Grayville Cook Book
The old Anglo Saxon idea of the lady or the loaf giver still holds good, though conditions have changed; there is no higher avocation than being priestess of the home, looking to the health and happiness of the family. The quotation "Whom God hath joined in matrimony, ill-cooked joints and ill-cooked potatoes have very often put asunder," is very apt. In giving this book to the public we, the members of this committee, have endeavored to assemble tried and tested recipes that would meet all the needs of the most discriminating housewife. We desire to express our gratitude to the friends who have contributed to the success of this work by responding so promptly to our requests for recipes, Mrs. George Mathews Mrs. J. B. Jolly Mrs. S. P. Ronalds Mrs. Charles Melrose.
| Title | Grayville Cook Book |
| Author | The Ladies of the M. E. Church |
| Publisher | The Ladies of the M. E. Church |
| Year | 1913 |
| Copyright | 1913, The Ladies of the M. E. Church |
Grayville. Illinois
"See that your kitchen fire be bright,
And your hands be neat and skilled, For the love of man oft takes its flight If his stomach be not well filled."
Hints On Serving- We have come to know that the pleasure of eating any article of food is enhanced by the manner in which it is served; thus, that it is that we are interested in the best approved ways of laying the ta...
- Soups
- One morning in the garden bed The onion and the carrot said, Unto the parsley group: Oh, when shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, hail or rain? Alas! replied in tones of pain, The...
- Fish
- Master; I marvel how the fishes live in the sea! Why, as men do a'land; the great ones eat up the little ones. Codfish Balls One teacup of grated codfish, add two cups of mashed potatoes seasoned...
- Oysters
- Why, then, the world's mine oyster Which I with sword will open. Oyster Cocktail Place five or six oysters into each glass. For twelve cocktails allow seven teaspoons each of prepared horse-radish...
- Meats
- No life worth living ever comes to good If always nourished on the self same food. Meat For Sabbath Dinner Pie made Saturday. Cut two pounds round steak in fine pieces, stew well, add thinly slice...
- Meats. Part 2
- Swiss Steak One pound round steak, salt and pepper; dredge well with flour and beat, fold together and beat again, dredging with flour each time folded. Fry brown in a small amount of fat; when brown...
- Meats. Part 3
- Cream Sauce One pint of cream or milk, one tablespoon butter, if cream is used, two if you use milk, two tablespoons flour, one-half teaspoon salt and one-half saltspoon of pepper. Heat the cream in ...
- Meats. Part 4
- Hamburg Beef Loaf Two and one-half pounds of beef, one and one-half pounds of pork' chopped fine, or ground, two eggs, one cup crackers or bread crumbs' one cup sweet milk, salt, pepper. Mix thorough...
- Poultry
- How bless'd, how envied were our life, Could we but 'scape the poulterer's knife! But man, curs'd man, on turkeys preys, And Christmas shortens all our days; Sometimes with oysters we combine, Sometim...
- Poultry. Part 2
- Chicken Fried In Oven Have chicken cut up, floured and salted. Put lard in pan and heat; before it is hot enough to burn fingers, turn chicken over in it and place in moderate oven until a delicate b...
- Poultry. Part 3
- Wild Duck With Peas Cold duck; ham; two tablespoonfuls of butter, one pint of stock, one tablespoonful of flour, one pint of peas, salt and pepper. Put the remains of a cold duck and one slice of ham...
- Salads
- To make a perfect salad, there should be a spendthrift for oil, a miser for vinegar, a wise man for salt and a madcap to stir the ingredients up and mix them well together. - Spanish. Pecan Salad...
- Salads. Part 2
- Oyster Salad Beat three eggs, season well with salt, pepper and dry mustard, add lump of butter size of egg, two-thirds cup of vinegar, one-half cup of liquor from one can of cove oysters. Let heat, ...
- Salads. Part 3
- Asparagus Salad Cook asparagus until tender, also peas. Serve on lettuce leaf and use mayonnaise. Excellent. - Mrs. E. E. St. John. Perfection Salad One envelope Knox Sparkling Gelatine. One-half...
- Salads. Part 4
- Tomato Jelly Salad Boil three-fourths can of tomatoes for twenty minutes; add a little piece of onion, small teaspoon sugar, one teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, pepper, salt, saltspoon of mustard. Str...
- Salads. Part 5
- Fruit Salad Dates, figs, nuts, cherries, white grapes, pineapple, oranges, bananas. Dressing. - Two egg yolks, one-third cup of butter, one table-spoonful of flour, one cup of sugar, cream these tog...
- Vegetables
- What we eat today walks and talks tomorrow; therefore, if we would walk well and talk well, we must eat well. Potato Chips Slice potatoes almost as thin as paper, soak in ice water until crisp; wi...
- Vegetables. Part 2
- Baked Rice And Tomatoes One cup of cold rice and two good-sized tomatoes. Alternate layers, well-seasoned, with cracker crumbs on top. Bake. Escalloped Tomatoes One pint tomatoes, one scant pint ...
- Vegetables. Part 3
- Stuffed Egg Plant Take one good-sized egg plant and cut in half, crosswise. Remove the inside and place shells in salt water. For Filling. - Boil ten cents worth of veal until tender; grind and save...
- Bread
- She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates. Light Bread Yeast One pint dry y...
- Bread. Part 2
- Milk Bread One cake Fleishmann's Yeast, one quart milk, scalded and cooled, two tablespoonfuls sugar, three quarts sifted flour, two tablespoonfuls lard or butter, melted, one tablespoonful salt. Dis...
- Bread. Part 3
- Walnut Bread One egg, two cups milk, four cups flour, four teaspoons (not heap-ing) Royal Baking Powder, two teaspoons salt, one cup English al-nuts, one-half cup sugar. Pour into pan and let stand t...
- Bread. Part 4
- Cinnamon Rolls Rub one tablespoon of lard into two quarts of flour. Moisten one cake of dry yeast. Scald one pint of milk, and when cool, but not cold, add to the flour. Beat well, add one teaspoon o...
- Bread. Part 5
- Biscuit One quart of flour, after sifted, two heaping teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, one-half teaspoon salt, sift all together; add lump of lard the size of an egg, and work together thoroughly, then...
- Bread. Part 6
- German Pancakes Take five eggs, separating the yolks. Beat yolks until very light, add three tablespoons flour, stirring well. Beat whites, adding as much salt as the tip of a knife will hold. Add on...
- Cakes
- It is written - in the Scriptures- That man liveth not by bread alone. Now it is ordained that cake is a fair coadjutor, but- Give not the child too much cake, As it may give it the stomach ac...
- Cakes. Part 2
- Plain Fruit Cake One cupful of sour cream, one cupful of brown sugar, one-half cup-ful of molasses, three cupfuls of flour, one cupful of raisins, one cupful of chopped walnuts, spice to taste, one t...
- Cakes. Part 3
- Chocolate Cake Cream one-half cup butter and one and one-half cups sugar. To this add the yolks of three eggs, three tablespoons of cocoa, one cup of water, two cups of flour. Then add the whites of ...
- Cakes. Part 4
- Angel Filled Cakes Whites of nine eggs, one and one-fourth cups granulated sugar, one cup flour, one-half teaspoon cream tartar, pinch of salt added to eggs before whipping. Flavor to taste, bake fif...
- Cakes. Part 5
- White Cake Six whites of eggs, beaten well, one scant cup of butter, two cups of sugar, cream butter and sugar, one cup milk, three cups flour, after it is sifted, two teaspoons Royal Baking Powder; ...
- Cakes. Part 6
- Bride's Cake Whites of twelve eggs, three cups of sugar, small cup of butter, one cup of sweet milk, four cups of flour, half cup of corn starch and two teaspoons Royal Baking Powder. Flavor with lem...
- Cakes. Part 7
- Eggless Cake One cup each of sugar, sour milk and raisins, two cups of flour, one-half cup of butter, one teaspoon cinnamon, one-fourth teaspoon cloves, one-half grated nutmeg, cream butter and sugar...
- Cakes. Part 8
- Devil's Food Cake Two cups of brown sugar, one-half cup butter, one teaspoon of soda, dissolved in one-half cup sour milk, three-fourths cup chocolate, grated and dissolved in one-half cup boiling wa...
- Cookies
- If 'twere done when 'tis done, Then 'twere well 'twere done quickly. Fruit Cookies One and one-half cups sugar, three eggs, one cup butter, one tea-spoon soda, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon ...
- Cookies. Part 2
- Cocoanut Cookies One cup cocoanut, one cup sugar, one-third cup butter, one egg, three tablespoons milk, one and one-half teaspoons Royal Baking Pow-der, pinch of salt and enough flour to roll. - Mrs...
- Cookies. Part 3
- Gem Cakes One cup sugar, two tablespoons butter, two eggs, four tablespoons grated chocolate, dissolved in two tablespoons of boiling water, one and one-half cups of flour, one heaping teaspoon Royal...
- Cookies. Part 4
- Doughnuts Sift together one quart flour, two teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, one cup sugar, one egg, one tablespoon melted butter, one-third tea-spoon salt, teaspoon lemon or vanilla, add sweet milk t...
- Pies
- Banana Pie Make a custard as follows: Mix together the yolks of two eggs, beaten till light, and one tablespoon cornstarch. Add this to half a pint of boiling milk (or water) sweetened to taste; stir...
- Pies. Part 2
- Banana Pie Bake the crust first: Slice two bananas in this crust, make a filling as follows, and pour over the bananas: Put one-half cup sugar in cup of boiling milk, yolks of two eggs, two tablespoo...
- Pies. Part 3
- Amber Pie One cup jam (or any kind of fruit butter), one cup sour cream, one-half cup sugar, butter size of an egg, yolks of three eggs, teaspoon vanilla, tablespoon cornstarch, or flour. Boil until ...
- Pies. Part 4
- Lemon Pie Four eggs, juice of one and one-half lemons, one-half cup sugar, (a little more sugar, if you don't like it tart). Separate the whites and yolks, add sugar and lemon to the yolks; boil unti...
- Pies. Part 5
- Prune Custard Pie Cook prunes without sugar until they leave the seed easily. Line a pie plate with rich pastry and put in a good thick layer of seeded prunes. Make a custard with one-half cup sugar,...
- Pies. Part 6
- Strawberry Short Cake One cup sugar, two tablespoons butter (not melted), pinch salt, one egg, one cupful sweet milk, two cups flour, two teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, filling may be any kind of fru...
- Puddings
- Persimmon Pudding One pint persimmons, rubbed through colander, 2 tablespoons suet, chopped fine, two teaspoons baking powder, two eggs, beaten; pinch of salt, one cup milk (sweet). Enough flour to m...
- Puddings. Part 2
- Plum Pudding One teacup sugar, one teacup butter, four eggs, one teacup bread crumbs, one pint sweet milk, a little molasses, one apple chopped fine, one teaspoon all kinds spices, one teaspoon soda,...
- Puddings. Part 3
- Woodford Pudding Beat yolks of three eggs well, add cup of sugar, one-half cup of flour, one cup of jam or preserves, one salt spoon of cinnamon and whites of three eggs, beaten stiff; one teaspoon s...
- Puddings. Part 4
- Fig Pudding One and one-half cups chopped figs, two cups stale bread crumbs, one cup sugar, one cup chopped suet, one cup Graham flour, two eggs, one teaspoon soda, dissolved in enough buttermilk or ...
- Puddings. Part 5
- Pineapple Dessert Cut one fresh pineapple into small pieces, put on sugar and let stand an hour. Cut up five cents' worth of marshmallows, ten cents' worth of pecan meats and add to the pineapple. Mi...
- Puddings. Part 6
- Banana Pudding Cut sponge cake in slices, put into a glass dish, a layer of cake and one of sliced bananas, alternately. Make a nice soft custard, flavoring to taste and using yolks of eggs only, and...
- Frozen Desserts
- The smile of the hostess Is the cream of the feast. Cranberry Frappe Pick over and wash one quart of cranberries; put over fire in agate saucepan, with one quart of cold water. Boil ten minutes ...
- Cheese
- Welsh Rarebit Two cups grated cheese, two eggs (yolks), one-half cup sweet milk, salt and cayenne to taste. Put milk in chafing-dish and let come to boiling point, then add cheese and eggs, thinned w...
- Sandwiches
- Cucumber Sandwiches Pare a good-sized cucumber and place in salt water for a short time, then slice very thin; mix with a little mayonnaise dressing and place between slices of bread. - Miss Ethel Ja...
- Canned Fruits
- Orange Marmalade Six oranges, three lemons, sliced thin; cover with four quarts of cold water and let stand twenty-four hours; then boil one hour, and let stand twenty-four; then measure equal quanti...
- Pickles
- Chow Chow One-half peck green tomatoes, two large heads of cabbage, fifteen large onions, twelve green peppers, one-half pound white mustard seed, one ounce celery seed. Cut onions, tomatoes, cabbage...
- Pickles. Part 2
- Spanish Pickle One dozen cucumbers, soaked in salt water strong enough to hold up an egg, one peck of green tomatoes, one dozen onions, medium size; three ounces white mustard seed, one ounce celery ...
- Pickles. Part 3
- Uncooked Chili Sauce One peck of ripe tomatoes. Peel, remove seeds, chop fine and let drip one-half hour. Add nine sweet peppers, chopped fine; three bunches of celery, cut in small cubes, one-half c...
- Candies
- Fondant For Chocolate Cream Put in a granite pan, two cups granulated sugar, one cup of water, and one-half saltspoon (scant) of cream of tartar. Stir until the sugar is dissolved, but not a minute l...
- Miscellaneous
- 1. Cereals keep more crisp in a dry glass jar tightly screwed. 2. Salt will remove fresh ink stain. 3. To keep ants away, wipe the shelves with water, hot with cayenne pepper, but best of all keep t...
- Miscellaneous. Continued
- How To Make A Jelly Bag Gather the hem over an embroidery hoop, sew tape securely to the hoop and hang it on a stick over a large bowl or preserving-kettle to drain. In this way the fruit can be pour...
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