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 rHE GUILD-HOUSE COMMITTEE 
 
 ALL SAINTS' CATHEDRAL 
 
 " Know o'- " 'self th3' L^enius must depend. 
 All booi. okery, all helps of art, 
 
 All critic leaim all commenting' notes, 
 Are vain, if, void of g-enius, thou wouldst cook." 
 
 ALBANY 
 
 1898 
 
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 By Fred'k C. Manning 
 
 
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 To rmc HousicKRici'iCK.i of Albany 
 THIS LiTTLi: Book is Kkspect- 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 In c«)ni]iilinj^ tliis l)<K)k no attem|it h;is ])een ninde to j^'ive direc- 
 tums for jirepariiijj;- all tliinj^^s necessary to a well-onlered table, 
 nor ha\e Li^'eneral directions for c<K)l<ing- been g-iven, since these are 
 iilready to be foiiml in any <j;"(K)d c<K)ker3' book. Our object has 
 been to sujiplement the standard works on tliis subject bv the 
 jiddition of a number of choice antl trieil recei]its collected from 
 various sources and for the most ]iai-t not otherwise accessible to 
 the ]>ublic. We take tliis o]iportunity of sincerely thanking- all 
 friends wlio ha\e generousU- heljietl us in collecting and ]>rinting- 
 the following receipts. 
 
HOUSEHOLD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 
 
 One teaspoonful equals 1 dr. 
 
 One dessert-spoonful equals 2 teaspoonfuls or 2 drs. 
 One table-spoonful equals 2 dessert-spoonfuls or 4 teasjioonfuls. 
 Two table-spoonfuls equal 8 teaspoonfuls or 1 oz. 
 One common size wine-g^lassful equals 2 ozs. or '4 ^1. 
 A tea-cup is estimated to hold 4 fluid ozs. or 1 g'l. 
 Ten ordinary sized egg's weigh 1 lb. 
 vSoft butter the size of an egg weighs 1 oz. 
 One qt. of sifted flour, well heaped, weighs 1 lb. 
 One pt. of best brown sugar weighs 13 ozs. 
 Two tea-cupfuls, level, of granulated sugar weigh 1 lb. 
 Two tea-cupfuls of soft butter, well packed, weigh 1 lb. 
 One and y^ pt. of powdered sugar weighs 1 lb. 
 Two table-spoonfuls of powdered sugar or flour weigh 1 oz. 
 One table-spoonful of soft butter, well rounded, weighs 1 oz. 
 One pt. heaped, of granulated sugar weighs 14 ozs. 
 Two and '■< tea-cupfuls, level, of the best brown sugar weigh 
 1 lb. 
 Two and ^'4. tea-cupfuls, level, of powdered sugar weigh 1 lb. 
 Miss Parloa says one generous pt. of liquid weighs 1 lb. 
 
 LiouiD measurp:. 
 
 4 ozs. equal 1 gi- 
 
 ■^ ffis. " 1 pt. 
 
 2 pts. " 1 qt. 
 
 4 qts. " 1 jral. 
 
SOUPS 
 
 "How many thiiig^s by season seiisoned are 
 To their right praise, and true perfection." 
 
 — Shakspeare. 
 
 CREAM OF ASPARAGUS SOUP. 
 Wash 1 bundle of asparag^us, cut into sinall pieces and put into 
 a saucepim, with 1 pt. of boiling^ water. Simmer for y^ of 
 an hour. Remove the tips with a fork, press the remainder 
 through a sieve, saving the water in which it was boiled. Scald 
 1 qt. of milk, rub together 1 table-spoonful of butter and 2 of flour 
 till smooth. Stir this into the scalded milk, till it thickens. If 
 it should lump put through a sieve. Return to the farina boil- 
 er, add the asparagus and waiter pressed through the sieve. 
 Season with salt and white pepper, ^idd the asparagus tips and 
 serve. Cream soups should be served as soon as made, for if 
 allowed to stand, the vegetable separates from the milk, giving it a 
 curdled appearance. 
 
 BLACK BEAN SOUP. 
 
 Soak 1 pt. of black beans all night. Then boil in lyi qts. 
 watcM-. To 4 qts. of stock (beef flavored with vegetables) add the 
 beans (strained through a sieve), 1 teaspoonful cloves, Yz tea- 
 spconful cinnamon, 1 teaspccnful pepper, 1 lemon sliced, 4 hard- 
 boiled eggs. Just before serving, add forcemeat biills, 1 glass 
 port wine and ^ glass brandy to every 3 qts. of soup. 
 
 FoKCKMKAT Bai,ls. — Cook veal or sweetbreads till tender, chop 
 very fine, with 3<3 suet and breadcrumbs, a very little onion, pep- 
 per and salt. Roll in j'olk of eggs and fry in lard. 
 
 — j)lrs. I 'an /\cnssc/arr. 
 
CHOICE RECEIPTS 
 
 CREAM OF CELERY FOR SIX. 
 Take 1 head of celery, 1 pt. of milk, 1 table-spoonful flour, 1 
 dessert-spoonful butter, larg-e slice of onion. Cut the celery fine, 
 stew till soft in 1 pt. water, boil onion and milk, stir in the flour, 
 cook 10 minutes, mash celery in water in which it was cooked, add 
 the milk, with pepper and salt, strain and serve. It improves 
 this to add 1 cup of whipped cream when in the tureen. 
 
 OYSTER SOUP. 
 
 Make a soup of a knuckle of veal. Boil 1% hours. To 1 qt. of 
 
 this add 12 oysters, season with mace and boil up once. When 
 
 ready to serve stir in somie milk or cream, throw toasted bread 
 
 crumbs on the bottom of the bowl and turn the soup over them. 
 
 —Mrs. Brinkcrhoff. 
 
 GREEN PEA-SOUP. 
 Pour 2 qts. of cold water on 2 qts. of clean, tender pea-pods, and 
 boil them jA an hour. Strain the water over 1 qt. and 1 g^i. of 
 shelled peas, add half an onion grated, and boil till tender. Re- 
 serve the gill of peas and pass the rest through the colander with 
 the soup. Add 3 table-spoonfuls of flour rubbed into 3 ozs. butter, 
 2)4. spoonfuls of salt, 1 of pepper, }4. pt. of cream and the same of 
 milk. Throw in the gill of whole peas, boil 2 to 3 minutes and 
 serve. This makes less than 2 qts. of soup. 
 
 SPINACH SOUP. 
 
 Carefully pick and wash 2 lbs. of spinach. Put the 
 leaves into a large pan of fast boiling water, and boil for 5 
 minutes. Then drain off all the water, pressing the vegetables 
 well. Melt 1 oz. of butter in a saucepan and add % oz. of flour, 
 and mix smoothly. Add ^ pt. of milk, and the same of 
 water, stir all till it boils. Then put in the spinach, _^ a tea- 
 spoonful of salt, and jA an onion. Put on the lid and simmer 
 till the spinach is soft. Take it oil the fire, and rub it through a 
 hair or wire sieve. Rinse out the saucepan, put back the spinach 
 
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sorrs 
 
 add sufficient milk to make it as thick as i^ood, thick cream. 
 Reboil and season carefully. Add 2 table-spoonfuls of cream. 
 Pour into a hot tureen. Serve with savory biscuits, made as 
 follows : 
 
 Savokv Biscuits. — Put 3 ozs. of flour into a basin, add yi tea- 
 spoonful of salt and 1 oz. of g-rated cheese. Melt 1 ^4 ozs. of butter, 
 and stir into it the raw yolk of 1 egg". Be sure the butter is not 
 hot, or you will fry the egg. Make a hole in the middle of the 
 flour. Pour in the butter and egg, and make all into a smooth, 
 stiff paste. Roll it out one-third of an inch thick, stamp it in 
 crescent shapes. Bake these on a greased tin, in a slow oven for 
 about 15 minutes. 
 
 WHITE SOUP WITH ALMONDS. 
 
 Take 1 qt. of veal jelly, 1 pt. of cream, 4 ozs. of sweet almonds 
 blanched and pounded to a paste, with a little water to prevent 
 their becoming oilj^ 2 ozs. of butter rubbed with 3 table-spoonfuls of 
 flour, 1 teaspoonful of white pepper, 2'A teaspoonfuls of salt, )4 
 teaspoonful of powdered mace, the rind of a lemon. 
 
 Put the cream over boiling water with the lemon rind, lieat the 
 jell3% and pour it gradually into the cream, add the other in- 
 gredients, and simmer 15 minutes. Take out the lemon when the 
 .soup is sufficiently flavored. 
 
FISH 
 
 "All fish from sea or shore, 
 "Freshet or purling- brook, or shell, or fin." — 3Iiltoti. 
 
 A YARMOUTH RECEIPT FOR COOKING BLOATERS. 
 There was never a herring spake but one, and he said " Toast 
 my back before j'ou toast my bone. ' ' 
 
 MARYLAND CHOWDER. 
 
 Have a g^ood sized cod or haddock cleaned and cut into pieces of 
 uniform size. 
 
 Take 2 lbs. of fish,-)^ lb. of water-crackers, 2 ozs. of butter, 1 pt. 
 clams or oysters, 1 gi. of cream, 1 gi. of water, 1 onion sliced, 1 
 table-spoonful of salt, yi a teaspoonful of black pepper, }4. a tea- 
 spoonful of mace, J^ of a teaspoonful of Caj^enne pepper. 
 
 Put the water in a saucepan or iron pot, put in the onion, 
 and half of the fish skin side down, sprinkle over it half the salt, 
 pepper, etc. Then put in half the oysters or clams, cover with half 
 the butter, in small lumps and half the crackers; then the rest of 
 the fish, oj'sters, seasoning and crackers. Pour the cream over 
 the top having first boiled it. Cover closely and stew for j4 an 
 hour. Serve on a platter. If the chowder is too dry more water 
 may be added. Dice of pork give a good flavor. 
 
 NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER. 
 Blanch y^ lt>. of fat, salt pork in hot water, drain and cut 
 into small dice, fry brown in a porcelain-lined kettle, shred in a 
 small onion and brown it. Remove from the fire and add 1 qt. of 
 well-washed, thinly-sliced potatoes, 1 large teaspoonful of salt, 1 
 small teaspoonful of black ■ pepper, 1 pt. of clam juice, 1 qt. of 
 
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FISH 
 
 cold water. Replace on the fire and boil till the potatoes are 
 cooked. Then add 1 qt. of solid clams, having- chopped the hard 
 part. Mix gradually and smoothly 1 pt. ofmilk with lyi ozs. of 
 flour, add it, let the whole boil up, remove from the fire and serve. 
 
 SOFT CLAMS IN CHAFING-DISH. 
 
 Select 1 doz. larg-e Guilford clams, wash thoroughly and 
 plunge them into boiling- water for a moment. Drain and open 
 them, using only the round, plump part. Put a pat of butter in a 
 chafing-dish, and when quite hot add a dash of flour and a pinch 
 of Cayenne. Add the clams, and when they are slightly cooked 
 1 gi. of light sherry. Cover the dish and simmer 5 minutes. Serve 
 on toast. 
 
 CODFISH. 
 
 Take 1 bowl of picked codfis'i, 2 of peeled potatoes raw and 
 left whole, water just to cover. Boil till the potatoes are thor- 
 oughly done. Drain off the water and let the steam evaporate. 
 Beat up with a fork till very light. Serve with a -drawn butter 
 gravy with chopped, hard-boiled eggs; or put in a dish, sprinkle 
 bread crumbs over tlie top and bake 15 minutes. 
 
 CODFISH BALLS. 
 Take 1 cup of shredded fish, not soaked or scalded, and 2 cups 
 of raw potatoes, cut fine. Put potatoes in a kettle with the fish 
 on top, cover with boiling water, and boil 20 minutes or till 
 potatoes are done. Drain off the water, and mash in the same 
 kettle. Beat till very light, add salt if necessary and 1 heaping 
 teaspoonful of butter, a pinch of pepper, 1 beaten q^^. Shape 
 with a spoon and ixy in deep fat, which must be very hot. Take 
 out w'th a skimmer. 
 
 CREAMED CODFISH. 
 Boil the codfish and pick it verj' fine. Have milk thoroughly 
 heated (not boiled), and stir into it till perfectly smooth flour and 
 
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CHOICE R R Cli IP TS 
 
 butter well mixed tog-ether in a spoon. Then put in the codtisli 
 and season with pepper and salt. — J/js. Mari'iii. 
 
 FAMOUS NEW ENGLAND PREPARATION OF CODFISH. 
 
 Soak a very white, salt codfish whole for 2 or 3 hours. When 
 soft enough to pull apart, shred very fine and put in a bowl of cold 
 water. Let it stand as many hours longer. Change the water 
 once. Take of pared potatoes twice the quantity you have of fish 
 and let them stand 3 hours in very cold water. Use mealy 
 potatoes, new ones will not answer. Put them in the bottom of a 
 3iorcelain kettle, and throw in the fish after thoroughl}' draining 
 through the colander. Pour over enough cold water to cover, and 
 boil till the potatoes are quite cooked. Then throw into the col- 
 ander and drain off every particle of water. Put back into the 
 kettle over the stove and mash together till quite smooth. Add 
 gradually 1 lb. of butter for eight medium sized potatoes and a 
 small fish. Have read}' scalded milk and throw in from time to 
 time, beating first with a masher then with a wooden spoon 
 till the mixture is like potato souffle. Season and drop lightlj' 
 into the dish when ready to serve. Never pat or put into shape. 
 
 HALIBUT A LA CREME. 
 
 Takel lb. boiled halibut, 3 boiled potatoes. Remove skin and 
 bones from fish and shred it. Mash potatoes. Mix together and 
 season with a dash of red pepper and salt. Butter the inside of 
 six little baking dishes, put in them alternate layers of the mix- 
 ture and of white sauce till filled. Coat the top of each with a 
 beaten &gg. Put theni in a pan of boiling water and set in the 
 oven till brown. 
 
 White Sauce. — Take 3 gis. milk, 3 teaspoonfuls butter, yi, 
 teaspoonful fiour. Boil milk, stir butter and flour together in a 
 small saucepan till they bubble, pour on quickly the boiling 
 milk stirring well. — 3Iiss Kinosbiirw X. }'. Cifv. 
 
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FISH 
 
 HAKKD HALIBUT ST?:AK WITH PUREE OF PEAS. 
 
 W.-ii^li and dry two halibut steaks, butter a fish sheet, 
 lay thin slices of salt pork on it. Place a steak on the 
 pork, pour lemon-juice over it and dust with salt and pepper. 
 Ui]) oysters (>2 pt.) in melted butter and cracker crumbs and 
 place on the fish. Lay the second steak over the oj-sters, season 
 as before and put slices of pork on the top. Bake 30 or 40 min- 
 utes, bastinf,-- three or four times with the juice in the pan and last- 
 ly with melted butter. Remove pork on the lop and cover with 
 buttered crumbs. Serve when the crumbs are browned. Gar- 
 nish with parsley and slices of lemon or with a jniree of peas, 
 and Hollandaise sauce. 
 
 PiKKic oi- Pkas. — Mash and press through a sieve co<jked peas, 
 fresh, canned or dried. Put the puree in a saucepan over the fire, 
 add sufficient salt, pejiper, hot milk or stock, butter and sug^ar 
 to season and moisten them. When thoroughly heated press 
 thmugli a jiastry bag and tube around the fish on the platter. 
 
 CURRIED HALIBUT. 
 Take 3 lbs. lialibut steak cut quite thin, |i an onion, 1 table- 
 ^jKxmful butter, 2 teaspcxjnfuls currj'-powder, juice <jf Yz a 
 lemon, '^ teacupful gravj- or soup stock. Shred the oniciii, fry 
 brown in the butter in a saucepan, and .stir in the currj'-powder. 
 Cut the halibut steak into pieces about 3 inches square, removing 
 the skin and fat. Lay the fish in the saucepan, with the curry- 
 liowder, onions, and butter, pour over them the grav}', let all 
 simmer about 15 minutes. Squeeze in the juice of a lemon just be- 
 fore serving. 
 
 HALIBUT TIMBALES WITH SHRIMP SAUCE. 
 
 . Bone and skin l', lbs. of unc<xjked halibut, chop or pound very 
 
 fine, then rub through a puree sieve. To this pulj) add y, 'i cup 
 
 of thick cream, '4 of a cup of melted butter, 1 teaspoonful of 
 
 lemon-juice. 1 teasjKKjnful of salt, and a pinch of Cayenne. Mix 
 
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CHOICE RECEIPTS 
 
 the ingredients together thoroughly, then fold into the mixture the 
 stiffly beaten whites of 5 eggs. Turn the mixture into a well-but- 
 tered, half pint charlotte mould, and six or eight small sized moulds. 
 Cover the moulds with a buttered paper, set them in a pan of hot 
 water, and bake in a moderate oven till the centers are firm. 
 Turn from the moulds on to a hot platter, serve with shrimp sauce 
 and garnish the tops with whole shrimps and parsley. 
 
 lobsterla la NEWBURG. 
 
 Pick the meat from the shells of 2 -good' sized and freshly 
 boiled lobsters. Cut it into inch pieces. Place it in the chafing- 
 dish with a heaping table-spoonful of very good, fresh butter. 
 Season with 1 teaspoonful of salt, dash of red pepper, and add 
 2 medium-sized sound truffles cut into small dice-shaped pieces. 
 Cook 5 minutes. Then add a wine-glassful of good Madeira 
 wine. D Cook 3 minutes more. Beat together thoroughly the yolks 
 of 3 eggs and ^ pt. sweet cream; add it to the lobster and gently 
 shuffle till it thickens well. Serve hot. 
 
 LOBSTER BISQUE. 
 
 A large lobster, \)/z pts. of chicken stock, 1 pt. cream, 1 scant 
 pt. stale bread crumbs, 1 scant table-spoonful of salt, % salt- 
 spoonful of white pepper, a dash of Cayenne, 1 bay leaf, a sprig 
 of parsley, blade of celery, slice of onion, slight grating of nut- 
 meg, 3 table-spoonfuls of butter and 1 of flour. Cut into small 
 pieces the tenderest part of the meat from the claws, pound the re- 
 mainder to a [paste, put in 1 table-spoonfvil of butter, 6 of the 
 claws and the coral from the lobster, and potind. Put the pounded 
 meat into a stew-pan with the herbs and vegetiibles and half the 
 stock; simmer 1 hour. Do not boil. Then put the bread and re- 
 maining stock into a stew-pan and cook 20 minutes. Strain 
 the meat mixture on the bread mixture, pressing all moisture out 
 of the meat. Put the mixture through a fine sieve. Return to the 
 fire, add salt, pepper and nutmeg. __Rub the 2 remaining table- 
 
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FISH 
 
 spoonfuls of butter with the flour, stir int(j the soup and simmer 
 10 minutes. Having- heated the cream in a double boiler add it 
 with the lobster to the .soup. Let it boil up once. 
 
 DEVILLED LOBSTER. 
 
 (KOK THK CHAI-ING-DI.SH.) 
 
 Mix well 1 cup of diced lobster with 2 table-spoonfuls of oil. 1 
 table-spoonful of vinegar, salt and pepper. Let it stand 1 hour. 
 
 Melt 3 table-spoonfuls of butter, add 4 table-spoonfuls of tomato 
 catsup and the lobster. Add \i tea-spoonful of mustard, a little 
 Cayenne and 1 teasp<K)nful of lemon-juice. Cook 5 minutes antl 
 serve. 
 
 Any cold boiled wiiite fish'may be ctxjked in the same way, flak- 
 ing it instead of cutting into dice. 
 
 LOBSTER FARCI. 
 Remove meat from the shell of the lobster and choji fine. For 
 2 lobsters make a cream of 1 pt. of milk, 2 table-spofjnfuls of 
 flour, 2 table-spoonfuls of butter. Add 1 table-spoonful of mus- 
 tard, mixed with a ver3- little water and a speck of Cayenne; stir 
 in the meat, sea.son to taste and boil 1 minute. Have shells well 
 cleaned, fill with the mixture, cover with bread crumbs, with bits 
 of butter on tf)p. Brown in ii hot oven. — Miss Ncwcomb. 
 
 OYSTERS A LA XEWBURG. 
 Drain and pour cold water over 1 jit. oysters. Have a granite 
 pan very hot, add the oj'sters and 1 table-spoonful of butter, Yz 
 teaspoonful of salt and a little pepper. Stir carefully till oj'sters 
 are smoking hot, have read3' the yolks of 2 eggs beaten with )A, 
 cup cream. Add quicklj", do not boil. Add 1 table-spoor ful of 
 sherr3'. Serve hot on browned toast. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA FRIED OYSTERS. 
 Beat up 3 eggs thoroughU', add fi pt. oj'ster-juice, 1 pepper- 
 spoonful of Caj'enne, 1 salt-spcxinful of black pepper, 1 table- 
 
CHOICE RECEIPTS 
 
 spoonful of "salt, and 1 teaspoonful of Eng-lish mustard. Work 
 the mixture to a batter, and gradually add 1 gi. of oil. Spread 
 some cracker crumbs half an inch deep; and after draining 50 
 oysters free fi-om liquid, spread them on the cracker crumbs, 
 using care not to place one oyster on top of another. Dredge 
 cracker over them. Pick up each oyster by its beard and dip it 
 in the batter. Have ready some bread crumbs, grated from the 
 white part of stale bread. Spread these on the table, and after 
 the oysters have been dipped in the batter, lay them carefully on 
 the bread crumbs two inches apart. Then turn them over neatly 
 to crumb the other side. Dip them in the batter again and again 
 spread them on the bread crumbs. When the fat is very hot, drop 
 the 03'sters in one at a time, taking hold of the beard. Fry a dark 
 brown. Then take them up and sprinkle salt over them. 
 
 YORKSHIRE RECEIPT TO DRESS DRIED SALMON. 
 
 Flake some dried salmon. Have ready some hard-boiled eggs, 
 chopped coarsely. Put both into 1 pt. of cream, with 2 ozs. of butter 
 rubbed up with 1 teaspoonful of flour. Skim it and stir till it 
 boils. Serve mashed potatoes round the dish and put the fish in 
 the center. — Lady St. Clair'' s Receipt Book. 
 
POULTRY 
 
 '•It is the tKJiinty <if nature that we live, but <>f ]ihilos<»]>liy that 
 we live well." Smcca. 
 
 CHICKEN CREAM. 
 Take all the tiesh off an unoxjked chicken. p<iund and jia.s.s it 
 throug-h a wire sieve: add pepper, salt and nutmeg' to taste. 
 Whip it up ver\' lig-htly with 1 pt. thick cream. Pour it into a 
 well-buttered mould. Stir gentl}' for 1 hour. It must not boil. 
 For an entree u.se a mould with a hole in the center. Pour white 
 sauce about it and fill the center with truffles or green peas. 
 
 Mrs. (,'. /i-iiins. 
 
 CROQUETTES. 
 One pt. milk. 1 cup grated bread crumbs, 1 table-s]XH)nful flour. 
 1 pt. finely chopped chicken or veal, cooked. Let the milk come 
 to a boil, stir in the crumbs, boil up the mixture. Stir in the 
 flour, then the meat, and let it come to a boil again. Add mace, 
 Cayenne pepper and salt to the taste. Add a teasp<xmful of Wor- 
 cestershire sauce. Prepare this earlj- in the morning^. Let it 
 stand to thicken. Make into croquettes, roll in grated cracker 
 and e^Tfr, Drop into boiling lard, cook till of a light brown color. 
 
 -^.Viss .V. /'. A'. A'us.u//. 
 
 SUPREME OF CHICKEN. 
 Remove the meat from the breast and second j<jints of an un- 
 cooked chicken weighing about 4 lbs. Chop the meat very fine 
 (there should be about /s of a cupful), add 4 eggs, one at a time, 
 beating each e^rg thoroughly and smoothly into the meat before 
 another is added. Then add g^radually 1'; cups of heavj- cream 
 
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 and season with salt and pepper. Turn the mixture into a well- 
 buttered mould or into individuals. Set the moulds into a pan of hot 
 water, cover with a piece of buttered paper, and bake in a moder- 
 ate oven 20 to 25 minutes, or till firm to the touch. Serve with 
 bechamel sauce. 
 
 CHICKEN TERRAPIN. 
 
 Take a plump, tender chicken and roast it. When cold, remove 
 the skin and g"ristle, cut the meat into pieces one inch square and 
 put into a saucepan with a larg-e tumbler of cream. 
 
 Rub into a table-spoonful of flour a piece of butter the size 
 of an eg"g-, to which add a large salt-spoonful of salt, pinch of 
 Cayenne pepper, mustard and a grating of nutmeg. Take the 
 yolks of 3 hard-boiled eggs, when cold, and mix them into a paste 
 with the butter, flour and condiments. 
 
 Put the chicken and cream on the fire and when it comes to a 
 boil stir in the paste, allowing it to boil a little less than 5 min- 
 utes. Add 2 large wine-glasses of good sherry, and the whites of 
 the eggs cut into small pieces. Serve hot.. — Miss Robbins. 
 
 CHICKEN A LA TERRAPIN. 
 
 Tal<e the remainder of a boiled or roasted chicken and cut into 
 small pieces, removing all skin and bones. Put the meat into a 
 saucepan, and to a scant pint of meat, poiir over 1 gi. of cream. 
 Simmer a few minutes. Cream together 2 ozs. of butter and a 
 dessert-spoonful of flour. Moisten with a little milk and season 
 higlily witli salt and Cayenne pepper. Add this to the chicken, 
 and cook till thick. Then add a wine-glass of sherry. Mean- 
 while boil 2 eggs till hard, and when cold chop very fine and 
 stir into the chidden mixture. Remove from the fire at once. Put 
 the meat into individual shells or baking dishes, and cover the tops 
 with crumbs and bits of butter. Brown in a quick oven and 
 serve \&xy hot. 
 
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POULTRY 
 
 TURKEY STUFFING. 
 Take % lb. beef suet chopped line, Y^ lb. bread crumbs, 1 head 
 chopped celery, a little parsley', the grated rind of 1 lemon, _^ 
 teaspoonful mace, pepper and salt to taste. Mix toj^etlier with 
 1 eg-g. 
 
 (iAME. 
 
 TO PKKl'AKIC CANAI'ICS KOK GAMK. 
 
 Cut the canapes from a stale loaf of baker's bread, 1 "^ ins. 
 thick. Trim neatl}'; pare oft' the crusts; then cut out ii piece in 
 tlie centre of each large enoug-h to hold the bird. Spread a little 
 butter over them, place on a tin and let tliem brown in a hot oven 
 till a g"olden color. 
 
 CANVASBACK DUCKS; ROASTED. 
 
 Procure 2 fine, fat canvasback ducks: pick, singe, draw 
 and wipe them; throw a little ]iinch of salt inside, run in the 
 liead from the end of the neck to the back; truss nicely and place 
 in a roasting- pan; sprinkle a little salt over, put them into a brisk 
 oven, and let cook for 18 minutes. Arrang-e on a very hut dish; 
 untruss; throw 2 table-siioonfuls of white broth into each duck, 
 and serve with 6 slices of fried hominy and currant jelly. 
 Barbe de Capucin makes a desirable salad to serve with this. 
 
 GROUSE, ROASTED, A LA SAM WARD. 
 
 Take 2 fine, fat g^rouse; pick, singe, draw and dry them well, 
 then truss them nicely; lay thin slices of larding--pork on each; 
 place them in a roasting^-pan, putting- inside of each bird a piece 
 of broiled toast 4 inches long- and 2 wide. Drip in on each toast 
 with a spoon a small glassful of good Madeira wine, or sherry; 
 season the grouse with apincli of salt; spread a little butter over; 
 put them in a brisk oven and let cook for 18 minutes, taking- care 
 to baste them frequently. Lay them on a hot dish and truss; 
 strain the grav}- over. Serve with a red currant jellj^ 
 
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 ROAST PARTRIDGE; BREAD SAUCE. 
 Sing-e, draw and wipe 2 fine, young- partridg-es; truss them 
 neatly and cover the breasts with a layer of thin larding-pork, 
 tying it twice around. Lay them on a roasting--pan, spread a 
 little butter over each and moisten with yi cupful of water. 
 Put the pan in a brisk oven for 20 minutes, basting- the birds oc- 
 casionally. Dress each on a bread canape, removing- the 
 strings. Decorate the dish with a little water-cress; strain the 
 g-ravy into a sauce-bowl and serve it separately, also serving }i a 
 pt. of bread sauce in another bowl. 
 
 PLOVERS; ROASTED PLAIN. 
 Pick, singe, draw and wipe 6 fine, tender plovers; pick 
 out the eyes; truss the legs together, skewer the head under one 
 leg, and lay a thin slice of larding-pork on each bird; tie secure- 
 1}'^, then place thein in a roasting-pan; season with a pinch of 
 salt evenly divided over each; spread also a very little butter. 
 Put them in a hot oven and roast for 10 minutes. Remove fromithe 
 oven; arrange 6 small canapes on a hot dish; dress the birds on 
 the canapes and serve with water-cress. 
 
 QUAILS, BROILED. 
 Take 6 fine, fat quails; singe, draw and wipe them well: split 
 them through the back without separating the parts, and break 
 the two leg bones. Put them on a dish, season with a pinch of 
 salt, Yz a pinch of pepper, and a table-spoonful of sweet oil, mixed 
 well, and put them to broil on a moderate fire for 6 minutes on 
 each side. Arrange 6 toasts on a hot dish, lay the quails on top 
 and pour 1 gi. of maitre d' hotel butter over, decorating with 
 parsley. 
 
 SADDLE OF VENISON; JELLY SAUCE. 
 Procure a small saddle of venison, weighing about 5 lbs; pare 
 it neatly, remove the sinews from the surface and lard it with a 
 larding-needle as finely as possible; tie it three times round. Put 
 
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 into the roast ing^-nan 1 sliced onion, 1 slicetl carrot; lay in the 
 saddle, seasoning- with 1 pinch of salt, spread )< oz. butter (ner 
 and put it in a brisk oven to roast for 40 minutes, basting- it often 
 with its own g-rav^'; untie before lifting- it from the pan; arrange 
 neatly e*i a hot dish; pour into the pan '2 a g-lassful of Madeira 
 wine and 1 g'l. of white broth; let come to a boil on the stove; skim 
 the fat off the g-ravy, straining^ the lean part over the saddle. 
 Serve with '2 pt. hot currant jelly sauce, separately. 
 
 MEATS 
 
 "Nearer as thej' come, a g-enial savour 
 "Of certain stews and roast-meats, and pilaus, 
 "Thing's which in hung^ry mortals' eyes find favor." 
 
 — Byrou. 
 
 BROILED BREADED BEEF. 
 Cut rare i-oast beef in pieces =^ of an inch thick, season with 
 salt, jiejiper and onion juice if desired. Brush over with white of 
 egg and roll in soft bread crumbs. Place on well-greased broiler 
 and broil 5 minutes over a clear fire. Serve with horse-radish 
 sauce. 
 
 SPICED Bi:EF. 
 Boil a shin of beef in 8 qts. of water with 1 table-spoonful salt. 
 Just before it comes to a boil skim well; boil all da^'. If the water 
 boils awaj^ add more, just enough to keep meat from burning. 
 When it is boiled to shreds turn it into a pan, that 3'ou may take 
 out every bit of bone. Put it back into the pot, season with pep- 
 per, salt, cloves, allspice and, if liked, with sweet herbs. Let it 
 simmer Vz hour, stir it up well, turn into a deep dis'h and set 
 
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 away. When cold it will be as hard as cheese. Cut in thin 
 slices and garnish with parsley. This will keep on the ice a 
 week in summer, and a month in winter. 
 
 COLD ROAST LAMB AS A SALMI. 
 
 Cut the meat into thin slices. Cook 1 table-spoonful of butter 
 with Yo. table-spoonful of onion for 5 minutes. Add the lamb, 
 sprinkled with salt and pepjier, 1 cup of brown sauce, or brown 
 gravy. Season with any kind of prepared sauce. 
 
 Arrange the meat lengthwise on the platter, pour the sauce 
 round, and garnish with toast points. Sliced mushrooms or olives 
 may be added. 
 
 CURRY OF LAMB. 
 
 Lamb, beef or veal is delicious when warmed over with curry 
 sauce. Remove all the fat and skin from the meat, cut into thin 
 slices, and season with salt and pepper. Put into a sauce-pan 3 
 table-spoonfuls of butter, yo onion, cut fine, and 1 teaspoonful of 
 tomato catsup. Cook slowly 10 minutes, then add 2 table-spoon- 
 fuls of flour, and 1 heaping teaspoonful of curry-powder. Stir 
 till smooth, graduall3' add 1 pt. of stock, and cook 5 minutes. 
 Strain the sauce into a spider, add the sliced meat, and cook 15 
 minutes. Serve with rice balls. 
 
 CHAFING-DISH COOKERY. 
 
 Many odds and ends of meat and fish may be warmed over in a 
 white sauce, and, with careful saasjuing, will make delicious 
 luncheon dishes. To make the sauce, melt 2 table-spoonfuls of 
 butter, 2 table-spoonfuls of flour, and cook till smooth. Then add 
 1 cup of milk. Stir the sauce till it boils, add about 1 % cups of 
 meat, cut in dice, or flaked fish. Season with salt and pepper, 
 and, if liked, a little prepared table-sauce or wine may be added. 
 Cook till well heated and serve. 
 
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 TO RE-COOK .ML'TTON. 
 
 Cut the mutton in incli-tliiclc slices, and score them. Mix 2 tea- 
 spoonfuls of mustard with 4 of olive oil, 2 of vinegar, and a dash of 
 Cayenne papper. Spread this mixture in the incisions of the mutton 
 and broil this over a clear, hot fire. Place the slices on a heated 
 platter, salt and pepper and scatter pieces of butter over them. 
 Serve very hot with currant jelly. 
 
 POT .\U FEU. 
 
 Take 6 or 7 lbs. of ihc shank at the knee-joint, 4 lbs. of the bot- 
 tom of the round. Put the shank, with a handful of salt, in cold 
 water sufficient to cover it and boil slowly, skimming till no scum 
 rises. Then put in the piece of the round, with carrots and turnips 
 (for as many persons as desired), I big onion with 3 cloves stuck in 
 it, 2 leeks, i bay-leaf, 3 whole peppers, a few tips of celery, a little 
 summer savory. Cook slowly 4 hours. After taking out the beef 
 and vegetables leave the soup to simmer till time to strain it. 
 When quite cold, put into the ice-box. This is enough for several 
 days, and it should be a stiff jelly. Slice the beef, serve with the 
 vegetables round it and some of the soup. 
 
 The vegetables and other ingredients should be ordered the day 
 before and put in at 8 o'clock for a 12.30 luncheon. 
 
 SAUSAGE-ROLL. 
 
 Take i lb. sausage meat, flour, lard, baking-powder and ice- 
 water. -Make a rich biscuit dough, put the sausage meat in the 
 middle of the paste, which you have rolled out about three-cjuarters 
 of an inch thick. Spread out the sausage meat on the paste and roll 
 like a scroll, moistening the flap to make it stick. Lay in a long, 
 narrow bread pan, with the flaps uppermost, and bake 20 minutes. 
 Brush the top over with egg or milk and set back in the oven to 
 brown. 
 
 This is an old-fashioned dish, but very savory, especially for 
 informal suppers. — Mrs. A'. S. Oliver. 
 
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 STANLEY STEAK. 
 A porter-house steak 2 inches thick broiled over a hot fire. 
 Place on a hot platter and spread both sides with i table-spoonful 
 of melted butter mixed with J^ teaspoonful salt and same of white 
 pepper. On the top lay 3 plantains (red bananas) fried in butter. 
 Over this pour ^ pt. of bechamel sauce. Over the whole sprinkle 
 I table-spoonful of grated horse-radish.- Mrs. G. Evans. 
 
 SWEETBREAD. 
 
 Cook 20 minutes in boiling salted water, with i table-spoonful 
 of vinegar. To cream them, they may be diced and added to a 
 white sauce and cooked 2 or 3 minutes in the chafing-dish. A few 
 sliced mushrooms may be added. 
 
 Sweetbreads are also delicious served with a well seasoned brown 
 sauce. To make a sauce for one pair of sweetbreads, melt 3 table- 
 spoonfuls of butter, add 3>4 table-spoonfuls of flour, and when well 
 browned ij^ cups of brown stock, cooked 15 minutes with a blade 
 of mace, a bit of bay-leaf, 2 cloves, a sprig of parsley and 4 pepper- 
 corns, and then strain. When the sauce boils, add the sweet- 
 breads, which have been sliced, i table-spoonful of mushroom cat- 
 sup and ^ cup of port wine. Season with salt and pepper, and 
 when well heated serve on toast. 
 
 MOCK TERRAPIN. 
 Half a calf's liver, 2 ozs. of butter, Yz pt. of water, y^. gi. of wine, £ 
 teaspoonful of mixed mustard, as much Cayenne pepper as can be 
 put on the tip of a spoon, 2 hard-boiled eggs chopped fine. Season 
 the liver with salt, and fry it brown, cut it into small bits, dredge 
 them well with flour, add the mustard, pepper, water, eggs and 
 butter, boil i or 2 minutes, then add the wine. 
 
 TONGUE SANDWICHES. 
 
 Grate i lb. cold boiled tongue, mix with i table-spoonful mus- 
 tard, the mashed yolk of a hard-boiled ^^^, i oz. of butter and the 
 juice of I lemon. Spread on thin slices of bread. 
 
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 VEAL A LA MODE. 
 
 Take a fillet of veal, remove the bone from the middle and trim 
 nicely. Bind the veal with a strip of stout muslin as wide as the 
 fillet is high and stitch the ends firmly together. Have ready some 
 salt pork cut into small strips and long enough to reach from top to 
 bottom of the fillet. Take a larding needle, or else a sharp knife, 
 and insert strips of pork about 2 inches apart. Take V/i cups of 
 finely grated bread crumbs, i small onion, i egg, a piece of butter 
 and a little pepper, but no salt. Work all well together and soften 
 with milk, fill the hole from which the bone was taken and any 
 empty places you can find in the fillet ?nd rub both sides of the 
 meat with it. Take a large dripping-pan, lay in it 2 slices of pork 
 and I of ham; on these place the meat; pour in the pan a large cup- 
 ful of water and place the bone in the pan; cover closely and bake 5 
 hours in a slow oven, basting at least every half hour. When done, 
 remove the cover and brown. This may be served hot or cold. If 
 cold, let the muslin remain till the meat is cold, but remove the 
 pork while hot. The gravy may be set aside and the fat removed. 
 Warm this in ?. sauce-pan, add a little water and }{\ of a box of gela- 
 tine; when this is dissolved, cool for a few moments and pour over 
 the cold meat. This will form a covering of jelly. 
 
 VEAL JELLY. 
 
 Take a shin of veal, put it into an iron pot with 6 qts. of water: 
 add a little mace, pepper and salt; let it boil 6 hours. The water 
 will be almost absorbed. Pick out all the bones and season with 
 ground mace, cinnamon, jiepper and salt; add 2 teacupfuls of very 
 fine cracker crumbs, stir them up well. Take a melon-shaped mold, 
 cut 3 hard-boiled eggs in strips lengthwise, rub the mold with a 
 little of the juice of the meat, place the eggs round the sides of the 
 mold and fill it with the mixture. Set it away in a cool place. 
 Ornament with lettuce or celery. 
 
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 HOT VEAL LOAF. 
 Take i>4 pts. of cold veal chopped fine, i level teaspoonful salt, 
 y-2 teaspoonful pepper, 2 eggs, i cup milk, 2 table-spoonfuls butter, 
 Yz cup grated bread crumbs, very little grated onion. Mix salt, 
 pepper, onion and bread crumbs with the meat, add milk heated 
 with the butter, and lastly the eggs, well beaten. Put in well- 
 buttered baking dish, set in pan of water and cover with buttered 
 paper. Bake i hour in moderate oven. Turn out on hot dish and 
 serve with tomato sauce. 
 
 VENISON CUTLETS. 
 Venison may be cooked in a very hot pan, with just enough but- 
 ter to keep it from sticking. Sear one side first, turn quickly and 
 sear the other side. Then cook the cutlets from 4 to 8 minutes. 
 Season with salt and pepper, spread with butter and serve with 
 sauted mushrooms. 
 
 VITELLA. 
 Melt in a small saucepan i table-spoonful of butter, but do not 
 let it brown. Add i table-spoonful of flour and stir till smooth. Sea- 
 son with salt and pepper. Gradually mix with this ^ pt. of boiling 
 water, and when it begins to thicken and is quite smooth, add i 
 cup of cold veal cut in small, thin slices. Just before serving stir 
 in quickly the yolk of an ^^^. Do not let it cook after the yolk is 
 added, and serve as soon as possible. Or cut veal in small pieces, 
 not so fine as for hash, omit the egg and serve on toast. 
 
SAUCES 
 
 Epicurean cooks 
 
 Sharpen with coyless sauce his appetite." 
 
 — yiiit/ioiiy and Cleopatra. 
 
 ASPIC MAYONNAISE DRESSING. 
 
 Melt, but heat only slightly i cup aspic jelly or i cup consomme 
 set into a jelly, put into a bowl and place in a basin of ice-water. 
 Have ready the juice of ^ a lemon, i cup salad oil. \\ cup vinegar, 
 I table-spoonful sugar, i scant table-spoonful mustard, i tcaspoon- 
 ful salt, I- 10 teaspoonful Cayenne pepper. Mix the dry ingredients 
 with the vinegar, beat the jelly with a whisk and as soon as it begins 
 to thicken add the oil and vinegar, a little at a time. Add the 
 lemon-juice the last thing. After the bowl is pl;iccd in the ice- 
 water beat continually. This gives a whiter dressing than tlur. made 
 with the yolks of eggs. 
 
 BECHAMEL SAUCE. 
 
 Take one slice each of onion and carrot, a bit of bay-leaf, sprig of 
 parsley and 6 peppercorns, and cook for 20 minutes in 1^2 cups of 
 chicken stock. Melt 34 cup of butter, add ^4 cup of flour, then 
 add gradually i cup of milk and i cup of the strained chicken 
 stock. Season with salt and pepper and add, if liked, the yolks of 
 3 eggs, well beaten. In adding the eggs, turn a little of the 
 sauce upon the eggs, and after thoroughly combining the two, stir 
 the mixture into the sauce, which should not boil after the egg is 
 added. 
 
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 CREAM SAUCE. 
 Take 3 table-spoonfuls of butter, 2 level table-spoonfuls of flour, 
 a pinch of pepper, i pt. of milk, i teaspoonful of salt, 4 drops of 
 onion juice. Put the butter in a frying-pan, when hot add flour, 
 stir till smooth and frothy, gradually add mi'.k, then boil and add the 
 seasoning. When ready to serve add chopped parsley. Turn the 
 timbales onto a platter and pour the sauce around. 
 
 HOLLANDAISE SAUCE. 
 Beat lA cupful of butter till soft and creamy. Add the yolks 
 of 4 eggs, one by one. and beat till they are blended with the but- 
 ter. Add iy-2 table-spoonfuls lemon-juice, one salt-spoonful of salt, 
 a few grains Cayenne. Beat till smooth, then beat the mixture 
 with the Dover egg-beater for 5 minutes, set into a dish of boiling 
 water, add 1-3 cupful boiling water and cook till thick as mayon- 
 naise sauce, beating all the time. 
 
 HORSE-RADISH SAUCE. 
 Mix 2 table-spoonfuls of grated horse-radish with i table-spoon- 
 ful of vinegar, i salt-spoonful each of salt and pepper. Mix 
 thoroughly and fold in 4 table-spoonfuls of thick cream, beaten 
 stifif. 
 
 A GOOD LIQUID PUDDING SAUCE. 
 
 Scrape ^ lb. of maple sugar and dissolve it in a cupful of cream 
 or rich milk. Let it boil a few minutes at the side of the range till 
 it has the consistency of thin syrup, stirring occasionally to prevent 
 burning. Batter puddings, or, in fact, any puddings which have no 
 decided flavor of their o^fn are much improved by this sauce. 
 
 MUSHROOM SAUCE. 
 
 Cook together 2 table-spoonfuls each of butter and flour, i salt- 
 spoonful of salt, Yx salt-spoonful of pepper; add gradually Y^ cup of 
 cream or milk and ^ cup of well-seasoned chicken stock or mush- 
 room liquor; add J/2 a can of mushrooms, and serve as soon as the 
 
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 mushrooms are thoroughly heated. When fresh mushrooms are 
 used, peel and cut them into pieces, then simmer for lo minutes 
 in the sauce. 
 
 SARDINE DRESSING. 
 
 Mash 3 hard-boiled yolks of eggs till smooth. Remove the skin 
 and bones from 3 sardines and pound them to a pulp; then add the 
 mashed yolks, and after mixing well, beat the mixture into 1/2 pt. 
 of mayonnaise dressing. 
 
 SHRIMP SAUCE. 
 
 Beat 1/2 a cup of butter to a cream, add a level table-spoonful of 
 corn-starch, and beat till smooth; then add i cup of boiling water 
 and cook in the double boiler. Stir constantly till the sauce 
 thickens, and then occasionally for about 10 minutes; add J^ cup 
 of shrimps cut in dice. Season to taste with salt and pepper, add- 
 ing also a teaspoonful of lemon-juice. 
 
 STRAWBERRY PUDDING SAUCE. 
 Take i qt. ot fine berries, hulled and washed. Sift lYi teacups 
 of fine sugar over them, let stand for 1/2 an hour, then cut up fine 
 with a silver knife. Beat together i large table-spoonful of butter 
 and f:J of a cup of while sugar till it creams. Then add gradually 
 fresh strawberries, mashing them and beating all well together till 
 well flavored and of a nice pink color. 
 
 TARTAR BUTTER SAUCE. 
 
 Beat I heaping table-spoonful of butter to a cream. Put i scant 
 salt-spoonful of salt, a few grains of Cayenne, y2 a level teaspoonful 
 of sugar and K' a teaspoonful of mustard into a cup. Mix these; 
 add the yolk of i egg and beat till light and thick. Add the 
 creamed butter, a little at a time, then very gradually i table- 
 spoonful of vinegar and a few drops of lemon-juice. When smooth 
 and light, add i teaspoonful each nf cucumber pickles and chopped 
 capers and a little pounded and sifted tarragon. 
 
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 TOMATO MUSTARD. 
 (Maison rouge, Murray bay.) 
 Boil for half an hour i pk. of ripe tomatoes, i cup of salt and 
 about 6 onions, chopped fine. Then put through the colander and 
 back into the kettle with the following ingredients: i dessert- 
 spoonful each of ground cloves, ginger, allspice, black pepper and 
 Cayenne. Curry-powder and dried mushrooms are an improve- 
 ment. Let this boil down till it is pretty thick, then strain through 
 a hair sieve and boil 20 minutes. — Mrs. Bowditch. 
 
 SALADS 
 
 "We'll mend our dinner here." — Comedy of Errors. 
 
 BANANA SALAD. 
 
 Cut lengthwise fine bananas in slices as thick as a dollar, arrange 
 them on a dish so that the ends of the long semi-circular slices 
 meet and form a hollow center. Pour over them i gi. of sherry 
 wine sweetened with sugar, into which you have put i teaspoon- 
 ful lemon-juice. Let them get ice cold, then fill the center with 
 whipped cream, piled high. 
 
 COLD SLAW. 
 
 Chop the cabbage very fine. Take i teaspoonful flour, i table- 
 spoonful butter, Yi teaspoonful sugar, a large pinch of salt and of 
 pepper, 2 eggs (yolks only), i teacupful thick sour cream, i table- 
 spoonful vinegar. Put on the fire and stir constantly. Let it boil 
 2 minutes, stirring all the time. Remove from fire and place on 
 ice till cold. Then pour over cabbage and serve. — M. K. V. Hun. 
 
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 COLD SLAW. 
 
 Shred cabbage very fine, and place it in a salad dish. For every 
 pt. and a half of cabbage allow '/^ pt. of vinegar, ^ teaspoonful of 
 salt, H teaspoonful of pepper, 3 teaspoonfuls of sugar, i table- 
 spoonful of butter, 2 table-spoonfuls of cream, 2 eggs. Place the 
 vinegar and seasoning in a bowl over the tea kettle. Beat the eggs 
 well, turn them into the vinegar, stir constantly until the mixture 
 thickens, and then add the cream. Remove the dressing from the 
 fire, and pour it while hot over the cabbage. Garnish with rings 
 of hard-boiled eggs, and serve when cold. 
 
 NUT SALAD. 
 
 ]\Ii.x I cup English walnut meats with several times that quantity 
 of celery cut in small pieces. Use mayonnaise dressing. Slice 
 olives over the top. Garnish with the tender pieces of celery. 
 
 —Mrs. Clark. 
 
 SALAD OF CHEESE AND NUTS. 
 
 To 2 Neufchatel cheeses add i cup of English walnut meats, 
 chopped very fine. Mix the cheese with cream to a smooth paste 
 and stir in the nuts. Mould into small balls and serve on lettuce, 
 with a French dressing. — Miss Nczvioinh. 
 
 ORANGE SALAD. 
 
 Grate the outer red peel from 4 large Valencia oranges, cut the 
 pulp in round slices about J4 inch thick, remove the inner pithy 
 white peel and the skin of the lobes. Sprinkle the grated peel 
 through the pulp, throw 3 table-spoonfuls sugar over it, and finally 
 add I gi. of good brandy or Santa Cruz rum, or if you prefer a 
 sweet liquor, i gi. of curacoa or maraschino. Let the salad become 
 thoroughly chilled by putting into a bowl and placing this in a pan 
 of cracked ice before it is transferred to the table. It is a delicious 
 salad to serve with roast duck, or any game, and appropriate for 
 the first course of a breakfast. 
 
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 ORANGE AND WALNUT SALAD. 
 Select acid oranges, remove the peel and every particle of white 
 skin, slice very thin, lengthwise of the orange, removing as much 
 of the partition walls as possible. Slice English walnuts very thin. 
 To each i pt. of orange slices add ^^ pt. of the sliced nuts; dress 
 with a French dressing made of Yz teaspoonful of salt, dash of Cay- 
 enne, 6 table-spoonfuls of oil and 4 table-spoonfuls of lemon-juice. 
 Serve on a bed of water-cress. Particularly good with game. 
 
 PICTURESQUE SALAD. 
 Take 4 perfect rosy-cheeked apples, 4 large red tomatoes, 4 per- 
 fectly shaped green peppers. Arrange these on a bed of fresh, crisp 
 lettuce and garnish with slices of hard-boiled eggs. Allow one to 
 each person. Hollow out the apples, etc. Fill apples with celery 
 and a little chicken, mixed with mayonnaise. Fill peppers with 
 their own meat chopped with a sweetbread and mayonnaise, and 
 the tomatoes with slices of smaller tomatoes, tender green lettuce 
 and mayonnaise. The fruits should be fitted together so that their 
 contents will be a surprise. — Mrs. Clark. 
 
 SARDINE SALAD. 
 Use I pt. of any kind of cold cooked fish, flaked with a silver fork 
 and marinated. Cover the fish with sardine dressing, after it has 
 been arranged on lettuce leaves. Carefully split 6 sardines, remove 
 the bones and arrange the halves over the top of the salad, the ends 
 meeting at the center. Garnish with lemon. 
 
 TOMATO SALAD. 
 Select I tomato for each person. Around the stalk carefully cut 
 out a neat little circle and with a pointed knife remove as much 
 of the pulp and juice as possible without breaking them. For the 
 stuffing: Chop fine 2 large floury cooked potatoes, with 2 onions 
 which have been cooked slowly till soft in i oz. of butter. Pour 
 over these i table-spoonful of salad oil and >^ table-spoonful of tar- 
 ragon vinegar. Let them stand for ^ hour. Then add the pota- 
 
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 toes, I table-spoonful chopped p.irslcy, 2 slircddcd lettuce leaves 
 and seasoning of salt and pepper. Carefully fill each tomato with 
 this mixture. Place a tiny bunch of water-cress on top of each. 
 Put each tomato on a crisp lettuce leaf and pour into the leaf a 
 little very thick mayonnaise sauce. 
 
 TOMATO JELLY. 
 To make tomato jelly for salads, take a can of tomatoes or 8 
 medium sized tomatoes, skinned and stewed, an<l ^4 of a box of 
 gelatine. Pass the tomatoes through a sieve to remove the seeds. 
 Season with pepper and salt, and then add the gelatine, previously 
 melted in hot water. The mixture is now ready to be poured into 
 a mould, and should be placed on the ice to set. When cold, gar- 
 nish with crisp lettuce leaves and pour over the whole a mayonnaise 
 dressing. Or the jelly may be broken up and used as a garnish 
 itself, with the lettuce and dressing in the center of the dish. 
 
 TONGUE SALAD. 
 Take etpial portions of pickled tongue and meat jelly. Freshen 
 the tongue, cook tender and trim carefully. When cold, cut in 
 dice and put on ice. Make jelly from soup stock highly seasoned 
 with celery, reduced one-third and made stiff by the addition of 1 
 table-spoonful gelatine to each pint of stock. Pour into shallow 
 tins. When cold, cut in dice and put on ice. Just before serving 
 mix the jelly lightly with the tongue and French mayonnaise made 
 more delicate by the addition of a little whipped cream. 
 
 WALDORF SALAD. 
 
 Celery cut in small pieces, with some apples sliced thin. Pour 
 over this a nice mayonnaise dressing. This is a favorite salad at 
 " The Waldorf," served with the meat or game course. Lettuce 
 may be used instead of celery. — J/rs. Ih-umvi. 
 
VEGETABLES 
 
 " Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine, 
 Yet let's be merry. " — Shelley. 
 
 CABBAGE DRESSED WITH CREAM. 
 
 Cut the cabbage and stew it as in the above recipe; drain it, 
 return to the saucepan and add i gi. or more of rich cream, i oz. 
 of butter, pepper and salt to taste. Simmer 2 or 3 minutes, then 
 serve. 
 
 STEWED CABBAGE. 
 
 Slice cabbage as for cold slaw, cover with water and stew till 
 tender in a covered saucepan. Pour off the water, add a bit of 
 butter, and pepper, salt and vinegar to taste. Stir as little as pos- 
 sible. Simmer a few minutes and serve. 
 
 CAULIFLOWER. 
 Boil as usual. Then place in a dish and pour over it the following 
 sauce: i table-spoonful of butter, i table-spoonful of flour, i pi. 
 of milk. Season with salt and pepper and, if liked, with nutmeg. 
 Boil I minute, pour over the cauliflower, grate over it i table- 
 spoonful of cheese. Put in the oven for a few minutes. 
 
 CORN PUDDING. 
 Take 12 ears of corn boiled and cut from the cob, 3 eggs, i table- 
 spoonful sugar, iJ/2 cups sweet milk or cream, small piece of but- 
 ter and a little salt. Boil i hour.— Miss A. V. R. Russell. 
 
 FRIED HOMINY. 
 Slice cold boiled hominy, dip the slices in a batter made of egg, 
 flour, milk and salt. One beaten egg and i cup of milk will make 
 
VEGETABLILS 
 
 enouj^h for a small family. Fry in very hot, deep pot. Serve 
 plain or with syrup. 
 
 MUSHROOMS IN CREAM. 
 
 Place in the bottom of the chafing-dish slices of toast. Lay on 
 the toast i doz. fresh mushrooms, peeled; dot each with a little 
 butter, sprinkle with salt and pepper and add i-"? of a cup of cream. 
 Cover the pan, place over the flame and cook till the cream boils, 
 then cook 15 minutes over hot water. 
 
 POTATOES AU GRATIN. 
 
 Take 6 cold, boiled potatoes, cut very fine, 2 table-spoonfuls but- 
 ter. Put in frying-pan, when melted add i table-spoonful flour, rub 
 smooth and add J/2 pt. of stock or i teaspoonful Armour's beef 
 extract, to i pt. water and i pt. cream. Put over the fire and stir 
 till the mixture boils, then add 4 heaping table-spoonfuls grated 
 cheese and the yolks of 4 eggs. Season with salt and Cayenne. 
 Sprinkle bread crums and butter on the top. Bake 10 minutes in 
 a quick oven. 
 
 BREAKFAST POTATOES. 
 
 Take cold, firm, boiled potatoes that are not mealy, cut them 
 into uniform half-inch bits. Put i qt. of these pieces in a double 
 boiler, in layers with 2 even teaspoonfuls of salt and 2 ozs. of butter, 
 pour Yi. pt. of cream over the top, cover, heat slowly and simmer 
 gently for ^ of an hour, stir as little as possible and with a fork 
 only. In taking up the potatoes be careful not to break them. 
 
 Success depends upon having firm, boiled potatoes, care in cut- 
 ting tlicm, and cream. 
 
 STUFFED POTATOES. 
 
 Take large, smooth potatoes, bake till soft, cutting off the top of 
 
 each. Scrape out the inside of each, taking care not to break the 
 
 skin, set aside the empty cases and tops. Mash the inside smooth 
 
 with a little butter and i teaspoonful of cream to each potato, sea- 
 
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 son with salt and pepper, mash it very soft with milk and put into a 
 saucepan to heat. When scalding hot, stir in i well-beaten egg. 
 Boil up once, then fill the skin with the mixture, replacing the tops; 
 return to the oven for 3 minutes; arrange on a napkin in a deep 
 dish, the tops uppermost. Add a pinch of cheese to each potato, if 
 liked. 
 
 STUFFED TOMATOES A LA GRECQUE. 
 Hollow out some good tomatoes, salt and drain them on a sieve. 
 Scald some rice in salted water, add butter, a small onion and some 
 minced fennel. Stuff the tomatoes with this. Place in a tin, sprin- 
 kle with oil and bake. — Greek. 
 
 STUFFED TOMATOES. 
 Cut out the heart from some tomatoes and fill the cavity with 
 uncooked rice and raw chopped meat, in equal quantities; season 
 with salt and pepper. Place the tomatoes in a dish and cover them 
 with broth Cover the dish and boil slowly i hour. The filling 
 will swell with the boiling and the tomatoes will be round and 
 smooth in appearance as though they were fresh from the vines. 
 
 EGGS 
 
 " The vvdgar boil, the learned roast, an egg: 
 Hard task to hit the palate of such guests." — Pope. 
 
 (For Chafing-Dish.) 
 To 5 eggs, slightly beaten, allow Y2 a teaspoonful of salt, a little 
 pepper and Y2. a cup of cream or consomme. Melt 2 table-spoon- 
 fuls of butter, add the mixture and cook till creamy, stirring con- 
 stantly. To vary the flavor 1-3 of a cup of boiled ham, cut in 
 strips, or 2 table-spoonfuls of grated cheese may be added just 
 before serving. 
 
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 EGG ROLLS. 
 
 Rub 2 table-spoonfuls of butler with i ])t. of Hour, add i table- 
 spoonful of baking-powder, ^ a teaspoonful of salt, mix thoroughly, 
 beat I egg till light, add to it i gi. milk. Then add these to the 
 flour, knead lightly, pull out, cut into squares and with a sharp 
 knife cut a gash through the center. Brush the top with the white 
 of egg and sugar and bake 20 minutes in a quick oven. 
 
 EGGTIMBALES. 
 
 Take 6 eggs, !]/> cups of milk, % teaspoonful of pepper, Y^ tea- 
 poonful of salt, Ys, teaspoonful of chopped parsley, Y teaspoonful 
 of onion-juice. Break the eggs and beat well with a fork; add the 
 seasoning and milk. Butter moulds and pour the mixture into 
 them, stand the moulds in a pan of water, cook till firm in the 
 center and serve with cream snuce. 
 
 OMELET. 
 
 Take 4 eggs, yolks and whites beaten separately and very stiff, 
 I small cup of milk, i table-spoonful corn-starch, salt. Dissohc 
 corn-starch in milk, pour into the yolks, stir all lightly into whites. 
 Have a hot frying-pan on the stove, with some butter in it. Pour 
 in the mixture. Do not let it burn. Slip knife under, every few 
 minutes. When brown on the bottom put pan and all in the oven 
 for a few minutes, till the top is a little dry. Fold over. Invi rt a 
 hot platter over it, turn the pan quickly and serve at once. Vou 
 may sprinkle this before folding with minced ham or tongue. 
 
 POTATO OMELET. 
 
 Take 2 cups mashed potatoes, butter size of egg melted and beaten 
 with potato, 2 table-spoonfuls flour, 2 table-spoonfuls milk, i tea- 
 spoonful cream of tartar, Y2 teaspoonful of soda, beat well, add 2 
 eggs and beat thoroughly, put in bread-tin well greased and bake 
 20 minutes. 
 
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 OMELET SOUFFLE. 
 Whites of 5 eggs, yolks of 4 eggs, orange juice. lemon-juice or 
 vanilla extract, 3 table-spoonfuls of powdered sugar. Beat the 
 whites to a very stiff froth, beat the yolks, add them to the whites, 
 then the sugar and flavoring. Stir carefullv and quickly. Drop, 
 by the spoonful, in souffle cases or into a dish, dredge with pow- 
 dered sugar, bake a golden brown, serve immediately. Butter the 
 cases or dish before beginning to work. 
 
 CHEESE 
 
 " I will make an end of m3' dinner; 
 there's pippins and cheese to come." 
 
 — Merry Wives of Windsor. 
 
 BREAD SAUTE. 
 
 (For the Chafing-Dish.) 
 Thick slices of bread, 2 table-spoonfuls butter, 2 of grated ham, 
 2 of grated cheese, i gi. of cream, Cayenne. Cut crust from bread, 
 put the butter in chafing-dish. When very hot brown the bread 
 on both sides, take it out and put in the ham, cheese and cream, 
 season with Cayenne pepper. Mix all well together and when 
 very hot, spread the mixture on the toast. — IMrs. Evans. 
 
 CREAM CHEESE. 
 
 Three gi. of thick cream, i table-spoonful of salt. Stir together, 
 tie up the cream in a cloth and let it drop for 3 or 4 days, changing 
 the cloth every day. It must be hung upon a nail to drip, and 
 when ready, on the third or fourth day, put it into a wooden mould 
 and press r hour. It will then be ready for eating. 
 
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CHEIiSli 
 
 CHEESE FONDU. 
 
 Take i cup bread cruml)s, very dry and fine, 2 scant cups of milk, 
 rich and fresh, K' lt>- tl'T cheese, grated, 3 eggs whipped very Hglit, 
 I table-spoonful melted butter, a little pepper and salt, 1-3 of a tea- 
 spoonful of soda dissolved in hot water and added to the milk. 
 Soak cue crumbs in the milk, beat into these the eggs, butter, sea- 
 soning, and lastly the cheese. Butter a pudding dish and pour the 
 mixture into it. Sprinkle dry bread crumbs on top and bake till 
 brown in a rather Cjuick oven. /.'. .S". Kirby. 
 
 NAPKIN CHEESE. 
 
 Put I pt. of thick cream and i teaspoonful of salt into a cloth, 
 which should be placed in a sieve the size of a tea saucer. Stand for 
 24 hours, then turn. Let it stand another whole day and turn 
 again. The day following it will be ready to serve. 
 
 CHEESE RISSOLES. 
 
 Two ozs. Parmesan cheese, i oz. English cheese, 3 eggs (whites 
 only). Grate the cheese, beat the whites of eggs to a stiff froth, 
 season with salt, pepper and mustard, mix all well together, form 
 into small balls and fry 3 minutes in boiling fat. Serve hot with 
 salad.— i7//-5. FrecVk C. 3fa)ini>i,<;-. 
 
 CHEESE RELISHES. 
 
 For cracker sandwiches, if you can obtain thick crackers, split 
 and butter; failing the thick ones, use the ordinary cracker; butter 
 and spread with grated cheese and salt. Put two together and 
 place in dripping pan in a hot oven until thoroughly heated. 
 
 There is an Italian method of cooking spaghetti that is very nice. 
 The spaghetti is first boiled in salted water and then dressed with; 
 cheese, butter, salt and pepper. A certain portion of it is then- 
 fried in butter till perfectly crisp and broken into bits — if it has 
 not already broken in frying — and mixed with the rest of the 
 spaghetti. The crispy bits give a delightful little relish. 
 
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 CHEESE STRAWS. 
 Take ^ lb. cheese, ^ lb. flour, i egg, 2 ozs. butter. Grate the 
 cheese and rub it with the butter into the flour, moisten with the 
 egg and season highly with Cayenne pepper and a little salt. Roll 
 J4 inch thick and cut in narrow fingers. Bake 20 minutes. 
 
 Mrs-. Fred''k C. Matining. 
 
 CHEESE STRAWS. 
 One cup finely grated cheese, J/2 cup sifted flour, ^2 teaspoonful 
 salt, little Cayenne pepper, i egg. Mix flour and cheese together, 
 add salt and pepper, mix thoroughly. When cheese is very dry, 
 add a little butter. Beat egg a little and add to flour and cheese. 
 Stir all on platter. Knead on platter. Roll out thin and cut in 
 long sticks. Bake 10 minutes in moderate oven. 
 
 — Frances Stillnian. 
 
 ENGLISH MONKEY. 
 Soak for 15 or 20 minutes i cup of grated bread crumbs from 
 center of stale loaf in i cup of milk. Put i table-spoonful of butter 
 into the blazer over hot water and when melted add i scant cup of 
 cheese grated or broken into bits. When the cheese is melted, add 
 the bread and milk, i t%^ well beaten, a dash of paprica and a 
 palatable seasoning of salt. Stir vigorously and when thick and 
 smooth, serve on sippets of bread, toasted on one side, or on toasted 
 crackers. 
 
 FERNWOOD. 
 
 A delicious cheese relish for supper may be made as follows: i 
 pt. of grated cheese, i pt. of sweet milk, i pt. of bread crumbs, 2 
 eggs, y2 a nutmeg, grated, i teaspoonful of salt, i table-spoonful of 
 butter. Beat the eggs well, turn them into a granite stew-pan and 
 stir into them the grated cheese, the bread crumbs, the grated nut- 
 meg and the salt. Heat the milk to scalding point and add to it 
 the butter, turn the liquid over the cheese mixture and stir all well 
 together. Cover the stew-pan and set in a warm place for 3 hours, 
 
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 stirring occasionally. The heat should be only sufficient to entirely 
 dissolve the cheese. 
 
 WELSH RAREBIT WITH OYSTERS. 
 
 (For Chafing-Dish.) 
 
 Parboil i cup of oysters in their own liquor till the edges curl, 
 turn them into a covered dish to keep hot till you are ready for 
 them. Melt in the cutlet pan i table-spoonful of butter, add i tea- 
 spoonful of corn-starch and pour on slowly 1-3 of a cup of cream. 
 When boiling add Yz lb. cheese, cut fine. Season with salt, mus- 
 tard and Cayenne and, as the cheese melts, add i beaten egg 
 diluted with ^ cup of oyster liquor and the oysters. Serve at once 
 on crackers or toast. 
 
 BREAD AND BREAKFAST 
 CAKES 
 
 "He that will have a cake out of the wheat 
 
 mu.st needs tarry the grinding." — Shakspeare 
 
 MAPLE SUGAR BISCUIT. 
 
 Make an ordinary soda-biscuit dough and when ready to roll 
 out stir in a generous cupful of maple sugar which has been cut 
 into the size of peas. Cut the biscuits of the usual shape and let 
 the whole process be as rapid as possible. Bake in a quick oven 
 and serve hot. The syrup cooks out somewhat in baking and 
 forms a syrupy coating which is very agreeable. 
 
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 BOSTON BROWN BREAD. 
 One and one-half pts. of Indian meal, 1^2 pts. of Graham meal, 
 1 cup of molasses, i teaspoonfnl of salt, ^ teaspoonful of cooking 
 saleratus dissolved in 2 table-spoonfuls of vinegar, i qt. of milk 
 which has been scalded and nearly cooled. First measure both 
 kinds of meal and put in the pan. Then make a hole in the middle 
 and put in the molasses, next add the salt and the saleratus dis- 
 solved in the vinegar. Then stir in the milk. Put in 12 tightly 
 covered pails and steam constantly for 5 hours. — Mrs. Robbifis. 
 
 SOFT CORN BREAD. 
 Take i cup of corn-meal, whites of 2 eggs, i table-spoonful of 
 salt, I table-spoonful of sugar, 2 teaspoonfuls of baking-powder, i 
 'CUp of boiled hominy or rice and about 2 cups of milk. Scald the 
 meal with about i cup of boiling water, then add the hominy, milk, 
 •etc., and take i table-spoonful of melted butter. Bake in pudding 
 'dish. — Mrs. J. Harvard King. 
 
 CORN MEAL AND RICE BREAD. 
 Take i large cup boiled rice, i large cup corn meal, i pt. milk, 
 ,3 eggs, I table-spoonful melted butter, i teaspoonful salt, 2 tea- 
 spoonfuls baking-powder. Bake 20 minutes in a quick oven. 
 
 — Miss Smiley. 
 
 MOTHER'S BROWN BREAD. 
 Take i qt. sour milk or buttermilk, i cup of Santa Cruz molasses, 
 I teaspoonful of soda, i teaspoonful of salt; stir up pretty thick with 
 unbolted wheat flour and add the soda dissolved in a little hot 
 water the last thing. Bake in slow oven in narrow bread pans. 
 
 — Mary Parker Corning. 
 
 MRS. PARKER'S BREAD. 
 Take i qt. of flour, a piece of butter size of an egg, i cup of 
 -sugar and i teaspoonful of salt. Pour on all this 3^ qts. of boiling 
 water and stir until the lumps are gone. Then put it away to cool. 
 
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 Stir in the yeast when it is lukewarm. Soak tlie yeast in i i)t. of 
 lukewarm water. Then stir in a little flour and make it as thick 
 as batter and let it get light. Let the bread stand in a stone crock 
 2 or 3 hours. Mi.x it over night. Cut off a piece for rolls and add 
 a little butter to it. Knead the bread for Yi an hour. Do not put 
 the bread near the stove to raise it. — Mrs. Marvin. 
 
 NEW ENGLAND BROWN BREAD. 
 To iVz pts. of rye meal add i^ pts. of corn meal and i teaspoon- 
 ful of salt; mix thoroughly dry; then add i cupful of molasses and i 
 heaping teaspoonful of baking soda wet in a little warm water. 
 Add enough sour milk to make a soft batter. Put the mixture into 
 a buttered mould,' with tight cover and steam 4 hours. When done, 
 take out, cut into medium thick slices and serve on a platter. It 
 can be eaten with butter alone, but for a company dish at tea it 
 may be served with thick cream poured over each slice. 
 
 I-IOT CROSS BUNS. 
 Take 4 cups of flour, i generous cup of heated milk. When cool 
 add 2 table-spoonfuls of butter, 5<2 cupful of sugar, '^ teaspoonful of 
 salt, Yi teaspoonful of cinnamon, Y2 a yeast cake, 2 eggs. Dissolve 
 the butter in the milk, beat eggs separately, add the ingredients to 
 the flour, knead well; the dough should be very soft; let rise over 
 night; in the morning break into small pieces the size of an egg. 
 work these into rather flat cakes and place them in a buttered 
 pan; set them half an inch apart, cover the pan, set for about 2 
 hours in a warm place till the bims have risen double their original 
 size. Currants may be added if liked. 
 
 CORN CRUST. 
 (Alabama.) 
 Take i pt. of corn meal, i pt. of boiling water, i5< teaspoonfuls of 
 salt, I teaspoonful of sugar, i egg. Pour the boiling water on the 
 meal, sugar and salt, mix well, stir in the beaten egg and spread 
 thin in a small dripping-pan, smooth it with a knife dipped in cold 
 water and score it. Bake in a quick oven. 
 
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 DATE GEMS. 
 
 Take I cupful dates cut fine, 2 cupfuls sweet milk, 2 table-spoon- 
 fuls melted butter, i spoonful baking-powder, 3 cupfuls flour, 1 
 egg. Sift baking-powder, with a pinch of salt, through the flour, 
 beat the egg, add the melted butter, then stir in the milk. Slowly 
 add sifted flour, beating thoroughly to prevent lumps, add dates, 
 bake in hot buttered gem pans 20 minutes in a hot oven. 
 
 GRAHAM GEMS. 
 
 Take i heaping tea saucer of graham flour, ^ tea-cup of white 
 flour and a pinch of salt. Mix with water till somewhat thicker 
 than griddle cakes. In the meantime have the gem tins a little 
 greased, heating on top of the stove. Bake 25 minutes in a hot 
 oven — Mrs. Temple. 
 
 CREAM MUFFINS. 
 
 Take 2 cupfuls of sifted flour in a bowl, beat 4 eggs very light, 
 and add to them i'-^ cupfuls of milk and i teaspoonful of salt. 
 Pour this mixture upon the flour and beat very thoroughly, then 
 add I cup of cream and beat again; have iron gem pans heated and 
 buttered and fill them two-thirds full. Bake 40 minutes in a rather 
 quick oven. 
 
 SALLY LUNN. 
 
 Take i egg well beaten, i pt. flour, 3 teaspoonfuls baking-powder, 
 I cup milk, butter size of a hickory nut, melted, 2 table-spoonfuls 
 sugar. Bake in a quick oven. Serve hot. — Mrs. Drumm. 
 
 SALLY LUNN. 
 
 About 8 or 9 A. M. mix in a stone pot i pt. sweet milk (boiled 
 in summer to keep sweet), ^4 lb. butter, melted in some of the 
 milk, 3^ pts. sifted flour, 3 eggs, salt, yeast and a little sugar. Put 
 in muffin rings 114 hours before tea, bake 20 minutes. 
 
 —3Trs. Clark. 
 
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 SWEET POTATO PONE. 
 (This receipt was brought from the Island of B.-irbadoes nearly 200 
 
 years ago.) 
 Wash, peel and grate the best quality of sweet potatoes. Measure 
 5 teacupfuls into a large bowl. Into this stir 3 teacupfuls of best 
 West India molasses, 2 teacupfuls of butter (melt the butter carefully 
 but do not let it get oily), i teacupful of preserved ginger cut into 
 bits, I teacupful preserved orange-peel chopped small, i teaspoonful 
 salt, I table-spoonful of pounded ginger and 2 table-spoonfuls of 
 pounded spices, allspice, cloves, mace and cinnamon. Mix all 
 thoroughly together. Grease well a plain cake pan, pour the pone 
 in and bake in a moderately hot oven. It should look dark and 
 rather clear when properly baked, and like a dark, rich preserve. 
 Try with a knife. When the blade comes out clean, it is done. Let 
 it get cold before taking from the pan. 
 
 ZIMMET KUCHEN. 
 
 Take 2 cups light bread dough, yolk of i egg, y'l cup sugar, 2 
 table-spoonfuls butter. Mix thoroughly, add a little flour, roll about 
 Yz an inch thick, spread in square tin and set in a warm place to 
 rise; let stand till a slight crust is formed on the top. Then 
 spread with white of egg, sprinkle with cinnamon, cover with light 
 brown sugar and put small bits of butter over it, sprinkle again 
 with cinnamon and bake in hot oven; put sqtiare tin over top and 
 keep covered till cake is done. Remove and brown top. Great 
 care must be taken not to scorch. Nice with cofYee. 
 
 ZWIEBACK. 
 
 Stir 3 cups of sifted flour into 2 cups of scalded and cooled milk, 
 to which has been added i teaspoonful of salt and i cake of com- 
 pressed yeast, softened in Yi a cup of scalded milk or water. Let 
 the sponge rise till light, then add to it ^ of a cup of butter softened, 
 Y2 a cup of sugar, 3 eggs and flour to make a dough as stiffs as 
 bread. Knead till elastic and allow it to rise till it has doubled 
 
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 its bulk. Shape into long loaves and bake slowly. When cold 
 cut into slices Y^ an inch thick and brown in the oven, or dry in a 
 slow oven without browning. 
 
 CAKES 
 
 The nymph the table spread, 
 
 Ambrosial cates, with nectar roses red." — Pope. 
 
 ALMOND CREAM CAKE. 
 
 Take 2 cups powdered sugar, J4 cup butter, i cup sweet milk, 3 
 cups flour, 2^ teaspoonfuls baking-powder, whites of 4 eggs, beaten 
 very light, Yi teaspoonRtl vanilla. Bake in 4 layers. Whip i cup 
 sweet cream, stir gradually into it Y^ cup powdered sugar, a few 
 drops of vanilla and i lb. almonds, blanched and chopped fine. 
 Spread thick between layers. Frost top and sides. — Mrs. Clark. 
 
 ALMOND MACAROONS. 
 
 Pour boiling water on Y2 lb. almonds, take skins off and throw 
 into cpld water for a few moments, then take out, add a table-spoon- 
 ful essence of lemon and pound to a smooth paste; add i lb. of 
 pulverized sugar and whites of 3 eggs, and work the paste well 
 together with back of spoon. Dip the hands in water, roll mix- 
 ture into balls the size of a nutmeg and lay on buttered paper an 
 inch apart; when done, dip the hands in water and pass gently over 
 the macaroons, making the surface smooth and shining; set in a 
 cool oven ^ of an hour. — Mrs. L. S. W. 
 
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CAKES 
 
 APPLE FRUIT-CAKE. 
 
 Take 3 cups of dried apples soaked over night, cliop fine and 
 boil for 2 hours or more in 2 cups of New Orleans molasses. Take 
 I cup of butter, i cup of sugar, J/2 cup of milk, 2 eggs, 1/2 teaspoon- 
 ful of soda. Spice to taste. Flour to make as stiff as pound cake, 
 or about 4 cups. Improved by a little citron. — jMiss Smiley. 
 
 BLACK CAKE. 
 
 Take i lb. butter, i lb. Hour, 14 ozs. sugar, i gi. of molasses, 4 
 lbs. raisins, 2 lbs. currants, 2 lbs. citron, i wine glass of wine, i 
 wine glass of brandy, ^ oz. cloves, J/2 oz. nutmeg, ^ oz. cinna- 
 mon, 10 eggs. Mother Helen. 
 
 BUCKEYE KISSES. 
 
 Beat the whites of 4 small eggs to a high, firm froth, stir into 
 this Yz lb. pulverized sugar, flavor with essence of lemon, con- 
 tinue to beat till very light. Then place on well-buttered letter- 
 paper drops half the size of an egg and a little more than an inch 
 apart. Lay the paper on a ^-inch board and place in a moderate 
 oven. As soon as the drops begin to look yellowish take them 
 out. Or beat to a stifif froth the whites of 2 eggs, stirring into them 
 very gradually 2 teacups powdered sugar and 2 table-spoonfuls 
 corn-starch; bake on buttered tins in a warm oven 15 minutes, 
 or till slightly brown. Chocolate pufTs are made by adding 2 ozs. 
 grated chocolate mixed with the corn-stan-h. — JMrs. W. H'. W. 
 
 CHOCOLATE CAKE. 
 
 (With Marsh-Mallow Filling.) 
 
 Put Yi cake Baker's chocolate, ^ cup milk, J/> cup sugar, yolk of 
 I egg in a double-boiler and cook till smooth. Mix together 
 well Y2 cup sugar, Y2 cup butter, i egg and yolk of another, Y2 cup 
 milk, Y2 cup flour and add the cooked part, then stir in gently 1Y2 
 cups flour, Y2 teaspoonful saleratus dissolved in i table-spoonful 
 
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 of boiling water and 3 teaspoonfuls vanilla. For the rnarsh-mallow 
 frosting, take i cup sugar, yi cup water, ;^ lb. of marsh-mallows. 
 Boil all together till smooth. — Mi^s. Fancher. 
 
 CHOCOLATE CAKE. 
 
 Take 4 ozs. of grated chocolate, 4 ozs. of granulated sugar, 4 ozs. 
 of flour, 3 ozs. of butter, 4 eggs, i teaspoonful of carbonate of soda. 
 Cream the butter and sugar by beating together, then mix the 
 chocolate, fiour and soda with the butter and sugar, after these in- 
 gredients are well mixed, add the yolks of 4 eggs one by one, have 
 ready the whites of the eggs, beaten to a stif¥ froth and add quickly, 
 pouring the whole into a pan lined with well-buttered paper. Bake 
 in a moderate oven for ^ hour. — Mrs. Morton. 
 
 CHOCOLATE CAKE. 
 
 Take ^ cupful of butter, 2 cupfuls of sugar, 2 cupfuls of flour, 
 Yi cupful coffee (hot), ^ cupful of milk, 2 teaspoonfuls of baking- 
 powder, 2 teaspoonfuls of vanilla, 2 eggs, i square of chocolate, rub • 
 the butter and sugar to a cream, add the beaten eggs and then the 
 milk. Grate the chocolate fine, and add to it the cofifee, which 
 should be very hot, stir well, and gradually add this mixture to the 
 butter, sugar and eggs. Sift the powder and the flour together, 
 add the flour, beating well, and then put in the vanilla. Bake in 
 one loaf for 40 minutes in a moderate oven. 
 
 CLOVE COOKIES. 
 
 Take 3 lbs. of flour, i lb. of sugar, i lb. of butter, i oz. of cloves, 
 wet with molasses enough to roll very thin. Bake quickly. 
 
 Miss Boyd. 
 
 COCOANUT COOKIES. 
 
 Take i^^ cupfuls of sugar, 1^2 cupfuls of butter, Y-i cupful ice- 
 water, >< box cocoanut, i egg, i teaspoonful baking-powder, flour. 
 
 Mrs. Fancher. 
 
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CAKES 
 
 CRULLERS. 
 
 Three lbs. fiour, i lb. sugar, ]A lb. butter, lo eggs, 4 spoonfuls of 
 milk. The butter and flour must be rubbed together, the sugar and 
 eggs well beaten together, the nutmegs grated over these ingredi- 
 ents. Roll thin and cut in oblong pieces with a jagging iron. 
 Make slits ^ an inch apart across these without cutting through 
 the edges, then braid the strips in and out with the fingers. Fry in 
 hot lard till brown. — Miss Pntyn. 
 
 DELICATE CAKE. 
 
 Two small cups of pulverized sugar, i cup of butter, whites of 8 
 eggs well beaten, 3 cups of flour, ^'2 cup of milk, i teaspoonful of 
 cream of tartar, Yz teaspoonful of soda. — JMothcr Helen. 
 
 MRS. PARKER'S DOUGHNUTS. 
 
 One cup of coffee sugar, i qt. of flour, i teaspoonful of soda, 
 2 teaspoon fuls of cream of tartar, butter size of an egg, rubbed 
 fine in the flour, i teaspoonful of salt, 2 well-beaten eggs, milk 
 enough to make a soft dough. Season with ground cinnamon or 
 any other spice preferred. Fry in hot lard. 
 
 FIG CAKE. 
 
 Take 4J-J cups flour, I'j cups butter, 2 cups sugar, 2 cups raisins, 
 2 cups figs, I cup of almonds, 2 table-spoonfuls honey, season to 
 taste with spice. Add 6 eggs, a pinch of salt, Yi cup milk, 2 table- 
 spoonfuls baking-powder. 
 
 FRENCH LOAF CAKE. 
 
 Take 2,Y2 cups of powdered sugar, i^ cups of butter, i cup of 
 milk, 3 eggs, 5 cups of sifted flour, i wine-glass of brandy, 1 nutmeg, 
 grated, Y2 teaspoonful of baking soda, i lb. of raisins stoned, ' _. lb. 
 of citron. Stir the sugar and butter to a cream, add part of the 
 flour with the milk, warmed a little, and the beaten yolks of the eggs. 
 Then add with the remainder of the flour, the whites of the eggs 
 
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 well beaten, the spice, brandy and soda dissolved in a little boiling 
 water. Mix all well together, then add the fruit. Bake in a mod- 
 erate oven about i hour — Mrs. Widdeiner. 
 
 NEW YORK GINGERBREAD. 
 Cream together i heaping cup of butter with 2 cups of sugar and 
 6 teaspoonfuls of ginger. Break 2 eggs into this and beat 
 thoroughly, then add i cup of milk and 3 cups of flour which has 
 been sifted with 2 teaspoonfuls of baking-powder. Butter the pan 
 well and bake with care. When the cake rises and looks brown 
 open the oven door a little until done. — Mrs. Robbins. 
 
 GINGERBREAD. 
 Take i cup of butter or sweet drippings, i cup of molasses, i cup 
 of brown sugar, i cvip of sour milk or buttermilk, 2 teaspoonfuls 
 of soda in the milk, i table-spoonful of ginger, i teaspoonful of 
 cloves, cinnamon, allspice, 2 eggs, 3 cups of flour. 
 
 — Mrs. Drumni. 
 
 HERMITS. 
 Take lYz cups sugar, ^ cup butter, i cup chopped raisins, 2 eggs, 
 J4 teaspoonful soda, 2 large spoons milk, cinnamon, cloves and nut- 
 meg to taste. Roll a little thicker than cookies. 
 
 HICKORY-NUT CAKES. 
 Take i egg, y^ cup flour, i cup sugar, i cup nuts sliced fine. Put 
 on buttered tins, two inches apart, drops of i teaspoonful in size or 
 roll and bake. — Mrs. Lamb, Belief ontaine, Ohio. 
 
 JUMBLES. 
 Take i lb. flour, 3 eggs, Vi lb. butter, Yi lb. granulated sugar, y> 
 glass brandy. Mix well together and roll in powdered sugar instead 
 of flour. 
 
 These are delicious, but are difficult to make in warm weather, 
 as the dough must be kept cold to work it properly. 
 
 —Mrs. Clark. 
 
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 GRANDMOTHER'S JUMBLES. 
 
 Take 4 eggs, 2 cups sugar, i cup butter, i nutmeg. Flavor with 
 lemon, add flour enough to make a soft dough and roll very thin in 
 sugar — 3/rs. Dnnimt. 
 
 MRS GANSEVOORT'S JUMBLES. 
 Take i lb. flour, i lb. sugar, i lb. butter, 10 eggs. Beat the sugar 
 and butter well together, add the yolks of eggs, and beat thorougly, 
 then put in the well-beaten whites, and last of all, a part of a grated 
 nutmeg. Add flour enough to stiffen and roll, making rings. 
 
 — Cailicritie Ganscvoort Latisint:;. 
 
 MAPLE SUGAR CAKE. 
 
 Take i cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 3 of flour, 4 eggs, i cup of milk, 
 2 teaspoonfuls baking-powder. Bake in thin layers. Filling — 3 
 cups maple sugar, i cup milk, dessert-spoonful of butter. Boil 2u 
 minutes, take from the fire, beat till smooth and light and spread 
 between the layers. — Mrs. Luther Tucker. 
 
 OLE KOEKS. 
 
 Take i qt. milk, ij^ lb. butter, 2 lbs. sugar (coffee), g eggs, i 
 nutmeg grated over raisins and citron, i teacupful of yeast, flour 
 enough to roll, mix the above ingredients and let stand over night. 
 Cut citron in small pieces, stone raisins, put some brandy and milk 
 on them and let stand over night, add nutmeg. If light in the 
 morning, make balls, putting in the filling of raisins and citron. 
 Fry about S minutes in hot lard. Do not knead but cut off square 
 pieces and pat into shape, turn up corner, insert raisins and citron. 
 
 — I\[iss Pruyu. 
 
 PEANUT COOKIES. 
 
 Cream together 2 rounded table-spoonfuls of butter and 5^ cupful 
 sugar, add i egg, i cupful pastry flour, or % cupful bread flour, i 
 teaspoonful baking-powder, ^ teaspoonful of salt, 2 table-spoonfuls 
 milk, I cupful chopped peanuts. Do not attempt to roll them. 
 
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 Drop b}'^ the teaspoonful onto buttered tins about 2 inches apart 
 In baking, they will spread out flat. If too thick, add a little milk 
 cautiously, but do not have the mixture thin enough to spread 
 when it is dropped onto the pan. These cookies improve by 
 keeping. 
 
 SCOTCH CAKE. 
 
 Take i^ lbs. flour, 54 lb. powdered sugar, 12 ozs. butter, 2 ozs. 
 lard, warm flour and sugar, whip butter and lard to a cream and add 
 to flour and sugar. It will be in crumbs which must be pressed 
 together with the hands into small cakes. Bake till a light brown. 
 
 — 3Irs. Frcd'k C. Manning. 
 
 SPONGE CAKE. 
 
 Take 10 eggs, i lb. sugar, 1-2 lb. flour, juice and grated rind of 
 I lemon. Beat eggs separately. Beat in gently the sugar, some into 
 whites, and some into yolks. Now beat these together, stir in 
 very gently, first the flour, then the lemon. Use egg beater, not a 
 spoon. Bake in a moderate oven about 45 minutes. 
 
 — Mrs. D nan in. 
 
 RICH PLUM CAKE. 
 
 Take i lb. butter, i]^ lbs. sugar, i lb. flour, 11 eggs, 3 lbs. raisins, 
 stoned, 3 lbs. English currants, 4 ozs. Madeira wine, 4 ozs. brandy, 
 I lb. citron, 3 nutmegs, ^ oz. mace, Y> oz. cinnamon, i cup mo- 
 lasses. Bake from 3 to 4 hours. — Miss ^-J. J'. 7?. Russfll. 
 
 VANITY CAKE. 
 
 Top layer — i^ cups sugar, 2 cups flour, i cup milk, 2 table- 
 spoonfuls baking-powder, whites of 2 eggs. Bottom layer — yolks 
 of 2 eggs, I cup brown sugar, Yz cup butter, i cup milk, 2 table- 
 spoonfuls baking-powder, i table-spoonful brandy. Chop fine yi 
 lb. blanched almonds, ^ lb. citron, Vi lb. raisins. Mix together 
 with two cups flour, make into 2 layers, with boiled icing 
 between. Dredge fruit with flour. 
 
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PUDDINGS, PASTRY, Etc. 
 
 '■ Solid piuldiii'C ;i<fainst em]>ty praise.'"- I\>pf. 
 
 AXGEL CHARLOTTE. 
 
 Make a loaf of angel cake. When cool cut out the center care- 
 fully, leaving an outer Wall of an inch or more. Fill with a char- 
 lotte russe, cover with a lid cut from top of center taken out, and ice 
 the whole with boiled icing. Scatter over this powdered macaroons 
 or candied violets. 
 
 BAVARIAN CREA^f. 
 
 Flavor with wine or vanilla i pint of cold cream. Sweeten to 
 taste and whip to a froth. Boil i pt. of rich milk and make a cus- 
 tard with 3 or 4 eggs, sweeten and flavor and while hot add Yi a 
 box of gelatine soaked in a warm place i hour in ^ a cup of water 
 or wine. When it is quite cold and begins to thicken, stir till 
 smooth. Then stir in lightly the whipped cream till well mixed. 
 Place in moulds and set on ice. Any seasonable fruit may be added 
 if the cream is made without wine. 
 
 BEIGNETS DE POMMES. 
 
 (For the Chafing-Dish.) 
 
 Soft, tart apples, brandy, lemon-juice, powdered sugar, flour, 3 
 table-spoonfuls l)utter, cinnamon. Peel apples and remove the pips, 
 cut in round slices, flavor by plun^^ing them into a mixture of 
 brandy, lemon-juice and sugar. Drain them and dust with flour. 
 
CHOICE RECEIPTS 
 
 put butter in chafing-dish, when very hot fry the sUces on both 
 sides, sprinkle powdered sugar and cinnamon and serve hot. 
 
 — Mrs. Evans. 
 
 BERRY PUDDING. 
 Take 3 cups flour, i cup molasses, Yi cup milk, i teaspoonful sal- 
 eratus dissolved in a very little hot water, a little salt, i qt. berries. 
 Boil lYz hours, or till well done. Serve with hard sauce. 
 
 —Miss A . V. R. Russell. 
 
 BISCUIT GLACE. 
 Boil y2 cup water and % cup sugar 3^ hour, in a double boiler. 
 Then stir 3 well-beaten eggs into the boiling syrup. Beat all to- 
 gether 8 minutes. Take from the fire and set on ice till very cold. 
 Beat once more, lightly and add i pt. of stififly-whipped cream and 
 a teaspoonful of vanilla. Put in tin boxes, lined with paper, so it 
 can be lifted out easily. Then place crumbs of 18 grated macaroons 
 on top and cover tightly. Pack in ice for 4 hours. This makes a 
 quart — Miss Monteath. 
 
 BREAD PUDDING. 
 Fill a small earthen dish with milk, break into it about 2 slices of 
 stale bread. Stand it on the back of the stove till bread has swelled, 
 and milk is hot. Take from the stove and when cool add 2 well- 
 beaten eggs and sugar to taste. Sprinkle thickly with cinnamon 
 and put bits of butter on top. Bake till set, but no longer. About 
 20 minutes or ^ hour in a moderate oven. To be eaten cold. 
 
 — JMrs. Drufnm. 
 
 CAFE MOUSSE. 
 Yolks of 4 eggs beaten well. Mix in ^ cup of granulated sugar. 
 Add y2 cup of black cofifee very hot and mix well together. Put 
 in milk boiler and stir on the fire till it thickens. When cold add i 
 pt. of whipped cream. Mix together very thoroughly. Put in form 
 and pack in ice and salt for 4 hours or more. 
 
 — Mrs. Luther Tucker. 
 
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 CLARA LOUISE PUDDING. 
 Take i pt. milk, 2 cu]),s flour, 4 eggs, i tcaspoonful salt, J4 tea- 
 spoonful soda dissolved in IkjI water. Slice 8 apples, and cook a 
 short time on top of stove, pour the batter over them and bake i 
 hour. Eat hot with hard sauce. Peaches maj' be used instead of 
 ai)i)les. 
 
 COFFEE CREAM. 
 
 Dissolve I oz. of, gelatine in V-' pt. of water, Yz pt. strong coflfee. 
 Put all with I pt. of milk, sweeten, and boil 10 minutes. When cool 
 add I pt. cream, stir well and pour into a mould. 
 
 — Mrx. L II flier Tucker. 
 
 COMPOTE OF APPLES. 
 
 Peel, core and quarter firm, tart apples, put in a porcelain-lined 
 dish and place in the oven with about i cup water to i qt. apples. 
 Add I cup sugar and yellow peel of Yi lemon cut in bits, cover dish 
 with a china plate and cook apples 34 hour, when they should be 
 thoroughly done, but whole and nearly transparent. Cool a little 
 of the juice, and if it is not yet a jelly, boil down to one. Remove 
 apples to dish in which they are to be served. For this amount of 
 apples, add i table-spoonful of brandy to the jelly, and pour jelly 
 over the cooked apples. Let them stand for at least 24 hours to 
 become thoroughly set. Serve with whi])])ed cream. 
 
 --Mrs. Clark. 
 
 CREAM TIE. 
 
 Take ^4 cup tlour. Y\ cup butter, i heaping table-spoonful sugar, 
 I egg. Filling — i cup cream, yolks of 3 eggs, whites of 3 eggs, 3 
 round table-spoonfuls sugar, i round table-spoonful flour, Yi tea- 
 spoonful vanilla. Keep whites of egg for top. 
 
 — Fra i/ii's St ill III a 11 . 
 
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. CHOICE RECEIPTS 
 
 CREAM PUDDING. 
 
 Mix tYi ozs. of sugar, ^ pt. of cream and a little grated nutmeg. 
 Then stir in lightly the whites of 3 eggs which have been beaten to 
 a stiff froth. Have a dish covered with stale bread crumbs to the 
 usual depth of a crust, pour in the pudding, cover the top evenly 
 with the line crumbs and bake. 
 
 DATE PUDDING. 
 
 Take i cupful sour milk, i cupful sugar or molasses, i spoonful 
 butter, I teaspoonful soda, spices to taste, i lb. dates stoned. Stir 
 quite stiff with graham flour, and steam 2 hours. Serve with cream 
 and sugar. 
 
 DEVONSHIRE CREAM. 
 
 Put a pan of milk in a cool place for 24 hours. Then place the 
 pan on back of the range and heat the milk slowly to the boiling 
 point without letting it boil. Then put the pan in a cool place from 
 6 to 12 hours. At the end of this time skim off the cream which will 
 be found firm and of a peculiarly sweet flavor. In very hot weather 
 the cream may be scalded after it has stood 12 hours. This cream 
 is eaten on mush, fruit, blanc-mange, toast, etc. — Miss Clark. 
 
 ENGLISH PLUM PUDDING. 
 
 Take ^4 lb. grated bread, boil i^ pts. milk and pour it on the 
 grated bread and then let it cool. Add ]^ teaspoonful salt. Take 
 lYi lbs. currants, ij4 lbs. raisins, strew over then 3 table-spoonfuls 
 flour, ^ lb. brown sugar, ^ lb. beef suet chopped fine, i grated 
 nutmeg, i teaspoonful cinnamon, i of cloves, the grated peel and 
 juice of I large lemon or orange. Stir 8 eggs gradually into the 
 bread and milk, add by degrees the sugar and spice, and Yz lb. of 
 flour with a glass of brandy, Y-z lb. citron. Mix the whole very well 
 and stir hard. Boil 4 or 5 hours. 
 
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 FTG PUDDING. 
 
 Cover I lb. of figs with boiling water till soft. Pour off the water 
 and dip each fig in Sherry or Madeira. Place in dish and cover 
 with whipped cream sweetened to taste. — Miss Neivcomb., 
 
 FRUIT PUDDING. 
 
 Take i large cup bread crumbs, i cup milk, ' j cup sugar, i table- 
 spoonful butter, 3 eggs. Soak bread crumbs in milk, cream the 
 butter and sugar, add yolks of eggs, pour this over the crumbs and 
 milk and stir in the whites lightly at the last. Pour over the fruit. 
 Strawberries or peaches are nice. Bake about 20 minutes. 
 
 GINGER CREAM. 
 
 Soak J4 of a box of gelatine for Yi hour in ■ j cup of milk. Stand 
 over hot water till dissolved. Add 4 table-spoonfuls powdered 
 sugar. Sprinkle over them i pt. whipped cream, 2 table-spoonfuls 
 of syrup from jar of preserved ginger and 2 of chopped ginger and 
 then turn in the gelatine through a seive. Stir till the cream begins 
 to thicken and stand away in little molds. Turn out and garnish 
 with bits of preserved ginger. — Mrs. Evans. 
 
 GOOSEBERRY FOOL. 
 
 Stew I qt. of berries, beat 6 eggs with as much sugar as necessary 
 and stir in the berries with i pt. of cream till the mixture thickens. 
 
 — Miss Barnard. 
 
 HUCKLEBERRY PUDDING. 
 
 Take i pt. milk, i cup bread crumbs, 2 cups flour, 2 leaspoonfuls 
 baking-powder, i teaspoonful salt, 3 eggs, i pt. berries. Put in tin 
 boiler and steam 3 hours. Serve with either hard or liquid sauce. 
 
CHOICE Rl'CEIPTS 
 
 INDIAN PUDDING. 
 Take i qt. milk, i cup cornmeal boiled in the milk. When cool 
 add 2 eggs, i cup of molasses (part sugar if preferred), piece of but- 
 ter half as large as an egg, large spoonful ginger and a little cinna- 
 mon. When ready pour a little cold milk on top. Bake about i 
 hour. Esft with butter. 
 
 ITALIAN CREAM. 
 Take 2 table-spoonfuls of gelatine, dissolved in a little water or 
 cream, on the fire. To i pt. of cream, whipped, sweetened, and 
 llavored to taste, add the gelatine and stir it well. Pour into a 
 mould, and set it away to cool. Very good with jelly. 
 
 MINCE MEAT. 
 Boil 5 lbs. lean beef JJ/ hour. Chop very fine with i lb. suet. 
 Boil the skin of 4 lemons Yi hour, chop fine with the lemons from 
 which the seeds have been removed and mix well with the chopped 
 beef. Add 2 lbs. washed currants, 2 lbs. washed sultana raisins, 2 
 lbs. citron cut in very thin slices, i pk. sound, chopped apples, J/2 
 oz. ground cinnamon, ^A oz. ground cloves, ^ oz. ground allspice, 
 a table-spoonful salt, i pt. molasses, sugar to taste, moisten with 
 sweet cider and boil long enough to cook the apples. Do not burn. 
 Then add a qt. of brandy and put in jars. When used pour a 
 glass of good sherry into each pie just before it is pufin the oven. 
 
 — Mrs. Robbins. 
 
 LEMON PASTE. 
 (For Pies and Tarts.) 
 Take i lb. loaf sugar, 6 eggs (leaving out whites of 2), 3 large 
 lemons (juice and grated rind), ^ lb. very good butter. Put in 
 stew-pan, stir over a slow fire, till it becomes thick like honey. Do 
 not boil. Will keep for years in jars in a cool place. Bake crust 
 for tarts, fill with the paste while the crusts are hot, and return to 
 the oven till the paste is nicely melted. Cover with meringue if 
 liked —Mrs. Clark. 
 
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 .MINCE- MEAT. 
 
 Take 3 bowls of chopped beef, 5 Ixnvls of chopped apples, i (p. 
 of brandy. 2 table-spoonfuls of ground cloves. 2 table-spoonfuls of 
 ground cinnamon. 7 nutmegs, 2 lbs. of chopped suet, U lbs. ot 
 brown sugar, 2 lbs. of large raisins, chopped, 2 lbs. citron, 2 lbs. of 
 currants, i coffee cup of common molasses, i table-spoonful and a 
 half of salt, i table-spoonful of pepper, i bottle of Madeira ( r qt.). 
 The beef and suet must be chopped very fine, the currants washed 
 and raisins stoned, before being weighed and the mince-meat not 
 cooked. When the pies arc made, if the mixtmx is found lo(j dry, 
 add a little Ijrandy. M. A'. / '. //////. 
 
 GRAND^rOTHER'S AflNCE- AIEAT. 
 
 Take 5 pt. bowls of meat, 6 bowls of apples. 6 lbs. of sugar. 4 
 lbs. raisins, 2 lbs. currants, 6 qts. cider, i pt. brandy, i lb. suet, i 07.. 
 each of cloves and mace, 2 o.^s. cinnamon, about 6 or 7 lbs. of meat 
 required. 
 
 PASTRY. 
 
 Take i pt. flour, i cup of lard, y^, cup ice-water, i teaspoonful salt, 
 chop the lard in the t]our and mix with just enough water to allow 
 the paste to be rolled out, about J4 of a cup, it depends upon the 
 kind of flour used, pastry flour reciuiring less water than bread 
 flour. This makes i large pie. 
 
 PEACH PUDDING. 
 
 Fill a baking dish ^ full of ripe, juicy peaches, pared, stoned and 
 cut into medium-sized pieces. Beat the yolks of 3 eggs; add 4 table- 
 spoonfuls of sugar, 3 table-spoonfuls of cream, 3 table-spoonfuls 
 of sifted flour; add the beaten whites, and after sifting 3 table-spoon- 
 fuls of sugar over the fruit, pour on the batter. Mix all well to- 
 gether, bake -)4 of an hour. Serve with cream. —J/r.?. Widdciiuf. 
 
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CHOICE RECEIPTS 
 
 PRUNE SOUFFLE. 
 
 Take 2 tea-cups stewed prunes, whites of 6 eggs. Beat the eggs 
 very thoroughly. Remove the pits from prunes, and beat with the 
 whites thoroughly together. — Mrs. Luther Tucker. 
 
 PUFF PASTE. 
 
 Take ^ lb. of butter, ^ lb. of pastry flour, l'^ cup of ice-water. 
 Mash the butter, put it in a cloth and let it be very cold before 
 using. Sift and weigh the flour, remove i table-spoonful for later 
 use, add to the flour Y^ teaspoonful of salt, J4 teaspoonful of sugar, 
 add water and knead to a dough, toss on the board, roll out thin, 
 cut in half and break the hardened butter in pieces and lay it on one 
 half the dough, sprinkle with flour and lay on the remaining butter, 
 pound in the center, roll and fold, reverse the roll, pound at the 
 openings, then through the center, continue rolling (chilling if 
 necessary), till the paste looks smooth. Cut into patties. Bake 15 
 minutes. Make very cold before putting into the oven. 
 
 PUMPKIN PIE. 
 
 Boil and strain the pumpkin. Season with i teaspoonful of gin- 
 ger, butter the size of an egg, a suspicion of nutmeg, i cup of milk, 
 sugar to taste. Last thing add i egg beaten up quickly. Bake 20 
 minutes — Miss Pruyn. 
 
 RED PUDDING NO. i. 
 
 This pudding is known as Rothe Grutze in Sweden, where it is 
 a favorite dessert. The receipt for making it was lately brought to 
 America by the proprietor of a famous hostelry, who stated that it 
 was worth to him the entire cost of his summer journeyings. By 
 the original formula fresh fruits are required, but we give below an 
 additional receipt, the result of a recent experiment, by which the 
 
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 pudding may be made when fresh fruit is not to be had. Rothe 
 Grutze, as prepared in Sweden, is made as follows: Take equal 
 parts of red currants, raspberries and cold water, and to i qt. of this 
 mixture allow iJ^S teacupfuls of sugar; or if the currants are very 
 acid and a sweet pudding is desired, increase the (luantity of sugar 
 to 2 cupfuls. Now add 2 sticks of cinnamon 3 inches long and not 
 too thick, broken into small bits; boil Yi hour in a porcelain or 
 enameled kettle or saucepan, and press the whole through a coland- 
 er. Next add Yi a teacupful of thinly sliced blanched almonds 
 and the same quantity of finely shaved citron, and cook 20 minutes 
 longer. Thicken the liquid with rice-flour or sago till it is a little 
 stifTer than blanc-mange, and pour it into a wet mould; turn it when 
 cold upon the serving dish, and pour about it sweetened fresh cream 
 or whipped cream. In Sweden the pudding is eaten with thick fresh 
 cream, sugar being passed after it is served. 
 
 RED PUDDING NO. 2. 
 
 Mix Y2 pt- currant jelly and the same quantity of red raspberry 
 jam with I pt. of water, and add 2 or 3 sticks of cinnamon 2 inches 
 long, well broken up. Boil till thoroughly melted, then strain 
 through a colander. Return the liquid to the kettle, add Yi a tea- 
 cupful each of finely sliced blanched almonds and shaved citron, 
 boil 20 minutes, and thicken with rice-flour as in the preceding 
 receipt. If candied citron is not at hand, ordinary home-made pre- 
 served citron may be sliced into the mixture just before the last 
 boiling is completed and the pudding is ready to mould. The pre- 
 served citron should be stirred in carefully to prevent breaking. 
 Owing to the nature of its ingredients, this pudding should be care- 
 fully sweetened to suit the taste. Serve on a pretty dish, surround- 
 ing the pudding with whipped and flavored cream or a rich plain 
 cream, and ornamenting it, if desired, with quartered almonds thrust 
 into the top. 
 
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CHOICE RliC RIFTS 
 
 QUEEN'S JUBILEE PUDDING. 
 
 (Canadian Receipt.) 
 
 Take 3 table-spoonfuls flour, i table-spoonful corn-starch, a 
 pinch of salt. Mix together with a little cold milk. Boil i pt. of 
 milk, stir in the mixture, take from the fire. When it gets cool 
 add 4 eggs, yolks and whites beaten separately. Beat in the yolks, 
 stir in the whites, pour all into a pudding dish and set in a pan of 
 cold water. Steam J/2 an hour in the oven. Serve with liquid 
 sauce. 
 
 SNOW BALLS. 
 
 Take ,3 eggs, i cup of powdered sugar, i scant cup of sifted flour, 
 the rind of i lemon, 3 table-spoonfuls of water, 2 table-spoonfuls of 
 lemon-juice, i table-spoonful of baking-powder. Beat yolks of 
 eggs, add the sugar, beat till light, add water, lemon-juice and rind, 
 then the beaten whites and lastly the flour and powder mixed. Put 
 carefully in buttered earthern cups and steam 30 minutes. Remove, 
 roll in powdered sugar and serve with strawberry cream. Whip I 
 pt. of cream stifif, sprinkle with 3 table-spoonfuls of powdered sugar 
 and 'i of a cup of strawberry jam rubbed through a sieve. 
 
 SPONGE PUDDING. 
 
 Take i pt. sweet milk, Y^ cup of sugar, J-l cup of flour, ^ a 
 cup of butter, 5 eggs. Wet flour with part of milk, then add re- 
 mainder and cook 10 minutes, add butter and sugar while hot. 
 When cool add yolks of eggs well beaten, then beaten whites and 
 stir thoroughly. Bake in 2-qt. mould, set for ^ an hour in a pan 
 of hot water. Serve with wine sauce. 
 
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 SUNDERLAND PUDDING. 
 Take 5 table-spoonfuls flour stirred into 5 table-spconfuls milk, 5 
 eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately. Mix flour and yolks, beat 
 well, and stir in whites lightly. Pour over these i qt. of boiling 
 milk. Bake in quick oven 15 or 20 minutes. Serve hot with hard 
 sauce. 
 
 TAPIOCA PUDDING. 
 
 Take 3 table-spoonfuls tapioca soaked over night in water enough 
 to cover it well, i pt. milk. Boil together from 5 to 10 minutes. 
 Add sugar and salt to taste. Take from the fire, and when cool 
 add 2 eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately. Flavor with i tea- 
 spoonful vanilla. Or the whites of the eggs may be beaten with 
 powdered sugar for meringue. A half cup of prepared cocoanut 
 may be added to this pudding if liked. Grate nutmeg over it and 
 bake till custard is set. 
 
 YORKSHIRE PUDDING FOR ROAST BEEF. 
 Take 4 eggs, 4 table-spoonfuls flour, i pt. milk, salt. Bake 
 quickly till a rich brown. — Mis. Rabbins. 
 
 ICE CREAM. 
 
 Boil I qt. of milk with i lb. of sugar. Blend i table-spoonful of 
 corn-starch with a little cold milk and pour gradually into the boiied 
 milk and sugar. Then boil together for 10 minutes in a farina 
 kettle. After that take it off the range and strain through a fine 
 sieve. When cold add 21/ pts. of cream. Beat together the yolks 
 of 6 eggs and whites of 2 to a cream and then add to it J/2 pt. of 
 cream. Mix this slowly and gradually with the other part and then 
 put in the freezer. Flavor to taste and do not stop turning the 
 freezer for a moment. — Miss Pniyn. 
 
 MILLE FRUIT ICE. 
 
 Allow I orange, 6 lemons, i qt. of clarified sugar, % pt. of grape 
 juice, Vi, lb. of preserved fruits and, if desired, ^4 of a pint of sherry. 
 
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CHOICE RECEIPTS 
 
 Remove the zest of the lemons with a few lumps of sugar, and use 
 the latter in making- the clarified sugar, to which add the juice of 
 the lemons and orange, the grape juice, and the sherry. Freeze as 
 directed. When half frozen, add the well beaten whites of 2 eggs 
 mixed with 2 ozs. of sugar, and finish freezing. Remove the beater, 
 stir in the preserved fruit chopped into small pieces, and set the ice 
 aside for 2 hours. 
 
 ORANGE SHERBET. 
 
 The juice of 10 cooking oranges and 2 lemons, i pt. of sugar, i 
 qt. of water; dissolve the sugar in the water. Mix together, then 
 turn into the can and freeze. — Eliza Doane Garditier. 
 
 PARFAIT AU CAFE. 
 
 Beat 6 ozs. of sugar with 6 egg yolks, and i pt. of cream, set the 
 saucepan over the fire and stir with a wooden paddle till the mixture 
 adheres to it thickly. Add 4 ozs. of coarsely ground coffee, cover 
 the pan and let it infuse for an hour, strain into the freezer, pack 
 as for ice cream and turn in one direction for 5 minutes. Turn 
 again in an opposite direction and 5 minutes after reverse again. 
 It should then be sufficiently frozen and a pt. of whipped cream 
 should be stirred into it with a spatula, a little at a time. Pour all 
 into an ice-cream mould, and pack in ice and salt for i hour. 
 
 — Mjs. Evans. 
 
 RASPBERRY SHERBET. 
 
 Take 2 qts. of raspberries, i pt. of sugar, i^ pts. of water. Alash 
 the berries and sugar together and let them stand 2 hours, add the 
 water to the raspberries, strain and freeze. 
 
 — Eliza Doane Gardiner. 
 
 ROMAN PUNCH. 
 
 Take i qt. water, 4 lemons (juice only), i large cup of sugar, i 
 large wine-glass sherry, i wine-glass Jamaica rum, ^ wine-glass St. 
 
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 Croix rum, ^ wine-glass Cura9oa. Mix well together and freeze 
 same as when making ice-cream. — Miss Pniyn 
 
 ROMAN PUNCH. 
 
 Prepare a very rich pineappleade and make it a little tart with 
 lemon-juice, taking great care that none of the zest or oil from the 
 yellow rind or the bitterness from the seeds or the white portion 
 of the rind be allowed to afifect its flavor. This preparation must 
 be well frozen but, being very rich, it will form only a semi ice. 
 Half an hour before the punch is to be served, work into it 
 thoroughly i gi. of old Jamaica rum and I2 pt. of the best cham- 
 pagne to every qt. of the frozen mixture. After this Havoring has 
 been well incorporated, add the well-beaten whites of 2 eggs sweet- 
 ened with 2 ozs. of powdered sugar, stir the whole vigorously, turn 
 the crank a few times more, and set the punch aside till needed. 
 
 The history of punch a la romaine is rather a curious one and is 
 not generally known. The punch was for nearly a century the fav- 
 orite summer refreshment of successive Popes, and their cooks were 
 bound in the most solemn manner to preserve inviolable the secret 
 of its compounding. When Napoleon invaded Italy in 1796, a 
 young son of the chief confectioner to Pius VI., Molas by name, 
 ran away from his father and his post in the culinary department 
 of the Vatican, and united his fortunes with those of the conqueror. 
 He soon became a favorite servant of the ill-starred Josephine, and 
 when she died, he obtained a situation in the kitchen of a Russian 
 prince. This prince was shortly afterward appointed ambassador to 
 the court of St. James and, taking his Italian cook with him to Lon- 
 don, was the first to introduce Roman punch in that city, greatly 
 delighting his guests with the new delicacy. The receipt was sent 
 to Carlton House in compliance with the wish of the Prince Regent, 
 who in turn permitted copies to be sent to a select few of his friends. 
 Thus by degrees the punch became widely known, while the sing- 
 ular tale of its origin was well-nigh forgotten. 
 
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BEVERAGES 
 
 " Ming-les with the friendly bowl, 
 
 The feast of reason and the flow of soul. " — Pope. 
 
 CAUDLE. 
 
 To S table-spoonfuls of oatmeal add 2 gals, water as for starch. 
 Pour on the water boiling hot, stir it all the time. Let it boil till 
 it becomes gluey, add to this i gal. wine, 2 lbs. sugar, 3 lemons and 
 some raisins. — Mrs. Brinkcrhoff. 
 
 EGG LEMONADE. 
 
 Take 6 eggs. Beat yolks and whites separately, add the juice 
 of 6 lemons, Yi lb. sugar, mix with lemon-juice, add yolks and 
 cracked ice, then the well-beaten whites. Serve with straws. For 
 six persons. — Mrs. Clark. 
 
 EGG NOGG. 
 
 (Southern Receipt.) 
 
 Take the yolks of 16 eggs and 12 table-spoonfuls of pulverized 
 sugar and beat them to the consistency of cream, add % of a nut- 
 meg grated. Then mix in i^ pt. of good brandy or rum and 2 
 glasses of Madeira wine. Have ready the whites of the eggs beaten 
 to a stiff froth and beat them into the mixture. Then stir in 6 pts. 
 of milk.- Mrs. Druniu 
 
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 HOCK CUP. 
 
 Take equal parts of Hock and Londonderry lithia water, put 
 them in a clear crystal pitcher, sweetening with 3 lumps of sugar 
 to each qt. and adding i or 2 slices of pineapple and a long paring 
 of cucumber rind. Let this filled pitcher stand for a few minutes 
 in a pail of ice. Under no circumstances put ice in the drink for 
 that would injure the fine flavor. Just before serving throw some 
 bits of mint upon the top. 
 
 KUxMISS. 
 
 Take 6 large beer bottles and 2 qts. milk, putting 73 pt. in each 
 bottle. Cut a compressed yeast cake into 6 parts, put i part in 
 each bottle with i teaspoonful sugar. Let ferment in a warm place 
 from 6 to 10 hours. Put on ice. — Miss Siiiihv. 
 
 ALVTZOON. 
 
 Take i qt. milk, scald but do not boil it. Let it cool. When 
 lukewarm add 2 table-spoonfuls of Dr. Dadirrian's matzoon. Let 
 it stand in a warm place till like thick cream. Then beat with 
 Dover egg-beater. Set in a cool place. Save some for setting, if 
 more is desired. If not very sour jnit in 3 table-spoonfuls. If very 
 sour use less. Watch closely and do not let it stand in a warm 
 place after it gets thick or it will be spoiled. — Mrs. Druiinii. 
 
PRESERVES AND PICKLES 
 
 ' ' Give no more to every g-uest 
 Than he's able to dig-est; 
 Give him alw^ays of the prime, 
 And but little at a time. ' ' — Swift. 
 
 APPLE JAM. 
 
 Take 12 lbs. apples, sliced, 4 lemons, 10 lbs brown sugar, J4 lb. 
 green ginger, i oz. cloves. Let it stand for 24 hours, then boil. 
 The slices will become an amber color when the jam is sufficiently 
 cooked. — Miss A. V. R. Russell. 
 
 APPLE JELLY. 
 
 Slice and boil the fruit till thoroughly done, strain through a 
 coarse bag and to i pt. of juice allow i lb. of sugar. Let the juice 
 boil 20 minutes with a few leaves of rose geranium. This gives a 
 delightful flavor. Heat the sugar in pie pans in the oven, add it to 
 the juice and let it come to a boil. — Mrs. D^'umin. 
 
 CUCUMBER PICKLE. 
 
 Fifteen cucumbers, 5 onions. Slice them very thin, sprinkle with 
 salt and stand 5 or 6 hours; pour off the brine and cover with i qt. 
 of vinegar, ^ pt. olive oil, Yi cupful of white mustard seed, Yi cupful 
 black mustard seed, i table-spoonful celery seed. 
 
 — Mrs. Luther Tucker. 
 
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PKESERJ^ES AND PICKLES 
 
 CURRANT JELLY. 
 
 Pick over and wash the currants, but do not stem them. Simmer 
 in a porcelain kettle till covered with their own juice. Squeeze 
 through a stout cloth, or if you wish the jelly very clear, let the 
 juice drip, but do not press the cloth. To each pt. of juice, allow 
 I lb. of sugar. Put the sugar in pans in the oven. Let it get hot. 
 Stir frequently. Boil the strained juice 20 minutes, then add the 
 sugar. Let all just come to the boiling point, then put in glasses 
 which have been rolled in hot water. Set in the sun. 
 
 SPICED CURRANTS. 
 
 Take 5 lbs. red currants, 4 lbs. brown sugar, i pt. vinegar, 2 table- 
 spoonfuls ground cloves, 2 table-spoonfuls ground cinnamon. Boil 
 till thick, put in tumblers and seal. — Mrs. W'iddcmer. 
 
 JIM JEM. 
 
 Take 6 lbs. sugar, i pt. brandy, i pt. strawberries, i pt. rasp- 
 berries, I pt. pineapple, i pt. bananas, l pt. cherries, i pt. black- 
 berries. A large glass jar is best for this preserve. One that has 
 a tight-fitting cork. Put in the brandy with i pt. strawberries and 
 I lb. sugar. Stir it thoroughly every day. Add the other fruits 
 with the sugar as they can be procured. Bananas should be sliced 
 thin, pineapple grated. The preserve should be stirred every day 
 during the time of putting in the fruit and some days after in order 
 to dissolve the sugar. 
 
 BRANDIED PEACHES OR PEARS. 
 
 Take 4 lbs. fruit, 4 lbs. sugar, i pt. best white brandy. Make a 
 syrup of the sugar and enough water to dissolve it, let this come to 
 the boil, put in the fruit and boil 5 minutes. Remove the fruit 
 with care, and let the syrup boil 15 minutes longer or till it thickens. 
 Add the brandy, and take the kettle from the fire. Pour the hot 
 syrup over the fruit and seal. If, after the fruit is taken from the 
 
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CHOICE RECEIPTS 
 
 fire, a red liquor oozes out, drain it ofif before adding the syrup. 
 Put in glass jars. Peaches and pears must be peeled and pinms 
 pricked. 
 
 SWEET PICKLED PEACHES. 
 
 Rub off the fur and stick cloves into each peach. To every 7 lbs. 
 fruit allow 3 lbs. sugar. Boil 15 minutes, skim and add 3 pts. of 
 vinegar, i table-spoonful each of allspice, mace and cinnamon; 
 put in bags. Boil all together 10 minutes, put in peaches and boil 
 till they can be pierced with a straw. Take out the peaches and 
 boil the syrup till thick, pour it over the fruit boiling hot. Pears 
 can be done the same way without peeling. 
 
 PRESERVED SECKEL PEARS. 
 
 Pare and cjuarter the fruit. Allow ^4 lt>. sugar to i lb. fruit. 
 Sprinkle sugar over fruit in alternate layers and let stand over night. 
 In the morning put over the fire, with lemon cut in thin slices, 
 allowing i lemon to 3 lbs. fruit. Cook till tender and till the 
 syrup is quite thick. It is dark and rich in appearance when done. 
 
 —Mrs. Clark. 
 
 PICCALILLI. 
 
 Take i pk. green tomatoes, chopped with 6 or 8 onions, 8 or 10 
 green peppers with seeds taken out, and Yi a head of cabbage, 
 chopped fine. Sprinkle with salt and let stand all night, then drain, 
 add sufficient vinegar to cover well, i table-spoonful of cloves, 2 of 
 pepper, 2 of allspice. Crack the spices and tie up in bags, boil the 
 pickles I hour or more, put up in jars with a large table-spoonful of 
 brown sugar to each jar. Mix through as you put away 2 ozs. of 
 mustard-seed and a little horse-radish. 
 
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/'RKSERrhS AM) riCKIJiS 
 
 SWEET PICKLE. 
 (For i)luins. pears, peaches or otlier fruil.) 
 Take 7 11)s. fruit. 4 lbs. brown sugar, i pt. vinegar, mace, cinna- 
 mon and cloves. Peel pears and peaches, prick plums, put into the 
 kettle with alternate la^'ers of sugar. Heat slowly to a boil and 
 add vinegar and spices tied in bags, boil 5 minutes, take out the 
 fruit and boil till the syrup is thick, then pour on boiling hot. 
 
 AIARTHA'S PICKLES. 
 Choose even-sized cucumbers, wipe without breaking the prickles, 
 as that makes them soft. Salt for 24 hours, then drain and put into 
 jars. Take 3 pts. of vinegar to i pt. brown sugar, add to each pt. 
 I table-spoonful of mixed spices and a small piece of horse-radish. 
 Boil and cover your pickles with it and let them stand imcovered 
 till cold. Cover and put away. 
 
 MIXED PICKLES. 
 
 One-half pk. small cucumbers, i qt. string beans, i qt. small white 
 onions, 2 cauliflowers, i qt. nasturtium, 3 cents worth celery seed, 2 
 <jzs. white mustard seed, 2 ozs. black mustard seed, J4 lb. ground 
 mustard mixed with ^^ pt. table oil, J/2 cupful salt. Put all in stone 
 jar and pour scalding vinegar over them. This can be made 
 entirely of small cucumbers if desired. 
 
FOR INVALIDS 
 
 " All blest secrets, 
 All you unpublish'd virtues of the earth, 
 Be aidant and remediate." — Shakspeare. 
 
 ARROWROOT BLANC-MANGE. 
 
 Take i cupful boiling milk, 2 dessert-spoonfuls best arrowroot, 
 rubbed smooth in cold water, 2 teaspoonfuls white sugar, vanilla or 
 other essence. Boil till it thickens well, stirring all the while. Eat 
 cold, with cream, flavored with rose-water, and sweeten to taste. 
 
 BARLEY-WATER. 
 
 Put J4 lb. pearl-barley into 2 qts. water. Let it boil, skim it very 
 clear, boil it half away, strain it and sweeten to taste. Add 2 table- 
 spoonfuls wine and a little grated nutmeg. Drink lukewarm. 
 
 — IMrs. Brinkerhoff. 
 
 BARLEY-W.A.TER. 
 
 Put 2 teaspoonfuls washed pearl-barley into a saucepan with i pt. 
 water, boil slowly down to /3 of a pt. and strain. 
 
 BARLEY JELLY. 
 
 Put 2 table-spoonfuls washed pearl-barley into a qt. saucepan with 
 iJ/2 pts. water; boil slowly down to i pt., strain and allow liquid to 
 set into a jelly. 
 
 74 
 
FOR /WW LIDS 
 
 CHICKEN JELLY. 
 (Very Nouri.'^hing.) 
 Half a raw chicken pounded with a mallet, bones and meat 
 together; plenty of cold water to cover it well (about i qt.). Heat 
 slowly in a covered vessel, and let it simmer till the meat is in white 
 rags and the liquid reduced y'y. Strain and press, first through 
 a colander, then through a coarse cloth. Salt to taste, and pepper, 
 if desired; return to fire and simmer s minutes longer. Skim when 
 cool; give to the patient cold from the ice, with unleavened wafers; 
 keep on the ice. You can make it into sandwiches by putting the 
 jelly between thin slices of bread lightly spread with butter. 
 
 FLOUR B.-\LL. 
 Take I lb. good wheat flour (unbolted is best), tie up very tightly 
 in strong pudding bag, place in saucepan of water and boil steadily 
 for ID hours. When cold remove cloth, cut ofif soft outer covering, 
 and as required, reduce hard interior to a powder by grating. When 
 using rub the quantity ordered to a powder, adding a table-spoonful 
 of milk and reducing to a smooth paste, add second table-spoonful 
 of milk to give creamy mixture and add to total quantity of liquid 
 ordered for a meal. 
 
 LIME WATER. 
 Drop a piece of unslaked lime as large as a walnut into 2 qts. pure 
 filtered water in an earthen vessel, stir thoroughly and allow to 
 settle. Use only from top, replacing water and stirring as 
 consumed. 
 
 LE.\IONADE. 
 
 \\ hen the throat is dry and irritated, a little weak slippery elm 
 or flaxseed tea may be prepared and kept in the ice-box for making 
 lemonade, provided lemons are allowed. 
 
 WINE WHEY. 
 Boil I pt. of milk in an earthenware or enameled saucepan; as 
 soon as the milk begins to rise in a foam, turn into it 2 glasses of 
 
CHOICE RECEIPTS 
 
 sherry, stir thoroughly, and then draw it back where it cannot 
 scorch, so that it may stand undisturbed till the curd sets. Strain 
 the liquid, sweeten and cool it by placing ice about the vessel. 
 
 SANDWICHES. 
 
 If the patient is permitted to eat a little solid food, delicious and 
 nourishing sandwiches may be made by scraping fresh beef on 
 which there is no fat and mixing with a little potted or scraped 
 boiled salt tongue. Spread this mixture over thin slices of yester- 
 day's bread, trim them neatly after the parts are pressed together, 
 and cut them in 2-inch squares. Arrange them invitingly upon a 
 pretty plate or upon a folded napkin, and serve on any little dish or 
 tray. If no tongue is at hand, salt must be added to the beef. 
 
 OATMEAL OR CRACKED WHEAT WATER. 
 
 Add I to 3 table-spoonfuls well-cooked oatmeal or cracked wheat 
 porridge to i pt. water, heat almost to boiling point, stirring con- 
 stantly till smooth, strain. The amount of porridge to be added 
 varies from i to 3 teaspoonfuls to a pt. of water, according to thick- 
 ness of the porridge, and whether a thinner or thicker oatmeal 
 water is desired. 
 
 RAW BEEF JUICE. 
 
 Warm i lb. sirloin beef in a broiler before a quick fire, cut into 
 ^-inch cubes, place in lemon squeezer or meat press and forcibly- 
 express juice. Remove fat rising to surface after cooling. Never 
 actually cook the meat. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS 
 
 What's there? '" 
 
 Thing's for the cook. sir. but I know not what." 
 
 Wlicn Ijakinsa: a cake do not s]ani the oven door or the cake may 
 fall. 
 
 The coflfee-pot will lose its musty odor, if a spoonful of borax is 
 boiled in it once a week. A pinch of borax placed in the coffee 
 releases the essential oils of the coffee and improves the aroma. 
 
 To keep fruit jellies from molding, put an even half inch of sugar 
 over the top after the jelly has cooled and then cover the glass with 
 thick paper that has been coated with white of egg. 
 
 When meats are being roasted and there is danger of their becom- 
 ing too brown, place a basin of water in the oven. The steam will 
 prevent scorching, and the meat will cook better. 
 
 Food that has little odor itself and food that absorbs odors 
 readily should be placed at the bottom of the refrigerator. All 
 foods with a strong odor should be ke])t on the top shelves. Sour 
 milk or cream should not be kept in the refrigerator. Salad dress- 
 ings, tartar sauce and celery shouUl be covered closely or they 
 will flavor everything that is shut u]) with them. Pineapple, straw- 
 berries and raspberries should not 1)e shut into common ice chest 
 with milk or cream. In the refrigerators where there is a circula- 
 tion of dry air, butter, milk, cream and other delicate foods may be kept 
 in the lower part of the refrigerator, and the fruits, vegetables, etc., 
 with strong flavors and odors may be kept on the top shelves. If 
 arranged in this wa)', there w'lll be but little danger that one kind of 
 food will absorb the flavor or odor of another. 
 
CHOICE RECEIPTS 
 
 POTPOURRI OF LAVENDER. 
 
 (Delicious for Linen Closet.) 
 
 One lb. dried lavender, i lb. dried rose leaves, 1/2 lb. coarsely 
 crushed orris-root, 2 ozs. broken cloves, 2 ozs. cinnamon, 2 ozs. 
 allspice, i lb. dry table salt. Keep in air-tight jar for a couple of 
 weeks before using. — Mrs. Clark. 
 
 ROSE PASTE. 
 
 A delicate flavor of rose leaves is a great addition to certain 
 cakes and confections, and a rose paste made at home is much 
 purer than many of the extracts sold for the purpose. Chop the 
 leaves of fragrant roses into a smooth mass with white sugar and 
 place them in an oven long enough to heat thoroughly, but not 
 entirely melt the sugar. Use i cupful of the leaves to 3 of sugar. 
 Keep in air-tight cans and allow to stand 6 months before opening. 
 The paste must be used carefully, only a small quantity being neces- 
 sary to flavor a large cake. A novelty at a recent dinner was a 
 Roman punch flavored in this way with the Turkish preserved rose 
 leaves, which may be purchased at any store dealing in Oriental 
 goods. Into an ordinary Roman punch the rose leaves were stirred, 
 a few at a time, until a delicate flavor was obtained, and the mix- 
 ture was then frozen to a soft and snowy consistency and served in 
 small glasses. Half a can of the Turkish leaves would flavor a 
 sufficient quantity for eight persons. 
 
 TO CLARIFY SUGAR FOR WATER ICES. 
 
 To each qt. of water allow 2 lbs. of granulated sitgar and i tea- 
 spoonful of whipped white of t^^. Mix all well together, and boil 
 the liquid 7 or 8 minutes. All scum should be carefully removed 
 and the syrup allowed to cool before adding the fruit juices. 
 
 78 
 
M/SCIiL LAX noes 
 
 VIOLET SACHET. 
 
 Take 2 lbs. powdered Florentine orris-root, i lb. rose petals, 1 lb. 
 cassia flower-heads, i lb. black currant leaves, ^ dr. attar of 
 almonds, Yz lb. powdered gum benzoin. Mix well and sift and let 
 powder stand in a tight glass jar for a week before using. 
 
 -.1//-.V. Clark. 
 
 WINE STAINS. 
 
 How many housekeepers know that port wine will remove the 
 stain of sherry, and sherry will remove the stain of port from table 
 linen? 
 
FIVE-DOLLAR LUNCHEONS FOR 
 TEN PERSONS. 
 
 (Bread, mayonnaise and seasonings allowed.) 
 
 I. 
 
 Grape fruit. 
 
 Creamed trout. 
 
 Veal pates. 
 
 Lamb chops, with green peas. 
 
 Tomato salad. 
 
 Neufchatel cheese. 
 
 Strawberry ice-cream. 
 
 Small cakes. 
 
 Coffee. 
 
 White wine. 
 
 Bonbons. 
 
 Olives. 
 
 Radishes. 
 
 Almonds. 
 
 Price, $5.00. 
 
 IT. 
 
 Clams. 
 
 Bouillon. 
 
 Eggs, with white sauce. 
 
 Chipken, with peas. 
 
 Cakes, withi jelly. 
 
 Lettuce salad. 
 
 Cheese and crackers. 
 
 Ice-cream, with ca.ke 
 
 Grapes. 
 
 Coffee. 
 
 Almonds. 
 
 Olives. 
 
 White wine. 
 
 Rolls. 
 
 Price, $4.84. 
 
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FI VE-DOLLA R L ( 'XL HKOXS 
 
 III. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Orange baskets, with fruit a la 
 
 macedoine. 
 Consomme of chicken. 
 Oyster Ci'oquelles. 
 Chicken terrapin. 
 SlufFed potatoes. 
 Roman punch. 
 Stuffed eggs, with garnislnng 
 
 of brains. 
 Celery salad, with tomato jelly. 
 Cheese. 
 
 I ce-creani, with cakes. 
 Coffee. 
 White wine. 
 Chocolate mints. 
 Almonds. 
 Olives. 
 
 Price, $5.36. 
 
 Shaddocks. 
 
 Chicken consomme. 
 
 Creamed lobster. 
 
 Steak, with mushrooms. 
 
 Chicken croquettes. 
 
 Asparagus. 
 
 Bananas, with wine sauce. 
 
 Lettuce salad. 
 
 Cheese. 
 
 IcjC-cream, with cake 
 
 Coffee. 
 
 White wine. 
 
 Almonds. 
 
 Olives. 
 
 Bonbons. 
 
 Price, $5 or 
 
 V. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Fruit. 
 
 Bouillon. 
 
 Creamed lobster. 
 
 Chicken, with Spanish rice. 
 
 Pates, with mushroom-- 
 
 Omelet, with rum. 
 
 Waffles, with syrup. 
 
 Lettuce salad. 
 
 Strawberries and creaui. 
 
 Ice-cream, with cakes 
 
 Coffee. 
 
 Wine. 
 
 Almonds. 
 
 Olives. 
 
 Bonbons. 
 
 Price, $4.91. 
 
 Strawberries. 
 
 Tomato soup. 
 
 Devilled crabs. 
 
 Chops, with potatoes 
 
 Punch, with fruit. 
 
 Chicken terrapin. 
 
 Tomato salad. 
 
 Ice-cream, with cake 
 
 Coffee. 
 
 Wine. 
 
 Almonds. 
 
 Caramels. 
 
 Olives. 
 
 Price. $4.80. 
 
 A/iss Clarf:. 
 
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NDEX 
 
 I'AGi-: 
 SOUPS. 
 
 Asparaj^iis Soup, cream of. . 9 
 
 Bean ■• black ") 
 
 Celery " cream of.. 10 
 
 (Jyster •' 10 
 
 Pea ■• g-reen 10 
 
 Spinach " 10 
 
 White •• with al- 
 monds 11 
 
 P^ISH 
 
 Bloater.s 12 
 
 Chowder, Maryland 12 
 
 N. Eni,^ clam 12 
 
 Clam.s, .soft 13 
 
 Codfish 13 
 
 balls 13 
 
 creamed 13 
 
 '• •' N. Eng- 14 
 
 Halibut a la creme 14 
 
 baked steak 15 
 
 " curried 15 
 
 timbale.s 15 
 
 PACK 
 
 Lobster a la Newburs,'- 16 
 
 bisque 16 
 
 devilled 17 
 
 farci 17 
 
 < )ysters u la Newburj,-- 17 
 
 fried Phila 17 
 
 Salmon, dried 18 
 
 POULTRY 
 
 Chicken cream 1m 
 
 " croquettes 19 
 
 " supreme of 19 
 
 " terrapin 20 
 
 20 
 
 Turkey stuffinj^" 21 
 
 (;ame. 
 
 Canapes for j^ame 21 
 
 Canvas Back ducks 21 
 
 Grouse 21 
 
 Partridg-e 22 
 
 Plovers 22 
 
 Quails 22 
 
 Saddle of venison 22 
 
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CHOICE RECEIPTS 
 
 MEATS 
 
 Beef, broiled breaded 23 
 
 " spiced 23 
 
 Lamb, cold roast as a salini 24 
 
 " curry 24 
 
 Meat, warmed in chafing-- 
 
 dish 24 
 
 Mutton, to recook 25 
 
 Pot au feu 25 
 
 Sausag-e roll 25 
 
 Steak, Stanley 26 
 
 Sweetbread 26 
 
 Terrapin, mock 26 
 
 Tong-ue sandwiches 26 
 
 Veal a la mode 27 
 
 " jelly 27 
 
 " hot loaf 28 
 
 "Venison cutlets 28 
 
 Vitella 28 
 
 SAUCES 
 
 Aspic mayonnaise dressing- 29 
 
 Bechamel sauce 29 
 
 Cream " 30 
 
 Hollandaise " 30 
 
 Horse-radish " 30 
 
 Maple sug-ar pudding- sauce 30 
 
 Mushroom sauce 30 
 
 Sardine dressing 31 
 
 Shrii-np sauce 31 
 
 Strawberry pudding- sauce. . 31 
 
 Tartar butter sauce 31 
 
 Tomato mustard 32 
 
 SALADS 
 
 Banana salad 
 Cold slaw 
 
 Nut salad 
 
 Nut and cheese salad 
 
 Orang-e " 
 
 Orange and walnut salad. 
 Picturesque " 
 
 Sardine *' 
 
 Tomato ' ' 
 
 Tomato jelly 
 
 Tongue salad 
 
 Waldorf " 
 
 VEGETABLES 
 
 Cabbage dressed with cream 
 " stewed. . 
 
 Cauliflower 
 
 Corn pudding 
 
 Hominy, fried 
 
 Mushrooms in cream 
 
 Potatoes au gratin 
 
 " breakfast 
 
 stuffed 
 
 Tomatoes, stuffed a la 
 Grecque 
 
 Tomatoes, stuffed ... 
 
 EGGS 
 
 Eggs, chafing-dish 
 
 Eerg- rolls 
 
 timbales. 
 
 32 
 32 
 33 
 33 
 33 
 33 
 34 
 34 
 34 
 34 
 35 
 35 
 35 
 
 36 
 36 
 36 
 36 
 36 
 37 
 37 
 37 
 37 
 
 38 
 
 38 
 39 
 39 
 
 92 
 
fxn/ix 
 
 HACK 
 
 EGGS (Cont.) 
 
 Omelet 3*) 
 
 jiotato 3^ 
 
 souffle 40 
 
 chp:esk 
 
 Bread saute 40 
 
 Cheese, cream 40 
 
 fomiu 41 
 
 napkin 41 
 
 " relishes 41 
 
 '* rissf)les 41 
 
 straws 42 
 
 42 
 
 Eng'lish nmuUey 42 
 
 Fern\viH)d 42 
 
 Welsh rarebit 43 
 
 BREAD AND BKEAKPWST 
 CAKES 
 
 Biscuit, maple suj^ar 43 
 
 Bread, Boston brown 44 
 
 •' cornmeal an-i rice 44 
 
 mother's brown -!4 
 
 '• Mrs. Parker's -!4 
 
 N. Eng. brown 45 
 
 Buns, hot cross 45 
 
 Corn crust 45 
 
 Gems, date 46 
 
 " Graham 46 
 
 MufHns, cream 46 
 
 Sally Eunn 46 
 
 >• 46 
 
 Soft corn bread 44 
 
 PACK 
 
 Sweet ]i()tato ]ione 47 
 
 Zimmet kuchen 47 
 
 Zwieback 47 
 
 CAKES 
 
 Almond cream cake 48 
 
 Almond macaroons 48 
 
 Apple fruit cake 49 '■^^ 
 
 Black cake 49 
 
 Buckeye kisses 49 
 
 Chocolate cake 49 
 
 50 
 
 .SO 
 
 Clove cookies .50 
 
 Cocoanut ciK)kies 50 
 
 Crullers 51 
 
 Delicate cake 51 
 
 Doug-hnuts 51 
 
 Fig- cake 51 
 
 French loaf cake 51 
 
 Ging-er bread ,52 
 
 Hermits 52 
 
 Hickory-nut cake 52 
 
 Jmnbles .52 
 
 " ^o 
 
 53 
 
 Maple sug-ar cake 53 
 
 New York g-in<rer bread.... .52 y^ 
 
 Ole Koeks 53 
 
 Peanut cookies .53 
 
 I Plum cake, rich 54 
 
 I Scotch cake 54 
 
 ' Spong-e cake 54 
 
 I Vanity cake 54 
 
 93 
 
CHOICE RECEIPTS 
 
 PAGE 
 
 PUDDINGS, PASTRY & 
 DESSERTS 
 
 Ang-el charlotte 55 
 
 Bavarian cream 55 
 
 Bei^nets de pommes 55 
 
 Berry pudding- 56 
 
 Biscuit Glace 56 
 
 Bread pudding- 56 
 
 Cafe mousse 56 
 
 Clara Louise pudding 57 
 
 Coffee cream 57 
 
 Compote of ap]iles 57 
 
 Cream pie 57 
 
 Cream pudding- 58 
 
 Date pudding 58 
 
 Devonshire cream 58 
 
 English plum pudding 58 
 
 Fig pudding- 59 
 
 Fruit " 59 
 
 Ging-er cream • 59 
 
 Gooseberry fool 59 
 
 Huckleberry pudding- 59 
 
 Indian pudding- 60 
 
 Italian cream 60 
 
 Lemon paste 60 
 
 Mince-meat 60 
 
 " 61 
 
 " 61 
 
 Pastry 61 
 
 Peach pudding 61 
 
 Prune souffle 62 
 
 Puff paste 62 
 
 Pumpkin ]iie 62 
 
 PAGK 
 
 Queen's Jubilee pudding. ... 64 
 
 Red pudding- 62 
 
 63 
 
 Sno-w balls 64 
 
 Sponge pudding 64 
 
 Sunderland " 65 
 
 Tapioca " 65 
 
 Yorkshii-e " ' 65 
 
 Ice-cream 65 
 
 Mille fruit ice 65 
 
 Orang-e sherbet 66 
 
 Parfait au cafe 66 
 
 Raspberry sherbet 66 
 
 Roman punch 66 
 
 " 67 
 
 BEVERAGES 
 
 Caudle , 68 
 
 Egg- lemonade 68 
 
 ' ' nog-g- 68 
 
 Hock cup 69 
 
 Kumiss 69 
 
 Matzoon 69 
 
 PRESERVES AND 
 PICKLES 
 
 Apple jam 70 
 
 " jelly 70 
 
 Cucumber pickle 70 
 
 Currant jelly 71 
 
 Currants, spiced 71 
 
 Jim jem 71 
 
 Peaches or pears, brand ied 71 
 
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INDEX 
 
 PAGF, 
 
 PRESERVES, Etc. (Cunt.) 
 
 Peaches, pickled 72 
 
 Pears, preserved seckel... 72 
 
 Piccalilli 72 
 
 Pickle, sweet 73 
 
 Martha's 73 
 
 mixed 73 
 
 FOR INVALIDS 
 
 Arrowroot blanc-man^e 74 
 
 Barley-water 74 
 
 " 74 
 
 •• jelly 74 
 
 Chicken " 75 
 
 Flour ball 75 
 
 Lemonade 75 
 
 Lime water 75 
 
 Oatmeal or cracked wheat 
 
 water 76 
 
 I'AGK 
 
 Raw beef juice 76 
 
 Sandwiches 76 
 
 Wine whey 75 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
 
 Cake, to bake 77 
 
 Coflfee pot, care of 77 
 
 Fruit jelly, to prevent mould 77 
 
 Meat, to prevent burninjjf. ... 77 
 
 Potpourri of lavender 78 
 
 Refrig-erator, care of 77 
 
 Rose paste 78 
 
 Sug-ar, to clarify for ices. ... 78 
 
 Violet sachet 79 
 
 Wine .stains, to remove 79 
 
 FIVE-DOLLAR LUNCH- 
 EONS FOR TEN PER- 
 SONS 8(( 
 
Nicely cooked provisions is not all to consider 
 
 A well furnished Dining- Room adds to the home 
 comforts, for instance: Imagine a beautiful Turkish 
 Rug, an elegant Sideboard, China Cabinet and -Side Table, 
 to match, some of our piano polish finish % Oak box 
 seat chairs at $1,98 each, and walls decorated with 
 some of our beautiful pictures, then 
 
 IW\ is complete 
 
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 can furnish you, and at extremely low prices. 
 
 CHAS. J. MEROTH 
 
 Restaurant 
 
 191 Lark St., Albany, M.Y. 
 
 4 Doors south of Washing-ton Avenne 
 
 Formerly Chef of Fort Orange 
 and Troy Clubs 
 
 Meals sent to Residence. Cro- 
 quettes and salads a specialty. 
 Orders delivered promptly to 
 any part of the city 
 
 TELEPHONE 1433, 3 
 
 This is no 
 
 ROAST 
 
 The}' do sa}- that we can 
 
 COOK THE GOOSE 
 
 of any Fish Market in town 
 
 Be that as it may, our 
 
 FISH and OYSTERS 
 
 cook to everybody's satisfaction, thu.s 
 making us the friends of the cook 
 
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 TEL. 1469, 2 
 
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 Special attoitioii to theater parties 
 Telephone No. 1153 Chapel 
 
 If you 
 
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 Estimates given on All Kinds of Electric Work and Repairs 
 
 A trained messenger corps constantly 
 in service, for delivering- circulars, 
 wedding invitations, visiting cards, 
 attending elevators, escorts to places 
 of amusement, attending door at wed- 
 dings and receptions. Special rates 
 for continuous service. 
 
 Agents for Local and Long Distance 
 
 Telephone Companies 
 
 Hudson Ri\/^i- TT^le^phone^ Building 
 
 MAIDEN LANE ENTRANCE 
 PHONES 230 & 280 F. W. NEWMAN, Manager BRANCH CAPITOL 
 
A. B. Vqq QaasbeeK, 
 Carpets, Rugs, Oil Cloths 
 
 /Vlattings eindl Curtains 
 
 69 North Pearl Street Albany, N. Y. 
 
 ARTHUR BAN FILL 
 Grocer 
 
 2(^j S/a/i' cor. Dove Street 
 
 The finest stock of first 
 class goods in the city. 
 Vour patronage solicited. 
 
 Telephone ^yj Chapel 
 
 CiiAS. S. Shanks Chas. H. T^atiiroi' 
 
 SHANKS & LATHROP 
 
 yWe-rchant Xailors 
 
 No, 54 North Pearl Street Albany, N. Y, 
 
FRED'K C. MANNING 
 
 Art Stationer 
 
 AND 
 
 Engraving Shop 
 
 32 N. PEARL STREET, ALBANY, N. Y. 
 
 LONG DISTANCE PHONE 1525-2 CHAPEL 
 
 WEDDING INVITATIONS WEDDING RECEPTIONS 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENT. AT HOME. RECEPTION 
 
 AND VISITING CARDS 
 
 Monogram, Crest and Die Ciittino; 
 Stainping and Illuminating- 
 
 ISool-c of Recipes on Sale 
 
 Distting Car^s, Special ©ffer . . . 
 
 Engraving Plate (Name only) and printing 50 Cards - S .90 
 Printing 50 Cards when Plate is turnished - - - .50 
 
 :: NOTICE :: 
 
 Cards Printed from I'lates furnished to lis at a Days Xotiee 
 
"GREAT BEAR" 
 
 the Ideal 
 
 TABLE WATER 
 
 DclixcrcJ ill uUiss tn 
 
 OFFICE AND RESIDENCE 
 
 4 N. PEARL ST. 
 
 I'llciM 4J~ 
 
 NUSBAUM & LIVINGSTON 
 
 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 
 
 MILLINERY 
 
 529-531 BROADWAY ALBANY. N. Y. 
 
 NEXT DOOR TO N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. ARCADE 
 
 /.i/>rarirs 01- Pairc/s of ()ld J>oo/;s lUutii/il. SoUl or /'.vi/iaiii^i-il. 
 Acre Ih'oks at Special Disroini/s. 
 
 JOHN SKINNER 
 
 1)1 AI.I K IN 
 
 RARE • BOOKS • AND • PAMPHLETS ■ RELATING • TO • AMERICA 
 
 U;iiiy l:n,s;!isli Pjooks and liKHiniibula 
 
 44 North Pi:arl St. ALBANY. N. Y. 
 
J, B, & D, C, SLINGERLAND, 
 
 Wholesale and Retail i 
 
 ^nd dealers in FLOUR, FEED and SEED, 
 
 86 and 88 Washington Avenue and 73 S, Swan St. 
 
 Telephone 90-4- 
 
 THOMAS BUCKLEY 
 
 furnisher and decorator 
 
 Wall Paper Plastic Relief Leaded Glass 
 
 Upholstery Fabrics 
 
 D. & H. CANAL COMPANY BUILDING, 58 NORTH PEARL ST. 
 
 Telephone 1476-2 ALBANY, N. Y. 
 
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 STOWES 
 
 
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 V 
 
 
 CROCKERY 
 
 
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 <fe IT Contral 
 
 L. D. PHONK 1426-2 
 
 f\\/&. 
 
 S=i 
 
 OARDMAH 
 StGRAYv 
 
 PIAHOS 
 
 ESTABLISHED 1837 
 
 549 BROADWAY 
 
 Opposite Uniim Depot 
 A.LOMINY, IN. Y. 
 WAREROOMS C.-italc-ue m.-uled free 
 
MISSES C. & P. RICH 
 
 hnporfers and Designei^s of Millinery 
 
 1S7 Lark Street ALBANY. 
 
 Extra Fine Westerlo Creamery Butter 
 
 [••RKSH KVKRY WEEK AF 
 
 Cor, State and Lark Streets. 
 
 HANAN'S SHOES TO ORDER 
 
 FOR LADIES -Man Fashioned 
 
 S. E. yVVILLER, Jr. 
 
 Telephone 206 Chapel 34 and 36 Maiden Lane 
 
 hj. L. TURNER 
 
 MANUKACrUKKK Ol' 
 
 Ice Creams & Confectionery 
 
 TELEPHONE 751 
 
 207 Lark St., cor. State, ALBANY, N. Y. 
 
LADIES 
 
 In need of artistic mil- 
 linery will do well to 
 call on us. 
 
 S. STAHL, 
 
 M. CROISSANT 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 
 
 FINE BUILDERS' HARDWARE 
 Cutlery, Iron and Steel 
 
 Blacksmiths' and car- 
 riag-emakers' hardware 
 and agricultural imple- 
 ments 
 
 House furnishing g-oods 
 and wooden ware 
 
 Albany's Leading Milliner 
 
 202 1-2 & 204 Washington Avenue 
 
 
 AND 57 SPRING ST. 
 
 No. 37 N, Pearl St, 
 
 L. D. Phone 243 ALBANY, N.Y. 
 
 KILLIP & MARKS 
 
 G. WILEY & BRO. 
 
 1, 3 & 5 N. Pearl St. 
 
 Dealers in all kinds of 
 
 cor. State St. ALBANY, N. Y. 
 
 Fresh 
 
 Men's Furnishing Goods 
 
 and 
 
 Salt Meats 
 
 and SHOES 
 
 FRUITS, VEGETABLES, ETC. 
 
 
 Telephone 544 
 
 FINE SHIRTS Carefully Made to Order 
 
 CUSTOM LAIINDKY 
 
 348 State Street, cor. Lark, 
 ALBANY, N. Y. 
 
NATIONAL SAVINGS BANK OF ALBANY 
 
 DEPOSITS AND SURPLUS OVER $8,000,000 
 
 No. 59 STATE STREET 
 
 John H. Van Antweki", 
 John G. Mykks, 
 G. A. Van Allen. 
 Albkrt p. Stkvkns. 
 
 President 
 
 V ice-Presklent 
 
 Vice-President 
 
 - Treasurer 
 
 TRUSTEES 
 
 J. H. Van Antvver]), 
 S. W. Rosendale, 
 James H. Maniiinji', 
 William G. Rice, 
 J. Townsend Lansing 
 Chas. J. Uuchanaii, 
 Charles (Jibson, 
 Wallace N. Horton. 
 
 Albert Vander Veer. 
 
 G. A. Van Allen 
 W. M. WiK)dward, 
 M. N. Nolan. 
 D. L. Van Antwerp, 
 John G. Mjers, 
 Robert L. Fryer, 
 Horace (i. Younfr, 
 Harry C. Cushman, 
 
 Deposits commence to draw interest on the first day of each month and paid 
 January 1 and July 1. 
 
 Uankojjen dailv from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M., and every Saturday from 5 to 7 P. M. 
 
 FOUR 1»FR CENT, interest paid ON ALL DEPOSITS up to and including- 
 $3,000. 
 
 F, P. GARRETTSON & CO. 
 
 FINE TEAS, COFFEES and OLIVE OILS 
 
 119 FRONT STREET. NEW YORK 
 
 HKANCII NHWPOKT. K. I. 
 
 H. \V. LVALL, Nicw Yokk Managkr 
 i:. F. BLISS. NicwpoKT iManachr 
 
 SPECIALTIES 
 
 Exposition Enir. Breakfast Tea. ----- 2o lbs S5.80, 10 lbs. Sa.W 
 
 Repent. Russian Style, - S4.50 5 lb. canister. 
 
 Peerasre, Very Rich", --------- S(,.(X) '• 
 
 Earl Grey, Finest Entrlish Blend. ------ S7.20 6 lb. '• 
 
 MELRC^SE A: CO., EDINBURGH. 
 Tea Merchants to the Oueen, 
 '' •• '"■ Prince of Wales. 
 
 (Queen's Tea, ------- fi.iK) per lb. 
 
 Afterntxm '•-- -- 7Sc " 
 
 Eny-lish Breakfast, - - - - f.Oc " 
 
 Tuxedo CofTe»\ - 20 lbs. ?().60. 10 lbs. $3.50 
 
 Finest Olive Oil, Nice. 57.35 per case 
 
 Virginia Razor Back Hams. - - . 2Sc per lb. 
 
 " '• " Bacon. 20c " 
 
MARTIN E. NANGLE, 
 Undertaker 
 
 No. 7 Washington Avenue 
 
 TELEPHONE 721 
 
 ALBANY, N. Y. 
 
 JOHN ZWICK 
 
 DEALER IN 
 
 BEEF 
 PORK 
 MUTTON 
 
 Fresh and Salted MEATS 
 
 VEGETABLES AND POULTRY 
 
 14 Ce^nti-al Ave., 
 
 TELEPHONE 992 KM]^ , N. Y. 
 
 Established 1843 
 
 B. W. WOOSTER 
 FURNITURE CO. 
 
 purniture 
 
 Curtains 
 Cabinet Work 
 
 BRASS BEDS iron 
 Roll-Top Office Des^s 
 
 Sole agents for the Gukney Refriger- 
 ator, with removable galvanized ice 
 compartment. 
 
 36 N. Pearl St., ALBANY, N. Y. 
 
 Established 1841 •■ 
 
 EDMUND W, LORD, 
 
 Successor to E. J. LORD, 
 
 Staple and 
 
 Fancy Groceries 
 
 Foreign and Domestic 
 Fruits and Table Delicacies 
 
 TELEPHONE 719 
 
 Nos. 31 & 33 Washinsrton Avenue, 
 Cor. Hawk Street 
 
 ALBANY, N. Y. 
 
Wc have the richest effects and most 
 beautiful designs in JEWELRY OF ALL 
 DESCRIPTIONS. Dainty enameled chate- 
 laine watches, diamond pendants, mar- 
 quise and cluster rings, tiaras, cuff links, 
 studs, etc. 
 
 LACE FANS 
 
 Toilet Articles in Sterling Silver, Ivory, &c. 
 
 FREDERICK W. HOFFMAN 
 
 Successor to 
 
 Marsh & Hoffman 
 
 F*^mfc3erton Building 
 
 Cor. N. PEARL & COLUMBIA STS. 
 
 ANTON WELLER 
 
 Wood and Slate Mantels 
 
 TILE 
 
 GRA TES 
 
 OPEN FIRE-I'LACES 
 
 MARBLE MOSAICS 
 
 GAS LOGS 
 
 BELLOWS, Etc. 
 
 in great variety 
 
 HOT-WATER and HOT-AIR HEATING 
 556 BROADWAY 
 
 TELEPHONE 815 
 
 THE MUNICIPAL TELEGRAPH 
 
 AND 
 
 Stock Company 
 
 BROKERS 
 
 STOCK, GRAIN AND PROV/SIONS 
 
 19 AND 21 STEUBEN STREET. 
 
 Albany. N. Y. 
 
 NEW YORK OFFICE 
 
 55 Broadway 
 
Our specialty is Fii^e Cutlery 
 
 B^Lt we have prices to suit all 
 
 Pocket knives from 2Sc. up to $10.00 each 
 Carver and fork from 50c. up to $5.00 per pair 
 Scissors from 25c. to $1.00 each 
 Razors from 25c. to $2.00 each 
 
 W. H. SA 
 
 40 South Pearl 
 
 PLE 
 
 ALBANY, N. Y, 
 
 HUDSON RIYER TELEPHONE CO. 
 
 ]N[. ~V. 
 
 XHe^ Quiclce^st \A/ay 
 
 of g-etting- over the ground is to sit still and 
 use the telephone. A metallic circuit sub- 
 scriber can get into communication in a few 
 minutes vpith any one of 
 
 :250,000 
 
 other telephone stations and places far and 
 near. 
 
DR. WOOD 
 D E IN X I S X. 
 
 247 State St., ALBANY, N. Y. 
 
 The most beautiful porcelain 
 dental work ever done in this 
 country. 
 
 Ur. Wddtl has also coiiibiiieil tlir 
 most advanced and scientific methods 
 of practice, includinsjf a perfect system 
 of crown and bridsre work, the iiainless 
 preparation of teeth for lillinsr with- 
 out TIUC USE OK THU UKNTAL KNGINK, 
 
 and the most improved t3'i)es<if iipi>er 
 and lower i)lates. Estimates sriven on 
 all work previous to appointments 
 when desired. 
 
 This ICLEGANT work to lie done at 
 the lowest rates. Hand work a spe- 
 cialty. C. J. WOOD. D. D. S.. 
 
 247 State Street. Albany, N. Y. 
 
 OV^TH^l^^ 
 
 Our twenty-fifth anniver- 
 siiry, 1897, the .star year for 
 this deliciou.^i bivalve mollusk. 
 ZQ '®S?riRj£©1H, favorite of 
 1P®SB1[H)©1R. 
 
 Time Flies, but We Remain 
 
 Purveyor to best families 
 and clubs. 
 
 C. J. WALTER 
 
 47 Washington Ave. 
 
 'Phone 7S'1 ch;ipc! 
 
 The Park Bank of Albany 
 
 gives special attention to 
 
 **Bank Accounts for Women'* 
 
 and will take pleasure in answerintr any inquiries on the subject. 
 
 No discrimination will be m.ide a'j'ainst small accounts. 
 
 Conveniently located at No. 7 Central avenue, near the corner of Lark street, 
 with facilities for ])rovidin<r prompt attendance, clean money, and assistance in 
 ever^- detail. 
 
 Capital and Surplus, _ _ - $129,420.74 
 
 GRANGE SARD, President 
 
 ROBERT C. PRUYN, First Vice-President 
 
 JAMES D. WASSON, Second Vice-President 
 
 Granee Sard, 
 Robert C. Pruyn, 
 James D. Wasson, 
 Charles L. Pruyn, 
 Albert Hessberfj, 
 
 ii»irec::tors 
 
 Edward A. (Iroesbeck, 
 Charles H. (iaus, 
 Vreeland H. Young-man, 
 James H. Manninfr, 
 Harry C. Cushman, 
 
 Amasa J. Parker, Jr. 
 Myer Nussbaum, 
 Wm. J. Walker, 
 James C. Farrell. 
 
EYRES 
 
 SOCIETY'S FLORIST 
 
 AMERICAN BEAUTY ROSES 
 
 VIOLETS AND ORCHIDS 
 
 MY SPECIALTY 
 
 CUT TWICE DAILY FROM 
 
 MY GREENHOUSES 
 
 AT SAUGERTIES 
 
 ARTISTIC TABLE DECORATIONS 
 
 Decorators sent free of c//aror 
 to 7!iy customers lu/ien fozoers 
 are supplied 
 
 FOUR FLORAL ARTISTS AT EYRES 
 
 L. D. TELEPHONE 208 
 
 No. II North Pearl St. 
 
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