Capital City Recipes | by First Presbyterian Church (Raleigh, N.C.). Woman's Auxiliary
This little volume is published by the ladies of the Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church of Raleigh, and the Recipes composing it have been obtained from the manuscript collections of some of the most noted of our housekeepers.
| Title | Capital City Recipes |
| Author | First Presbyterian Church (Raleigh, N.C.). Woman's Auxiliary |
| Publisher | Mutual Publishing Co |
| Year | 1908 |
| Copyright | 1908, First Presbyterian Church (Raleigh, N.C.). Woman's Auxiliary |
| Amazon | Capital City Cook Book, A Collection Of Practical Tested Receipts By Many Of The Best Housekeepers |
Preface To Capital City Recipes- This little volume is published by the ladies of the Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church of Raleigh, and the Recipes composing it have been obtained from the manuscript collections of some of the m...
- Soups Recipes From Capital City Recipes
- A soup boiled is a soup spoiled. How To Make Croutons To Serve With Soup Take stale light-bread, slice rather thickly, cut off the crusts, take a sharp knife and cut the bread in squares about 3...
- Soups Recipes From Capital City Recipes. Continued
- How To Make Beef Soup With Vegetables Shank of Beef or 10-cent Soup Bone. Cold Water - Quarts, ......................................3 Okra - Quart, ...................................................
- How To Make Chicken Gumbo
- Chickens, ............. 1 grown or 2 young. Lard. Onion (medium-sized) . . 1 Flour. Warm Water - Quarts, . . 3 Okra - Quarts, ........ 2 Tomatoes - Pints, ...... 1 Pepper and Salt. Catsup and C...
- Recipes For Cooking Fish From The Book Capital City Recipes
- Observations On Boiling And Frying Fish Fish that is to be boiled should be put into cold salt water to make it firm. When ready to cook it must be put into cold water, when it boils skim with care, ...
- Recipes For Cooking Shad
- How To Make Broiled Shad Prepare the fish, have a long griddle very hot, grease with butter, place the fish on it and broil well done, turning frequently. Brown nicely, occasionally basting with butt...
- Deviled Crabs Recipe
- Crab meat, either fresh or canned - Pints... 1 Eggs (hard boiled),.......................................2 Butter (melted) - Tablespoonfuls,................ 2 Vinegar - Tablespoonfuls, ...............
- Fried Oysters Recipe
- Oysters-Quarts, ...................... 1 Eggs (yolks), ......................... 3 Biscuit or Cracker Crumbs. Grate and sift crumbs and season with pepper and salt. Drain the liquor from the oyster...
- Recipes For Cooking Meats From The Book Capital City Recipes
- How To Make Smothered Chicken Take two young chickens, frying size or a little larger; split down the backs; rub into them salt and pepper, and lay them in a small baking-pan. Put in water enough to ...
- Recipes For Cooking Meats From The Book Capital City Recipes. Part 2
- How To Make Minced Beef Beef-Pounds, ......................... 3 1/2 Eggs, ...................................... 3 Salt-Tablespoonfuls, ................ 1 1/2 Pepper-Tablespoonfuls, ................
- Recipes For Cooking Meats From The Book Capital City Recipes. Part 3
- How To Make Brains Cooked With Eggs Wash the brains thoroughly, and boil in salt water a few minutes; mash them well; beat 2 eggs well and pour over the brains, stirring all the time to prevent burni...
- How To Make Stuffed Ham
- Select a round, thick ham weighing from 9 to 10 pounds; boil slowly and steadily for 3 hours; allow to stand in the liquor until cool enough to handle; skin and trim into good shape; draw the bone by ...
- How To Make Roast Turkey
- Turkey (8 pounds), ......................................1 Hard Biscuit or Rolls, ..................................12 Pepper - Teaspoonfuls, ..................................1 Salt - Dessertspoon...
- Chicken Croquette Recipes
- How To Make Chicken Croquettes, No. 1 Chickens (cold),..............................................2 Mushrooms-Can, ..........................................1/2 Onion (grated)-Teaspoonfuls,.........
- How To Make Chicken Pillau
- Chicken (grown),............................................1 Rice - Cups, ......................................................2 Salt - Dessertspoonfuls, ..................................1 3 or ...
- How To Make Chicken Pate
- Chickens (boiled), ..........................................2 Milk (fresh)-Pints, ..........................................1 Onion (chopped)-Tablespoonfuls,................... 1 Nutmeg (grated),....
- How To Make Roast Beef
- Make sure that you have a firm, fat, clear-colored piece of meat. The choice roast is the tip of the sirloin (last end of the hind quarter). The second choice is a cut along the rump. Tenderloin is to...
- How To Make Beef A La Mode
- Round of Beef. Stale Bread - Loaves, ......................................1 Salt and Pepper to taste. Large Onion (chopped fine), ...........................1 Thyme - Sprigs, .......................
- How To Make Barbecued Pig
- Lay the pig in cold water until ready to use; wipe dry inside and out; rub over with melted butter; put in oven with a little hot salt water, and baste with water and then with melted butter until the...
- Recipes For Deviled Ham
- How To Make Deviled Ham, No 1 For this purpose use the knuckle or odds and ends. Cut off all hard bits and see that at least a quarter of the amount is fat. Chop as finely as possible, reducing almos...
- Salads And Dressings Recipes From The Book Capital City Recipes
- How To Make Shrimp Salad Take 2 cans of shrimp, pick over, but do not wash; lay on fresh lettuce leaves, and pour over some mayonnaise prepared as above for chicken salad. How To Make Potato Salad...
- Salads And Dressings Recipes From The Book Capital City Recipes. Part 2
- How To Make Peanut Salad Remove the skins of fresh roasted peanuts, chop, but not too fine, and add an equal quantity of crisp celery cut fine. Serve on tender young lettuce leaves with mayonnaise dr...
- Salads And Dressings Recipes From The Book Capital City Recipes. Part 3
- How To Make Stuffed Tomatoes One can of small French peas, drain off the liquor and mix with 1/2 the bulk of the peas with chopped English walnuts or other nuts, dress with Mayonnaise or French dress...
- Chicken Salad Recipes
- How To Make Chicken Salad, No. 1 Chickens, .......................................................2 Eggs (hard boiled), ........................................6 Butter (not melted) - Tablespoonful...
- Bread And Rolls Recipes
- How To Make Yeast Irish Potatoes (large) .....................................6 Hops - Tablespoonfuls ....................................1 Water - Quarts .............................................
- Bread And Rolls Recipes. Part 2
- How To Make Corn-Bread Meal - Tablespoonfuls ....................................7 Eggs ................................................................1 Sweet Milk - Pints ...........................
- Bread And Rolls Recipes. Part 3
- How To Make Delicious Sally Lunn, No. 2 Sweet Milk - Pints ..........................................1 Yeast - Cupfuls ................................................1/2 Butter - Pounds .............
- Bread And Rolls Recipes. Part 4
- How To Make Twin Mountain Muffins Butter-Cupfuls ..............................................1/4 Sugar-Cupfuls ..............................................1/4 Eggs ................................
- Bread And Rolls Recipes. Part 5
- How To Make Buttermilk Biscuits Flour - Quarts ................................................1 Sour or Buttermilk - Pints ............................1 Butter - Pounds ..............................
- Recipes For Cakes
- Rules Fob Making All Cakes Cream butter and sugar together; beat whites and yolks of eggs separately. If milk is used, add it to the butter and sugar, then the eggs; flour always last; baking powder ...
- Recipes For Cakes. Part 2
- How To Make White Cake Eggs (whites) ................................................12 Flour - Cupfuls ..............................................5 Sugar - Cupfuls ...................... 3 But...
- Recipes For Cakes. Part 3
- How To Make Caramel Cake, No. 2 Flour - Pounds ................................................1 Sugar - Pounds .....................................1 Butter - Pounds ........................1/2 E...
- Recipes For Cakes. Part 4
- How To Make Rolled Jelly Cake Eggs ............................... 12 Pulverized Sugar - Pounds ............. 1 Flour - Pounds ....................... 3/4 Beat the eggs and sugar till very light; ...
- Recipes For Cakes. Part 5
- How To Make Tea Cakes Flour-Pints ..................................................3 Sugar-Pounds ................................................1 Butter-Pounds .....................................
- Recipes For Cakes. Part 6
- How To Make Jumbles Eggs ................................................................6 Light-brown Sugar-Cupfuls ........................4 Butter-Cupfuls ..........................................
- Fruit Cake Recipes
- How To Make New Orleans Fruit Cake Flour - Pound ................................................1 Sugar - Pound ..............................................1 Butter - Pound ........................
- How To Make Citron Cake Recipes
- How To Make Citron Cake Sugar-Pounds ..............................................1 Butter-Pounds ............................................1 Flour-Pounds ..........................................
- How To Make Orange Cake And Filling
- How To Make Orange Cake Sugar - Cupfuls . . . .......................................2 Eggs (leaving out whites of three)..................6 Boiling Water - Cupfuls ...................................
- How To Make Ribbon Cake And Icing
- Eggs (whtes) ........................ 10 Sifted Flour-Cupfuls ................. 5 Sugar-Cupfuls ....................... 3 Butter-Cupfuls ....................... 1 Milk-Cupfuls .......................
- How To Make Chocolate Nougate
- Butter - Cupfuls ............................................1 Sugar - Cupfuls ............................................2 Flour - Cupfuls ..............................................3 1/2 Eggs...
- Puddings, Pies And Sauce Recipes
- How To Make Plain Boiled Pudding Molasses-Cupfuls ..........................................1 Butter-Cupfuls ..............................................1 Soda-Teaspoonfuls .........................
- Puddings, Pies And Sauce Recipes. Part 2
- How To Make An Excellent Pudding Sugar - Cupfuls ..............................................1 Butter - Cupfuls ..............................................1/2 Eggs................................
- Puddings, Pies And Sauce Recipes. Part 3
- How To Make Brown Betty Apples ............................... 6 Sugar - Cupfuls ....................... 1 Butter - Tablespoonfuls ................. 1 Milk - Cupfuls ........................ 1 Nu...
- Puddings, Pies And Sauce Recipes. Part 4
- How To Make Puff Paste Flour-Quarts......................... 1 Butter-Pounds ....................... 1 Cold Water. Sift the flour twice; leave out a little for rolling the pastry; make up the rema...
- Puddings, Pies And Sauce Recipes. Part 5
- How To Make Sweet Potato Pie Boil the potatoes just a little over half done; slice them very thin; after lining the pan with nice pastry, just a little thicker than ordinary, put on a layer of potato...
- How To Make Creams, Ices And Jellies
- How To Make Wine Jelly Gelatine - Boxes ..............................................1 Cold Water - Pints..........................................1 White Sugar - Pounds .............................
- How To Make Creams, Ices And Jellies. Part 2
- How To Make Charlotte Russe, No. 2 Cream - Pints . . ...................................1 Gelatine - Ounces .....................................1/2 Hot Milk - Gills ..................................
- How To Make Creams, Ices And Jellies. Part 3
- How To Make Ice-Cream With Macaroons Make ice-cream as above and add before freezing 1 pound of macaroons, dried in the stove and pounded; stir in some of the cream to make a paste and beat into the ...
- Making Caramel Custard
- Milk - Quarts ......................... 1 Eggs ................................ 6 Sugar - Tablespoonfuls .................. 2 Nutmeg and Vanilla or Wine. Scald but do not boil the milk and pour it...
- How To Make Crystal Frozen Pudding
- Cold Water - Cupfuls ....................................1 Cox's Gelatine - boxes ............. 1/2 Lemons ..................................3 Cinnamon - sticks .......................................
- Sherbet Recipes
- How To Make Orange Sherbet Oranges .............................. 6 Lemons .............................. 1 Take the rind of 6 oranges and 1 lemon, to the peel add 1 quart of water, 1 pound of suga...
- Recipes For Pickles, Etc
- How To Make Chow-Chow Cucumbers or Tomatoes-Gallon ..................1/2 Cabbage-Gallon ............................................1/2 Onions-Dozen .............................1 Green Peppers-Do...
- Recipes For Pickles, Etc. Part 2
- How To Make Cucumber Pickle Cucumbers - Gallons.................... 5 Sugar - Pounds ........................15 Cinnamon - Ounces .....................12 Mace - Ounces ......................... 3 ...
- Recipes For Pickles, Etc. Part 3
- How To Make Stuffing For Peppers White Mustard Seed-Tumblerfuls................1 Celery Seed-Tablespoonfuls..........................4 Horse-radish (grated)-Tumblerful ..............1/2 Cloves (po...
- Recipes For Pickles, Etc. Part 4
- How To Make Cucumber Catsup Pulp Grated Cucumber - Pints ......................1 Sugar - Tablespoonfuls ....................................2 White Mustard Seed - Tablespoonfuls............2 Groun...
- 16 Miscellaneous Recipes
- How To Make Cheese Souffle Grate or chop fine 1/2 pound of cheese; stir in 1 pint of boiling milk and 1/4 pound of grated bread crumbs; pour over the cheese; stir together, adding 2 teaspoonfuls butt...
- 16 Miscellaneous Recipes. Continued
- How To Make Cocoanut Candy Cocoanuts ......................................2 Granulated Sugar-Pounds ............................2 1/2 Vanilla-Teaspoonfuls ....................................1 We...
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