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-The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Philadelphia Housewife, by Mary Hodgson
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-Title: The Philadelphia Housewife
- or, Family Receipt Book
-
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-Author: Mary Hodgson
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-
-
-THE PHILADELPHIA HOUSEWIFE,
-
-Or,
-
-Family Receipt Book.
-
-by
-
-AUNT MARY.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-[Illustration]
-
-Philadelphia:
-J. B. Lippincott & Co.
-1855.
-
-
-Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1855,
-By J. P. Lippincott & Co.,
-In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court, in and for the
-Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
-
-
-
-
-PREFACE.
-
-
-As the health of a family depends more upon the quality of their
-food than upon any other cause whatever, it is a public benefaction
-to give good advice upon this subject. That this advice may be most
-widely beneficial, it should have reference to the material and the
-preparation of food; and in both these respects, regard should be had
-to economy. The rich, who are able to provide the most choice and
-expensive articles of diet, frequently fail in having them prepared
-for the table in an agreeable and healthful manner; and the poor, and
-even those in moderate circumstances, are not only not generally well
-informed as to healthful and nutritious articles of food, which may be
-purchased at moderate expense, but when procured, they more generally
-err in the healthful preparation of them, mistaking high seasoning and
-rich mixtures for delicious and wholesome food. It is to aid the family
-in procuring and preparing their food according to their means, and
-with a view to elegance, taste, and health, that the authoress of this
-book has been induced to publish these receipts and the accompanying
-advice and reflections. She does this at the solicitation of many heads
-of families, and with the confidence of knowledge founded on long
-personal experience. This is the only source of reliable knowledge on
-the subject of procuring and preparing healthful food, in good taste,
-and with elegance and economy.
-
-But proper materials may be obtained for food, and the cook may
-understand how to prepare them; yet she will fail if she does not have
-the kitchen furnished with proper articles for culinary purposes. Each
-of these articles should be kept in its proper place, and scrupulously
-clean, while every thing should be done with exactness, and at the
-proper time.
-
-The authoress has the greatest confidence that the circulation of this
-book will promote elegance and comfort in wealthy families, and economy
-and health in families of moderate means.
-
-
-
-
-THE
-
-FAMILY RECEIPT BOOK.
-
-
-TO PREPARE AND TO SELECT BEEF, MUTTON, LAMB, VEAL, AND BACON.
-
-White meats, such as veal, mutton, and lamb, should be washed as
-quickly as possible, or the juices of the meat will be extracted by
-the water. Fresh beef should never be washed, but well scraped with a
-clean knife twice over; any soiled parts which cannot be scraped must
-be cut off. If the bones are soiled, saw off the part with the meat
-saw. Salted meat should be well washed in three or four waters, and
-soaked at least fifteen minutes in cold water, before putting it down
-to boil. The pot should be filled with cold water, and boil slowly till
-done, according to the size of the meat, or allow a quarter of an hour
-for every pound of the meat; quick boiling will make the meat hard and
-insipid. Be careful that it does not stop boiling, or the meat will be
-injured; remove the scum frequently. People are not generally aware of
-the injurious effects from eating the flesh of diseased animals. It
-has been my practice to choose beef from the whiteness of the fat, and
-always object to it if a dark shade of yellow; let the fat be clear
-and thick, and the beef smooth and close; if otherwise, it is old. The
-flesh of a young ox should be a good red, and have a smooth and open
-grain, and feel tender. Pork may be judged by the thinness of the skin,
-and by pinching the lean; if young, it will break. When clammy, it is
-not fit for use. Fresh pork will be always cool and smooth. The fat of
-mutton should be white and firm, and the lean a good colour. If the
-vein in the neck of lamb has a greenish cast, it is stale: it should be
-of a bluish hue.
-
-BACON.--The lean should be of a good colour, and tender, and firm on
-the bone, the fat should be firm and of a red tinge, and the rind thin.
-Try a ham by putting a sharp knife in under the bone. If the smell
-is agreeable, the ham is good; if otherwise, and the knife soiled,
-reject it. Veal,--The whitest is the most juicy, having been made so
-by frequent bleeding: the flesh of a bull calf is firmest, but of a
-darker colour. Old and diseased meat will shrink very much in cooking.
-Hams and tongues, if they are old and hard, should be put to soak in
-warm water the night before they are boiled. A large ham will take from
-four to six hours to boil, and a tongue will take nearly as long. They
-should be kept constantly boiling, and well skimmed: put them down in
-plenty of cold water. Fish should always be boiled in hot water with a
-little salt in it: let them boil slowly.
-
-Wild fowls do not require as much cooking as tame. They should be done
-before a brisk fire, and be constantly basted. Wild ducks will cook
-sufficiently in a quarter of an hour; pheasants in twenty minutes. A
-large turkey will take from two hours and a half to three hours. Hen
-turkeys are the best for boiling. The time will depend on the size: if
-a large one, it will take two hours and a half, and should be boiled
-in a cloth. All meats when roasting should be put some distance from
-the fire, and brought gradually nearer; the more they are turned and
-basted, the more juicy they will be. Vegetables should be freshly
-gathered; they are much sweeter and more healthy, if cooked as soon as
-taken out of the ground. When potatoes are to be fried, throw them in
-water with plenty of ice in it after slicing. This will make them crisp.
-
-
-BEEF SOUP, THIN.
-
-Wash and scrape well a shin of beef, put it down early in the morning
-in plenty of cold water, with a piece of veal, and a small piece of
-lean ham; let it boil slowly one hour, and skim it well; then add two
-carrots, washed, scraped, and cut fine, six potatoes, four onions, and
-one turnip; some horse-radish cut in small pieces; season with black
-and cayenne pepper, and salt to your taste: about half an hour before
-it is done, put in a bunch of sweet herbs, parsley, and a little
-celery cut in small pieces. You can either strain it or send it to
-table with the vegetables in it.
-
-
-ANOTHER BEEF SOUP.
-
-Boil a shin of beef the day before it is wanted. The next day put on
-your stock, after removing the fat from the top of it; then put in
-a tea-cup of barley, wash and cut up two carrots, three onions, one
-turnip, three tomatoes, put in parsley and the usual pot herbs, twenty
-minutes before it is done; season with cayenne and black pepper and
-salt to your taste.
-
-
-VEAL SOUP.
-
-Put into the soup kettle a small piece of ham; wash and cut up four
-onions; put them into the pot with the ham, and six quarts of water;
-let it boil slowly an hour and a half, then put in a shin of veal;
-let it boil an hour and a half longer; then take out the ham; skim
-off the grease as it rises; beat up in a gill of good cream, two
-table-spoonsful of flour, and the yolks of two eggs very light; and
-then add the soup; season with parsley, pepper, and salt, and serve up.
-
-
-MUTTON BROTH.
-
-Scrape and wash clean a breast of mutton; put it down in the soup
-kettle to boil with five quarts of water, put in a small cup of barley,
-or two tablespoonsful of rice; let it boil slowly three hours and
-thirty minutes; skim it well; add carrots, a turnip, an onion, and a
-little parsley cut up; let it boil forty minutes longer; season with
-pepper and salt; serve hot. The carrots should be grated.
-
-
-CHICKEN BROTH.
-
-Chicken broth may be made in the same way. Some persons prefer rice,
-but rice is used in so many ways, that barley is more uncommon as
-well as more nutritious. Noodles or vermicelli can be substituted, if
-preferred.
-
-
-CHICKEN SOUP.
-
-Put a pair of chickens in the soup kettle, with five quarts of water,
-one large carrot grated, and let it boil; skim off the grease as it
-rises: after it has boiled three hours take out the chickens, and
-strain the liquor through a sieve; put it in the kettle again; add the
-vermicelli after it has boiled an hour, an onion chopped small, some
-pepper and salt, a few blades of mace, a little parsley cut fine. If
-you like, just before it is served up, add a small bunch of thyme.
-
-
-OYSTER SOUP.
-
-Strain the liquor from a hundred oysters into the soup kettle; add
-a quart of milk, a little mace, cloves, pepper and salt, with a
-little rolled cracker; boil 20 minutes; then put in the oysters; stir
-frequently: fifteen minutes after the oysters are in, serve it up.
-
-
-MOCK TURTLE SOUP.
-
-Clean very well a calf’s head, take out the eyes, cut off the nose; let
-it soak for ten minutes; then put it down with five quarts of water,
-a small piece of ham, four onions, and some salt; let these boil till
-tender, or till the meat will leave the bones; then strain it; add
-cloves, nutmeg, parsley, and thyme; let it stew slowly for an hour; add
-a small piece of butter rubbed in flour, some wine and mushroom catsup.
-You can then put the meat in or send the soup to table without it, as
-preferred.
-
-
-CALF’S HEAD SOUP.
-
-Prepare as above. Then put down the head and liver in six quarts of
-water; let them boil till tender; take them up; cut the meat in small
-pieces; be careful to take out all the bones; then put the meat into
-the liquor with three onions, some cloves, mace, and nutmeg, pepper,
-black and cayenne, and salt; set this on the fire; let it simmer gently
-an hour: just before taking it up, add a little butter rubbed in flour,
-and some wine.
-
-
-OX-TAIL SOUP.
-
-Wash and joint two ox-tails; pour over them in a soup kettle five
-quarts of water; when it comes to a boil skim it, and add some salt,
-three onions, two carrots cut fine, three turnips, four potatoes, a
-large bunch of pot herbs, some cayenne pepper, and a little rice flour;
-boil slowly for three hours, but do not put in the vegetables till
-after it has been boiling two hours: half an hour before you take it
-up, add a little celery cut up fine.
-
-
-MULLAGATAWNY SOUP.
-
-This soup is always made of the same materials, only varying in
-quantity. Brown in some butter six or eight onions; fry some pieces of
-rabbits and chicken; lay it upon the onions; have ready some stock,
-boiling hot; let it simmer gently for an hour and a quarter; then
-strain it through a sieve; add two quarts more of stock, and let it
-stew; mix with it three tea-spoonsful of currie powder, and two of
-brown flour with a little cold water; let it boil slowly for half an
-hour. If preferred, the juice of a lemon may be strained into it.
-
-
-OCHRA SOUP.
-
-Wash well a dozen and a half young ochras; slice them thin, three
-onions chopped fine; pour on these five quarts of water early in the
-morning with pepper and salt; let this stew slowly two hours; then
-put in a piece of veal and a piece of lean bacon, with seven or eight
-tomatoes, skinned and sliced; boil it till it is thick; serve hot to
-table.
-
-
-CATFISH SOUP.
-
-Take one large catfish, clean it well, cut off the head; then cut the
-fish in half; put it in a pot with two onions, and a bunch of parsley
-cut up fine, and some pepper and salt; put in a quart of water, and
-stew slowly till the fish is tender; then add a pint of milk and a
-quart of water; let this all simmer for half an hour; roll a piece of
-butter in a little flour: in twenty minutes after the butter and flour
-go in, it will be sufficiently done.
-
-
-DRIED PEA SOUP.
-
-Wash a quart of dried peas well; put them in four quarts of water to
-soak over night; early in the morning place it over the fire in your
-soup kettle; when it has boiled three hours, put in a small piece of
-salt pork; add some salt, pepper, and two chopped onions; after it
-has boiled some time take out the pork; mash the peas, and strain the
-liquor through a sieve into a kettle; put the pork in again; skim off
-the fat; let it boil one hour; serve up hot with toast.
-
-
-GREEN PEA SOUP.
-
-Shell a quart of green peas; wash them, and put them down to boil with
-three quarts of water and a little salt; when it has boiled slowly
-an hour and a half, season with pepper and a little butter rolled in
-flour: boiling a few of the pods with the peas is an improvement.
-
-
-BEAN SOUP.
-
-Wash the beans and soak them over night; in the morning throw off the
-water, and put down the beans with five quarts of water and a small
-piece of salt pork; let it boil till the beans are perfectly soft; then
-take out the pork and either strain the soup, or send it to table with
-the beans in, as preferred.
-
-
-CLAM SOUP.
-
-Wash the shells of a peck of clams carefully; put them to boil in two
-quarts of cold water; when the shells have opened, take off the liquor;
-return it to the soup kettle; take the clams out of the shells, put
-them in the pot with the seasoning; a little salt and pepper; rub in
-a small piece of butter, a dessert spoonful of flour; stir constantly
-till boiling hot; add some parsley chopped fine, and a pint of milk.
-
-
-FISH.
-
-Fresh fish are easily told by the redness of their gills. If the gills
-are white or the flesh is not hard to the touch, reject them. They are
-not fresh. Fish should be sent to table as soon as cooked. Broiled fish
-should be sprinkled with salt before broiling. When boiled, should have
-salt in the water.
-
-
-TO BAKE A SHAD.
-
-Shad should be fat. Clean it well, take out the inside and the gills.
-Score and salt the fish, make a dressing of bread, butter, pepper,
-salt, parsley, thyme and sweet marjoram; fill the fish with this; tie
-it up and put it in a pan with some water: dredge the fish with flour,
-let it cook slowly, baste it often; when nearly done, add some mushroom
-catsup to the gravy; season to your taste with pepper and salt. Take it
-up very carefully: bake half an hour.
-
-
-TO BROIL A SHAD.
-
-Cut it down the back, sprinkle it with pepper and salt, grease your
-gridiron well, and put it down on the flesh side first. Let it be well
-done. Send hot to table.
-
-
-FRESH COD BOILED.
-
-Clean and wash it well; put it down to boil in the fish kettle. It
-will cook in half an hour; take it up carefully, garnish the dish with
-hard-boiled egg, and serve with egg sauce. All boiled fish should have
-salt in the water, or the fish will be insipid.
-
-
-TO BOIL HALIBUT.
-
-Sprinkle it with salt, tie it up in a cloth, put it in the kettle in
-boiling water; let it boil slowly till done, which will depend upon the
-size, allowing eight minutes to a pound.
-
-
-TO FRY HALIBUT.
-
-Cut it into small pieces, season it with pepper and salt, dip it in the
-yolk of egg, then into rolled cracker: fry in hot lard, and serve it up.
-
-
-TURBOT.
-
-Turbot is one of the most delicious fish we have, when properly
-prepared and served. It must be washed with the greatest care, and cut
-down the middle of the back, on the dark side of the fish. Have your
-kettle perfectly clean; put your fish into boiling water, enough to
-cover it, with two table spoonsful of salt; let it boil slowly, skim it
-frequently. It will cook sufficiently in twenty minutes: drain and dish
-it; serve up hot with butter and egg sauce, or any other preferred.
-
-
-TROUT.
-
-Trout should be fried as perch.
-
-
-TO BOIL STURGEON.
-
-Sturgeon may be boiled as rock fish, and served up with the same
-sauces. It is very good with spiced vinegar poured over when cold.
-
-
-TO PICKLE FRESH HERRING.
-
-First scale and clean them well, cut off the heads, put salt, pepper
-and cloves in the vinegar; boil it, and when cold, pour over the fish
-in a stone jar; set the jar on a warm stove for half a day; then put
-them in a cold place.
-
-
-TO BOIL SHEEP’S HEAD.
-
-Sheep’s head is one of the most delicate fish, and should be boiled as
-rock fish; to be eaten with egg sauce, walnut catsup, or harvey sauce.
-
-
-SEA BASS.
-
-Sea bass are good either fried or boiled.
-
-
-HADDOCK.
-
-Haddock must be well cleaned and emptied of its contents; take out the
-gills and wash them inside and out with particular care; lay them in
-warm water a little salted; drop in a small piece of saltpetre; skim
-the water frequently, and let them simmer from ten to fifteen minutes:
-serve hot with egg and other sauces to your taste.
-
-
-TO DRESS A SALT COD.
-
-Put your fish in water over night to soak; add a little vinegar to the
-water; wash it well: it should not boil, but simmer slowly for half an
-hour, or till tender: to be eaten with egg sauce and mashed potatoes:
-when cold, mix with mashed potatoes: dip them in egg, and fry them in
-hot lard.
-
-
-TO PICKLE SALT SALMON.
-
-Put it to soak over night; in the morning clean the scales and put it
-down to boil for ten minutes; take it up, and put it in a stone crock;
-boil some vinegar with a little mace, whole pepper and allspice; pour
-over the fish, and when perfectly cold, cover and set it away: this
-will keep for a length of time, and is a nice relish for tea.
-
-
-TO BOIL FRESH SALMON.
-
-Tie it up in a cloth and put it in the kettle with boiling water; let
-it boil slowly, allowing ten minutes to each pound; sprinkle it with
-salt before putting it in the cloth; to be eaten with egg sauce and
-walnut catsup, or with fish sauce.
-
-
-TO BOIL FRESH MACKEREL.
-
-Sprinkle it with salt after cleaning: tie it in a cloth, and boil as
-other fish. It will boil sufficiently well in twenty-five minutes;
-serve with egg sauce.
-
-
-TO BOIL ROCK FISH.
-
-Clean and wash it well, tie it up in a cloth, boil it in water and
-salt; let it boil gently according to the size: one weighing six pounds
-will cook in half an hour. Garnish the dish with hard-boiled egg; to be
-eaten with egg sauce.
-
-
-TO FRY ROCK FISH.
-
-To fry rock fish, dip them in Indian meal and fry in hot lard; score
-them and season with pepper and salt before you fry them.
-
-
-TO FRY PERCH.
-
-Clean them well, and sprinkle with pepper and salt, and fry in lard;
-scoring them and dipping them in Indian meal before frying.
-
-
-TO FRY SMELTS.
-
-These little fish must be drawn at the gills, as they must not be
-opened: they are a very delicate fish: season them with salt; beat
-up the yolk of egg very light, dip them in the egg; then in grated
-cracker; fry in hot lard; serve hot.
-
-
-LOBSTERS AND CRABS.
-
-After washing them, put them alive in a pot of boiling water. Lobsters
-will boil in forty minutes, or longer, if they are very large. Crabs
-thirty minutes. Dress them with the yolk of hard-boiled eggs, oil,
-pepper, salt, and mustard.
-
-
-TO STEW CLAMS.
-
-Take equal quantities of the liquor and new milk; stew it, and when
-it comes to a boil, stir in the clams; season with pepper, salt and
-parsley.
-
-
-TO FRY CLAMS.
-
-Strain them; then make a batter of the yolks of two eggs, two
-table-spoonsful of flour, and a little milk; put them in and fry in hot
-lard.
-
-
-TO STEW CRABS.
-
-Put them into a pot of boiling water for ten minutes; then take out
-the meat and put it down with the juice that runs out, and very little
-water, pepper, salt, and butter; a few minutes will cook them.
-
-
-LOBSTER STEWED.
-
-Proceed as for crabs. Cut them into small pieces; then stew for a few
-minutes; season with cayenne pepper, salt and butter.
-
-
-OYSTERS BROILED.
-
-Take them from the shell and broil on an oyster iron; season with a
-little pepper, salt, and butter; serve them hot.
-
-
-TO ROAST OYSTERS IN THE SHELL.
-
-Wash off the shells and place them on a large oyster gridiron; put it
-over the coals; turn them once: ten minutes will cook them.
-
-
-TO PICKLE OYSTERS.
-
-Put the oysters on in the juice, and boil them plump; then take the
-oysters out; add half as much vinegar as juice, a little mace, and
-some grains of pepper, to your taste; boil this slowly; pour over the
-oysters, and they are done.
-
-
-TO STEW OYSTERS.
-
-Take a hundred oysters; put them in a stew pan, with boiling water
-enough to cover them; stir them till they are plump; then take them out
-with a strainer; add half as much juice as there is water in the pot,
-with some mace, whole grains of pepper, and salt, half pint of cream,
-and piece of butter; two crackers rolled very fine, which sprinkle in;
-then put in the oysters, and keep stirring for a few minutes, when they
-will be done.
-
-
-OYSTER PIE.
-
-Make a puff paste; put some around the sides of a deep dish. Have a
-hundred good oysters; take each oyster out of the liquor with a wooden
-spoon or fork; mash as fine as possible the yolks of two hard-boiled
-eggs. Put in a layer of oysters, over which strew a little of the egg
-with some mace and whole grains of pepper; then another layer of
-oysters with the egg, and spice as above, and so fill up the dish till
-the oysters are all in; strew a little butter on the top: then place
-precisely in the centre of the pie a small egg cup, so as to prevent
-the top paste touching the liquor; strain the liquor, and put in
-according to your judgment; cut a cross in the centre of the paste, and
-open it to let the steam escape; let it bake slowly. If you find the
-paste getting too brown, put a sheet of white paper over the top. If
-the oysters are fresh, add some salt.
-
-
-OYSTER FRITTERS.
-
-Make a batter in the usual way; have your lard boiling hot; drop in a
-spoonful of batter with an oyster in it, and let them brown; turn them
-once, so that each side may brown.
-
-
-SCOLLOPED OYSTERS.
-
-Put well buttered toasted bread around the sides of a deep dish; put in
-the oysters; season with salt, pepper, mace, and butter; strain into it
-a little of the liquor; strew bread crumbs over it, and bake in a quick
-oven.
-
-
-TERRAPINS.
-
-Wash them very well; then put them into a pot of boiling water; let
-them stay till you can easily take off the toe nails and the skin; take
-off the bottom shell; be careful in taking out the sand bag and the
-gall; (the gall is in the liver) cut the terrapins up; save all the
-juice which runs out in cutting; take out the eggs; put the terrapins
-down to stew; season with cayenne pepper, salt; roll a piece of butter
-in flour and mix in; add some wine, and drop in the eggs just before
-taking them up. The quantity of wine and butter depends very much upon
-the taste of the cook; but a quarter of a pound to two terrapins will
-be sufficient; and half a pint of wine to four or five terrapins.
-
-
-TO FRY TRIPE.
-
-Have some lard boiling hot; cut your tripe in pieces three inches
-square; dip them in butter and fry.
-
-
-TO PREPARE A RENNET.
-
-A rennet is the stomach of the calf. As soon as the calf is killed,
-take it; wash it very quickly, and cover it with salt; let it lie three
-or four days; then stretch it on sticks; hang it up to dry: when dry,
-put it in a bag, and set it in a dry place to keep.
-
-
-TO MAKE SMEARCASE OR COTTAGE CHEESE.
-
-Keep thick milk near the fire till the whey has risen; pour it in a
-muslin bag, and hang it in the shade for twelve hours; then take it out
-and dress it with pepper, salt, and cream.
-
-
-
-
-Sauces.
-
-
-MELTED BUTTER.
-
-Have half a pint of water boiling hot; roll a lump of butter the size
-of an egg into three teaspoonsful of flour; when you have the butter
-perfectly smooth remove the water from the fire, and stir your butter
-in till every particle is dissolved. If this is carefully done, the
-sauce will be perfectly smooth; then boil ten minutes.
-
-
-EGG SAUCE.
-
-Boil two or three eggs hard, cut them up fine, and put them in the
-drawn butter as above.
-
-
-CAPER AND NASTURTIAN SAUCE.
-
-Caper and nasturtian sauce is made in the same way, always remembering
-to cut the nasturtians in half: pickled cucumbers may be used in the
-same manner, cut up small.
-
-
-OYSTER SAUCE.
-
-Oyster sauce is made in the same manner, only putting the flour and
-butter into the oyster juice instead of water; either cut the oysters
-in half or send to table whole; season with mace and whole pepper.
-
-
-ONION SAUCE.
-
-Take small white onions; put them down to stew with a little water and
-salt; when nearly done, which will be in twenty minutes, drain off the
-water; then add milk or cream; let them simmer gently; rub a little
-flour and butter on a plate, and stir in.
-
-
-MINT SAUCE.
-
-Wash well a bunch of mint; chop it up fine; put it in your sauce dish
-with a little vinegar and sugar; to be eaten with lamb.
-
-
-CELERY SAUCE.
-
-The celery must be washed, cut up and boiled till it is tender; have
-some milk boiling hot, roll very smoothly a little butter and flour,
-stir till the butter is all melted, then put in the celery; send hot to
-table.
-
-
-LOBSTER SAUCE.
-
-Put on to boil a pint of water with a little mace, black peppers whole,
-and some mustard seed; let it boil until the water is sharp; then
-strain off the water and put it on to boil with salt and some butter
-rubbed in flour; cut up some lobster, and dress it with this sauce.
-
-
-MUSHROOM SAUCE.
-
-Pick and wash some mushrooms; cut them up in a stew pan with pepper,
-salt and a little water and mace; let them stew twenty or thirty
-minutes; rub in very little flour and butter.
-
-
-WINE SAUCE.
-
-Beat up a piece of butter, then add the yolks of three eggs, and some
-sugar, wine and brandy; put this on the fire, stirring it all the time;
-as soon as it is boiling hot, take it off: this sauce is for puddings.
-
-
-ANOTHER WINE SAUCE.
-
-The quantity of the ingredients depends on the quantity of the article
-you make. Have equal quantities of wine and water, and a little brandy
-boiling hot, into which put some butter and sugar well beaten; season
-with nutmeg, and as soon as boiling hot take from the fire, and send to
-table.
-
-
-CREAM SAUCE.
-
-Sweeten to your taste some good sweet cream; season with nutmeg or rose
-water; this is good sauce for apple dumplings.
-
-
-PEPPER SAUCE.
-
-Take twenty-five peppers cut very fine, one root of horse-radish
-grated, two tablespoonsful of salt and a tablespoonful of mustard seed,
-a tablespoonful of cloves, the same of allspice, a little mace; boil
-the spices in the vinegar, and pour over the peppers, mixing all well
-together; put in bottles or jars, and cork it.
-
-
-CELERY VINEGAR.
-
-Bruise a pint of celery seed; after putting it into your bottles,
-fill them with strong cider vinegar; set it away for a month, not
-forgetting to shake it every day: it will then be fit for use.
-
-
-GRAVY FOR ROAST TURKEY AND CHICKENS.
-
-Boil the liver and gizzard with a little salt; when done, chop them up
-fine; mix with the water they were boiled in, some of the drippings
-in the bottom of the oven, a very little brown flour, then add the
-giblets: season to your taste.
-
-
-VEAL GRAVY.
-
-Take some of the drippings in the bottom of your oven, to which add
-some boiling water; put it on to boil, season with pepper, salt, and a
-little brown sugar and flour; send hot to table.
-
-
-VENISON SAUCE.
-
-Take equal quantities of claret and currant jelly, and some brown
-sugar; put it down and let it stew till thick; send hot to table; this
-sauce is very good for venison or roast leg of mutton.
-
-
-APPLE DUMPLING SAUCE ANOTHER WAY.
-
-Beat loaf sugar and butter to a cream as light as possible, and stir
-slowly into it one wine glass of brandy. An excellent cold sauce for
-apple dumplings or fritters.
-
-
-APPLE SAUCE.
-
-Pare a quarter of a peck of ripe green pippins; cut them in quarters
-and core them; then put them in a pipkin or earthen pitcher, with a
-little water to stew slowly; shake the pipkin or pitcher frequently;
-do not put a spoon in; it might break them when nearly done: put in a
-little loaf sugar; shake them several times; when done, pour them into
-a dish without breaking: serve up cold or hot.
-
-
-CRANBERRY SAUCE.
-
-Wash and pick four quarts of cranberries; put them in a bell-metal
-kettle with one quart of water to stew slowly: when half done, add two
-pounds of brown sugar: every berry must be broken with a spoon before
-it comes off the fire: stir frequently. Another way would be to add
-more sugar and strain it through a fine cullender, and set it away in
-forms to cool: this we would call cranberry jelly.
-
-
-TO STEW DRIED FRUIT.
-
-Dried fruit should be well washed in three or four different waters,
-and put to soak over night in the water in which you intend stewing
-them; to four quarts of fruit, put water enough to cover them, so that
-none need be added while cooking: season and sweeten to your taste.
-Some persons like dried orange peel in peaches.
-
-
-TO ROAST BEEF.
-
-Scrape till clean the fat, the lean, and the bones of the beef. If any
-soil remain on the bones, saw it off with a beef saw. It can be more
-thoroughly cleaned in this way than in any other. It spoils beef to
-wash it. Spit it and put it in a tin kitchen before the fire, with a
-half pint of water in the bottom of the kitchen; do not set it close to
-the fire at first, but bring it gradually nearer; turn, and baste it
-every few minutes. It should be cooked slowly. When nearly done, season
-with black and cayenne pepper and salt. The habit of dredging beef with
-flour is a very bad one. Flour is no improvement to beef. Ten pounds of
-beef will roast, before a good fire, in two hours. For the gravy, pour
-off the grease, add a little water, pepper and salt; send to table in a
-gravy boat. This receipt will answer for any part of the beef that is
-fit to roast. Garnish with horse-radish, grated. All roasts should be
-well skewered to the spit.
-
-
-BEEF STEAKS.
-
-The sirloin is the best. Cut the steak half an inch thick; put it on
-a gridiron over clear coals; turn it very often; when half done, put
-it on a dish and squeeze as much of the juice out as possible; put it
-back; season with pepper and salt. When done, place it in the dish with
-the juice; add a spoonful of water, and if you prefer, a small piece of
-butter: send to the table immediately.
-
-
-TO STEW BEEF.
-
-Cut all the meat from cold roast beef; put the bones down with some
-water, pepper, salt, onions, carrots and potatoes, all cut up: a little
-brown stock will improve it: let it stew till all of the vegetables
-are done; then take out the bones, cut your meat in small pieces, rub
-a piece of butter in flour and stir in: put the meat in till it is hot
-through; then dish it.
-
-
-BEEF A LA MODE.
-
-Chop fine some parsley, thyme and onions; add some grated bread,
-nutmeg, cloves, pepper and salt, with the yolks of three eggs beaten;
-take out the bone and fill the space with these ingredients well mixed;
-make holes in the lean part and stuff it; bind it firmly with tape; put
-it into an iron pot, sufficiently large to hold it, cover it with water
-and let it stew slowly for three hours. Make a gravy of the liquor it
-was stewed in with a half pint of red wine and mushroom catsup; rub a
-little butter in flour, and let it simmer five minutes; then take it up.
-
-
-A BRISKET OF BEEF BAKED.
-
-Take a brisket, say ten pounds; make a dressing of ham, parsley,
-oysters, seasoned with pounded cloves, pepper, salt and nutmeg, and the
-yolk of two eggs well beaten; make holes in the beef and stuff it; put
-it in a pan with a little water and half a pint of wine; bake it three
-hours; send hot to table. Garnish with sliced lemons.
-
-
-BEEF STEAK PIE.
-
-Stew some tender pieces of beef, cut it up in small pieces, season with
-pepper and salt; have some good paste in a deep dish, into which put
-the pieces of beef with some gravy; put on a cover and bake.
-
-
-TO BOIL CORN BEEF.
-
-Wash it well, and soak it thirty or forty minutes; put it down to boil
-in plenty of cold water: let it boil slowly, and skim often.
-
-
-A BEEF’S HEART.
-
-Cut the heart open; let it soak in cold water for a few moments, then
-take out the ventricles; put it down to boil; when nearly done, take it
-up: make a dressing of small pieces of ham, pepper, salt, parsley, and
-some beef chopped fine; make incisions with a knife; stuff and bake it;
-pour a pint of the water in which it was boiled in the pan for gravy,
-and thicken it with browned flour and butter.
-
-
-DIRECTIONS FOR COOKING THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF VEAL.
-
-The fore quarter, the rack, and breast, are best boiled. The fillet or
-leg is very good stuffed and baked. The loin should be roasted. The
-knuckle is proper for soup, also the neck and shoulder.
-
-
-TO ROAST A LOIN OF VEAL.
-
-Wash it well, and put it in a tin kitchen some distance from the fire;
-when it is hot through, place it nearer to the fire; baste it well;
-when nearly done, dredge it with flour; add pepper and salt; the time
-it takes to cook will depend on the size of the loin; put half a pint
-of water in the tin kitchen when you set it to the fire; garnish the
-dish with sliced lemons.
-
-
-VEAL CUTLETS.
-
-Cut the cutlets half an inch thick; have some cracker rolled with
-pepper, salt, and nutmeg; dip your cutlets in the yolk of egg well
-beaten; then in grated cracker; fry in hot lard slowly till done, then
-take them up: make the gravy by pouring a pint of cream with some
-chopped parsley in the pan in which it has been cooked; season with
-grated nutmeg: garnish your dish with curled parsley.
-
-
-BAKED FILLET OF VEAL.
-
-Take the leg or fillet of veal; wash it well; cut off the shank and
-trim it, so that it will sit nicely in the pan; make a stuffing of
-bread crumbs, pepper, salt, parsley and nutmeg, some butter and the
-yolks of eggs; stuff the fillet and bake it: put a little water in the
-pan, and some mushroom catsup in the gravy.
-
-
-TO STEW VEAL.
-
-Cut your veal in small pieces; slice three onions; fry them in butter;
-then put the veal down with a little water, pepper, salt, nutmeg and
-parsley; rub some butter in flour; put in the gravy with lemon juice or
-catsup.
-
-
-MOCK TURTLE OR CALF’S HEAD.
-
-Clean the head well; let it soak for a few minutes in cold water; take
-out the lower jaw, the nose and the eyes: then put it down to boil;
-skim it well, and when the bones will fall from the meat, cut the meat
-in small pieces; take out carefully all the small bones; have some
-onions chopped fine, nutmeg, mace, cloves, pepper, salt, bread crumbs,
-butter and egg, all well mixed together; put these nicely arranged in
-a pan with some of the gravy; put egg and butter on the top; bake it
-twenty minutes in an oven; when done, take it up; season the gravy with
-red wine and mushroom catsup.
-
-
-TO STEW CALF’S FEET.
-
-Have your feet nicely cleaned and cut in two; boil them till tender;
-take out the large bones; put them down to stew with some of the liquor
-they were boiled in, pepper, salt and parsley chopped fine; rub a
-dessert spoonful of butter in two of flour, and stir in. Garnish your
-dish with curled parsley.
-
-
-SWEET-BREADS.
-
-Sweet-breads must always be parboiled. Have a dressing of bread crumbs,
-pepper, salt, parsley and butter; stuff the sweet breads and roast; or
-fry them like oysters, cutting them into small pieces.
-
-
-SWEET-BREAD AND OYSTER PIE.
-
-Stew the sweet-breads till tender; have a dish lined with a good paste;
-cut the sweet-bread up in small pieces; put some in the paste with some
-oysters, pepper, salt, butter and the yolks of eggs boiled hard and
-mashed fine; then another layer of sweet bread and oysters till your
-dish is full; put on a top paste and bake; cut a cross in the middle,
-and turn it back to let the steam escape: send hot to table. Have a
-small egg-cup in the centre of the pie, to keep the upper crust from
-touching the liquor.
-
-
-TO ROAST A LOIN OF MUTTON.
-
-Wash it well, and put it down in the tin kitchen, with a little water
-and salt in the bottom of the kitchen; baste and turn it well; a loin
-will cook in an hour and a half: send hot to table, to be eaten with
-currant jelly.
-
-
-TO ROAST A LEG OF MUTTON.
-
-Wash it well; take off the flank; make incisions an inch apart in it
-with a sharp knife; stuff it with some onions boiled for five minutes,
-and some sage leaves, both chopped fine, with black and cayenne pepper
-and salt, and bread crumbs; moisten the crumbs with a little melted
-butter; turn and baste it frequently.
-
-
-TO STEW LAMB WITH PEAS.
-
-Cut the lamb in pieces the size of a chop; put them down to stew with a
-little water, pepper, salt and mace; add some young peas; let this cook
-slowly till done: add some butter before you take it from the fire.
-
-
-STEAKS OF MUTTON.
-
-Have your slices a quarter of an inch thick; dip them in boiling lard,
-then into grated bread seasoned with pepper and salt, and broil on a
-gridiron, first rubbing off the bars with lard, that none may drip or
-cause a smell. These are also very good dressed like veal cutlets.
-
-
-MUTTON CHOPS.
-
-Take off some of the fat and broil quickly, turning them often; when
-done, season with pepper and salt, but no butter.
-
-
-TO BOIL A BREAST OF MUTTON.
-
-Crack the joints; boil slowly; put a little salt in the water; when
-done, dish and pour drawn butter, with parsley chopped fine over it.
-
-
-TO SALT A LEG OF MUTTON.
-
-Rub the leg well with salt; let it remain two or three days; then chip
-it fine, and fry in butter like chipped beef.
-
-
-TO DRESS MUTTON LIKE VENISON.
-
-Rub a leg of mutton well with allspice and black pepper pounded fine;
-let it remain four or five days, when it will be fit to cook: wash off
-the spices before you put it down to roast; put into the gravy some
-wine and currant jelly.
-
-
-MUTTON CHOPS LIKE VENISON.
-
-Sprinkle your chops with pepper, salt and mustard; have ready some
-boiling lard; put your chops in and fry a light brown; make a gravy and
-season it with wine and currant jelly; pour the gravy over the chops,
-and send hot to the table.
-
-
-TO STEW MUTTON WITH MUSHROOMS.
-
-Cut some mutton about two inches square; stew it with some mushrooms;
-add a little water, pepper, salt, and a small piece of butter rolled in
-flour; send hot to the table.
-
-
-TO STEW MUTTON.
-
-Cut up in small pieces two carrots, one turnip, four potatoes, and
-three tomatoes; put them down to stew with a little water, pepper and
-salt: when they are nearly done cut up some mutton, and add to the
-stew, with some fried onions; let it simmer for a few minutes: serve up
-hot.
-
-
-TO BOIL A LEG OF MUTTON.
-
-Scrape and wash well a leg of mutton; put it on the fire in cold water
-and a little salt; when done, (which will be in an hour and a half or
-two hours according to the size,) serve with drawn butter and capers,
-or pickled cucumbers cut up in small pieces.
-
-
-TO STEW MUTTON LIKE VENISON.
-
-Take some pieces of tender mutton; put it down to stew with two whole
-onions, some cloves, pepper and salt; when half done, add some red
-wine, currant jelly and mushroom catsup.
-
-
-KIDNEYS.
-
-Kidneys must be well washed; boil for ten minutes; take them from the
-fire; cut them up; season with pepper, salt, and dredge well with
-flour; have some boiling lard; put them in, stirring them often; when
-done, make a gravy; add some wine, and pour over the kidneys.
-
-
-ROLOGEE.
-
-Take the thin piece which comes on the leg or loin of veal; wrap up in
-it cloves and mace, pepper and salt; roll it up and tie it tight in a
-cloth; boil it well; then put it under a press; when cold, cut it in
-thin slices for tea.
-
-
-FONDUS.
-
-Put in a stew pan a quart of water and a piece of butter; stir in flour
-to make a batter; beat it well all the time it is on the fire; have
-some grated cheese with five eggs, beat all well; drop with a spoon on
-buttered tins and bake.
-
-
-LIVER.
-
-Liver should not be washed: cut in thin slices, and fried in hot lard.
-
-
-TO ROAST A PIG.
-
-Let your pig be cleaned very well; boil the liver; chop it up with
-onion, sage, bread crumbs, pepper, salt and parsley; moisten with a
-little butter; stuff the pig well with it, sew it up, spit it and put
-it in a tin kitchen before the fire to roast. Put some salt and water
-in the tin kitchen, with which baste the pig well; as soon as the skin
-gets hard, baste it well with lard; turn it, but do not baste it with
-the water again. A pig will take from two to three hours to cook; pour
-off the fat from the gravy; season with pepper and salt; add a little
-water, if necessary, and browned flour.
-
-
-TO ROAST PORK.
-
-Let the piece you intend cooking lie two hours in salt and water; then
-cut the skin in squares, set it before the fire with salt water and
-finely powdered sage in the bottom of the kitchen, baste, and turn it
-often.
-
-
-TO FRY PIG’S FEET.
-
-Have your feet well cleaned; let them lie over night in salt and water;
-then put them on to boil: when they are tender, take out the large
-bones; dredge them in flour seasoned with pepper and salt, and fry in
-hot lard. Another way to cook pig’s feet is to boil them, and dress
-like terrapins.
-
-
-A PIG’S HEAD.
-
-Clean the head well, cut off the ears and nose, take out the eyes; put
-it down to boil with the liver; when done, take it up, put the head
-in a dripping pan with some of the liquor; the liver chopped up fine,
-seasoned with onions, pepper, salt and parsley; spread some yolk of egg
-over the head, upon which sprinkle bread crumbs: bake half an hour; add
-some catsup to the gravy. Send hot to the table.
-
-
-TO MAKE SCRAPPLE.
-
-Some of the pieces that will not do for any other purpose will make
-scrapple. Boil them in plenty of water, season with pepper and salt,
-take out all the bones, and strain the liquor; put the liquor back in
-the pot and thicken with Indian meal; stir it till done; turn it into
-bowls to cool; cut in slices and fry. Send hot to the table.
-
-
-TO CURE BEEF.
-
-Rub the pieces well with saltpetre, salt, and brown sugar; let it
-lie two days in a tub; make a pickle and pour over it: it will be
-sufficiently cured in eight days. When wanted for summer use, let it
-remain in brine between three or four weeks; then hang it up to dry;
-smoke very little.
-
-
-TO SOUSE PIG’S FEET.
-
-Clean well the feet, and let them lie in salt and water over night,
-then boil till tender; take out the large bones, cut them down the
-middle; dip them in flour and fry in hot lard, or, pick out all the
-bones; season with pepper and salt, and if liked, some vinegar; heat
-them for a few moments when required.
-
-
-TO CURE BEEF’S TONGUES.
-
-Rub each tongue well with brown sugar and saltpetre; have ready an
-earthen crock or wooden vessel; put into it a layer of salt, then a
-tongue, then a layer of salt, and so on till they are all in; after
-they have been in three days, remove them and put the tongues which
-were in the bottom of the vessel on top: they will make their own
-pickle.
-
-
-TO BOIL HAM.
-
-If a ham is old and hard, it should soak over night; if not, wash it
-well, and put it down in plenty of cold water: the water should be well
-skimmed while boiling.
-
-
-TO BOIL A STUFFED HAM.
-
-Make incisions in the ham with a knife; have ready some mint chopped
-fine, with which fill them; then boil for five or six hours; trim, but
-do not skin it.
-
-
-TO BAKE A BOILED HAM.
-
-First, boil till done; then skin and trim it; spread the yolk of egg
-over, then sprinkle with finely rolled cracker, and put in the oven
-for a few minutes; or, you may boil, skin it, and ornament with black
-pepper: a ham will keep much better, and will retain the juice, if the
-skin is not taken off.
-
-
-TO CURE HAMS AND SHOULDERS.
-
-Cut up your hogs, take out the chine from the neck to the tail, cut the
-hams, shoulders, and middlings; have some finely powdered saltpetre;
-rub a tablespoonful in each ham for some minutes, then rub it well with
-salt and brown sugar; let them lie on a board some distance apart for
-three days, to draw off the blood; have a molasses barrel; sprinkle the
-bottom with salt and put in your hams with the skins down; sprinkle
-with salt, and so on till you have the barrel full; make a strong
-pickle that will bear an egg; pour over them, cover, and let them
-remain in pickle for five weeks, then hang them up with the hock down
-to preserve the juice. The shoulders will not require to be in pickle
-so long; it is not necessary to put saltpetre on the middlings; the
-jowls will be ready to hang up in two weeks, shoulders and middlings in
-four: they should be smoked but three times a week till done; if smoked
-too much, they will be hard. Before the weather gets warm, take them
-down and rub well with hickory ashes.
-
-
-TO BOIL AND FREEZE CHINE.
-
-After the chines have been in pickle a week or ten days, boil them and
-let them freeze. They are considered a great delicacy.
-
-
-TO MAKE SAUSAGE MEAT.
-
-Take the tender pieces of pork, lean and fat, one third fat and two
-thirds lean, season with salt and pepper, and those that are for
-immediate use are improved by putting in some sage finely pulverized,
-but if kept too long, it will have a musty taste. If sausage meat is
-put in to skins, laid for ten days in pickle, then hung up and smoked a
-little, they will keep all summer. Those that are not put into skins,
-should be put into stone crocks, and have lard run over the top to
-exclude the air.
-
-
-HOG’S HEAD CHEESE.
-
-Wash the heads well, take off the ears and nose, and remove the eyes;
-boil them till tender, and all the bones come out; then take it up,
-carefully taking out all the bones; cut up the meat very fine: then
-season with pepper and salt; put this back again into the pot with the
-liquor; let it simmer slowly for half an hour, pour into bowls, and set
-it away to cool; cut in slices for the table.
-
-
-TO ROAST A GOOSE.
-
-Wash the goose well; make a stuffing of two thirds onions and one
-third sage leaves, pepper, salt and butter; fill the goose, and put it
-down to roast in the tin kitchen with some salt and water; baste it
-frequently. A large goose will take an hour and a half to cook: make
-a gravy with the giblets hashed; season with pepper and salt. Some
-persons prefer the dressing made of potatoes. Ducks are done in the
-same way, but will cook in half an hour: to be eaten with cranberry
-sauce.
-
-
-TO ROAST A TURKEY.
-
-Wash and clean the turkey well; make a dressing of bread, butter,
-pepper and salt; fill your turkey; have some boiling water in the
-bottom of the tin kitchen: when half done, sprinkle with pepper and
-salt, baste and turn it often, make a gravy with the giblets hashed;
-season with pepper and salt; stir a little brown flour in the gravy;
-send it to table in a gravy boat. A large turkey will take three hours
-to roast.
-
-
-TO BOIL A TURKEY.
-
-Wash your turkey well, and let it lie a few minutes in salt and water;
-put it on in cold water with a little rice; skim it and let it boil
-slowly, but constantly, till done; make a filling of bread, butter,
-pepper, salt, and some whole oysters, and a few slices of lemon. It is
-better to put the turkey in a cloth. A large turkey will boil in two
-hours; to be eaten with oyster or celery sauce.
-
-
-TO ROAST CHICKENS.
-
-Make a dressing, as for turkey; set them some distance from the fire
-at first, but move them gradually closer: they will roast in an hour:
-baste them well; make a gravy of the giblets, some of the drippings
-in the bottom of the kitchen, and some of the water the giblets were
-boiled in: season with pepper and salt.
-
-
-TO FRY CHICKENS.
-
-Wash them well and cut them up; wipe them dry. Have ready some rolled
-crackers seasoned with pepper, salt and parsley; first dip the pieces
-in the yolk of an egg, then in the cracker; have ready some boiling
-lard; put in and fry a light-brown; make a gravy with cream, parsley,
-nutmeg, pepper and salt.
-
-
-TO STEW CHICKENS.
-
-Put the chickens down with a little water, pepper, salt and a little
-mace: when half done, add some cream, butter, rolled in flour, and
-parsley cut up. Dish the chickens and pour the gravy over them.
-
-
-TO BROIL CHICKENS.
-
-Wash the chickens well, cut them down the back, and broil on a gridiron
-over hot coals: when nearly done, season with pepper and salt, and when
-done, baste them with butter.
-
-
-TO BAKE CHICKENS.
-
-Prepare, as for boiling; put them in a bake pan with water, pepper
-and salt; baste them well: when nearly done, baste them with butter
-and dredge with flour; make a gravy of the giblets, and add to the
-drippings.
-
-
-CHICKEN PIE.
-
-Wash the chickens; cut them up and stew them with a little water, salt
-and mace; when done, make a paste; put it round the sides of the dish;
-then put in the chickens; season to your taste, with pepper, salt and
-hard-boiled egg, some butter rolled in flour; pour in some of the
-liquor, and put on the top paste; cut a hole in the centre, and turn
-back the paste to let the steam escape; place a small cup in the middle
-of the pie.
-
-
-TO BOIL CHICKENS.
-
-Make a filling of bread, butter, pepper and salt; put your chickens in
-a cloth, and boil them till done, which will be in an hour; make egg
-sauce, which pour over the chickens; garnish the dish with parsley;
-send some celery sauce in the gravy boat to the table.
-
-
-TO STEW DUCKS.
-
-Put the ducks down to stew with a little stock and some onions, pepper
-and salt; let them simmer gently till they are done, adding a little
-cream and butter; make a dressing of sage and onions, with which fill
-the ducks: set them in the oven to brown.
-
-
-TO COOK CHICKENS WITH CURRY.
-
-Cut up the chickens, wash them clean, put them in a stew pan with a
-little water and salt; keep them covered closely till they are done;
-brown some onions in butter, then put in the chickens with a little
-pepper and curry powder; let the chickens brown in the butter; when
-brown, put in the liquor, and let all stew for five minutes.
-
-
-TO COOK CHICKENS IN BATTER.
-
-Make a batter; cut up the chickens; stew them with a little pepper,
-salt and parsley: when nearly done, take it up; put it in a buttered
-dish; pour the batter round, and bake.
-
-
-
-
-Game.
-
-
-TO FRY RABBITS.
-
-Skin the rabbit; cut it up and wash it; dip it in flour seasoned with
-pepper and salt; cut up some onions, and fry.
-
-
-TO STEW RABBITS.
-
-Skin it; cut it up, as for frying; put it down with a little water,
-pepper, salt and a little butter rolled in flour.
-
-
-WILD DUCKS.
-
-When the ducks are picked, wash them as little as possible: roast
-twenty minutes. Some persons make a filling of bread, butter, pepper
-and salt; but the proper way is to cook them without filling; baste
-them very often and turn rapidly; put a little water in the bottom of
-the oven.
-
-
-TO ROAST WOODCOCK OR SNIPE.
-
-Pick them very carefully, but do not draw them; they will cook
-sufficiently in ten or fifteen minutes; have some toast on a dish, upon
-which put the birds.
-
-
-TO ROAST PHEASANTS.
-
-Roast them before a brisk fire, turning and basting all the time with a
-little butter; have some water in the bottom of the roaster: after they
-have cooked five minutes, add some salt.
-
-
-PARTRIDGES.
-
-Pick them very carefully: draw them, and roast before a quick fire,
-fifteen or twenty minutes.
-
-
-PIGEONS.
-
-Make a filling of bread crumbs, pepper, salt and parsley; baste them
-well: they will cook in twenty minutes.
-
-
-PEPPER POT.
-
-Clean well two sets of calves’ feet; put them into a pot with three or
-four pounds of tripe and six quarts of water, and some cayenne pepper;
-cover them and let them boil till perfectly tender; strain the liquid,
-and cut the tripe in small pieces; put it in the liquid with some salt,
-three sliced onions, two potatoes, sweet marjoram, parsley and thyme
-cut up fine, and some small round dumplings made of butter and flour;
-send hot to the table.
-
-
-TO MAKE NOODLES FOR SOUP.
-
-Beat three or four eggs, (the yolks only) make them into a stiff paste
-with flour; roll out very thin and let it dry; it should be made
-several hours before they are wanted for the soup; when quite dry roll
-up, and cut in very thin strips; shake them apart, and put them in the
-soup.
-
-
-TO MAKE CROQUETS.
-
-Chop up fine any kind of cold meat, fowl, ham, and pork; mix all well
-together; add salt and pepper, and mustard to the taste, some grated
-bread, butter and catsup; make them into cakes; dip them in the yolk
-of egg, and fry in hot lard.
-
-
-SPANISH OLIO.
-
-Put into a soup kettle one pound of beef, half a pound of mutton, half
-a chicken, salt, pepper and a very little water; let it stew slowly for
-two hours; then put in four apples, two pears pared and cut up, three
-tomatoes, a bunch of mint chopped, two onions, lima beans and any kind
-of vegetables you may prefer; let them all stew slowly two or three
-hours longer; send hot to the table.
-
-
-MACARONI.
-
-Wash a little macaroni, and boil in water till it is tender, which
-will be in half an hour; drain it; butter your dish and put a layer of
-macaroni in, upon which put salt, cheese, butter and mustard, a little
-of each; then macaroni, and so on till the dish is full. Parmesan
-cheese is the best, but any other kind will answer.
-
-
-TO MAKE POLENTA.
-
-Take cold chicken or meat of any kind and stew it; when done cut it up.
-Have potatoes mashed, which put around the sides and bottom of the dish
-about half an inch thick; then put in your stew with the liquor; season
-with pepper and salt; spread some macaroni which has been boiled on the
-top of the dish, with grated cheese, butter, pepper and salt; bake, and
-bring to table in the dish in which it is baked.
-
-
-CHICKEN SALAD.
-
-One pair of chickens, eight bunches of celery, six eggs, one dessert
-spoonful of mustard, nearly a bottle of oil, pepper and salt. Boil the
-chickens; take off the skins: cut them up in small pieces; sprinkle
-them with pepper, salt and vinegar, and let them lie three hours;
-moisten the mustard with vinegar; then pour in the oil, a few drops
-at a time, and keep constantly stirring it; have the eggs boiled
-hard; mash them up with a little vinegar, and then mix with the oil;
-cut up your celery very fine and throw it into cold water; when the
-ingredients are all ready, mix the chicken and celery; (after draining
-it) then pour the dressing over it. Curl some pieces of celery by
-cutting it up about an inch and throwing it into cold water, with which
-garnish the dish.
-
-
-ITALIAN MACARONI.
-
-Break the macaroni into pieces two inches long; boil it in hot water,
-with a little butter, pepper and salt; when done, drain it on a napkin;
-then put a layer of macaroni on the bottom of a dish; pour over it some
-hot tomato sauce; then some grated cheese, and so on, until the dish is
-full; the cheese being on the top; put it in the oven a few minutes,
-and serve it hot.
-
-
-MACARONI WITH CREAM.
-
-Boil half a pound of macaroni in hot water, and when done cut it into
-pieces; put it into a pan with a quarter of a pound of butter, two
-ounces of grated cheese, and half a gill of cream; add a little pepper,
-salt and mustard; shake it over the fire until well mixed and quite
-hot; dish it, and garnish with pieces of puff paste cut in diamonds.
-
-
-OMELETTE WITH CHEESE.
-
-Beat six eggs very light; add to them two tablespoonsful of cream,
-butter the size of a walnut, a spoonful of chopped parsley, some pepper
-and salt, two ounces of grated cheese; beat all well together, and pour
-into a pan in which butter is melting; let it cook until a light brown;
-then fold up and dish for the table. Shake the pan while the omelet is
-doing.
-
-
-OMELETTE WITH OYSTERS.
-
-Beat six eggs separately, very light; add to the yolks a little
-mustard, cayenne pepper and salt; mix this with the whites; pour it
-into a pan in which butter is melting, and cook till a light brown.
-Before folding, have a few nicely scolloped oysters and lay between;
-shake the pan about till the omelet is done.
-
-
-EGG TOAST.
-
-Toast four slices of bread, a light brown; butter them well, and
-sprinkle on a little salt. Poach four eggs in muffin rings to retain
-their shape; place one on each slice of toast, and send to the table.
-
-
-CROQUETTES OF SWEET-BREADS.
-
-Take six sweet-breads, and after being well washed stew them until
-done; when cold cut them into small pieces; season with pepper, salt,
-a grated nutmeg, and a little mushroom catsup; stir them over the fire
-a few minutes; then spread them on a dish to cool; the croquettes must
-then be shaped; rolled in egg and bread crumbs, and fried in lard.
-
-
-TO BOIL EGGS.
-
-Boiling eggs depends upon the person for whom you cook. Two minutes and
-a half will boil to suit most persons: if you want them very soft, two
-minutes will answer. If hard, they will take ten minutes.
-
-
-TO FRY EGGS.
-
-Have the lard hot, but not boiling; put in the eggs one at a time; when
-done, send hot to table.
-
-
-TO POACH EGGS.
-
-Have ready a pan of boiling water with muffin rings, into which put the
-eggs, one in each ring; let them remain on the fire till the whites are
-firm.
-
-
-SCRAMBLED EGGS.
-
-Beat the eggs with pepper, salt, parsley and chives; have some butter
-in a saucepan; as soon as it has melted put in the eggs; stir till they
-are done.
-
-
-OMELET SOUFFLE.
-
-Beat the eggs separately till very light; then mix them: add sugar and
-lemon peel to your taste; have some melted butter in a pan; pour in the
-eggs; and when baked, sift some powdered sugar over it and send it hot
-to the table.
-
-
-OMELET.
-
-Separate five eggs; beat them very light; season the yolks with pepper,
-salt and parsley; have some butter hot in a pan; put in the omelet;
-stir the whites in just before you put it in the pan; you can put in
-ham, oysters, onions, chives, or any thing you prefer. Keep the pan
-moving till the omelet is done; a little cream is an improvement.
-
-
-
-
-Vegetables.
-
-
-TO DRESS SALAD.
-
-The lettuce should be gathered early in the morning; pick and wash it
-well; let it lie in water till required: then drain the water from it.
-Have eggs boiled hard, oil, mustard, pepper and salt, according to
-taste. Ornament with slices of hard-boiled eggs.
-
-
-CAULIFLOWER.
-
-Get those that are hard and white; cut off the stalk; take off the
-outside leaves; put it down to boil in hot water, with a little salt:
-a large one will take half an hour. Do not let it boil too much: eat
-with drawn butter.
-
-
-PARSNIPS.
-
-Scrape and wash them: cover them with water, and let them boil till
-tender, which will be from one to two hours: send to table with butter,
-pepper and salt, or fry them brown.
-
-
-CARROTS.
-
-Let them be scraped and washed; boil them; try them with a fork; if
-they are tender, they are done; dress with drawn butter.
-
-
-TURNIPS.
-
-Pare, wash and cut up; put them on to boil; when done, take them up;
-mash them in a tin pan: season with pepper, salt, and butter; send hot
-to table.
-
-
-SALSIFY OR OYSTER PLANT.
-
-Wash and scrape them well; put them down to boil; when soft, mash and
-season with pepper and salt: make a batter of milk, flour and egg. Mix
-all well together; drop them the size of oysters with a tablespoon, and
-fry them a light brown.
-
-
-TO BOIL POTATOES.
-
-Have the water boiling. Put in the potatoes; let them boil till nearly
-done, then pour off the water and throw in some salt; uncover the
-saucepan and set them on the back part of the stove. If the potatoes
-are boiled fast, the skin will crack before they are done. For mashed
-potatoes, pare them before you boil them; when done, mash them with a
-small piece of butter, a cup of cream, and a little salt. Another way
-to boil old potatoes is to pare them around the middle, before you boil
-them, and throw in a little salt. When potatoes are young, scrape and
-boil them; when done, pour off the water and dress them with a little
-cream, butter, pepper and salt.
-
-
-TO FRY POTATOES.
-
-Pare large potatoes; cut them lengthwise: cut them into four pieces,
-of about a quarter of an inch thick. Have some butter boiling hot into
-which put the potatoes; keep turning them till they are done. Sprinkle
-a little salt on them before sending them to table.
-
-
-TO STEW POTATOES.
-
-Slice the potatoes and put them down to boil, with just enough water to
-cover them; when nearly done, pour off the water, and add milk and a
-lump of butter rolled in flour, parsley and salt.
-
-
-MASHED POTATOES.
-
-You can make mashed potatoes into any shape you wish them. Touch them
-over with the yolk of egg, and put them in an oven to brown.
-
-
-TO ROAST POTATOES.
-
-Large potatoes will roast in an hour. Do not put them too near the
-fire, or they will burn before they are cooked. Sweet potatoes, if they
-are large, will take an hour and a half to roast.
-
-
-TO FRY SWEET POTATOES.
-
-Parboil them, then peel; cut them in slices, and fry in butter: send
-them hot to table.
-
-
-TO BOIL SWEET POTATOES.
-
-Have them as nearly of a size as possible. Put them in boiling water;
-as soon as they are done, (which will depend upon the size,) pour off
-the water; then lay them on the back part of the stove, where they will
-dry, but not burn. Some persons parboil them, cut them in two, and
-broil them over a gridiron.
-
-
-SPINACH.
-
-Take great care in picking it; wash it well, and put it in a steamer
-with a little salt. It will cook in twenty minutes. Have some toast on
-a dish; put your spinach on the toast, and some poached eggs on the top.
-
-
-TO BOIL GREENS.
-
-Cabbage sprouts are better boiled with a piece of pork or bacon. Eat
-with hard-boiled eggs, and if cooked without the meat, have drawn
-butter or vinegar.
-
-
-LIMA BEANS.
-
-Lima beans will require about three quarters of an hour to boil. Put
-them on in cold water; when done, drain them: season with pepper, salt
-and butter.
-
-
-STRING BEANS.
-
-String and cut them down the middle; put them down in as little water
-as you can cook them in, without burning them: do not strain off the
-water, but let them cook till nearly all the water has evaporated:
-season with butter, pepper and salt, and send to table.
-
-
-PEAS.
-
-Shell and wash the peas. Cook them just as the beans. This is the best
-way to cook peas and beans; or you can boil them in the common way, and
-drain off the water: season with butter, pepper and salt.
-
-
-ASPARAGUS.
-
-Scrape and wash the asparagus; tie it up in bunches; and put it on to
-boil in water in which there is some salt; it requires about fifteen
-minutes to boil it, and it must not remain in the water after it is
-done. Have some bread nicely toasted, on which place it, and pour over
-drawn butter. A better way is to cook it in just as little water as
-possible; do not pour off the water, but let it evaporate as much as
-possible; then season with butter, pepper and salt, and send to table
-with the liquor around it. This is the German manner of cooking beans,
-peas, and asparagus.
-
-
-TO FRICASEE CORN.
-
-Have young corn cut from the cob. Save the juice; put it down to stew
-with pepper, salt, and a little cream; roll a lump of butter in flour,
-and stir in. If the corn is young, it will cook in twenty minutes. Corn
-will boil in half an hour; put it in boiling water, and take it up as
-soon as done.
-
-
-TO KEEP CORN FOR WINTER.
-
-Get the corn when young. Boil it ten minutes; a longer time would
-injure it; cut it from the cob; spread it on dishes, and put it in the
-oven after the bread comes out; be careful the oven is not too hot; if
-it is, the corn will be spoiled. If not dry enough, put it in the sun
-for a few days, stirring it frequently. When perfectly dry, tie it up
-in bags and keep it in a dry place. When you cook it, wash it well: put
-it down with a little water, butter, pepper and salt. It will require
-much longer to cook than it does in summer.
-
-
-HOMINY.
-
-Wash it well, and soak it over night in the water you intend to boil it
-in; put it on early in the morning with a few beans and a piece of salt
-pork. Let it boil slowly for three hours or more, if not soft.
-
-
-TO FRY HOMINY.
-
-After your hominy is boiled and cold, mash and season with pepper and
-salt; have some lard hot in a pan, into which put your hominy. Cover
-it for five minutes, then stir it well, and cover again, and let it fry
-a light brown. Fried hominy is very good for breakfast.
-
-
-TO FRY EGG PLANT.
-
-Pare and let them lie ten or fifteen minutes in salt and water, to take
-away the bitter taste; wipe them perfectly dry; have ready cracker
-rolled fine, and seasoned with pepper and salt; dip each piece in the
-yolk of an egg beaten, then in the rolled cracker, and fry in hot lard.
-
-
-TO STEW EGG PLANT.
-
-Cut in half with the skin on, then soak in vinegar to extract the
-bitter taste, say half an hour, then boil till quite tender; scrape out
-the pulp and fill them with bread crumbs, butter, cayenne pepper and
-salt; lay them open in your bake pan with a little water in the bottom,
-put them in the oven and baste them often so that they will not be dry;
-rub a little flour and butter together for the gravy.
-
-
-ANOTHER WAY.
-
-Prepare as above, and mix with pepper, salt, butter, and bread crumbs;
-fry in sweet oil.
-
-
-TO STEW TOMATOES.
-
-Take off the skins by pouring boiling water over them; then stew them
-with butter, pepper and salt; put in a little soda to correct the
-acidity; pour in some cream, and stew for a few minutes longer. Some
-persons prefer them without cream, and then it is not necessary to use
-the soda.
-
-
-ANOTHER WAY.
-
-Wash and boil your tomatoes whole; then pass them through a hair sieve;
-season with butter, pepper and salt; let them stew some twenty minutes,
-and serve. Or dress them with sugar and a little wine.
-
-
-TO BROIL TOMATOES.
-
-Wash some large ripe tomatoes: wipe them dry; put them on a gridiron
-over hot coals to broil; when they are hot through, they are done; send
-them hot to table: to be eaten with butter, pepper and salt.
-
-
-TO BAKE TOMATOES.
-
-Have some large ripe tomatoes; wash and peel them; cut them up in
-a dish--have ready bread, butter, pepper and salt; put a layer of
-tomatoes, then the bread crumbs, butter, pepper and salt, and so on,
-till your dish is full; bake, and send them to table in the dish in
-which they were baked.
-
-
-ANOTHER WAY.
-
-Take some large tomatoes; peel them, cut the top off, and take out some
-of the seeds; have ready some mushrooms chopped fine to fill them;
-season with butter, pepper and salt; then put them in a pan, and bake
-them; serve up hot.
-
-
-ANOTHER WAY.
-
-Peel your tomatoes; slice them and put down to stew; season with some
-onions cut fine, bread crumbs, butter, pepper and salt; they will be
-sufficiently done in twenty minutes. Some persons prefer a little flour
-rolled in butter.
-
-
-TO BOIL CORN.
-
-Take off carefully all the silk and all the husks. Put the corn in
-boiling water: if young and tender, it will boil in half an hour. Some
-persons serve it up in a napkin on the dish, but if it is sufficiently
-cooked, and can be served hot, it is better not to be steamed in a
-napkin.
-
-
-TOMATOES AND OCHRAS.
-
-Take some tomatoes; skin and cut them up with equal quantities of
-ochras; season with pepper, salt and butter; stew them till tender;
-which will be nearly an hour. Ochras may be stewed alone, seasoned with
-butter, pepper and salt: add very little water when you put them down.
-
-
-EGGS AND TOMATOES.
-
-Skin some tomatoes; slice and fry them with butter, pepper and salt;
-cut up two onions, and put in with four eggs; stir all well together,
-and send hot to table.
-
-
-TO DRY OCHRAS FOR WINTER.
-
-Get the young ochras; slice and string them; hang them up to dry; when
-dry, put them away for soup in winter.
-
-
-CUCUMBERS.
-
-Gather them fresh. Pare, slice and lay them in salt and water; just
-before dinner, pour off the water; season with pepper, salt, vinegar
-and onions.
-
-
-SQUASHES.
-
-Squashes should be young and tender; try them with a fork; if they are
-old, do not use them. Peel them and take out the seed; cut them in
-pieces and boil till tender; when done, pass them through a cullender.
-Stew with butter, pepper, salt and a little cream; send them hot to
-table.
-
-
-TO BOIL BEETS.
-
-The early turnip beet is best in summer: wash them, but do not cut the
-tops too close, as they are much sweeter with some of the tops boiled
-on them. They will boil in three quarters of an hour; when done, take
-them up, put them in cold water for a moment, so that the skin will
-easily peel off. Slice them, and season with pepper, salt and butter.
-Old, or winter beets, will take much longer. They will take from two to
-three hours to boil. It is better to put them to soak over night, if
-they are very solid: cut them in slices, and pour vinegar over them.
-
-
-TO COOK ONIONS.
-
-The small white onions are preferred. Peel them, and put them down in
-a little water and salt; when nearly done, pour off the water, and add
-milk and a little flour mixed with butter.
-
-
-TO KEEP VEGETABLES FOR WINTER.
-
-Salsify, parsnips, beets, and carrots should be gathered in the early
-part of November. Those you want to use during the winter should be put
-in boxes, and covered with sand. Celery should be put in a box with the
-roots down, covered with sand. Some gardeners keep it in the ground all
-winter, and dig it as they wish it, for use.
-
-
-TO STEW MUSHROOMS.
-
-Wash and peel the mushrooms; put them down in a stew pan with a little
-water, pepper, salt and butter; let them stew slowly for ten or fifteen
-minutes; then take them up. They are very good broiled.
-
-
-HOT OR COLD SLAW.
-
-The hard white cabbage is the best for slaw. Wash it well, and cut it
-fine; have some butter boiling hot; put in the slaw and keep stirring
-till it is shrivelled: then beat up some vinegar and the yolk of an
-egg: season with pepper and salt; pour this in the pan over the slaw,
-and stir in till quite hot: send to table either hot or cold, as
-preferred.
-
-
-COLD SLAW.
-
-Cut fine some hard cabbage; dress with hard-boiled eggs, oil, vinegar,
-mustard, pepper and salt.
-
-
-TO BOIL CABBAGE.
-
-Wash your cabbage well; cut it in two, and boil till tender in salt and
-water. Some persons prefer it boiled with a piece of pork or bacon.
-If it is boiled with bacon, the pot should be well skimmed before the
-cabbage goes in.
-
-
-BROCOLI.
-
-Pick and wash it well; tie it up in bunches and boil it; when done,
-drain it and serve it up with drawn butter. Put a little salt in the
-water when nearly boiled.
-
-
-SEA KALE.
-
-Sea kale is cooked in the same way as brocoli.
-
-
-BUTTER.
-
-In winter the pans should be scalded before the milk is strained into
-them; in summer the pans and strainer should be rinsed with cold water.
-Do not cover the milk until it is perfectly cold; a stone crock is the
-best for keeping the cream in, and it should be stirred two or three
-times a day; if the cream is not stirred, the butter will have a bad
-taste; do not let your milk stand too long, or this will make the
-butter taste very unpleasant. Be particular to put cold water in your
-churn the night before you wish to use it; pour it out in the morning,
-and rinse it again; before the butter comes, or while it is gathering,
-take off the lid of the churn; have your butter-bowl scalded and
-cooled; work the milk out well, but do not put in any water; add salt
-to your taste. Everything connected with milk or butter should be kept
-very carefully clean.
-
-
-TO KEEP BUTTER.
-
-Butter, to keep, should be well worked; pack it in stone jars, and tie
-it up tight, and set it in a cool place.
-
-
-TO KEEP EGGS.
-
-Get eggs as fresh as possible; put a layer of salt in a jar; then put
-in some eggs, the small end down, then another layer of salt, then the
-eggs; be careful not to let the eggs touch each other; set them in a
-dry cool place, and they will keep all winter.
-
-
-TO MAKE COFFEE.
-
-Coffee should be roasted with great care, to a dark brown colour,
-stirring it all the time it is on the fire, with a long-handled iron
-spoon; when it is done, put it in a stone jar, and cover it up. Freshly
-roasted coffee is much the best; grind it into a bowl, beat it up
-with part of the white of an egg, and cold water; put it into the tin
-coffee-pot, and pour on it boiling water, out of a tea-kettle, stirring
-it all the while; set it on the fire, and let it boil fifteen minutes;
-stir it frequently from the sides of the pot; when it is done, set it
-a moment on the hearth, and it will settle; do not pour into it either
-cold or warm water, or coffee, to settle it: this spoils the coffee.
-Pour it into your silver or china coffee pot, and send to table.
-
-
-TO MAKE TEA.
-
-Black tea should be boiled fifteen or twenty minutes. Green tea should
-not boil: but have boiling water poured on about five minutes before
-it comes to table.
-
-
-TO MAKE CHOCOLATE.
-
-Have a quart of good milk boiling; grate a piece of chocolate three
-inches square; mix it with a little cold milk; then stir it gradually
-into the milk on the fire. If preferred thinner, use less chocolate. It
-should boil at least half an hour.
-
-
-YEAST.
-
-Pare six good-sized potatoes; put them on to boil with three pints of
-water and a handful of hops; pour the water through a sieve on a pint
-of flour; stir it until perfectly smooth; mash your potatoes through
-a cullender into the yeast; stir all well together, and let it stand
-till nearly cold; then stir into it a pint bowl half full of dry yeast,
-dissolved in water; put the water on the dry yeast as soon as you mix
-your flour and potatoes, and when it has sufficiently cooled, your
-yeast will be ready to go in. Set it in a warm place to rise. When it
-is light enough, keep it in a cool place; cover it close. Yeast should
-be made the day before you bake; then it is good and fresh.
-
-
-TO MAKE DRY YEAST.
-
-Make as directed above. When perfectly light, stir in corn meal till
-it is quite dry; spread it on dishes to dry. Be careful not to let it
-be in the sun, as this would sour it. When dry, put it in a bag, in a
-dry, cool place. In summer time, when the flies are numerous, spread a
-thin piece of gauze over to keep them off when it is drying.
-
-
-BREAD.
-
-Sift the flour; put it in an earthen vessel; the quantity of flour you
-take will depend upon the number of loaves you want. Four loaves of
-bread will require two quarts of water; pour the water, which may be as
-warm as milk just from the cow, upon the flour, enough to make a thick
-batter; put in two tablespoonsful of salt, and a pint of home-made
-yeast; do not beat it after the yeast goes in. Set it in a warm place
-to rise; when it is light, work it very well with flour. The more you
-knead it, the better. If the flour is running, the bread will require
-to be made stiffer than when it is superfine flour. Let it rise again,
-covering it, and set it in a warm place. When it is broken on top, make
-it into loaves, with as little flour as possible. Put each loaf into a
-basket: cover it over, and set it to rise again. When quite light, bake
-it in a brick oven, from three quarters to one hour.
-
-
-TO BAKE IN A BRICK OVEN.
-
-A brick oven will require one hour to heat. The wood should be split
-fine; make a little fire at first, then add more wood; when the oven
-is white at the top, it is sufficiently hot. Spread the coals over the
-bottom of the oven, and let them remain a quarter of an hour.
-
-Rusk or biscuit, if they are very light, will bake in from ten to
-fifteen minutes. Bread requires one hour.
-
-
-PHILADELPHIA BUNNS.
-
-One pound of flour, and a half pound of sugar, one pint of milk, with
-one teaspoonful of soda, a few currants, and half a pound of butter, a
-tea-cup full of yeast. Mix all well, and let it rise; when well risen,
-put in six eggs, beaten separately: pour it in the pans, and let it
-rise again; then bake.
-
-
-BREAD ROLLS.
-
-When your bread is very light, take a piece of dough, into which rub a
-small piece of butter; make them into rolls a quarter of an inch thick:
-let them rise, and bake.
-
-
-DIET BREAD.
-
-Rub into a pound of flour, one tablespoonful of butter, and a
-teaspoonful of salt: work it very well, or beat it; roll very thin:
-stick with a fork, and bake.
-
-
-MUSH ROLLS.
-
-Have a pint of corn mush; when a little warm, add a little salt and
-flour, enough to make a dough; add a tea-cup full of yeast; let it
-rise, and when quite light, make into rolls; let them rise again, and
-bake. You can put a little butter with them, if you prefer: but they
-are very palatable without.
-
-
-RISEN MUFFINS.
-
-Warm a quart of milk, into which put a quarter pound of butter, enough
-flour to make a batter, two eggs, well beaten, and a cup of yeast, a
-little salt; when quite light, bake in rings. Do not beat them after
-the yeast is in: they will be light enough in three hours.
-
-
-SODA CAKES, VERY SUPERIOR.
-
-Sift into three pints of flour, three teaspoonsful of cream of tartar;
-rub one quarter of a pound of butter in the flour; dissolve one
-teaspoonful of soda in as much milk as will make a dough, thick enough
-to roll out; then take a large spoonful, sift flour on the board, roll
-out and bake: do not touch them with the hands.
-
-
-PHILADELPHIA MILK BISCUIT.
-
-Rub half a pound of butter in three pounds of flour, a teaspoonful of
-salt; warm the milk and pour on enough to make a thick batter; beat it
-well, then add a cup of good yeast. Do not beat it after the yeast goes
-in; let it rise; when quite light mix in flour, enough to make it out,
-but as little as possible: roll it out and cut into cakes with a small
-tumbler: let them rise again, and bake as soon as light.
-
-
-TWIST ROLLS.
-
-Twist rolls are made in the same way, only make in small twists or
-rings, and bake.
-
-
-LIGHT BISCUIT.
-
-Have a quart of milk a little warm, into which put two spoonsful of
-butter; pour this on flour, enough to make a dough; add a tea-cup full
-of yeast, and a little salt; let it rise three hours, when roll into
-cakes: put them in pans: let them rise again, and bake.
-
-
-TEA BISCUIT.
-
-Warm a pint of good milk, into which put a piece of butter, the size of
-an egg; pour this on some flour, with a little salt and a tea-cup full
-of yeast. When quite light, knead it well; roll out and bake in pans.
-When done, pull them open and butter them.
-
-
-GERMAN CAKES.
-
-Cut up into a pound of flour, lard the size of an egg, and a little
-salt; milk sufficient to make a dough; roll out very thin, and bake.
-These cakes can be fried in lard, in round cakes, and are then called
-snow-balls.
-
-
-MARYLAND BISCUIT.
-
-Cut up a quarter of a pound of lard and butter, into two pounds of
-flour; add a little salt and water enough to make a stiff dough; beat
-very light with an axe, till it will break off short: stick with a
-fork, and bake in a quick oven. To be made up in small cakes.
-
-
-BUCKWHEAT CAKES.
-
-In a quart of buckwheat meal, put a cup of Indian or wheat flour,
-whichever is preferred. Make this into a batter, with water, a little
-warm, a cup of yeast and a little salt. Set it to rise, and when quite
-light, pour it on the griddle. It is better to set them to rise in a
-pitcher, as stirring the batter spoils them.
-
-
-FLANNEL CAKES.
-
-Make a batter of a pint of milk, sufficiently warm to melt in it a
-piece of butter the size of an egg, two eggs, a little salt and flour;
-put in a cup of yeast, and set it to rise three hours: bake on the
-griddle. If you wish them quick, make them of soda and cream of tartar,
-one third soda, and two thirds cream of tartar, or yeast powder.
-
-
-SALLY LUNN.
-
-Take a pint of milk and water mixed; warm it, and melt a small piece
-of butter in it. Put in flour enough to make a stiff batter. Two eggs
-and a cup of good yeast, a little salt, but no sugar. Set it in a warm
-place to rise. Send to table whole. This quantity will take near an
-hour to bake: do not beat it after the yeast goes in.
-
-
-POTATO BREAD OR ROLLS.
-
-Take some mealy potatoes, mash them fine in some flour, a small piece
-of butter, a little salt and some yeast; when light, roll out in cakes:
-put them in pans, and set them away to rise, and when light, bake.
-
-
-MUSH MUFFINS.
-
-Take a pint of corn mush, and when milk warm, put in a lump of butter,
-a little milk, two eggs, and flour enough to make a batter; add a
-little salt and one cup full of yeast. Set to rise for three hours:
-bake in rings.
-
-
-RICE MUFFINS.
-
-Take a cup full of boiled rice, and a piece of butter, the size of an
-egg; pour upon this a quart of boiling milk; add a little salt and two
-eggs well beaten; when cool, a tea-cup full of yeast and flour, enough
-to make a stiff batter: when light, bake in rings.
-
-
-QUICK MUFFINS.
-
-One and a half pints of milk to a quart of flour, an even tablespoonful
-of butter, two eggs; sift with the flour two teaspoonsful of cream of
-tartar, and dissolve with a little milk and a teaspoon three quarters
-full of soda: bake immediately.
-
-
-QUICK WAFFLES.
-
-Quick waffles are made with sour cream. To one quart of sour cream add
-flour enough to make a batter, two eggs well beaten, a small piece of
-butter, and one teaspoonful of soda; just before baking, a little salt;
-bake immediately: a little boiled rice will be a great improvement.
-
-
-REMARKS ON MAKING INDIAN BREAD.
-
-It is better in making Indian bread to pour the liquid, either water or
-milk, boiling hot on the Indian meal. Indian takes more salt than wheat.
-
-
-TO MAKE MUSH.
-
-Have a pot of boiling water. Stir in gradually corn meal to make it
-thick. Salt it to your taste: let it boil one hour. When it is cold,
-slice it and fry it a light brown: send to table hot.
-
-
-CORN BATTER CAKES.
-
-Pour boiling milk on meal, enough to make a batter; add a little salt
-and two eggs. The eggs will prevent them breaking when they are turned:
-send hot to table. If this batter is made thick and baked in a pan, it
-is called pone.
-
-
-JOURNEY CAKE.
-
-Mix well some corn meal with water, and a little salt. Have ready the
-middle board of a flour barrel-head; wet the board, upon which put the
-dough with a large spoon; smooth it over; bake before the fire; when
-baked brown, turn the other side. Send hot to table.
-
-
-LIGHTENED PONE.
-
-Pour either milk or water boiling hot on a pint of corn meal; add salt,
-and, when it is cool, some yeast and two eggs; when it is light, it
-will open at top: bake in pans an inch thick.
-
-
-INDIAN BREAKFAST CAKES.
-
-Upon one quart of corn meal, pour one quart of boiling milk, with a
-small piece of butter, a spoonful of salt, a spoonful of cream of
-tartar, and a half one of soda sifted with the meal; when well mixed
-drop them into a pan, and bake in an oven: these cakes must be rough on
-top.
-
-
-POTATO CAKES.
-
-Boil ten mealy potatoes, put to them a piece of butter the size of an
-egg, some salt and flour, enough to roll them out; bake them in cakes,
-on the griddle: send hot to table.
-
-
-TO MAKE PUFF PASTE.
-
-Take one pound and a half of flour; sift half of it into a tin pan. The
-remainder keep for rolling out the paste; take a pound of butter which
-has been washed and well worked the night before, and kept in a cold
-place. Cut up half of it with two knives into the flour, then mix it
-with a tumbler of ice water. Then roll it out very thin, and spread on
-it in small thin pieces a quarter of a pound of butter, and sift flour
-over it. Cut it in strips, about four inches wide, and six long; lay
-one upon another till they are all on; then roll again, and put the
-remaining quarter of butter on as before; roll and cut it in strips,
-and those strips in squares, and lay one upon another. When you make
-the pie do not take one of the strips, but cut it down, so as to have
-as many layers as possible in each pie. Always use the knives: never
-touch the paste with the hand.
-
-
-ANOTHER VERY SUPERIOR PUFF PASTE.
-
-One pound and a quarter of flour, and one of butter. The butter should
-be divided into four parts, and the salt well washed out of it in three
-different waters, the night before, and set in a cold place to become
-hard, the harder the better. Weigh a pound and a quarter of flour;
-sift half a pound of the flour into a tin pan, (such a pan as should
-be always kept for making pastry,) keep the rest of the flour in the
-sieve. Cut up in the pan with the half pound of flour, a quarter of
-a pound of butter with two knives. (The hands should never touch the
-pastry.) Then pour slowly into the pan half a pint of ice water; mixing
-it with the knives. Sift some of the flour on your board, and roll it
-out very thin, with a floured rolling pin; sufficient flour must be
-used to prevent it sticking to the board; put over the paste in small
-pieces as regularly as possible, one quarter of butter; then sift flour
-over and cut it in strips about three inches wide; then cut across as
-many times, placing one piece upon another till it makes quite a high
-mound. Flour it and roll it out again as thin as possible. Then put on
-in very small pieces the third quarter of butter, and proceed as above,
-with the last quarter; roll out very thin, cutting it as before. The
-flour is now all rolled in except half of a pound, reserved for rolling
-out the paste when making up. It should be made in a cold place, and
-near an open window. When you make up your pies cut a piece from top
-to bottom of the pile, and roll out thin. The fire should be under
-pastry to make it puff up. There is nothing better for baking pastry
-than a ten plate stove.
-
-
-VERY SUPERIOR MINCE PIES.
-
-Take a fresh tongue and some of the neck, four pounds in all; two
-pounds of suet, four pounds of raisins, two of currants, two of citron,
-six pounds of sugar, one quart of brandy, one of Madeira wine, and half
-a peck of apples. Cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and very little salt.
-
-
-CURRANT PIES.
-
-Pick and scald your currants; let them stand a few minutes, then
-pour off the water. Some prefer them stewed. Sugar to your taste.
-Gooseberries are prepared in the same way.
-
-
-RHUBARB PIE.
-
-Take off the skin; cut in small pieces; sugar them and put them in the
-paste, and bake. Some prefer them stewed.
-
-
-BLACKBERRY PIE.
-
-Wash your blackberries; put them in the paste, with sugar to your
-taste: bake, and send hot to table. These pies are not good, if they
-stand long after being baked.
-
-
-PEACH PIES.
-
-Pare your peaches; cut them in slices; put them in your paste with
-sugar and a little water, and bake slowly.
-
-
-FLORENDINES.
-
-Boil a quart of milk; stir into it four tablespoonsful of rice flour;
-let it boil ten minutes, then add a tea-cup full of powdered loaf
-sugar, grated nutmeg, a gill of cream, and five eggs beaten very light.
-Make a puff paste, and bake.
-
-
-CREAM PUDDING.
-
-To one cup of cream, add two tablespoonsful of rice flour, and two
-eggs; a few currants, sugar, and rose water, to your taste: bake in
-paste.
-
-
-INDIAN PUDDING.
-
-Pour one quart of boiling milk over a half pint of corn meal; add two
-tablespoonsful of butter, and four of molasses; beat four eggs very
-light; and, when perfectly cool, add them, with a glass of brandy, and
-mace and nutmeg: bake, and send to table hot with wine sauce.
-
-
-RICE PUDDING.
-
-Take half a pint of rice; wash it well; put it on to boil with very
-little water, and let it boil dry; then stir in a piece of butter the
-size of a goose egg; a grated nutmeg, a tea-cup full of loaf sugar, a
-quart of milk, and two eggs well beaten: pour it into a pudding dish,
-and bake.
-
-
-COCOANUT PUDDING.
-
-Grate one cocoanut; pour the milk on some sugar, then boil it, and
-throw in the cocoanut; let it come to a boil again. When cold, add four
-eggs well beaten: bake in puff paste.
-
-
-BREAD PUDDING.
-
-Take the inside of a stale loaf of baker’s bread; pour over it one
-quart of boiling milk; when perfectly cold, add five eggs well beaten,
-one cup full of sugar, a small piece of butter, a little brandy,
-mace, and nutmeg: bake in buttered pans. A few raisins would be an
-improvement.
-
-
-POOR MAN’S PUDDING.
-
-Have a pan well buttered; on which put a layer of bread crumbs; then a
-layer of apples, pared and sliced, and some sugar and cinnamon; then
-bread and butter; then apples, sugar and cinnamon, till your dish is
-full. The apples should be juicy: bake, and eat, with wine sauce.
-
-
-SAGO PUDDING.
-
-Wash a tea-cup full of sago well, in two waters; then pour over it one
-quart of boiling milk; a small piece of butter. Set it on the stove to
-simmer, slowly, for a few moments; then take it off. Beat four eggs
-very light; add sugar and rose water, to your taste: bake in a crust,
-or in a buttered dish.
-
-
-TAPIOCA PUDDING.
-
-Wash well the tapioca; one cup to a quart of milk; put it on the stove;
-let it boil till soft; stir in while hot a little butter; let it get
-cold; beat three eggs very light: season to your taste, with sugar and
-lemon peel: bake in a paste.
-
-
-ARROW ROOT PUDDING.
-
-Boil one quart of milk; dissolve one tablespoonful of arrowroot; and
-when the milk boils, stir it in as you would starch. Let it cool, and
-then mix a half pound of butter, and the same of sugar; add six eggs
-beaten very light; the rind of a lemon grated, and some grated nutmeg;
-put a paste in your dish, and bake: this quantity will make four
-puddings.
-
-
-ORANGE PUDDING.
-
-Orange pudding is made like lemon pudding: using the oranges instead of
-the lemons.
-
-
-JERSEY RICE PUDDING.
-
-Wash well half a tea-cup full of rice; put it in a bake pan with two
-quarts of milk; sugar and cinnamon to your taste: bake in a slow oven
-till it is as thick as custard.
-
-
-SPONGE CAKE PUDDING.
-
-Make a sponge cake batter. Boil it in a pyramid form. Make a sauce
-of the white of egg and loaf sugar beaten up together. Pour over the
-pyramid.
-
-
-MUNSEY PUDDING.
-
-Take half a loaf of bread crumbled fine; a cup full of suet chopped
-fine; some pippin apples cut in thin slices. Have a tin pan well
-buttered; put the bread around it; then put in alternately the apples,
-bread and suet, with some sugar and nutmeg; to be baked, and eaten with
-wine sauce.
-
-
-PEACH PUDDING.
-
-One quart of dried peaches. Wash them well in four waters; then pour
-three pints of boiling milk on one quart of bread crumbs, made fine;
-five large tablespoonsful of flour, three spoonsful of cinnamon, one
-wine-glass full of brandy, half a pound of suet, two tablespoonsful of
-brown sugar, eight or nine eggs beaten separately: boil three hours,
-and eat with wine sauce.
-
-
-PLUM PUDDING.
-
-Take the crumbs of a five cent loaf of bread; one quart of rich milk
-boiled and poured over the bread while hot, one quarter of a pound of
-suet cut fine, two pounds of raisins stoned, half a pound of currants
-washed and dried, one quarter of citron cut in thin slices, six eggs
-beaten very light, one tablespoonful of flour. Mix these ingredients,
-and boil, or bake slowly. Make a rich sauce, half wine and half brandy.
-
-
-SWEET POTATO PUDDING.
-
-Boil one pound of sweet potatoes till half done; then skin and grate
-them; add half of a pound of butter, the same of powdered sugar, beaten
-to a cream; add six eggs well beaten, a grated nutmeg, and lemon
-peel with a glass of brandy; bake in a paste, and when the pudding
-is done, sprinkle the top with sugar, and cover with bits of citron.
-Irish potato pudding is made in the same way. A little cream is an
-improvement to the Irish potato pudding.
-
-
-PUMPKIN PUDDING.
-
-Stew a fine sweet pumpkin till soft and dry; rub it through a sieve;
-add half a pound of butter beaten to a cream, with half a pound of
-sugar, half a pint of new milk, and a wine-glass full of brandy, some
-cinnamon, and nutmeg, six eggs beaten very light: put in a paste, and
-bake.
-
-
-LEMON PUDDING.
-
-One pound of butter; the same of sugar beaten to a cream; ten eggs
-beaten to a froth, one wine-glass full of brandy and rose water mixed;
-the rind of one lemon and the juice; add one tablespoonful of grated
-cracker, or Indian meal: bake in a paste.
-
-
-LEMON PUDDING ANOTHER WAY.
-
-One cup full of sugar, one egg, the rind and juice of one lemon. This
-will make one pudding: or mix with a little rice flour, and make two
-with two eggs.
-
-
-A FANCY DISH.
-
-Get some small-sized oranges; take out all the pulp very carefully,
-by cutting a round piece out of the top; scrape out the pulp with a
-spoon. Make a jelly with the juice of the oranges; wash and wipe dry
-the skins of the oranges. Have some blanc-mange of Irish moss: fill
-half of the oranges with the blanc-mange, and the rest with the jelly;
-let it get perfectly cold, then cut them in halves or quarters, just as
-you fancy; pile them in a dish, and ornament with orange or any kind of
-long leaves.
-
-
-MERANG AUX POMME IN PASTE.
-
-Have a good under crust; cover with stewed apples seasoned with lemon
-peel; make an icing as for cake; spread thick over the apples: put it
-in the oven for a few moments.
-
-
-MERANG AUX POMME WITH CREAM.
-
-Have some good cooking apples; pare, core, and stew them slowly till
-they are tender; then take them out, and fill the centre with any kind
-of marmalade. Arrange them in any fanciful manner you may prefer. Have
-some apples stewed and mashed fine; fill all the uneven spaces; cover
-this with icing, and decorate with blanched almonds, or macaroon. Set
-it in a moderate oven for a few minutes: to be eaten with cream, when
-perfectly cold.
-
-
-SPONGE CAKE CUSTARD.
-
-Grate some stale sponge cake; upon which put some thin slices. Whisk
-three eggs very light; pour on them one pint of boiling milk: season
-with lemon peel and sugar to the taste. Mix all well together: bake
-twenty minutes in a slow oven. Cover the top with sponge cake, and pile
-the icing up high in the centre.
-
-
-SWISS CUSTARD.
-
-Take a quart of thick cream. Mix very smoothly eight teaspoonsful of
-the finest flour, with some of the quart of cream: season to your taste
-with lemon peel and sugar. Then put the remainder of the cream on the
-fire, and when it simmers slowly, put in the cream and flour, stirring
-it very gently till it is thick; then pour it out: when perfectly cool,
-add some lemon juice. Place in a dish some macaroons, upon which pour
-some of the custard. And so proceed, till all of the custard is in.
-Ornament the top with any kind of preserves you prefer.
-
-
-STRAWBERRY WHIPS.
-
-You can make a basket of macaroons any shape you like, by dipping the
-edges of the macaroons in barley sugar, and putting them over a mould.
-Whip some cream with strawberry juice, fill your basket very high, and
-ornament with strawberries and rose leaves.
-
-
-A GOOD DESSERT.
-
-Take half a pound of loaf sugar; rub on it the rind of a lemon; add
-half a pint of boiling water; let it stand till quite cold; beat the
-whites of three eggs very light, and one yolk. Mix all together with
-a little lemon juice. Put this in a pitcher and set it in a pan of
-boiling water, stirring it till it is thick: when quite cold, put it in
-cups. If you find it difficult to thicken, add two teaspoonsful of rice
-flour, with the boiling water.
-
-
-APPLE DUMPLINGS.
-
-Boil some potatoes; mash them with salt and a small piece of butter;
-add flour, enough to make a paste; pare and core your apples; have
-small dumpling-cloths, on each of which place a tablespoonful of dough,
-and roll it out; then tie up an apple in each one; scald and flour your
-cloth. They should be put in when the water boils, and will take from
-half to three quarters of an hour to boil, if the apples are good.
-
-
-PEACH DUMPLINGS.
-
-Make a paste of one pound of flour, and a quarter of suet; cut the suet
-up fine: put in water enough to make a paste; pare your peaches, and
-put each one in a cloth; tie up and boil: have a small cloth for each
-dumpling.
-
-
-FRUIT DUMPLINGS.
-
-Pour some boiling water on flour; beat it very light; roll it on a
-cloth; put in your fruit; tie it up, and boil.
-
-
-INDIAN MEAL FRITTERS.
-
-Make a batter of a pint of milk, some Indian meal, and two eggs; have
-ready some hot lard, and fry them.
-
-
-APPLE FRITTERS.
-
-Make a batter of one pint of milk, and three eggs, and flour; chop four
-pippin apples up fine; stir them into the batter; drop in a spoonful at
-a time.
-
-
-PANCAKES.
-
-Make a batter of eggs, and milk, and flour; pour a little in the pan,
-sufficient to cover the bottom: when a light brown, turn on the other
-side.
-
-
-A QUICK PUDDING.
-
-Mix one table-spoonful of arrow-root with a pint of milk; beat up two
-eggs very light; while the milk is boiling, add the arrow root, and
-stir all the time: when it comes to a boil, take it off; let it cool;
-then add the eggs, some lemon peel, and a little juice: bake in a paste.
-
-
-BOILED MILK FRITTERS.
-
-Have a quart of new milk boiling hot; stir into it flour enough to make
-a stiff dough: then take it off, and let it get perfectly cold; beat
-seven eggs very light, and stir them in: drop them in hot lard, and fry
-a light brown.
-
-
-A BAKED FLOUR PUDDING.
-
-To one quart of milk, add eight tablespoonsful of flour. Stir till the
-flour is perfectly well mixed; then add six eggs, beaten separately,
-very light: butter your pan, and bake in a quick oven; or bake in cups;
-these are then called puffs.
-
-
-A FARINA PUDDING.
-
-Boil a quart of milk; stir into it four tablespoonsful of farina; let
-it boil fifteen minutes: when cold, add a cup of cream, a nutmeg, a
-cup full of powdered sugar, and four eggs; bake, and eat hot with wine
-sauce.
-
-
-CORN STARCH PUDDING.
-
-Put three table-spoonsful of corn starch into a quart of boiling milk;
-let it boil ten minutes: then add four eggs, sugar and nutmeg to the
-taste. Bake and serve with wine sauce.
-
-
-MACARONI PUDDING.
-
-Boil a quart of milk, and when quite cold, beat up four eggs very
-light, and add to the milk, with sugar to the taste. Boil three ounces
-of macaroni, and when the pan is buttered, put in the macaroni, and
-pour the custard around; when it begins to bake stir it well; season
-with lemon: send hot to table.
-
-
-VERMICELLI PUDDING.
-
-Vermicelli pudding is made in the same way, only add a quarter of a
-pound of vermicelli to a quart of milk, and five eggs.
-
-
-RICE PUDDING.
-
-Wash well three ounces of rice; put it in sufficient water to cover it:
-when it has boiled a few minutes, pour off the water, and add a pint of
-milk: stir it; and when done, take it up; put in it a piece of butter
-the size of an egg, some sugar and nutmeg; beat very light four eggs,
-and when cold, add to the rice, and if thick, some milk; a few raisins
-will improve it very much: when nearly done, have some white of egg and
-sugar beaten up very light; arrange on the top, and set it for a few
-moments in the oven.
-
-
-ALMOND PUDDING.
-
-To one quart of cream, add half a pound of almonds, blanched and
-pounded in a mortar, with rose water; sweeten to your taste; beat to a
-stiff froth the whites of six eggs, with three table-spoonsful of rice
-flour: bake in a paste.
-
-
-A BOILED RICE PUDDING.
-
-Take four ounces of rice; wash it and put it in a bag, with some
-raisins; let the rice have plenty room to boil in the bag; turn it
-while boiling. It will take an hour and a half. To be eaten with wine
-sauce.
-
-
-RICE FLOUR FRITTERS.
-
-Rice flour fritters are made the same as wheat flour fritters: six
-eggs, a quart of milk and flour enough to make a batter.
-
-
-RICE MILK.
-
-Take any quantity of rice you wish; wash it well; put it down to boil;
-when half done, pour off the water: then add milk; season with vanilla
-and sugar.
-
-
-COLD CUSTARD.
-
-Take three quarts of new milk; have a piece of rennet about an inch
-square, which put into two table-spoonsful of water; let it soak over
-night; in the morning, pour this in the milk; keep it in a warm place
-till it turns; then set it on the ice to become cold: eat with cream
-and sugar.
-
-
-TRIFLE.
-
-Place some slices of sponge cake in a dish; put on them preserves
-of any kind; pour over this some boiled custard, then ornament the
-top with the whites of eggs beaten up with loaf sugar, or whips, if
-preferred.
-
-
-WHIPS.
-
-To one pint of cream, two whites of eggs, one wine-glass full of wine,
-and sugar to your taste; churn the cream, and take off the top as it
-rises; put in lemonade or other glasses, and ornament with macaroons.
-
-
-CARRAGEEN, OR IRISH MOSS.
-
-Take one ounce of moss; wash it very well, and let it soak for a few
-minutes: put on to boil four quarts of milk; when boiling, put in the
-moss; let it boil for four or five minutes, then strain it into moulds;
-season with sugar, rose water, or any thing you prefer; if vanilla is
-preferred, boil part of a bean in the milk.
-
-
-FLOATING ISLAND.
-
-Beat to a stiff froth the whites of six eggs; sweeten with loaf sugar;
-add currant jelly or strawberry syrup to colour it; sweeten some
-cream, upon which put the float. You may season the cream with white
-wine, or the extract of vanilla, if preferred; it is then called
-syllabub. Ornament with ripe strawberries.
-
-
-GOOSEBERRY FOOL.
-
-Take a quart of gooseberries; put them in a pan with two pounds of loaf
-sugar, and a little water; when quite soft, pass them through a sieve;
-when cold, add boiled custard till it is thick. Put it in the dish you
-intend to send to table, with whipped cream on top.
-
-
-APPLE FLOAT.
-
-Stew and mash very well some good cooking apples; sweeten the apples;
-make a float of the whites of eggs and sugar, mixed well together, and
-cool on the ice. To be eaten with cream.
-
-
-ICED APPLES.
-
-Have some good cooking apples; stew and mash them; sweeten to your
-taste; beat the whites of four eggs to a stiff froth with sugar; cover
-the apples, (which must be in the dish you intend to send them to table
-in;) set them in a moderate oven to brown for a few moments; take them
-out, and keep in a cold place till they are required.
-
-
-FREEZING CREAM.
-
-Put the freezer containing the cream into the bucket with the ice and
-salt; put the ice closely around, so as to touch every part of it; as
-soon as the ice is formed, scrape it from the sides to the centre. The
-freezer must be kept moving constantly during the process.
-
-
-ICE CREAM.
-
-Take four quarts of good cream; sweeten with loaf sugar very sweet, as
-the sugar loses its strength by freezing; boil a vanilla bean in a pint
-of milk; then pour it in the cream and freeze it.
-
-
-LEMON CREAM.
-
-The lemon must be rolled in sugar to extract the oil; use the sugar for
-sweetening the cream. Then freeze it.
-
-
-RASPBERRY CREAM.
-
-Mash the berries; press them through a sieve; sweeten the juice, and
-mix it with the cream. Strawberry ice cream is made in the same way.
-
-
-COCOANUT CREAM.
-
-Pare and grate it; boil it with half a pint of cream; then add it to
-the cream you wish to freeze. Strain the boiled cream before you put it
-in the freezer.
-
-
-ALMOND CREAM.
-
-Blanch the almonds by pouring boiling water on them till the skins
-will peel off easily; then pound them fine and put them in the cream;
-sweeten with loaf sugar and freeze.
-
-
-CHOCOLATE CREAM.
-
-Scrape two ounces of chocolate; put it on to boil in a pint of milk;
-boil it till the chocolate dissolves. Sweeten it and add it to the
-cream and freeze.
-
-
-PEACH ICE.
-
-Get soft ripe peaches; mash them through a sieve; then sweeten and
-freeze. Apples may be stewed and mashed and frozen also.
-
-
-FRENCH PUFFS.
-
-Mix together four ounces of butter, and two ounces of sugar, three
-eggs beaten separately, and five ounces of sifted flour; cut a sheet
-of paper into four pieces; spread them with batter; drop the batter
-with a tea spoon in the form of balls on the paper; immerse the paper
-into boiling lard; and as they cook drop them off, and fry them a light
-brown; drain them on a sieve covered with paper, to absorb the grease;
-dust fine sugar over them; and eat them with sugar, butter, and wine,
-beaten together.
-
-
-JELLY PUFFS.
-
-Make puff paste; roll it out half an inch thick; cut it out with a
-large tumbler; double them over; lay them in rows on sheet irons; egg
-them over, and sift sugar on them; then bake, and, before serving,
-place on them some currant or plum jelly.
-
-
-ICED CUSTARD WITH FRUIT.
-
-Line the sides and bottom of a round mould with macaroons, fastened
-together with hot sugar; when cool, place it on a dish. Then make a
-custard with the yolk of ten eggs, and one quart of milk, half a pound
-of sugar, and a vanilla bean. Freeze the custard; fill the macaroon
-mould with it; forming it in a pyramid; and ornament with strawberries,
-cherries, or any fruit in season.
-
-
-APPLES AND RICE.
-
-Pare and core a dozen apples; place them in a pan with a little butter,
-loaf sugar, and lemon peel; add a little water, and bake them slowly,
-without allowing them to become brown. Boil some rice with milk, sugar,
-a little butter, and a nutmeg; when perfectly done, mash it with a
-spoon, and put into a round mould to cool; then turn it out, and
-arrange the apples neatly upon it; eat it with wine sauce.
-
-
-SPONGE CAKE IN THE FORM OF A HAM.
-
-Make a sponge cake, and bake in an oval tin pan; when cold, shape it
-with a sharp knife in the form of a ham; hollow it out on the under
-part; and fill with whipped cream. Pin a paper ruffle on the hock; and
-cover all over with broken calf’s foot jelly.
-
-
-APPLE CHARLOTTE.
-
-Have a tin pan well buttered, and spread around the sides and bottom
-nicely stewed apples. Make a rich custard; place some savoury cakes in
-the pan; with raspberry jam between each layer of cake; fill up with
-the custard, and steam a few minutes.
-
-
-TO CLARIFY ISINGLASS.
-
-Cooper’s isinglass is the best. Wash it well, and put it in a pan; and
-to a half pound, add a pint and a half of water, a quarter of a pound
-of sugar, and the juice of three lemons; let it boil slowly about
-fifteen minutes; removing the scum as it rises. When cold, the whites
-of two eggs may be added, and boiled again for a few minutes; then
-passed through a jelly strainer.
-
-
-TO CLARIFY SUGAR.
-
-To two pounds of loaf sugar, add one quart of water; and when the sugar
-is dissolved, add the whites of two eggs well beaten; let it boil
-slowly, until the scum has ceased rising, then pour through a strainer.
-
-
-STRAWBERRY JELLY.
-
-Pour one pint of boiling syrup upon two quarts of strawberries; let it
-remain until cold; then press through a jelly bag. Let it boil again,
-and stir in it a pint of clarified isinglass; then pour into moulds to
-cool.
-
-Pine apples, oranges, or any other fruit can be made into jelly in the
-same way.
-
-
-MADEIRA JELLY.
-
-To one quart of syrup add one quart of clarified isinglass, the juice
-of four lemons, and a pint of good Madeira wine. Pour it into moulds,
-and place them in ice.
-
-
-RASPBERRY CREAM.
-
-Bruise in a bowl two quarts of ripe raspberries, with half a pound of
-powdered sugar; rub them through a sieve. Mix with the juice, one pint
-of whipped cream, and one pint of clarified isinglass. Pour it into a
-mould which has been rubbed with sweet oil; set it in ice; and when
-cold turn it out on a dish.
-
-
-CHOCOLATE CREAM.
-
-Make a quart of rich vanilla chocolate; add to it one quarter of a
-pound of sugar, and the yolks of six eggs. Stir all together over the
-fire a few minutes. Then add a half pint of whipped cream, and a pint
-and a half of clarified isinglass. Mix well together, and pour into
-moulds.
-
-
-PEACH CHEESE.
-
-Stone and pare a quarter of a peck of ripe peaches; put them into a
-porcelain lined kettle, with one pound of loaf sugar, and a little
-water; stir over the fire until all is dissolved; rub it through a
-hair sieve into a bowl; add one pint of clarified isinglass; fill the
-moulds, and place them in the ice; when it is firm turn it out; and
-cover the top with whipped cream.
-
-
-CALF’S FEET JELLY.
-
-Take two sets of calves’ feet, and one of pigs’ feet; put them in a
-kettle with two gallons of water; let it boil down one-half; strain
-it and set it away till the next day; before you put it on the fire,
-skim it well; add half a gallon of wine and a pint of brandy, the juice
-of eight lemons, the skins of four, pared from the rind, four sticks
-of cinnamon, sugar to your taste, the whites of ten eggs beaten to a
-froth; mix all in the stock when cold. Let it boil twenty minutes. If
-the stock is very stiff, ten will be sufficient; then strain it through
-a jelly-strainer.
-
-
-A HEN’S NEST.
-
-Put some calf’s feet jelly in a deep dish, upon which make a nest with
-some skins of lemons cut in strips and preserved in syrup. Take some
-eggs; make a small hole, through which empty them; wash and drain, and
-fill them with blanc-mange; when perfectly cold, take off the shell and
-put them in the nest.
-
-
-CHARLOTTE RUSSE.
-
-Make a rich boiled custard of a quart of milk and six eggs; sweeten
-with sugar and season with vanilla; while warm stir into it a quart
-of calf’s feet jelly; whip a pint of cream, and mix with it; make
-a Turk’s cap sponge cake; cut out the centre and fill it with the
-mixture; put on the top, and ice it when perfectly cold.
-
-
-CHOCOLATE CUSTARD.
-
-Boil one and a half ounces of gelatine in two quarts of good milk; add
-three ounces of the best French chocolate; vanilla and sugar to your
-taste; beat very light twelve eggs, omitting the whites of four; pour
-the boiling mixture very slowly on the eggs; put it in a tin saucepan,
-and set it in a pot of boiling water; stir it till thick; pour it in
-moulds.
-
-
-BOILED CUSTARD.
-
-Put a quart of milk on to boil with half of a vanilla bean or eight
-peach leaves, when they are in season; beat the yolks of six eggs and
-the whites of three; pour the milk boiling hot upon the eggs, stirring
-all the time; then put it in a pitcher, and set the pitcher in a pot
-of boiling water; stir it well till it is as thick as good cream; then
-pour it from one pitcher to another till it is nearly cold, when put it
-in cups, and ornament the tops with the whites of eggs and sugar beaten
-very light, on which put a strawberry, or a rosebud, or jelly.
-
-
-TRANSPARENT PUDDING.
-
-Half a pound of butter and one pound of sugar beaten to a cream; the
-yolks of sixteen eggs beaten very light; lay in the dish, either with
-or without pastry, some West India preserves. Then pour over them the
-mixed ingredients, and put it in the oven, which must be well heated.
-Try it with a knife; when done, ice it. Rose water or wine will improve
-it.
-
-
-A BOILED FLOUR PUDDING.
-
-Mix together three pints of milk and six eggs, well beaten; stir in as
-much flour as will make a thick batter; have a pudding bag, which wash
-and flour well; pour in the batter, tie the bag tight, but far enough
-from the batter to give it room to swell; turn the bag frequently, and
-do not allow it to cease boiling until done. To be eaten with wine
-sauce.
-
-
-APPLE PUDDING.
-
-Pare and core half a peck of apples; stew and mash them fine; add lemon
-peel, sugar, and nutmeg to the taste; beat five eggs very light, and
-mix all together, and bake in a paste.
-
-
-A RICH CUSTARD PUDDING.
-
-Make a custard of one quart of milk and three eggs, and sugar to the
-taste; cut some slices of bread, butter them, and lay them in the
-bottom of the pan, which cover with raisins: do this till the pan is
-half full, then pour over the custard, and bake slowly.
-
-
-A BIRD’S NEST PUDDING.
-
-Pare and core some good cooking apples; make a batter of one quart of
-milk, a little flour, four eggs, and sugar to the taste; pour this
-around the apples and bake.
-
-
-GREEN CORN PUDDING.
-
-Grate one dozen ears of corn; then make a batter of a quart of milk and
-four eggs, a little flour, and sugar to the taste, and a very small
-piece of butter; bake slowly one hour. To be eaten with sugar and
-butter beaten up very light.
-
-
-A GOOD CUSTARD.
-
-To three pints of milk, sweetened to your taste, add two eggs, well
-beaten; cut some bread in squares, very thin, and put over the top,
-upon which grate nutmeg; bake very slowly, and be careful the milk does
-not curdle.
-
-
-CAKES.
-
-The flour for making cakes should always be sifted before using it, and
-of superfine quality, and dry. The butter must be the best, and the
-salt and water well worked out of it. The eggs should always be fresh.
-
-
-ICING FOR CAKES.
-
-Whip the whites of four eggs to a stiff froth; add gradually some fine
-white sugar till it will not run: season as you prefer, with vanilla or
-lemon.
-
-
-LIGHT GINGER-BREAD.
-
-Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, and two of sugar; beat five
-eggs very light; add them to the sugar and butter. Have ten cups full
-of flour in a pan, into which put six cups full of molasses; season
-with half a cup full of ginger, and one tablespoonful of cloves;
-dissolve one and a half teaspoonsful of soda in sour milk, and put it
-in just before baking: bake in small pans.
-
-
-CRISP GINGER-BREAD.
-
-Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, the same of sugar; add ginger
-and some cayenne pepper; add two cups full of molasses, and flour
-enough to roll out. Cut in small cakes, and bake.
-
-
-GINGER-BREAD NUTS.
-
-Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, and the same of sugar; add a
-pint of molasses, cloves, ginger, and cinnamon to your taste; flour
-enough to make a stiff dough. Roll out thin; cut in small cakes: bake
-on pans in a quick oven.
-
-
-SHAVINGS.
-
-Beat the whites of four eggs to a stiff froth; add four or five
-tablespoonsful of white sugar, to one of butter; flour enough to roll
-out. Fry in hot lard: cut them in long strips and curl, before frying.
-
-
-SOFT MOLASSES GINGER-BREAD.
-
-Six cups full of flour, two of sugar, two of molasses, one of milk, two
-of butter; beat the sugar and butter together, to which add four eggs
-well beaten; then add one dessert spoonful of cloves, and three of good
-ginger, and the molasses and flour, till all is mixed; dissolve one
-teaspoonful of soda and three of cream of tartar,--each in half a cup
-full of milk, which mix in just before you put it in the oven. This
-cake will take at least an hour and a half to bake.
-
-
-SPICED GINGER-BREAD.
-
-To three pints of flour, and one pound of brown sugar, add three
-tablespoonsful of ginger, and one and a half of cloves mixed. Melt half
-a pound of butter in a quart of molasses; knead all up; roll in thin
-cakes, and bake in a quick oven.
-
-
-A VERY GOOD GINGER-BREAD.
-
-Mix well with a pound and a half of flour, a half tea-cup full of good
-ginger. Melt in a pint of molasses half a pound of butter; when the
-molasses is hot, pour it over the flour, stirring it well to keep it
-from becoming lumpy; let it stand till quite cold, then beat two eggs
-very light, and stir in with flour, enough to make a stiff dough. Roll
-out and bake.
-
-
-LEMON CAKE.
-
-Beat to a cream one cup full of butter, and two of white sugar; add
-three eggs well beaten, one lemon grated and a little juice; one
-teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little milk, and three of cream of
-tartar dissolved in water. Put in, after these ingredients are well
-beaten, three cups full of flour: bake in tins an inch thick. Ice them.
-
-
-QUEEN CAKE.
-
-Cream, half a pound of butter, and the same of loaf sugar; beat very
-light four eggs; flour, a few currants, and put them in; stir in seven
-ounces of flour: mix well, and bake in small tins.
-
-
-ALMOND CAKE.
-
-Blanch a quarter of a pound of almonds, and rub them fine in a mortar
-with a little rose water; beat five eggs separately till very light;
-beat the sugar with the yolks of eggs; almonds with the whites of eggs,
-and a quarter of a pound of flour: bake an hour and a half in small
-tins.
-
-
-MACAROONS.
-
-Take half a pound of almonds, a few of them bitter; blanch them and
-pound in a mortar, with a little rose water; beat the whites of three
-eggs to a stiff froth, and add half a pound of white sugar, rolled very
-fine. Stir all together; drop on buttered paper, and bake in a slow
-oven, or on paper with grated rusk or bread; this will keep them from
-sticking to the paper. Some persons add a spoonful of rice flour.
-
-
-GOOD JUMBLES.
-
-Beat to cream one pound of sugar, and the same of butter. Beat six eggs
-separately, the yolks with the sugar and butter; add flour enough to
-roll out: season to your taste. Cut them in rings, and bake: sift sugar
-over them when they are hot.
-
-
-COMMON JUMBLES.
-
-Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, and the same of sugar; add four
-eggs, a little brandy and nutmeg; flour enough to roll out: bake in
-pans: cut them in round rings.
-
-
-CRULLERS.
-
-One cup full of butter, two cups full of sugar, one cup full of
-sour cream, four eggs, half a nutmeg, and a little cinnamon, half a
-teaspoonful of soda; flour enough to make a dough. Roll out, and fry in
-hot lard.
-
-
-DOUGH NUTS.
-
-Melt in a quart of boiling hot milk, a quarter of a pound of butter,
-into which beat flour enough to make a stiff dough, and one pound of
-brown sugar. When nearly cold, put in four eggs well beaten, and a
-tea-cup full of yeast. Let them rise, and when quite light, drop them
-with a spoon into boiling lard. Spices to your taste, and a little
-brandy.
-
-
-MERANGUES.
-
-Have a pound of fine white sugar, to which add the whites of twelve
-eggs beaten very stiff, and two tablespoonsful of rice flour. When
-well beaten, lay the mixture on thick white paper well buttered, or
-bread grated on it, to prevent the cakes sticking. Make the cakes in
-the shape of a half egg. When they are a light brown, and firm to the
-touch, take them out. Scoop out the middle, into which put preserves.
-Put them again in the oven to dry; when done, fasten two together with
-a little white of egg. Send to table on a fancy dish. For dessert,
-whipped cream is very excellent, in merangues.
-
-
-COMPOSITION CAKE.
-
-One pound of flour, one pound of sugar, the same of butter, seven eggs,
-half a pint of cream, and a gill of brandy, one tea-spoonful of soda
-and three of cream of tartar. Dissolve each separately and put in last.
-This cake will take an hour and three quarters to bake.
-
-
-LOAF CAKE.
-
-Two pounds of flour, one of sugar, half a pound of butter, one pint
-of yeast, eight eggs, one quart of milk; cream the sugar and butter
-together: add the raisins and spices after the first rising. This cake
-will take an hour and three quarters to bake.
-
-
-SEED CAKE.
-
-Three pints of sifted flour, one pound of brown sugar, one
-tablespoonful of caraway seed, mixed together. Then melt half a pound
-of butter, and pour it into as much cold milk as will make them soft
-enough to roll out. Three teaspoonsful of cream of tartar. Put in the
-flour before it is sifted. Dissolve one teaspoonful of soda in the
-milk: roll out; cut with a tumbler: bake in a quick oven.
-
-
-JELLY CAKE.
-
-Jelly cake is made of either cup or sponge cake, as preferred. Bake
-in round tin pans on buttered paper; the pans should be as large as a
-dinner plate, and the cakes a quarter of an inch in thickness, when
-baked. Spread jelly upon each cake; place one upon another, till you
-have four or five, and then ice it.
-
-
-SPONGE CAKE.
-
-Beat ten eggs separately, very light; mix the whites and yolks
-together; add a pound of loaf sugar; then put in half a pound of flour.
-Do not beat it after the flour goes in, as this will make it tough:
-season to your taste, with lemon or vanilla.
-
-
-ANOTHER SPONGE CAKE.
-
-One pint of flour, and one of sugar, half a tea-cup full of water; beat
-six eggs very light; put in the water before the whites of the eggs,
-and stir as little as possible after all the ingredients are in.
-
-
-LADY FINGERS.
-
-Beat to a stiff froth the whites of four eggs, and the yolks of four,
-with a pound of sugar. Mix with this two or three spoonsful of flour:
-season with rose water or lemon: bake on buttered paper.
-
-
-ALBONNIE CAKE.
-
-Put three teaspoonsful of cream of tartar into three pints of flour,
-and sift it; beat half a pound of butter to a cream, with two large
-cups full of sugar; add five eggs, well beaten, a teaspoonful of soda,
-dissolved in a small quantity of milk, and some caraway seed. Roll very
-thin: bake on tins.
-
-
-CUP CAKE.
-
-Beat to a cream half a tea-cup full of butter, and one and a half
-of sugar; add three eggs beaten very light, two cups full of flour,
-one teaspoonful of soda, and three teaspoonsful of cream of tartar.
-Dissolve each separately in a little milk; mix them just before putting
-them in the pan: bake an hour and a half.
-
-
-KISSES.
-
-Beat till very light the whites of four eggs; add one teaspoonful of
-flour, either wheat or rice: season with rose water or lemon: bake on
-buttered tins or paper.
-
-
-RICE SPONGE CAKE.
-
-Rice flour sponge cake, is made like flour sponge cake, only add a
-little more of the rice than you would of the wheat flour: bake in
-small tins. Ice them.
-
-
-WAFERS.
-
-Beat three eggs to a stiff froth; two cups full of flour, a small piece
-of butter, and milk enough to make a batter; add four tablespoonsful of
-sugar. Roll out thin as possible, and bake: roll them up while hot.
-
-
-WHITE CAKE.
-
-One pound and a quarter of butter, one and a half pounds of sugar, the
-whites of twenty eggs, two teaspoonsful of cream of tartar, and a third
-as much soda; dissolve each in a tablespoonful of cream; put in the
-cream of tartar the last; one and a half pounds of flour; season to
-your taste: an hour and a half will bake it.
-
-
-CAROLINA CAKE.
-
-Beat to a cream one cup full of butter, and two of sugar, three cups
-full of flour, the whites of eight eggs, half a cup full of sweet milk,
-one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, and the third of that quantity of
-soda; dissolve each separately in the milk; add them the last; season
-to your taste; bake an hour and a half.
-
-
-BUNNS.
-
-Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, and the same of sugar, four
-eggs, half a pound of currants, a glass of brandy, a pint of milk,
-flour enough to make a stiff batter; stir in a cup full of yeast. When
-light, bake in small pans, or in a large one, and cut them out in
-squares.
-
-
-SASSAFRAS CAKE.
-
-Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, and the same of sugar; whisk
-till very light six eggs; add them to the butter and sugar, with a
-glass of brandy, the peel and juice of a lemon; add flour enough to
-make a dough: roll out, and bake on tins.
-
-
-WARWICK CAKE.
-
-Beat to a cream two tea-cups full of sugar, and one of butter; add half
-a pound of currants floured, one glass of rose water, and six eggs
-beaten separately; dissolve one teaspoonful of soda, and three of cream
-of tartar in a little cream; and add, just before putting the cake in
-the pan, flour enough to make a stiff batter.
-
-
-POUND CAKE.
-
-Beat to a cream one pound of butter, with one pound of sugar; separate
-ten eggs, and beat them very light; have a pound of flour sifted; add
-the eggs and flour alternately; beat till the cake looks light just
-before going in the pan; put in a glass of brandy, rose water or lemon
-peel, or anything you prefer. This cake will take an hour and three
-quarters to bake.
-
-
-PLUM OR FRUIT CAKE.
-
-Fruit cake is made as the above; with the addition of a pound of
-currants, a pound of raisins, and half a pound of citron; flour the
-currants, raisins, and citron before putting them in. Raisins should
-always be seeded.
-
-
-A VERY CHEAP CAKE.
-
-One tin cup full of flour, with two teaspoonsful of cream of tartar
-sifted with the flour; a piece of butter the size of an egg, half a cup
-full of sugar rubbed in the butter, and half of a teaspoonful of soda;
-dissolve in a small cup full of milk; bake in a pound cake form.
-
-
-RUSKS.
-
-Take a pint of milk, a quarter of a pound of butter; warm the butter
-in the milk with half a tea-cup full of sugar; stir in enough flour to
-make a very soft dough; beat three eggs very light, and add; lastly,
-put in a tea-cup full of yeast; do not beat it or any cake after the
-yeast goes in; set it in a warm place to rise; when light add more
-flour by stirring it in, but do not beat it; let it rise again; flour
-your board, and pour out your dough; cut in cakes, and put in pans;
-handle as little as possible, and do not put any more flour to them;
-set them to rise again, and as soon as light, bake.
-
-
-TO MAKE COCOA-NUT CAKE.
-
-To two whites of egg, take one cocoa-nut; after it has been peeled and
-grated, sugar to the taste; make them high in middle, and bake a few
-minutes.
-
-
-COCOA-NUT AND ALMOND CAKE.
-
-Blanch half a pound of almonds, and pound them in a mortar, with a
-little rose water, to prevent them oiling; add an equal quantity of
-grated cocoa-nut, three whites of eggs beaten to a froth, and sugar to
-the taste; bake ten minutes.
-
-
-LADY CAKE.
-
-Beat to a stiff froth the whites of ten eggs, add one pound of loaf
-sugar, blanch half a pound of almonds, and pound them very well with
-some rose water; beat to a cream a quarter of a pound of butter, then
-add the sugar; stir in alternately with half a pound of flour, the eggs
-and the almonds; bake one hour and a half.
-
-
-SMALL ALMOND CAKE.
-
-Blanch and pound, with rose water, a quarter of a pound of almonds;
-beat very stiff the whites of four eggs; add three tablespoonsful of
-rice-flour, and sugar to the taste; bake in fancy shapes on buttered
-paper, in a slow oven, ten minutes.
-
-
-DROP CAKE.
-
-Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, and a quarter of a pound of
-loaf sugar; three eggs and the third of a cup of cream, half a pound of
-flour, rose water to the taste; drop them in buttered pans, and bake
-fifteen minutes. If preferred, they can be seasoned with chocolate.
-
-
-FEDERAL CAKE.
-
-Two pounds of flour, one pound of sugar, three quarters of butter, four
-eggs, the juice of one lemon, three teaspoonsful of cream of tartar,
-sifted with the flour, one of soda; dissolve in milk enough to make a
-dough; cut the cakes in the shape of a diamond.
-
-
-HARD GINGERBREAD.
-
-One and a half pounds of flour, half a pound of butter, half a pound of
-sugar, a pint of molasses, a tea-cup full of ginger, a tablespoonful of
-ground orange peel, and cloves; roll them very thin, and bake.
-
-
-BUTTER DROPS.
-
-One quarter of a pound of butter, one pound of flour, two spoonsful of
-rose water, three eggs, well beaten, a little nutmeg; dissolve a small
-lump of pearlash in a little milk, and stir in just before baking; drop
-them on tins, and bake.
-
-
-OHIO CAKES.
-
-One and three-quarters of a pound of flour, three-quarters of a
-pound of sugar, four eggs, five tablespoonsful of thick cream, and a
-teaspoonful of soda; spice to your taste. Roll them about a quarter of
-an inch thick, and bake.
-
-
-SUGAR CAKES.
-
-Three pounds of flour, and half a pound of sugar, thirteen ounces of
-butter, and a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in half a pint of water;
-rub the butter in the flour; mix the sugar and water, then knead all
-well together; roll thin, and bake.
-
-
-ANOTHER COCOA-NUT CAKE.
-
-One pound of cocoa-nut, one pound of flour, three quarters of a pound
-of sugar, half a pound of butter, six eggs, well beaten; mix all
-together, and bake.
-
-
-NEW YORK COOKIES.
-
-Two pounds flour, one of sugar, one quarter of a pound of butter, a
-large cup full of milk, a teaspoonful of soda, two of cream of tartar,
-two tablespoonsful of caraway seeds; roll them, and bake on tins.
-
-
-DIAMOND CAKES.
-
-Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, and the same of sugar; add four
-eggs, well beaten, half a pound of flour, and the same of currants,
-washed and dried, and well floured, to keep them from sinking, a small
-teaspoonful of soda, and two of cream of tartar dissolved separately in
-milk; bake them in small pans, diamond shape.
-
-
-A SPANISH CAKE.
-
-Beat to a cream half a pound of butter; with the same quantity of
-sugar, four eggs, well beaten, a quarter of a pound of currants, a
-glass of wine and brandy mixed, two tablespoonsful of rose water, and
-half a pound of prepared flour, (which can be bought at any grocery
-store in the city;) bake in small tin pans, any shape preferred. Ice
-them.
-
-
-A. P. S.
-
-Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, with same of sugar, a few
-caraway seed, three eggs, rose water, and nutmeg, and flour enough to
-make a dough; roll out thin, and bake.
-
-
-SPANISH BUNNS.
-
-Three quarters of a pound of flour, a pint of good milk or cream, three
-eggs, two tablespoonsful of rose water, half a nutmeg, half a pound of
-butter, and the same of sugar; warm the butter in the milk; when milk
-warm, stir in the flour and eggs; then beat in the sugar, a little at a
-time, and some currants; put in the yeast, and set it to rise in square
-tin pans; when very light, bake for fifteen or twenty minutes.
-
-
-SCOTCH CAKES.
-
-Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, and three quarters of a pound
-of sugar, a tablespoonful of caraway seed, one tablespoonful of rose
-water or essence of lemon, a pound of flour, and five eggs, beaten very
-light; roll half an inch thick, stick them with a fork, and bake.
-
-
-A GOOD SMALL CAKE.
-
-Beat to a cream three quarters of a pound of butter, and the same of
-sugar; whisk three eggs very light; season with rose water; add flour
-enough to roll out; cut them half an inch thick, and bake.
-
-
-CREAM CAKE.
-
-One and a half cups full of butter, two of sugar, four eggs, one cup
-full of sour cream, into which dissolve one teaspoonful of soda, four
-cups full of flour; season as you like; beat very light, and bake.
-
-
-LEMON DROP CAKES.
-
-Grate the rinds of six lemons; add six heaping tablespoonsful of
-the best white sugar and two of flour; work all well together; beat
-very light the whites of two eggs; drop the mixture from a spoon on
-buttered paper. When cold, take them off very carefully with a knife.
-
-
-ORNAMENTAL ICING FOR CAKES.
-
-Put the icing on any way you prefer with a syringe, which must be
-kept for the purpose. It is better to put it on plain first, and then
-ornament it.
-
-
-POTATO PUFFS.
-
-Take a pint bowl of white potatoes, mashed as fine as possible; then
-add two eggs and one tablespoonful of flour; drop them from a spoon
-into hot lard, and fry: when done, sprinkle sugar over them.
-
-
-SAVOY CAKES.
-
-Separate twelve eggs, and beat them very light; add a pound of the best
-loaf sugar; stir in three quarters of a pound of flour, essence of
-lemon, or rose water to the taste; do not beat it after the flour goes
-in, as this will make it tough: bake in small tin pans in a quick oven.
-
-
-COCOA-NUT POUND CAKE.
-
-Beat to a cream a quarter of a pound of butter and half a pound of the
-best white sugar; add four tablespoonsful of cream, one tablespoonful
-of the essence of lemon, one of flour, and three eggs; beat till very
-light: then grate the white meat of a cocoa-nut; stir it lightly, and
-bake in tin pans. Some persons omit the flour.
-
-
-ALMOND POUND CAKE.
-
-Blanch the almonds by throwing them into boiling water: take them out;
-drain and pound them in a mortar with a little rose water, and proceed
-as for cocoa-nut pound cake. Ice them, if preferred.
-
-
-EVERY DAY CAKE.
-
-Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, and the same of sugar, some
-grated nutmeg and rose water, two eggs well beaten; stir in a pound of
-flour: roll out, and bake.
-
-
-COMMON RUSK.
-
-One cup full of butter, the same of sugar, one pint of milk, flour
-enough to make a batter; beat it well, and then put in a cup full of
-yeast; (but never beat any cake after the yeast goes in;) when very
-light, add more flour; make into cakes, and set them to rise; as soon
-as they are light, bake them.
-
-
-A VERY CHEAP AND GOOD CAKE.
-
-One cup full of lard, two of molasses, two of sour milk, one egg, three
-tablespoonsful of cinnamon, half a nutmeg, essence of lemon, and flour
-enough to make a thick batter; beat a great deal, and bake in a tin
-pan, one hour and a half or two hours.
-
-
-HOME-MADE POUND CAKE.
-
-One pound of patent flour, one of pulverized sugar, one cup full of
-butter, one of milk, and four eggs; bake in a quick oven: if it gets
-too brown, put paper over the top.
-
-
-A VERY GOOD HOME-MADE GINGER-BREAD.
-
-One pint of molasses, one tea-cup full of sugar, three quarters of a
-pound of butter and lard mixed. Spices,--one tablespoonful of good
-ginger, three of cinnamon, a whole nutmeg, a teaspoonful of cloves.
-Roll out thin, and bake in a quick oven.
-
-
-CINNAMON CAKE.
-
-Take one pint of risen dough; work into it one cup full of butter, and
-two of sugar, one tablespoonful of cinnamon; set it in a dripping pan,
-and pour over it a little melted butter and some cinnamon; set it to
-rise, and when light, add more cinnamon, and butter, and bake. Cut them
-in square cakes.
-
-
-PRESERVES.
-
-A porcelain kettle is the best for preserves. Have a ladle with a long
-handle, and pierced with holes. The sugar should be the best loaf
-sugar. All soft fruit should be done gently, and not allowed to remain
-longer than half an hour after it begins to cook, till it is laid on
-dishes. This makes the fruit more firm.
-
-
-TO PRESERVE CLING-STONE PEACHES.
-
-Get the finest cling-stone peaches; take out the stone without
-disfiguring them; lay them after they are pared in half of their
-weight of sugar, allowing a pound of sugar to a pound of peaches; let
-them remain two hours: then put both sugar and peaches in the kettle
-together; let them boil till clear, skimming them frequently. Have
-some of the kernels cracked, and preserve them with the peaches.
-
-
-TO PRESERVE PEACHES IN BRANDY.
-
-The heath cling-stone are the best for this purpose. Half a pound of
-sugar to a pound of peaches. Throw into boiling pearl-ash water for a
-moment: then take them out and rub the skin off with a coarse towel,
-and throw them into cold water; make a syrup with as little water as
-possible; put in the peaches to boil, until they begin to look clear;
-then take up the peaches, and let the syrup boil ten minutes longer,
-mixing equal quantities of the syrup and the best white brandy. Put the
-peaches in jars: pour over the syrup, and seal them.
-
-
-PEACH MARMALADE.
-
-Take free-stone peaches; pare and slice them, allowing half a pound of
-sugar to one of the peaches. Sprinkle the sugar over them and let them
-stand two hours: then put them down to cook. Stir and mash them; let
-them cook gently, till they are a transparent pulp; then take it off,
-put into jars, and seal them.
-
-
-QUINCES.
-
-Take fine large quinces; pare and core them; cut them round half an
-inch thick; then put them in the preserving kettle with the skins and
-cores, with water enough to cover them; let them boil till they look
-clear: take them up; strain the juice; put it back again into the
-kettle with the sugar, allowing three quarters of a pound to a pound
-of quinces: let the syrup boil slowly; skim it, and put it in the
-quinces for twenty minutes.
-
-
-QUINCE JELLY.
-
-Put down the quinces, after mashing and quartering them, in sufficient
-water to cover them; let them boil slowly more than half a day: then
-strain the juice, and add a pound of sugar to a pint of the juice. Let
-it boil till it jellies.
-
-
-QUINCE MARMALADE.
-
-Boil your quinces till soft: when cool, pass them through a cullender;
-add half a pound of sugar to a pint of the pulp; let it boil till it
-will jelly.
-
-
-PEARS.
-
-Leave the stems on, and stick a clove in the blossom end, after paring
-them; make a syrup of a pint of water to half a pound of sugar; skim
-it, and put in the pears: let them boil till clear.
-
-
-TO PRESERVE GREEN TOMATOES.
-
-Gather those that look clear, not very large; put them down to boil
-with plenty of water. Throw this water off; then add more water and
-some green ginger; let this boil till the water tastes of the ginger
-very strong: allow three quarters of a pound of sugar to a quart of
-juice; make a syrup and put in the tomatoes; let them boil till clear.
-The syrup, when boiled down, will make a nice jelly.
-
-
-TO PRESERVE CITRON MELON.
-
-Pare the melon, and cut it in any shape you fancy; put it down to boil
-in a strong ginger water; after it has boiled ten minutes take it up;
-make a syrup, allowing a pound of sugar to a quart of the water; add
-slices of lemon; cut them; put in your citron: when clear, it is done.
-
-
-SPICED PEACHES.
-
-To nine pounds of peaches, take three pounds of sugar, and one pint of
-vinegar; make a syrup; then put in the fruit. Soft free-stone peaches
-are the best; let them boil ten minutes.
-
-
-PLUMS.
-
-Plums are prepared in the same way as peaches, also cantelopes before
-they are ripe; add cloves, mace and allspice, to the taste: make the
-syrup; put in the plums, and let boil ten minutes; or pour the boiling
-vinegar and spices over the plums.
-
-
-BLACKBERRY FLUMMERY.
-
-Put the blackberries down to stew, with sugar to the taste; thicken
-with a little flour; keep stirring till it is done, which will be in
-ten minutes. This is sometimes called blackberry mush.
-
-
-CURRANT JELLY.
-
-Wash the currants; then spread them on a dish in the sun to dry; then
-put them in a stone crock, and set the crock in boiling water till the
-currants are soft; then strain them through a flannel bag or a hair
-sieve; press all the juice out; allow a pound of the best loaf sugar to
-a pint of the juice; boil twenty minutes, not longer. Another way is to
-pour the boiling juice on the sugar: this makes much prettier jelly,
-but not so rich.
-
-
-APPLE JELLY.
-
-Cut up some fine pippin apples; do not pare them; let them boil till
-quite tender: then strain the juice and put it down with sugar,
-allowing three quarters of a pound to a pint of juice; put in while
-boiling, some lemon peel: when the jelly is done, which will be as soon
-as it is thick, take out the lemon peel. Put the jelly in half-pint
-tumblers.
-
-
-GREEN GRAPE JELLY.
-
-Put the grapes on to boil with a little water; mash them, and when the
-juice is well out, strain it; add a pint of juice to a pound of sugar;
-boil until it jellies.
-
-
-MORELLA CHERRIES OR CARNATION.
-
-Allow one pound of sugar to a pound of cherries; take out the stones
-with a quill; boil the juice and the sugar; skim it well, and then put
-in the fruit: when clear, they are done.
-
-
-RASPBERRY JAM.
-
-Allow a pound of sugar to a pound of fruit; stir it well, and when it
-is a thick jelly, it is done.
-
-
-TO PRESERVE STRAWBERRIES.
-
-The medium size are the best and the firmest; allow a pound of sugar to
-a quart of the fruit; sprinkle them with sugar for a couple of hours;
-then put all into the kettle together; skim it well, and let them boil
-twenty minutes; be very careful not to mash them.
-
-
-MAGNUM BONUM PLUMS.
-
-Stick them with a large needle; make a syrup of a pound of the fruit to
-three quarters of sugar; then put in the fruit; let them boil slowly
-till they clear.
-
-
-STRAWBERRY JAM.
-
-Strawberry jam is made in the same manner as raspberry jam.
-
-
-PINE APPLES.
-
-Grate them; allow a pound of sugar to a pint of the fruit; after it has
-been grated, half an hour will cook it sufficiently.
-
-
-APRICOTS.
-
-Scald and wipe them dry; a pound of fruit to a pound of sugar; water
-sufficient to make a syrup; boil and take off the skum; put in the
-apricots: boil slowly till the fruit is clear.
-
-
-GREEN GAGE PLUMS.
-
-Take a pound of sugar to a pint of the fruit; scald the plums and wipe
-them; pierce them with a needle; put very little water to the sugar;
-when the syrup boils, put in the plums. Have a slow fire, and let them
-boil till they are clear; take out the plums, and spread them on dishes
-to cool; put the syrup in a tureen, and set all away till perfectly
-cold. Then put some of the plums in half pint tumblers, nearly filling
-them full of the syrup, which will be very rich; pour on the top of
-each tumbler a dessert spoonful of good brandy. Cut a round piece of
-white paper the size of the top of the tumbler; soak it in brandy, and
-lay it on top; then cover it tight by pasting paper over. Preserves
-properly done and put up in this way will be as good at the end of
-three years as the first. Glass tumblers are excellent for putting up
-jelly and preserves. Prune plums, egg plums, and the common blue plums
-may all be done in the same way.
-
-
-WATER MELON RINDS.
-
-The rinds are cut in various fancy forms; make a strong salt and water;
-put them in with cabbage leaves as for greening; keep them near the
-fire, turning them very often, till they become yellow; have a kettle
-of alum water ready; wash the rinds, and put them in the kettle with
-cabbage leaves over and under them and between every layer; put the
-kettle on the fire; do not let them come to a boil, but keep them
-scalding over two hours; when they are green, put them in cold water
-for three days; change the water several times. Some persons make two
-syrups; but one will be sufficient, by making a syrup of a pound and a
-quarter of sugar to one of melon; drop in some ginger; boil twenty-five
-minutes.
-
-
-PINE APPLE PRESERVES.
-
-Pack the pine apple, after it is peeled and cut into slices, in a jar
-with a layer of sugar on every layer of the fruit; set the jar for
-fifteen minutes in a kettle of boiling water; cover it tight, and keep
-it in a dry place.
-
-
-TO PRESERVE CRAB APPLES.
-
-Make a syrup of a pound of sugar for a pound of fruit; put in the
-apples after skimming the syrup; let them boil till they are clear.
-Some persons make a second syrup, and keep the first for cordial.
-
-
-TO DRY PEACHES LIKE FIGS.
-
-Pare and cut the peaches in slices; make a syrup of half a pound of
-sugar to one of fruit; put the peaches in and let them scald; then take
-them out, put them on a flat dish, and set the syrup away; next day
-repeat the process; then put them in the oven, after the bread comes
-out, on a flat dish; do this till they are dry; pack them in jars,
-sprinkling sugar over each layer. The syrup will make cordial.
-
-
-TO PRESERVE LIMES.
-
-Get the limes green; take out all the inside very carefully with a
-pen-knife, then lay them for twenty-four hours in salt and water; take
-them out, wash and scald them till all of the salt is out; make a syrup
-with three quarters of a pound of sugar to a pound of limes; skim it,
-and put in the fruit; let them boil till clear. It is better to boil
-the limes in water for twenty minutes before they go in the syrup.
-
-
-
-
-Pickles.
-
-The vinegar for pickling should be the best kind of cider vinegar.
-
-
-MANGOES.
-
-Have the melons of a good size, solid, but not large; put them in a
-crock, and pour over them salt and water, boiling hot; let them remain
-for three days; take them out of the pickle, cut a hole in the side,
-scrape out the inside; make a dressing of the following articles; some
-cucumbers cut fine, some cabbage, onions, horse-radish, race ginger,
-mustard seed, mace, and cloves; mix all well together and fill the
-mangoes; sew up the mangoes, put the top on, lay them in a jar, and
-pour over them boiling vinegar. They will be fit for use in three
-months.
-
-
-TO PICKLE ONIONS.
-
-The small white onions are the best; pour boiling salt and water over
-them, and let them stand till cold; repeat this several times; then
-put them in a jar and pour boiling vinegar over them; cover tight, and
-put them away for three weeks, when they are fit to use.
-
-
-TO PICKLE CUCUMBERS.
-
-Gather the small cucumbers; put in brine for a day and night; then pour
-off the water, put them in jars, and pour boiling vinegar over them,
-with whole ears of pepper and allspice if you like.
-
-Gherkins, radish pods, and beans may be pickled according to the above
-receipt.
-
-
-TO PICKLE NASTURTIONS.
-
-Nasturtions should be young: pour boiling salt and water over them; let
-them stand till cold; pour it off and repeat it; let it stand two days,
-then pour off the water; add cold vinegar with a little mace.
-
-
-TO PICKLE TOMATOES.
-
-Have ripe tomatoes; the small ones are the best; put them in a jar,
-with salt over each layer; next day take them out, and wipe them off;
-wash the jar; wipe it perfectly dry; put them in again in the same
-manner; let them stand another day; then drain and wipe them; put them
-in a clean jar with mustard seed, cloves, and whole grains of pepper;
-and if preferred some onions sliced; pour cold vinegar over them, and
-put them away.
-
-
-TO PICKLE PEPPERS.
-
-Get some good green peppers; cut a hole at the top, and take out the
-seed; lay them in salt and water for two days; then wash them; fill
-them with cabbage, horse-radish, mustard seed, and onions, all chopped
-fine with pepper and cloves. Boil the vinegar and pour over them.
-
-
-TO PICKLE BUTTER NUTS.
-
-Gather the nuts in the beginning of July; put them in strong salt and
-water for a week; take them out, wash and drain them; lay them in a
-stone jar; boil some good vinegar with pepper grains, mustard seed,
-mace, and cloves; pour this boiling hot over the nuts, and let them
-stand a week; then take them and put on fresh vinegar with the spices
-which were in the first vinegar; in a month look at them; if the
-vinegar has lost its strength, boil fresh and pour over: this will be
-fit to use in six months.
-
-
-TO PICKLE MUSHROOMS.
-
-Gather the small mushrooms; peel and mash them; put them in a jar; add
-a little mace and white mustard; cold vinegar sufficient to cover them.
-
-
-TO PICKLE GREEN TOMATOES.
-
-Wash them and cut them in slices, with an equal number of white onions;
-put in a jar with a layer of tomatoes, then a layer of onions and
-salt; let them remain twenty-four hours; take them out; have some good
-vinegar and pepper, white mustard seed, and cloves; mix some mustard,
-flour, and turmeric, with the vinegar; and when boiling hot, put in the
-tomatoes and onions; let them boil ten minutes; then take them up, and
-put them away; in two weeks they will be fit for use; at the end of
-that time boil the vinegar again, and pour over them.
-
-
-PICCALILLE.
-
-Piccalille is made in the same manner, only the vinegar must be cold
-when it is poured on: omit the cloves, as they will make them dark, and
-use white vinegar.
-
-
-CAULIFLOWER.
-
-Cut the cauliflower in small pieces, but long, so as to show the
-flower; lay them twenty-four hours in salt and water; then take out and
-wash and drain them for two hours; add to the vinegar, mustard seed,
-horse-radish, ginger, allspice, and mace; boil for ten minutes, and
-pour over the cauliflower.
-
-
-TO PICKLE RED CABBAGE.
-
-Cut up the cabbage with a slaw cutter; sprinkle it with salt in
-alternate layers; let it stand twenty-four hours; then take it out and
-drain it; put it in a jar, and pour boiling vinegar, with horse-radish,
-black pepper, and cloves; cover it; when nearly cold, tie up the jar.
-
-
-TOMATO CATSUP.
-
-Wash the tomatoes; cut them in slices; put them into a stone jar, with
-alternate layers of tomatoes and salt, till the jar is nearly full. Set
-them in the sun every day for a week. Bring them in at night, or if
-it is cloudy at the end of that time, put them in a bell metal kettle,
-which must be very clean; let them get well heated; take them up, and
-strain them through a sieve; let some of the pulp pass through, but not
-the seeds or the skins; boil it for two hours, with whole grains of
-black pepper and cloves. Otherwise, you may add mustard seed, cayenne
-pepper, mace, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, and ginger. When cold,
-bottle: cork tight, and rosin the tops.
-
-
-MUSHROOM CATSUP.
-
-Take full grown mushrooms; put them in a stone jar with layers of salt.
-Break up the mushrooms, and cover the jar close. Let them remain ten
-days. Stir several times a day. Then strain off the liquor and boil it,
-and season with the following ingredients, whole pepper, mustard seed,
-cloves and ginger. Boil thirty minutes; when quite cold, bottle it; put
-into each bottle a gill of vinegar. They should be corked tightly.
-
-
-WALNUT CATSUP.
-
-Put them in salt and water for eight days. Take them out and mash them
-well; to fifteen walnuts allow one quart of vinegar; let it stand for
-eight or ten days, stirring it very often. Then strain it; season
-with mace, cloves and pepper; boil twenty minutes, and when cold,
-bottle. This receipt will answer for either English or the common black
-walnuts.
-
-
-ELDER-BERRY WINE.
-
-Gather and pick the berries. To every quart of the berries add a
-quart of water; after they have been mashed in a clean tub, let them
-lie three days, stirring it very often. Then strain it; sweeten to
-your taste; put the juice in a kettle, and boil it an hour and twenty
-minutes, with a little ginger and cloves; then put it in a cask, and
-when cold, if you have four gallons, stir in a tea-cup full of yeast:
-after it has fermented, add a little brandy.
-
-
-WILD-CHERRY BRANDY.
-
-To two gallons of brandy, add three quarts of wild cherries; mash a
-pint of them, and break the stone. In two weeks they will be fit for
-use.
-
-
-BLACK-BERRY CORDIAL.
-
-Take three pints of the juice of the black-berry, three pounds of the
-best loaf sugar, one pint of good brandy, one ounce of cinnamon and
-cloves, each: boil half an hour, and skim it well. This is very good
-for children.
-
-
-ROSE BRANDY.
-
-Fill a jar with rose leaves; pour over some good French brandy; let it
-stand twenty-four hours; take out the leaves, and add fresh ones. Do
-this till the brandy is sufficiently strong with the roses. The jar
-must be kept covered: when done, bottle it.
-
-
-ORGEAT.
-
-Blanch two pounds of almonds; pound them in a marble mortar, adding a
-little rose water to keep them from oiling. Then boil one quart of milk
-with a small piece of cinnamon, and when cold, put in the almonds: let
-it boil for ten minutes, then strain, and when cold, bottle it.
-
-
-TO KEEP LEMON JUICE.
-
-To one pint of lemon juice, add a pound of sugar. Strain the juice
-before you put in the sugar, then let it stand till the sugar is
-dissolved; stir it often. Then bottle it; add a gill of French brandy
-to each bottle; cork it up tight: cover with rosin. To be kept in a
-cool place.
-
-
-COLOGNE.
-
-To a quart of alcohol, add two drachms of essence of bergamot, and the
-same of essence of lemon; one drachm of oil of rosemary and lavender;
-put all into a bottle, shake well together, and cork up tight.
-
-
-CURRANT SHRUB.
-
-To one quart of currant juice, take two pounds of loaf sugar; put the
-sugar in the juice, and let it stand all night; then put in half a pint
-of spirits, and the juice of three lemons. Bottle, and set it away for
-use.
-
-
-RASPBERRY VINEGAR.
-
-To a pint of English raspberries, take a pint of white wine vinegar;
-pour the vinegar on the raspberries, and let it stand all night, then
-strain it through a bag; add another pint of raspberries, and let it
-stand a day; then strain it; to each pint of the liquor, add a pound of
-sugar; put it into a jar, and set the jar in a pan of boiling water for
-half an hour. When it is cold, bottle it.
-
-
-BLACK-BERRY CORDIAL, ANOTHER.
-
-Take two quarts of black-berry juice, one and a half pounds of best
-loaf sugar, a half ounce of nutmeg, one ounce cinnamon, a quarter of an
-ounce of mace, and the same of cloves and allspice pounded fine; boil
-all together for twenty minutes; when cold, add one pint of the best
-French brandy. The berries should be fresh, and if kept more than a
-year, add a little more brandy.
-
-
-CHERRY SHRUB.
-
-Morella cherries are the best. Pick, and mash them; put them in a jar,
-and set the jar in a pot of boiling water, for two hours, then strain
-through a flannel bag. Sweeten with the best loaf sugar; bottle it, and
-put a little brandy in each bottle. Sealed air tight. Keep in a cool
-place.
-
-
-TO MAKE CHERRY BRANDY.
-
-Have some good morella cherries. Get a small cask, one holding about
-five quarts; fill it nearly with cherries; add two quarts of water; the
-water should be hot; let it stand full three hours, then add one quart
-of brandy; let it stand four days; add two quarts more of water, and
-one of brandy; let it stand two more days, then drain it off: wash
-out the cask well. Put your juice on the fire with sugar, (say half a
-pound of sugar to two quarts of the juice) let it boil fifteen minutes;
-skim it; take it off, and let it get perfectly cold, then put it in the
-cask, and set it away. If it is too strong of the brandy, add water.
-
-
-SPRUCE BEER.
-
-Boil some sassafras root, cut fine, and half as much hops, in five
-gallons of water; add, while hot, two quarts of molasses, one
-tablespoonful of spruce, and the same of powdered ginger, and a little
-allspice; when perfectly cold, put it into a cask; add a gill of good
-yeast; mix it well. After it has fermented, bottle it.
-
-
-MEAD.
-
-To prepare mead, take two pounds and a half of honey; add three quarts
-and a pint of warm water. Mix it well, and when it is dissolved in the
-water, pour it into the cask. After it has fermented and is clear,
-bottle in stone bottles, and cork tight.
-
-
-
-
-Soup.
-
-
-CALF’S HEAD SOUP.
-
-Take a calf’s head; wash and soak it for one hour. Then put it down
-early in the morning with four quarts of water to boil. When you can
-separate the meat from the bones easily, take it up. Be careful to
-take out all the bones, and chop the meat very fine. Then put on your
-soup to boil again, with two onions, a bunch of parsley and thyme,
-seasoned with pepper and salt, with a little flour made very smooth in
-water, allspice, cloves, and mace. Have ready a small piece of butter
-boiling hot, into which put white sugar and half a tumbler full of
-claret wine; put this in a pitcher; add as much of this as you wish;
-when you first put on the soup (the quantity will depend upon the
-colour you wish the soup,) boil three eggs hard; take the yolks and one
-of the whites, mash them up fine with a little flour; fry them a light
-brown. Keep the pan moving all the time. Before you put on the head
-take out the brains; boil them for a few minutes. Then chop them up,
-and put them in with the eggs and half a tumbler full of Madeira wine,
-just before you dish the soup. A little mushroom catsup will improve
-this soup very much. Beef soup made in this way is very good.
-
-
-CALF’S HEAD SOUP ANOTHER WAY.
-
-After cleaning it well, put it down to boil with one gallon of water.
-When it is half done, take up the meat; cut it up in small pieces,
-carefully removing all the bones. Put the meat in the soup with a quart
-of beef stock: season with black and cayenne pepper and salt. Fry two
-onions; cut in thin slices, in butter, and stir in a little flour to
-thicken the gravy; put this in the soup. About ten minutes before
-serving it up, put in some chives and parsley chopped fine, with egg
-balls made as in the above receipt, with two spoonsful of mushroom
-catsup and one of soy, and a pint of white wine. Squeeze a lemon in the
-tureen, and pour the soup upon it. This is very good.
-
-
-CALF’S HEAD SOUP ANOTHER WAY.
-
-Take a large calf’s head, wash it very clean, and let it boil an hour
-and a half. Then take it up, removing all the meat from the bones; skim
-the soup well; add two quarts of veal stock, and put in the meat after
-cutting it in small square pieces; add three large onions, half an
-ounce of cloves, and nutmeg and mace; chop very fine all kinds of sweet
-herbs. Strain off the liquor. Put a quarter of a pound of butter in a
-pan on the fire, and when it is hot, stir in some flour and a little
-sugar. Put this in the soup, stirring it well: season it to your taste:
-add eggs, balls fried, and a pint of wine. Serve it up hot.
-
-
-TURTLE SOUP.
-
-In most of the markets the turtle can be bought cleaned and ready for
-cooking. If not, place it on its back to make it extend itself. Then
-cut off its head and fins; let it bleed freely; when quite dead, cut
-the belly part clean off, take out the gall and the sand bag. Draw and
-wash the entrails well. Scald the black meat, so that the skin will
-come off, which must be done very carefully. Cut the meat in joints
-like a chicken, then put it down with five quarts of water. Let it
-boil till soft, (which will depend upon the turtle; if it is old, it
-will take a long time.) Make forcemeat balls of one pound and a half
-of veal, chopped fine, with parsley, thyme, pepper, salt, and two eggs
-and flour to thicken; fry them in butter and lard; put half a pound of
-butter in the pan, and when hot, stir in enough flour to thicken it.
-Put these all in the soup, and season with pepper, cayenne and black,
-with salt to your taste; let it simmer, till the flour is well cooked:
-put in just as you dish it up, one quart of Madeira wine. This is very
-superior.
-
-
-EGG SOUP.
-
-Boil a small piece of beef or the scrag end of the neck of veal: season
-it with pepper and salt, and let it boil very gently till the meat is
-well cooked. Then strain it. Beat the yolks of two eggs well, with some
-chopped parsley, and pour the soup in the tureen on the eggs. Keep
-stirring it all the time. A little rice will improve this soup very
-much: put the soup in the boiler again, after it is strained, and cook
-till done.
-
-
-CLAM SOUP.
-
-Take two quarts of clams. After they are opened, cut off the beards
-and put them down to cook, with equal quantities of the water and the
-liquor. Take four crackers pounded fine and rolled in butter; stir in
-very gently: season with pepper, salt, chopped parsley, a little mace,
-and add a pint of sweet cream, just before you take it up.
-
-
-OYSTER SOUP.
-
-Oyster soup is made as clam soup, only omitting parsley and
-substituting a little mace.
-
-
-SOUP FOR THE SICK.
-
-In a pint of boiling water put half a wine-glass full of wine; beat up
-the yolk of one egg; when the water and wine boils, pour it out into a
-bowl; then on the egg; continue to pour it from one bowl to another,
-two or three times; then add a small piece of butter, a little sugar
-and nutmeg.
-
-
-TERRAPINS.
-
-Take the terrapins one at a time, and immerse them in boiling water for
-half a minute; take them out and remove the skin; put them back into
-hot water, and watch them carefully that they do not boil too much;
-(some will be done in half an hour, others will take much longer. They
-are sufficiently done when the feet are soft to the touch.) Take off
-the shell and remove the sand bag and the gall, (which will be found
-in the liver; the sand bag is full of water;) then put them down to
-stew with one pound of best butter to three good-sized terrapins:
-season with red and a little black pepper; (no salt;) when they are
-perfectly heated through, put in the following dressing, and when it
-boils furnish the seasoning with a little salt, &c., if required.
-Dressing,--Take three yolks of hard-boiled eggs, to one large terrapin;
-mash them up fine, and add the best Madeira, a little at a time, until
-you make a thin paste; stir this into the terrapins, and add more wine,
-if necessary. There should be just dressing enough to float near to the
-top of your terrapin in the saucepan.
-
-
-ROMAN PUNCH.
-
-One gallon of water, one quart of cream, the juice of a dozen lemons,
-one pint of the best brandy, and a pint of rum; sugar to the taste; to
-be frozen before the cream goes in. The cream stirred in and frozen
-again.
-
-
-APPLE TODDY.
-
-One bushel of apples baked on white paper, and strained next day
-through a sieve, three gallons of water, one gallon of brandy, three
-quarts of Jamaica spirits; sweeten to your taste.
-
-
-TO MAKE A VEAL POT-PIE.
-
-Half boil some veal; then cut it in small pieces; season it with
-cayenne pepper, salt, nutmeg, parsley and a little butter: make a
-good paste; line the sides of a deep dish; put in the meat, and add
-some cream; have a small cup in the middle of the pie; cut across the
-centre, and turn back the sides to let the steam escape: bake slowly.
-
-
-GUINEA FOWL.
-
-They are very good cooked as pheasants or stewed like chickens.
-
-
-SUCCOTASH.
-
-Boil some string beans in as little water as they can be cooked in,
-with salt; when nearly done, have some corn cut from the ears put in,
-and season with pepper, salt, butter and a little cream; twenty minutes
-will be long enough for the corn to cook; but the beans will require
-an hour and a half. In winter, succotash can be made with dried corn
-and beans; let them both soak all night in the water you boil them in,
-after washing them well.
-
-
-POTTED SHAD.
-
-Take fine large shad, and when they are thoroughly cleaned and washed,
-_split_ them in two and cut them in square pieces. Place a layer of
-fish in a stone crock; (a glazed one will not answer;) sprinkle over it
-salt, cloves, whole pepper and mace; thus continue till your crock is
-filled; pour over it the best pure cider vinegar; cover the mouth of
-the crock with a bladder, which should be tied down sufficiently tight,
-to prevent the steam from escaping; place it in a moderately warm oven,
-and let it bake for several hours. It is a good plan to send it to a
-bake-house, and let it be put in a brick oven, after the bread is taken
-out. If properly done, the bones will all be dissolved, and it will be
-almost equal to salmon.
-
-
-TO MAKE STOCK FOR SOUPS AND GRAVY.
-
-To one shin of beef and one of veal, add eight quarts of water, and
-salt to the taste; skim it well, and let it boil till it is quite
-thick: take out all the meat, and pour off the stock; set it away till
-next day: you can add some of this to your soup, and it will improve
-it very much. Geese, ducks, and chickens are very good stewed in stock
-made after the above receipt, and then browned in an oven.
-
-
-TO STEW SWEET-BREADS.
-
-Parboil them; then cut in small pieces; season with pepper, salt, and
-nutmeg; put them down to stew in some veal gravy, and just before you
-take them up, add some mushroom catsup and a glass of wine.
-
-
-TO ROAST SWEET-BREADS.
-
-Half boil them; then take them up; lard them with ham, and roast before
-the fire: season with cayenne pepper, salt and mushroom catsup.
-
-
-TO HASH MUTTON.
-
-Cut in small pieces; have two onions fried brown; put it down in a
-little good gravy; just before you dish it, season with pepper, salt, a
-little currant jelly and wine, or a spoonful of walnut pickle.
-
-
-SUGAR DROPS.
-
-Beat to a cream a quarter of a pound of butter and half a pound of
-sugar, rose water to the taste, half a pound of flour; stir all well
-together, and drop them on buttered paper, and bake: ornament with
-sugar plums.
-
-
-CURRANT CAKE.
-
-One pound of butter, one and a half of sugar, two pounds of flour, nine
-eggs, two pounds of currants, and a little soda dissolved in milk.
-
-
-ANOTHER SPONGE CAKE.
-
-Flour, one pound; sugar, one pound and a half, ten eggs, and a large
-tea-cup full of water. The water must be poured over the sugar and put
-on the fire to dissolve, and come nearly to the boil; meanwhile, beat
-the eggs separately very light; then mix them together, and add the
-dissolved sugar, beating it in the egg very hard; lastly, stir in the
-flour very _slowly_.
-
-
-PIGNOLATTIS.
-
-One pound of sugar, three quarters of a pound of flour, five eggs, five
-ounces of almonds or ground-nuts, blanched and pounded. Cut into cakes
-and bake.
-
-
-COCOA-NUT CAKE, No. 4.
-
-Half a pound of butter, one of sugar, six eggs, and one large cocoa-nut
-grated.
-
-
-COTTAGE PUDDING.
-
-Half a pound of butter warmed, four eggs well beaten, four tea-cups
-full of fine white sugar, two quarts of flour, four teaspoonsful of
-cream of tartar, two of soda, four tea-cups full of milk; stir all well
-together; flavour with grated lemon peel, and bake in a moderate oven.
-
-
-APPLES IN JELLY.
-
-Have some moderate-sized cooking apples; pare and core without cutting
-them open. Let them boil slowly till they are tender, with some slices
-of lemon; when they are done, take them up, and add sugar enough to
-the liquor to make a syrup; put the apples in, and let them boil till
-clear; put in half an ounce of isinglass dissolved; lay a slice of
-lemon on each apple, and pour the jelly around them.
-
-
-SYLLABUB.
-
-Take the juice and peel of one large lemon, two glasses of wine, and
-one of brandy; sugar to the taste; to this add a pint of whipped cream;
-arrange it in glasses.
-
-
-A DISH OF SNOW.
-
-Grate the white part of the cocoa-nut, and pile it up in the middle;
-this is nice to eat with preserves or fruit, and is a delicate relish
-for tea.
-
-
-CHEESE CAKE.
-
-To two bowls of cottage cheese, add ten eggs, and half a pint of cream,
-mace, cinnamon, sugar, and nutmeg, to the taste; add a little brandy;
-bake in puff paste.
-
-
-ALMOND CHEESE CAKE.
-
-Blanch a pound of sweet almonds, and a few bitter; pound them in a
-mortar, with a little rose-water; add ten eggs, beaten very light, and
-sugar to the taste; a glass of brandy, and some lemon peel; bake in
-puff paste. You may take equal quantities of almonds and cocoa-nut.
-
-
-TO PRESERVE LEMON PEEL.
-
-Take out all the inside, and lay them in salt and water for two days;
-then wash them well; put them in fresh water; let them boil till
-tender; then take them up; throw off the water; and make a syrup with
-half their weight of sugar; put in the peel for twenty minutes; then
-take them up; and when the syrup is thick, pour over the peel; put them
-in jars, and cover tightly. This may be used as citron.
-
-
-TO COOK CHEESE AND EGGS.
-
-To half a pound of grated cheese, add the yolks of six eggs, and half a
-pound of butter; stir all together; add some cayenne pepper, and bake.
-
-
-TO PICKLE CUCUMBERS.
-
-Scald the cucumbers in brine; let them stand till cold; repeat this
-three times; then put them in jars, pouring on vinegar, with a small
-quantity of whisky in each jar; let them stand for three months; they
-will be hard and green.
-
-
-TO MAKE MOLASSES CANDY.
-
-Grease the saucepan with butter; then put in the molasses, with a
-little brown sugar; let it boil for half an hour, stirring it all the
-while; when it is brittle, it is done. If you like, add the kernels of
-any kind of nuts you prefer: just before taking up, pour into buttered
-tin pans, and set away to cool.
-
-
-TO MAKE CANDY WITH THE KERNELS OF NUTS.
-
-Make a thick syrup; then throw in the kernels of any kind of nuts you
-prefer; have buttered tin pans, and pour it out.
-
-
-JELLY.
-
-Three quarts of water, four of gelatine, three pounds of sugar, the
-whites of five eggs, one pint of wine, and six tablespoonsful of
-brandy, and six lemons, peel and juice. The gelatine must be soaked in
-one quart of water for half an hour; stir all the ingredients, except
-the brandy, well together, before it is put on the fire; first beating
-the white very light. Let it boil ten minutes without disturbing it;
-then strain it through a jelly strainer.
-
-
-CARRAGEEN, OR IRISH MOSS JELLY FOR THE SICK.
-
-One ounce of moss, one quart of water, three tablespoonsful of sugar,
-half a pint of wine; boil ten minutes, and strain.
-
-
-OINTMENT FOR MORTIFICATION.
-
-Make a salve of raw carrots; grate and stew them in lard; when done,
-strain it. Another salve can be made of the leaves and bark of black
-alder, stewed in lard. Raw cranberries, cut in half and mashed, are an
-excellent application.
-
-
-ELDER-BERRY JAM.
-
-Put two quarts of elder-berries in a kettle, with some water, say a
-pint; stir and mash them well; when the juice is all extracted, strain
-it, and add two pounds of the best loaf sugar; let this simmer twenty
-minutes. This is good for colds, and sore throat, and is a great
-purifier of the blood.
-
-
-BLACK CURRANT JELLY.
-
-Mash your currants well, and strain them through a sieve; to one pint
-of juice, put one pound of loaf sugar; boil twenty minutes. Quince
-jelly is also very good for the throat. The seeds should always be
-kept, as they are very good for sore mouth or throat.
-
-
-TO PRESERVE ORANGE PEEL.
-
-Take out all the inside; then let them soak in salt and water
-twenty-four hours; take them out; wash them well, and let them boil for
-ten minutes; throw off the water; make a rich syrup; after boiling the
-peel till they are tender, put them in the syrup; let them boil for ten
-minutes; and when the syrup is thick, pour it over the peel.
-
-
-SCOTCH CAKE.
-
-Beat to a cream one pound of sugar, and three quarters of a pound of
-butter; beat separately nine eggs; put them into the cake; add the
-juice and grated rind of a lemon, and a wine-glass full of brandy;
-then add one pound of sifted flour; and just before it is put in the
-pans, a pound of seeded raisins.
-
-
-HARD GINGER BREAD.
-
-One quart of molasses, one pound of brown sugar, three quarters of a
-pound of butter, cloves, and ginger, to the taste; with very little
-cayenne pepper; flour enough to roll it out. The cake must be very
-thin, and bake in a slow oven.
-
-
-GINGER JUMBLES.
-
-One cup full of butter, two cups full of sugar, and one cup full of
-molasses, one of cream, and a teaspoonful of soda; dissolve in a small
-quantity of thick milk a tablespoonful of ginger, two eggs, a glass of
-wine, and flour sufficient to roll out thin.
-
-
-SPICE NUTS.
-
-Two pounds of butter, and the same of flour, one quarter of a pound of
-ginger, an ounce of cake seed, the same of cloves, and cinnamon, one
-quart of molasses, three quarters of a pound of sugar, and nutmeg; roll
-out thin, and bake.
-
-
-QUAKER CAKE.
-
-Three cups full of sugar, one cup full of butter, six eggs, five cups
-full of flour, one teaspoonful of soda; season with lemons or almonds
-to the taste.
-
-
-A. P. S.
-
-Cut fine half a pound of butter, in three quarters of flour, half a
-pound of sugar, a glass of wine and brandy, rose water, and spice to
-your taste; then mix in two ounces of flour, reserving two ounces to
-mould them in.
-
-
-DOVER CAKE.
-
-Take one pound of sugar, half a pound of butter, six eggs, one
-teaspoonful of soda, one cup full of sour milk, one pound of flour;
-season to the taste.
-
-
-
-
-Articles of Diet for the Sick.
-
-Here we may observe that neatness in serving up, as well as care and
-cleanliness in the preparation, makes food for the sick room more
-likely to be attractive to the fastidious appetite of the invalid.
-
-
-BARLEY WATER.
-
-Wash well a tea-cup full of pearl barley; put it in a sauce pan, with
-two quarts of water, and a small cup full of raisins; boil it to a
-quart; then strain, and add sugar, nutmeg, and lemon juice, to your
-taste.
-
-
-OATMEAL GRUEL.
-
-Mix smoothly a dessert spoonful of meal, with two of cold water; pour
-on a pint of boiling water, and let it boil for fifteen minutes,
-stirring all the time; sugar or salt may be added as preferred. Wine is
-sometimes used.
-
-
-CORN MEAL GRUEL.
-
-Wash several times in cold water, three tablespoonsful of corn meal;
-pouring off the water as it settles; then pour on a quart of water,
-and boil, stirring all the time; add a little salt; strain and sweeten,
-adding butter, wine, and nutmeg.
-
-
-ARROW ROOT.
-
-Mix a dessert spoonful of arrow root smoothly, in a little cold water;
-pour on it a pint of boiling water; let it boil five minutes; then
-sweeten to your taste, and add nutmeg and wine. If richer food is
-required, this can be made in the same way, with milk instead of water.
-
-
-WINE WHEY.
-
-To half a pint of boiling milk, add one glass full of sherry wine, and
-a little sugar; let it boil until the curd has separated, and strain
-through a fine sieve.
-
-
-RICE GRUEL.
-
-Stir into a pint of boiling water, a tablespoonful of rice flour,
-which has been mixed with a little water; let it boil fifteen minutes,
-stirring all the time; then season with sugar and nutmeg, or a little
-cream.
-
-
-TAMARIND WATER.
-
-Upon a gill of good tamarinds, pour a pint of boiling water; cover it,
-and let it stand until cold, with a lump of ice: it is very grateful to
-a feverish person. Both currant and quince jelly make pleasant drinks,
-prepared in the same way.
-
-
-CREAM OF TARTAR PUNCH.
-
-Pour on a teaspoonful of cream of tartar, a tumbler full of boiling
-water; sweeten to your taste, with loaf sugar, and drink as hot as
-possible, upon getting into bed; a teaspoonful of nitre in it is
-excellent for a fever, or a cold.
-
-
-LEMONADE.
-
-Squeeze and strain the juice of six lemons into three pints of ice
-water; sweeten to your taste: by adding a gill of good French brandy,
-it will be lemon punch. Some persons prefer it made with boiling water,
-and then cooled with ice.
-
-
-VEGETABLE SOUP.
-
-Slice one potato, one turnip, one onion, one carrot, and a little
-celery; boil in a quart of water one hour; toast some bread nicely; cut
-in small pieces, and lay in a bowl: add salt to the soup, and pour over
-the toast.
-
-
-TOAST WATER.
-
-Let the water be boiled and cooled; then toast bread of a deep brown,
-and pour over it the water; let it stand half an hour. A small piece of
-dried lemon or orange peel gives it a pleasant taste.
-
-
-SAGO.
-
-Sago should be well washed; put a tablespoonful in a pint of milk, and
-boil it until it is quite soft; sweeten to the taste, and add wine or
-lemon juice. Tapioca is made in the same way, but does not require so
-much washing.
-
-
-CARRAGEEN MOSS.
-
-Pour upon one ounce of carrageen (after it has been well washed) one
-quart of warm water; cover it, and let it stand on top of a stove
-all night: it will form a tasteless jelly, which when sweetened and
-seasoned with lemon, is palatable and strengthening.
-
-
-CRACKER JELLY.
-
-Take a quarter of a pound of crackers; pour on them two quarts of
-water; boil down to one quart; strain it: add one pound of sugar, one
-pint of Madeira wine, and a little nutmeg.
-
-
-BEEF TEA.
-
-Take a tender, juicy piece of beef; cut into small pieces; put into
-a bottle with a little salt, and a tablespoonful of water: place the
-bottle in a pan of hot water, and let it boil three quarters of an hour.
-
-
-BEEF TEA.
-
-Cut up into small pieces a pound of juicy beef; cover it with a quart
-of water, and let it stand for two hours: then boil it until it is
-reduced to a pint; let it cool: skim off all the grease; then boil
-again; drink it while warm.
-
-
-BALM TEA.
-
-Pour upon a tea-cup full of the leaves of dried balm, a pint of boiling
-water; let it stand fifteen minutes, when it is ready for use.
-
-
-CHICKEN TEA.
-
-Wash in cold water the leg and wing of a young chicken; put it in a
-stew pan, with a pint of water and a little salt; cover it, and let it
-boil twenty minutes; then skim and strain it.
-
-
-MILK TOAST.
-
-Cut a thin slice from a loaf of stale baker’s bread; toast it a light
-brown. Boil half a pint of milk, and a small piece of butter ten
-minutes; then sprinkle in a little salt, and pour over the toast. Cream
-toast is made in the same way.
-
-
-TO KEEP FLOWERS FOR A LONG TIME.
-
-To one quart of water, add one teaspoonful of carbonate of soda: do not
-change the water.
-
-
-TO KEEP FURS FROM MOTHS.
-
-Get the gum camphor; as soon as you can do without the furs, beat them,
-and put small pieces of camphor rolled in paper, in, and around them;
-sew them up tightly in linen, and keep in a cool place. Black pepper
-will not prevent the moths getting in, nor will it kill them.
-
-
-TO WASH FLANNELS.
-
-Wash them in clean suds as hot as you can bear the hands in; then in
-water of the same temperature, with a little soap in, but not so much
-as the first; rinse in hot water, and hang up immediately.
-
-
-TO WASH WINDOWS.
-
-Never put soap on the windows, but wash them off with a shammy, and
-then dry them with the same; if the shammy cannot be obtained, paper
-will answer, but it is not so good.
-
-
-TO WASH BOTTLES BELONGING TO THE CASTOR.
-
-Wash them well with water, with a little soap and soda in it, also some
-clean coarse sand or rice to get the marks out.
-
-
-TO WASH CALICOES.
-
-Wash out the grease spots before putting the dress in, as the spots
-cannot be seen after it is wet; wash them well through two suds; then
-rinse them, throwing a little salt in the water to set the colours;
-starch and hang them in the shade, as the sun will fade them. If the
-calico is black, make the starch water as blue as possible. Wash, and
-hang up quickly.
-
-
-TO GATHER GARDEN HERBS.
-
-Herbs should be gathered on a dry day, just before they blossom. Wash
-them and hang them in a dry place; as soon as they are dry, put them
-in a paper bag. Sage, sweet marjoram, summer savoury, and thyme should
-be pounded fine, and kept in bottles corked tight. When parsley is dry,
-cut it fine, and keep in bottles.
-
-
-FOR A COUGH.
-
-Make a strong tea of hoarhound; then strain it, and add half a pound of
-the best loaf sugar, to a pint of the tea: let it simmer till thick;
-then bottle it, and take a little two or three times a day.
-
-
-FOR A SORE THROAT OR MOUTH.
-
-Make a sage tea by boiling some sage leaves; when strong, add honey and
-some alum or borax. Gargle the throat with this often through the day.
-
-
-FOR THE STING OF A BEE OR WASP.
-
-Rub the part with hot tallow, or with hartshorn, or wet clay.
-
-
-FOR POISON.
-
-Mix in a tumbler full of warm water one teaspoonful of the flour of
-mustard; drink while warm: it will make the patient throw off the
-poison. This is good for the cramp.
-
-
-FOR BURNS.
-
-When the skin is not off, apply scraped raw potatoes. When the skin is
-off, apply sweet oil and cotton, or linseed oil and lime water made
-into a paste. Elder ointment is very good: make the ointment of the
-green bark of the elder; stew in lard.
-
-Linseed oil and lime water mixed in a paste, is also an excellent cure.
-
-
-TO PICK DUCKS AND GEESE.
-
-Dip them in boiling water; then wrap them for a few moments in flannel,
-and pick them, holding them by the feet, with the head down; be careful
-to dry the feathers as soon as possible. A very good way to cure
-feathers is to put them several times in a brick oven after the bread
-comes out: then let them lie on the ground for several days, bringing
-them in at night. This will take away all the disagreeable smell which
-is so unpleasant in feathers when they are not properly dried.
-
-
-TO TAKE INK STAINS OUT OF LINEN.
-
-Rub the stain with lemon juice and salt, or a little hot tallow; when
-the lemon juice and salt are used, it must go in the sun for several
-hours; then rinse it: new milk boiling hot will take out most kinds of
-fruit stains; dip in them when dry, and repeat it often.
-
-
-TO CLEAN CARPETS.
-
-Shake them well; then spread them on a clean floor, and rub them with a
-soft brush dipped in camphine, or with a piece of cloth: when they are
-dry, if the grease is not out, repeat the operation.
-
-
-TO TAKE GREASE SPOTS OUT OF SILK OR WOOLLEN.
-
-Rub the spots with a sponge dipped in camphine; rub, or if the article
-soiled be silk, spread magnesia on the wrong side; let it remain for a
-day or two; then brush it off, and the spot will have disappeared.
-
-
-TO CLEAN KNIVES AND FORKS.
-
-The iron filings from the blacksmith shop are excellent to clean knives
-and forks with. Rotten stone or fine brick dust is also very good. Do
-not put the handles in hot water, as this injures them; wipe them dry,
-and keep them rolled in brown paper.
-
-
-TO CLEAN BRASS AND COPPER UTENSILS.
-
-All brass and copper utensils should be well cleaned before using them,
-with hot vinegar and salt, then washed in hot water; keep the vessel
-warm till ready for use; when done with it, clean it well, and keep in
-a dry place.
-
-
-TO CLEAN BRITANNIA.
-
-Rub them well with sweet oil and whitening; when dry, rub them off with
-buckskin. If they are well washed in hot soap suds, and rinsed in clean
-hot water every day, and let dry quickly near the fire or in the sun,
-they will seldom require rubbing.
-
-
-TO CLEAN STOVES.
-
-Mix some British lustre with alum water; put it on with a brush, and
-with a dry brush rub it off.
-
-
-TO PRESERVE CORN FOR WINTER USE.
-
-Take off all the outside husks; fasten the inside ones down tight, and
-pack in barrels or boxes with salt in alternate layers; keep in a cool
-place, or the corn will heat and spoil.
-
-
-TO PRESERVE GRAPES.
-
-Gather the bunches on a dry day; be careful that the grapes are all
-sound; pack them in sawdust or cotton: put them in a box; fasten it up,
-and keep in a dry place.
-
-
-
-
-INDEX.
-
-
- A.
-
- Albonnie Cake, 105
-
- Almond Cake, 102, 115
-
- Almond Cream, 91
-
- Almond Pudding, 81
-
- Apple Charlotte, 94
-
- Apple Dumplings, 85
-
- Apple Dumpling Sauce, 29
-
- Apple Float, 90
-
- Apple Fritters, 86
-
- Apples, Iced, 90
-
- Apple Jelly, 120
-
- Apples in Jelly, 141
-
- Apple Pudding, 98
-
- Apple Sauce, 29
-
- Apples and Rice, 93
-
- Apple Toddy, 137
-
- Apricots, 121
-
- Arrow Root (for the sick,) 147
-
- Arrow Root Pudding, 80
-
- Asparagus, 58
-
- A. P. S., 112, 145
-
-
- B.
-
- Balm Tea, 150
-
- Barley Water, 144
-
- Bass, Sea, 19
-
- Batter Cakes, Corn, 74
-
- Bean Soup, 16
-
- Beans, Lima, 58
-
- Beans, String, 58
-
- Beef, To roast, 30
-
- Beef, To stew, 31
-
- Beef, To boil Corned, 33
-
- Beef, To cure, 41
-
- Beef Soup, 11, 12
-
- Beef Steak Pie, 32
-
- Beef Steaks, 31
-
- Beef a La Mode, 23
-
- Beef Brisket, (baked,) 32
-
- Beef’s Heart, 33
-
- Beef Tea, 149
-
- Beef Tongues, To cure, 42
-
- Beer, Spruce, 132
-
- Beets, To boil, 63
-
- Biscuit, Light, 71
-
- Biscuit, Maryland, 71
-
- Biscuit, Philadelphia Milk, 70
-
- Biscuit, Tea, 71
-
- Blackberry Flummery, 119
-
- Blackberry Pie, 77
-
- Brandy, Cherry, 131
-
- Brandy, Wild Cherry, 129
-
- Brandy, Rose, 129
-
- Bread, 68
-
- Bread in a Brick Oven, To bake, 68
-
- Bread, Diet, 69
-
- Bread, Indian, 74
-
- Bread, Potato, 72
-
- Bread Pudding, 79
-
- Bread Rolls, 69
-
- Breakfast Cakes, Indian, 75
-
- Brocoli, 65
-
- Broth, Chicken, 137
-
- Broth, Mutton, 21
-
- Buckwheat Cakes, 72
-
- Burns, For, 152
-
- Butter, 65
-
- Butter Drops, 111
-
- Butter, Melted, 26
-
- Butter, To keep, 66
-
- Butternuts, To pickle, 126
-
- Bunns, 107
-
- Bunns, Philadelphia, 69
-
- Bunns, Spanish, 112
-
-
- C.
-
- Cabbage, To boil, 64
-
- Cabbage, To pickle, 127
-
- Cakes, 99
-
- Cake, A very cheap, 108, 115
-
- Cake, A good small, 113
-
- Cake, Albonnie, 105
-
- Cake, Almond, 112, 115
-
- Cake, Almond (Small,) 110
-
- Cakes, Buckwheat, 72
-
- Cake, Carolina, 107
-
- Cake, Cheese, 141
-
- Cake, Cinnamon, 116
-
- Cake, Cocoanut, 109, 111, 140
-
- Cake, Cocoanut Pound, 114
-
- Cake, Cocoanut and Almond, 109
-
- Cake, Composition, 104
-
- Cake, Corn Batter, 74
-
- Cake, Cream, 113
-
- Cake, Cup, 106
-
- Cake, Currant, 140
-
- Cake, Diamond, 112
-
- Cake, Dover, 146
-
- Cake, Drop, 110
-
- Cake, Every day, 115
-
- Cake, Federal, 110
-
- Cake, Flannel, 72
-
- Cake, German, 71
-
- Cake, Home made Pound, 115
-
- Cake, Icing for, 99, 114
-
- Cake, Indian Breakfast, 75
-
- Cake, Jelly, 105
-
- Cake, Journey, 74
-
- Cake, Lady, 109
-
- Cake, Lemon, 101
-
- Cake, Lemon Drop, 113
-
- Cake, Loaf, 104
-
- Cake, Ohio, 111
-
- Cake, Plum or Fruit, 108
-
- Cake, Potato, 75
-
- Cake, Pound, 108, 115
-
- Cake, Quaker, 145
-
- Cake, Queen, 102
-
- Cake, Sassafras, 107
-
- Cake, Savoy, 114
-
- Cake, Scotch, 113, 144
-
- Cake, Seed, 104
-
- Cake, Soda, 70
-
- Cake, Spanish, 112
-
- Cake, Sponge, 105, 140
-
- Cake, Sugar, 111
-
- Cake, White, 107
-
- Cake, Warwick, 108
-
- Calf’s Feet Jelly, 96
-
- Calf’s Feet, To stew, 35
-
- Calf’s Head or Mock Turtle, 34
-
- Calf’s Head Soup, 14, 132, 133, 134
-
- Calicoes, To wash, 151
-
- Candy, Molasses, 142
-
- Candy with Kernels of Nuts, 143
-
- Caper and Nasturtion Sauce, 26
-
- Carrageen or Irish Moss Jelly, 143, 149
-
- Carrots, 55
-
- Castor Bottles, To wash, 151
-
- Catfish Soup, 15
-
- Catsup, Mushroom, 128
-
- Catsup, Tomato, 127
-
- Catsup, Walnut, 128
-
- Cauliflower, 54, 127
-
- Celery Sauce, 27
-
- Celery Vinegar, 28
-
- Charlotte Russe, 96
-
- Cheese Cake, 141
-
- Cheese and Eggs, To cook, 142
-
- Cherries, (Morella,) or Carnation, 120
-
- Cherry Shrub, 131
-
- Cherry Brandy, 131
-
- Chicken, To fry, 45
-
- Chicken, To roast, 45
-
- Chicken, To stew, 46
-
- Chicken, To broil, 46
-
- Chicken, To bake, 46
-
- Chicken, To boil, 47
-
- Chicken Broth, 13
-
- Chicken Pie, 46
-
- Chicken Tea, 150
-
- Chicken with Curry, To cook, 47
-
- Chicken in Batter, To cook, 47
-
- Chicken Salad, 51
-
- Chicken Soup, 13
-
- Chine, To boil and freeze, 43
-
- Chocolate, To make, 67
-
- Chocolate Cream, 92, 95
-
- Chocolate Custard, 97
-
- Chops, Mutton, 37
-
- Citron Melon, To preserve, 119
-
- Clam Soup, 17, 135
-
- Clams, To fry, 22
-
- Clams, To stew, 22
-
- Cocoanut Cream, 91
-
- Cocoanut Pound Cake, 114
-
- Cocoanut Pudding, 79
-
- Cod, To boil fresh, 18
-
- Cod, To dress salt, 20
-
- Coffee, To make, 66
-
- Cologne, 130
-
- Composition Cake, 104
-
- Cookies, New York, 111
-
- Cordial, Blackberry, 129, 131
-
- Corn, To boil, 62
-
- Corn, To fricassee, 59
-
- Corn, for Winter, To keep, 59
-
- Corn Batter Cakes, 74
-
- Cornmeal Gruel, 146
-
- Cottage Cheese, 25
-
- Cottage Pudding, 140
-
- Cough, For a, 152
-
- Crab Apples, To preserve, 123
-
- Crabs, To boil, 22
-
- Crabs, To stew, 22
-
- Cracker Jelly, 149
-
- Cranberry Sauce, 30
-
- Cream, To freeze, 90
-
- Cream, Almond, 91
-
- Cream, Chocolate, 92
-
- Cream, Cocoanut, 91
-
- Cream, Ice, 91
-
- Cream, Lemon, 91
-
- Cream, Raspberry, 91, 95
-
- Cream Sauce, 28
-
- Croquettes, To make, 49
-
- Croquettes of sweet Breads, 53
-
- Crullers, 103
-
- Cucumbers, 63
-
- Cucumbers, To pickle, 125, 142
-
- Cup-Cake, 106
-
- Currant Cake, 140
-
- Currant Jelly, 119, 144
-
- Currant Pies, 77
-
- Currant Shrub, 130
-
- Custard, A good, 99
-
- Custard, Boiled, 97
-
- Custard, Cold, 89
-
- Custard, Chocolate, 97
-
- Custard Pudding, 98
-
- Custard, Swiss, 84
-
- Custard with Fruit, Iced, 93
-
- Custard, Sponge Cake, 83
-
-
- D.
-
- Dessert, 84
-
- Diet for the Sick, 146
-
- Doughnuts, 103
-
- Dried Fruit, To stew, 30
-
- Ducks, To stew, 47
-
- Ducks, Wild, 48
-
- Dumplings, Apple, 85
-
- Dumplings, Fruit, 85
-
- Dumplings, Peach, 85
-
-
- E.
-
- Eggs, To boil, 53
-
- Eggs, To fry, 53
-
- Eggs, To poach, 53
-
- Eggs and Tomatoes, 62
-
- Eggs, To keep, 66
-
- Eggs, Scrambled, 53
-
- Egg Plant, To fry, 60
-
- Egg Plant, To stew, 60
-
- Egg Sauce, 26
-
- Egg Soup, 135
-
- Egg Toast, 52
-
- Elderberry Jam, 144
-
- Elderberry Wine, 129
-
-
- F.
-
- Fish, 17
-
- Flannel Cakes, 72
-
- Flannels, To wash, 151
-
- Floating Island, 89
-
- Florendines, 78
-
- Flowers, To keep, 150
-
- Fondus, 39
-
- Freezing Cream, 90
-
- Fritters, Apple, 86
-
- Fritters, Boiled Milk, 86
-
- Fritters, Indian Meal, 85
-
- Fritters, Rice Flour, 88
-
- Furs from Moths, To keep, 150
-
-
- G.
-
- German Cakes, 71
-
- Gingerbread, A very good, 101, 116
-
- Gingerbread, Crisp, 100
-
- Gingerbread, Hard, 110, 145
-
- Gingerbread, Light, 99
-
- Gingerbread Nuts, 100
-
- Gingerbread, Soft Molasses, 100
-
- Gingerbread, Spiced, 101
-
- Ginger Jumbles, 145
-
- Goose, To roast, 44
-
- Gooseberry Fool, 90
-
- Grape Jelly, Green, 120
-
- Gravy, 29
-
- Greens, To boil, 57
-
- Gruel, Cornmeal, 146
-
- Gruel, Oatmeal, 146
-
- Gruel, Rice, 147
-
- Guinea Fowl, 137
-
-
- H.
-
- Haddock, 19
-
- Halibut, To boil, 18
-
- Halibut, To fry, 18
-
- Ham, To boil, 42
-
- Ham, To boil Stuffed, 42
-
- Ham, To bake, 42
-
- Hams and Shoulders, To cure, 42
-
- Hen’s Nest, 96
-
- Herbs, To gather, 151
-
- Herring, To pickle, 19
-
- Hog’s Head Cheese, 44
-
- Hominy, 59
-
- Hominy, To fry, 59
-
-
- I.
-
- Ice Cream, 91
-
- Icing for Cakes, 99, 114
-
- Indian Bread, 74
-
- Indian Breakfast Cakes, 75
-
- Indian Meal Fritters, 85
-
- Indian Pudding, 78
-
- Irish Moss, 89
-
- Isinglass, To clarify, 94
-
- Italian Macaroni, 51
-
-
- J.
-
- Jam, Elderberry, 144
-
- Jam, Raspberry, 120
-
- Jam, Strawberry, 121
-
- Jelly, 143
-
- Jelly, Apple, 120
-
- Jelly Cake, 105
-
- Jelly, Calf’s Feet, 96
-
- Jelly, Cracker, 149
-
- Jelly, Currant, 119, 144
-
- Jelly, Green Grape, 120
-
- Jelly, (Irish Moss) or Carrageen, 143
-
- Jelly, Madeira, 95
-
- Jelly Puffs, 92
-
- Jelly, Quince, 118
-
- Jelly, Raspberry, 120
-
- Jelly, Strawberry, 94
-
- Journey Cake, 74
-
- Jumbles, Common, 103
-
- Jumbles, Good, 102
-
- Jumbles, Ginger, 145
-
-
- K.
-
- Kidneys, 39
-
- Kisses, 106
-
-
- L.
-
- Lady Fingers, 105
-
- Lamb with Peas, To stew, 36
-
- Lemonade, 148
-
- Lemon Cake, 101
-
- Lemon Cream, 91
-
- Lemon Juice, To keep, 130
-
- Lemon Peel, To preserve, 142
-
- Lemon Pudding, 82
-
- Lima Beans, 58
-
- Limes, To preserve, 123
-
- Liver, 39
-
- Loaf Cake, 104
-
- Lobsters, To boil, 22
-
- Lobster Sauce, 27
-
- Lobsters, Stewed, 22
-
-
- M.
-
- Macaroni, 50
-
- Macaroni with Cream, 51
-
- Macaroni, Italian, 51
-
- Macaroni Pudding, 87
-
- Macaroons, 102
-
- Mackerel, To boil, 21
-
- Mangoes, To pickle, 124
-
- Marmalade, Peach, 117
-
- Marmalade, Quince, 118
-
- Mead, 132
-
- Melted Butter, 26
-
- Merang aux Pomme, in Paste, 83
-
- Merang aux Pomme, with Cream, 83
-
- Merangues, 103
-
- Mince Pies, 77
-
- Mint Sauce, 27
-
- Mock Turtle Soup, 14
-
- Mock Turtle or Calf’s Head, 34
-
- Muffins, Mush, 73
-
- Muffins, Quick, 73
-
- Muffins, Rice, 73
-
- Muffins, Risen, 70
-
- Mullagatawny Soup, 15
-
- Munsey Pudding, 80
-
- Mush, To make, 74
-
- Mush Rolls, 69
-
- Mushrooms, To pickle, 126
-
- Mushrooms, To stew, 64
-
- Mushroom Sauce, 27
-
- Mutton, To hash, 139
-
- Mutton, To roast a Loin of, 36
-
- Mutton, To roast a Leg of, 36
-
- Mutton, To boil a Breast of, 37
-
- Mutton, To boil a Leg of, 38
-
- Mutton, To salt a Leg of, 37
-
- Mutton, To stew, 38
-
- Mutton with Mushrooms, To stew, 38
-
- Mutton like Venison, To dress, 37
-
- Mutton like Venison, To stew, 39
-
- Mutton Broth, 12
-
- Mutton Chops, 37
-
- Mutton Chops like Venison, 38
-
- Mutton Steaks, 37
-
-
- N.
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- Nasturtions, To pickle, 125
-
- Noodles for Soup, 49
-
-
- O.
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- Ochras for Winter, To dry, 62
-
- Ochra Soup, 15
-
- Ointment for Mortification, 143
-
- Omelet, 54
-
- Omelet Souffle, 54
-
- Omelette with Cheese, 52
-
- Omelette with Oysters, 52
-
- Onions, To cook, 63
-
- Onion Sauce, 27
-
- Onions, To pickle, 124
-
- Orange Pudding, 80
-
- Oranges, A fancy dish of, 82
-
- Orange Peel, To preserve, 144
-
- Orgeat, 130
-
- Ox Tail Soup, 14
-
- Oysters, Broiled, 22
-
- Oyster Fritters, 24
-
- Oysters, Pickled, 23
-
- Oyster Pie, 23
-
- Oyster Plant or Salsify, 55
-
- Oysters, Roasted, 23
-
- Oyster Sauce, 26
-
- Oysters, Scalloped, 24
-
- Oyster Soup, 13, 136
-
- Oysters, Stewed, 23
-
-
- P.
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- Pancakes, 86
-
- Parsnips, 55
-
- Partridges, 49
-
- Peaches, To preserve, 116
-
- Peaches in Brandy, To preserve, 117
-
- Peach Cheese, 95
-
- Peach Dumplings, 85
-
- Peach Ice, 92
-
- Peach Marmalade, 117
-
- Peaches, Spiced, 119
-
- Peaches like Figs, To dry, 123
-
- Peas, 58
-
- Pea Soup, 16
-
- Pears, 118
-
- Perch, To fry, 21
-
- Pepper Sauce, 28
-
- Pepper-pot, 49
-
- Peppers, To pickle, 125
-
- Pheasants, To roast, 48
-
- Piccalille, 127
-
- Pickles, 124
-
- Pie, Blackberry, 77
-
- Pie, Currant, 77
-
- Pies, Mince, 77
-
- Pies, Peach, 78
-
- Pies, Rhubarb, 77
-
- Pig, To roast, 40
-
- Pig’s Feet, To fry, 40
-
- Pig’s Feet, To souse, 41
-
- Pig’s Head, 40
-
- Pigeons, 49
-
- Pignolattis, 140
-
- Pine Apples, 121
-
- Pine Apple Preserves, 123
-
- Plums, 119
-
- Plums, Green Gage, 121
-
- Plums, Magnum Bonum, 121
-
- Poison, For, 152
-
- Polenta, To make, 50
-
- Pone, Lightened, 74
-
- Pork, To roast, 40
-
- Potatoes, To boil, 55
-
- Potatoes, To fry, 56
-
- Potatoes, To stew, 56
-
- Potatoes, Mashed, 56
-
- Potatoes, To roast, 57
-
- Potato Cakes, 75
-
- Potato Rolls, 72
-
- Potato Puffs, 114
-
- Preserves, 116
-
- Preserves, Pine Apple, 123
-
- Pudding, Almond, 88
-
- Pudding, Apple, 98
-
- Pudding, Arrow Root, 80
-
- Pudding, Bird’s Nest, 98
-
- Pudding, Bread, 79
-
- Pudding, Cocoanut, 79
-
- Pudding, Corn Starch, 87
-
- Pudding, Cottage, 140
-
- Pudding, Cream, 78
-
- Pudding, Custard, 98
-
- Pudding, Farina, 87
-
- Pudding, Flour (baked,) 86
-
- Pudding, Flour (boiled,) 98
-
- Pudding, Green Corn, 99
-
- Pudding, Indian, 78
-
- Pudding, Lemon, 82
-
- Pudding, Macaroni, 87
-
- Pudding, Munsey, 80
-
- Pudding, Orange, 80
-
- Pudding, Peach, 81
-
- Pudding, Plum, 81
-
- Pudding, Poor Man’s, 79
-
- Pudding, Pumpkin, 82
-
- Pudding, Quick, 86
-
- Pudding, Rice, 78, 87
-
- Pudding, Rice (Jersey,) 80
-
- Pudding, Rice (boiled,) 88
-
- Pudding, Sago, 79
-
- Pudding, Sponge Cake, 80
-
- Pudding, Sweet Potato, 81
-
- Pudding, Tapioca, 79
-
- Pudding, Transparent, 97
-
- Pudding, Vermicelli, 87
-
- Puff Paste, 75, 76
-
- Puffs, French, 92
-
- Puffs, Jelly, 92
-
- Puffs, Potato, 114
-
- Punch, Cream of Tartar, 148
-
- Punch, Roman, 137
-
-
- Q.
-
- Queen Cake, 102
-
- Quinces, 117
-
- Quince Jelly, 118
-
- Quince Marmalade, 118
-
-
- R.
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- Rabbits, To fry, 48
-
- Rabbits, To stew, 48
-
- Raspberry Cream, 91, 95
-
- Raspberry Jam, 120
-
- Raspberry Vinegar, 130
-
- Rennet, To prepare, 25
-
- Rice Flour Fritters, 88
-
- Rice Gruel, 147
-
- Rice Milk, 88
-
- Rice Pudding, 78, 80, 87, 88
-
- Rice Sponge Cake, 106
-
- Rock Fish, To boil, 21
-
- Rock Fish, To fry, 21
-
- Rolls, Bread, 69
-
- Rolls, Mush, 69
-
- Rolls, Potato, 72
-
- Rolls, Twist, 70
-
- Rologee, 39
-
- Rose Brandy, 129
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- Rusks, 109
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- Rusks, (Common,) 115
-
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- S.
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- Sago, 148
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- Salad, To dress, 54
-
- Salad, Chicken, 51
-
- Sally Lunn, 72
-
- Salmon, To boil, 20
-
- Salmon, To pickle, 20
-
- Salsify or Oyster Plant, 55
-
- Sauce, Venison, 29
-
- Sauce, Wine, 28
-
- Sausage Meat, To make, 43
-
- Scrapple, To make, 41
-
- Sea Bass, 19
-
- Sea Kale, 65
-
- Seed Cake, 104
-
- Shad, To bake, 17
-
- Shad, To broil, 18
-
- Shad, Potted, 138
-
- Shavings, 100
-
- Sheep’s Head, To boil, 19
-
- Slaw, Cold, 64
-
- Slaw, Hot or Cold, 64
-
- Smearcase, or Cottage Cheese, 25
-
- Smelts, To fry, 21
-
- Snipe or Woodcock, To roast, 48
-
- Snow, A dish of, 141
-
- Soda Cakes, 70
-
- Soup, Clam, 135
-
- Soup, Egg, 135
-
- Soup, Oyster, 136
-
- Soup, Turtle, 134
-
- Soup, Veal, 12
-
- Soup, Vegetable, 148
-
- Soup for the Sick, 136
-
- Spanish Olio, 50
-
- Spice Nuts, 145
-
- Spinach, 57
-
- Sponge Cake, 105, 140
-
- Sponge Cake in form of a Ham, 93
-
- Sponge Cake, Custard, 83
-
- Sponge Cake, Rice, 106
-
- Spruce Beer, 132
-
- Squashes, 63
-
- Sting of a Bee, or Wasp, 152
-
- Stock for Soups and Gravy, 138
-
- Strawberries, To preserve, 121
-
- Strawberry Jam, 121
-
- Strawberry Jelly, 94
-
- Strawberry Whips, 84
-
- Sturgeon, To boil, 19
-
- Succotash, 138
-
- Sugar, To clarify, 94
-
- Sugar Drops, 139
-
- Sweet Breads, 35
-
- Sweet Breads, To stew, 139
-
- Sweet Breads, To roast, 139
-
- Sweet Breads and Oyster Pie, 35
-
- Sweet Potatoes, To fry, 57
-
- Sweet Potatoes, To boil, 57
-
- Syllabub, 141
-
-
- T.
-
- Tamarind Water, 147
-
- Tea, To make, 66
-
- Tea, Balm, 150
-
- Terrapins, 24, 136
-
- Throat, For a Sore, 152
-
- Toast Water, 148
-
- Toast, Milk, 150
-
- Toddy, Apple, 137
-
- Tomatoes, To stew, 60, 61
-
- Tomatoes, To broil, 61
-
- Tomatoes, To bake, 61, 62
-
- Tomatoes and Ochras, 62
-
- Tomatoes, To pickle, 125
-
- Tomatoes, To pickle green, 126
-
- Tomatoes, To preserve green, 118
-
- Trifle, 89
-
- Tripe, To fry, 25
-
- Trout, 19
-
- Turbot, 18
-
- Turkey, To roast, 44
-
- Turkey, To boil, 45
-
- Turnips, 55
-
- Turtle Soup, 134
-
-
- V.
-
- Veal, 33
-
- Veal, To stew, 34
-
- Veal, To roast a Loin of, 33
-
- Veal, To bake a Fillet of, 34
-
- Veal Cutlets, 34
-
- Veal Gravy, 29
-
- Veal Potpie, 137
-
- Veal Soup, 12
-
- Vegetables for Winter, To keep, 64
-
- Venison Sauce, 29
-
- Vinegar, Celery, 28
-
- Vinegar, Raspberry, 130
-
-
- W.
-
- Wafers, 106
-
- Waffles, Quick, 73
-
- Water Melon Rinds, 122
-
- Whips, 89
-
- White Cake, 107
-
- Wild Cherry Brandy, 129
-
- Windows, To wash, 151
-
- Wine, Elderberry, 129
-
- Wine Sauce, 28
-
- Wine Whey, 147
-
- Woodcock, or Snipe, To roast, 48
-
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- Y.
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- Yeast, 67
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-<h1>
-<span class="small">THE</span><br />
-
-PHILADELPHIA HOUSEWIFE,<br />
-
-<span class="small">OR,</span><br />
-
-<span class="antiqua">Family Receipt Book.</span><br />
-
-<span class="small">BY</span><br />
-
-AUNT MARY.<br />
-
-<img src="images/i001.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />
-
-<span class="medium table">PHILADELPHIA:<br />
-J. B. LIPPINCOTT &amp; CO.<br />
-1855.</span></h1>
-<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_ii">ii</span></p>
-
-<p class="caption">
-Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1855,<br />
-<span class="smcap">By</span> J. B. LIPPINCOTT &amp; CO.,<br />
-<br />
-In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court, in and for the Eastern District of<br />
-Pennsylvania.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_iii">iii</span></p>
-
-<h2 id="PREFACE">PREFACE.</h2>
-
-<p>As the health of a family depends more
-upon the quality of their food than upon any
-other cause whatever, it is a public benefaction
-to give good advice upon this subject.
-That this advice may be most widely beneficial,
-it should have reference to the material
-and the preparation of food; and in both
-these respects, regard should be had to economy.
-The rich, who are able to provide the
-most choice and expensive articles of diet,
-frequently fail in having them prepared for
-the table in an agreeable and healthful manner;
-and the poor, and even those in moderate
-circumstances, are not only not generally
-well informed as to healthful and nutritious
-articles of food, which may be purchased at
-moderate expense, but when procured, they
-more generally err in the healthful preparation
-of them, mistaking high seasoning and
-rich mixtures for delicious and wholesome
-food. It is to aid the family in procuring
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_iv">iv</span>
-and preparing their food according to their
-means, and with a view to elegance, taste,
-and health, that the authoress of this book
-has been induced to publish these receipts
-and the accompanying advice and reflections.
-She does this at the solicitation of many
-heads of families, and with the confidence of
-knowledge founded on long personal experience.
-This is the only source of reliable
-knowledge on the subject of procuring and
-preparing healthful food, in good taste, and
-with elegance and economy.</p>
-
-<p>But proper materials may be obtained for
-food, and the cook may understand how to
-prepare them; yet she will fail if she does
-not have the kitchen furnished with proper
-articles for culinary purposes. Each of these
-articles should be kept in its proper place,
-and scrupulously clean, while every thing
-should be done with exactness, and at the
-proper time.</p>
-
-<p>The authoress has the greatest confidence
-that the circulation of this book will promote
-elegance and comfort in wealthy families, and
-economy and health in families of moderate
-means.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_9">9</span></p>
-
-<p class="ph1"><span class="small">THE</span><br />
-
-FAMILY RECEIPT BOOK.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PREPARE AND TO SELECT BEEF, MUTTON,
-LAMB, VEAL, AND BACON.</h3>
-
-<p>White meats, such as veal, mutton, and lamb,
-should be washed as quickly as possible, or the juices
-of the meat will be extracted by the water. Fresh
-beef should never be washed, but well scraped with
-a clean knife twice over; any soiled parts which
-cannot be scraped must be cut off. If the bones
-are soiled, saw off the part with the meat saw.
-Salted meat should be well washed in three or four
-waters, and soaked at least fifteen minutes in cold
-water, before putting it down to boil. The pot
-should be filled with cold water, and boil slowly till
-done, according to the size of the meat, or allow a
-quarter of an hour for every pound of the meat;
-quick boiling will make the meat hard and insipid.
-Be careful that it does not stop boiling, or the meat
-will be injured; remove the scum frequently. People
-are not generally aware of the injurious effects
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_10">10</span>
-from eating the flesh of diseased animals. It has
-been my practice to choose beef from the whiteness
-of the fat, and always object to it if a dark shade
-of yellow; let the fat be clear and thick, and the
-beef smooth and close; if otherwise, it is old. The
-flesh of a young ox should be a good red, and have
-a smooth and open grain, and feel tender. Pork
-may be judged by the thinness of the skin, and by
-pinching the lean; if young, it will break. When
-clammy, it is not fit for use. Fresh pork will be always
-cool and smooth. The fat of mutton should
-be white and firm, and the lean a good colour. If
-the vein in the neck of lamb has a greenish cast, it
-is stale: it should be of a bluish hue.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Bacon.</span>&mdash;The lean should be of a good colour,
-and tender, and firm on the bone, the fat should be
-firm and of a red tinge, and the rind thin. Try a
-ham by putting a sharp knife in under the bone. If
-the smell is agreeable, the ham is good; if otherwise,
-and the knife soiled, reject it. Veal,&mdash;The whitest
-is the most juicy, having been made so by frequent
-bleeding: the flesh of a bull calf is firmest, but of a
-darker colour. Old and diseased meat will shrink
-very much in cooking. Hams and tongues, if they
-are old and hard, should be put to soak in warm
-water the night before they are boiled. A large
-ham will take from four to six hours to boil, and a
-tongue will take nearly as long. They should be
-kept constantly boiling, and well skimmed: put
-them down in plenty of cold water. Fish should
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_11">11</span>
-always be boiled in hot water with a little salt in it:
-let them boil slowly.</p>
-
-<p>Wild fowls do not require as much cooking as
-tame. They should be done before a brisk fire, and
-be constantly basted. Wild ducks will cook sufficiently
-in a quarter of an hour; pheasants in
-twenty minutes. A large turkey will take from
-two hours and a half to three hours. Hen turkeys
-are the best for boiling. The time will depend
-on the size: if a large one, it will take two
-hours and a half, and should be boiled in a cloth.
-All meats when roasting should be put some distance
-from the fire, and brought gradually nearer;
-the more they are turned and basted, the more juicy
-they will be. Vegetables should be freshly gathered;
-they are much sweeter and more healthy, if cooked
-as soon as taken out of the ground. When potatoes
-are to be fried, throw them in water with plenty of
-ice in it after slicing. This will make them crisp.</p>
-
-<h3>BEEF SOUP, THIN.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash and scrape well a shin of beef, put it down
-early in the morning in plenty of cold water, with
-a piece of veal, and a small piece of lean ham; let
-it boil slowly one hour, and skim it well; then add
-two carrots, washed, scraped, and cut fine, six
-potatoes, four onions, and one turnip; some horse-radish
-cut in small pieces; season with black and
-cayenne pepper, and salt to your taste: about half
-an hour before it is done, put in a bunch of sweet
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_12">12</span>
-herbs, parsley, and a little celery cut in small pieces.
-You can either strain it or send it to table with the
-vegetables in it.</p>
-
-<h3>ANOTHER BEEF SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Boil a shin of beef the day before it is wanted.
-The next day put on your stock, after removing the
-fat from the top of it; then put in a tea-cup of barley,
-wash and cut up two carrots, three onions, one
-turnip, three tomatoes, put in parsley and the usual
-pot herbs, twenty minutes before it is done; season
-with cayenne and black pepper and salt to your
-taste.</p>
-
-<h3>VEAL SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Put into the soup kettle a small piece of ham; wash
-and cut up four onions; put them into the pot with the
-ham, and six quarts of water; let it boil slowly an
-hour and a half, then put in a shin of veal; let it
-boil an hour and a half longer; then take out the
-ham; skim off the grease as it rises; beat up in
-a gill of good cream, two table-spoonsful of flour,
-and the yolks of two eggs very light; and then
-add the soup; season with parsley, pepper, and
-salt, and serve up.</p>
-
-<h3>MUTTON BROTH.</h3>
-
-<p>Scrape and wash clean a breast of mutton; put
-it down in the soup kettle to boil with five quarts of
-water, put in a small cup of barley, or two tablespoonsful
-of rice; let it boil slowly three hours and
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_13">13</span>
-thirty minutes; skim it well; add carrots, a turnip,
-an onion, and a little parsley cut up; let it boil
-forty minutes longer; season with pepper and salt;
-serve hot. The carrots should be grated.</p>
-
-<h3>CHICKEN BROTH.</h3>
-
-<p>Chicken broth may be made in the same way.
-Some persons prefer rice, but rice is used in so
-many ways, that barley is more uncommon as well
-as more nutritious. Noodles or vermicelli can be
-substituted, if preferred.</p>
-
-<h3>CHICKEN SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Put a pair of chickens in the soup kettle, with five
-quarts of water, one large carrot grated, and let it
-boil; skim off the grease as it rises: after it has
-boiled three hours take out the chickens, and strain
-the liquor through a sieve; put it in the kettle
-again; add the vermicelli after it has boiled an
-hour, an onion chopped small, some pepper and
-salt, a few blades of mace, a little parsley cut fine.
-If you like, just before it is served up, add a small
-bunch of thyme.</p>
-
-<h3>OYSTER SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Strain the liquor from a hundred oysters into the
-soup kettle; add a quart of milk, a little mace, cloves,
-pepper and salt, with a little rolled cracker; boil
-20 minutes; then put in the oysters; stir frequently:
-fifteen minutes after the oysters are in, serve it up.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_14">14</span></p>
-
-<h3>MOCK TURTLE SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Clean very well a calf’s head, take out the eyes,
-cut off the nose; let it soak for ten minutes; then
-put it down with five quarts of water, a small piece
-of ham, four onions, and some salt; let these boil
-till tender, or till the meat will leave the bones;
-then strain it; add cloves, nutmeg, parsley, and
-thyme; let it stew slowly for an hour; add a small
-piece of butter rubbed in flour, some wine and
-mushroom catsup. You can then put the meat in
-or send the soup to table without it, as preferred.</p>
-
-<h3>CALF’S HEAD SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Prepare as above. Then put down the head and
-liver in six quarts of water; let them boil till tender;
-take them up; cut the meat in small pieces;
-be careful to take out all the bones; then put the
-meat into the liquor with three onions, some cloves,
-mace, and nutmeg, pepper, black and cayenne, and
-salt; set this on the fire; let it simmer gently an
-hour: just before taking it up, add a little butter
-rubbed in flour, and some wine.</p>
-
-<h3>OX-TAIL SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash and joint two ox-tails; pour over them in
-a soup kettle five quarts of water; when it comes to a
-boil skim it, and add some salt, three onions, two
-carrots cut fine, three turnips, four potatoes, a
-large bunch of pot herbs, some cayenne pepper,
-and a little rice flour; boil slowly for three hours,
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_15">15</span>
-but do not put in the vegetables till after it has
-been boiling two hours: half an hour before you
-take it up, add a little celery cut up fine.</p>
-
-<h3>MULLAGATAWNY SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>This soup is always made of the same materials,
-only varying in quantity. Brown in some butter
-six or eight onions; fry some pieces of rabbits and
-chicken; lay it upon the onions; have ready some
-stock, boiling hot; let it simmer gently for an hour
-and a quarter; then strain it through a sieve; add
-two quarts more of stock, and let it stew; mix with
-it three tea-spoonsful of currie powder, and two of
-brown flour with a little cold water; let it boil slowly
-for half an hour. If preferred, the juice of a lemon
-may be strained into it.</p>
-
-<h3>OCHRA SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash well a dozen and a half young ochras;
-slice them thin, three onions chopped fine; pour on
-these five quarts of water early in the morning with
-pepper and salt; let this stew slowly two hours;
-then put in a piece of veal and a piece of lean bacon,
-with seven or eight tomatoes, skinned and sliced;
-boil it till it is thick; serve hot to table.</p>
-
-<h3>CATFISH SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Take one large catfish, clean it well, cut off the
-head; then cut the fish in half; put it in a pot with
-two onions, and a bunch of parsley cut up fine, and
-some pepper and salt; put in a quart of water, and
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_16">16</span>
-stew slowly till the fish is tender; then add a pint
-of milk and a quart of water; let this all simmer
-for half an hour; roll a piece of butter in a little
-flour: in twenty minutes after the butter and flour
-go in, it will be sufficiently done.</p>
-
-<h3>DRIED PEA SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash a quart of dried peas well; put them in four
-quarts of water to soak over night; early in the morning
-place it over the fire in your soup kettle; when it
-has boiled three hours, put in a small piece of salt
-pork; add some salt, pepper, and two chopped onions;
-after it has boiled some time take out the pork; mash
-the peas, and strain the liquor through a sieve into
-a kettle; put the pork in again; skim off the fat;
-let it boil one hour; serve up hot with toast.</p>
-
-<h3>GREEN PEA SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Shell a quart of green peas; wash them, and put
-them down to boil with three quarts of water and a
-little salt; when it has boiled slowly an hour and a
-half, season with pepper and a little butter rolled
-in flour: boiling a few of the pods with the peas is
-an improvement.</p>
-
-<h3>BEAN SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash the beans and soak them over night; in the
-morning throw off the water, and put down the
-beans with five quarts of water and a small piece of
-salt pork; let it boil till the beans are perfectly
-soft; then take out the pork and either strain the
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_17">17</span>
-soup, or send it to table with the beans in, as preferred.</p>
-
-<h3>CLAM SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash the shells of a peck of clams carefully;
-put them to boil in two quarts of cold water; when
-the shells have opened, take off the liquor; return
-it to the soup kettle; take the clams out of the shells,
-put them in the pot with the seasoning; a little salt
-and pepper; rub in a small piece of butter, a dessert
-spoonful of flour; stir constantly till boiling hot;
-add some parsley chopped fine, and a pint of milk.</p>
-
-<h3>FISH.</h3>
-
-<p>Fresh fish are easily told by the redness of their
-gills. If the gills are white or the flesh is not hard
-to the touch, reject them. They are not fresh.
-Fish should be sent to table as soon as cooked.
-Broiled fish should be sprinkled with salt before
-broiling. When boiled, should have salt in the
-water.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BAKE A SHAD.</h3>
-
-<p>Shad should be fat. Clean it well, take out the
-inside and the gills. Score and salt the fish, make
-a dressing of bread, butter, pepper, salt, parsley,
-thyme and sweet marjoram; fill the fish with this;
-tie it up and put it in a pan with some water: dredge
-the fish with flour, let it cook slowly, baste it often;
-when nearly done, add some mushroom catsup to the
-gravy; season to your taste with pepper and salt.
-Take it up very carefully: bake half an hour.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_18">18</span></p>
-
-<h3>TO BROIL A SHAD.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut it down the back, sprinkle it with pepper
-and salt, grease your gridiron well, and put it down
-on the flesh side first. Let it be well done. Send hot
-to table.</p>
-
-<h3>FRESH COD BOILED.</h3>
-
-<p>Clean and wash it well; put it down to boil in
-the fish kettle. It will cook in half an hour; take
-it up carefully, garnish the dish with hard-boiled
-egg, and serve with egg sauce. All boiled fish should
-have salt in the water, or the fish will be insipid.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL HALIBUT.</h3>
-
-<p>Sprinkle it with salt, tie it up in a cloth, put it
-in the kettle in boiling water; let it boil slowly
-till done, which will depend upon the size, allowing
-eight minutes to a pound.</p>
-
-<h3>TO FRY HALIBUT.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut it into small pieces, season it with pepper and
-salt, dip it in the yolk of egg, then into rolled
-cracker: fry in hot lard, and serve it up.</p>
-
-<h3>TURBOT.</h3>
-
-<p>Turbot is one of the most delicious fish we have,
-when properly prepared and served. It must be
-washed with the greatest care, and cut down the
-middle of the back, on the dark side of the fish.
-Have your kettle perfectly clean; put your fish into
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_19">19</span>
-boiling water, enough to cover it, with two table
-spoonsful of salt; let it boil slowly, skim it frequently.
-It will cook sufficiently in twenty minutes:
-drain and dish it; serve up hot with butter and egg
-sauce, or any other preferred.</p>
-
-<h3>TROUT.</h3>
-
-<p>Trout should be fried as perch.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL STURGEON.</h3>
-
-<p>Sturgeon may be boiled as rock fish, and served
-up with the same sauces. It is very good with
-spiced vinegar poured over when cold.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PICKLE FRESH HERRING.</h3>
-
-<p>First scale and clean them well, cut off the heads,
-put salt, pepper and cloves in the vinegar; boil it, and
-when cold, pour over the fish in a stone jar; set the
-jar on a warm stove for half a day; then put them
-in a cold place.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL SHEEP’S HEAD.</h3>
-
-<p>Sheep’s head is one of the most delicate fish, and
-should be boiled as rock fish; to be eaten with egg
-sauce, walnut catsup, or harvey sauce.</p>
-
-<h3>SEA BASS.</h3>
-
-<p>Sea bass are good either fried or boiled.</p>
-
-<h3>HADDOCK.</h3>
-
-<p>Haddock must be well cleaned and emptied of
-its contents; take out the gills and wash them inside
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_20">20</span>
-and out with particular care; lay them in warm
-water a little salted; drop in a small piece of saltpetre;
-skim the water frequently, and let them simmer
-from ten to fifteen minutes: serve hot with egg
-and other sauces to your taste.</p>
-
-<h3>TO DRESS A SALT COD.</h3>
-
-<p>Put your fish in water over night to soak; add a
-little vinegar to the water; wash it well: it should
-not boil, but simmer slowly for half an hour, or
-till tender: to be eaten with egg sauce and mashed
-potatoes: when cold, mix with mashed potatoes: dip
-them in egg, and fry them in hot lard.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PICKLE SALT SALMON.</h3>
-
-<p>Put it to soak over night; in the morning clean
-the scales and put it down to boil for ten minutes;
-take it up, and put it in a stone crock; boil some
-vinegar with a little mace, whole pepper and allspice;
-pour over the fish, and when perfectly cold,
-cover and set it away: this will keep for a length of
-time, and is a nice relish for tea.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL FRESH SALMON.</h3>
-
-<p>Tie it up in a cloth and put it in the kettle with
-boiling water; let it boil slowly, allowing ten minutes
-to each pound; sprinkle it with salt before
-putting it in the cloth; to be eaten with egg sauce
-and walnut catsup, or with fish sauce.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_21">21</span></p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL FRESH MACKEREL.</h3>
-
-<p>Sprinkle it with salt after cleaning: tie it in a
-cloth, and boil as other fish. It will boil sufficiently
-well in twenty-five minutes; serve with egg sauce.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL ROCK FISH.</h3>
-
-<p>Clean and wash it well, tie it up in a cloth, boil
-it in water and salt; let it boil gently according to
-the size: one weighing six pounds will cook in half
-an hour. Garnish the dish with hard-boiled egg;
-to be eaten with egg sauce.</p>
-
-<h3>TO FRY ROCK FISH.</h3>
-
-<p>To fry rock fish, dip them in Indian meal and fry
-in hot lard; score them and season with pepper and
-salt before you fry them.</p>
-
-<h3>TO FRY PERCH.</h3>
-
-<p>Clean them well, and sprinkle with pepper and
-salt, and fry in lard; scoring them and dipping them
-in Indian meal before frying.</p>
-
-<h3>TO FRY SMELTS.</h3>
-
-<p>These little fish must be drawn at the gills, as
-they must not be opened: they are a very delicate
-fish: season them with salt; beat up the yolk of egg
-very light, dip them in the egg; then in grated
-cracker; fry in hot lard; serve hot.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_22">22</span></p>
-
-<h3>LOBSTERS AND CRABS.</h3>
-
-<p>After washing them, put them alive in a pot of
-boiling water. Lobsters will boil in forty minutes,
-or longer, if they are very large. Crabs thirty minutes.
-Dress them with the yolk of hard-boiled
-eggs, oil, pepper, salt, and mustard.</p>
-
-<h3>TO STEW CLAMS.</h3>
-
-<p>Take equal quantities of the liquor and new milk;
-stew it, and when it comes to a boil, stir in the
-clams; season with pepper, salt and parsley.</p>
-
-<h3>TO FRY CLAMS.</h3>
-
-<p>Strain them; then make a batter of the yolks of
-two eggs, two table-spoonsful of flour, and a little
-milk; put them in and fry in hot lard.</p>
-
-<h3>TO STEW CRABS.</h3>
-
-<p>Put them into a pot of boiling water for ten minutes;
-then take out the meat and put it down with
-the juice that runs out, and very little water, pepper,
-salt, and butter; a few minutes will cook them.</p>
-
-<h3>LOBSTER STEWED.</h3>
-
-<p>Proceed as for crabs. Cut them into small pieces;
-then stew for a few minutes; season with cayenne
-pepper, salt and butter.</p>
-
-<h3>OYSTERS BROILED.</h3>
-
-<p>Take them from the shell and broil on an oyster
-iron; season with a little pepper, salt, and butter;
-serve them hot.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_23">23</span></p>
-
-<h3>TO ROAST OYSTERS IN THE SHELL.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash off the shells and place them on a large
-oyster gridiron; put it over the coals; turn them
-once: ten minutes will cook them.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PICKLE OYSTERS.</h3>
-
-<p>Put the oysters on in the juice, and boil them
-plump; then take the oysters out; add half as much
-vinegar as juice, a little mace, and some grains of
-pepper, to your taste; boil this slowly; pour over
-the oysters, and they are done.</p>
-
-<h3>TO STEW OYSTERS.</h3>
-
-<p>Take a hundred oysters; put them in a stew pan,
-with boiling water enough to cover them; stir them
-till they are plump; then take them out with a strainer;
-add half as much juice as there is water in the pot,
-with some mace, whole grains of pepper, and salt,
-half pint of cream, and piece of butter; two crackers
-rolled very fine, which sprinkle in; then put in the
-oysters, and keep stirring for a few minutes, when
-they will be done.</p>
-
-<h3>OYSTER PIE.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a puff paste; put some around the sides of
-a deep dish. Have a hundred good oysters; take
-each oyster out of the liquor with a wooden spoon
-or fork; mash as fine as possible the yolks of two
-hard-boiled eggs. Put in a layer of oysters, over
-which strew a little of the egg with some mace and
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_24">24</span>
-whole grains of pepper; then another layer of
-oysters with the egg, and spice as above, and so fill
-up the dish till the oysters are all in; strew a little
-butter on the top: then place precisely in the centre
-of the pie a small egg cup, so as to prevent the
-top paste touching the liquor; strain the liquor,
-and put in according to your judgment; cut a
-cross in the centre of the paste, and open it to
-let the steam escape; let it bake slowly. If you
-find the paste getting too brown, put a sheet of
-white paper over the top. If the oysters are fresh,
-add some salt.</p>
-
-<h3>OYSTER FRITTERS.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a batter in the usual way; have your lard
-boiling hot; drop in a spoonful of batter with an
-oyster in it, and let them brown; turn them once,
-so that each side may brown.</p>
-
-<h3>SCOLLOPED OYSTERS.</h3>
-
-<p>Put well buttered toasted bread around the sides
-of a deep dish; put in the oysters; season with salt,
-pepper, mace, and butter; strain into it a little of
-the liquor; strew bread crumbs over it, and bake
-in a quick oven.</p>
-
-<h3>TERRAPINS.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash them very well; then put them into a pot
-of boiling water; let them stay till you can easily
-take off the toe nails and the skin; take off the bottom
-shell; be careful in taking out the sand bag
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_25">25</span>
-and the gall; (the gall is in the liver) cut the terrapins
-up; save all the juice which runs out in cutting;
-take out the eggs; put the terrapins down to
-stew; season with cayenne pepper, salt; roll a piece
-of butter in flour and mix in; add some wine, and
-drop in the eggs just before taking them up. The
-quantity of wine and butter depends very much
-upon the taste of the cook; but a quarter of a pound
-to two terrapins will be sufficient; and half a pint of
-wine to four or five terrapins.</p>
-
-<h3>TO FRY TRIPE.</h3>
-
-<p>Have some lard boiling hot; cut your tripe in
-pieces three inches square; dip them in butter and
-fry.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PREPARE A RENNET.</h3>
-
-<p>A rennet is the stomach of the calf. As soon
-as the calf is killed, take it; wash it very quickly,
-and cover it with salt; let it lie three or four days;
-then stretch it on sticks; hang it up to dry: when
-dry, put it in a bag, and set it in a dry place to keep.</p>
-
-<h3>TO MAKE SMEARCASE OR COTTAGE CHEESE.</h3>
-
-<p>Keep thick milk near the fire till the whey
-has risen; pour it in a muslin bag, and hang it in
-the shade for twelve hours; then take it out and
-dress it with pepper, salt, and cream.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_26">26</span></p>
-
-<h2 class="antiqua">Sauces.</h2>
-
-<h3>MELTED BUTTER.</h3>
-
-<p>Have half a pint of water boiling hot; roll a lump
-of butter the size of an egg into three teaspoonsful
-of flour; when you have the butter perfectly smooth
-remove the water from the fire, and stir your butter
-in till every particle is dissolved. If this is carefully
-done, the sauce will be perfectly smooth; then
-boil ten minutes.</p>
-
-<h3>EGG SAUCE.</h3>
-
-<p>Boil two or three eggs hard, cut them up fine, and
-put them in the drawn butter as above.</p>
-
-<h3>CAPER AND NASTURTIAN SAUCE.</h3>
-
-<p>Caper and nasturtian sauce is made in the same
-way, always remembering to cut the nasturtians in
-half: pickled cucumbers may be used in the same
-manner, cut up small.</p>
-
-<h3>OYSTER SAUCE.</h3>
-
-<p>Oyster sauce is made in the same manner, only
-putting the flour and butter into the oyster juice
-instead of water; either cut the oysters in half or
-send to table whole; season with mace and whole
-pepper.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_27">27</span></p>
-
-<h3>ONION SAUCE.</h3>
-
-<p>Take small white onions; put them down to stew
-with a little water and salt; when nearly done,
-which will be in twenty minutes, drain off the water;
-then add milk or cream; let them simmer gently;
-rub a little flour and butter on a plate, and stir in.</p>
-
-<h3>MINT SAUCE.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash well a bunch of mint; chop it up fine; put
-it in your sauce dish with a little vinegar and
-sugar; to be eaten with lamb.</p>
-
-<h3>CELERY SAUCE.</h3>
-
-<p>The celery must be washed, cut up and boiled
-till it is tender; have some milk boiling hot, roll
-very smoothly a little butter and flour, stir till the
-butter is all melted, then put in the celery; send hot
-to table.</p>
-
-<h3>LOBSTER SAUCE.</h3>
-
-<p>Put on to boil a pint of water with a little mace,
-black peppers whole, and some mustard seed; let it
-boil until the water is sharp; then strain off the
-water and put it on to boil with salt and some butter
-rubbed in flour; cut up some lobster, and dress it
-with this sauce.</p>
-
-<h3>MUSHROOM SAUCE.</h3>
-
-<p>Pick and wash some mushrooms; cut them up in
-a stew pan with pepper, salt and a little water and
-mace; let them stew twenty or thirty minutes; rub
-in very little flour and butter.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_28">28</span></p>
-
-<h3>WINE SAUCE.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat up a piece of butter, then add the yolks of
-three eggs, and some sugar, wine and brandy; put
-this on the fire, stirring it all the time; as soon as
-it is boiling hot, take it off: this sauce is for puddings.</p>
-
-<h3>ANOTHER WINE SAUCE.</h3>
-
-<p>The quantity of the ingredients depends on the
-quantity of the article you make. Have equal
-quantities of wine and water, and a little brandy
-boiling hot, into which put some butter and sugar
-well beaten; season with nutmeg, and as soon as
-boiling hot take from the fire, and send to table.</p>
-
-<h3>CREAM SAUCE.</h3>
-
-<p>Sweeten to your taste some good sweet cream;
-season with nutmeg or rose water; this is good sauce
-for apple dumplings.</p>
-
-<h3>PEPPER SAUCE.</h3>
-
-<p>Take twenty-five peppers cut very fine, one root
-of horse-radish grated, two tablespoonsful of salt
-and a tablespoonful of mustard seed, a tablespoonful
-of cloves, the same of allspice, a little mace; boil
-the spices in the vinegar, and pour over the peppers,
-mixing all well together; put in bottles or jars,
-and cork it.</p>
-
-<h3>CELERY VINEGAR.</h3>
-
-<p>Bruise a pint of celery seed; after putting it into
-your bottles, fill them with strong cider vinegar;
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_29">29</span>
-set it away for a month, not forgetting to shake it
-every day: it will then be fit for use.</p>
-
-<h3>GRAVY FOR ROAST TURKEY AND CHICKENS.</h3>
-
-<p>Boil the liver and gizzard with a little salt;
-when done, chop them up fine; mix with the water
-they were boiled in, some of the drippings in the
-bottom of the oven, a very little brown flour, then
-add the giblets: season to your taste.</p>
-
-<h3>VEAL GRAVY.</h3>
-
-<p>Take some of the drippings in the bottom of
-your oven, to which add some boiling water; put it
-on to boil, season with pepper, salt, and a little brown
-sugar and flour; send hot to table.</p>
-
-<h3>VENISON SAUCE.</h3>
-
-<p>Take equal quantities of claret and currant jelly,
-and some brown sugar; put it down and let it stew
-till thick; send hot to table; this sauce is very good
-for venison or roast leg of mutton.</p>
-
-<h3>APPLE DUMPLING SAUCE ANOTHER WAY.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat loaf sugar and butter to a cream as light as
-possible, and stir slowly into it one wine glass of
-brandy. An excellent cold sauce for apple dumplings
-or fritters.</p>
-
-<h3>APPLE SAUCE.</h3>
-
-<p>Pare a quarter of a peck of ripe green pippins;
-cut them in quarters and core them; then put them
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_30">30</span>
-in a pipkin or earthen pitcher, with a little water
-to stew slowly; shake the pipkin or pitcher frequently;
-do not put a spoon in; it might break them
-when nearly done: put in a little loaf sugar; shake
-them several times; when done, pour them into a dish
-without breaking: serve up cold or hot.</p>
-
-<h3>CRANBERRY SAUCE.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash and pick four quarts of cranberries; put
-them in a bell-metal kettle with one quart of water
-to stew slowly: when half done, add two pounds of
-brown sugar: every berry must be broken with a
-spoon before it comes off the fire: stir frequently.
-Another way would be to add more sugar and strain
-it through a fine cullender, and set it away in forms
-to cool: this we would call cranberry jelly.</p>
-
-<h3>TO STEW DRIED FRUIT.</h3>
-
-<p>Dried fruit should be well washed in three or four
-different waters, and put to soak over night in the
-water in which you intend stewing them; to four
-quarts of fruit, put water enough to cover them,
-so that none need be added while cooking: season
-and sweeten to your taste. Some persons like
-dried orange peel in peaches.</p>
-
-<h3>TO ROAST BEEF.</h3>
-
-<p>Scrape till clean the fat, the lean, and the bones
-of the beef. If any soil remain on the bones, saw
-it off with a beef saw. It can be more thoroughly
-cleaned in this way than in any other. It spoils
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_31">31</span>
-beef to wash it. Spit it and put it in a tin kitchen
-before the fire, with a half pint of water in the bottom
-of the kitchen; do not set it close to the fire at
-first, but bring it gradually nearer; turn, and baste
-it every few minutes. It should be cooked slowly.
-When nearly done, season with black and cayenne
-pepper and salt. The habit of dredging beef with
-flour is a very bad one. Flour is no improvement
-to beef. Ten pounds of beef will roast, before a
-good fire, in two hours. For the gravy, pour off
-the grease, add a little water, pepper and salt; send
-to table in a gravy boat. This receipt will answer
-for any part of the beef that is fit to roast. Garnish
-with horse-radish, grated. All roasts should
-be well skewered to the spit.</p>
-
-<h3>BEEF STEAKS.</h3>
-
-<p>The sirloin is the best. Cut the steak half an
-inch thick; put it on a gridiron over clear coals;
-turn it very often; when half done, put it on a dish
-and squeeze as much of the juice out as possible;
-put it back; season with pepper and salt. When
-done, place it in the dish with the juice; add a
-spoonful of water, and if you prefer, a small piece
-of butter: send to the table immediately.</p>
-
-<h3>TO STEW BEEF.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut all the meat from cold roast beef; put the
-bones down with some water, pepper, salt, onions,
-carrots and potatoes, all cut up: a little brown stock
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_32">32</span>
-will improve it: let it stew till all of the vegetables
-are done; then take out the bones, cut your meat
-in small pieces, rub a piece of butter in flour and
-stir in: put the meat in till it is hot through; then
-dish it.</p>
-
-<h3>BEEF A LA MODE.</h3>
-
-<p>Chop fine some parsley, thyme and onions; add
-some grated bread, nutmeg, cloves, pepper and salt,
-with the yolks of three eggs beaten; take out the
-bone and fill the space with these ingredients well
-mixed; make holes in the lean part and stuff it; bind
-it firmly with tape; put it into an iron pot, sufficiently
-large to hold it, cover it with water and let it
-stew slowly for three hours. Make a gravy of the
-liquor it was stewed in with a half pint of red wine
-and mushroom catsup; rub a little butter in flour,
-and let it simmer five minutes; then take it up.</p>
-
-<h3>A BRISKET OF BEEF BAKED.</h3>
-
-<p>Take a brisket, say ten pounds; make a dressing
-of ham, parsley, oysters, seasoned with pounded
-cloves, pepper, salt and nutmeg, and the yolk of two
-eggs well beaten; make holes in the beef and stuff
-it; put it in a pan with a little water and half a
-pint of wine; bake it three hours; send hot to table.
-Garnish with sliced lemons.</p>
-
-<h3>BEEF STEAK PIE.</h3>
-
-<p>Stew some tender pieces of beef, cut it up in small
-pieces, season with pepper and salt; have some
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_33">33</span>
-good paste in a deep dish, into which put the pieces
-of beef with some gravy; put on a cover and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL CORN BEEF.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash it well, and soak it thirty or forty minutes;
-put it down to boil in plenty of cold water: let it boil
-slowly, and skim often.</p>
-
-<h3>A BEEF’S HEART.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut the heart open; let it soak in cold water for
-a few moments, then take out the ventricles; put it
-down to boil; when nearly done, take it up: make a
-dressing of small pieces of ham, pepper, salt, parsley,
-and some beef chopped fine; make incisions with a
-knife; stuff and bake it; pour a pint of the water
-in which it was boiled in the pan for gravy, and
-thicken it with browned flour and butter.</p>
-
-<h3>DIRECTIONS FOR COOKING THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF VEAL.</h3>
-
-<p>The fore quarter, the rack, and breast, are best
-boiled. The fillet or leg is very good stuffed and
-baked. The loin should be roasted. The knuckle
-is proper for soup, also the neck and shoulder.</p>
-
-<h3>TO ROAST A LOIN OF VEAL.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash it well, and put it in a tin kitchen some distance
-from the fire; when it is hot through, place it
-nearer to the fire; baste it well; when nearly done,
-dredge it with flour; add pepper and salt; the
-time it takes to cook will depend on the size of the
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_34">34</span>
-loin; put half a pint of water in the tin kitchen when
-you set it to the fire; garnish the dish with sliced
-lemons.</p>
-
-<h3>VEAL CUTLETS.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut the cutlets half an inch thick; have some
-cracker rolled with pepper, salt, and nutmeg; dip
-your cutlets in the yolk of egg well beaten; then in
-grated cracker; fry in hot lard slowly till done,
-then take them up: make the gravy by pouring a
-pint of cream with some chopped parsley in the pan
-in which it has been cooked; season with grated
-nutmeg: garnish your dish with curled parsley.</p>
-
-<h3>BAKED FILLET OF VEAL.</h3>
-
-<p>Take the leg or fillet of veal; wash it well; cut
-off the shank and trim it, so that it will sit nicely in
-the pan; make a stuffing of bread crumbs, pepper,
-salt, parsley and nutmeg, some butter and the yolks
-of eggs; stuff the fillet and bake it: put a little water
-in the pan, and some mushroom catsup in the gravy.</p>
-
-<h3>TO STEW VEAL.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut your veal in small pieces; slice three onions;
-fry them in butter; then put the veal down with a little
-water, pepper, salt, nutmeg and parsley; rub some
-butter in flour; put in the gravy with lemon juice
-or catsup.</p>
-
-<h3>MOCK TURTLE OR CALF’S HEAD.</h3>
-
-<p>Clean the head well; let it soak for a few minutes
-in cold water; take out the lower jaw, the
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_35">35</span>
-nose and the eyes: then put it down to boil; skim it
-well, and when the bones will fall from the meat,
-cut the meat in small pieces; take out carefully all
-the small bones; have some onions chopped fine,
-nutmeg, mace, cloves, pepper, salt, bread crumbs,
-butter and egg, all well mixed together; put these
-nicely arranged in a pan with some of the gravy;
-put egg and butter on the top; bake it twenty minutes
-in an oven; when done, take it up; season the
-gravy with red wine and mushroom catsup.</p>
-
-<h3>TO STEW CALF’S FEET.</h3>
-
-<p>Have your feet nicely cleaned and cut in two;
-boil them till tender; take out the large bones; put
-them down to stew with some of the liquor they
-were boiled in, pepper, salt and parsley chopped
-fine; rub a dessert spoonful of butter in two of flour,
-and stir in. Garnish your dish with curled parsley.</p>
-
-<h3>SWEET-BREADS.</h3>
-
-<p>Sweet-breads must always be parboiled. Have
-a dressing of bread crumbs, pepper, salt, parsley
-and butter; stuff the sweet breads and roast; or
-fry them like oysters, cutting them into small pieces.</p>
-
-<h3>SWEET-BREAD AND OYSTER PIE.</h3>
-
-<p>Stew the sweet-breads till tender; have a dish
-lined with a good paste; cut the sweet-bread up in
-small pieces; put some in the paste with some oysters,
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_36">36</span>
-pepper, salt, butter and the yolks of eggs boiled
-hard and mashed fine; then another layer of sweet
-bread and oysters till your dish is full; put on a
-top paste and bake; cut a cross in the middle, and
-turn it back to let the steam escape: send hot to
-table. Have a small egg-cup in the centre of the
-pie, to keep the upper crust from touching the liquor.</p>
-
-<h3>TO ROAST A LOIN OF MUTTON.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash it well, and put it down in the tin kitchen,
-with a little water and salt in the bottom of the
-kitchen; baste and turn it well; a loin will cook in
-an hour and a half: send hot to table, to be eaten
-with currant jelly.</p>
-
-<h3>TO ROAST A LEG OF MUTTON.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash it well; take off the flank; make incisions an
-inch apart in it with a sharp knife; stuff it with some
-onions boiled for five minutes, and some sage leaves,
-both chopped fine, with black and cayenne pepper
-and salt, and bread crumbs; moisten the crumbs
-with a little melted butter; turn and baste it frequently.</p>
-
-<h3>TO STEW LAMB WITH PEAS.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut the lamb in pieces the size of a chop; put
-them down to stew with a little water, pepper, salt
-and mace; add some young peas; let this cook slowly
-till done: add some butter before you take it from
-the fire.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_37">37</span></p>
-
-<h3>STEAKS OF MUTTON.</h3>
-
-<p>Have your slices a quarter of an inch thick; dip
-them in boiling lard, then into grated bread seasoned
-with pepper and salt, and broil on a gridiron, first
-rubbing off the bars with lard, that none may drip
-or cause a smell. These are also very good dressed
-like veal cutlets.</p>
-
-<h3>MUTTON CHOPS.</h3>
-
-<p>Take off some of the fat and broil quickly, turning
-them often; when done, season with pepper and salt,
-but no butter.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL A BREAST OF MUTTON.</h3>
-
-<p>Crack the joints; boil slowly; put a little salt in
-the water; when done, dish and pour drawn butter,
-with parsley chopped fine over it.</p>
-
-<h3>TO SALT A LEG OF MUTTON.</h3>
-
-<p>Rub the leg well with salt; let it remain two or
-three days; then chip it fine, and fry in butter like
-chipped beef.</p>
-
-<h3>TO DRESS MUTTON LIKE VENISON.</h3>
-
-<p>Rub a leg of mutton well with allspice and black
-pepper pounded fine; let it remain four or five days,
-when it will be fit to cook: wash off the spices before
-you put it down to roast; put into the gravy some
-wine and currant jelly.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_38">38</span></p>
-
-<h3>MUTTON CHOPS LIKE VENISON.</h3>
-
-<p>Sprinkle your chops with pepper, salt and mustard;
-have ready some boiling lard; put your chops
-in and fry a light brown; make a gravy and season
-it with wine and currant jelly; pour the gravy over
-the chops, and send hot to the table.</p>
-
-<h3>TO STEW MUTTON WITH MUSHROOMS.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut some mutton about two inches square; stew
-it with some mushrooms; add a little water, pepper,
-salt, and a small piece of butter rolled in flour;
-send hot to the table.</p>
-
-<h3>TO STEW MUTTON.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut up in small pieces two carrots, one turnip,
-four potatoes, and three tomatoes; put them down to
-stew with a little water, pepper and salt: when they
-are nearly done cut up some mutton, and add to the
-stew, with some fried onions; let it simmer for a
-few minutes: serve up hot.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL A LEG OF MUTTON.</h3>
-
-<p>Scrape and wash well a leg of mutton; put it on
-the fire in cold water and a little salt; when done,
-(which will be in an hour and a half or two hours
-according to the size,) serve with drawn butter
-and capers, or pickled cucumbers cut up in small
-pieces.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_39">39</span></p>
-
-<h3>TO STEW MUTTON LIKE VENISON.</h3>
-
-<p>Take some pieces of tender mutton; put it down
-to stew with two whole onions, some cloves, pepper
-and salt; when half done, add some red wine, currant
-jelly and mushroom catsup.</p>
-
-<h3>KIDNEYS.</h3>
-
-<p>Kidneys must be well washed; boil for ten minutes;
-take them from the fire; cut them up; season
-with pepper, salt, and dredge well with flour; have
-some boiling lard; put them in, stirring them often;
-when done, make a gravy; add some wine, and pour
-over the kidneys.</p>
-
-<h3>ROLOGEE.</h3>
-
-<p>Take the thin piece which comes on the leg or
-loin of veal; wrap up in it cloves and mace, pepper
-and salt; roll it up and tie it tight in a cloth; boil
-it well; then put it under a press; when cold, cut it
-in thin slices for tea.</p>
-
-<h3>FONDUS.</h3>
-
-<p>Put in a stew pan a quart of water and a piece
-of butter; stir in flour to make a batter; beat it
-well all the time it is on the fire; have some grated
-cheese with five eggs, beat all well; drop with a
-spoon on buttered tins and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>LIVER.</h3>
-
-<p>Liver should not be washed: cut in thin slices,
-and fried in hot lard.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_40">40</span></p>
-
-<h3>TO ROAST A PIG.</h3>
-
-<p>Let your pig be cleaned very well; boil the liver;
-chop it up with onion, sage, bread crumbs, pepper,
-salt and parsley; moisten with a little butter; stuff
-the pig well with it, sew it up, spit it and put it in a
-tin kitchen before the fire to roast. Put some salt
-and water in the tin kitchen, with which baste the
-pig well; as soon as the skin gets hard, baste it well
-with lard; turn it, but do not baste it with the water
-again. A pig will take from two to three hours to
-cook; pour off the fat from the gravy; season with
-pepper and salt; add a little water, if necessary, and
-browned flour.</p>
-
-<h3>TO ROAST PORK.</h3>
-
-<p>Let the piece you intend cooking lie two hours in
-salt and water; then cut the skin in squares, set it
-before the fire with salt water and finely powdered
-sage in the bottom of the kitchen, baste, and turn
-it often.</p>
-
-<h3>TO FRY PIG’S FEET.</h3>
-
-<p>Have your feet well cleaned; let them lie over
-night in salt and water; then put them on to boil:
-when they are tender, take out the large bones;
-dredge them in flour seasoned with pepper and salt,
-and fry in hot lard. Another way to cook pig’s
-feet is to boil them, and dress like terrapins.</p>
-
-<h3>A PIG’S HEAD.</h3>
-
-<p>Clean the head well, cut off the ears and nose,
-take out the eyes; put it down to boil with the liver;
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_41">41</span>
-when done, take it up, put the head in a dripping
-pan with some of the liquor; the liver chopped up
-fine, seasoned with onions, pepper, salt and parsley;
-spread some yolk of egg over the head, upon which
-sprinkle bread crumbs: bake half an hour; add some
-catsup to the gravy. Send hot to the table.</p>
-
-<h3>TO MAKE SCRAPPLE.</h3>
-
-<p>Some of the pieces that will not do for any other
-purpose will make scrapple. Boil them in plenty of
-water, season with pepper and salt, take out all the
-bones, and strain the liquor; put the liquor back in the
-pot and thicken with Indian meal; stir it till done;
-turn it into bowls to cool; cut in slices and fry.
-Send hot to the table.</p>
-
-<h3>TO CURE BEEF.</h3>
-
-<p>Rub the pieces well with saltpetre, salt, and
-brown sugar; let it lie two days in a tub; make a
-pickle and pour over it: it will be sufficiently cured
-in eight days. When wanted for summer use, let
-it remain in brine between three or four weeks;
-then hang it up to dry; smoke very little.</p>
-
-<h3>TO SOUSE PIG’S FEET.</h3>
-
-<p>Clean well the feet, and let them lie in salt and
-water over night, then boil till tender; take out the
-large bones, cut them down the middle; dip them in
-flour and fry in hot lard, or, pick out all the bones;
-season with pepper and salt, and if liked, some vinegar;
-heat them for a few moments when required.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_42">42</span></p>
-
-<h3>TO CURE BEEF’S TONGUES.</h3>
-
-<p>Rub each tongue well with brown sugar and saltpetre;
-have ready an earthen crock or wooden vessel;
-put into it a layer of salt, then a tongue, then
-a layer of salt, and so on till they are all in; after
-they have been in three days, remove them and put
-the tongues which were in the bottom of the vessel
-on top: they will make their own pickle.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL HAM.</h3>
-
-<p>If a ham is old and hard, it should soak over night;
-if not, wash it well, and put it down in plenty of cold
-water: the water should be well skimmed while boiling.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL A STUFFED HAM.</h3>
-
-<p>Make incisions in the ham with a knife; have
-ready some mint chopped fine, with which fill them;
-then boil for five or six hours; trim, but do not
-skin it.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BAKE A BOILED HAM.</h3>
-
-<p>First, boil till done; then skin and trim it; spread
-the yolk of egg over, then sprinkle with finely
-rolled cracker, and put in the oven for a few minutes;
-or, you may boil, skin it, and ornament with black
-pepper: a ham will keep much better, and will retain
-the juice, if the skin is not taken off.</p>
-
-<h3>TO CURE HAMS AND SHOULDERS.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut up your hogs, take out the chine from the
-neck to the tail, cut the hams, shoulders, and middlings;
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_43">43</span>
-have some finely powdered saltpetre; rub a
-tablespoonful in each ham for some minutes, then
-rub it well with salt and brown sugar; let them lie
-on a board some distance apart for three days, to
-draw off the blood; have a molasses barrel; sprinkle
-the bottom with salt and put in your hams with the
-skins down; sprinkle with salt, and so on till you
-have the barrel full; make a strong pickle that will
-bear an egg; pour over them, cover, and let them
-remain in pickle for five weeks, then hang them up
-with the hock down to preserve the juice. The
-shoulders will not require to be in pickle so long; it
-is not necessary to put saltpetre on the middlings;
-the jowls will be ready to hang up in two weeks,
-shoulders and middlings in four: they should be
-smoked but three times a week till done; if smoked
-too much, they will be hard. Before the weather
-gets warm, take them down and rub well with hickory
-ashes.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL AND FREEZE CHINE.</h3>
-
-<p>After the chines have been in pickle a week or
-ten days, boil them and let them freeze. They are
-considered a great delicacy.</p>
-
-<h3>TO MAKE SAUSAGE MEAT.</h3>
-
-<p>Take the tender pieces of pork, lean and fat, one
-third fat and two thirds lean, season with salt and
-pepper, and those that are for immediate use are
-improved by putting in some sage finely pulverized,
-but if kept too long, it will have a musty taste. If
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_44">44</span>
-sausage meat is put in to skins, laid for ten days in
-pickle, then hung up and smoked a little, they will
-keep all summer. Those that are not put into
-skins, should be put into stone crocks, and have
-lard run over the top to exclude the air.</p>
-
-<h3>HOG’S HEAD CHEESE.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash the heads well, take off the ears and nose,
-and remove the eyes; boil them till tender, and all the
-bones come out; then take it up, carefully taking out
-all the bones; cut up the meat very fine: then season
-with pepper and salt; put this back again into
-the pot with the liquor; let it simmer slowly for half
-an hour, pour into bowls, and set it away to cool;
-cut in slices for the table.</p>
-
-<h3>TO ROAST A GOOSE.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash the goose well; make a stuffing of two
-thirds onions and one third sage leaves, pepper, salt
-and butter; fill the goose, and put it down to roast
-in the tin kitchen with some salt and water; baste
-it frequently. A large goose will take an hour and a
-half to cook: make a gravy with the giblets hashed;
-season with pepper and salt. Some persons prefer
-the dressing made of potatoes. Ducks are done
-in the same way, but will cook in half an hour: to
-be eaten with cranberry sauce.</p>
-
-<h3>TO ROAST A TURKEY.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash and clean the turkey well; make a dressing
-of bread, butter, pepper and salt; fill your turkey;
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_45">45</span>
-have some boiling water in the bottom of the tin
-kitchen: when half done, sprinkle with pepper and
-salt, baste and turn it often, make a gravy with the
-giblets hashed; season with pepper and salt; stir a
-little brown flour in the gravy; send it to table in
-a gravy boat. A large turkey will take three hours
-to roast.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL A TURKEY.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash your turkey well, and let it lie a few minutes
-in salt and water; put it on in cold water with a little
-rice; skim it and let it boil slowly, but constantly,
-till done; make a filling of bread, butter, pepper,
-salt, and some whole oysters, and a few slices of lemon.
-It is better to put the turkey in a cloth. A
-large turkey will boil in two hours; to be eaten with
-oyster or celery sauce.</p>
-
-<h3>TO ROAST CHICKENS.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a dressing, as for turkey; set them some
-distance from the fire at first, but move them gradually
-closer: they will roast in an hour: baste them
-well; make a gravy of the giblets, some of the drippings
-in the bottom of the kitchen, and some of the
-water the giblets were boiled in: season with pepper
-and salt.</p>
-
-<h3>TO FRY CHICKENS.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash them well and cut them up; wipe them dry.
-Have ready some rolled crackers seasoned with pepper,
-salt and parsley; first dip the pieces in the yolk
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_46">46</span>
-of an egg, then in the cracker; have ready some
-boiling lard; put in and fry a light-brown; make
-a gravy with cream, parsley, nutmeg, pepper and
-salt.</p>
-
-<h3>TO STEW CHICKENS.</h3>
-
-<p>Put the chickens down with a little water, pepper,
-salt and a little mace: when half done, add some
-cream, butter, rolled in flour, and parsley cut up.
-Dish the chickens and pour the gravy over them.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BROIL CHICKENS.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash the chickens well, cut them down the back,
-and broil on a gridiron over hot coals: when nearly
-done, season with pepper and salt, and when done,
-baste them with butter.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BAKE CHICKENS.</h3>
-
-<p>Prepare, as for boiling; put them in a bake pan
-with water, pepper and salt; baste them well: when
-nearly done, baste them with butter and dredge
-with flour; make a gravy of the giblets, and add to
-the drippings.</p>
-
-<h3>CHICKEN PIE.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash the chickens; cut them up and stew them
-with a little water, salt and mace; when done, make
-a paste; put it round the sides of the dish; then put
-in the chickens; season to your taste, with pepper,
-salt and hard-boiled egg, some butter rolled in flour;
-pour in some of the liquor, and put on the top paste;
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_47">47</span>
-cut a hole in the centre, and turn back the paste
-to let the steam escape; place a small cup in the
-middle of the pie.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL CHICKENS.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a filling of bread, butter, pepper and salt;
-put your chickens in a cloth, and boil them till done,
-which will be in an hour; make egg sauce, which pour
-over the chickens; garnish the dish with parsley;
-send some celery sauce in the gravy boat to the table.</p>
-
-<h3>TO STEW DUCKS.</h3>
-
-<p>Put the ducks down to stew with a little stock
-and some onions, pepper and salt; let them simmer
-gently till they are done, adding a little cream and
-butter; make a dressing of sage and onions, with
-which fill the ducks: set them in the oven to brown.</p>
-
-<h3>TO COOK CHICKENS WITH CURRY.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut up the chickens, wash them clean, put them
-in a stew pan with a little water and salt; keep them
-covered closely till they are done; brown some onions
-in butter, then put in the chickens with a little pepper
-and curry powder; let the chickens brown in
-the butter; when brown, put in the liquor, and let all
-stew for five minutes.</p>
-
-<h3>TO COOK CHICKENS IN BATTER.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a batter; cut up the chickens; stew them
-with a little pepper, salt and parsley: when nearly
-done, take it up; put it in a buttered dish; pour the
-batter round, and bake.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_48">48</span></p>
-
-<h2 class="antiqua">Game.</h2>
-
-<h3>TO FRY RABBITS.</h3>
-
-<p>Skin the rabbit; cut it up and wash it; dip it in
-flour seasoned with pepper and salt; cut up some
-onions, and fry.</p>
-
-<h3>TO STEW RABBITS.</h3>
-
-<p>Skin it; cut it up, as for frying; put it down with
-a little water, pepper, salt and a little butter rolled
-in flour.</p>
-
-<h3>WILD DUCKS.</h3>
-
-<p>When the ducks are picked, wash them as little
-as possible: roast twenty minutes. Some persons
-make a filling of bread, butter, pepper and salt;
-but the proper way is to cook them without filling;
-baste them very often and turn rapidly; put a little
-water in the bottom of the oven.</p>
-
-<h3>TO ROAST WOODCOCK OR SNIPE.</h3>
-
-<p>Pick them very carefully, but do not draw them;
-they will cook sufficiently in ten or fifteen minutes;
-have some toast on a dish, upon which put the birds.</p>
-
-<h3>TO ROAST PHEASANTS.</h3>
-
-<p>Roast them before a brisk fire, turning and
-basting all the time with a little butter; have some
-water in the bottom of the roaster: after they have
-cooked five minutes, add some salt.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_49">49</span></p>
-
-<h3>PARTRIDGES.</h3>
-
-<p>Pick them very carefully: draw them, and roast
-before a quick fire, fifteen or twenty minutes.</p>
-
-<h3>PIGEONS.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a filling of bread crumbs, pepper, salt and
-parsley; baste them well: they will cook in twenty
-minutes.</p>
-
-<h3>PEPPER POT.</h3>
-
-<p>Clean well two sets of calves’ feet; put them into a
-pot with three or four pounds of tripe and six quarts
-of water, and some cayenne pepper; cover them
-and let them boil till perfectly tender; strain the
-liquid, and cut the tripe in small pieces; put it in the
-liquid with some salt, three sliced onions, two potatoes,
-sweet marjoram, parsley and thyme cut up fine,
-and some small round dumplings made of butter and
-flour; send hot to the table.</p>
-
-<h3>TO MAKE NOODLES FOR SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat three or four eggs, (the yolks only) make
-them into a stiff paste with flour; roll out very thin
-and let it dry; it should be made several hours before
-they are wanted for the soup; when quite dry
-roll up, and cut in very thin strips; shake them apart,
-and put them in the soup.</p>
-
-<h3>TO MAKE CROQUETS.</h3>
-
-<p>Chop up fine any kind of cold meat, fowl, ham,
-and pork; mix all well together; add salt and pepper,
-and mustard to the taste, some grated bread,
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_50">50</span>
-butter and catsup; make them into cakes; dip them
-in the yolk of egg, and fry in hot lard.</p>
-
-<h3>SPANISH OLIO.</h3>
-
-<p>Put into a soup kettle one pound of beef, half a
-pound of mutton, half a chicken, salt, pepper and a
-very little water; let it stew slowly for two hours; then
-put in four apples, two pears pared and cut up, three
-tomatoes, a bunch of mint chopped, two onions,
-lima beans and any kind of vegetables you may
-prefer; let them all stew slowly two or three hours
-longer; send hot to the table.</p>
-
-<h3>MACARONI.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash a little macaroni, and boil in water till it is
-tender, which will be in half an hour; drain it; butter
-your dish and put a layer of macaroni in, upon
-which put salt, cheese, butter and mustard, a little of
-each; then macaroni, and so on till the dish is full.
-Parmesan cheese is the best, but any other kind will
-answer.</p>
-
-<h3>TO MAKE POLENTA.</h3>
-
-<p>Take cold chicken or meat of any kind and stew
-it; when done cut it up. Have potatoes mashed,
-which put around the sides and bottom of the dish
-about half an inch thick; then put in your stew with
-the liquor; season with pepper and salt; spread some
-macaroni which has been boiled on the top of the
-dish, with grated cheese, butter, pepper and salt;
-bake, and bring to table in the dish in which it is
-baked.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_51">51</span></p>
-
-<h3>CHICKEN SALAD.</h3>
-
-<p>One pair of chickens, eight bunches of celery, six
-eggs, one dessert spoonful of mustard, nearly a bottle
-of oil, pepper and salt. Boil the chickens; take
-off the skins: cut them up in small pieces; sprinkle
-them with pepper, salt and vinegar, and let them
-lie three hours; moisten the mustard with vinegar;
-then pour in the oil, a few drops at a time, and
-keep constantly stirring it; have the eggs boiled
-hard; mash them up with a little vinegar, and then
-mix with the oil; cut up your celery very fine and
-throw it into cold water; when the ingredients are
-all ready, mix the chicken and celery; (after draining
-it) then pour the dressing over it. Curl some
-pieces of celery by cutting it up about an inch and
-throwing it into cold water, with which garnish the
-dish.</p>
-
-<h3>ITALIAN MACARONI.</h3>
-
-<p>Break the macaroni into pieces two inches long;
-boil it in hot water, with a little butter, pepper and
-salt; when done, drain it on a napkin; then put a
-layer of macaroni on the bottom of a dish; pour
-over it some hot tomato sauce; then some grated
-cheese, and so on, until the dish is full; the cheese
-being on the top; put it in the oven a few minutes,
-and serve it hot.</p>
-
-<h3>MACARONI WITH CREAM.</h3>
-
-<p>Boil half a pound of macaroni in hot water, and
-when done cut it into pieces; put it into a pan with
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_52">52</span>
-a quarter of a pound of butter, two ounces of grated
-cheese, and half a gill of cream; add a little pepper,
-salt and mustard; shake it over the fire until well
-mixed and quite hot; dish it, and garnish with pieces
-of puff paste cut in diamonds.</p>
-
-<h3>OMELETTE WITH CHEESE.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat six eggs very light; add to them two tablespoonsful
-of cream, butter the size of a walnut, a
-spoonful of chopped parsley, some pepper and salt,
-two ounces of grated cheese; beat all well together,
-and pour into a pan in which butter is melting; let
-it cook until a light brown; then fold up and dish
-for the table. Shake the pan while the omelet is
-doing.</p>
-
-<h3>OMELETTE WITH OYSTERS.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat six eggs separately, very light; add to the
-yolks a little mustard, cayenne pepper and salt;
-mix this with the whites; pour it into a pan in which
-butter is melting, and cook till a light brown. Before
-folding, have a few nicely scolloped oysters and
-lay between; shake the pan about till the omelet is
-done.</p>
-
-<h3>EGG TOAST.</h3>
-
-<p>Toast four slices of bread, a light brown; butter
-them well, and sprinkle on a little salt. Poach
-four eggs in muffin rings to retain their shape; place
-one on each slice of toast, and send to the table.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_53">53</span></p>
-
-<h3>CROQUETTES OF SWEET-BREADS.</h3>
-
-<p>Take six sweet-breads, and after being well washed
-stew them until done; when cold cut them into small
-pieces; season with pepper, salt, a grated nutmeg,
-and a little mushroom catsup; stir them over the
-fire a few minutes; then spread them on a dish to
-cool; the croquettes must then be shaped; rolled in
-egg and bread crumbs, and fried in lard.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL EGGS.</h3>
-
-<p>Boiling eggs depends upon the person for whom
-you cook. Two minutes and a half will boil to suit
-most persons: if you want them very soft, two minutes
-will answer. If hard, they will take ten minutes.</p>
-
-<h3>TO FRY EGGS.</h3>
-
-<p>Have the lard hot, but not boiling; put in the
-eggs one at a time; when done, send hot to table.</p>
-
-<h3>TO POACH EGGS.</h3>
-
-<p>Have ready a pan of boiling water with muffin
-rings, into which put the eggs, one in each ring;
-let them remain on the fire till the whites are firm.</p>
-
-<h3>SCRAMBLED EGGS.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat the eggs with pepper, salt, parsley and
-chives; have some butter in a saucepan; as soon
-as it has melted put in the eggs; stir till they are
-done.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_54">54</span></p>
-
-<h3>OMELET SOUFFLE.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat the eggs separately till very light; then mix
-them: add sugar and lemon peel to your taste; have
-some melted butter in a pan; pour in the eggs; and
-when baked, sift some powdered sugar over it and
-send it hot to the table.</p>
-
-<h3>OMELET.</h3>
-
-<p>Separate five eggs; beat them very light; season
-the yolks with pepper, salt and parsley; have some
-butter hot in a pan; put in the omelet; stir the
-whites in just before you put it in the pan; you can
-put in ham, oysters, onions, chives, or any thing
-you prefer. Keep the pan moving till the omelet
-is done; a little cream is an improvement.</p>
-
-<h2 class="antiqua">Vegetables.</h2>
-
-<h3>TO DRESS SALAD.</h3>
-
-<p>The lettuce should be gathered early in the morning;
-pick and wash it well; let it lie in water till
-required: then drain the water from it. Have eggs
-boiled hard, oil, mustard, pepper and salt, according
-to taste. Ornament with slices of hard-boiled eggs.</p>
-
-<h3>CAULIFLOWER.</h3>
-
-<p>Get those that are hard and white; cut off the
-stalk; take off the outside leaves; put it down to
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_55">55</span>
-boil in hot water, with a little salt: a large one will
-take half an hour. Do not let it boil too much:
-eat with drawn butter.</p>
-
-<h3>PARSNIPS.</h3>
-
-<p>Scrape and wash them: cover them with water,
-and let them boil till tender, which will be from one
-to two hours: send to table with butter, pepper and
-salt, or fry them brown.</p>
-
-<h3>CARROTS.</h3>
-
-<p>Let them be scraped and washed; boil them; try
-them with a fork; if they are tender, they are done;
-dress with drawn butter.</p>
-
-<h3>TURNIPS.</h3>
-
-<p>Pare, wash and cut up; put them on to boil; when
-done, take them up; mash them in a tin pan: season
-with pepper, salt, and butter; send hot to table.</p>
-
-<h3>SALSIFY OR OYSTER PLANT.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash and scrape them well; put them down to
-boil; when soft, mash and season with pepper and
-salt: make a batter of milk, flour and egg. Mix all
-well together; drop them the size of oysters with a
-tablespoon, and fry them a light brown.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL POTATOES.</h3>
-
-<p>Have the water boiling. Put in the potatoes;
-let them boil till nearly done, then pour off the water
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_56">56</span>
-and throw in some salt; uncover the saucepan and
-set them on the back part of the stove. If the potatoes
-are boiled fast, the skin will crack before they
-are done. For mashed potatoes, pare them before you
-boil them; when done, mash them with a small piece
-of butter, a cup of cream, and a little salt. Another
-way to boil old potatoes is to pare them around the
-middle, before you boil them, and throw in a little
-salt. When potatoes are young, scrape and boil
-them; when done, pour off the water and dress them
-with a little cream, butter, pepper and salt.</p>
-
-<h3>TO FRY POTATOES.</h3>
-
-<p>Pare large potatoes; cut them lengthwise: cut
-them into four pieces, of about a quarter of an inch
-thick. Have some butter boiling hot into which put
-the potatoes; keep turning them till they are done.
-Sprinkle a little salt on them before sending them
-to table.</p>
-
-<h3>TO STEW POTATOES.</h3>
-
-<p>Slice the potatoes and put them down to boil,
-with just enough water to cover them; when nearly
-done, pour off the water, and add milk and a lump
-of butter rolled in flour, parsley and salt.</p>
-
-<h3>MASHED POTATOES.</h3>
-
-<p>You can make mashed potatoes into any shape
-you wish them. Touch them over with the yolk of
-egg, and put them in an oven to brown.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_57">57</span></p>
-
-<h3>TO ROAST POTATOES.</h3>
-
-<p>Large potatoes will roast in an hour. Do not
-put them too near the fire, or they will burn before
-they are cooked. Sweet potatoes, if they are large,
-will take an hour and a half to roast.</p>
-
-<h3>TO FRY SWEET POTATOES.</h3>
-
-<p>Parboil them, then peel; cut them in slices, and
-fry in butter: send them hot to table.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL SWEET POTATOES.</h3>
-
-<p>Have them as nearly of a size as possible. Put
-them in boiling water; as soon as they are done,
-(which will depend upon the size,) pour off the water;
-then lay them on the back part of the stove, where
-they will dry, but not burn. Some persons parboil
-them, cut them in two, and broil them over a
-gridiron.</p>
-
-<h3>SPINACH.</h3>
-
-<p>Take great care in picking it; wash it well, and
-put it in a steamer with a little salt. It will cook
-in twenty minutes. Have some toast on a dish;
-put your spinach on the toast, and some poached
-eggs on the top.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL GREENS.</h3>
-
-<p>Cabbage sprouts are better boiled with a piece of
-pork or bacon. Eat with hard-boiled eggs, and if
-cooked without the meat, have drawn butter or
-vinegar.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_58">58</span></p>
-
-<h3>LIMA BEANS.</h3>
-
-<p>Lima beans will require about three quarters of
-an hour to boil. Put them on in cold water; when
-done, drain them: season with pepper, salt and butter.</p>
-
-<h3>STRING BEANS.</h3>
-
-<p>String and cut them down the middle; put them
-down in as little water as you can cook them in,
-without burning them: do not strain off the water,
-but let them cook till nearly all the water has evaporated:
-season with butter, pepper and salt, and
-send to table.</p>
-
-<h3>PEAS.</h3>
-
-<p>Shell and wash the peas. Cook them just as the
-beans. This is the best way to cook peas and beans;
-or you can boil them in the common way, and drain
-off the water: season with butter, pepper and salt.</p>
-
-<h3>ASPARAGUS.</h3>
-
-<p>Scrape and wash the asparagus; tie it up in bunches;
-and put it on to boil in water in which there is
-some salt; it requires about fifteen minutes to boil it,
-and it must not remain in the water after it is done.
-Have some bread nicely toasted, on which place it,
-and pour over drawn butter. A better way is to
-cook it in just as little water as possible; do not
-pour off the water, but let it evaporate as much as
-possible; then season with butter, pepper and salt,
-and send to table with the liquor around it. This
-is the German manner of cooking beans, peas, and
-asparagus.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_59">59</span></p>
-
-<h3>TO FRICASEE CORN.</h3>
-
-<p>Have young corn cut from the cob. Save the
-juice; put it down to stew with pepper, salt, and a
-little cream; roll a lump of butter in flour, and stir
-in. If the corn is young, it will cook in twenty minutes.
-Corn will boil in half an hour; put it in
-boiling water, and take it up as soon as done.</p>
-
-<h3>TO KEEP CORN FOR WINTER.</h3>
-
-<p>Get the corn when young. Boil it ten minutes;
-a longer time would injure it; cut it from the cob;
-spread it on dishes, and put it in the oven after the
-bread comes out; be careful the oven is not too hot;
-if it is, the corn will be spoiled. If not dry enough,
-put it in the sun for a few days, stirring it frequently.
-When perfectly dry, tie it up in bags and keep it
-in a dry place. When you cook it, wash it well:
-put it down with a little water, butter, pepper and
-salt. It will require much longer to cook than it
-does in summer.</p>
-
-<h3>HOMINY.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash it well, and soak it over night in the water
-you intend to boil it in; put it on early in the morning
-with a few beans and a piece of salt pork. Let
-it boil slowly for three hours or more, if not soft.</p>
-
-<h3>TO FRY HOMINY.</h3>
-
-<p>After your hominy is boiled and cold, mash and
-season with pepper and salt; have some lard hot in
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_60">60</span>
-a pan, into which put your hominy. Cover it for
-five minutes, then stir it well, and cover again, and
-let it fry a light brown. Fried hominy is very good
-for breakfast.</p>
-
-<h3>TO FRY EGG PLANT.</h3>
-
-<p>Pare and let them lie ten or fifteen minutes in
-salt and water, to take away the bitter taste; wipe
-them perfectly dry; have ready cracker rolled fine,
-and seasoned with pepper and salt; dip each piece
-in the yolk of an egg beaten, then in the rolled
-cracker, and fry in hot lard.</p>
-
-<h3>TO STEW EGG PLANT.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut in half with the skin on, then soak in vinegar
-to extract the bitter taste, say half an hour, then
-boil till quite tender; scrape out the pulp and fill
-them with bread crumbs, butter, cayenne pepper and
-salt; lay them open in your bake pan with a little
-water in the bottom, put them in the oven and baste
-them often so that they will not be dry; rub a little
-flour and butter together for the gravy.</p>
-
-<h3>ANOTHER WAY.</h3>
-
-<p>Prepare as above, and mix with pepper, salt, butter,
-and bread crumbs; fry in sweet oil.</p>
-
-<h3>TO STEW TOMATOES.</h3>
-
-<p>Take off the skins by pouring boiling water over
-them; then stew them with butter, pepper and salt;
-put in a little soda to correct the acidity; pour in
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_61">61</span>
-some cream, and stew for a few minutes longer.
-Some persons prefer them without cream, and then
-it is not necessary to use the soda.</p>
-
-<h3>ANOTHER WAY.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash and boil your tomatoes whole; then pass
-them through a hair sieve; season with butter, pepper
-and salt; let them stew some twenty minutes,
-and serve. Or dress them with sugar and a little
-wine.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BROIL TOMATOES.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash some large ripe tomatoes: wipe them dry;
-put them on a gridiron over hot coals to broil; when
-they are hot through, they are done; send them hot
-to table: to be eaten with butter, pepper and salt.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BAKE TOMATOES.</h3>
-
-<p>Have some large ripe tomatoes; wash and peel
-them; cut them up in a dish&mdash;have ready bread,
-butter, pepper and salt; put a layer of tomatoes,
-then the bread crumbs, butter, pepper and salt, and
-so on, till your dish is full; bake, and send them to
-table in the dish in which they were baked.</p>
-
-<h3>ANOTHER WAY.</h3>
-
-<p>Take some large tomatoes; peel them, cut the top
-off, and take out some of the seeds; have ready some
-mushrooms chopped fine to fill them; season with
-butter, pepper and salt; then put them in a pan, and
-bake them; serve up hot.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_62">62</span></p>
-
-<h3>ANOTHER WAY.</h3>
-
-<p>Peel your tomatoes; slice them and put down to
-stew; season with some onions cut fine, bread crumbs,
-butter, pepper and salt; they will be sufficiently
-done in twenty minutes. Some persons prefer a little
-flour rolled in butter.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL CORN.</h3>
-
-<p>Take off carefully all the silk and all the husks.
-Put the corn in boiling water: if young and tender,
-it will boil in half an hour. Some persons serve it
-up in a napkin on the dish, but if it is sufficiently
-cooked, and can be served hot, it is better not to be
-steamed in a napkin.</p>
-
-<h3>TOMATOES AND OCHRAS.</h3>
-
-<p>Take some tomatoes; skin and cut them up with
-equal quantities of ochras; season with pepper, salt
-and butter; stew them till tender; which will be
-nearly an hour. Ochras may be stewed alone, seasoned
-with butter, pepper and salt: add very little
-water when you put them down.</p>
-
-<h3>EGGS AND TOMATOES.</h3>
-
-<p>Skin some tomatoes; slice and fry them with butter,
-pepper and salt; cut up two onions, and put in with
-four eggs; stir all well together, and send hot to table.</p>
-
-<h3>TO DRY OCHRAS FOR WINTER.</h3>
-
-<p>Get the young ochras; slice and string them; hang
-them up to dry; when dry, put them away for soup
-in winter.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_63">63</span></p>
-
-<h3>CUCUMBERS.</h3>
-
-<p>Gather them fresh. Pare, slice and lay them in
-salt and water; just before dinner, pour off the
-water; season with pepper, salt, vinegar and onions.</p>
-
-<h3>SQUASHES.</h3>
-
-<p>Squashes should be young and tender; try them
-with a fork; if they are old, do not use them. Peel
-them and take out the seed; cut them in pieces and
-boil till tender; when done, pass them through a
-cullender. Stew with butter, pepper, salt and a
-little cream; send them hot to table.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL BEETS.</h3>
-
-<p>The early turnip beet is best in summer: wash
-them, but do not cut the tops too close, as they are
-much sweeter with some of the tops boiled on them.
-They will boil in three quarters of an hour; when
-done, take them up, put them in cold water for a
-moment, so that the skin will easily peel off. Slice
-them, and season with pepper, salt and butter. Old,
-or winter beets, will take much longer. They will
-take from two to three hours to boil. It is better
-to put them to soak over night, if they are very solid:
-cut them in slices, and pour vinegar over them.</p>
-
-<h3>TO COOK ONIONS.</h3>
-
-<p>The small white onions are preferred. Peel
-them, and put them down in a little water and salt;
-when nearly done, pour off the water, and add milk
-and a little flour mixed with butter.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_64">64</span></p>
-
-<h3>TO KEEP VEGETABLES FOR WINTER.</h3>
-
-<p>Salsify, parsnips, beets, and carrots should be
-gathered in the early part of November. Those
-you want to use during the winter should be put in
-boxes, and covered with sand. Celery should be
-put in a box with the roots down, covered with sand.
-Some gardeners keep it in the ground all winter,
-and dig it as they wish it, for use.</p>
-
-<h3>TO STEW MUSHROOMS.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash and peel the mushrooms; put them down
-in a stew pan with a little water, pepper, salt and
-butter; let them stew slowly for ten or fifteen minutes;
-then take them up. They are very good
-broiled.</p>
-
-<h3>HOT OR COLD SLAW.</h3>
-
-<p>The hard white cabbage is the best for slaw.
-Wash it well, and cut it fine; have some butter
-boiling hot; put in the slaw and keep stirring till it
-is shrivelled: then beat up some vinegar and the
-yolk of an egg: season with pepper and salt; pour
-this in the pan over the slaw, and stir in till quite
-hot: send to table either hot or cold, as preferred.</p>
-
-<h3>COLD SLAW.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut fine some hard cabbage; dress with hard-boiled
-eggs, oil, vinegar, mustard, pepper and salt.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BOIL CABBAGE.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash your cabbage well; cut it in two, and boil
-till tender in salt and water. Some persons prefer
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_65">65</span>
-it boiled with a piece of pork or bacon. If it is
-boiled with bacon, the pot should be well skimmed
-before the cabbage goes in.</p>
-
-<h3>BROCOLI.</h3>
-
-<p>Pick and wash it well; tie it up in bunches and
-boil it; when done, drain it and serve it up with
-drawn butter. Put a little salt in the water when
-nearly boiled.</p>
-
-<h3>SEA KALE.</h3>
-
-<p>Sea kale is cooked in the same way as brocoli.</p>
-
-<h3>BUTTER.</h3>
-
-<p>In winter the pans should be scalded before the
-milk is strained into them; in summer the pans and
-strainer should be rinsed with cold water. Do not
-cover the milk until it is perfectly cold; a stone
-crock is the best for keeping the cream in, and it
-should be stirred two or three times a day; if the
-cream is not stirred, the butter will have a bad taste;
-do not let your milk stand too long, or this will
-make the butter taste very unpleasant. Be particular
-to put cold water in your churn the night before
-you wish to use it; pour it out in the morning, and
-rinse it again; before the butter comes, or while it is
-gathering, take off the lid of the churn; have your
-butter-bowl scalded and cooled; work the milk out
-well, but do not put in any water; add salt to your
-taste. Everything connected with milk or butter
-should be kept very carefully clean.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_66">66</span></p>
-
-<h3>TO KEEP BUTTER.</h3>
-
-<p>Butter, to keep, should be well worked; pack it
-in stone jars, and tie it up tight, and set it in a cool
-place.</p>
-
-<h3>TO KEEP EGGS.</h3>
-
-<p>Get eggs as fresh as possible; put a layer of salt
-in a jar; then put in some eggs, the small end down,
-then another layer of salt, then the eggs; be careful
-not to let the eggs touch each other; set them
-in a dry cool place, and they will keep all winter.</p>
-
-<h3>TO MAKE COFFEE.</h3>
-
-<p>Coffee should be roasted with great care, to a dark
-brown colour, stirring it all the time it is on the fire,
-with a long-handled iron spoon; when it is done, put
-it in a stone jar, and cover it up. Freshly roasted
-coffee is much the best; grind it into a bowl, beat it
-up with part of the white of an egg, and cold water;
-put it into the tin coffee-pot, and pour on it boiling
-water, out of a tea-kettle, stirring it all the while;
-set it on the fire, and let it boil fifteen minutes; stir
-it frequently from the sides of the pot; when it is
-done, set it a moment on the hearth, and it will settle;
-do not pour into it either cold or warm water, or
-coffee, to settle it: this spoils the coffee. Pour it
-into your silver or china coffee pot, and send to
-table.</p>
-
-<h3>TO MAKE TEA.</h3>
-
-<p>Black tea should be boiled fifteen or twenty minutes.
-Green tea should not boil: but have boiling
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_67">67</span>
-water poured on about five minutes before it comes
-to table.</p>
-
-<h3>TO MAKE CHOCOLATE.</h3>
-
-<p>Have a quart of good milk boiling; grate a piece
-of chocolate three inches square; mix it with a little
-cold milk; then stir it gradually into the milk on
-the fire. If preferred thinner, use less chocolate.
-It should boil at least half an hour.</p>
-
-<h3>YEAST.</h3>
-
-<p>Pare six good-sized potatoes; put them on to boil
-with three pints of water and a handful of hops;
-pour the water through a sieve on a pint of flour; stir
-it until perfectly smooth; mash your potatoes through
-a cullender into the yeast; stir all well together, and
-let it stand till nearly cold; then stir into it a pint
-bowl half full of dry yeast, dissolved in water; put
-the water on the dry yeast as soon as you mix your
-flour and potatoes, and when it has sufficiently cooled,
-your yeast will be ready to go in. Set it in a warm
-place to rise. When it is light enough, keep it in
-a cool place; cover it close. Yeast should be made
-the day before you bake; then it is good and fresh.</p>
-
-<h3>TO MAKE DRY YEAST.</h3>
-
-<p>Make as directed above. When perfectly light,
-stir in corn meal till it is quite dry; spread it on
-dishes to dry. Be careful not to let it be in the sun,
-as this would sour it. When dry, put it in a bag, in
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_68">68</span>
-a dry, cool place. In summer time, when the flies
-are numerous, spread a thin piece of gauze over to
-keep them off when it is drying.</p>
-
-<h3>BREAD.</h3>
-
-<p>Sift the flour; put it in an earthen vessel; the
-quantity of flour you take will depend upon the number
-of loaves you want. Four loaves of bread will
-require two quarts of water; pour the water, which
-may be as warm as milk just from the cow, upon
-the flour, enough to make a thick batter; put in two
-tablespoonsful of salt, and a pint of home-made yeast;
-do not beat it after the yeast goes in. Set it in a
-warm place to rise; when it is light, work it very
-well with flour. The more you knead it, the better.
-If the flour is running, the bread will require to be
-made stiffer than when it is superfine flour. Let it
-rise again, covering it, and set it in a warm place.
-When it is broken on top, make it into loaves, with
-as little flour as possible. Put each loaf into a
-basket: cover it over, and set it to rise again.
-When quite light, bake it in a brick oven, from three
-quarters to one hour.</p>
-
-<h3>TO BAKE IN A BRICK OVEN.</h3>
-
-<p>A brick oven will require one hour to heat. The
-wood should be split fine; make a little fire at first,
-then add more wood; when the oven is white at the
-top, it is sufficiently hot. Spread the coals over
-the bottom of the oven, and let them remain a quarter
-of an hour.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_69">69</span></p>
-
-<p>Rusk or biscuit, if they are very light, will bake in
-from ten to fifteen minutes. Bread requires one hour.</p>
-
-<h3>PHILADELPHIA BUNNS.</h3>
-
-<p>One pound of flour, and a half pound of sugar,
-one pint of milk, with one teaspoonful of soda, a few
-currants, and half a pound of butter, a tea-cup full of
-yeast. Mix all well, and let it rise; when well risen,
-put in six eggs, beaten separately: pour it in the pans,
-and let it rise again; then bake.</p>
-
-<h3>BREAD ROLLS.</h3>
-
-<p>When your bread is very light, take a piece of
-dough, into which rub a small piece of butter; make
-them into rolls a quarter of an inch thick: let them
-rise, and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>DIET BREAD.</h3>
-
-<p>Rub into a pound of flour, one tablespoonful of
-butter, and a teaspoonful of salt: work it very well,
-or beat it; roll very thin: stick with a fork, and
-bake.</p>
-
-<h3>MUSH ROLLS.</h3>
-
-<p>Have a pint of corn mush; when a little warm,
-add a little salt and flour, enough to make a dough;
-add a tea-cup full of yeast; let it rise, and when quite
-light, make into rolls; let them rise again, and bake.
-You can put a little butter with them, if you prefer:
-but they are very palatable without.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_70">70</span></p>
-
-<h3>RISEN MUFFINS.</h3>
-
-<p>Warm a quart of milk, into which put a quarter
-pound of butter, enough flour to make a batter, two
-eggs, well beaten, and a cup of yeast, a little salt;
-when quite light, bake in rings. Do not beat them
-after the yeast is in: they will be light enough in
-three hours.</p>
-
-<h3>SODA CAKES, VERY SUPERIOR.</h3>
-
-<p>Sift into three pints of flour, three teaspoonsful
-of cream of tartar; rub one quarter of a pound of
-butter in the flour; dissolve one teaspoonful of soda
-in as much milk as will make a dough, thick enough
-to roll out; then take a large spoonful, sift flour on
-the board, roll out and bake: do not touch them with
-the hands.</p>
-
-<h3>PHILADELPHIA MILK BISCUIT.</h3>
-
-<p>Rub half a pound of butter in three pounds of
-flour, a teaspoonful of salt; warm the milk and pour
-on enough to make a thick batter; beat it well, then
-add a cup of good yeast. Do not beat it after the
-yeast goes in; let it rise; when quite light mix in
-flour, enough to make it out, but as little as possible:
-roll it out and cut into cakes with a small tumbler:
-let them rise again, and bake as soon as light.</p>
-
-<h3>TWIST ROLLS.</h3>
-
-<p>Twist rolls are made in the same way, only make
-in small twists or rings, and bake.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_71">71</span></p>
-
-<h3>LIGHT BISCUIT.</h3>
-
-<p>Have a quart of milk a little warm, into which
-put two spoonsful of butter; pour this on flour,
-enough to make a dough; add a tea-cup full of yeast,
-and a little salt; let it rise three hours, when roll
-into cakes: put them in pans: let them rise again,
-and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>TEA BISCUIT.</h3>
-
-<p>Warm a pint of good milk, into which put a piece
-of butter, the size of an egg; pour this on some flour,
-with a little salt and a tea-cup full of yeast. When
-quite light, knead it well; roll out and bake in pans.
-When done, pull them open and butter them.</p>
-
-<h3>GERMAN CAKES.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut up into a pound of flour, lard the size of an
-egg, and a little salt; milk sufficient to make a dough;
-roll out very thin, and bake. These cakes can be
-fried in lard, in round cakes, and are then called
-snow-balls.</p>
-
-<h3>MARYLAND BISCUIT.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut up a quarter of a pound of lard and butter,
-into two pounds of flour; add a little salt and water
-enough to make a stiff dough; beat very light with
-an axe, till it will break off short: stick with a fork,
-and bake in a quick oven. To be made up in small
-cakes.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_72">72</span></p>
-
-<h3>BUCKWHEAT CAKES.</h3>
-
-<p>In a quart of buckwheat meal, put a cup of Indian
-or wheat flour, whichever is preferred. Make
-this into a batter, with water, a little warm, a cup
-of yeast and a little salt. Set it to rise, and when
-quite light, pour it on the griddle. It is better to
-set them to rise in a pitcher, as stirring the batter
-spoils them.</p>
-
-<h3>FLANNEL CAKES.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a batter of a pint of milk, sufficiently warm
-to melt in it a piece of butter the size of an egg,
-two eggs, a little salt and flour; put in a cup of yeast,
-and set it to rise three hours: bake on the griddle.
-If you wish them quick, make them of soda and
-cream of tartar, one third soda, and two thirds cream
-of tartar, or yeast powder.</p>
-
-<h3>SALLY LUNN.</h3>
-
-<p>Take a pint of milk and water mixed; warm it,
-and melt a small piece of butter in it. Put in flour
-enough to make a stiff batter. Two eggs and a
-cup of good yeast, a little salt, but no sugar. Set
-it in a warm place to rise. Send to table whole. This
-quantity will take near an hour to bake: do not beat
-it after the yeast goes in.</p>
-
-<h3>POTATO BREAD OR ROLLS.</h3>
-
-<p>Take some mealy potatoes, mash them fine in some
-flour, a small piece of butter, a little salt and some
-yeast; when light, roll out in cakes: put them in pans,
-and set them away to rise, and when light, bake.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_73">73</span></p>
-
-<h3>MUSH MUFFINS.</h3>
-
-<p>Take a pint of corn mush, and when milk warm,
-put in a lump of butter, a little milk, two eggs, and
-flour enough to make a batter; add a little salt and
-one cup full of yeast. Set to rise for three hours:
-bake in rings.</p>
-
-<h3>RICE MUFFINS.</h3>
-
-<p>Take a cup full of boiled rice, and a piece of butter,
-the size of an egg; pour upon this a quart of boiling
-milk; add a little salt and two eggs well beaten;
-when cool, a tea-cup full of yeast and flour, enough to
-make a stiff batter: when light, bake in rings.</p>
-
-<h3>QUICK MUFFINS.</h3>
-
-<p>One and a half pints of milk to a quart of flour,
-an even tablespoonful of butter, two eggs; sift with
-the flour two teaspoonsful of cream of tartar, and
-dissolve with a little milk and a teaspoon three
-quarters full of soda: bake immediately.</p>
-
-<h3>QUICK WAFFLES.</h3>
-
-<p>Quick waffles are made with sour cream. To one
-quart of sour cream add flour enough to make a
-batter, two eggs well beaten, a small piece of butter,
-and one teaspoonful of soda; just before baking, a
-little salt; bake immediately: a little boiled rice will
-be a great improvement.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_74">74</span></p>
-
-<h3>REMARKS ON MAKING INDIAN BREAD.</h3>
-
-<p>It is better in making Indian bread to pour the
-liquid, either water or milk, boiling hot on the Indian
-meal. Indian takes more salt than wheat.</p>
-
-<h3>TO MAKE MUSH.</h3>
-
-<p>Have a pot of boiling water. Stir in gradually
-corn meal to make it thick. Salt it to your taste:
-let it boil one hour. When it is cold, slice it and
-fry it a light brown: send to table hot.</p>
-
-<h3>CORN BATTER CAKES.</h3>
-
-<p>Pour boiling milk on meal, enough to make a batter;
-add a little salt and two eggs. The eggs will prevent
-them breaking when they are turned: send hot
-to table. If this batter is made thick and baked in
-a pan, it is called pone.</p>
-
-<h3>JOURNEY CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Mix well some corn meal with water, and a little
-salt. Have ready the middle board of a flour barrel-head;
-wet the board, upon which put the dough
-with a large spoon; smooth it over; bake before the
-fire; when baked brown, turn the other side. Send
-hot to table.</p>
-
-<h3>LIGHTENED PONE.</h3>
-
-<p>Pour either milk or water boiling hot on a pint of
-corn meal; add salt, and, when it is cool, some yeast
-and two eggs; when it is light, it will open at top:
-bake in pans an inch thick.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_75">75</span></p>
-
-<h3>INDIAN BREAKFAST CAKES.</h3>
-
-<p>Upon one quart of corn meal, pour one quart of
-boiling milk, with a small piece of butter, a spoonful
-of salt, a spoonful of cream of tartar, and a half
-one of soda sifted with the meal; when well mixed
-drop them into a pan, and bake in an oven: these
-cakes must be rough on top.</p>
-
-<h3>POTATO CAKES.</h3>
-
-<p>Boil ten mealy potatoes, put to them a piece of
-butter the size of an egg, some salt and flour, enough
-to roll them out; bake them in cakes, on the griddle:
-send hot to table.</p>
-
-<h3>TO MAKE PUFF PASTE.</h3>
-
-<p>Take one pound and a half of flour; sift half of it
-into a tin pan. The remainder keep for rolling out
-the paste; take a pound of butter which has been
-washed and well worked the night before, and kept
-in a cold place. Cut up half of it with two knives
-into the flour, then mix it with a tumbler of ice
-water. Then roll it out very thin, and spread on
-it in small thin pieces a quarter of a pound of butter,
-and sift flour over it. Cut it in strips, about four
-inches wide, and six long; lay one upon another till
-they are all on; then roll again, and put the remaining
-quarter of butter on as before; roll and cut it
-in strips, and those strips in squares, and lay one upon
-another. When you make the pie do not take one of
-the strips, but cut it down, so as to have as many
-layers as possible in each pie. Always use the
-knives: never touch the paste with the hand.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_76">76</span></p>
-
-<h3>ANOTHER VERY SUPERIOR PUFF PASTE.</h3>
-
-<p>One pound and a quarter of flour, and one of
-butter. The butter should be divided into four parts,
-and the salt well washed out of it in three different
-waters, the night before, and set in a cold place to
-become hard, the harder the better. Weigh a pound
-and a quarter of flour; sift half a pound of the flour
-into a tin pan, (such a pan as should be always kept
-for making pastry,) keep the rest of the flour in the
-sieve. Cut up in the pan with the half pound of
-flour, a quarter of a pound of butter with two knives.
-(The hands should never touch the pastry.) Then
-pour slowly into the pan half a pint of ice water;
-mixing it with the knives. Sift some of the flour
-on your board, and roll it out very thin, with a
-floured rolling pin; sufficient flour must be used to
-prevent it sticking to the board; put over the
-paste in small pieces as regularly as possible, one
-quarter of butter; then sift flour over and cut it in
-strips about three inches wide; then cut across as
-many times, placing one piece upon another till it
-makes quite a high mound. Flour it and roll it out
-again as thin as possible. Then put on in very
-small pieces the third quarter of butter, and proceed
-as above, with the last quarter; roll out very thin,
-cutting it as before. The flour is now all rolled in
-except half of a pound, reserved for rolling out the
-paste when making up. It should be made in a cold
-place, and near an open window. When you make
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_77">77</span>
-up your pies cut a piece from top to bottom of the
-pile, and roll out thin. The fire should be under
-pastry to make it puff up. There is nothing better
-for baking pastry than a ten plate stove.</p>
-
-<h3>VERY SUPERIOR MINCE PIES.</h3>
-
-<p>Take a fresh tongue and some of the neck, four
-pounds in all; two pounds of suet, four pounds of
-raisins, two of currants, two of citron, six pounds of
-sugar, one quart of brandy, one of Madeira wine, and
-half a peck of apples. Cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves,
-and very little salt.</p>
-
-<h3>CURRANT PIES.</h3>
-
-<p>Pick and scald your currants; let them stand a few
-minutes, then pour off the water. Some prefer them
-stewed. Sugar to your taste. Gooseberries are
-prepared in the same way.</p>
-
-<h3>RHUBARB PIE.</h3>
-
-<p>Take off the skin; cut in small pieces; sugar them
-and put them in the paste, and bake. Some prefer
-them stewed.</p>
-
-<h3>BLACKBERRY PIE.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash your blackberries; put them in the paste,
-with sugar to your taste: bake, and send hot to
-table. These pies are not good, if they stand long
-after being baked.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_78">78</span></p>
-
-<h3>PEACH PIES.</h3>
-
-<p>Pare your peaches; cut them in slices; put them
-in your paste with sugar and a little water, and bake
-slowly.</p>
-
-<h3>FLORENDINES.</h3>
-
-<p>Boil a quart of milk; stir into it four tablespoonsful
-of rice flour; let it boil ten minutes, then add a
-tea-cup full of powdered loaf sugar, grated nutmeg, a
-gill of cream, and five eggs beaten very light. Make
-a puff paste, and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>CREAM PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>To one cup of cream, add two tablespoonsful of
-rice flour, and two eggs; a few currants, sugar, and
-rose water, to your taste: bake in paste.</p>
-
-<h3>INDIAN PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Pour one quart of boiling milk over a half pint
-of corn meal; add two tablespoonsful of butter, and
-four of molasses; beat four eggs very light; and, when
-perfectly cool, add them, with a glass of brandy,
-and mace and nutmeg: bake, and send to table hot
-with wine sauce.</p>
-
-<h3>RICE PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Take half a pint of rice; wash it well; put it on
-to boil with very little water, and let it boil dry;
-then stir in a piece of butter the size of a goose egg;
-a grated nutmeg, a tea-cup full of loaf sugar, a quart
-of milk, and two eggs well beaten: pour it into a
-pudding dish, and bake.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_79">79</span></p>
-
-<h3>COCOANUT PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Grate one cocoanut; pour the milk on some sugar,
-then boil it, and throw in the cocoanut; let it come
-to a boil again. When cold, add four eggs well
-beaten: bake in puff paste.</p>
-
-<h3>BREAD PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Take the inside of a stale loaf of baker’s bread;
-pour over it one quart of boiling milk; when perfectly
-cold, add five eggs well beaten, one cup full of
-sugar, a small piece of butter, a little brandy, mace,
-and nutmeg: bake in buttered pans. A few raisins
-would be an improvement.</p>
-
-<h3>POOR MAN’S PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Have a pan well buttered; on which put a layer
-of bread crumbs; then a layer of apples, pared and
-sliced, and some sugar and cinnamon; then bread
-and butter; then apples, sugar and cinnamon, till
-your dish is full. The apples should be juicy:
-bake, and eat, with wine sauce.</p>
-
-<h3>SAGO PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash a tea-cup full of sago well, in two waters; then
-pour over it one quart of boiling milk; a small piece
-of butter. Set it on the stove to simmer, slowly, for
-a few moments; then take it off. Beat four eggs very
-light; add sugar and rose water, to your taste: bake
-in a crust, or in a buttered dish.</p>
-
-<h3>TAPIOCA PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash well the tapioca; one cup to a quart of milk;
-put it on the stove; let it boil till soft; stir in while
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_80">80</span>
-hot a little butter; let it get cold; beat three eggs
-very light: season to your taste, with sugar and
-lemon peel: bake in a paste.</p>
-
-<h3>ARROW ROOT PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Boil one quart of milk; dissolve one tablespoonful
-of arrowroot; and when the milk boils, stir it in
-as you would starch. Let it cool, and then mix a
-half pound of butter, and the same of sugar; add
-six eggs beaten very light; the rind of a lemon grated,
-and some grated nutmeg; put a paste in your dish,
-and bake: this quantity will make four puddings.</p>
-
-<h3>ORANGE PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Orange pudding is made like lemon pudding:
-using the oranges instead of the lemons.</p>
-
-<h3>JERSEY RICE PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash well half a tea-cup full of rice; put it in a bake
-pan with two quarts of milk; sugar and cinnamon
-to your taste: bake in a slow oven till it is as thick
-as custard.</p>
-
-<h3>SPONGE CAKE PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a sponge cake batter. Boil it in a pyramid
-form. Make a sauce of the white of egg and loaf
-sugar beaten up together. Pour over the pyramid.</p>
-
-<h3>MUNSEY PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Take half a loaf of bread crumbled fine; a cup
-full of suet chopped fine; some pippin apples cut in
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_81">81</span>
-thin slices. Have a tin pan well buttered; put the
-bread around it; then put in alternately the apples,
-bread and suet, with some sugar and nutmeg; to be
-baked, and eaten with wine sauce.</p>
-
-<h3>PEACH PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>One quart of dried peaches. Wash them well in
-four waters; then pour three pints of boiling milk
-on one quart of bread crumbs, made fine; five large
-tablespoonsful of flour, three spoonsful of cinnamon,
-one wine-glass full of brandy, half a pound of suet,
-two tablespoonsful of brown sugar, eight or nine
-eggs beaten separately: boil three hours, and eat
-with wine sauce.</p>
-
-<h3>PLUM PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Take the crumbs of a five cent loaf of bread; one
-quart of rich milk boiled and poured over the bread
-while hot, one quarter of a pound of suet cut fine,
-two pounds of raisins stoned, half a pound of currants
-washed and dried, one quarter of citron cut in
-thin slices, six eggs beaten very light, one tablespoonful
-of flour. Mix these ingredients, and boil, or
-bake slowly. Make a rich sauce, half wine and
-half brandy.</p>
-
-<h3>SWEET POTATO PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Boil one pound of sweet potatoes till half done;
-then skin and grate them; add half of a pound of
-butter, the same of powdered sugar, beaten to a
-cream; add six eggs well beaten, a grated nutmeg,
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_82">82</span>
-and lemon peel with a glass of brandy; bake in a
-paste, and when the pudding is done, sprinkle the
-top with sugar, and cover with bits of citron. Irish
-potato pudding is made in the same way. A little
-cream is an improvement to the Irish potato pudding.</p>
-
-<h3>PUMPKIN PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Stew a fine sweet pumpkin till soft and dry; rub
-it through a sieve; add half a pound of butter beaten
-to a cream, with half a pound of sugar, half a pint
-of new milk, and a wine-glass full of brandy, some
-cinnamon, and nutmeg, six eggs beaten very light:
-put in a paste, and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>LEMON PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>One pound of butter; the same of sugar beaten
-to a cream; ten eggs beaten to a froth, one wine-glass
-full of brandy and rose water mixed; the rind
-of one lemon and the juice; add one tablespoonful
-of grated cracker, or Indian meal: bake in a paste.</p>
-
-<h3>LEMON PUDDING ANOTHER WAY.</h3>
-
-<p>One cup full of sugar, one egg, the rind and juice
-of one lemon. This will make one pudding: or mix
-with a little rice flour, and make two with two
-eggs.</p>
-
-<h3>A FANCY DISH.</h3>
-
-<p>Get some small-sized oranges; take out all the
-pulp very carefully, by cutting a round piece out
-of the top; scrape out the pulp with a spoon. Make
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_83">83</span>
-a jelly with the juice of the oranges; wash and wipe
-dry the skins of the oranges. Have some blanc-mange
-of Irish moss: fill half of the oranges with
-the blanc-mange, and the rest with the jelly; let
-it get perfectly cold, then cut them in halves or
-quarters, just as you fancy; pile them in a dish,
-and ornament with orange or any kind of long
-leaves.</p>
-
-<h3>MERANG AUX POMME IN PASTE.</h3>
-
-<p>Have a good under crust; cover with stewed
-apples seasoned with lemon peel; make an icing as
-for cake; spread thick over the apples: put it in the
-oven for a few moments.</p>
-
-<h3>MERANG AUX POMME WITH CREAM.</h3>
-
-<p>Have some good cooking apples; pare, core, and
-stew them slowly till they are tender; then take
-them out, and fill the centre with any kind of marmalade.
-Arrange them in any fanciful manner
-you may prefer. Have some apples stewed and
-mashed fine; fill all the uneven spaces; cover this
-with icing, and decorate with blanched almonds, or
-macaroon. Set it in a moderate oven for a few
-minutes: to be eaten with cream, when perfectly
-cold.</p>
-
-<h3>SPONGE CAKE CUSTARD.</h3>
-
-<p>Grate some stale sponge cake; upon which put
-some thin slices. Whisk three eggs very light;
-pour on them one pint of boiling milk: season with
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_84">84</span>
-lemon peel and sugar to the taste. Mix all well
-together: bake twenty minutes in a slow oven.
-Cover the top with sponge cake, and pile the icing
-up high in the centre.</p>
-
-<h3>SWISS CUSTARD.</h3>
-
-<p>Take a quart of thick cream. Mix very smoothly
-eight teaspoonsful of the finest flour, with some of
-the quart of cream: season to your taste with lemon
-peel and sugar. Then put the remainder of the
-cream on the fire, and when it simmers slowly, put
-in the cream and flour, stirring it very gently till it
-is thick; then pour it out: when perfectly cool, add
-some lemon juice. Place in a dish some macaroons,
-upon which pour some of the custard. And so proceed,
-till all of the custard is in. Ornament the top
-with any kind of preserves you prefer.</p>
-
-<h3>STRAWBERRY WHIPS.</h3>
-
-<p>You can make a basket of macaroons any shape
-you like, by dipping the edges of the macaroons
-in barley sugar, and putting them over a mould.
-Whip some cream with strawberry juice, fill your
-basket very high, and ornament with strawberries
-and rose leaves.</p>
-
-<h3>A GOOD DESSERT.</h3>
-
-<p>Take half a pound of loaf sugar; rub on it the
-rind of a lemon; add half a pint of boiling water;
-let it stand till quite cold; beat the whites of three
-eggs very light, and one yolk. Mix all together
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_85">85</span>
-with a little lemon juice. Put this in a pitcher and
-set it in a pan of boiling water, stirring it till it is
-thick: when quite cold, put it in cups. If you find
-it difficult to thicken, add two teaspoonsful of rice
-flour, with the boiling water.</p>
-
-<h3>APPLE DUMPLINGS.</h3>
-
-<p>Boil some potatoes; mash them with salt and
-a small piece of butter; add flour, enough to make
-a paste; pare and core your apples; have small
-dumpling-cloths, on each of which place a tablespoonful
-of dough, and roll it out; then tie up an
-apple in each one; scald and flour your cloth. They
-should be put in when the water boils, and will take
-from half to three quarters of an hour to boil, if
-the apples are good.</p>
-
-<h3>PEACH DUMPLINGS.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a paste of one pound of flour, and a quarter
-of suet; cut the suet up fine: put in water enough
-to make a paste; pare your peaches, and put each
-one in a cloth; tie up and boil: have a small cloth
-for each dumpling.</p>
-
-<h3>FRUIT DUMPLINGS.</h3>
-
-<p>Pour some boiling water on flour; beat it very
-light; roll it on a cloth; put in your fruit; tie it up,
-and boil.</p>
-
-<h3>INDIAN MEAL FRITTERS.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a batter of a pint of milk, some Indian meal,
-and two eggs; have ready some hot lard, and fry them.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_86">86</span></p>
-
-<h3>APPLE FRITTERS.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a batter of one pint of milk, and three
-eggs, and flour; chop four pippin apples up fine; stir
-them into the batter; drop in a spoonful at a time.</p>
-
-<h3>PANCAKES.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a batter of eggs, and milk, and flour; pour
-a little in the pan, sufficient to cover the bottom:
-when a light brown, turn on the other side.</p>
-
-<h3>A QUICK PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Mix one table-spoonful of arrow-root with a pint
-of milk; beat up two eggs very light; while the milk
-is boiling, add the arrow root, and stir all the time:
-when it comes to a boil, take it off; let it cool;
-then add the eggs, some lemon peel, and a little
-juice: bake in a paste.</p>
-
-<h3>BOILED MILK FRITTERS.</h3>
-
-<p>Have a quart of new milk boiling hot; stir
-into it flour enough to make a stiff dough: then
-take it off, and let it get perfectly cold; beat seven
-eggs very light, and stir them in: drop them in hot
-lard, and fry a light brown.</p>
-
-<h3>A BAKED FLOUR PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>To one quart of milk, add eight tablespoonsful
-of flour. Stir till the flour is perfectly well mixed;
-then add six eggs, beaten separately, very light:
-butter your pan, and bake in a quick oven; or
-bake in cups; these are then called puffs.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_87">87</span></p>
-
-<h3>A FARINA PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Boil a quart of milk; stir into it four tablespoonsful
-of farina; let it boil fifteen minutes: when cold,
-add a cup of cream, a nutmeg, a cup full of powdered
-sugar, and four eggs; bake, and eat hot with wine
-sauce.</p>
-
-<h3>CORN STARCH PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Put three table-spoonsful of corn starch into a
-quart of boiling milk; let it boil ten minutes: then
-add four eggs, sugar and nutmeg to the taste. Bake
-and serve with wine sauce.</p>
-
-<h3>MACARONI PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Boil a quart of milk, and when quite cold, beat
-up four eggs very light, and add to the milk, with
-sugar to the taste. Boil three ounces of macaroni,
-and when the pan is buttered, put in the macaroni,
-and pour the custard around; when it begins to
-bake stir it well; season with lemon: send hot to
-table.</p>
-
-<h3>VERMICELLI PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Vermicelli pudding is made in the same way,
-only add a quarter of a pound of vermicelli to a
-quart of milk, and five eggs.</p>
-
-<h3>RICE PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash well three ounces of rice; put it in sufficient
-water to cover it: when it has boiled a few minutes,
-pour off the water, and add a pint of milk: stir it;
-and when done, take it up; put in it a piece of butter
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_88">88</span>
-the size of an egg, some sugar and nutmeg;
-beat very light four eggs, and when cold, add to
-the rice, and if thick, some milk; a few raisins will
-improve it very much: when nearly done, have
-some white of egg and sugar beaten up very light;
-arrange on the top, and set it for a few moments in
-the oven.</p>
-
-<h3>ALMOND PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>To one quart of cream, add half a pound of almonds,
-blanched and pounded in a mortar, with
-rose water; sweeten to your taste; beat to a stiff
-froth the whites of six eggs, with three table-spoonsful
-of rice flour: bake in a paste.</p>
-
-<h3>A BOILED RICE PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Take four ounces of rice; wash it and put it in
-a bag, with some raisins; let the rice have plenty
-room to boil in the bag; turn it while boiling. It
-will take an hour and a half. To be eaten with wine
-sauce.</p>
-
-<h3>RICE FLOUR FRITTERS.</h3>
-
-<p>Rice flour fritters are made the same as wheat
-flour fritters: six eggs, a quart of milk and flour
-enough to make a batter.</p>
-
-<h3>RICE MILK.</h3>
-
-<p>Take any quantity of rice you wish; wash it well;
-put it down to boil; when half done, pour off the
-water: then add milk; season with vanilla and sugar.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_89">89</span></p>
-
-<h3>COLD CUSTARD.</h3>
-
-<p>Take three quarts of new milk; have a piece of
-rennet about an inch square, which put into two
-table-spoonsful of water; let it soak over night; in
-the morning, pour this in the milk; keep it in a
-warm place till it turns; then set it on the ice to
-become cold: eat with cream and sugar.</p>
-
-<h3>TRIFLE.</h3>
-
-<p>Place some slices of sponge cake in a dish; put
-on them preserves of any kind; pour over this some
-boiled custard, then ornament the top with the whites
-of eggs beaten up with loaf sugar, or whips, if preferred.</p>
-
-<h3>WHIPS.</h3>
-
-<p>To one pint of cream, two whites of eggs, one
-wine-glass full of wine, and sugar to your taste;
-churn the cream, and take off the top as it rises;
-put in lemonade or other glasses, and ornament with
-macaroons.</p>
-
-<h3>CARRAGEEN, OR IRISH MOSS.</h3>
-
-<p>Take one ounce of moss; wash it very well, and
-let it soak for a few minutes: put on to boil four
-quarts of milk; when boiling, put in the moss; let it
-boil for four or five minutes, then strain it into moulds;
-season with sugar, rose water, or any thing you prefer;
-if vanilla is preferred, boil part of a bean in the milk.</p>
-
-<h3>FLOATING ISLAND.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a stiff froth the whites of six eggs;
-sweeten with loaf sugar; add currant jelly or strawberry
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_90">90</span>
-syrup to colour it; sweeten some cream, upon
-which put the float. You may season the cream
-with white wine, or the extract of vanilla, if preferred;
-it is then called syllabub. Ornament with
-ripe strawberries.</p>
-
-<h3>GOOSEBERRY FOOL.</h3>
-
-<p>Take a quart of gooseberries; put them in a pan
-with two pounds of loaf sugar, and a little water;
-when quite soft, pass them through a sieve; when
-cold, add boiled custard till it is thick. Put it in
-the dish you intend to send to table, with whipped
-cream on top.</p>
-
-<h3>APPLE FLOAT.</h3>
-
-<p>Stew and mash very well some good cooking apples;
-sweeten the apples; make a float of the
-whites of eggs and sugar, mixed well together,
-and cool on the ice. To be eaten with cream.</p>
-
-<h3>ICED APPLES.</h3>
-
-<p>Have some good cooking apples; stew and mash
-them; sweeten to your taste; beat the whites of
-four eggs to a stiff froth with sugar; cover the apples,
-(which must be in the dish you intend to send
-them to table in;) set them in a moderate oven to
-brown for a few moments; take them out, and keep
-in a cold place till they are required.</p>
-
-<h3>FREEZING CREAM.</h3>
-
-<p>Put the freezer containing the cream into the
-bucket with the ice and salt; put the ice closely
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_91">91</span>
-around, so as to touch every part of it; as soon as
-the ice is formed, scrape it from the sides to the
-centre. The freezer must be kept moving constantly
-during the process.</p>
-
-<h3>ICE CREAM.</h3>
-
-<p>Take four quarts of good cream; sweeten with
-loaf sugar very sweet, as the sugar loses its strength
-by freezing; boil a vanilla bean in a pint of milk;
-then pour it in the cream and freeze it.</p>
-
-<h3>LEMON CREAM.</h3>
-
-<p>The lemon must be rolled in sugar to extract the
-oil; use the sugar for sweetening the cream. Then
-freeze it.</p>
-
-<h3>RASPBERRY CREAM.</h3>
-
-<p>Mash the berries; press them through a sieve;
-sweeten the juice, and mix it with the cream. Strawberry
-ice cream is made in the same way.</p>
-
-<h3>COCOANUT CREAM.</h3>
-
-<p>Pare and grate it; boil it with half a pint of
-cream; then add it to the cream you wish to freeze.
-Strain the boiled cream before you put it in the
-freezer.</p>
-
-<h3>ALMOND CREAM.</h3>
-
-<p>Blanch the almonds by pouring boiling water on
-them till the skins will peel off easily; then pound
-them fine and put them in the cream; sweeten with
-loaf sugar and freeze.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_92">92</span></p>
-
-<h3>CHOCOLATE CREAM.</h3>
-
-<p>Scrape two ounces of chocolate; put it on to
-boil in a pint of milk; boil it till the chocolate
-dissolves. Sweeten it and add it to the cream and
-freeze.</p>
-
-<h3>PEACH ICE.</h3>
-
-<p>Get soft ripe peaches; mash them through a
-sieve; then sweeten and freeze. Apples may be
-stewed and mashed and frozen also.</p>
-
-<h3>FRENCH PUFFS.</h3>
-
-<p>Mix together four ounces of butter, and two
-ounces of sugar, three eggs beaten separately, and
-five ounces of sifted flour; cut a sheet of paper into
-four pieces; spread them with batter; drop the
-batter with a tea spoon in the form of balls on the
-paper; immerse the paper into boiling lard; and as
-they cook drop them off, and fry them a light brown;
-drain them on a sieve covered with paper, to absorb
-the grease; dust fine sugar over them; and eat them
-with sugar, butter, and wine, beaten together.</p>
-
-<h3>JELLY PUFFS.</h3>
-
-<p>Make puff paste; roll it out half an inch thick;
-cut it out with a large tumbler; double them over;
-lay them in rows on sheet irons; egg them over,
-and sift sugar on them; then bake, and, before
-serving, place on them some currant or plum jelly.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_93">93</span></p>
-
-<h3>ICED CUSTARD WITH FRUIT.</h3>
-
-<p>Line the sides and bottom of a round mould with
-macaroons, fastened together with hot sugar; when
-cool, place it on a dish. Then make a custard with
-the yolk of ten eggs, and one quart of milk, half a
-pound of sugar, and a vanilla bean. Freeze the
-custard; fill the macaroon mould with it; forming
-it in a pyramid; and ornament with strawberries,
-cherries, or any fruit in season.</p>
-
-<h3>APPLES AND RICE.</h3>
-
-<p>Pare and core a dozen apples; place them in a
-pan with a little butter, loaf sugar, and lemon peel;
-add a little water, and bake them slowly, without
-allowing them to become brown. Boil some rice
-with milk, sugar, a little butter, and a nutmeg;
-when perfectly done, mash it with a spoon, and put
-into a round mould to cool; then turn it out, and
-arrange the apples neatly upon it; eat it with wine
-sauce.</p>
-
-<h3>SPONGE CAKE IN THE FORM OF A HAM.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a sponge cake, and bake in an oval tin
-pan; when cold, shape it with a sharp knife in the
-form of a ham; hollow it out on the under part;
-and fill with whipped cream. Pin a paper ruffle on
-the hock; and cover all over with broken calf’s foot
-jelly.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_94">94</span></p>
-
-<h3>APPLE CHARLOTTE.</h3>
-
-<p>Have a tin pan well buttered, and spread around
-the sides and bottom nicely stewed apples. Make
-a rich custard; place some savoury cakes in the
-pan; with raspberry jam between each layer of
-cake; fill up with the custard, and steam a few
-minutes.</p>
-
-<h3>TO CLARIFY ISINGLASS.</h3>
-
-<p>Cooper’s isinglass is the best. Wash it well, and
-put it in a pan; and to a half pound, add a pint
-and a half of water, a quarter of a pound of sugar,
-and the juice of three lemons; let it boil slowly
-about fifteen minutes; removing the scum as it
-rises. When cold, the whites of two eggs may be
-added, and boiled again for a few minutes; then
-passed through a jelly strainer.</p>
-
-<h3>TO CLARIFY SUGAR.</h3>
-
-<p>To two pounds of loaf sugar, add one quart of
-water; and when the sugar is dissolved, add the
-whites of two eggs well beaten; let it boil slowly,
-until the scum has ceased rising, then pour through
-a strainer.</p>
-
-<h3>STRAWBERRY JELLY.</h3>
-
-<p>Pour one pint of boiling syrup upon two quarts of
-strawberries; let it remain until cold; then press
-through a jelly bag. Let it boil again, and stir in
-it a pint of clarified isinglass; then pour into moulds
-to cool.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_95">95</span></p>
-
-<p>Pine apples, oranges, or any other fruit can be
-made into jelly in the same way.</p>
-
-<h3>MADEIRA JELLY.</h3>
-
-<p>To one quart of syrup add one quart of clarified
-isinglass, the juice of four lemons, and a pint of
-good Madeira wine. Pour it into moulds, and place
-them in ice.</p>
-
-<h3>RASPBERRY CREAM.</h3>
-
-<p>Bruise in a bowl two quarts of ripe raspberries,
-with half a pound of powdered sugar; rub them
-through a sieve. Mix with the juice, one pint of
-whipped cream, and one pint of clarified isinglass.
-Pour it into a mould which has been rubbed with
-sweet oil; set it in ice; and when cold turn it out
-on a dish.</p>
-
-<h3>CHOCOLATE CREAM.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a quart of rich vanilla chocolate; add to
-it one quarter of a pound of sugar, and the yolks of
-six eggs. Stir all together over the fire a few minutes.
-Then add a half pint of whipped cream,
-and a pint and a half of clarified isinglass. Mix
-well together, and pour into moulds.</p>
-
-<h3>PEACH CHEESE.</h3>
-
-<p>Stone and pare a quarter of a peck of ripe peaches;
-put them into a porcelain lined kettle, with one
-pound of loaf sugar, and a little water; stir over
-the fire until all is dissolved; rub it through a hair
-sieve into a bowl; add one pint of clarified isinglass;
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_96">96</span>
-fill the moulds, and place them in the ice; when it
-is firm turn it out; and cover the top with whipped
-cream.</p>
-
-<h3>CALF’S FEET JELLY.</h3>
-
-<p>Take two sets of calves’ feet, and one of pigs’ feet;
-put them in a kettle with two gallons of water; let it
-boil down one-half; strain it and set it away till
-the next day; before you put it on the fire, skim it
-well; add half a gallon of wine and a pint of
-brandy, the juice of eight lemons, the skins of four,
-pared from the rind, four sticks of cinnamon, sugar
-to your taste, the whites of ten eggs beaten to a
-froth; mix all in the stock when cold. Let it boil
-twenty minutes. If the stock is very stiff, ten will
-be sufficient; then strain it through a jelly-strainer.</p>
-
-<h3>A HEN’S NEST.</h3>
-
-<p>Put some calf’s feet jelly in a deep dish, upon
-which make a nest with some skins of lemons
-cut in strips and preserved in syrup. Take some
-eggs; make a small hole, through which empty
-them; wash and drain, and fill them with blanc-mange;
-when perfectly cold, take off the shell and
-put them in the nest.</p>
-
-<h3>CHARLOTTE RUSSE.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a rich boiled custard of a quart of milk
-and six eggs; sweeten with sugar and season with
-vanilla; while warm stir into it a quart of calf’s
-feet jelly; whip a pint of cream, and mix with it;
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_97">97</span>
-make a Turk’s cap sponge cake; cut out the centre
-and fill it with the mixture; put on the top, and
-ice it when perfectly cold.</p>
-
-<h3>CHOCOLATE CUSTARD.</h3>
-
-<p>Boil one and a half ounces of gelatine in two
-quarts of good milk; add three ounces of the best
-French chocolate; vanilla and sugar to your taste;
-beat very light twelve eggs, omitting the whites of
-four; pour the boiling mixture very slowly on the
-eggs; put it in a tin saucepan, and set it in a pot
-of boiling water; stir it till thick; pour it in moulds.</p>
-
-<h3>BOILED CUSTARD.</h3>
-
-<p>Put a quart of milk on to boil with half of a
-vanilla bean or eight peach leaves, when they are
-in season; beat the yolks of six eggs and the whites
-of three; pour the milk boiling hot upon the eggs,
-stirring all the time; then put it in a pitcher, and set
-the pitcher in a pot of boiling water; stir it well till
-it is as thick as good cream; then pour it from one
-pitcher to another till it is nearly cold, when put it
-in cups, and ornament the tops with the whites of
-eggs and sugar beaten very light, on which put a
-strawberry, or a rosebud, or jelly.</p>
-
-<h3>TRANSPARENT PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Half a pound of butter and one pound of sugar
-beaten to a cream; the yolks of sixteen eggs beaten
-very light; lay in the dish, either with or without
-pastry, some West India preserves. Then pour
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_98">98</span>
-over them the mixed ingredients, and put it in
-the oven, which must be well heated. Try it with
-a knife; when done, ice it. Rose water or wine
-will improve it.</p>
-
-<h3>A BOILED FLOUR PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Mix together three pints of milk and six eggs, well
-beaten; stir in as much flour as will make a thick
-batter; have a pudding bag, which wash and flour
-well; pour in the batter, tie the bag tight, but far
-enough from the batter to give it room to swell; turn
-the bag frequently, and do not allow it to cease
-boiling until done. To be eaten with wine sauce.</p>
-
-<h3>APPLE PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Pare and core half a peck of apples; stew and
-mash them fine; add lemon peel, sugar, and nutmeg
-to the taste; beat five eggs very light, and mix
-all together, and bake in a paste.</p>
-
-<h3>A RICH CUSTARD PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a custard of one quart of milk and three
-eggs, and sugar to the taste; cut some slices of
-bread, butter them, and lay them in the bottom of
-the pan, which cover with raisins: do this till the
-pan is half full, then pour over the custard, and
-bake slowly.</p>
-
-<h3>A BIRD’S NEST PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Pare and core some good cooking apples; make
-a batter of one quart of milk, a little flour, four
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_99">99</span>
-eggs, and sugar to the taste; pour this around the
-apples and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>GREEN CORN PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Grate one dozen ears of corn; then make a batter
-of a quart of milk and four eggs, a little flour,
-and sugar to the taste, and a very small piece of
-butter; bake slowly one hour. To be eaten with
-sugar and butter beaten up very light.</p>
-
-<h3>A GOOD CUSTARD.</h3>
-
-<p>To three pints of milk, sweetened to your taste,
-add two eggs, well beaten; cut some bread in
-squares, very thin, and put over the top, upon
-which grate nutmeg; bake very slowly, and be careful
-the milk does not curdle.</p>
-
-<h3>CAKES.</h3>
-
-<p>The flour for making cakes should always be sifted
-before using it, and of superfine quality, and dry.
-The butter must be the best, and the salt and water
-well worked out of it. The eggs should always be
-fresh.</p>
-
-<h3>ICING FOR CAKES.</h3>
-
-<p>Whip the whites of four eggs to a stiff froth; add
-gradually some fine white sugar till it will not run:
-season as you prefer, with vanilla or lemon.</p>
-
-<h3>LIGHT GINGER-BREAD.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, and two
-of sugar; beat five eggs very light; add them to the
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_100">100</span>
-sugar and butter. Have ten cups full of flour in a
-pan, into which put six cups full of molasses; season
-with half a cup full of ginger, and one tablespoonful
-of cloves; dissolve one and a half teaspoonsful of soda
-in sour milk, and put it in just before baking: bake
-in small pans.</p>
-
-<h3>CRISP GINGER-BREAD.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, the same
-of sugar; add ginger and some cayenne pepper; add
-two cups full of molasses, and flour enough to roll
-out. Cut in small cakes, and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>GINGER-BREAD NUTS.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, and the
-same of sugar; add a pint of molasses, cloves, ginger,
-and cinnamon to your taste; flour enough to make
-a stiff dough. Roll out thin; cut in small cakes:
-bake on pans in a quick oven.</p>
-
-<h3>SHAVINGS.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat the whites of four eggs to a stiff froth; add
-four or five tablespoonsful of white sugar, to one of
-butter; flour enough to roll out. Fry in hot lard:
-cut them in long strips and curl, before frying.</p>
-
-<h3>SOFT MOLASSES GINGER-BREAD.</h3>
-
-<p>Six cups full of flour, two of sugar, two of molasses,
-one of milk, two of butter; beat the sugar and
-butter together, to which add four eggs well beaten;
-then add one dessert spoonful of cloves, and three
-of good ginger, and the molasses and flour, till all
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_101">101</span>
-is mixed; dissolve one teaspoonful of soda and three
-of cream of tartar,&mdash;each in half a cup full of milk,
-which mix in just before you put it in the oven.
-This cake will take at least an hour and a half to
-bake.</p>
-
-<h3>SPICED GINGER-BREAD.</h3>
-
-<p>To three pints of flour, and one pound of brown
-sugar, add three tablespoonsful of ginger, and one
-and a half of cloves mixed. Melt half a pound of
-butter in a quart of molasses; knead all up; roll in
-thin cakes, and bake in a quick oven.</p>
-
-<h3>A VERY GOOD GINGER-BREAD.</h3>
-
-<p>Mix well with a pound and a half of flour, a half
-tea-cup full of good ginger. Melt in a pint of molasses
-half a pound of butter; when the molasses is
-hot, pour it over the flour, stirring it well to keep
-it from becoming lumpy; let it stand till quite cold,
-then beat two eggs very light, and stir in with flour,
-enough to make a stiff dough. Roll out and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>LEMON CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream one cup full of butter, and two of
-white sugar; add three eggs well beaten, one lemon
-grated and a little juice; one teaspoonful of soda
-dissolved in a little milk, and three of cream of tartar
-dissolved in water. Put in, after these ingredients
-are well beaten, three cups full of flour: bake
-in tins an inch thick. Ice them.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_102">102</span></p>
-
-<h3>QUEEN CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Cream, half a pound of butter, and the same of
-loaf sugar; beat very light four eggs; flour, a few
-currants, and put them in; stir in seven ounces of
-flour: mix well, and bake in small tins.</p>
-
-<h3>ALMOND CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Blanch a quarter of a pound of almonds, and rub
-them fine in a mortar with a little rose water; beat
-five eggs separately till very light; beat the sugar
-with the yolks of eggs; almonds with the whites of
-eggs, and a quarter of a pound of flour: bake an
-hour and a half in small tins.</p>
-
-<h3>MACAROONS.</h3>
-
-<p>Take half a pound of almonds, a few of them
-bitter; blanch them and pound in a mortar, with a
-little rose water; beat the whites of three eggs to a
-stiff froth, and add half a pound of white sugar,
-rolled very fine. Stir all together; drop on buttered
-paper, and bake in a slow oven, or on paper
-with grated rusk or bread; this will keep them
-from sticking to the paper. Some persons add a
-spoonful of rice flour.</p>
-
-<h3>GOOD JUMBLES.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to cream one pound of sugar, and the same
-of butter. Beat six eggs separately, the yolks with
-the sugar and butter; add flour enough to roll out:
-season to your taste. Cut them in rings, and bake:
-sift sugar over them when they are hot.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_103">103</span></p>
-
-<h3>COMMON JUMBLES.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, and the
-same of sugar; add four eggs, a little brandy and
-nutmeg; flour enough to roll out: bake in pans: cut
-them in round rings.</p>
-
-<h3>CRULLERS.</h3>
-
-<p>One cup full of butter, two cups full of sugar, one
-cup full of sour cream, four eggs, half a nutmeg, and
-a little cinnamon, half a teaspoonful of soda; flour
-enough to make a dough. Roll out, and fry in hot
-lard.</p>
-
-<h3>DOUGH NUTS.</h3>
-
-<p>Melt in a quart of boiling hot milk, a quarter
-of a pound of butter, into which beat flour enough
-to make a stiff dough, and one pound of brown
-sugar. When nearly cold, put in four eggs well
-beaten, and a tea-cup full of yeast. Let them rise,
-and when quite light, drop them with a spoon
-into boiling lard. Spices to your taste, and a little
-brandy.</p>
-
-<h3>MERANGUES.</h3>
-
-<p>Have a pound of fine white sugar, to which add
-the whites of twelve eggs beaten very stiff, and two
-tablespoonsful of rice flour. When well beaten, lay
-the mixture on thick white paper well buttered, or
-bread grated on it, to prevent the cakes sticking.
-Make the cakes in the shape of a half egg. When
-they are a light brown, and firm to the touch, take
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_104">104</span>
-them out. Scoop out the middle, into which put preserves.
-Put them again in the oven to dry; when
-done, fasten two together with a little white of egg.
-Send to table on a fancy dish. For dessert, whipped
-cream is very excellent, in merangues.</p>
-
-<h3>COMPOSITION CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>One pound of flour, one pound of sugar, the same
-of butter, seven eggs, half a pint of cream, and a
-gill of brandy, one tea-spoonful of soda and three of
-cream of tartar. Dissolve each separately and put
-in last. This cake will take an hour and three
-quarters to bake.</p>
-
-<h3>LOAF CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Two pounds of flour, one of sugar, half a pound
-of butter, one pint of yeast, eight eggs, one quart
-of milk; cream the sugar and butter together: add
-the raisins and spices after the first rising. This
-cake will take an hour and three quarters to bake.</p>
-
-<h3>SEED CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Three pints of sifted flour, one pound of brown
-sugar, one tablespoonful of caraway seed, mixed together.
-Then melt half a pound of butter, and pour
-it into as much cold milk as will make them soft
-enough to roll out. Three teaspoonsful of cream
-of tartar. Put in the flour before it is sifted. Dissolve
-one teaspoonful of soda in the milk: roll out;
-cut with a tumbler: bake in a quick oven.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_105">105</span></p>
-
-<h3>JELLY CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Jelly cake is made of either cup or sponge cake,
-as preferred. Bake in round tin pans on buttered
-paper; the pans should be as large as a dinner
-plate, and the cakes a quarter of an inch in thickness,
-when baked. Spread jelly upon each cake;
-place one upon another, till you have four or five,
-and then ice it.</p>
-
-<h3>SPONGE CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat ten eggs separately, very light; mix the
-whites and yolks together; add a pound of loaf
-sugar; then put in half a pound of flour. Do not
-beat it after the flour goes in, as this will make it
-tough: season to your taste, with lemon or vanilla.</p>
-
-<h3>ANOTHER SPONGE CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>One pint of flour, and one of sugar, half a tea-cup
-full of water; beat six eggs very light; put in the water
-before the whites of the eggs, and stir as little as
-possible after all the ingredients are in.</p>
-
-<h3>LADY FINGERS.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a stiff froth the whites of four eggs, and
-the yolks of four, with a pound of sugar. Mix with
-this two or three spoonsful of flour: season with rose
-water or lemon: bake on buttered paper.</p>
-
-<h3>ALBONNIE CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Put three teaspoonsful of cream of tartar into
-three pints of flour, and sift it; beat half a pound of
-butter to a cream, with two large cups full of sugar;
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_106">106</span>
-add five eggs, well beaten, a teaspoonful of soda,
-dissolved in a small quantity of milk, and some caraway
-seed. Roll very thin: bake on tins.</p>
-
-<h3>CUP CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream half a tea-cup full of butter, and one
-and a half of sugar; add three eggs beaten very
-light, two cups full of flour, one teaspoonful of soda,
-and three teaspoonsful of cream of tartar. Dissolve
-each separately in a little milk; mix them just before
-putting them in the pan: bake an hour and a
-half.</p>
-
-<h3>KISSES.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat till very light the whites of four eggs; add
-one teaspoonful of flour, either wheat or rice: season
-with rose water or lemon: bake on buttered tins or
-paper.</p>
-
-<h3>RICE SPONGE CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Rice flour sponge cake, is made like flour sponge
-cake, only add a little more of the rice than you
-would of the wheat flour: bake in small tins. Ice
-them.</p>
-
-<h3>WAFERS.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat three eggs to a stiff froth; two cups full of
-flour, a small piece of butter, and milk enough to
-make a batter; add four tablespoonsful of sugar.
-Roll out thin as possible, and bake: roll them up
-while hot.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_107">107</span></p>
-
-<h3>WHITE CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>One pound and a quarter of butter, one and a
-half pounds of sugar, the whites of twenty eggs, two
-teaspoonsful of cream of tartar, and a third as much
-soda; dissolve each in a tablespoonful of cream;
-put in the cream of tartar the last; one and a half
-pounds of flour; season to your taste: an hour and
-a half will bake it.</p>
-
-<h3>CAROLINA CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream one cup full of butter, and two of
-sugar, three cups full of flour, the whites of eight
-eggs, half a cup full of sweet milk, one teaspoonful
-of cream of tartar, and the third of that quantity
-of soda; dissolve each separately in the milk; add
-them the last; season to your taste; bake an hour
-and a half.</p>
-
-<h3>BUNNS.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, and the
-same of sugar, four eggs, half a pound of currants,
-a glass of brandy, a pint of milk, flour enough to
-make a stiff batter; stir in a cup full of yeast. When
-light, bake in small pans, or in a large one, and cut
-them out in squares.</p>
-
-<h3>SASSAFRAS CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, and the
-same of sugar; whisk till very light six eggs; add
-them to the butter and sugar, with a glass of brandy,
-the peel and juice of a lemon; add flour enough to
-make a dough: roll out, and bake on tins.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_108">108</span></p>
-
-<h3>WARWICK CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream two tea-cups full of sugar, and one
-of butter; add half a pound of currants floured, one
-glass of rose water, and six eggs beaten separately;
-dissolve one teaspoonful of soda, and three of cream
-of tartar in a little cream; and add, just before
-putting the cake in the pan, flour enough to make
-a stiff batter.</p>
-
-<h3>POUND CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream one pound of butter, with one
-pound of sugar; separate ten eggs, and beat them
-very light; have a pound of flour sifted; add the
-eggs and flour alternately; beat till the cake looks
-light just before going in the pan; put in a glass of
-brandy, rose water or lemon peel, or anything you
-prefer. This cake will take an hour and three
-quarters to bake.</p>
-
-<h3>PLUM OR FRUIT CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Fruit cake is made as the above; with the addition
-of a pound of currants, a pound of raisins, and
-half a pound of citron; flour the currants, raisins,
-and citron before putting them in. Raisins should
-always be seeded.</p>
-
-<h3>A VERY CHEAP CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>One tin cup full of flour, with two teaspoonsful of
-cream of tartar sifted with the flour; a piece of butter
-the size of an egg, half a cup full of sugar rubbed
-in the butter, and half of a teaspoonful of soda;
-dissolve in a small cup full of milk; bake in a pound
-cake form.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_109">109</span></p>
-
-<h3>RUSKS.</h3>
-
-<p>Take a pint of milk, a quarter of a pound of
-butter; warm the butter in the milk with half a tea-cup
-full of sugar; stir in enough flour to make a very
-soft dough; beat three eggs very light, and add;
-lastly, put in a tea-cup full of yeast; do not beat it
-or any cake after the yeast goes in; set it in a warm
-place to rise; when light add more flour by stirring
-it in, but do not beat it; let it rise again; flour
-your board, and pour out your dough; cut in cakes,
-and put in pans; handle as little as possible, and
-do not put any more flour to them; set them to rise
-again, and as soon as light, bake.</p>
-
-<h3>TO MAKE COCOA-NUT CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>To two whites of egg, take one cocoa-nut; after
-it has been peeled and grated, sugar to the taste;
-make them high in middle, and bake a few minutes.</p>
-
-<h3>COCOA-NUT AND ALMOND CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Blanch half a pound of almonds, and pound
-them in a mortar, with a little rose water, to prevent
-them oiling; add an equal quantity of grated
-cocoa-nut, three whites of eggs beaten to a froth,
-and sugar to the taste; bake ten minutes.</p>
-
-<h3>LADY CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a stiff froth the whites of ten eggs, add
-one pound of loaf sugar, blanch half a pound of
-almonds, and pound them very well with some rose
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_110">110</span>
-water; beat to a cream a quarter of a pound of
-butter, then add the sugar; stir in alternately with
-half a pound of flour, the eggs and the almonds;
-bake one hour and a half.</p>
-
-<h3>SMALL ALMOND CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Blanch and pound, with rose water, a quarter of
-a pound of almonds; beat very stiff the whites of
-four eggs; add three tablespoonsful of rice-flour,
-and sugar to the taste; bake in fancy shapes on
-buttered paper, in a slow oven, ten minutes.</p>
-
-<h3>DROP CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, and a
-quarter of a pound of loaf sugar; three eggs and the
-third of a cup of cream, half a pound of flour, rose
-water to the taste; drop them in buttered pans, and
-bake fifteen minutes. If preferred, they can be
-seasoned with chocolate.</p>
-
-<h3>FEDERAL CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Two pounds of flour, one pound of sugar, three
-quarters of butter, four eggs, the juice of one lemon,
-three teaspoonsful of cream of tartar, sifted with the
-flour, one of soda; dissolve in milk enough to make
-a dough; cut the cakes in the shape of a diamond.</p>
-
-<h3>HARD GINGERBREAD.</h3>
-
-<p>One and a half pounds of flour, half a pound
-of butter, half a pound of sugar, a pint of molasses,
-a tea-cup full of ginger, a tablespoonful of ground
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_111">111</span>
-orange peel, and cloves; roll them very thin, and
-bake.</p>
-
-<h3>BUTTER DROPS.</h3>
-
-<p>One quarter of a pound of butter, one pound of
-flour, two spoonsful of rose water, three eggs, well
-beaten, a little nutmeg; dissolve a small lump of
-pearlash in a little milk, and stir in just before
-baking; drop them on tins, and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>OHIO CAKES.</h3>
-
-<p>One and three-quarters of a pound of flour, three-quarters
-of a pound of sugar, four eggs, five tablespoonsful
-of thick cream, and a teaspoonful of
-soda; spice to your taste. Roll them about a quarter
-of an inch thick, and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>SUGAR CAKES.</h3>
-
-<p>Three pounds of flour, and half a pound of sugar,
-thirteen ounces of butter, and a teaspoonful of soda
-dissolved in half a pint of water; rub the butter
-in the flour; mix the sugar and water, then knead
-all well together; roll thin, and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>ANOTHER COCOA-NUT CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>One pound of cocoa-nut, one pound of flour,
-three quarters of a pound of sugar, half a pound
-of butter, six eggs, well beaten; mix all together,
-and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>NEW YORK COOKIES.</h3>
-
-<p>Two pounds flour, one of sugar, one quarter of a
-pound of butter, a large cup full of milk, a teaspoonful
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_112">112</span>
-of soda, two of cream of tartar, two tablespoonsful
-of caraway seeds; roll them, and bake on tins.</p>
-
-<h3>DIAMOND CAKES.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, and the
-same of sugar; add four eggs, well beaten, half a
-pound of flour, and the same of currants, washed
-and dried, and well floured, to keep them from sinking,
-a small teaspoonful of soda, and two of cream
-of tartar dissolved separately in milk; bake them in
-small pans, diamond shape.</p>
-
-<h3>A SPANISH CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream half a pound of butter; with the
-same quantity of sugar, four eggs, well beaten, a
-quarter of a pound of currants, a glass of wine and
-brandy mixed, two tablespoonsful of rose water, and
-half a pound of prepared flour, (which can be bought
-at any grocery store in the city;) bake in small tin
-pans, any shape preferred. Ice them.</p>
-
-<h3>A. P. S.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, with
-same of sugar, a few caraway seed, three eggs,
-rose water, and nutmeg, and flour enough to make
-a dough; roll out thin, and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>SPANISH BUNNS.</h3>
-
-<p>Three quarters of a pound of flour, a pint of
-good milk or cream, three eggs, two tablespoonsful
-of rose water, half a nutmeg, half a pound of butter,
-and the same of sugar; warm the butter in the
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_113">113</span>
-milk; when milk warm, stir in the flour and eggs;
-then beat in the sugar, a little at a time, and some
-currants; put in the yeast, and set it to rise in square
-tin pans; when very light, bake for fifteen or twenty
-minutes.</p>
-
-<h3>SCOTCH CAKES.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, and three
-quarters of a pound of sugar, a tablespoonful of
-caraway seed, one tablespoonful of rose water or
-essence of lemon, a pound of flour, and five eggs,
-beaten very light; roll half an inch thick, stick
-them with a fork, and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>A GOOD SMALL CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream three quarters of a pound of butter,
-and the same of sugar; whisk three eggs very
-light; season with rose water; add flour enough to
-roll out; cut them half an inch thick, and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>CREAM CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>One and a half cups full of butter, two of sugar,
-four eggs, one cup full of sour cream, into which dissolve
-one teaspoonful of soda, four cups full of flour;
-season as you like; beat very light, and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>LEMON DROP CAKES.</h3>
-
-<p>Grate the rinds of six lemons; add six heaping
-tablespoonsful of the best white sugar and two of
-flour; work all well together; beat very light the
-whites of two eggs; drop the mixture from a spoon
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_114">114</span>
-on buttered paper. When cold, take them off very
-carefully with a knife.</p>
-
-<h3>ORNAMENTAL ICING FOR CAKES.</h3>
-
-<p>Put the icing on any way you prefer with a syringe,
-which must be kept for the purpose. It is
-better to put it on plain first, and then ornament it.</p>
-
-<h3>POTATO PUFFS.</h3>
-
-<p>Take a pint bowl of white potatoes, mashed as
-fine as possible; then add two eggs and one tablespoonful
-of flour; drop them from a spoon into hot
-lard, and fry: when done, sprinkle sugar over them.</p>
-
-<h3>SAVOY CAKES.</h3>
-
-<p>Separate twelve eggs, and beat them very light;
-add a pound of the best loaf sugar; stir in three
-quarters of a pound of flour, essence of lemon, or
-rose water to the taste; do not beat it after the
-flour goes in, as this will make it tough: bake in
-small tin pans in a quick oven.</p>
-
-<h3>COCOA-NUT POUND CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream a quarter of a pound of butter
-and half a pound of the best white sugar; add four
-tablespoonsful of cream, one tablespoonful of the
-essence of lemon, one of flour, and three eggs; beat
-till very light: then grate the white meat of a cocoa-nut;
-stir it lightly, and bake in tin pans. Some
-persons omit the flour.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_115">115</span></p>
-
-<h3>ALMOND POUND CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Blanch the almonds by
-throwing them into boiling water: take them out;
-drain and pound them in a mortar with a little rose
-water, and proceed as for cocoa-nut pound cake.
-Ice them, if preferred.</p>
-
-<h3>EVERY DAY CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream half a pound of butter, and the
-same of sugar, some grated nutmeg and rose water,
-two eggs well beaten; stir in a pound of flour: roll
-out, and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>COMMON RUSK.</h3>
-
-<p>One cup full of butter, the same of sugar, one pint
-of milk, flour enough to make a batter; beat it
-well, and then put in a cup full of yeast; (but never
-beat any cake after the yeast goes in;) when very
-light, add more flour; make into cakes, and set
-them to rise; as soon as they are light, bake them.</p>
-
-<h3>A VERY CHEAP AND GOOD CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>One cup full of lard, two of molasses, two of sour
-milk, one egg, three tablespoonsful of cinnamon,
-half a nutmeg, essence of lemon, and flour enough
-to make a thick batter; beat a great deal, and bake
-in a tin pan, one hour and a half or two hours.</p>
-
-<h3>HOME-MADE POUND CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>One pound of patent flour, one of pulverized
-sugar, one cup full of butter, one of milk, and four
-eggs; bake in a quick oven: if it gets too brown,
-put paper over the top.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_116">116</span></p>
-
-<h3>A VERY GOOD HOME-MADE GINGER-BREAD.</h3>
-
-<p>One pint of molasses, one tea-cup full of sugar,
-three quarters of a pound of butter and lard mixed.
-Spices,&mdash;one tablespoonful of good ginger, three
-of cinnamon, a whole nutmeg, a teaspoonful of
-cloves. Roll out thin, and bake in a quick oven.</p>
-
-<h3>CINNAMON CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Take one pint of risen dough; work into it one
-cup full of butter, and two of sugar, one tablespoonful
-of cinnamon; set it in a dripping pan, and pour
-over it a little melted butter and some cinnamon;
-set it to rise, and when light, add more cinnamon,
-and butter, and bake. Cut them in square cakes.</p>
-
-<h3>PRESERVES.</h3>
-
-<p>A porcelain kettle is the best for preserves.
-Have a ladle with a long handle, and pierced with
-holes. The sugar should be the best loaf sugar.
-All soft fruit should be done gently, and not allowed
-to remain longer than half an hour after it
-begins to cook, till it is laid on dishes. This makes
-the fruit more firm.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PRESERVE CLING-STONE PEACHES.</h3>
-
-<p>Get the finest cling-stone peaches; take out the
-stone without disfiguring them; lay them after they
-are pared in half of their weight of sugar, allowing
-a pound of sugar to a pound of peaches; let them
-remain two hours: then put both sugar and peaches
-in the kettle together; let them boil till clear, skimming
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_117">117</span>
-them frequently. Have some of the kernels
-cracked, and preserve them with the peaches.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PRESERVE PEACHES IN BRANDY.</h3>
-
-<p>The heath cling-stone are the best for this purpose.
-Half a pound of sugar to a pound of peaches.
-Throw into boiling pearl-ash water for a moment:
-then take them out and rub the skin off with a
-coarse towel, and throw them into cold water; make
-a syrup with as little water as possible; put in the
-peaches to boil, until they begin to look clear; then
-take up the peaches, and let the syrup boil ten minutes
-longer, mixing equal quantities of the syrup
-and the best white brandy. Put the peaches in
-jars: pour over the syrup, and seal them.</p>
-
-<h3>PEACH MARMALADE.</h3>
-
-<p>Take free-stone peaches; pare and slice them,
-allowing half a pound of sugar to one of the peaches.
-Sprinkle the sugar over them and let them stand
-two hours: then put them down to cook. Stir and
-mash them; let them cook gently, till they are a
-transparent pulp; then take it off, put into jars, and
-seal them.</p>
-
-<h3>QUINCES.</h3>
-
-<p>Take fine large quinces; pare and core them; cut
-them round half an inch thick; then put them in
-the preserving kettle with the skins and cores, with
-water enough to cover them; let them boil till they
-look clear: take them up; strain the juice; put it
-back again into the kettle with the sugar, allowing
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_118">118</span>
-three quarters of a pound to a pound of quinces:
-let the syrup boil slowly; skim it, and put it in the
-quinces for twenty minutes.</p>
-
-<h3>QUINCE JELLY.</h3>
-
-<p>Put down the quinces, after mashing and quartering
-them, in sufficient water to cover them; let
-them boil slowly more than half a day: then strain
-the juice, and add a pound of sugar to a pint of
-the juice. Let it boil till it jellies.</p>
-
-<h3>QUINCE MARMALADE.</h3>
-
-<p>Boil your quinces till soft: when cool, pass them
-through a cullender; add half a pound of sugar to a
-pint of the pulp; let it boil till it will jelly.</p>
-
-<h3>PEARS.</h3>
-
-<p>Leave the stems on, and stick a clove in the blossom
-end, after paring them; make a syrup of a pint
-of water to half a pound of sugar; skim it, and put
-in the pears: let them boil till clear.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PRESERVE GREEN TOMATOES.</h3>
-
-<p>Gather those that look clear, not very large; put
-them down to boil with plenty of water. Throw this
-water off; then add more water and some green ginger;
-let this boil till the water tastes of the ginger
-very strong: allow three quarters of a pound of
-sugar to a quart of juice; make a syrup and put in
-the tomatoes; let them boil till clear. The syrup,
-when boiled down, will make a nice jelly.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_119">119</span></p>
-
-<h3>TO PRESERVE CITRON MELON.</h3>
-
-<p>Pare the melon, and cut it in any shape you fancy;
-put it down to boil in a strong ginger water; after
-it has boiled ten minutes take it up; make a syrup,
-allowing a pound of sugar to a quart of the water;
-add slices of lemon; cut them; put in your citron:
-when clear, it is done.</p>
-
-<h3>SPICED PEACHES.</h3>
-
-<p>To nine pounds of peaches, take three pounds of
-sugar, and one pint of vinegar; make a syrup; then
-put in the fruit. Soft free-stone peaches are the
-best; let them boil ten minutes.</p>
-
-<h3>PLUMS.</h3>
-
-<p>Plums are prepared in the same way as peaches,
-also cantelopes before they are ripe; add cloves,
-mace and allspice, to the taste: make the syrup;
-put in the plums, and let boil ten minutes; or pour
-the boiling vinegar and spices over the plums.</p>
-
-<h3>BLACKBERRY FLUMMERY.</h3>
-
-<p>Put the blackberries down to stew, with sugar to
-the taste; thicken with a little flour; keep stirring
-till it is done, which will be in ten minutes. This
-is sometimes called blackberry mush.</p>
-
-<h3>CURRANT JELLY.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash the currants; then spread them on a dish
-in the sun to dry; then put them in a stone crock,
-and set the crock in boiling water till the currants
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_120">120</span>
-are soft; then strain them through a flannel bag or a
-hair sieve; press all the juice out; allow a pound of
-the best loaf sugar to a pint of the juice; boil twenty
-minutes, not longer. Another way is to pour the
-boiling juice on the sugar: this makes much prettier
-jelly, but not so rich.</p>
-
-<h3>APPLE JELLY.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut up some fine pippin apples; do not pare
-them; let them boil till quite tender: then strain
-the juice and put it down with sugar, allowing
-three quarters of a pound to a pint of juice; put in
-while boiling, some lemon peel: when the jelly is
-done, which will be as soon as it is thick, take out
-the lemon peel. Put the jelly in half-pint tumblers.</p>
-
-<h3>GREEN GRAPE JELLY.</h3>
-
-<p>Put the grapes on to boil with a little water;
-mash them, and when the juice is well out, strain it;
-add a pint of juice to a pound of sugar; boil until
-it jellies.</p>
-
-<h3>MORELLA CHERRIES OR CARNATION.</h3>
-
-<p>Allow one pound of sugar to a pound of cherries;
-take out the stones with a quill; boil the juice and
-the sugar; skim it well, and then put in the fruit:
-when clear, they are done.</p>
-
-<h3>RASPBERRY JAM.</h3>
-
-<p>Allow a pound of sugar to a pound of fruit; stir
-it well, and when it is a thick jelly, it is done.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_121">121</span></p>
-
-<h3>TO PRESERVE STRAWBERRIES.</h3>
-
-<p>The medium size are the best and the firmest;
-allow a pound of sugar to a quart of the fruit;
-sprinkle them with sugar for a couple of hours;
-then put all into the kettle together; skim it well,
-and let them boil twenty minutes; be very careful
-not to mash them.</p>
-
-<h3>MAGNUM BONUM PLUMS.</h3>
-
-<p>Stick them with a large needle; make a syrup
-of a pound of the fruit to three quarters of sugar;
-then put in the fruit; let them boil slowly till they
-clear.</p>
-
-<h3>STRAWBERRY JAM.</h3>
-
-<p>Strawberry jam is made in the same manner as
-raspberry jam.</p>
-
-<h3>PINE APPLES.</h3>
-
-<p>Grate them; allow a pound of sugar to a pint of
-the fruit; after it has been grated, half an hour
-will cook it sufficiently.</p>
-
-<h3>APRICOTS.</h3>
-
-<p>Scald and wipe them dry; a pound of fruit to a
-pound of sugar; water sufficient to make a syrup;
-boil and take off the skum; put in the apricots:
-boil slowly till the fruit is clear.</p>
-
-<h3>GREEN GAGE PLUMS.</h3>
-
-<p>Take a pound of sugar to a pint of the fruit;
-scald the plums and wipe them; pierce them with
-a needle; put very little water to the sugar; when
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_122">122</span>
-the syrup boils, put in the plums. Have a slow
-fire, and let them boil till they are clear; take out
-the plums, and spread them on dishes to cool; put
-the syrup in a tureen, and set all away till perfectly
-cold. Then put some of the plums in half pint
-tumblers, nearly filling them full of the syrup, which
-will be very rich; pour on the top of each tumbler
-a dessert spoonful of good brandy. Cut a round
-piece of white paper the size of the top of the tumbler;
-soak it in brandy, and lay it on top; then
-cover it tight by pasting paper over. Preserves
-properly done and put up in this way will be as
-good at the end of three years as the first. Glass
-tumblers are excellent for putting up jelly and preserves.
-Prune plums, egg plums, and the common
-blue plums may all be done in the same way.</p>
-
-<h3>WATER MELON RINDS.</h3>
-
-<p>The rinds are cut in various fancy forms; make
-a strong salt and water; put them in with cabbage
-leaves as for greening; keep them near the fire,
-turning them very often, till they become yellow;
-have a kettle of alum water ready; wash the rinds,
-and put them in the kettle with cabbage leaves
-over and under them and between every layer; put
-the kettle on the fire; do not let them come to a
-boil, but keep them scalding over two hours; when
-they are green, put them in cold water for three
-days; change the water several times. Some persons
-make two syrups; but one will be sufficient, by
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_123">123</span>
-making a syrup of a pound and a quarter of sugar
-to one of melon; drop in some ginger; boil twenty-five
-minutes.</p>
-
-<h3>PINE APPLE PRESERVES.</h3>
-
-<p>Pack the pine apple, after it is peeled and cut
-into slices, in a jar with a layer of sugar on every
-layer of the fruit; set the jar for fifteen minutes in
-a kettle of boiling water; cover it tight, and keep
-it in a dry place.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PRESERVE CRAB APPLES.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a syrup of a pound of sugar for a pound
-of fruit; put in the apples after skimming the syrup;
-let them boil till they are clear. Some persons
-make a second syrup, and keep the first for cordial.</p>
-
-<h3>TO DRY PEACHES LIKE FIGS.</h3>
-
-<p>Pare and cut the peaches in slices; make a syrup
-of half a pound of sugar to one of fruit; put the
-peaches in and let them scald; then take them out,
-put them on a flat dish, and set the syrup away;
-next day repeat the process; then put them in the
-oven, after the bread comes out, on a flat dish; do
-this till they are dry; pack them in jars, sprinkling
-sugar over each layer. The syrup will make cordial.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PRESERVE LIMES.</h3>
-
-<p>Get the limes green; take out all the inside very
-carefully with a pen-knife, then lay them for twenty-four
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_124">124</span>
-hours in salt and water; take them out, wash
-and scald them till all of the salt is out; make a
-syrup with three quarters of a pound of sugar to a
-pound of limes; skim it, and put in the fruit; let
-them boil till clear. It is better to boil the limes in
-water for twenty minutes before they go in the syrup.</p>
-
-<h2 class="antiqua">Pickles.</h2>
-
-<p>The vinegar for pickling should be the best kind of cider vinegar.</p>
-
-<h3>MANGOES.</h3>
-
-<p>Have the melons of a good size, solid, but not
-large; put them in a crock, and pour over them salt
-and water, boiling hot; let them remain for three
-days; take them out of the pickle, cut a hole in
-the side, scrape out the inside; make a dressing of
-the following articles; some cucumbers cut fine,
-some cabbage, onions, horse-radish, race ginger,
-mustard seed, mace, and cloves; mix all well together
-and fill the mangoes; sew up the mangoes, put
-the top on, lay them in a jar, and pour over them
-boiling vinegar. They will be fit for use in three
-months.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PICKLE ONIONS.</h3>
-
-<p>The small white onions are the best; pour boiling
-salt and water over them, and let them stand till
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_125">125</span>
-cold; repeat this several times; then put them in a
-jar and pour boiling vinegar over them; cover tight,
-and put them away for three weeks, when they are
-fit to use.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PICKLE CUCUMBERS.</h3>
-
-<p>Gather the small cucumbers; put in brine for a
-day and night; then pour off the water, put them
-in jars, and pour boiling vinegar over them, with
-whole ears of pepper and allspice if you like.</p>
-
-<p>Gherkins, radish pods, and beans may be pickled
-according to the above receipt.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PICKLE NASTURTIONS.</h3>
-
-<p>Nasturtions should be young: pour boiling salt
-and water over them; let them stand till cold; pour
-it off and repeat it; let it stand two days, then pour
-off the water; add cold vinegar with a little mace.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PICKLE TOMATOES.</h3>
-
-<p>Have ripe tomatoes; the small ones are the best;
-put them in a jar, with salt over each layer; next
-day take them out, and wipe them off; wash the jar;
-wipe it perfectly dry; put them in again in the
-same manner; let them stand another day; then
-drain and wipe them; put them in a clean jar with
-mustard seed, cloves, and whole grains of pepper;
-and if preferred some onions sliced; pour cold vinegar
-over them, and put them away.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PICKLE PEPPERS.</h3>
-
-<p>Get some good green peppers; cut a hole at the
-top, and take out the seed; lay them in salt and
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_126">126</span>
-water for two days; then wash them; fill them with
-cabbage, horse-radish, mustard seed, and onions,
-all chopped fine with pepper and cloves. Boil the
-vinegar and pour over them.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PICKLE BUTTER NUTS.</h3>
-
-<p>Gather the nuts in the beginning of July; put
-them in strong salt and water for a week; take
-them out, wash and drain them; lay them in a
-stone jar; boil some good vinegar with pepper grains,
-mustard seed, mace, and cloves; pour this boiling
-hot over the nuts, and let them stand a week; then
-take them and put on fresh vinegar with the spices
-which were in the first vinegar; in a month look at
-them; if the vinegar has lost its strength, boil fresh
-and pour over: this will be fit to use in six months.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PICKLE MUSHROOMS.</h3>
-
-<p>Gather the small mushrooms; peel and mash
-them; put them in a jar; add a little mace and
-white mustard; cold vinegar sufficient to cover them.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PICKLE GREEN TOMATOES.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash them and cut them in slices, with an equal
-number of white onions; put in a jar with a layer
-of tomatoes, then a layer of onions and salt; let
-them remain twenty-four hours; take them out;
-have some good vinegar and pepper, white mustard
-seed, and cloves; mix some mustard, flour, and turmeric,
-with the vinegar; and when boiling hot, put
-in the tomatoes and onions; let them boil ten minutes;
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_127">127</span>
-then take them up, and put them away; in
-two weeks they will be fit for use; at the end of
-that time boil the vinegar again, and pour over
-them.</p>
-
-<h3>PICCALILLE.</h3>
-
-<p>Piccalille is made in the same manner, only the
-vinegar must be cold when it is poured on: omit
-the cloves, as they will make them dark, and use
-white vinegar.</p>
-
-<h3>CAULIFLOWER.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut the cauliflower in small pieces, but long,
-so as to show the flower; lay them twenty-four hours
-in salt and water; then take out and wash and
-drain them for two hours; add to the vinegar, mustard
-seed, horse-radish, ginger, allspice, and mace;
-boil for ten minutes, and pour over the cauliflower.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PICKLE RED CABBAGE.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut up the cabbage with a slaw cutter; sprinkle
-it with salt in alternate layers; let it stand twenty-four
-hours; then take it out and drain it; put it in
-a jar, and pour boiling vinegar, with horse-radish,
-black pepper, and cloves; cover it; when nearly
-cold, tie up the jar.</p>
-
-<h3>TOMATO CATSUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash the tomatoes; cut them in slices; put them
-into a stone jar, with alternate layers of tomatoes
-and salt, till the jar is nearly full. Set them in the
-sun every day for a week. Bring them in at night,
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_128">128</span>
-or if it is cloudy at the end of that time, put them
-in a bell metal kettle, which must be very clean;
-let them get well heated; take them up, and strain
-them through a sieve; let some of the pulp pass
-through, but not the seeds or the skins; boil it for
-two hours, with whole grains of black pepper and
-cloves. Otherwise, you may add mustard seed,
-cayenne pepper, mace, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice,
-and ginger. When cold, bottle: cork tight, and rosin
-the tops.</p>
-
-<h3>MUSHROOM CATSUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Take full grown mushrooms; put them in a stone
-jar with layers of salt. Break up the mushrooms,
-and cover the jar close. Let them remain ten days.
-Stir several times a day. Then strain off the liquor
-and boil it, and season with the following ingredients,
-whole pepper, mustard seed, cloves and ginger. Boil
-thirty minutes; when quite cold, bottle it; put into
-each bottle a gill of vinegar. They should be corked
-tightly.</p>
-
-<h3>WALNUT CATSUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Put them in salt and water for eight days. Take
-them out and mash them well; to fifteen walnuts
-allow one quart of vinegar; let it stand for eight or
-ten days, stirring it very often. Then strain it; season
-with mace, cloves and pepper; boil twenty minutes,
-and when cold, bottle. This receipt will answer
-for either English or the common black walnuts.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_129">129</span></p>
-
-<h3>ELDER-BERRY WINE.</h3>
-
-<p>Gather and pick the berries. To every quart
-of the berries add a quart of water; after they have
-been mashed in a clean tub, let them lie three days,
-stirring it very often. Then strain it; sweeten to
-your taste; put the juice in a kettle, and boil it an
-hour and twenty minutes, with a little ginger and
-cloves; then put it in a cask, and when cold, if you
-have four gallons, stir in a tea-cup full of yeast:
-after it has fermented, add a little brandy.</p>
-
-<h3>WILD-CHERRY BRANDY.</h3>
-
-<p>To two gallons of brandy, add three quarts of
-wild cherries; mash a pint of them, and break the
-stone. In two weeks they will be fit for use.</p>
-
-<h3>BLACK-BERRY CORDIAL.</h3>
-
-<p>Take three pints of the juice of the black-berry,
-three pounds of the best loaf sugar, one pint of good
-brandy, one ounce of cinnamon and cloves, each:
-boil half an hour, and skim it well. This is very
-good for children.</p>
-
-<h3>ROSE BRANDY.</h3>
-
-<p>Fill a jar with rose leaves; pour over some good
-French brandy; let it stand twenty-four hours; take
-out the leaves, and add fresh ones. Do this till the
-brandy is sufficiently strong with the roses. The
-jar must be kept covered: when done, bottle it.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_130">130</span></p>
-
-<h3>ORGEAT.</h3>
-
-<p>Blanch two pounds of almonds; pound them in a
-marble mortar, adding a little rose water to keep them
-from oiling. Then boil one quart of milk with a small
-piece of cinnamon, and when cold, put in the almonds:
-let it boil for ten minutes, then strain, and
-when cold, bottle it.</p>
-
-<h3>TO KEEP LEMON JUICE.</h3>
-
-<p>To one pint of lemon juice, add a pound of sugar.
-Strain the juice before you put in the sugar, then
-let it stand till the sugar is dissolved; stir it often.
-Then bottle it; add a gill of French brandy to each
-bottle; cork it up tight: cover with rosin. To be
-kept in a cool place.</p>
-
-<h3>COLOGNE.</h3>
-
-<p>To a quart of alcohol, add two drachms of essence
-of bergamot, and the same of essence of lemon;
-one drachm of oil of rosemary and lavender; put all
-into a bottle, shake well together, and cork up
-tight.</p>
-
-<h3>CURRANT SHRUB.</h3>
-
-<p>To one quart of currant juice, take two pounds of
-loaf sugar; put the sugar in the juice, and let it stand
-all night; then put in half a pint of spirits, and the
-juice of three lemons. Bottle, and set it away for
-use.</p>
-
-<h3>RASPBERRY VINEGAR.</h3>
-
-<p>To a pint of English raspberries, take a pint of
-white wine vinegar; pour the vinegar on the raspberries,
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_131">131</span>
-and let it stand all night, then strain it through
-a bag; add another pint of raspberries, and let it
-stand a day; then strain it; to each pint of the liquor,
-add a pound of sugar; put it into a jar, and
-set the jar in a pan of boiling water for half an hour.
-When it is cold, bottle it.</p>
-
-<h3>BLACK-BERRY CORDIAL, ANOTHER.</h3>
-
-<p>Take two quarts of black-berry juice, one and a
-half pounds of best loaf sugar, a half ounce of nutmeg,
-one ounce cinnamon, a quarter of an ounce of
-mace, and the same of cloves and allspice pounded
-fine; boil all together for twenty minutes; when cold,
-add one pint of the best French brandy. The berries
-should be fresh, and if kept more than a year,
-add a little more brandy.</p>
-
-<h3>CHERRY SHRUB.</h3>
-
-<p>Morella cherries are the best. Pick, and mash
-them; put them in a jar, and set the jar in a pot of
-boiling water, for two hours, then strain through a
-flannel bag. Sweeten with the best loaf sugar; bottle
-it, and put a little brandy in each bottle. Sealed
-air tight. Keep in a cool place.</p>
-
-<h3>TO MAKE CHERRY BRANDY.</h3>
-
-<p>Have some good morella cherries. Get a small
-cask, one holding about five quarts; fill it nearly
-with cherries; add two quarts of water; the water
-should be hot; let it stand full three hours, then add
-one quart of brandy; let it stand four days; add
-two quarts more of water, and one of brandy; let
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_132">132</span>
-it stand two more days, then drain it off: wash out
-the cask well. Put your juice on the fire with sugar,
-(say half a pound of sugar to two quarts of
-the juice) let it boil fifteen minutes; skim it; take it
-off, and let it get perfectly cold, then put it in the
-cask, and set it away. If it is too strong of the
-brandy, add water.</p>
-
-<h3>SPRUCE BEER.</h3>
-
-<p>Boil some sassafras root, cut fine, and half as
-much hops, in five gallons of water; add, while hot,
-two quarts of molasses, one tablespoonful of spruce,
-and the same of powdered ginger, and a little allspice;
-when perfectly cold, put it into a cask; add
-a gill of good yeast; mix it well. After it has fermented,
-bottle it.</p>
-
-<h3>MEAD.</h3>
-
-<p>To prepare mead, take two pounds and a half of
-honey; add three quarts and a pint of warm water.
-Mix it well, and when it is dissolved in the water,
-pour it into the cask. After it has fermented and
-is clear, bottle in stone bottles, and cork tight.</p>
-
-<h2 class="antiqua">Soup.</h2>
-
-<h3>CALF’S HEAD SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Take a calf’s head; wash and soak it for one hour.
-Then put it down early in the morning with four
-quarts of water to boil. When you can separate
-the meat from the bones easily, take it up. Be careful
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_133">133</span>
-to take out all the bones, and chop the meat
-very fine. Then put on your soup to boil again,
-with two onions, a bunch of parsley and thyme, seasoned
-with pepper and salt, with a little flour made
-very smooth in water, allspice, cloves, and mace.
-Have ready a small piece of butter boiling hot, into
-which put white sugar and half a tumbler full of claret
-wine; put this in a pitcher; add as much of this as
-you wish; when you first put on the soup (the quantity
-will depend upon the colour you wish the soup,)
-boil three eggs hard; take the yolks and one of the
-whites, mash them up fine with a little flour; fry
-them a light brown. Keep the pan moving all the
-time. Before you put on the head take out the
-brains; boil them for a few minutes. Then chop
-them up, and put them in with the eggs and half a
-tumbler full of Madeira wine, just before you dish the
-soup. A little mushroom catsup will improve this soup
-very much. Beef soup made in this way is very good.</p>
-
-<h3>CALF’S HEAD SOUP ANOTHER WAY.</h3>
-
-<p>After cleaning it well, put it down to boil with
-one gallon of water. When it is half done, take up
-the meat; cut it up in small pieces, carefully removing
-all the bones. Put the meat in the soup
-with a quart of beef stock: season with black and
-cayenne pepper and salt. Fry two onions; cut in
-thin slices, in butter, and stir in a little flour to
-thicken the gravy; put this in the soup. About ten
-minutes before serving it up, put in some chives and
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_134">134</span>
-parsley chopped fine, with egg balls made as in the
-above receipt, with two spoonsful of mushroom catsup
-and one of soy, and a pint of white wine. Squeeze
-a lemon in the tureen, and pour the soup upon it.
-This is very good.</p>
-
-<h3>CALF’S HEAD SOUP ANOTHER WAY.</h3>
-
-<p>Take a large calf’s head, wash it very clean, and
-let it boil an hour and a half. Then take it up, removing
-all the meat from the bones; skim the soup
-well; add two quarts of veal stock, and put in the
-meat after cutting it in small square pieces; add
-three large onions, half an ounce of cloves, and nutmeg
-and mace; chop very fine all kinds of sweet
-herbs. Strain off the liquor. Put a quarter of a
-pound of butter in a pan on the fire, and when it is
-hot, stir in some flour and a little sugar. Put this
-in the soup, stirring it well: season it to your taste:
-add eggs, balls fried, and a pint of wine. Serve it
-up hot.</p>
-
-<h3>TURTLE SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>In most of the markets the turtle can be bought
-cleaned and ready for cooking. If not, place it on
-its back to make it extend itself. Then cut off its
-head and fins; let it bleed freely; when quite dead,
-cut the belly part clean off, take out the gall and
-the sand bag. Draw and wash the entrails well.
-Scald the black meat, so that the skin will come off,
-which must be done very carefully. Cut the meat
-in joints like a chicken, then put it down with five
-quarts of water. Let it boil till soft, (which will depend
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_135">135</span>
-upon the turtle; if it is old, it will take a long
-time.) Make forcemeat balls of one pound and a half
-of veal, chopped fine, with parsley, thyme, pepper,
-salt, and two eggs and flour to thicken; fry them in
-butter and lard; put half a pound of butter in the
-pan, and when hot, stir in enough flour to thicken
-it. Put these all in the soup, and season with pepper,
-cayenne and black, with salt to your taste; let
-it simmer, till the flour is well cooked: put in just as
-you dish it up, one quart of Madeira wine. This
-is very superior.</p>
-
-<h3>EGG SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Boil a small piece of beef or the scrag end of the
-neck of veal: season it with pepper and salt, and
-let it boil very gently till the meat is well cooked.
-Then strain it. Beat the yolks of two eggs well,
-with some chopped parsley, and pour the soup in the
-tureen on the eggs. Keep stirring it all the time.
-A little rice will improve this soup very much:
-put the soup in the boiler again, after it is strained,
-and cook till done.</p>
-
-<h3>CLAM SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Take two quarts of clams. After they are opened,
-cut off the beards and put them down to cook, with
-equal quantities of the water and the liquor. Take
-four crackers pounded fine and rolled in butter; stir
-in very gently: season with pepper, salt, chopped
-parsley, a little mace, and add a pint of sweet cream,
-just before you take it up.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_136">136</span></p>
-
-<h3>OYSTER SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Oyster soup is made as clam soup, only omitting
-parsley and substituting a little mace.</p>
-
-<h3>SOUP FOR THE SICK.</h3>
-
-<p>In a pint of boiling water put half a wine-glass full
-of wine; beat up the yolk of one egg; when the
-water and wine boils, pour it out into a bowl; then
-on the egg; continue to pour it from one bowl to
-another, two or three times; then add a small piece
-of butter, a little sugar and nutmeg.</p>
-
-<h3>TERRAPINS.</h3>
-
-<p>Take the terrapins one at a time, and immerse
-them in boiling water for half a minute; take them
-out and remove the skin; put them back into hot
-water, and watch them carefully that they do not
-boil too much; (some will be done in half an
-hour, others will take much longer. They are sufficiently
-done when the feet are soft to the touch.)
-Take off the shell and remove the sand bag and the
-gall, (which will be found in the liver; the sand
-bag is full of water;) then put them down to stew
-with one pound of best butter to three good-sized
-terrapins: season with red and a little black pepper;
-(no salt;) when they are perfectly heated
-through, put in the following dressing, and when it
-boils furnish the seasoning with a little salt, &amp;c., if
-required. Dressing,&mdash;Take three yolks of hard-boiled
-eggs, to one large terrapin; mash them up
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_137">137</span>
-fine, and add the best Madeira, a little at a time,
-until you make a thin paste; stir this into the terrapins,
-and add more wine, if necessary. There
-should be just dressing enough to float near to the
-top of your terrapin in the saucepan.</p>
-
-<h3>ROMAN PUNCH.</h3>
-
-<p>One gallon of water, one quart of cream, the
-juice of a dozen lemons, one pint of the best brandy,
-and a pint of rum; sugar to the taste; to be frozen
-before the cream goes in. The cream stirred in and
-frozen again.</p>
-
-<h3>APPLE TODDY.</h3>
-
-<p>One bushel of apples baked on white paper, and
-strained next day through a sieve, three gallons of
-water, one gallon of brandy, three quarts of Jamaica
-spirits; sweeten to your taste.</p>
-
-<h3>TO MAKE A VEAL POT-PIE.</h3>
-
-<p>Half boil some veal; then cut it in small pieces;
-season it with cayenne pepper, salt, nutmeg, parsley
-and a little butter: make a good paste; line the
-sides of a deep dish; put in the meat, and add some
-cream; have a small cup in the middle of the pie;
-cut across the centre, and turn back the sides to
-let the steam escape: bake slowly.</p>
-
-<h3>GUINEA FOWL.</h3>
-
-<p>They are very good cooked as pheasants or
-stewed like chickens.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_138">138</span></p>
-
-<h3>SUCCOTASH.</h3>
-
-<p>Boil some string beans in as little water as they
-can be cooked in, with salt; when nearly done, have
-some corn cut from the ears put in, and season
-with pepper, salt, butter and a little cream; twenty
-minutes will be long enough for the corn to cook;
-but the beans will require an hour and a half. In
-winter, succotash can be made with dried corn and
-beans; let them both soak all night in the water you
-boil them in, after washing them well.</p>
-
-<h3>POTTED SHAD.</h3>
-
-<p>Take fine large shad, and when they are thoroughly
-cleaned and washed, <i>split</i> them in two and
-cut them in square pieces. Place a layer of fish
-in a stone crock; (a glazed one will not answer;)
-sprinkle over it salt, cloves, whole pepper and mace;
-thus continue till your crock is filled; pour over it
-the best pure cider vinegar; cover the mouth of the
-crock with a bladder, which should be tied down sufficiently
-tight, to prevent the steam from escaping;
-place it in a moderately warm oven, and let it bake
-for several hours. It is a good plan to send it to
-a bake-house, and let it be put in a brick oven,
-after the bread is taken out. If properly done, the
-bones will all be dissolved, and it will be almost equal
-to salmon.</p>
-
-<h3>TO MAKE STOCK FOR SOUPS AND GRAVY.</h3>
-
-<p>To one shin of beef and one of veal, add eight
-quarts of water, and salt to the taste; skim it well,
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_139">139</span>
-and let it boil till it is quite thick: take out all the
-meat, and pour off the stock; set it away till next
-day: you can add some of this to your soup, and it
-will improve it very much. Geese, ducks, and
-chickens are very good stewed in stock made after
-the above receipt, and then browned in an oven.</p>
-
-<h3>TO STEW SWEET-BREADS.</h3>
-
-<p>Parboil them; then cut in small pieces; season
-with pepper, salt, and nutmeg; put them down to
-stew in some veal gravy, and just before you take
-them up, add some mushroom catsup and a glass of
-wine.</p>
-
-<h3>TO ROAST SWEET-BREADS.</h3>
-
-<p>Half boil them; then take them up; lard them
-with ham, and roast before the fire: season with
-cayenne pepper, salt and mushroom catsup.</p>
-
-<h3>TO HASH MUTTON.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut in small pieces; have two onions fried brown;
-put it down in a little good gravy; just before you
-dish it, season with pepper, salt, a little currant
-jelly and wine, or a spoonful of walnut pickle.</p>
-
-<h3>SUGAR DROPS.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream a quarter of a pound of butter
-and half a pound of sugar, rose water to the taste,
-half a pound of flour; stir all well together, and
-drop them on buttered paper, and bake: ornament
-with sugar plums.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_140">140</span></p>
-
-<h3>CURRANT CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>One pound of butter, one and a half of sugar,
-two pounds of flour, nine eggs, two pounds of currants,
-and a little soda dissolved in milk.</p>
-
-<h3>ANOTHER SPONGE CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Flour, one pound; sugar, one pound and a half,
-ten eggs, and a large tea-cup full of water. The
-water must be poured over the sugar and put on the
-fire to dissolve, and come nearly to the boil; meanwhile,
-beat the eggs separately very light; then mix
-them together, and add the dissolved sugar, beating
-it in the egg very hard; lastly, stir in the flour
-very <i>slowly</i>.</p>
-
-<h3>PIGNOLATTIS.</h3>
-
-<p>One pound of sugar, three quarters of a pound
-of flour, five eggs, five ounces of almonds or ground-nuts,
-blanched and pounded. Cut into cakes and
-bake.</p>
-
-<h3>COCOA-NUT CAKE, No. 4.</h3>
-
-<p>Half a pound of butter, one of sugar, six eggs, and
-one large cocoa-nut grated.</p>
-
-<h3>COTTAGE PUDDING.</h3>
-
-<p>Half a pound of butter warmed, four eggs well
-beaten, four tea-cups full of fine white sugar, two
-quarts of flour, four teaspoonsful of cream of tartar,
-two of soda, four tea-cups full of milk; stir all well
-together; flavour with grated lemon peel, and bake
-in a moderate oven.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_141">141</span></p>
-
-<h3>APPLES IN JELLY.</h3>
-
-<p>Have some moderate-sized cooking apples; pare
-and core without cutting them open. Let them
-boil slowly till they are tender, with some slices of
-lemon; when they are done, take them up, and
-add sugar enough to the liquor to make a syrup;
-put the apples in, and let them boil till clear; put
-in half an ounce of isinglass dissolved; lay a slice
-of lemon on each apple, and pour the jelly around
-them.</p>
-
-<h3>SYLLABUB.</h3>
-
-<p>Take the juice and peel of one large lemon, two
-glasses of wine, and one of brandy; sugar to the
-taste; to this add a pint of whipped cream; arrange
-it in glasses.</p>
-
-<h3>A DISH OF SNOW.</h3>
-
-<p>Grate the white part of the cocoa-nut, and pile it
-up in the middle; this is nice to eat with preserves
-or fruit, and is a delicate relish for tea.</p>
-
-<h3>CHEESE CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>To two bowls of cottage cheese, add ten eggs, and
-half a pint of cream, mace, cinnamon, sugar, and
-nutmeg, to the taste; add a little brandy; bake in
-puff paste.</p>
-
-<h3>ALMOND CHEESE CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Blanch a pound of sweet almonds, and a few
-bitter; pound them in a mortar, with a little rose-water;
-add ten eggs, beaten very light, and sugar
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_142">142</span>
-to the taste; a glass of brandy, and some lemon peel;
-bake in puff paste. You may take equal quantities
-of almonds and cocoa-nut.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PRESERVE LEMON PEEL.</h3>
-
-<p>Take out all the inside, and lay them in salt and
-water for two days; then wash them well; put them
-in fresh water; let them boil till tender; then take
-them up; throw off the water; and make a syrup
-with half their weight of sugar; put in the peel for
-twenty minutes; then take them up; and when the
-syrup is thick, pour over the peel; put them in jars,
-and cover tightly. This may be used as citron.</p>
-
-<h3>TO COOK CHEESE AND EGGS.</h3>
-
-<p>To half a pound of grated cheese, add the yolks
-of six eggs, and half a pound of butter; stir all together;
-add some cayenne pepper, and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PICKLE CUCUMBERS.</h3>
-
-<p>Scald the cucumbers in brine; let them stand till
-cold; repeat this three times; then put them in jars,
-pouring on vinegar, with a small quantity of whisky
-in each jar; let them stand for three months; they
-will be hard and green.</p>
-
-<h3>TO MAKE MOLASSES CANDY.</h3>
-
-<p>Grease the saucepan with butter; then put in
-the molasses, with a little brown sugar; let it boil
-for half an hour, stirring it all the while; when it is
-brittle, it is done. If you like, add the kernels of
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_143">143</span>
-any kind of nuts you prefer: just before taking up,
-pour into buttered tin pans, and set away to cool.</p>
-
-<h3>TO MAKE CANDY WITH THE KERNELS OF NUTS.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a thick syrup; then throw in the kernels of
-any kind of nuts you prefer; have buttered tin pans,
-and pour it out.</p>
-
-<h3>JELLY.</h3>
-
-<p>Three quarts of water, four of gelatine, three
-pounds of sugar, the whites of five eggs, one pint of
-wine, and six tablespoonsful of brandy, and six
-lemons, peel and juice. The gelatine must be soaked
-in one quart of water for half an hour; stir all the
-ingredients, except the brandy, well together, before
-it is put on the fire; first beating the white very
-light. Let it boil ten minutes without disturbing it;
-then strain it through a jelly strainer.</p>
-
-<h3>CARRAGEEN, OR IRISH MOSS JELLY FOR THE SICK.</h3>
-
-<p>One ounce of moss, one quart of water, three
-tablespoonsful of sugar, half a pint of wine; boil
-ten minutes, and strain.</p>
-
-<h3>OINTMENT FOR MORTIFICATION.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a salve of raw carrots; grate and stew them
-in lard; when done, strain it. Another salve can
-be made of the leaves and bark of black alder, stewed
-in lard. Raw cranberries, cut in half and mashed,
-are an excellent application.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_144">144</span></p>
-
-<h3>ELDER-BERRY JAM.</h3>
-
-<p>Put two quarts of elder-berries in a kettle, with
-some water, say a pint; stir and mash them well;
-when the juice is all extracted, strain it, and add
-two pounds of the best loaf sugar; let this simmer
-twenty minutes. This is good for colds, and sore
-throat, and is a great purifier of the blood.</p>
-
-<h3>BLACK CURRANT JELLY.</h3>
-
-<p>Mash your currants well, and strain them through
-a sieve; to one pint of juice, put one pound of loaf
-sugar; boil twenty minutes. Quince jelly is also
-very good for the throat. The seeds should always
-be kept, as they are very good for sore mouth or
-throat.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PRESERVE ORANGE PEEL.</h3>
-
-<p>Take out all the inside; then let them soak in salt
-and water twenty-four hours; take them out; wash
-them well, and let them boil for ten minutes; throw
-off the water; make a rich syrup; after boiling the
-peel till they are tender, put them in the syrup; let
-them boil for ten minutes; and when the syrup is
-thick, pour it over the peel.</p>
-
-<h3>SCOTCH CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Beat to a cream one pound of sugar, and three
-quarters of a pound of butter; beat separately nine
-eggs; put them into the cake; add the juice and
-grated rind of a lemon, and a wine-glass full of brandy;
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_145">145</span>
-then add one pound of sifted flour; and just before
-it is put in the pans, a pound of seeded raisins.</p>
-
-<h3>HARD GINGER BREAD.</h3>
-
-<p>One quart of molasses, one pound of brown sugar,
-three quarters of a pound of butter, cloves, and
-ginger, to the taste; with very little cayenne pepper;
-flour enough to roll it out. The cake must be very
-thin, and bake in a slow oven.</p>
-
-<h3>GINGER JUMBLES.</h3>
-
-<p>One cup full of butter, two cups full of sugar, and
-one cup full of molasses, one of cream, and a teaspoonful
-of soda; dissolve in a small quantity of thick
-milk a tablespoonful of ginger, two eggs, a glass
-of wine, and flour sufficient to roll out thin.</p>
-
-<h3>SPICE NUTS.</h3>
-
-<p>Two pounds of butter, and the same of flour, one
-quarter of a pound of ginger, an ounce of cake seed,
-the same of cloves, and cinnamon, one quart of molasses,
-three quarters of a pound of sugar, and nutmeg;
-roll out thin, and bake.</p>
-
-<h3>QUAKER CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Three cups full of sugar, one cup full of butter,
-six eggs, five cups full of flour, one teaspoonful of
-soda; season with lemons or almonds to the taste.</p>
-
-<h3>A. P. S.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut fine half a pound of butter, in three quarters
-of flour, half a pound of sugar, a glass of wine and
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_146">146</span>
-brandy, rose water, and spice to your taste; then
-mix in two ounces of flour, reserving two ounces to
-mould them in.</p>
-
-<h3>DOVER CAKE.</h3>
-
-<p>Take one pound of sugar, half a pound of butter,
-six eggs, one teaspoonful of soda, one cup full of sour
-milk, one pound of flour; season to the taste.</p>
-
-<h2 class="antiqua">Articles of Diet for the Sick.</h2>
-
-<p>Here we may observe that neatness in serving up, as well as care and
-cleanliness in the preparation, makes food for the sick room more
-likely to be attractive to the fastidious appetite of the invalid.</p>
-
-<h3>BARLEY WATER.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash well a tea-cup full of pearl barley; put it
-in a sauce pan, with two quarts of water, and a small
-cup full of raisins; boil it to a quart; then strain,
-and add sugar, nutmeg, and lemon juice, to your
-taste.</p>
-
-<h3>OATMEAL GRUEL.</h3>
-
-<p>Mix smoothly a dessert spoonful of meal, with
-two of cold water; pour on a pint of boiling water,
-and let it boil for fifteen minutes, stirring all the
-time; sugar or salt may be added as preferred. Wine
-is sometimes used.</p>
-
-<h3>CORN MEAL GRUEL.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash several times in cold water, three tablespoonsful
-of corn meal; pouring off the water as it
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_147">147</span>
-settles; then pour on a quart of water, and boil,
-stirring all the time; add a little salt; strain and
-sweeten, adding butter, wine, and nutmeg.</p>
-
-<h3>ARROW ROOT.</h3>
-
-<p>Mix a dessert spoonful of arrow root smoothly,
-in a little cold water; pour on it a pint of boiling
-water; let it boil five minutes; then sweeten to your
-taste, and add nutmeg and wine. If richer food is
-required, this can be made in the same way, with
-milk instead of water.</p>
-
-<h3>WINE WHEY.</h3>
-
-<p>To half a pint of boiling milk, add one glass full of
-sherry wine, and a little sugar; let it boil until the
-curd has separated, and strain through a fine sieve.</p>
-
-<h3>RICE GRUEL.</h3>
-
-<p>Stir into a pint of boiling water, a tablespoonful
-of rice flour, which has been mixed with a little
-water; let it boil fifteen minutes, stirring all the
-time; then season with sugar and nutmeg, or a little
-cream.</p>
-
-<h3>TAMARIND WATER.</h3>
-
-<p>Upon a gill of good tamarinds, pour a pint of
-boiling water; cover it, and let it stand until cold,
-with a lump of ice: it is very grateful to a feverish
-person. Both currant and quince jelly make pleasant
-drinks, prepared in the same way.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_148">148</span></p>
-
-<h3>CREAM OF TARTAR PUNCH.</h3>
-
-<p>Pour on a teaspoonful of cream of tartar, a tumbler
-full of boiling water; sweeten to your taste, with
-loaf sugar, and drink as hot as possible, upon getting
-into bed; a teaspoonful of nitre in it is excellent
-for a fever, or a cold.</p>
-
-<h3>LEMONADE.</h3>
-
-<p>Squeeze and strain the juice of six lemons into
-three pints of ice water; sweeten to your taste: by
-adding a gill of good French brandy, it will be
-lemon punch. Some persons prefer it made with
-boiling water, and then cooled with ice.</p>
-
-<h3>VEGETABLE SOUP.</h3>
-
-<p>Slice one potato, one turnip, one onion, one carrot,
-and a little celery; boil in a quart of water one
-hour; toast some bread nicely; cut in small pieces,
-and lay in a bowl: add salt to the soup, and pour
-over the toast.</p>
-
-<h3>TOAST WATER.</h3>
-
-<p>Let the water be boiled and cooled; then toast
-bread of a deep brown, and pour over it the water;
-let it stand half an hour. A small piece of dried
-lemon or orange peel gives it a pleasant taste.</p>
-
-<h3>SAGO.</h3>
-
-<p>Sago should be well washed; put a tablespoonful
-in a pint of milk, and boil it until it is quite soft;
-sweeten to the taste, and add wine or lemon juice.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_149">149</span>
-Tapioca is made in the same way, but does not require
-so much washing.</p>
-
-<h3>CARRAGEEN MOSS.</h3>
-
-<p>Pour upon one ounce of carrageen (after it has
-been well washed) one quart of warm water; cover
-it, and let it stand on top of a stove all night: it
-will form a tasteless jelly, which when sweetened
-and seasoned with lemon, is palatable and strengthening.</p>
-
-<h3>CRACKER JELLY.</h3>
-
-<p>Take a quarter of a pound of crackers; pour on
-them two quarts of water; boil down to one quart;
-strain it: add one pound of sugar, one pint of Madeira
-wine, and a little nutmeg.</p>
-
-<h3>BEEF TEA.</h3>
-
-<p>Take a tender, juicy piece of beef; cut into small
-pieces; put into a bottle with a little salt, and a
-tablespoonful of water: place the bottle in a pan of
-hot water, and let it boil three quarters of an hour.</p>
-
-<h3>BEEF TEA.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut up into small pieces a pound of juicy beef;
-cover it with a quart of water, and let it stand for
-two hours: then boil it until it is reduced to a pint;
-let it cool: skim off all the grease; then boil again;
-drink it while warm.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_150">150</span></p>
-
-<h3>BALM TEA.</h3>
-
-<p>Pour upon a tea-cup full of the leaves of dried
-balm, a pint of boiling water; let it stand fifteen
-minutes, when it is ready for use.</p>
-
-<h3>CHICKEN TEA.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash in cold water the leg and wing of a young
-chicken; put it in a stew pan, with a pint of water
-and a little salt; cover it, and let it boil twenty minutes;
-then skim and strain it.</p>
-
-<h3>MILK TOAST.</h3>
-
-<p>Cut a thin slice from a loaf of stale baker’s bread;
-toast it a light brown. Boil half a pint of milk,
-and a small piece of butter ten minutes; then sprinkle
-in a little salt, and pour over the toast. Cream
-toast is made in the same way.</p>
-
-<h3>TO KEEP FLOWERS FOR A LONG TIME.</h3>
-
-<p>To one quart of water, add one teaspoonful of
-carbonate of soda: do not change the water.</p>
-
-<h3>TO KEEP FURS FROM MOTHS.</h3>
-
-<p>Get the gum camphor; as soon as you can do
-without the furs, beat them, and put small pieces
-of camphor rolled in paper, in, and around them;
-sew them up tightly in linen, and keep in a cool
-place. Black pepper will not prevent the moths
-getting in, nor will it kill them.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_151">151</span></p>
-
-<h3>TO WASH FLANNELS.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash them in clean suds as hot as you can bear
-the hands in; then in water of the same temperature,
-with a little soap in, but not so much as the
-first; rinse in hot water, and hang up immediately.</p>
-
-<h3>TO WASH WINDOWS.</h3>
-
-<p>Never put soap on the windows, but wash them
-off with a shammy, and then dry them with the
-same; if the shammy cannot be obtained, paper will
-answer, but it is not so good.</p>
-
-<h3>TO WASH BOTTLES BELONGING TO THE CASTOR.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash them well with water, with a little soap
-and soda in it, also some clean coarse sand or rice
-to get the marks out.</p>
-
-<h3>TO WASH CALICOES.</h3>
-
-<p>Wash out the grease spots before putting the
-dress in, as the spots cannot be seen after it is wet;
-wash them well through two suds; then rinse them,
-throwing a little salt in the water to set the colours;
-starch and hang them in the shade, as the sun will
-fade them. If the calico is black, make the starch
-water as blue as possible. Wash, and hang up
-quickly.</p>
-
-<h3>TO GATHER GARDEN HERBS.</h3>
-
-<p>Herbs should be gathered on a dry day, just before
-they blossom. Wash them and hang them in
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_152">152</span>
-a dry place; as soon as they are dry, put them in a
-paper bag. Sage, sweet marjoram, summer savoury,
-and thyme should be pounded fine, and kept in bottles
-corked tight. When parsley is dry, cut it fine,
-and keep in bottles.</p>
-
-<h3>FOR A COUGH.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a strong tea of hoarhound; then strain it,
-and add half a pound of the best loaf sugar, to a
-pint of the tea: let it simmer till thick; then bottle
-it, and take a little two or three times a day.</p>
-
-<h3>FOR A SORE THROAT OR MOUTH.</h3>
-
-<p>Make a sage tea by boiling some sage leaves;
-when strong, add honey and some alum or borax.
-Gargle the throat with this often through the day.</p>
-
-<h3>FOR THE STING OF A BEE OR WASP.</h3>
-
-<p>Rub the part with hot tallow, or with hartshorn,
-or wet clay.</p>
-
-<h3>FOR POISON.</h3>
-
-<p>Mix in a tumbler full of warm water one teaspoonful
-of the flour of mustard; drink while warm: it will
-make the patient throw off the poison. This is good
-for the cramp.</p>
-
-<h3>FOR BURNS.</h3>
-
-<p>When the skin is not off, apply scraped raw potatoes.
-When the skin is off, apply sweet oil and
-cotton, or linseed oil and lime water made into a
-paste. Elder ointment is very good: make the
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_153">153</span>
-ointment of the green bark of the elder; stew in
-lard.</p>
-
-<p>Linseed oil and lime water mixed in a paste, is
-also an excellent cure.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PICK DUCKS AND GEESE.</h3>
-
-<p>Dip them in boiling water; then wrap them for a
-few moments in flannel, and pick them, holding
-them by the feet, with the head down; be careful
-to dry the feathers as soon as possible. A very
-good way to cure feathers is to put them several
-times in a brick oven after the bread comes out:
-then let them lie on the ground for several days,
-bringing them in at night. This will take away all
-the disagreeable smell which is so unpleasant in
-feathers when they are not properly dried.</p>
-
-<h3>TO TAKE INK STAINS OUT OF LINEN.</h3>
-
-<p>Rub the stain with lemon juice and salt, or a
-little hot tallow; when the lemon juice and salt are
-used, it must go in the sun for several hours; then
-rinse it: new milk boiling hot will take out most
-kinds of fruit stains; dip in them when dry, and
-repeat it often.</p>
-
-<h3>TO CLEAN CARPETS.</h3>
-
-<p>Shake them well; then spread them on a clean
-floor, and rub them with a soft brush dipped in camphine,
-or with a piece of cloth: when they are dry,
-if the grease is not out, repeat the operation.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_154">154</span></p>
-
-<h3>TO TAKE GREASE SPOTS OUT OF SILK OR WOOLLEN.</h3>
-
-<p>Rub the spots with a sponge dipped in camphine;
-rub, or if the article soiled be silk, spread magnesia
-on the wrong side; let it remain for a day or two;
-then brush it off, and the spot will have disappeared.</p>
-
-<h3>TO CLEAN KNIVES AND FORKS.</h3>
-
-<p>The iron filings from the blacksmith shop are excellent
-to clean knives and forks with. Rotten
-stone or fine brick dust is also very good. Do not
-put the handles in hot water, as this injures them;
-wipe them dry, and keep them rolled in brown
-paper.</p>
-
-<h3>TO CLEAN BRASS AND COPPER UTENSILS.</h3>
-
-<p>All brass and copper utensils should be well
-cleaned before using them, with hot vinegar and
-salt, then washed in hot water; keep the vessel warm
-till ready for use; when done with it, clean it well,
-and keep in a dry place.</p>
-
-<h3>TO CLEAN BRITANNIA.</h3>
-
-<p>Rub them well with sweet oil and whitening;
-when dry, rub them off with buckskin. If they are
-well washed in hot soap suds, and rinsed in clean
-hot water every day, and let dry quickly near the
-fire or in the sun, they will seldom require rubbing.</p>
-
-<h3>TO CLEAN STOVES.</h3>
-
-<p>Mix some British lustre with alum water; put it
-on with a brush, and with a dry brush rub it off.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_155">155</span></p>
-
-<h3>TO PRESERVE CORN FOR WINTER USE.</h3>
-
-<p>Take off all the outside husks; fasten the inside
-ones down tight, and pack in barrels or boxes with
-salt in alternate layers; keep in a cool place, or the
-corn will heat and spoil.</p>
-
-<h3>TO PRESERVE GRAPES.</h3>
-
-<p>Gather the bunches on a dry day; be careful
-that the grapes are all sound; pack them in sawdust
-or cotton: put them in a box; fasten it up, and
-keep in a dry place.
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_156">156</span>
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_157">157</span></p>
-
-<h2 id="INDEX">INDEX.</h2>
-
-<ul class="index"><li class="ifrst">A.</li>
-
-<li class="indx">Albonnie Cake, <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Almond Cake, <a href="#Page_102">102</a>, <a href="#Page_115">115</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Almond Cream, <a href="#Page_91">91</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Almond Pudding, <a href="#Page_81">81</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Apple Charlotte, <a href="#Page_94">94</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Apple Dumplings, <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Apple Dumpling Sauce, <a href="#Page_29">29</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Apple Float, <a href="#Page_90">90</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Apple Fritters, <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Apples, Iced, <a href="#Page_90">90</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Apple Jelly, <a href="#Page_120">120</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Apples in Jelly, <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Apple Pudding, <a href="#Page_98">98</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Apple Sauce, <a href="#Page_29">29</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Apples and Rice, <a href="#Page_93">93</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Apple Toddy, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Apricots, <a href="#Page_121">121</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Arrow Root (for the sick,) <a href="#Page_147">147</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Arrow Root Pudding, <a href="#Page_80">80</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Asparagus, <a href="#Page_58">58</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">A. P. S., <a href="#Page_112">112</a>, <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li>
-
-<li class="ifrst">B.</li>
-
-<li class="indx">Balm Tea, <a href="#Page_150">150</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Barley Water, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Bass, Sea, <a href="#Page_19">19</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Batter Cakes, Corn, <a href="#Page_74">74</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Bean Soup, <a href="#Page_16">16</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Beans, Lima, <a href="#Page_58">58</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Beans, String, <a href="#Page_58">58</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Beef, To roast, <a href="#Page_30">30</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Beef, To stew, <a href="#Page_31">31</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Beef, To boil Corned, <a href="#Page_33">33</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Beef, To cure, <a href="#Page_41">41</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Beef Soup, <a href="#Page_11">11</a>, <a href="#Page_12">12</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Beef Steak Pie, <a href="#Page_32">32</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Beef Steaks, <a href="#Page_31">31</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Beef a La Mode, <a href="#Page_23">23</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Beef Brisket, (baked,) <a href="#Page_32">32</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Beef’s Heart, <a href="#Page_33">33</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Beef Tea, <a href="#Page_149">149</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Beef Tongues, To cure, <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Beer, Spruce, <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Beets, To boil, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Biscuit, Light, <a href="#Page_71">71</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Biscuit, Maryland, <a href="#Page_71">71</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Biscuit, Philadelphia Milk, <a href="#Page_70">70</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Biscuit, Tea, <a href="#Page_71">71</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Blackberry Flummery, <a href="#Page_119">119</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Blackberry Pie, <a href="#Page_77">77</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Brandy, Cherry, <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Brandy, Wild Cherry, <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Brandy, Rose, <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Bread, <a href="#Page_68">68</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Bread in a Brick Oven, To bake, <a href="#Page_68">68</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Bread, Diet, <a href="#Page_69">69</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Bread, Indian, <a href="#Page_74">74</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Bread, Potato, <a href="#Page_72">72</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Bread Pudding, <a href="#Page_79">79</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Bread Rolls, <a href="#Page_69">69</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Breakfast Cakes, Indian, <a href="#Page_75">75</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Brocoli, <a href="#Page_65">65</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Broth, Chicken, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Broth, Mutton, <a href="#Page_21">21</a>
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_158">158</span></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Buckwheat Cakes, <a href="#Page_72">72</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Burns, For, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Butter, <a href="#Page_65">65</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Butter Drops, <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Butter, Melted, <a href="#Page_26">26</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Butter, To keep, <a href="#Page_66">66</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Butternuts, To pickle, <a href="#Page_126">126</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Bunns, <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Bunns, Philadelphia, <a href="#Page_69">69</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Bunns, Spanish, <a href="#Page_112">112</a></li>
-
-<li class="ifrst">C.</li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cabbage, To boil, <a href="#Page_64">64</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cabbage, To pickle, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cakes, <a href="#Page_99">99</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, A very cheap, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>, <a href="#Page_115">115</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, A good small, <a href="#Page_113">113</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Albonnie, <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Almond, <a href="#Page_112">112</a>, <a href="#Page_115">115</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Almond (Small,) <a href="#Page_110">110</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cakes, Buckwheat, <a href="#Page_72">72</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Carolina, <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Cheese, <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Cinnamon, <a href="#Page_116">116</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Cocoanut, <a href="#Page_109">109</a>, <a href="#Page_111">111</a>, <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Cocoanut Pound, <a href="#Page_114">114</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Cocoanut and Almond, <a href="#Page_109">109</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Composition, <a href="#Page_104">104</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Corn Batter, <a href="#Page_74">74</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Cream, <a href="#Page_113">113</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Cup, <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Currant, <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Diamond, <a href="#Page_112">112</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Dover, <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Drop, <a href="#Page_110">110</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Every day, <a href="#Page_115">115</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Federal, <a href="#Page_110">110</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Flannel, <a href="#Page_72">72</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, German, <a href="#Page_71">71</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Home made Pound, <a href="#Page_115">115</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Icing for, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href="#Page_114">114</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Indian Breakfast, <a href="#Page_75">75</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Jelly, <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Journey, <a href="#Page_74">74</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Lady, <a href="#Page_109">109</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Lemon, <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Lemon Drop, <a href="#Page_113">113</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Loaf, <a href="#Page_104">104</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Ohio, <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Plum or Fruit, <a href="#Page_108">108</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Potato, <a href="#Page_75">75</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Pound, <a href="#Page_108">108</a>, <a href="#Page_115">115</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Quaker, <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Queen, <a href="#Page_102">102</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Sassafras, <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Savoy, <a href="#Page_114">114</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Scotch, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Seed, <a href="#Page_104">104</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Soda, <a href="#Page_70">70</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Spanish, <a href="#Page_112">112</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Sponge, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Sugar, <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, White, <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cake, Warwick, <a href="#Page_108">108</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Calf’s Feet Jelly, <a href="#Page_96">96</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Calf’s Feet, To stew, <a href="#Page_35">35</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Calf’s Head or Mock Turtle, <a href="#Page_34">34</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Calf’s Head Soup, <a href="#Page_14">14</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>, <a href="#Page_133">133</a>, <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Calicoes, To wash, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Candy, Molasses, <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Candy with Kernels of Nuts, <a href="#Page_143">143</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Caper and Nasturtion Sauce, <a href="#Page_26">26</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Carrageen or Irish Moss Jelly, <a href="#Page_143">143</a>, <a href="#Page_149">149</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Carrots, <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Castor Bottles, To wash, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Catfish Soup, <a href="#Page_15">15</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Catsup, Mushroom, <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Catsup, Tomato, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Catsup, Walnut, <a href="#Page_128">128</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cauliflower, <a href="#Page_54">54</a>, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Celery Sauce, <a href="#Page_27">27</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Celery Vinegar, <a href="#Page_28">28</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Charlotte Russe, <a href="#Page_96">96</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cheese Cake, <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cheese and Eggs, To cook, <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cherries, (Morella,) or Carnation, <a href="#Page_120">120</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cherry Shrub, <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cherry Brandy, <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Chicken, To fry, <a href="#Page_45">45</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Chicken, To roast, <a href="#Page_45">45</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Chicken, To stew, <a href="#Page_46">46</a>
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_159">159</span></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Chicken, To broil, <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Chicken, To bake, <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Chicken, To boil, <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Chicken Broth, <a href="#Page_13">13</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Chicken Pie, <a href="#Page_46">46</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Chicken Tea, <a href="#Page_150">150</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Chicken with Curry, To cook, <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Chicken in Batter, To cook, <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Chicken Salad, <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Chicken Soup, <a href="#Page_13">13</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Chine, To boil and freeze, <a href="#Page_43">43</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Chocolate, To make, <a href="#Page_67">67</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Chocolate Cream, <a href="#Page_92">92</a>, <a href="#Page_95">95</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Chocolate Custard, <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Chops, Mutton, <a href="#Page_37">37</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Citron Melon, To preserve, <a href="#Page_119">119</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Clam Soup, <a href="#Page_17">17</a>, <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Clams, To fry, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Clams, To stew, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cocoanut Cream, <a href="#Page_91">91</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cocoanut Pound Cake, <a href="#Page_114">114</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cocoanut Pudding, <a href="#Page_79">79</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cod, To boil fresh, <a href="#Page_18">18</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cod, To dress salt, <a href="#Page_20">20</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Coffee, To make, <a href="#Page_66">66</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cologne, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Composition Cake, <a href="#Page_104">104</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cookies, New York, <a href="#Page_111">111</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cordial, Blackberry, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>, <a href="#Page_131">131</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Corn, To boil, <a href="#Page_62">62</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Corn, To fricassee, <a href="#Page_59">59</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Corn, for Winter, To keep, <a href="#Page_59">59</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Corn Batter Cakes, <a href="#Page_74">74</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cornmeal Gruel, <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cottage Cheese, <a href="#Page_25">25</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cottage Pudding, <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cough, For a, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Crab Apples, To preserve, <a href="#Page_123">123</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Crabs, To boil, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Crabs, To stew, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cracker Jelly, <a href="#Page_149">149</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cranberry Sauce, <a href="#Page_30">30</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cream, To freeze, <a href="#Page_90">90</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cream, Almond, <a href="#Page_91">91</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cream, Chocolate, <a href="#Page_92">92</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cream, Cocoanut, <a href="#Page_91">91</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cream, Ice, <a href="#Page_91">91</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cream, Lemon, <a href="#Page_91">91</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cream, Raspberry, <a href="#Page_91">91</a>, <a href="#Page_95">95</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cream Sauce, <a href="#Page_28">28</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Croquettes, To make, <a href="#Page_49">49</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Croquettes of sweet Breads, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Crullers, <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cucumbers, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cucumbers, To pickle, <a href="#Page_125">125</a>, <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Cup-Cake, <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Currant Cake, <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Currant Jelly, <a href="#Page_119">119</a>, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Currant Pies, <a href="#Page_77">77</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Currant Shrub, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Custard, A good, <a href="#Page_99">99</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Custard, Boiled, <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Custard, Cold, <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Custard, Chocolate, <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Custard Pudding, <a href="#Page_98">98</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Custard, Swiss, <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Custard with Fruit, Iced, <a href="#Page_93">93</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Custard, Sponge Cake, <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li>
-
-<li class="ifrst">D.</li>
-
-<li class="indx">Dessert, <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Diet for the Sick, <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Doughnuts, <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Dried Fruit, To stew, <a href="#Page_30">30</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Ducks, To stew, <a href="#Page_47">47</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Ducks, Wild, <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Dumplings, Apple, <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Dumplings, Fruit, <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Dumplings, Peach, <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li>
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-<li class="ifrst">E.</li>
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-<li class="indx">Eggs, To boil, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Eggs, To fry, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Eggs, To poach, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Eggs and Tomatoes, <a href="#Page_62">62</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Eggs, To keep, <a href="#Page_66">66</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Eggs, Scrambled, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Egg Plant, To fry, <a href="#Page_60">60</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Egg Plant, To stew, <a href="#Page_60">60</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Egg Sauce, <a href="#Page_26">26</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Egg Soup, <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Egg Toast, <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Elderberry Jam, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Elderberry Wine, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_160">160</span></li>
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-<li class="ifrst">F.</li>
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-<li class="indx">Fish, <a href="#Page_17">17</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Flannel Cakes, <a href="#Page_72">72</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Flannels, To wash, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Floating Island, <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Florendines, <a href="#Page_78">78</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Flowers, To keep, <a href="#Page_150">150</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Fondus, <a href="#Page_39">39</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Freezing Cream, <a href="#Page_90">90</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Fritters, Apple, <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Fritters, Boiled Milk, <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Fritters, Indian Meal, <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Fritters, Rice Flour, <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Furs from Moths, To keep, <a href="#Page_150">150</a></li>
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-<li class="ifrst">G.</li>
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-<li class="indx">German Cakes, <a href="#Page_71">71</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Gingerbread, A very good, <a href="#Page_101">101</a>, <a href="#Page_116">116</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Gingerbread, Crisp, <a href="#Page_100">100</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Gingerbread, Hard, <a href="#Page_110">110</a>, <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Gingerbread, Light, <a href="#Page_99">99</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Gingerbread Nuts, <a href="#Page_100">100</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Gingerbread, Soft Molasses, <a href="#Page_100">100</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Gingerbread, Spiced, <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Ginger Jumbles, <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Goose, To roast, <a href="#Page_44">44</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Gooseberry Fool, <a href="#Page_90">90</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Grape Jelly, Green, <a href="#Page_120">120</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Gravy, <a href="#Page_29">29</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Greens, To boil, <a href="#Page_57">57</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Gruel, Cornmeal, <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Gruel, Oatmeal, <a href="#Page_146">146</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Gruel, Rice, <a href="#Page_147">147</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Guinea Fowl, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li>
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-<li class="ifrst">H.</li>
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-<li class="indx">Haddock, <a href="#Page_19">19</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Halibut, To boil, <a href="#Page_18">18</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Halibut, To fry, <a href="#Page_18">18</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Ham, To boil, <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Ham, To boil Stuffed, <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Ham, To bake, <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Hams and Shoulders, To cure, <a href="#Page_42">42</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Hen’s Nest, <a href="#Page_96">96</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Herbs, To gather, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Herring, To pickle, <a href="#Page_19">19</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Hog’s Head Cheese, <a href="#Page_44">44</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Hominy, <a href="#Page_59">59</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Hominy, To fry, <a href="#Page_59">59</a></li>
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-<li class="ifrst">I.</li>
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-<li class="indx">Ice Cream, <a href="#Page_91">91</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Icing for Cakes, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href="#Page_114">114</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Indian Bread, <a href="#Page_74">74</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Indian Breakfast Cakes, <a href="#Page_75">75</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Indian Meal Fritters, <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Indian Pudding, <a href="#Page_78">78</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Irish Moss, <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Isinglass, To clarify, <a href="#Page_94">94</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Italian Macaroni, <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li>
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-<li class="ifrst">J.</li>
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-<li class="indx">Jam, Elderberry, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Jam, Raspberry, <a href="#Page_120">120</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Jam, Strawberry, <a href="#Page_121">121</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Jelly, <a href="#Page_143">143</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Jelly, Apple, <a href="#Page_120">120</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Jelly Cake, <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Jelly, Calf’s Feet, <a href="#Page_96">96</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Jelly, Cracker, <a href="#Page_149">149</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Jelly, Currant, <a href="#Page_119">119</a>, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Jelly, Green Grape, <a href="#Page_120">120</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Jelly, (Irish Moss) or Carrageen, <a href="#Page_143">143</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Jelly, Madeira, <a href="#Page_95">95</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Jelly Puffs, <a href="#Page_92">92</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Jelly, Quince, <a href="#Page_118">118</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Jelly, Raspberry, <a href="#Page_120">120</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Jelly, Strawberry, <a href="#Page_94">94</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Journey Cake, <a href="#Page_74">74</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Jumbles, Common, <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Jumbles, Good, <a href="#Page_102">102</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Jumbles, Ginger, <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li>
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-<li class="ifrst">K.</li>
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-<li class="indx">Kidneys, <a href="#Page_39">39</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Kisses, <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li>
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-<li class="ifrst">L.</li>
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-<li class="indx">Lady Fingers, <a href="#Page_105">105</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Lamb with Peas, To stew, <a href="#Page_36">36</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Lemonade, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_161">161</span></li>
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-<li class="indx">Lemon Cake, <a href="#Page_101">101</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Lemon Cream, <a href="#Page_91">91</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Lemon Juice, To keep, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Lemon Peel, To preserve, <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Lemon Pudding, <a href="#Page_82">82</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Lima Beans, <a href="#Page_58">58</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Limes, To preserve, <a href="#Page_123">123</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Liver, <a href="#Page_39">39</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Loaf Cake, <a href="#Page_104">104</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Lobsters, To boil, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Lobster Sauce, <a href="#Page_27">27</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Lobsters, Stewed, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></li>
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-<li class="ifrst">M.</li>
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-<li class="indx">Macaroni, <a href="#Page_50">50</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Macaroni with Cream, <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Macaroni, Italian, <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Macaroni Pudding, <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Macaroons, <a href="#Page_102">102</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mackerel, To boil, <a href="#Page_21">21</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mangoes, To pickle, <a href="#Page_124">124</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Marmalade, Peach, <a href="#Page_117">117</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Marmalade, Quince, <a href="#Page_118">118</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mead, <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Melted Butter, <a href="#Page_26">26</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Merang aux Pomme, in Paste, <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Merang aux Pomme, with Cream, <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Merangues, <a href="#Page_103">103</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mince Pies, <a href="#Page_77">77</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mint Sauce, <a href="#Page_27">27</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mock Turtle Soup, <a href="#Page_14">14</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mock Turtle or Calf’s Head, <a href="#Page_34">34</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Muffins, Mush, <a href="#Page_73">73</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Muffins, Quick, <a href="#Page_73">73</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Muffins, Rice, <a href="#Page_73">73</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Muffins, Risen, <a href="#Page_70">70</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mullagatawny Soup, <a href="#Page_15">15</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Munsey Pudding, <a href="#Page_80">80</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mush, To make, <a href="#Page_74">74</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mush Rolls, <a href="#Page_69">69</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mushrooms, To pickle, <a href="#Page_126">126</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mushrooms, To stew, <a href="#Page_64">64</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mushroom Sauce, <a href="#Page_27">27</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mutton, To hash, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mutton, To roast a Loin of, <a href="#Page_36">36</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mutton, To roast a Leg of, <a href="#Page_36">36</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mutton, To boil a Breast of, <a href="#Page_37">37</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mutton, To boil a Leg of, <a href="#Page_38">38</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mutton, To salt a Leg of, <a href="#Page_37">37</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mutton, To stew, <a href="#Page_38">38</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mutton with Mushrooms, To stew, <a href="#Page_38">38</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mutton like Venison, To dress, <a href="#Page_37">37</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mutton like Venison, To stew, <a href="#Page_39">39</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mutton Broth, <a href="#Page_12">12</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mutton Chops, <a href="#Page_37">37</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mutton Chops like Venison, <a href="#Page_38">38</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Mutton Steaks, <a href="#Page_37">37</a></li>
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-<li class="ifrst">N.</li>
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-<li class="indx">Nasturtions, To pickle, <a href="#Page_125">125</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Noodles for Soup, <a href="#Page_49">49</a></li>
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-<li class="ifrst">O.</li>
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-<li class="indx">Ochras for Winter, To dry, <a href="#Page_62">62</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Ochra Soup, <a href="#Page_15">15</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Ointment for Mortification, <a href="#Page_143">143</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Omelet, <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Omelet Souffle, <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Omelette with Cheese, <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Omelette with Oysters, <a href="#Page_52">52</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Onions, To cook, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Onion Sauce, <a href="#Page_27">27</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Onions, To pickle, <a href="#Page_124">124</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Orange Pudding, <a href="#Page_80">80</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Oranges, A fancy dish of, <a href="#Page_82">82</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Orange Peel, To preserve, <a href="#Page_144">144</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Orgeat, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Ox Tail Soup, <a href="#Page_14">14</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Oysters, Broiled, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Oyster Fritters, <a href="#Page_24">24</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Oysters, Pickled, <a href="#Page_23">23</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Oyster Pie, <a href="#Page_23">23</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Oyster Plant or Salsify, <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Oysters, Roasted, <a href="#Page_23">23</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Oyster Sauce, <a href="#Page_26">26</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Oysters, Scalloped, <a href="#Page_24">24</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Oyster Soup, <a href="#Page_13">13</a>, <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Oysters, Stewed, <a href="#Page_23">23</a>
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_162">162</span></li>
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-<li class="ifrst">P.</li>
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-<li class="indx">Pancakes, <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Parsnips, <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Partridges, <a href="#Page_49">49</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Peaches, To preserve, <a href="#Page_116">116</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Peaches in Brandy, To preserve, <a href="#Page_117">117</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Peach Cheese, <a href="#Page_95">95</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Peach Dumplings, <a href="#Page_85">85</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Peach Ice, <a href="#Page_92">92</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Peach Marmalade, <a href="#Page_117">117</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Peaches, Spiced, <a href="#Page_119">119</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Peaches like Figs, To dry, <a href="#Page_123">123</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Peas, <a href="#Page_58">58</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pea Soup, <a href="#Page_16">16</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pears, <a href="#Page_118">118</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Perch, To fry, <a href="#Page_21">21</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pepper Sauce, <a href="#Page_28">28</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pepper-pot, <a href="#Page_49">49</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Peppers, To pickle, <a href="#Page_125">125</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pheasants, To roast, <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Piccalille, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pickles, <a href="#Page_124">124</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pie, Blackberry, <a href="#Page_77">77</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pie, Currant, <a href="#Page_77">77</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pies, Mince, <a href="#Page_77">77</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pies, Peach, <a href="#Page_78">78</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pies, Rhubarb, <a href="#Page_77">77</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pig, To roast, <a href="#Page_40">40</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pig’s Feet, To fry, <a href="#Page_40">40</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pig’s Feet, To souse, <a href="#Page_41">41</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pig’s Head, <a href="#Page_40">40</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pigeons, <a href="#Page_49">49</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pignolattis, <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pine Apples, <a href="#Page_121">121</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pine Apple Preserves, <a href="#Page_123">123</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Plums, <a href="#Page_119">119</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Plums, Green Gage, <a href="#Page_121">121</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Plums, Magnum Bonum, <a href="#Page_121">121</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Poison, For, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Polenta, To make, <a href="#Page_50">50</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pone, Lightened, <a href="#Page_74">74</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pork, To roast, <a href="#Page_40">40</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Potatoes, To boil, <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Potatoes, To fry, <a href="#Page_56">56</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Potatoes, To stew, <a href="#Page_56">56</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Potatoes, Mashed, <a href="#Page_56">56</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Potatoes, To roast, <a href="#Page_57">57</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Potato Cakes, <a href="#Page_75">75</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Potato Rolls, <a href="#Page_72">72</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Potato Puffs, <a href="#Page_114">114</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Preserves, <a href="#Page_116">116</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Preserves, Pine Apple, <a href="#Page_123">123</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pudding, Almond, <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pudding, Apple, <a href="#Page_98">98</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pudding, Arrow Root, <a href="#Page_80">80</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pudding, Bird’s Nest, <a href="#Page_98">98</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pudding, Bread, <a href="#Page_79">79</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pudding, Cocoanut, <a href="#Page_79">79</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pudding, Corn Starch, <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pudding, Cottage, <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pudding, Cream, <a href="#Page_78">78</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pudding, Custard, <a href="#Page_98">98</a></li>
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-<li class="indx">Pudding, Farina, <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Flour (baked,) <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Flour (boiled,) <a href="#Page_98">98</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Green Corn, <a href="#Page_99">99</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Indian, <a href="#Page_78">78</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Lemon, <a href="#Page_82">82</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Macaroni, <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Munsey, <a href="#Page_80">80</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Orange, <a href="#Page_80">80</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Peach, <a href="#Page_81">81</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Plum, <a href="#Page_81">81</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Poor Man’s, <a href="#Page_79">79</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Pumpkin, <a href="#Page_82">82</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Quick, <a href="#Page_86">86</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Rice, <a href="#Page_78">78</a>, <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Rice (Jersey,) <a href="#Page_80">80</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Rice (boiled,) <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Sago, <a href="#Page_79">79</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Sponge Cake, <a href="#Page_80">80</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Sweet Potato, <a href="#Page_81">81</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Tapioca, <a href="#Page_79">79</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Transparent, <a href="#Page_97">97</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Pudding, Vermicelli, <a href="#Page_87">87</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Puff Paste, <a href="#Page_75">75</a>, <a href="#Page_76">76</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Puffs, French, <a href="#Page_92">92</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Puffs, Jelly, <a href="#Page_92">92</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Puffs, Potato, <a href="#Page_114">114</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Punch, Cream of Tartar, <a href="#Page_148">148</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Punch, Roman, <a href="#Page_137">137</a>
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_163">163</span></li>
-
-<li class="ifrst">Q.</li>
-
-<li class="indx">Queen Cake, <a href="#Page_102">102</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Quinces, <a href="#Page_117">117</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Quince Jelly, <a href="#Page_118">118</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Quince Marmalade, <a href="#Page_118">118</a></li>
-
-<li class="ifrst">R.</li>
-
-<li class="indx">Rabbits, To fry, <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Rabbits, To stew, <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Raspberry Cream, <a href="#Page_91">91</a>, <a href="#Page_95">95</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Raspberry Jam, <a href="#Page_120">120</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Raspberry Vinegar, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Rennet, To prepare, <a href="#Page_25">25</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Rice Flour Fritters, <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Rice Gruel, <a href="#Page_147">147</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Rice Milk, <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Rice Pudding, <a href="#Page_78">78</a>, <a href="#Page_80">80</a>, <a href="#Page_87">87</a>, <a href="#Page_88">88</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Rice Sponge Cake, <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Rock Fish, To boil, <a href="#Page_21">21</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Rock Fish, To fry, <a href="#Page_21">21</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Rolls, Bread, <a href="#Page_69">69</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Rolls, Mush, <a href="#Page_69">69</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Rolls, Potato, <a href="#Page_72">72</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Rolls, Twist, <a href="#Page_70">70</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Rologee, <a href="#Page_39">39</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Rose Brandy, <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Rusks, <a href="#Page_109">109</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Rusks, (Common,) <a href="#Page_115">115</a></li>
-
-<li class="ifrst">S.</li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sago, <a href="#Page_148">148</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Salad, To dress, <a href="#Page_54">54</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Salad, Chicken, <a href="#Page_51">51</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sally Lunn, <a href="#Page_72">72</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Salmon, To boil, <a href="#Page_20">20</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Salmon, To pickle, <a href="#Page_20">20</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Salsify or Oyster Plant, <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sauce, Venison, <a href="#Page_29">29</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sauce, Wine, <a href="#Page_28">28</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sausage Meat, To make, <a href="#Page_43">43</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Scrapple, To make, <a href="#Page_41">41</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sea Bass, <a href="#Page_19">19</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sea Kale, <a href="#Page_65">65</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Seed Cake, <a href="#Page_104">104</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Shad, To bake, <a href="#Page_17">17</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Shad, To broil, <a href="#Page_18">18</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Shad, Potted, <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Shavings, <a href="#Page_100">100</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sheep’s Head, To boil, <a href="#Page_19">19</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Slaw, Cold, <a href="#Page_64">64</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Slaw, Hot or Cold, <a href="#Page_64">64</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Smearcase, or Cottage Cheese, <a href="#Page_25">25</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Smelts, To fry, <a href="#Page_21">21</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Snipe or Woodcock, To roast, <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Snow, A dish of, <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Soda Cakes, <a href="#Page_70">70</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Soup, Clam, <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Soup, Egg, <a href="#Page_135">135</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Soup, Oyster, <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Soup, Turtle, <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Soup, Veal, <a href="#Page_12">12</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Soup, Vegetable, <a href="#Page_148">148</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Soup for the Sick, <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Spanish Olio, <a href="#Page_50">50</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Spice Nuts, <a href="#Page_145">145</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Spinach, <a href="#Page_57">57</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sponge Cake, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_140">140</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sponge Cake in form of a Ham, <a href="#Page_93">93</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sponge Cake, Custard, <a href="#Page_83">83</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sponge Cake, Rice, <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Spruce Beer, <a href="#Page_132">132</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Squashes, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sting of a Bee, or Wasp, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Stock for Soups and Gravy, <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Strawberries, To preserve, <a href="#Page_121">121</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Strawberry Jam, <a href="#Page_121">121</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Strawberry Jelly, <a href="#Page_94">94</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Strawberry Whips, <a href="#Page_84">84</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sturgeon, To boil, <a href="#Page_19">19</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Succotash, <a href="#Page_138">138</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sugar, To clarify, <a href="#Page_94">94</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sugar Drops, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sweet Breads, <a href="#Page_35">35</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sweet Breads, To stew, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sweet Breads, To roast, <a href="#Page_139">139</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sweet Breads and Oyster Pie, <a href="#Page_35">35</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sweet Potatoes, To fry, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>
-<span class="pagenum" id="Page_164">164</span></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Sweet Potatoes, To boil, <a href="#Page_57">57</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Syllabub, <a href="#Page_141">141</a></li>
-
-<li class="ifrst">T.</li>
-
-<li class="indx">Tamarind Water, <a href="#Page_147">147</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Tea, To make, <a href="#Page_66">66</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Tea, Balm, <a href="#Page_150">150</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Terrapins, <a href="#Page_24">24</a>, <a href="#Page_136">136</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Throat, For a Sore, <a href="#Page_152">152</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Toast Water, <a href="#Page_148">148</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Toast, Milk, <a href="#Page_150">150</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Toddy, Apple, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Tomatoes, To stew, <a href="#Page_60">60</a>, <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Tomatoes, To broil, <a href="#Page_61">61</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Tomatoes, To bake, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href="#Page_62">62</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Tomatoes and Ochras, <a href="#Page_62">62</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Tomatoes, To pickle, <a href="#Page_125">125</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Tomatoes, To pickle green, <a href="#Page_126">126</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Tomatoes, To preserve green, <a href="#Page_118">118</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Trifle, <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Tripe, To fry, <a href="#Page_25">25</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Trout, <a href="#Page_19">19</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Turbot, <a href="#Page_18">18</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Turkey, To roast, <a href="#Page_44">44</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Turkey, To boil, <a href="#Page_45">45</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Turnips, <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Turtle Soup, <a href="#Page_134">134</a></li>
-
-<li class="ifrst">V.</li>
-
-<li class="indx">Veal, <a href="#Page_33">33</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Veal, To stew, <a href="#Page_34">34</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Veal, To roast a Loin of, <a href="#Page_33">33</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Veal, To bake a Fillet of, <a href="#Page_34">34</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Veal Cutlets, <a href="#Page_34">34</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Veal Gravy, <a href="#Page_29">29</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Veal Potpie, <a href="#Page_137">137</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Veal Soup, <a href="#Page_12">12</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Vegetables for Winter, To keep, <a href="#Page_64">64</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Venison Sauce, <a href="#Page_29">29</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Vinegar, Celery, <a href="#Page_28">28</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Vinegar, Raspberry, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li>
-
-<li class="ifrst">W.</li>
-
-<li class="indx">Wafers, <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Waffles, Quick, <a href="#Page_73">73</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Water Melon Rinds, <a href="#Page_122">122</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Whips, <a href="#Page_89">89</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">White Cake, <a href="#Page_107">107</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Wild Cherry Brandy, <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Windows, To wash, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Wine, Elderberry, <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Wine Sauce, <a href="#Page_28">28</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Wine Whey, <a href="#Page_147">147</a></li>
-
-<li class="indx">Woodcock, or Snipe, To roast, <a href="#Page_48">48</a></li>
-
-<li class="ifrst">Y.</li>
-
-<li class="indx">Yeast, <a href="#Page_67">67</a></li></ul>
-
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
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-
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