soup Or Clear Broth
- Vegetable Soup Prepare a stock from 3 pounds of meat and bone and 3 quarts of water, according to directions in Soups. Add a carrot, a turnip, an onion, a tomato, a small potato, some celery and ...
- How To Make Tomato Soup
- One can tomatoes, 1 onion, 3 pints water, boiled 1 tablespoon butter, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 pint of water or 1 quart of soup stock, and a little red pepper. Let tomato and water (or s...
- How To Make Potato Soup
- Three potatoes, 2 cups milk, 1/2 cup cream or milk, yolks of 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon salt, a dash of pepper and celery salt. Cook potatoes until very soft; drain and mash; add beaten yolks, milk and season...
- How To Cook Fish
- Fish With Sauce Tie some cloves, allspice, and shelled almonds in a cloth and boil with sliced celery, onion and carrot. When the almonds are tender, lay in the fish and let it simmer, at the same ...
- How To Cook Crabs
- Deviled Crab One-third crab, two-thirds crumbled bread or cracker, juice of 2 lemons, butter size of an egg, 2-3 cup thin cream or milk, 1/2 small onion, 1/2 thumb nail red pepper, black pepper and...
- How To Cook Oysters
- Fried Oysters Dip in beaten egg, then in rolled cracker, season with salt and pepper; fry 1 minute in deep fat, or in a little hot butter, browning them nicely on both sides. Serve with small slice...
- How To Bake Or Boil Fish
- How To Bake Fish Whole After the fish has been properly cleaned and rinsed, wipe dry with a cloth and rub well inside with salt and white pepper. When large enough, stuff the fish with a bread dres...
- How To Cook Codfish
- Creamed Codfish Cut the fish into small pieces and freshen in cold water for several hours, or over night. When ready to cook place in fresh cold water and set on stove. Let come to a boil, very sl...
- How To Make Salads
- Hints On Salads The excellence of salads depends on the perfect freshness of the materials used. All vegetables should be fresh, crisp and cold. Wash celery and lettuce well, shake dry and place in...
- How To Make Salads. Continued
- Cucumber Salad Peel and slice fresh cucumbers; salt well and set aside for 3/4 hour; drain, add red pepper, vinegar and some cream, added very carefully to prevent curdling. Nut Salad One...
- A Poet's Salad
- To make this condiment your poet begs The powdered yellow of two boiled eggs; Two boiled potatoes passed through the kitchen sieve, Smoothness and softness to the salad give; Let onion atoms ...
- How To Make Cabbage Salad
- Shred nice crisp cabbage and pour over it, just before serving, the following dressing: Beat 1/2 cup sweet thick cream with 1/2 cup sugar, add a little salt and 1/2 cup vinegar. Cabbage Salad ...
- How To Make Potato Salad
- Boil sufficient number of potatoes with skins on; boil 2 or 3 eggs according to quantity desired; chop very fine some crisp celery and onion, also part of the eggs, reserving some to garnish salad. Re...
- How To Make Salad Dressing
- Duchesse Salad Dressing Yolks of 2 eggs beaten with a pinch of salt, 2 teaspoons mustard mixed with 6 tablespoons milk; add the yolks and then add 6 tablespoons vinegar. Boil and stir till smooth; ...
- How To Cook Eggs
- How To Keep Eggs Four quarts air-slacked lime, 2 tablespoons cream tartar, 2 tablespoons salt, 4 quarts cold water. Mix and let stand over night. Pack eggs, large end down, and cover with the pickl...
- How To Make Omelet
- Baked Or Fried Omelet One cup milk, 4 eggs beaten separately, I tablespoon flour dissolved in a little milk, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon melted butter. Mix all together, except the whites of the ...
- Suggestions For Poultry Or Game
- The best poultry has firm flesh, and yellow feet and legs. If one desires to save the feathers, it is better to pick the fowl while the body is warm. After it has become cold pour boiling water over t...
- How To Cook Chicken
- Dressing For Chickens, Etc Take stale bread and pour over it enough milk to soak. Let stand until milk is absorbed. Press out bread. Put 1-3 cup butter in fry-pan; add to it a little onion, finely ...
- How To Fry Or Roast Chicken
- Fried Chicken Take young chicken; cut into small pieces; put in a pan with cup of warm water; season with salt and pepper; stew until tender, and it absorbs the broth. Put in with chicken, three ta...
- How To Make Chicken Croquettes
- Two cups chicken, cooked and chopped, three teaspoons butter, three teaspoons flour, one cup stock, three tablespoons lemon juice, one cup cream, two cups bread crumbs, two teaspoons salt. To the stoc...
- How To Make Chicken Pie
- Boil until very tender young or old chickens in just enough water to stew them; season them with salt, pepper, and a little celery. Make a puff paste; line the sides of a deep dish; when the chicken i...
- How To Make Chicken Fricassee
- A delicious chicken fricassee may be made as follows: Gut the chicken into separate portions; the legs, wings, second joints, the breast into halves lengthwise, the back likewise, and the neck. After ...
- How To Cook Pigeon, Quail Or Squabs
- Pigeon On Toast Take young pigeons. Dress and split down the back. Season with salt and pepper. Lay flat, skin side up in a baking pan. Put bits of butter and a little sprinkling of flour on each. ...
- How To Roast Turkey
- As roasting a turkey is a slow process, requiring from 4 to 5 hours, it should be prepared the day before. After drawing, singe and wash thoroughly inside and out in several waters and drain. Stuff ac...
- How To Cook Hare Or Rabbit
- (Wild.) Rabbit Stew Cut the rabbit into pieces. Cover with vinegar, into which you have sliced an onion, and add some whole cloves and cinnamon. Drain, as it will be sour enough without using much ...
- How To Boil Meats
- How To Boil Fresh Meats Place in a kettle of boiling water; skim as soon as scum arises and place where it will boil slowly but constantly. There should be enough water to last until thoroughly coo...
- Prime Roast Beef
- Have the bones removed and the roast skewered. Dredge well with flour, pepper and salt, and place on top a piece of suet. Place in pan on a trivet, or on 2 or 3 bones laid cross-wise of pan, to keep i...
- How To Cook Meats
- Cottage Meat Pie Three cups cold cooked meat, 1 tablespoon minced onion, 2 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons flour, 1 cup milk or water and 2 teaspoons salt. Cook for a minute or two on top of stov...
- How To Cook Pork
- Pork roast. Roast slowly at first, and allow a half hour to the pound, as pork must be well done. Fried apples, or apple sauce, is always nice with pork, cooked in any style. For chops: Procure the lo...
- How To Cook Steak
- Beefsteak Pudding Two lbs round steak; roll in flour; fry brown in part butter and part lard. Season highly with salt and pepper, and cut in pieces about 2 inches square. Place in a stew-pan and co...
- How To Cook Mutton
- A Good Way To Use Cold Mutton Chop the meat fine, moisten with a little broth, if you have it; if not, with a little water. Season with butter, salt and pepper, and heat. Serve on slices of buttere...
- How To Cook Veal
- Veal Croquettes With String Beans Chop 2 pounds of cold roast veal with or without 2 boiled sweetbreads; moisten with a little soup or gravy; add yolks of 2 eggs. Season with a teaspoon each of cho...
- How To Make Preserves
- Pickled Nasturtium Seeds Fill a jar with unripe nasturtium seeds. Pour boiling vinegar, well salted, over them. Drain off the vinegar after three days and boil again. Pour over the pickles as at fi...
- How To Make Pickles
- Oil Pickles One hundred small cucumbers sliced thin, I quart button or silver-skin onions sliced thin. Sprinkle whole with 1/2 pint salt. Drain 6 hours. Mix with 2 gills sweet oil, 2 ounces celery ...
- How To Make German Pickles
- German Salt Pickles Select cucumbers of medium size with the stems on. Wash well. Prepare a brine that is strong enough to float an egg. Place a layer of grape leaves, then a layer of cucumbers, th...
- How To Make Jam Or Jelly
- Peach And Pineapple Jam Ten lbs peaches, 6 lbs sugar, 1 pineapple shredded. Boil 2 hours. Peach And Pineapple Preserves Five lbs ripe peaches, 1 can pineapple, 3/4 lb sugar. Add sugar and...
- How To Make Sweet Pickles
- One quart water and 1 quart vinegar, 4 pounds dark brown sugar, boiled to a syrup. Pour on fruit while boiling. Leave 36 hours, turn off and boil again. Pour on fruit and seal. Pickled Grapes ...
- How To Make Strawberry Preserves
- Strawberry Jam (Uncooked) Mash ripe berries very fine. Allow 1 cup sugar to each cup berries. Stir until thoroughly mixed. Place in jelly glasses and let stand a few days before covering. Tie paper...
- How To Make Catsup
- Tomato Catsup Slice 1 small box of tomatoes and sprinkle over them 6 tablespoons salt. Let them stand over night. Then drain off the water and add 1 pint vinegar, 3 ounces mustard, 1/2 ounce cinnam...
- How To Make Marmalade
- Orange Marmalade To every lb fruit add 1 quart water. Let it stand 24 hours. Boil until skins are soft. When cold add 1 lb sugar to each pint of fruit and boil 2 hours. When removed from stove add ...
- How To Make Chow Chow
- Twelve lbs shredded (green) tomatoes, 3 lbs green peppers, 5 lbs silver-skin onions. Sprinkle with salt and let them stand over night. Press dry and add I head cabbage, 1 stock celery, 3 quarts vinega...
- Time To Cook Vegetables
- Potatoes, boiled, 30 minutes; baked, 45 minutes; squash, 30 minutes; green peas, 20 to 40 minutes; shell beans, 1 hour; string beans, 2 hours; green corn, 20 minutes; asparagus, 20 to 30 minutes; spin...
- Hints On Cooking Potatoes
- Old potatoes are improved by being peeled and allowed to soak in cold salted water for an hour or two before cooking. When preparing potatoes, they should be put in cold water as soon as peeled to pre...
- Sauces To Serve With Vegetables
- White Or Cream Sauce Put 1 tablespoon butter into sauce pan; when melted add 1 tablespoon flour and rub to a smooth paste; add 1 1/2 cups milk; stir constantly and cook until it is of the consisten...
- How To Bake Beans
- One quart small white beans put to soak over night in plenty of water. In the morning drain off the water and put on to boil in cold water. When boiling, turn off the water and cover again with hot wa...
- How To Cook Asparagus Or Carrots
- Asparagus Wash thoroughly and cut off the white ends; tie in bunches and place in kettle of salted boiling water. Cook 20 minutes; remove carefully to prevent breaking. It may be served with butter...
- How To Cook Cabbage
- Baked Cabbage Chop and cook as for boiled cabbage; when tender, drain and add about 1/2 as much bread crumbs as cabbage, 3 beaten eggs, salt and pepper, small pieces of butter; add milk enough to p...
- How To Cook Corn
- Corn Baked With Peppers Score the ears and scrape from the cob sufficient raw corn to measure 1 pint; wipe 2 green peppers; drop into boiling water for 5 minutes; rub off the skin with rough cloth;...
- How To Cook Egg Plant
- Put egg plant, whole, into kettle with plenty of water; simmer until tender; drain, peel and mash. Add bread crumbs, a little chopped onion, thyme, salt, pepper, a dash of cayenne, parsley and plenty ...
- How To Cook Onions
- Baked Onions Take as many onions of an even size as desired. Wipe the dirt off with a cloth but do not wash or remove any skin. Bake about 1 hour and remove outer skin and serve. They can be season...
- How To Cook Squash
- Stuffed Squash Select small summer squash; cut out the stem end, and scrape out the seeds. Prepare a mixture of highly seasoned chopped cold meat, stale bread crumbs, melted butter and little onion...
- How To Cook Tomatoes Or Mushrooms
- Scrambled Tomatoes And Eggs Fry 1 tablespoon minced onion to a light brown in 2 tablespoons butter. Heat 1 cup strained tomatoes, 2 teaspoons sugar, salt and pepper; add 3 beaten eggs, the butter a...
- How To Cook Noodles Or Spaghetti
- Noodles Two well-beaten eggs, salt; add flour and knead thoroughly until all the flour possible has been worked in; roll out in thin sheets and let them become dry but not brittle. Roll up and cut ...
- How To Cook Macaroni
- Macaroni And Cheese Throw macaroni into boiling salted water, cook from 20 to 30 minutes, or until tender; drain and place in layers in a buttered baking dish, each layer covered with bread crumbs ...
- How To Cook Rice
- Boiled Rice Wash thoroughly 1 cup rice and cook in 1 gallon of salted water. Do not put the rice in until the water is boiling hard and do not cover while cooking. When tender, drain in a colander ...
- How To Cook Peppers Or Celery
- Stewed Celery The stalks of celery not suitable for the table as a relish may be utilized in the following manner: Wash carefully and cut into small pieces; boil about 3/4 of an hour in salted wate...
- How To Prepare Sandwiches
- Use a very sharp knife and an even board and slice the bread very thin. Expose the butter to the air long enough to soften sufficiently for easy spreading. To keep sandwiches from drying, wrap them, a...
- How To Make Patties
- Filling For Chicken Patties Cut the white meat of a cold, cooked chicken into small pieces; put into a saucepan 1/2 pint of cream or milk and 1/2 pint of chicken broth, 1 oz. butter in small pieces...
- How To Make Terrapin
- Mock Terrapin Take 1 cup of chicken or veal broth; place in a pan and simmer down until a dark golden brown, and the pan can almost be turned upside down without its running out. To this add 1 tabl...
- How To Prepare Sweet Breads
- When coming from the market, place in cold salt water for 1 hour. Remove and put into boiling water; cook until tender, as shown by using a fork; then place them into cold water again. When cold skin ...
- How To Make Cheese Straws
- Cheese Straws Three tablespoons flour, 3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 tablespoon milk, 1/2 saltspoon salt, 1/4 saltspoon red pepper, 1/8 saltspoon nutmeg, yolk of 1 egg. Mix ...
- How To Make A Luncheon Dish
- Boil 1 cup rice in salted water; add to it, when done, 1 teacup chopped meat, 1/2 cup or less of chili sauce and butter size of a walnut. Serve hot. A Good Luncheon Dish Take left-over salmo...
- How To Make Croquettes
- Fish Croquettes Any cold boiled, baked or fried fish from which all fat, bones and skin have been removed, chopped fine; 1-3 as much mashed potato, rubbed to a cream with a little butter. Mix thoro...
- Luncheon Menus
- Marguerites Unsalted Long Branch crackers, whites of 3 eggs beaten to a stiff froth, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup English walnut meats cut into small pieces (not chopped), flavor to taste. Stir all together ...
- How To Make Bread
- Grated Potato Yeast Grate 2 medium-sized potatoes into a sauce-pan; pour over them about 1 pint of boiling water, beating rapidly; add 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 tablespoon salt; boil together; when...
- How To Make Whole Wheat Bread
- Scald a pint of milk; add 1 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon butter. When lukewarm add 1/2 cake compressed yeast dissolved in 1/2 cup warm water, then stir in 2 1/2 cups white flour or...
- How To Make Boston Bread
- Boston Brown Bread One cup rye meal, 1 cup corn meal, 1 cup whole wheat flour, 3/4 cup molasses, 2 cups sour milk, 2 level teaspoons soda and 1 level teaspoon salt. Mix and sift all dry ingredients...
- How To Make White Bread
- Sift 1 quart of flour, 2 teaspoons salt and 2 tablespoons sugar into the bread-pan; mix 2 cups of hot water with 1 cup milk; when this is lukewarm add 1 cup of potato yeast and stir into the sifted fl...
- How To Make Rolls Or Pop Overs
- Rolls Three cups flour, 1 cup milk, 1/2 cup hot water, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 1-3 cake compressed yeast. Proceed same as with other rolls. Rolls One pint of milk, scalded; a...
- How To Make Muffins
- Corn Meal Muffins Four tablespoons melted butter, 2 tablespoons sugar, 6 tablespoons yellow corn meal, 2 eggs, 2 cups milk or water, 3 teaspoons yeast powder, pinch salt, and flour enough to stiffe...
- How To Make Waffles
- Sift into 1 pint flour 2 teaspoons yeast powder and salt; then add 1 tablespoon melted butter, 2 well-beaten eggs, and enough milk to make a thin batter. Be sure and have the two sides of the waffle p...
- How To Make Pastry
- Hints On Pastry Lard must be hard and the water very cold to make good pastry. Handle as little as possible. If you desire the upper crust very flaky, save 2 tablespoons of shortening for top crust...
- How To Make Pastry. Continued
- Cranberry Pie Line pie plate and fill with cranberries. 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup molasses, dust a little flour over from sifter. Cover with little strips of crust about 1/2 inch wide, so that it forms ...
- How To Make Tarts
- Lemon Tarts One cup sugar, 1/2 cup sweet milk, 1 tablespoon butter rubbed into sugar, 2 cups of flour, sifted three times after adding 1/2 teaspoon cream tartar. Juice of 1 good sized lemon, yolks ...
- How To Make Mince Meat Pie
- Mince Meat Two lbs lean beef boiled and cooled in water it has boiled in. When cold chop fine. Strain the water and add to the mixture when ready to cook 1 lb suet minced to a powder, 5 lbs juicy a...
- How To Make Lemon Pies
- Two lemons, 1 cup water, 1 cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, 5 eggs, 2 tablespoons white sugar. Grate the rinds, squeeze out the juice and chop pulp very fine. Place together and add water, flour ...
- How To Make Shortcake
- Orange Shortcake Pare the oranges being careful to remove all the white part of the peeling. Quarter and slice removing all seeds, stir in sufficient sugar to suit the taste. Let stand for a half h...
- How To Make Puddings
- Poor Man's Pudding Three cups flour, 1 cup molasses, 1 cup hot water, 3 tablespoons melted butter, 1 teaspoon each of soda and cinnamon, 1 cup raisins, 1 egg, 1/2 teaspoon cloves. Steam 3 hours. ...
- How To Make Puddings. Part 2
- Coffee Pudding One pint bread crumbs wet with cold coffee, 1 cup brown sugar, 5 eggs (three will do), 1 cup raisins, spices to taste, 1 teaspoon soda, 1/2 cup molasses. Add flour sufficient to make...
- How To Make Puddings. Part 3
- Graham Pudding One and 1/2 cups graham flour, 1/2 cup syrup, 1/2 cup raisins, 1/2 cup currants, 1/2 cup sour milk, 1 teaspoon soda, 1/4 cup butter, 1 egg, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, cloves, allspice an...
- How To Make Suet Pudding
- One-half loaf bread crumbs, 3/4 cup chopped suet, 1 cup milk, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup molasses, 3 eggs, 1 cup chopped raisins, 1/2 cup currants, 1/2 teaspoon each of spices, 1/2 teaspoon soda. Steam 3 ...
- How To Make Plum Pudding
- Three cups sifted flour, 1 cup New Orleans molasses, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 3 eggs beaten light, 1 cup sweet milk, 2 level teaspoons soda dissolved in milk, 1 heaping teaspoon cinnamon, ...
- How To Make Fig Or Coconut Pudding
- Fig Pudding One cup each of seeded raisins, chopped figs and chopped suet, 1 cup sweet milk, 2 1/2 cups flour, 1 1/2 cups molasses, 1 level teaspoon soda, 1/2 teaspoon each of cinnamon, ginger and ...
- How To Make Apple Puddings
- Apple Dumplings Make a rich baking-powder crust; peel and core apples; roll out crust about 1/4 of an inch thick; cut out circles to fit apples; place latter on dough; fill cavity with sugar, a lit...
- How To Make Chocolate Pudding
- One pint milk, 1/2 cup sugar, pinch of salt. Heat this; add 2 tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in little milk, yolk of 1 egg. Cook until it thickens. Remove from stove and add the white of 1 egg well ...
- How To Make Prune Pudding
- One and 1/2 cups flour, 1 heaping cup cooked prunes chopped, 1/2 cup molasses, 1/2 cup sour or sweet milk, 1/4 cup butter, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon soda, pinch of salt, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, cloves, a littl...
- How To Make Snow Pudding
- Pour 1 pint boiling water over 1/2 box gelatine; add juice of 1 lemon and 2 cups sugar. When nearly cold, strain and add the whites of 3 eggs beaten stiffly, and beat all together. Set into mold to sh...
- How To Make Pineapple Pudding
- One-half box gelatine, whites of 3 eggs, 2 cups sugar, pint of hot water, juice of 1 lemon. Dissolve gelatine in water. Add lemon juice and sugar, mix well and strain through cheese cloth into a large...
- How To Make Pudding Sauces
- Cream 1/2 cup butter; add gradually 1/2 cup sugar, stirring until light and creamy. Place rounded tablespoon cornstarch in a sauce pan, moisten with a little cold water; pour in 1 pint boiling water a...
- How To Make Light Desserts
- Charlotte Russe (Fine) Soak 1/4 box Knox's gelatine in 1/2 cup of sweet milk 1/2 hour, and when dissolved set cup in hot water. Take 1 pint whipped cream; add 1/2 cup pulverized sugar, a little sal...
- How To Make Light Desserts. Continued
- Pineapple Dessert Place alternate layers of halved lady-fingers and diced pineapple in dish and pour over all a pint of whipped cream. Pineapple Jelly Dissolve 2 tablespoons granulated ge...
- How To Make Sherbert
- Strawberry Sherbert Crush to a smooth paste 1 quart strawberries. Add 3 pints water, juice of 1 lemon, 1 tablespoon orange flower water. Strain and add 3/4 pound white sugar. Stir till sugar is dis...
- How To Make Custards
- Caramel Custard Yolks of 3 eggs, 1 cup milk, 1 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon cornstarch. Boil milk. Put sugar in frying pan and burn to rich chocolate brown. Stir constantly until melted. Pour in milk, l...
- How To Make Ice Creams
- Peach Ice Cream One quart nice ripe peaches after they are mashed fine, about 1 quart of pure sweet cream, 4 cups sugar and whites of 2 eggs. Freeze without cooking. Ice Cream Heat thorou...
- How To Make Creams
- Spanish Cream Soak 1/2 box gelatine in enough water to cover. Scald 1 quart milk. Stir in gelatine until dissolved. Beat together yolks of eggs and 1 small cup sugar. Turn hot mixture on eggs and s...
- How To Make Ices
- Strawberry Ice Make a syrup of 3 cups sugar and a little water. When ready to boil, add juice of 5 or 6 lemons, 1/4 box gelatine (soak gelatine in a little cold water), 1/2 box strawberries, crushe...
- Hints On Cake-Making And Baking
- To have perfect success, the cook must use judgment and care. First prepare your pans; cover bottom of pan with paper, grease well (for which lard is better than butter), then sprinkle with flour; tur...
- How To Make Cakes
- Scripture Cake 1 cup butter................. .....Judges, 5-25. 2 cups sugar.............. ... Jeremiah, 6-20. 3 1/2 cups flo...
- How To Make Cakes. Part 2
- Dorcas Cake One cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter rubbed to a cream, 1/2 cup milk, 1 heaping cup of flour sifted with 1 teaspoon of baking powder. Whites of 3 eggs beaten to a stiff froth folded in last. F...
- How To Make Cakes. Part 3
- Cleveland Loaf Cake Three-fourths cup butter slightly warmed and beaten to a cream with 1 cup sugar. Separate 3 eggs and beat whites to a stiff froth and set aside to be added to batter the last th...
- How To Make Cakes. Part 4
- Cream Puffs One coffee cup boiling water, 1/2 cup butter, 1 heaping cup flour. Boil water, add butter, then stir in flour. Remove from stove and beat until smooth. When perfectly cold, stir into mi...
- How To Make Pork Cake
- (Fine)One pound fat pork, 4 eggs, 1 cup molasses, 1 cup sugar, 2-3 cup hot water, 1 cup (large) raisins, 2-3 cup currants, 2 teaspoons soda. Spice of all kinds. This makes 2 large cakes, which will ke...
- How To Make Pound Cake
- Two large cups sugar, 1 1/2 cups butter (scant), 8 eggs, 2 cups unsifted flour, 1 even teaspoon baking powder, and flavor with lemon. If baked in 1 pan, bake 1 hour. Better if baked in a funnel pan. ...
- How To Make Watermelon Or Potato Cake
- Watermelon Cake (White Part) Two cups white sugar, 1 cup butter, 1 cup milk, 3 1/2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons cream tartar, 1 teaspoon soda or 2 teaspoons baking powder, whites of 6 eggs, well beaten....
- How To Make Apple Cake
- Dried Apple Cake Pour boiling water over 1 1/2 cups dried apples and let stand over night. Chop apples and let simmer in 3/4 cup molasses till almost dry. Let stand until cool and flour same as any...
- How To Make Drop Cakes
- Cocoanut Drop Cakes One egg, 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup melted butter, 1/2 cup milk, 2 cups flour, 1 rounded teaspoon yeast powder, salt, 1 cup cocoanut, vanilla. Raisin Drop Cakes One egg, 1 c...
- How To Make Layer Cake
- Quick Cake One heaping large cup flour, 1 scant cup sugar, 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder. Sift all together twice. Break into same cup 2 eggs, 4 tablespoons melted butter, and then fill cup with...
- How To Make Layer Cake. Continued
- Apple Cream Cake One cup sugar, 1 egg, 1-3 cup butter, 1/2 cup sweet milk, 1 1-3 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder. Bake in 2 round pans. Grate 2 fine flavored apples, put in the beaten white o...
- How To Make Checkerboard Cake
- Light Part Whites of 4 eggs, 1 cup sugar, scant 1/2 cup lard, 1/2 cup milk, 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder. Flavor with lemon. Dark Part Yolks of 4 eggs, 1 cup sugar, ...
- How To Make Mocha Cake
- Yolks and whites of 5 eggs beaten separately. Beat 1 cup sugar into yolks. Add 1 cup sifted flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder. Add beaten whites last. Flavor with 1 1/2 teaspoons of coffee extract, ...
- How To Make Spice Cake
- Two eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup milk, 2 cups flour, 1 cup chopped raisins, 2 teaspoons baking powder, all kinds of spices. Layer Spice Cake Beat slightly 1 whole egg and yolks...
- How To Make Marble Cake
- Light Part 1 1/2 cups white sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup sweet milk, whites of 4 eggs, 2 1/2 cups flour into which sift 1 teaspoon cream tartar and 1/2 teaspoon soda. Dark Part 1 cup brown ...
- How To Make Coffee Cake
- Three scant cups flour, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup molasses, 2 eggs, 1 cup fruit, 1/2 cup cold coffee, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon allspice, 1/2 teaspon cloves, 1 teaspoon soda, ...
- How To Make Sponge Cake
- Very Fixe Sponge Cake Six eggs, 1 cup sugar, tablespoon of lemon juice, grated rind of 1/2 lemon, 1 cup flour. Beat yolks until thick; add lemon juice and grated rind. Beat thoroughly again; add su...
- How To Make Nut Cake
- Two small cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 4 eggs, 3 cups flour, 1 cup cold water, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 2 cups chopped nuts. Nut Cake Three eggs well beaten, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1 scant cup but...
- How To Make Fruit Cake
- Wedding Fruit Cake Two lbs sugar, 1 1/2 lbs butter, 2 lbs flour, 4 lbs currants, 4 lbs raisins, 1 lb citron. 10 eggs, 1/2 pint syrup, 1/2 pint sour milk, 1 gill fruit juice, 1 cup chopped almonds, ...
- How To Make Ginger Snaps
- One small cup New Orleans molasses, 1 small cup butter and lard mixed. Let these come to a boil; then mix 1 cup brown sugar, 1 egg, little salt, ginger and cinnamon. Use 1 even teaspoon soda, putting ...
- How To Make Ginger Bread
- One cup New Orleans molasses, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 cup sour cream, 1 teaspoon soda, 1 tablespoon ginger, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 2 1/2 cups flour. Hard Ginger Bread One 1/2 cups molasses (...
- How To Make Doughnuts
- Into 4 cups of flour sift 1 teaspoon each of soda, cream tartar and baking powder and large pinch of salt. Sift all 3 times. Sift 1 cup sugar and rub into it a piece of butter size of an almond. Add 2...
- How To Make Cookies
- Sugar Cookies Mrs. Sampson. One cup sugar, 2-3 cup butter, 4 tablespoons milk, 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, 2 eggs, vanilla, a little cinnamon or nutmeg and flour enough to roll. Maca...
- Icings And Fillings
- Boiled icings: 2 cups sugar, 1-3 cup water boiled until almost ready to thread from a spoon. Have ready the beaten white of one egg; stir slowly the boiling mixture into it. Flavor. Do not stir while ...
- How To Make Beverages
- Chocolate Put into a granite pot set in boiling water, 1 quart milk or a pint each of cream and milk; stir into it 3 heaping tablespoons grated chocolate mixed to a paste with hot milk. Boil 2 or 3...
- Substitute For Cream In Coffee
- Beat an egg to a froth; add butter size of a walnut and turn the coffee on this gradually, as you turn from boiling pot into the one for the table. Rice Water Four tablespoons rice, 3 cups c...
- How To Make Candies
- Orange Sticks Slice oranges in narrow strips. Cover with water and scald 3 times. Prepare a syrup by boiling together 3/4 cup water and 2 cups sugar. Place strips of orange in syrup and boil. Remov...
- How To Make Candies. Continued
- Cocoanut Creams Knead into French Candy some cocoanut, form; dip into white of egg, then into shredded cocoanut. Date Creams Use the small balls as directed in French Candies, placing...
- Invalid Foods
- Invalids' Foods Mash ripe grapes and strain. Allow 3 1/2 pounds of sugar to 1 gallon juice. Bottle like fruit, after thoroughly heating. Beef Extract Or Tea Cut 1 pound of lean beef (get ...
- Medical
- Earache - Dip in warm sweet oil a bit of cotton on which has been placed a pinch of black pepper, and insert it in the ear. Relief is sometimes obtained by blowing tobacco smoke into the ear and closi...
- Hints For The Housewife
- A piece of pointed whalebone or fine pine wood is nice to clean out corners. An easy way to wash windows. Use two washcloths and a large one free from lint for drying. Wet one of the cloths with so...
- Miscellaneous
- Table Of Weights And Measures 1 quart of flour............................... ......1 pound 1 pint of liquor............................... .......
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