LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. ^v'Vu ©l^,.i..:. ®npj|rjg]^ :|a Shelf.v:.5.5 1> UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. //7 27 (L ST. PAUL'S CHURCH. Pen and ink sketch by J. H. Gratacap. A NEW DAILY FOOD A COLLECTION OF TRIED AND RELLABLE RECIPES, BROUGHT FORTH FROM THE STORE HOUSE OF THINGS NEW AND OLD, BY THE Ladies of St. Paul's Church, MORRISANIA, NEW YORK. n^r I EDITED AND COMPILED BY LYDIA SHILLABER. ''The turnpike road to people's hearts I find ^ ■ / — ,• . Is through their mouths, or I mistake mankind!" / NEW YORK. PRESS OF BEDELL & BROTHER, 1885. # CbPYRIGHTED 1885. INDEX. Chapter L— BREAD. Biscuit 20 Boston Brown Bread (steamed) No. i 25 Boston Brown Bread (.steamed) No. 2 25 Broun Bread No. 3 25 Breakfast Gems 23 Chester Muffins 23 Corn Muffins 24 Corn Bread 26 Cream Muffins 22 Directions regarding bread ij Dora's Steamed Brown Bread 26 English Muffins 23 Flannel Cakes , 21 German Puffs 22 ( jraham Bread jo ( iraham Gems 21 Graham Muffins 24 Home Brewed Veast (No. 2) 18 Lottie' s Baked Brown Bread 25 Muffins 22 Pop-overs 21 Potato Yeast (No. i) ly Potato Yeast (No. 3) 18 Rice Gems 2- Rolls ,9 Rye Muffins 22 Short Cakes > 20 Squash Cakes 24 Tea Biscuit .>o Waffles 21 White Bread 18 White Raised Muffins 24 Chapter n.— SOUPS. Clam Soup 29^ Cream of Rice Soup 28 Ham or Pea Soup 28 Lobster Soup 29 Mock Bisque Soup 29 Pea Soup 2S Potato Soup 27 Potato Soup (Western style) 28 Tomato Soup (No. i) 27 Tomato Soup (No. 2) 20 Chapter III.— FISH AND OYSTERS. Baked Fish ^,j Baked Blue Fish ." ." ; 30 Broiled Fish, or Scrod Clam Chowder. 31 Deviled Ovsters '->■> A XEW DAILY FOOD. Escaloped Oysters 35 Fancy Roast 33 Fish Chowder 32 Fricassee of Oysters 34 Fried Oysters 33 Lobster Cro(iuettes 35 Pickled Fisli 31 Potted Shad 32 Potted Mackerel 32 ScalloiK'd Oysters 33 Shrimps en Coquille 36 Stewed Lobster 35 Stewed Oysters 32 Stuffed Clams 35 To Boil Fish 30 To Fry Fish 3^ To Pot Shrimps 36 Chapteu IV. -meat. Baked Meat Pie 38 Beef Steak 38 Beef Jelly with Cream 41 Boiled Flank of Beef 39 Braised Beef 40 Breakfast Meat Cakes 46 Cauliflower Sauce 52 Calf's Liver and Bacon 45 Celery Sauce for Turkey 51 Chickens Fried in l^atter 50 Cnicken ("roquettes 49 Chicken Souffle 49 Chipped Beef 39 Drawn Butter 50 French Slew 39 Fried Tripe 45 Gravy 5" Gravy for Fowl 5 ' Haricot of .Muiton or Lamb 43 Horseradish Sauce (No. i) 52 Horseradish Sauce (No. 2) 52 Hashed Veal or Hashed Turkey 45 Jellied Tongue 42 Lamb Cutlets (Baked) 43 Made Mustard 53 Meat Cakes 47 Meat Pates 46 Mint Sauce for Spring Lamb 53 Mock Duck 40 Mutton Chops 44 Mutton Stew 43 Oyster Sauce for Poultry 51 Pickled Sheep's Tongue 47 Poultry 47 Pot Pie 38 Pressed Beef 4^ Ouail 50 Ragout of Cold Roasted <>r P.oiled Mutton 45 Roast Beef —Second D.iy 41 Roast Meat 37 Salt Pork Fried in Bati' r 46 A NEW DAILY FOOD Sauer Brouten ^ , Sausages ^6 Steamed Turkey ^8 Stewed Leg of Mutton ^ - Stuffing for Fowl (No. i) 48 Stufifing for Fowl (No. 2") ^s To Boil Meat 37 To Cook a Ham 42 Veal Fricassee ^^ Veal Loaf 44 \'cal Steaks or Cutlets . ■ Chapter V.- SALADS AND PICKLES. Chili Sauce 6 > Chow-chow (No. i) ^g Chow chow (No. 2) 60 Cucumber Pickle:: 38 Cucumber Pickles 38 German Herring Salad '^5 Lobster Salad . 54 Louise's Tomato Catsup 5ti Mayonnaise Dressing (No. i) 55 Mayonnaise Dressing (No. 2) 36 Mayonnaise Dressing (No. 3) .^6 Mustard Pickles 60 Pickled Beans 5g Pickled Cucumbers 5^ Pickled Peaches 61 Pickled Pears 61 Pickled Oysters (No. i) 61 Pickled Oysters (No. 2) 62 Plum Pickles 61 Sauce for Lobster 54 Simple Potato Salad 54 Tomato Salad 54 Tomato Catsup 56 Tomato Catsup 57 Tomato Catsup 57 Chapter VI. -VEGETABLES. Asparagus 65 Asparagus Omelet 69 Baked Macaroni 6^ Baked and Stufifed Tomatoes 66 Baked Cabbage 68 Broiled Tomatoes 67 Delmonico Fries 64 Duchess Potatoes 63 Fried Tomatoes 66 Fresh Mushrooms 70 Green Corn 65 Green Corn Pudding 70 Ladies Ca"„bage 68 Onions 68 Peas 65 Potatoes (Boiled) 63 Potatoes (Steamed) 6- Potato Balls [ 6^ A NEW DAILY FOOD. Potato Puflf 64 Potato Souffle 64 Puff Tomato Omelet 69 Potato Croquettes 64 Kice (as a vegetable' 67 Saratoga Potatoes 64 Scalloped Tomatoes 66 Shelled Beans 66 Spagetthi 69 Spinach 67 Stewed Mushrooms 70 Stewed Potatoes 65 String Beans 65 Winter Squash 67 Yorkshire Pudding with Roast Beef 68 Yorkshire Pudding (No. 2) 69 Chapter VIL— EGGS. Dropped 71 Omelet (No. 1) 71 Omelet (No. 2) 72 Poached Eggs 71 Puff Omelet : 72 Chapter VIII. —DESSERTS. Baked Custard . . 74 Brunswick Cream 74 Charlotte Russe (No. 1) 75 Charlotte Russe (No. 2) . . : 75 Cider Jelly 76 Custard Souffle 74 Delicate Dessert 75 Frozen Pudding '. 74 Ice Cream 77 Italian Cream 73 Orange Ice 77 Orange J elly 76 f)range Jelly 76 Raspberry Sherbet 78 Steamed ( ustard 73 Steamed Sweet Apples 78 To Serve a Watermelon 78 To Serve Orange Jelly 77 To Beat the Whites of Eggs 73 Water Ice 78 Wine Jelly 76 Chapter IX.— PUDDINGS. Banana Pudding 84 Bread Pudding. 80 Bread Pudding 82 Bun Pudding 81 Chocolate Pudding 86 Cocoanut Pudding 84 Cracker Pudding 81 Creamy Sauce 89 Danish Pudding 87 A NEW DAILY FOOD, Delicate Bread Pudding 82 English Plum Pudding 79 Foaming Sauce 89 German Pudding 88 Grandma's J.'s Plum Pudding 81 Hard Sauce 89 Indian Pudding (No. 1) 83 Indian Pudding (No. 2) 83 King George's Pudding with Sauce 79 Lemon Pudding 85 Lemon Rice Pudding 86 Molasses Sauce 89 Old-Fashioned Bread Pudding 80 Orange Pudding 84 Prune Pudding 85 Rice Pudding 84 Saratoga Pudding 87 Simple Suet Pudding 79 Snow Pudding (No. i ) 88 Snow Pudding (No. 2) 88 Strawberry Pudding 85 Swedish Honeycomb Pudding 81 Sauce 82 Tapioca Cream 87 Tipsy Parson Pudding 86 Chapter X.-PIES. Apple Pie 93 Cocoanut Pie 93 Cranberry Pie 94 Gooseberry Pie 93 Lemon Pie (No. i) 95 Lemon Pie (No. 2) 95 Mince Meat (No. i) , 91 Mince Meat (No. 2) 92 Mince Meat (No. 3) 92 Pie Crust (No. i) 90 Pie Crust (No. 2) 9*:> Puff Paste 90 Raisin Pie 94 Rhubarb Pie 94 Squash Pie 94 Chaptek XI. -CAKE. Almond Cake 104 Angel's Food, or, White Sponge Cake 106 Apple Fruit Cake 98 Barnard Cake 112 Berwick Sponge Cake 104 Blueberry Cake 109 Boston Cookies 113 Bride Cake 105 Chocolate Cake 102 Chocolate Filling no Chocolate Frosting 116 Chocolate Layer Cake 109 Chocolate Marble Cake 103 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Cleveland Fruit Cake 98 Corn Starch Cake 100 Corn Starch Cake 104 Cream Cakes • 108 Cream Layer Cake 107 Cream Pie (No. i) 107 Cream Pie (No. 2) 107 Cup Cake 99 Directions regarding Cake 96 Doughnuts 115 English Cheese Cakes 108 Filling for Layer Cake no French Cake 99 Frosting 115 Frosting (No. 3) 116 Frosting (No. 5) 116 Fruit Cake (No. 1) 97 Gelatine Frosting 115 Gingerbread 114 Ginger Snaps (No. i^ 114 Ginger Snaps (No. 2) 114 Hard Sugar Gingerbread 114 Harlequin Cake loi Jelly Roll 105 Jumbles 113 Lemon Jelly loi M classes Cake 115 New Years' Cakes m Orange Cake in Orange Cake Filling no Orange or Lemon Filling no Orange Short-Cake 112 Pink Coloring 101 Plain Cake for Layer Cake no Ribbon Cake 105 Soft Gingerbread n 3 Sour Milk Cake 103 Spanish Bun 09 Sponge Cake (No. 1 ) 102 Sponge Cake (No. 2) 102 Strawberry Short Cake m Sugar Cookies 112 Sugar Cookies 112 Wafers 109 Walnut Cake loi Washington Cake 106 Watermelon Cake lOo Wedding Cake 98 Whigs 103 White Cake 106 Chapter XH.— PEESEKVES. Brandied Peaches 117 Cranberry Sauce 119 Delicious Apple Sauce 118 Gooseberry Sauce 119 Preserves 117 Ouince Preserves 117 Rhubarb Jelly 118 Sunday .Apple Sauce 1 j 8 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Chapter XHI— CANDY. Chocolate Caramels (No. i) 120 Chocolate Caramels (No. 2) 120 Cocoanut Cream Candy (No. 1) 120 Cocoanut Cream Candy (No. 2> 120 Cream Peppermint Candy 121 French Candies 121 Hoarhound Candy 121 Lemon Candy 121 Chapter XIV.— MISCELLANEOUS, A Good Brine for Butter 127 Beef 1 ea 127 Boiled Biscuit 123 Boston Baked Beans 124 Cheese Relish 126 Claret Cup 126 Cream Toast 123 French Toast 124 Hominy Cakes 126 Lemonade 125 Liver Pudding 126 Noodles 123 Scotch Panada . . : 127 Split Peas (Boiled) 124 To renovate Black Kid Gloves or French Kid Boots 127 To Wash Blankets 127 To Clean Combs and Brushes 128 Water Toast 123 Welsh Rarebit (No. i) 125 Welsh Rarebit (No. 2) 125 Welsh Rarebit (Ne. -i) 125 ERRATA, Page 2o. —English Muffins should ooutaiu • Yeast Cake, one- quaiter of one. " ERRATA. Page 23. — English Muffins should contain "Yeast Cake, one- quarter of one." Page 38.— Beefsteak, for " gridiron, " read "frying-pan." Page 62. — To Pickled Oysters (No. 2) sufficient white wine vinegar should be added to suit the taste. Page 69.— In Baked Macaroni, the tomatoes should be stewed for an hour before being added to the Macaroni. Page 103.— Whigs, which are breakfast cakes, should not be frosted. The frosting is for loaf cakes. Page 111.— Strawberry Short Cake should have one cup of flour. Page 121.— Cream Peppermint Candy, for "Heat it until it creams," read "Beat it until it creams." PREFACE. The Editor deems it nuuecessary to offer any apology for the title of this book. Should the purchaser be disappointed to find that it is not strictly a religious work, we hope that he will be consoled by discovering that it tends in that direction. Sody and soul are mutually dependent upon each other, for health and perfect development. It is physically impossible for a dyspeptic to be a cheerful Christian and to "serve the Lord with gladness," and many a pious man has mourned because he thought himself enveloped in spiritual clouds, when he was only suffering from indigestion The members of The Ladies' Society think it fitting to supple- ment the efforts of their rector, who labors so assiduously to bring the Church to a healthy spiritual gi-owth. by work which is pro- perly in their sphere, namely, directing attention to the nourishing of their physical nature and furnishing aid to that end, that their bodies may also be presented as an acceptable sacrifice, which is their ' ' reasonable ser\ ice. " L. S. MoRRisANiA, Feb., 188."). 12 A NEW DAILY FOOD. MRS. PARTINGTON ENDORSES THE NEW DAILY FOOD. "Well, well,' said Mrs, Partington, her spectacles beaming with delight, as slie turned over the leaves of the new cook-book, " I declare it excites my salvation glands even to read the titles of the good things here signed and receipted for. It seems as though the gi-eatest epicac might find something among these meats and cosmetics to give a jest to ap]ietite. " She read on with increasing interest, and it was a pleasure to watch the emotions expressed on her face, that, like a sensitive photogi'aphic plate, revealed her reflections. " The good Lord sends vittles," she continued, "and His in- tentions should be carried out in the cookin' of 'em, though some seem to think it's enough to throw them together anyhow and leave 'em to cook themselves. ' ' Ah ! many a fair home has been desicM'ated by poor cooking, and a man's table has been the rock ahead on which his happiness has SDlit. A hard rock too, sometimes, with bread and pastry you could throw through a stone wall and not hurt it. If a man's as pious as Beelezebub his stomach can't stand everything. " Now a book like this will come into a house like a dessert In an O I(?es, and be a (juarantine of jierpetual peac*^. • ' Better is a stolid ox. and contention therewith, than "Isaac, dear, if you are so glutinous that mince-pie will stick in your sarcophagus and kill you wdthin an inch of your life ! " " It can't stick long, " said Ike, as plainly as he could articulate with his mouth full. "Why can't it, if you swallow it so fast ? " aske Boiled Flank of Beef. Wash the flank ; salt and pepper it, and spread over it a dress- ing made as for poultry. Eoll this up and tie it firmly. Then sew it up in a cloth. Lay it on a small plate in an iron pot, cover with six quarts of boiling water, and boil gently six hours. When done remove the cloth,, but do not take off the twine until the meat is entirely cold. Cut m thin slic-^% and serve for lunch or tea. — Mrs. Oliver. Chipped Beef. Beef two poimds ; Suet one-quarter pound. Have these chopped together very fine by the butcher. 40 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Cover with cold water, and cook slowly two hours. Season to taste, and just before removing it from the fire dredge in a little flour. Let it boil up. This may be cooked a day beforehand, and warmed up for breakfast. When ready to serve, pour it hot upon slices of toast. Dropped or poached eggs may be spread over the top. —Mrs. Arnold. Braised Beef, Beef, from four to six pounds from the round or face of the rump. Trim and tie in good shape. Eub well with salt, pepper and flour. Cut two onions, one-half of a small carrot and one-half of a small turnip fine and fry them till light brown m salt pork fat or dripping. Skim them out into a braising pan. Brown the meat all over in the frying pan, adding more fat if necessary. Put the meat into the braising pan and add a quart of boiling water and a tablespoonful of mixed herbs. Cover closely and bake in the oven four hours, basting every twenty minutes. Turn it over after two hours. When tender, take the meat from the pan, remove the fat from the gravy, add more salt and pepper if needed, and thicken with a tablespoonful of flour wet in cold water. Cook ten minutes and strain over the meat. Add one-half can tomato before straining, if liked. —Mrs. Dillingham. Mock Duck. Take two pieces of thick steak, pound it a little, put a layer of stuffing, made as for duck, in between the slices, skewer together and rub beaten egg and bits of butter over it. The meat should be cooked on a grate, which raises it from the pan. Cover the bottom of the pan with water. Bake about one hour, basting often. —Miss Fairbanks. Pressed Beef. A shank of beef ; salt, pepper, sage or any sweet herb. Crack the bone in several places. Wash and cut the meat in small pieces. Cover Avitli cold water and boil slowly, adding more hot water as the water boils away. When the meat will cleave from the bone, by which time the A NEW DAILY FOOD. 41 water will be reduced two thirds, take out the meat and set it and the broth away till next day. Then chop the meat fine, and strain the broth (having removed the fat) into it. Season, place upon the fire, and stew till dry, stirring constantly to prevent its burning. Put into an oblong pan and serve cold, cut in slices. — Mrs. Oliver. Beef Jelly with Cream. This jelly is made from a shin bone of beef. It should be boiled without any salt, and long and slowly. After cooling remove all fat and sediment. Then to this jelly — one and one half pints— add lemons, juice of two and rind of one ; sugar, one cup ; white wine, one cup. Heat these together and when broken, add one cup of cream. Take it from the fire before it boils, and pour into cups or glasses while hot. —Mrs. Oliver. Roast Beef (Second day). Cut cold roast beef into thin slices, and brown it lightly in a hot buttered spider. Do not salt it. Have the pan quite hot, that the meat may brown quickly without losing its juices. Take it from the pan, and mix well a spoonful of butter and one of flour in the hot pan. Add a cup of boiling water and boil a minute. Season to taste. Add a little catsup or Worcestershire sauce if de- sired. Pour the gravy over the meat and serve. Sauer Brouten. For the Pickle. Kound of beef (larded) four pounds ; Cloves (whole) one ounce ; Black pepper(whole),one ounce; Onion one-half of one ; Bay leaves ; Vinegar. For the Stew. Butter one tablespoonf ul ; Water one tablespoonf ul ; Bacon (sliced) one-quarter pound. To lard the meat, fill a lardmg needle, to be obtained at any furnishing store, with larding pork and di-aw it several times 42 A NEW DAILY FOOD. through the beef ; this done put the meat in a stone pot and cover it with vinegar ; add the cloves, j)epper, onion and bay leaves. Let it remain four days ; then drain and put it on the fire in an iron pot with the butter, water and bacon as given above and cook two hours, turning frequently. When done add to the gravy in the pot a little flour, a little vinegar, and serve. — Mrs. LudijOw. To cook a Ham. Wash and scrape the ham thoroughly. Boil it three or four hours, according to its size. Skin it and put it in a roasting pan in the oven for half an hour. Then take it out and shake over it powdered rusk, or bread, or cracker crumbs, and a little sugar if desired. Eeturn to the oven for half an hour longer, or until the crumbs are browned. A ham is made more tender by baking and much of tlie gross fat is tried out. It is better to have a rack or grate in your roasting pan. — Mrs. Stroud. Jellied Tongrue. Tongue, boiled and cold one ; Gelatine, two ounces dissolved in Water . one-half pint ; Veal gravy (browned) one tea cup ; Liquor in which the tongue was boiled one pint ; Sugar one tablespoonful ; Burnt Sugar, for coloring one tablespoonful ; Vinegar, .three tablespoonfuls ; Boiling water one pint Put together the gravy, liquor, sugar, vinegar, and the table- spoonful of burnt sugar, dissolved in cold water. Add the dis- solved gelatine and mix well, then add the boiling water and strain through a flannel. Cut the tongue in slices as for the table. Let the jelly cool and begin to thicken. Wet a mould with cold water, put a little jelly into the bottom, then a layer of tongue, and so on in alternate layers till all is used. Set the mould, well covered, in a cool place. To turn it out, dip the mould in hot water for an instant, in- vert it upon a dish and garnish with celery sprigs and nasturtium flowers, if you can get them. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 43 Cut with a thin sharp knife, perpendicularly. This is a handsome and delicious dish and easily made. — Mks. Oliver. Stewed Leg of Mutton. Put a piece of butter the size of an egg in an iron pot. Put the leg of mutton in and cook it one hour. After that time tui*n it frequently until it is brown all over. About an hour before taking it up sprinkle in a handful of flour and salt to taste. If there is too much fat, skim it now. Cut up tiu-nip and carrot, about two tablespoonfuls, and boil till tender. Drain them, and after the meat is taken up, put them into the pot and cook ten minutes longer. It will require from three to four hours to cook. — Mes. W. D. Ludlow. Haricot of Mutton or Lamb. Take a leg of lamb or a small leg of mutton ; trim off the fat ; put it into a kettle with water enough to cover it. Skim this well as it boils. Keep it covered and boil it slowly foui* hours. When about half done, salt it and add an onion, a carrot and a turnip, chopped fine. Let the water waste away till only enough for the gravy is left. Thicken this with browned flour, add half a cup of tomato ketchup, let it boil up once, and pour it over the mu ton, which should be removed to a hot platter before the gravy is made. Mutton Stew. Cut up three or four pounds of mutton or lamb, removing the most of the fat. Stew an hour, in water enough to cover it. Then add half a pound of salt pork cut into strips and a chopped onion. Season with a little salt, pepper, parsley and thyme. Thicken with flour stu-red into a cup of cold milk. This is much improved by adding a can of sweet corn, or in the season, half a dozen ears of corn cut from the cob. Put slices of buttered toast in the bottom of the platter and pour the stew over it. —Mrs. Emery. Lamb Cutlets (Baked). Cut from the neck and fore shoulder and trim neatly. Lay aside all the bones and bits of meat for gravy. Dip the cutlets in 44 A NEW DAILY FOOD. melted butter, and then in beaten egg, and roll in cracker crumbs. Bake in a quick oven. For gravy — Put on the bones and bits of meat in enough cold water to cover them. Stew, and season with a little thyme, salt, and pepper, and a tablespoonful of tomato catsup. Strain and thicken with corn-starch or browned flour. This may be poured over the meat, or served in a gravy boat. — Mrs. Emery. Mutton Chops, Fry in their own fat. When in the platter, put a small lump of butter on each chop. Keep the fat for soap grease. Veal Steaks or Cutlets. "Wash, dry in a cloth, dip in beaten eggi^, then in cracker or bread crumbs. Fry in salt pork fat, or half lard and half butter. Veal re- quires long, slow cooking. Thicken the gravy with a tablespoon- ful of flour, browned if you wish, and let it boil up, adding as much water as you need for the requisite quantity of gravy. Melt a liberal piece of butter in this and pour it over the meat. Veal Loaf. Veal, both fat and lean three and one-half pounds; Salt fat pork one tliick slice; Crackers, pounded tine six; Eggs two; Butter half a cup; Pepper one teaspoonful; Cloves a pinch; Sweet herbs to taste. Chop the meat raw. Mix all loell, and form a loaf. Place in a shallow pan with a little water and bits of butter on top. Dredge with flour. Bake slowly two hours, basting frequently. It will keep for some time and is a nice dish for lunch or tea. — Mrs. Omver. Veal Fricassee. Take a piece of veal from the breast or ribs. Cut it in thin pieces about tliree inches square. Wash it, and put it over the A NEW DAILY FOOD. 45 fire in enough water to yield plenty of gravy. After it boils, skim it well. Add an onion, some salt, some leaves or stalks of celery tied in a bunch, and let it cook slowly for two hours. Just before taking it up, add a tablespoonful of butter and a tablespoonful of flour creamed together. After removing the meat add a httle chopped parsley to the gravy. — Mrs. A. K. Seables. Hashed Veal or Hashed Turkey. Chop the cold remnants of either of the above very fine. Seas- on with pepper, and salt, and warm up in the gravy. A little water may be added if there is not sufficient gravy left to make it quite moist. Add a liberal piece of butter, and spread over slices of buttered toast in a hot platter. Eggs cooked in hot water, called by some dropped, by others poached, may be spread over the top. Ragout of Cold Roasted or Boiled Mutton. Cut the meat in sHces and put over the fire in cold water. When it boils add a few bay leaves, cloves, slices of onion, and a little salt. Let it simmer slowly for two hours. Half an hour before serving, add sufficient browned flour smoothed in cold water to thicken the gravy. Add at last a little vinegar and a pinch of sugar. —Mrs. A. R Searles. Fried Tripe. Tripe should be kept in salt and water in a cool place till it is time to cook it, as it spoils very quickly. Before cooking it, pour boiling water upon it, let it stand a minute; then drain it and rinse it two or three times in cold water. Dry it in a clean towel, cut it in pieces, dip each piece in beaten egg, then in crumbs, and fry in a hot spider in salt pork fat or good drippings, or in lard and butter in equal quantities. Served hot, as soon as fried, this makes a good breakfast dish. It is as acceptable to some people as a beefsteak, and much cheaper. Calf's Liver and Bacon. Have the bacon sHced very thin. Remove the rind, fry till crisp. Take out the bacon and put it around the edge of a platter. 46 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Pour hot water upon tlie liver and let it stand a moment. Dry it in a towel and fry till brown in the bacon fat. Lay the slices in the middle of the platter. Beef's Hver may be cooked in the same way, but needs more soaking, as it contains more blood. Sausages. Prick them all over with a fork and fry in a hot spider slowly. They will fry in their own fat, and should be done through thor- oughly. Pile mashed potato, made quite dry, and with but little butter, in the center of the dish and place the sausages around it. The gravy is too gross to be eaten. Salt Pork Fried in Batter. Cut the pork in thin slices, let it soak in water over night. Put it in a spider, pour boiling water over it, then turn the water off and fry the pork until it is brown. Then dip each slice in a batter made of one egg, one heaping tablespoouful flour and a little milk. Fry again in hot lard. Cold potatoes cut lengthwise and wheat or brown bread are good fried in this way. — Mes. Stkoud. Meat Pates. Put the remnants of a piece of corned beef into a tray and chop fine. Chop a small onion and add, also butter, the size of an egg, pepper and salt to taste and sufficient water to moisten. Make a pastry as for i)ies, cut it into squares and put a spoon- ful of the meat into each square. Fold over the dough like a turn- over and bake it in a hot oven. Or, fry in hot lard like doughnuts. — Mrs. Stroud. Breakfast Meat Cakes. Take any cold meat that is suitable for hash. Chop it fine and add Egg one ; MUk one-half cup. Butter . . . . , a little ; Pepper and salt to taste. Roll into balls and fry in a pan with very little lard. —Mrs. F. W. Emery. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 47 Meat Cakes. Meat, chopped one cupful; Bread crumbs one cupful; Butter, melted two tablespoonfuls; Onion one (small;) Milk six tablespoonfuls; Salt, pepper and allspice. Fii-st mix floiu', crumbs, spice and salt, then add the meat and chopped onion, and stir well together, afterwards the milk and melted butter; roll into round cakes, and fry in fat. —Mrs. W. E. 8a WIN. Pickled Sheep's Tongue. Boil till done. Add hot vinegar and spices and bay leaves, and put away in a stone pot. This will keep for months. Poultry. The easiest way to dress poultry is to get the butcher to do it. Even then it must be examined to see if no bits of the wind- pipe or other refuse is left. If it is necessary for you to remove the inwards, remember that if you put your hand far enough into the body of the fowl to gi*asp the heart, you can remove all at once, and need not fear breaking the gall bag. Fowl should be singed, all pin feathers removed, and washed in several waters; then dried both outside and in. Many people stuff the body of the turkey or chicken; but for those who do not hke a moist stuffing it is better to stuff the neck. x\.fter the crop is removed, twist off the neck near the body. Tie a string around the skin of the neck where the head was cut off, stuff the space left vacant by the removal of the neck and crop and sew it up. Put a teaspoonful of salt and a saltspoonful of pepper in the body of the turkey. Rub salt over the outside, skewer and tie down the legs and wings and di'edge well with flour. Bake it on a rack. A turkey weighing twelve pounds will cook in three houi's. The giblets and neck should be boiled by themselves and put 48 A NEW DAILY FOOD. into the dripping-pan half an hour before the turkey is done. The water in which they are boiled can be thrown away. The giblets are sometimes chopped and added to the gravy. The gravy of a roast turkey should be skimmed of the gross fat before it is thickened. Stuffing for Fowl (No. 1), Bread or cracker crumbs two cups ; Sweet marjoram three tablespoonfuls; Salt one tablespoonful; Pepper one saltspoonful; Butter two-thirds cup; Eggs one. Mix the crumbs and seasoning. Place the butter in the center of the dish containing them, and pour in boilmg water sufficient to melt the butter. If this does not moisten the crumbs, add more water. Dried bread crumbs require more wetting than crackers. Do not get them very moist. Add an egg and beat all well together. Stuffing for Fowl —No. 2. Baker's bread one loaf; Thyme (powdered) two teaspoon fuls; Summer savory two teaspoonf uls; Sage one teaspoonful; Egg one; Onion one-half of a small one chopped or grated. Remove the crust from the bread and soak the soft part for several houi*s in cold water. When thoroughly soaked, squeeze all the water out tlu'ough a cloth or fine strainer. Then mix with the herbs and onion; last the beaten egg. This is enough for a ten-pound turkey. — Mrs. W. C. Emery. Steamed Turkey. Prepare the tm-key as for baking, except that chopped celery is added to the stuffing and it must be made quite dry, as steam- ing makes it more moist. A turkey weighing eleven pounds needs to be steamed about two and a half hours. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 49 It should be served with oyster sauce, which is made accord- ing to the rule for drawn butter (see gravies), with oysters added. The di-awn butter should be a little thicker than for meats, as the liquor from the oysters thins it. This is a dehcious way of cooking a fowl. — Mrs. White. Chicken Souffle. Cooked chicken one pint, (chopped;) Cream sauce one pint; Eggs four; Chopped parsley one teaspoonful; Chopped onion one teaspoonful; Put salt, pepper, and other seasoning to taste into the sauce. Cook two minutes. Add yolks of the eggs well beaten, and when cold add the whites beaten stiff. Bake haK an hour in a buttered dish. Serve with mushroom or celery sauce. — Mks. Dillingham. Chicken Croquettes. Chickens two, large; Sweet-breads three pairs; Onion one, small; Flour three tablespoonfuls; Butter three tablespoonfuls; Cream one pint; Black pepper one teaspoonful (scant; Cayenne pepper one-half teaspoonful (scant); Nutmeg (grated) one half teaspoonful; Mustard one teaspoonful; Salt two teaspoonfuls; Eggs yolks of two; This can be made without the sweet-breads, but if they are used they should be parboiled, as should also the chickens. Chop these very fine. Mix the melted butter with the floui", spice and seasoning. When smooth, add the cream, put all in a tin which place in a pot of boiling water. Stir until thick, then set it away to cool. 50 A NEW DAILY FOOD. When cool add the chicken, onion, and well beaten yolks of the eggs. Form into long rolls by rolling in fine cracker crumbs and egg, and fry in boiling lard to a delicate brown. — Miss Niebuhr. Chickens fried in Batter. Eggs two ; Milk one cup. Mix, add a little salt, thicken with flour. Parboil the chickens a little, cut them up and season them. Dip the pieces in the batter and fry m hot lard. Make a gravy by pouiing half a cup of water into the pan and adding a tablespoon- ful of flour smoothed in cold water, and a lump of butter. — Mrs. Oliver. Qiuail. Split, clean and wash the quail. Broil on a buttered gridu'on over a lively fire, taking care that they do not scorch at first. Season, put a bit of butter on each and serve hot on buttered toast, from w4iich the crusts have been removed. Gravy. The foundation of gravies is the juice of the meat which is left in the dripping pan with the water, after the roast is removed. If it is very fat it should be skimmed and as much water added as is needed for the requisite amount of gravy. It should be thickened with a tablespoon ful of flour, which may have been previously browned, if a dark gravy is desired. Salt to taste, and if the gravy is not rich add a bit of butter. Prawn Butter. Butter one (small) cup ; Flour one tablespoonf ul. Mix till smooth, pour half a pint of boiling water gi'adually over this till all is dissolved. Set it upon the fire and let it boil up once. More boiling makes it oily. Or, Stir one large tablespoonf ul of flour into half a pint of boiling water. When it has thickened add a cup of butter, and stir till it is all melted. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 51 This is more easily made as there is not so much danger of its separating and becoming oily. Milk may be substituted for the water. For boiled lamb two tablespoonfuls of capers may be added just before taking it from the fire. For fish two or three hard boiled eggs and a Httle chopped parsley should be added. Celery Sauce — For Turkey. Milk ' one quart. Celery four small heads; Pepper corns tAvo or three; Onion one; Cloves two or three to be stuck into the onion; Mace one blade; Cut the celery very small, using the white part only, and boil until soft. It takes an hour and a half. When boiled, thicken to the consistency of custard, or thick enough to keep its place when poured over the turkey. Before thickening the sauce, remove the onion and spice. Gravy for Fowl. Put the giblets and neck in a saucepan with cold water, add an onion, a tomato or a spoonful of canned tomato, a pinch of salt, a pinch of pepper, and a slice of dry bread which has been made very brown in the oven. Let this boil two or three hours, then strain it. Chop the giblets fine, and put them and the gravy back into the saucepan. Thicken with a little flour, add the brown gravy from the bottom of the pan in which the fowl was cooked, after skimming oflf the fat. Add a teaspoonful of vinegar and serve hot. — Mrs. W. D. Ludlow. Oyster Sauce for Poultry. Put the oysters in a saucepan, pour over them the strained liquor and let them heat slowly, allowing them to simmer but not to boil. After they have simmered a few minutes beard them. Stir into 62 A NEW DAILY FOOD. the liquor a quarter of a pound of fresh butter, and a tablespoonful of flour. Let it boil and add a cup of cream. Put back the oysters with a little cayenne pepper and simmer until wanted. Cauliflower Sauce. Butter one tablespoonful : Flour (sifted) one tablespoonful Soup stock ; one cupful Egg yolk of one Lemon juice of half a one. Put the butter in a pan. When it bubbles add the flour and soup stock. Let it boil. Take it off the fire and add the well beaten yolk of the egg and the lemon juice. Pour, hot, over the cauliflower. Horseradish Sauce (No. 1). Grated horseradish four tablespoonf uls ; Powdered sugar one teaspoonf ul ; White vinegar four tablespoonf uls ; Salt , . a Uttle. Mix these and add gradually four tablespoonfuls of cream or milk. Warm this to serve with hot meat. Horseradisli Sauce (No. 2). Breads crumbs one cup ; Beef liquor one pint ; Butter one teaspoonful ; Pepper one-quarter saltspoonful ; Salt one saltspoonful ; Oil one teaspoonful ; Horseradish ten cents worth. Boil the crumbs and beef liquor together for five minutes, then add the other ingredients and boil hard fifteen minutes. — Mrs. Ludlow. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 53 Mint Sauce for Spring Lamb. Chop the mint, mix with half a cup of nice cider vinegar and one tablespoonful powdered sugar. Made Mustard. Pour a very little boiling water over three tablespoonfuls mus- tard. Stir into this gi'adually a teaspoonful of sugar, one table- spoonful of oil, a saltspoonful of salt and the beaten yolk of an egg; add vinegar to taste. 54 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Chapter V.— SALADS AND PICKLES. Tomato Salad. Pour boiling water upon fair, ripe tomatoes, and remove the skins. Slice and place in the dish in which they are to be served, scattering a little salt and a little pepper upon each layer. Pour over all, a little vinegar and (if desired) a little olive oil. Serve cold. Simple Potato Salad. Boil the potatoes with the skins on, as they will slice more smoothly. When cold, slice them thin. Add half an onion, chopped fine, sprinkle with salt and pepper, moisten mth vinegar and sweet oil — twice as much vinegar as oil— added gradually. Place it in a dish Hned with lettuce. Keep it in a cool place till wanted. Lobster Salad. Take the lobster from the shell and chop fine. Chop two heads of lettuce fine, or pick it apart ^vith a silver fork. The dressing is made as follows: Eggs two; Mustard one teaspoonful; Sug^^r four teaspoonfuls; Vinegar three-quarters cup; Cream three-quarters cup; Salt and pepper, a little. Boil the eggs hard. Mix the yolks and the tomally of the lob- ster together. Add the mustard, sugar, salt and pepper. Then the vinegar slowly, and last the cream. Put into the dish in which it is to be served a layer of lobster, then one of the chopped lettuce ; pour over this three or four spoonfuls of the dressing; so continue till aU is used. Spread the whites of the eggs, cut in slices over the top. Garnish with whole lettuce leaves and the claws of the lobster. — Mrs. Oliver. Sauce for Liobster. (For those who do not like oil.) Vinegar one cup; Butter one-half cup; Mustard one tablespoonful; Eggs yolks of four. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 55 Mix; simmer, not boil, a moment. A cup of scalded cream is an improvement. — Mrs. Oliver. German Herring Salad. Herrings, Potatoes, Cold Roast Veal, Pickles, Sour apples. Eggs. Capers, Oil, Salt, Pepper, Mustard, Parsley. Put six salt herrings, which have been dressed and washed, to soak in cold water over night. In the morning remove the skin and bones and chop or cut them in small pieces. Boil potatoes with the peeling on. After they are peeled and cooled take a quantity equal to the herring and the same amount of cold boiled beets, pickled cucumbers, sour apples (peeled and cored) and cold roast veal: also six hard boiled eggs. Chop each separately, but not too fine, as that would hurt the appearance of the salad. Then prepare a sauce of good salad oil, a teaspoonful of French mustard, some soup stock, pepper, salt and capers. Mix the ingredients; pour over them the sauce, stirring carefully but thoroughly. Let it stand in an earthen dish several hours before you wish to use it. Then repeat the stirring; serve in a bowl and dress it. With the back of a knife impress the figure of a star on the top. Fill the spaces with different colors; for instance, in one por- tion put chopped pai'sley, Iq another beets, in another the yolk of the egg, in another the chopped white. This ornamentation has a pretty effect. —Mrs. A. R. Searles. Mayonnaise Dressing (No. 1). Egg yolk of one; Mixed mustard one tablespoonful; Salt one-quarter teaspoonful; Oil six tablespoonf uls. Stir the mustard, yolk of egg (raw) and salt together until they thicken. Then add the oil gradually. A little vinegar may be added if desired. — Miss Smith. 56 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Mayonnaise Dressing (No. 2). Egg yolk of one; Olive Oil one-half tumbler;. Vinegar one-half wine glass; Mustard one-half teaspoonful (scant); Salt one teaspoonful (even) ; Red pepper a little (if desired). Put the egg in a large bowl. Add to it the oil, a teaspoon- ful at u time, stirring with right hand while pouring with the left. This will make a thick batter. Mix in the glass which contains the oil the other ingredients. When thoroughly beaten add them slowly to the oil batter, stirring all the time. —Mrs. White. Mayonnaise Dressing (No. 3). Put the yolks of two eggs in a deep dish with a little white pepper; into these stu' briskly with a wooden spoon some olive oil, which must be added very gradually and alternated every httle while with a few spoonfuls of vinegar and one spoonful of Crosse & Blackwell's Tarragon vinegar. Then add a Uttle condensed milk (not canned). This dressing should have an agreeable flavor, and a rather stiff consistency. — Mrs. Krahnstover. Keep salad oil in a dry, cool place, and always in the dark. The bottle should be tightly corked. Tomato Catsup. Tomatoes one dozen three pound cans; Vinegar four quarts; Allspice one tablespoonful; Cinnamon one tablespoonful; Hed pepper one tablespoonful scant; Black pepper one tablespoonful; Mustard two tablespoonfuls; Nutmegs two; Salt four tablespoonfuls; Sugar one cup; Boil till thick enough, which will be four or five hours. — Mrs. Oliver. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 57 Tomato Catsup. Tomatoes (ripe) one bushel (not peeled) ; Vinegar one quart; Salt one pound; Black pepper one-quarter pound; Red pepper twelve pods; Allspice one-quarter pound; Cloves one ounce; English mustard three ounces; Onions six; Brown sugar two pounds; Peach leaves one handful; Garlic a little; Boil till of the right consistency, being careful not to let it burn, then strain through a wire sieve. It is best to rub it through when cool enough. It should be quite thick when done. — Mrs. Krahnstover. Tomato Catsup. Tomatoes one bushel; Salt one pint; Allspice one ounce; Cloves one ounce; Ginger one ounce; Cinnamon one ounce; Mace one-half ounce; White pepper one-eighth pound; Mustard seed one-quarter pound; Cayenne one teaspoonful; Wash and dry the tomatoes, cut them in pieces, and boil them for about half an hour. Then strain them through a fine sieve. ]\Iix with the spices, and boil them eight hours, very fast. Put them, hot, into perfectly clean bottles, fu'st immersing the bottle in hot water. Liquor bottles keep the catsup best. Let them stand till the next day, then cork them with new stoppers, and seal them with sealing-wax. —Mrs. Arnold. 58 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Louise's Tomato Catsup. Tomato juice one gallon; Ground cloves one (heaping) tablespoonful; Ground allspice one (heaping) tablespoonful; Ground black pepper, .three (heaping) tablespoonfuls; Salt four (heaping) tablespoonfuls; Vinegar one pint; Worcestershire sauce four tablespoonfuls; Boil till of the consistency of cream. A handful of peach leaves may be boiled with it to add flavor. — Mrs. Comfort. Cucuinber Pickles. {Spiced and sliglitly sweet.) Make a brine of cold water and salt, strong enough to bear up an egg. Heat it boiling hot and pour over the pickles. Let them stand twenty hours, then take them out and wipe- them dry. Scald vinegar and pour over them and let tuem stand twenty- four hours more. Then pom- off the vinegar and poui' over the following mixture, boiling hot: Fresh vinegar sufficient to cover the pickles; Brown sugar one quart; Peppers (green) two large; White mustard seed one-half jDound; Ginger (root) six cents worth; Cinnamon six cents worth (ground) ; Allspice six cents worth (ground); Cloves six cents worth (ground) ; Celery seed. one tablespoonful; Alum size of a butternut. Put the spices in a bag. —Mrs. W. E. Sawin. Cucumber Pickles. Brine to bear up an egg,. Pour it over the pickles and let them stand two or three days. Then soak them in cold water for a day. The second day pour off this water and cover them with fresh A NEW DAILY FOOD. 59 water. Let them stand on the back of the range till they get hot, but do not let them come to the boiling point. Take them from the range and set them away to cool. When cool put the cucumbers into jars and pour hot vinegar, spiced to taste, over them. —Mrs. Waterman. Pickled Cucumbers. Wash and wipe the cucumbers and put them into stone jars. Heat together Vinegar one gallon; Cloves one ounce; Allspice one ounce; Mustard seed two ounces; Black pepper one ounce; Alum two ounces (scant); Salt one cupful (scant.) Do not let it come to the boiling point. Pour it hot over the cucumbers. Cover with cabbage leaves. — Mrs. SEARiiES. Pickled Beans. Young string beans may be boiled in salted water till they are tender, then pickled in the same way as cucumbers. Chow-chow No. 1. Green tomatoes one-half bushel; Onions one dozen; Peppers one dozen; Chop these fine. Sprinkle on them, salt, one pint. Let them stand over night. Scald them in vinegar. Pour off the vinegar, scald again in fresh vinegar, to which must be added. Brown sugar two pounds; Mustard seed (whole) one-quarter pound; Cloves one tablespoonful; Cinnamon one-half tablespoonful; Allspice one tablespoonful: Cayenne pepper a pinch (if desired); Celery seed ... a small one-half teaspoonful, if you like the flavor. Cook it well. —Mrs. White. 60 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Chow-chow No. 2. Green tomatoes one-half bushel: Onions (white) one peck; Green peppers twelve; Mustard (mixed) two tea-cups; Cloves (whole) two ounces; Allspice two ounces; Chop the tomatoes, onions, and peppers, fine. Put them in a dish with alternate layers of salt. Let them remain over night. In the morning, squeeze them dry, put them in a kettle with vinegar enough to cover them. Add the mustard and spices, and boil ten minutes, stirring all the time. — Mrs. Waterman. Chili Sauce. Tomatoes (ripe) twelve; Onions eight Peppers (green) five; Salt two tablespoonfuls Sugar one tablespoonful; Vinegar one quart Boil till the onions are tender. —Mrs. W. E. Sawin. Mustard Pickles. White onions (small) two quarts; Cabbage one (large) ; Cauliflowers two (large) ; Green tomatoes (small) one half-peck; Cucumbers (small) fifty; String beans two quarts; Red peppers half-dozen. Put these in salt over night. In the morning wipe the pickles dry. If the onions, tomatoes and cucumbers are not very small, cut them in two. Cut the cabbage and cauliflower in small pieces. Scald all in vinegar enough to cover them. Then make a dressing as follows : To vinegar one gallon, put; White pepper (ground) one quarter-pound; Mustard (ground) nine ounces; Tumeric (ground) two ounces; Ginger (ground) one ounce. Mix these with a little cold water, and sth them into the hot A NEW DAILY FOOD. 61 vinegar, having first removed the pickles. Boil up well and pour over the pickles. This is much like Grosse and Blackwell's chowchow, and fully as good. — Mks. W. E. Sawin. The above dressing makes an excellent sauce for pickled lamb's tongues. Plum Pickles. Plums three quarts; Sugar two pounds; Vinegar one pint; Cinnamon one ounce; Cloves . one ounce. Pour the vinegar on the plums and let them stand over night. Then pour the vinegar off and mix with the other ingredients. The cinnamon (stick) should be broken in pieces. Boil the mix- ture and pour over the plums. Repeat this process two or three days in succession. —Mrs. Fokd. Pickled Peaches. Peaches seven pounds; Sugar four pounds; Cider vinegar. . .one large pint; Stick cinnamon. . . , .one ounce; Cloves (whole) four for each peach. Boil the sugar, vinegar and cinnamon together, and skim the mixture carefully. After it has boiled a few minutes, take out the cinnamon, stick four cloves into each peach and put a layer of peaches into the kettle. Boil them till tender, lay them in jars and boil the syrup twenty minutes longer. Pour the liquor boiling hot over the peaches and seal the jars at once. —Mrs. Arnold. Pickled Pears. Boil the pears in water till quite tender, then proceed as in the rule for pickled peachei. These will keep in a cool place without sealing. Pickled Oysters (No. 1). Black pepper (whole) one teaspoonful; Mace two blades-, Allspice (whole) one teaspoonful; Vinegar four tablespoonfuls; Salt one teaspoonful. The above proportion to one quart of oyster liquor. 62 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Simmer the oysters for five minutes in this mixture, then skim out the oysters and boil the liquor. Skim it and turn it over the oysters. —Mrs. Comfobt. Pickled Oysters (No. 2). Have equal quantities of oyster juice and boiling water. Bring these, with the oysters, to a scald. Then skim out the oysters, and throw them into cold water, changing the water two or three times. Then into about half the juice put ground cinnamon, whole white peppers, mace, and salt to taste. Boil these up together, and when nearly cool pour over the oysters. —Mrs. Arnold. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 63 Chapter VI,— VEGETABLES. Potatoes (Boiled). Wlien potatoes are old, peel them and let them he an hour or two in cold water before boiling. They should be boiled in hot water with a Uttle salt in it; as little water as possible should be used. It is desirable to have it all dry away by the time the potatoes are done. Cover them with a towel, take them to the open air and shake them. If they are to be mashed, take a wooden spoon or potato masher and beat them till soft and light, in the kettle they were cooked in or in a hot dish. Add butter and seasoning to taste, and moisten with a little milk. Potatoes pressed through a colander make a pretty dish. Potatoes (Steamed). Potatoes may be put in a colander or steamer over a kettle of hot water and steamed till done. They will be very mealy, but Tequire more time than to boil in water. They can be put over the kettle containing some other boiling vegetable, and thus save the space of an extra kettle. Potato Balls. Take one pint mashed potato, highly seasoned with salt, pep- per, celery, chopped parsley and butter, and moisten with a little hot milk or cream. Beat one egg Ught. Add part of it to the potato. Shape into smooth, round balls. Brush over with the remainder of the egg and bake on a buttered tin till brown. Be careful and not get them too moist. — Mrs. Henry Dillingham. Duchess Potatoes. Potatoes five; Flour. . .five dessert-spoonfuls; Milk one large half cup; Eggs two. Grate the potatoes, which should be boiled and cold. Mix them with the flour and milk gradually. Add the egg, and drop by spoonfuls into boiling lard. Take them out the instant they are of a delicate brown. 64 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Potato Souffl6 (Nice). Potatoes . . six large and smooth; Butter one tablespoonful; Salt one teaspoonf ul ; Pepper. . . one-half saltspoonf ul; Eggs whites of four; Milk (hot) to moisten. Wash the potatoes very clean. Bake them until just done. Cut them in halves lengthwise. Scoop out the potato into a hot bowl, mash, add the seasoning and half the beaten egg. Fill the skins with the mixture and cover lightly with the remaining egg, well salted. Brown lightly. —Mrs. Dillingham. Potato Puff. Cold mashed potato two cups; Butter, melted two tablespoonfuls; Eggs two; Milk one cup; Salt one-half teaspoonful. Beat the potato and butter to a cream, add the eggs, beaten light, then the milk, then the salt. Beat all together Avell, pour into a deep dish and bake in a quick oven till brown. — Mrs. Oliver. Saratoga Potatoes. Pare and wash raw potatoes and wipe dry. Cut in very thin slices, and fry in hot lard. Take from the fat as soon as brown, with a perforated skimmer, put into a colander, and keep hot. Delmonico Fries. Pare, wash, and wipe the potatoes as above. Cut in strips about the size of the little finger. Fry in hot fat. Lay in a colan- der on straw paper or a clean towel, which will absorb any fat that may adhere. — Mrs. Emery. Potato Croquettes. Potatoes six; Eggs (yolks only) two: Butter size of an egg; Salt to taste; Pepper to taste; Crumbs Pare the potatoes and put them into boiling salt and water. A NEW DAILY FOOD. G5 When cooked, mash fine. Season with the butter, salt and pepper; add two thirds of the beaten yolks of the eggs. Beat these together very Hglit, and rub through a sieve. When cool, shape into balls, dip in bread crumbs, then in yolk of egg, again in crumbs, and fry in boiling lard. Lay on a pan covered with paper, to drain. — Mrs. Henry Dillingham. Stewed Potatoes. Take some cold boiled potatoes that have been cooked in salted water with their skins on. Peel and cut them in slices ; put them into a saucepan with milk or cream. Let them boil five or six minutes, Thicken with a little flour just before serving. Add a piece of good butter, a little pepper to taste, and dash a little finely chopped parsley over it. —Mrs. Krahnstoveb. Peas. Peas should be shelled by clean hands into a clean dish, as they are better not to be washed. Put them into cold water, and boil them till tender. The amount of time they will require de- pends upon their freshness. Half an hour should be sufficient for peas fit to be eaten. Have as little water as will suffice in the kettle. String Beans. Beans require long boiling, say an hour and a half. Strip off the strings and break them in inch pieces. Put them into cold water. Boil a piece of salt pork with them. When done, drain, add plenty of butter and salt. Serve the pork with the beans if desired. As little water as possible should be used that the good- ness of the beans may not be wasted. Green Corn. Put com into boiling water and if fresh, it will cook in ten minutes. Too much boiling spoils it. Asparagus. Wash in several waters. Cut off the tough end, scrape the white part, tie up in bunches and throw them into boiling water with salt in it. A NEW DAILY FOOD. Boil twenty-five minutes, more if required. Try one or two stalks and see if it is tender. Lay the bunches evenly, with the green ends toward the centre of the platter, upon slices of moistened buttered toast. Cut and remove the strings, spread bountifully with bits of butter and serve hot. Some people cut the asparagus into inch pieces after it is boiled tender, and pour drawn butter over it and serve it in a vege- table dish. Shelled Beans. Put them into just enough cold water to cover them. Cook an hour or till tender. Add salt and butter. Baked and Stuffed Tomatoes. Select firm, ripe tomatoes, and mth a sharp knife cut olff a thin slice from the stem end. Now remove the green core and fill the orifice with an onion chopped very fine, a small piece of butter, a little pepper, a little salt, and a teaspoonful of cracker-dust or bread crumbs; arrange them in a baking pan, add a little water and bake in a moderate oven. Fried Tomatoes. Cut ripe tomatoes in half and fry them on both sides in hot lard and butter. After the tomatoes ai'e taken from the frying- pan, pour into it a cupful of cream, thickened mth flour, and seasoned with a little cayenne and salt. Pour over the tomatoes and serve hot. Cold boiled ham chopped or grated fine may be added to this. Scalloped Tomatoes. Scald and skin half a peck of firm, ripe tomatoes; cut them into sHces; take one pound of bread crumbs, half a pound of best butter, two ounces of fine sugar, a dessert-spoonful of salt, a tea- spoonful of pepper, and one of onion chopped fine. Put into a baking dish a layer of crumbs, upon which place a layer of sliced tomatoes; upon these place a few bits of butter, a little of the chopped onion, a sprinkling of pepper, sugar and salt, A NEW DAILY FOOD. 67 now another layer of crumbs, and then another of tomatoes and butter, etc. Fill the dish with alternate layers in this way, making the last layer of crumbs, dotting it over with pieces of butter and dusting with pepper and salt. Bake in a good oven an hour. Broiled Tomatoes. Select firm, ripe tomatoes, cut them in two and place upon a well-greased broiler. Broil them over a clear fire, putting the skin side next the fire first. Pour melted butter over them. Season with pepper and salt. Serve on a hot dish. Spinach. Wash in several waters. Put into plenty of water and boil an hour and a half, or till tender. Take from the pot and drain. It may now be seasoned with salt, a little pepper and a table- spoonful or two of butter, and garnished with slices of hard boiled eggs and sent to the table thus; or, after removing from the pot, drain in a colander, rinse thoroughly with cold water, then chop it in a tray quite fine. Heat in a spider a tablespoonf ul of butter, a tablespoonful of flour, a few bits of chopped or grated onion, salt and pepper. Mix this thoroughly wdth the spinach; garnish with slices of egg and serve. Rice (as a vegetable). Soak the rice, after picking it over and washing it, in cold water for two hours. Scatter this slowly into a large kettleful of boiling water and cook twenty minutes without stirring. Drain in a colander and serve. Winter Squash. A hard skinned Hubbard squash need not be peeled before boiling, as the squash can be easily removed from the rind with a spoon. Other kinds should be peeled, the seeds and soft fibres removed from the inside. Cut it in pieces and put into a colander or steamer over a kettle of boiling water. It will cook in about two 68 A NEW DAILY FOOD. hours, and will be much dryer than if boiled in water. Strain through a hot colander, add plenty of butter and salt, a httle pep- per and serve. Baked Cabbage. Wash the cabbage and lay it in cold water for an hour. Put it into well salted, boiling water. Change the water after it has boiled half an hoiu'. When done, drain, chop fine, and add one cup milk, one-half cup butter, one teaspoon salt, one-half saltspoon pepper, two eggs. Put it in a shallow dish, cover with bread crumbs moistened with butter and bake till the crumbs are brown. — MbS. DlIililNQHAM. Ladies' Cabbage. Cabbage. . one, a fine white one; Eggs two; Butter one tablespoonful; Milk three tablespoonf uls ; Pepper a little; Salt a little. Boil the cabbage. When cool chop fine, and add the eggs well beaten, then the other ingredients. Mix well and bake in a butter- ed dish till brown. —Mrs. Oliver. Onions. Peel ten or twelve small onions. Put them in boiling salted water. When they have boiled five minutes change the water, and again after ten minutes. Boil till they are tender, but not broken. Drain off the water, cover them with milk and cook five or ten minutes longer. Season with salt and pepper. Serve plain or as a garnish for beef or pour white sauce over them . —Mrs. Henry Dillingham. Yorkshire Pudding with Roast Beef. Eggs six; Flour six tablespoonf uls; Milk one pint. Beat the eggs, add one-quarter of the milk, then the flour, then gradually the rest of the milk. Bake in the pan in which the beef had been roasted for twenty minutes or half an hour, leaving enough gravy in the pan to pre- vent the pudding sticking. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 69 Yorkshire Pudding. — No. 2. Eggs three; Flour. . one and one-half cups; Salt a pinch; Milk to make a thin batter. Bake as above fifteen minutes. Baked Macaroni. Break in inch pieces and boil half a package of macaroni for half an hour. The water should be boiling when the macaroni is put into it; and well salted. There should be ten times as much water as macaroni. At the end of the half hour drain it in a colander. Return it to the kettle with four or five tablespoonf uls of beef dripj)ings and a little salt. Let it heat through ; then put it into an earthen dish, add a can of strained tomatoes, a few spoonfuls of milk, a httle butter, a httle cayenne pepper and salt to taste. Grate some old English cheese over the top, and set it in the oven to brown. Spagetthi. Spagetthi may be cooked in the same way as macaroni. It is more delicate, and need not be boiled more than fifteen minutes. Butter may be substituted for the beef drippings when more con- venient. -^Mrs. Arnold. Puff Tomato Omelet. Tomatoes. . .four, medium size; Flour two tablespoonf uls; Butter a small piece; Eggs six; Pepper and salt to taste. Peel and chop the tomatoes. Rub the flour and butter to- gether and mix with the tomatoes. Add pepper and salt. Beat the eggs hght and stir into the mixture and fry in a hot frying-pan. —Mrs. Oliver. Asparagus Omelet. Asparagus two pounds; Eggs yolks of five, whites of three; Cream two tablespoonf uls; Salt a httle. Boil the asparagus, which should be tender and fresh, in as 70 A NEW DAILY FOOD. little water as possible, or better still, steam it till tender. Then chop it very fine, mix it mth eggs (well beaten) and cream. Fry it in butter and serve hot. —Mrs. Stroud. Green Corn Pudding. Corn one dozen ears, or one can; Milk one quart; Sugar one tablespoonful; Butter (melted) two tablespoonfuls; Eggs (well beaten) four. Mix all thoroughly and bake an houi*, or until the custard is set. — Mrs. EiiLA St. John. Stewed Mushrooms. Put a can of French Mushrooms into a porcelain-lined sauce- pan. Add a little pepper, salt, a squeeze of lemon and a good- sized piece of butter. Cover the pan and let them stew slowly half an hour. Then add floiu', which has been smoothed in milk, suffi- cient to thicken them to the consistency of cream. Remove any particles of butter which are floating on top, add a little grated nutmeg, and let them simmer till they are tender. Fresh Mushrooms. Too great care cannot be exercised in the use of fresh mush- rooms. To know if they are good, put a little salt on the gills. If they turn black they are good. Cook them in the same way as canned mushrooms. As the canned are handled by experts, it is safer to use them. — Mrs. Krahnstover. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 71 Chapter VII.— EGGS. Dropped. Have a saucepan nearly full of boiling water with a little salt in it. Break each egg separately, being careful not to break the yolk. Put a skimmer into the saucepan and upon that, drop the egg. When the white is cooked draw out the skimmer with the egg in it, carefully. Serve upon slices of buttered toast that have been soaked a little, or upon hashed meat. Poached Eggs. Eggs six; Milk one pint; Butter one tablespoonful; Salt Put the milk upon the fire in a pan. When it is nearly boiling, add the salt and butter. Then the eggs, well beaten, and stir steadily till it thickens. Take from the fire before it becomes too thick, and pour over slices of buttered toast. Omelet (No. 1). The requisites for success in cooking an omelet are a smooth spider, good butter, and dexterity. Beat together Eggs four; Cream four tablespoonfuls; Put into a hot spider a large tablespoonful of butter. Let it melt and tui-n to a golden yellow, but do not let it brown. The pan must not be too hot. Pour in the mixture, stir very gently with a fork. When it begins to set, loosen the edge with a knife, fold, and serve in a hot platter. Let each one salt it to his taste, as salt if added before it is cooked makes it heavy. Small bits of ham, smoked tongue or beef may be sprinkled over it before it is folded. 72 A NEW DAILY FOOD, Omelet (No. 2). Eggs four; Milk one cupful; Flour four teaspoonfuls; Parsley one teaspoonful; Thyme one teaspoonful; Salt one-half teaspoonful; Pepper a pinch; Onion (chopped fine) one teaspoonful. Beat the yolks of the eggs thoroughly. To them add the flour, then the seasoning, then stir in the milk ; lastly add the whites beaten very stiff. Have an omelet pan hot over the fire with a tablespoonful of butter. Pour in the omelet and stir till half done. Let it stand a minute and then fold one half over the other with a fritter turner. Serve hot. —Mrs. Hull. Puff Omelet. Milk one cup; Eggs six. Heat the milk, add a little salt and butter ; beat together the yolks of the six eggs and the whites of three ; stir them into the hot milk ; pour into a hot, buttered dish, and add the other three whites well beaten. Bake ten or fifteen minutes. If the top browns before the rest is done finish cooking it upon the top of the stove. —Mrs. Oliver. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 73 Chapter VIII.— DESSERTS. To Beat the Whites of Eggs. The whites of eggs will froth more quickly if they are cold. Let the eggs lie in cold water before breaking them. Cool the dish into which they are to be broken by setting it on the ice or letting the cold water run upon the bottom of it. Let them stand in a cool place till you are ready to beat them. If they are cold and fresh they will soon become stiff enough to stay in any form they are put in. Eggs, unless they are fresh laid, should be broken into a cup one by one that the whole may not be spoiled by the addition of a stale one. Steamed Custard. This should be made in a double kettle, the outside one con- taining boiling water. Into the inner kettle put the milk, and when it comes as near to boiling as it will in a double kettle, add well- beaten eggs in the proportion of four or five to the pint of milk, and sugar two-thirds of a cup to a pint. It is well to beat the sugar and eggs together before adding them to the milk. The whites of the eggs, or a part of them, may be reserved to garnish the custard. Beat them to a stiff froth, add gradually a few spoon- fuls of powdered sugar, and spread or drop this over the top. Italian Cream. Milk one pint; Eggs two; Gelatine, .three-eighths of an ounce (or the Aveight of three thick nickel pennies) ; Sugar one tablespoonf ul. Soak the gelatine half an horn* in three tablespoonfuls of cold •water. Boil the milk and stir into the gelatine, and when cool strain them into the eggs, which must have been beaten very light. Add the sugar; flavor with vanilla. Beat well and pour into a mould. Set on the ice. Serve with cream and sugar. —Mrs. Oliver. 74 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Frozen Pudding. Fill a mo^lld with alternate layers as follows: First, plices of sponge cake, then slices of banana, then some smooth jelly, then macaroons till the mould is full. Pour steamed custard, in which a teaspoonful of gelatine has been dissolved, over all. Freeze. —Miss Dingley. Brunswick Cream. Milk one quart; Gelatine one-half box; Sugar eight tablespoonfuls; Eggs six; Brandy or Sherry wine . . one wineglassful. Soak the gelatine in the milk ten minutes; place over the fire and let it come to the boiling point. Add the sugar and the yolks of the eggs beaten very light and stu- till it is a thick custard. Ee- move it from the fire and let it stand five minutes. Stir in the whites, well beaten, and the wine. —Miss Hull. Baked Custard. Milk one quart ; Sugar one cup ; Eggs four ; Vanilla or Nutmeg to taste. Boil the milk ; when nearly cool add the sugar, eggs and flavor- ing. Bake in a pudding dish in a slow oven till done. Try it by slipping a spoon handle into the edge. If the milk does not follow the spoon the custard is set. This qaantity will make a filling for two pies, to be baked with- out an upper crust. Custard Soufla^. Butter two tablespoonfuls ; Flour two tablespoonfuls ; Milk (boiling) one cup ; Eggs four ; Sugar two tablespoonfuls. Cream the butter, add the flour, and gradually the milk which must be boiling ; then add the yolks of the eggs which must have been thoroughly beaten and mixed with the sugar. When cool add the beaten whites and bake in a buttered dish, in a moderate oven, thirty minutes or more. Serve instantly. —Mrs. Dillingham. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 75 Charlotte Russe (No. 1). Cream one pint; Eggs whites of two; Sugar two-thirds cup; Gelatine one-quarter box dissolved in Milk two-thirds cup; Vanilla one teaspoonf ill. Beat the cream, skimming off the froth as it rises, and putting it into another pan, set in ice water. Then sth* in the sugar and the whites of the eggs beaten stifif. Next the gelatine, which must have been dissolved in the milk. Stir all together, and when thick enough to just poui', tiu*n into moulds lined with thin slices of sponge cake. —Mrs. W. H. Sawyer. Charlotte Russe (No. 2). Milk one pint; Eggs four; Cream one pint; English gelatme one-half ounce; Sugar one cup; Vanilla one teaspoonf ul or more. Put the gelatine into a gill of milk and place it upon the back of the stove, where it will warm slowly. Whip the cream to a complete froth, and add the gelatine when it is thoroughly dissolved. Make a boiled custard (see recipe) of the pint of milk and four eggs and enough sugar to make it very sweet. "When the custard is cold, flavor it with the vanilla, and add it to the whipped cream. Line a mould that holds a quart, with thin slices of sponge cake, pour the mixtiu-e into it, and set it in a cool place to stiJBfen. —Mrs. Clement. Delicate Dessert. Bake a sponge cake in a shallow pan, so that the cake will be about two inches thick when done. Just before serving, pour some boiled custard over this, and 76 A NEW DAILY FOOD. spread a layer of sliced oranges or peaches upon it. Beat the whites of the eggs, about four, which may be reserved from the custard, to a stiff froth, and drop them over the top. — Mrs. Oliver. "Wine Jelly. Cox's gelatine. . . .one package; Water three pints; Cut sugar one pound; Lemons juice of three; Sicily Madeira wine one pint. Dissolve the gelatine in a pint of cold water. Add the sugar and lemon juice. Upon this pom* two pints of boiling water. Add the wine and strain into bowls or moulds. Set it away in a cool place. It will requu-e about eight hours to harden. —Mrs. Arnold. Cider Jelly. Cider two quarts; Sugar three cups; Lemons the juice and grated rind of two; Cinnamon one teaspoonful. Dissolve the gelatine and sugar for half an hour in one pint of the cider. Boil the remaining three pints of cider, and when it boils, add the rest of the cider, the sugar and gelatine. Let it thoroughly mix, but not boil. Kemove from the fire, flavor and strain into moulds. If the cider is pretty sour, the lemon juice may be omitted. Orange Jelly. Gelatine. . .half box dissolved in Cold water half-cup; add Hot water . . one small cup; then Orange juice one pint; Lemon juice of one; Sugar one cup. Stir and strain, —Mrs. Bemis. Orange Jelly. Gelatine half-box; Sugar one and a half cups; Oranges juice of four; Lemon . . one; Water one pint. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 77 Moisten the gelatine with cold water. Pour over it the pint of boiling water, add the sugar and fruit juiee, let it boil up once, then strain into a mould, wet with cold water. To Serve Orange Jelly. Cut a small piece from the tops of the oranges, smoothly. Take out all the inside. When the jelly has cooled a little, pour it into the oranges, as into cups, and set them on the ice to harden. When the jelly is firm, serve on a glass dish ornamented with green leaves. Ice Cream. Milk one quart; Flour one tablespoonful; Sugar (white powdered) three cups; Gelatine one tablespoonful; Eggs (yolks only) three; Vanilla or lemon extract one tablespoonful; Cream three pints. Bring the milk to a boil, and add to it the flour smoothed in a little cold milk. Then add the eggs beaten up with one cup of the sugar. Then the gelatine dissolved in a little cold milk. Re- move from the fire and strain. The next day add to the mixture, the remaining two cups of sugar, the cream, and flavoring. Beat all together and freeze. — Miss DiNoiiEY. Any kind of fruit juice can be added after the cream is partly frozen, instead of lemon or vanilla flavoring. Orangre Ice. Oranges six of large size; Lemons two; Water (boiling) five gills. After squeezing the juice from the fruit, pour the boiling water over the peel and pulp, and let it stand until cool. Then add it to the juice, sweeten to taste and freeze. Mrs. Oliver. 78 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Raspberry Sherbet. RaspbeiTy jam one cup; Water . . one and one-half pints; Sugar one cup; Lemon, juice of one-half of one; Gelatine one tablespoonful; Dissolve the gelatine in a little of the water, mix with the other ingredients, strain, put into a mould and freeze. Substitute three-quarters package of gelatine for the above quantity, melt all together over the fii'e, strain and set away till cold, and you will have excellent jelly. Water Ice. Make strong lemonade, very sweet; dissolve a teaspoonful of gelatine in cold water ; to these add sufficient cold water to make the requisite quantity of ice. Orange or any other fruit juice may be substituted for lemon. To Serve a Watermelon. Cut the melon in two. Take out the pink part in smooth spoonfuls, removing the seeds, and pile up in a glass dish. Orna- ment with flakes of white of egg, frothed and sweetened with a little powdered sugar. Set on the ice till ready to serve. Steamed Sweet Apples. Wash and core some fair sweet apples. Lay them in a porce- lain lined kettle. Fill the hole in the center with white sugar and scatter a little sugar over the top. Put a little warm water into the kettle and steam them till they are soft. Add more water as it is needed, so that there will be sufficient for a little juice when done. Keep them covered closely. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 79 Chapter IX.— PUDDINGS. English Plum Pudding. Flour .... three and a half cups; Milk one cup; Suet one cup; Chopped raisins one cup; Currants one cup; Soda one teaspoonful; Salt one teaspoonful. Warm the molasses and sth the suet, which must be freed from strings and chopped very fine, into it. Pour this gradually upon the flour. Then add the other ingredients, last the saleratus, which must be dissolved in a little of the warm molasses reserved for the purpose. Stir fast and thoroughly after the saleratus is added. Steam in a well greased double kettle four hours. This may be eaten with hot or cold sauce. King George's Pudding. Floui' three cups; Kaisins. two cups; Currants one cup; Milk one cup; Molasses one cup; Suet (chopped fine) . . . one cup; Soda one-half teaspoonful. Mix as in Enghsh Plum Pudding. Boil three hours. Sauce. Sugar four tablespoonfuls; Butter two tablespoonfuls; Flour one tablespoonful; Beat together and add Egg the white of one beaten to a froth. Add a giU of boihng water, stin-ing fast. Flavor mth wine or brandy. This is a good sauce for any hot pudding. —Mrs. AENOiiD. Simple Suet Pudding. Chopped raisins one cup; Suet one cup; Molasses one cup; Milk one cup; Prepared flour three cups. Steam in a double kettle— one with a hole in the center is best — three and a half hours. — Mrs. Comfort. 80 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Bread Pudding. Milk three pints; Sugar one cup; Raisins, stoned one cup; Butter one-haK cup; Eggs four or five ; Bread Spices. Break stale bread into the milk, and set it upon the back of the range; baker's bread will make the lightest pudding, though any pieces of stale bread maybe used; pieces of cake, slightly stale, may also be used up in this way. About as much bread as the milk will thoroughly soak will make it of the proper consistency. Add the butter, and let it melt, then the sugar, then the eggs, well beaten, last the raisins. Spice to taste; all kinds may be used. A tablespoonful of mo- lasses wDl make it look dark and rich. Any bread pudding may be varied by spreading a layer of jelly over the top and frosting it with the whites of one or two of the eggs beaten up with a little sugar. Old-fashioned Bread Pudding. Bread (baker's) one loaf; Milk sufficient to soak the bread; Sugar one cup; Molasses one cup; Eggs five; Baisins (stoned) one-half pound; Butter one tablespoonful; Spices. Slice the bread and pour over it milk enough to cover it. Add the sugar, molasses and eggs, well beaten. Mix, and add the raisins; add spices to taste, half a nutmeg or half a teaspoonf ul of clove and cinnamon each; a little salt may be added if desired. Turn into a dish holding about two or three quarts, fill it up with milk, and bake slowly five hours. When it has baked four hours set it in a pan of hot water for the rest of the time. Can bo eaten with any liquid pudding sauce. Is good warmed over. — Mrs. Oxjver. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 81 Grandma's J's Plum Pudding. Baker's bread (stale) . . .one loaf; Suet one cup; Molasses one cup; Sugar two cups; Raisins one pound; Currants one pound; Citron one-half pound; Eggs . . .- nine; Cinnamon one teaspoonful; Cloves one teaspoonful; Nutmeg one; Wine one wine-glassful; Brandy one wine-glassful. Soak the bread in milk over night. In the morning pour away the milk not absorbed, and mix all the ingredients in a bowl over a kettle of hot water. Bake very slowly five hours. Cracker Pudding. Cracker crumbs, two-thirds cup; Milk one quart; Raisins one cup; Sugar one cup; Butter. two-thirds cup; Eggs four. Boil the milk and pour it over the cracker crumbs, which must be rolled fine. Add the butter and sugar then the eggs and rai- sins. Bake three-quarters of an hour. —Mrs. Winslow. Bun Pudding. Baker's buns six Eggs three Salt alittle Milk one quart; Sugar four tablespoonfuls; Spice to taste. Soak the buns over night in half the milk. Next day add the other things and bake till a light brown. May be eaten cold or hot with sauce: if cold, a hard sauce should be served with it. — Mrs. Harris. Swedish Honeycomb Pudding. Flour one cup; Sugar one-half cup; Molasses one cup; Milk one-half cup ; Butter one-half cup; Eggs four; Soda one teaspoonful. Beat flour (sifted), sugar and molasses together. Melt the but- ter in the warm milk; to this add the soda. Mix all these ingredients, and add the eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Bake three-quarters of an hour. 82 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Sauce. Sugai* one cup; Butter size of a walnut; Eggs one. Beat altogether, add hot water sufficient and flavor with wine or any flavoring Kked. — Mrs. Fakdon. Delicate Bread Pudding. Bread crumbs one pint; or Cracker crumbs one pint; Milk one quart; Sugar one cup; Butter one tablespoonful; Salt one-quarter teaspoonful; Powdered sugar four tablespoonfuls; Raisins one cup (chopped) ; Eggs four; Spices to taste. Soak the crumbs in the milk till soft. Add the sugar, then the yolks of the eggs, and salt and spices. Put in the butter and raisins and set in the oven. After it has stood long enough for the butter to melt, stir it well from the bottom. It will require from half to three-quarters of an hour in a mod- erate oven to bake. When done, frost with the whites of the eggs beaten stiff, and the four tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar added gradually. Brown. — Mrs. OiiiVER. Bread Pudding. Bread Crumbs one and a half pints, or three cups; Milk one quart; Butter one-eighth pound; Eggs six; Sugar one-half cup (or more if desired); Powdered sugar four tablespoonfuls; Spice or essence Scald the milk and pour it over the bread crumbs, and stir in the butter while warm. When cool, add the sugar, then the whites of the eggs except two, which should be reserved for frosting. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 83 Add spice or flavoring to taste, and bake in an earthen dish in a slow oven from thii-ty-live to fifty mintues. When done frost the top with the whites of the eggs, which must have been beaten to a stiff froth and sweetened with the four tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, — Mks. Ford. Indian Pudding No. 1 (very nice). Corn meal four even tablespoonfuls; Floiu* four even tablespoonfuls; Salt a little. Mix the above vnth a little cold milk. Add to these one quart of scalded milk. Then Eggs four, well beaten; Soda . . one teaspoonf ul tlissolved in two tablespoonfuls of hot water. Add to the soda and water Molasses one cup; Eaisins (stoned) one cup; Cinnamon a little. Steam three hours. To be eaten with sugar and cream. —Mrs. Oliver. Indian Pudding No. 2. Milk one quart; Indian meal two cups; Molasses one-half cup; Suet two tablespoonfuls (chopped) ; Salt one-half teaspoonful; Cinnamon one-half teaspoonful; Ginger one-half teaspoonful; Flour one-half cup. Boil aU but a cupful of the milk, and pour it hot over the other ingredients. Bake in a high pudding pot, slowly, three hours. Then pour half of the cold milk over it, and bake another horn*; then add the rest of the cold milk, cover with a plate and bake three hours longer. —Mrs. W. C. Emery. 84 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Rice Pudding.— To be Eaten Cold. Milk one quart; Rice one tablespoonful; Salt a pinch; Sugar four tablespoonfuls; Nutmeg or Vanilla to taste. Mix and bake slowly four hours. Economical and delicious. Cocoanut Pudding. Cocoanut one (grated); or Desiccated cocoanut one and one-half cups; Milk ■ one quart; Eggs five; Sugar one cup, (if grated cocoanut is used;) or Sugar half-cup, (if desiccated cocoanut). Boil the milk, and add the eggs well beaten, and the sugar and cocoanut. It is better to soak the desiccated cocoanut in the milk for an hour before adding the eggs and sugar. Banana Pudding. Gelatine one-half box; Milk one quai-t; Sugar two cups; Bananas five; Cream one pint. Dissolve the gelatine in a cup of cold water. Scald the sugar and milk together. Thin the gelatine with a little of the hot milk, strain it and add the rest of the milk. Let it simmer upon the back of the stove for ten minutes. Pour into a bowl to cool. Stir the bananas, which must be peeled and cut into small pieces into the mixtiu-e, after it has cooled, (but not stiffened.) Serve with the cream whii)ped to a froth, sweetened if desired. This should be made a day before it is to be used, to give it time to harden. —Miss RANDAiiL. Orange Pudding. Sugar one-half pound; Butter one-quarter pound; Eggs six; Oranges two. Cream the butter and sugar, add the juice and grated rind of A NEW DAILY FOOD. 85 the oranges, then the yolks of the eggs, one by one. Then slowly the whites, well beaten. Line a deep dish Avith puflf paste, pour in the mixture and bake. —Mrs. Oliver. Strawberry Pudding. Line a bowl or mould with thin slices of stale baker's bread. Pour into this a quart of stewed strawberries, hot. If the strawberries are fresh they must be made very sweet. If canned, half a cup of sugar should be added. Set this away till cool. Then turn it out into a glass dish, without disturb! ug its shape. Pour around it a steamed custard made of a pint of milk and the yolks of three or four eggs and two- thirds of a cup of sugar. Ornament the top of the pudding with a meringue made of the beaten whites of the eggs and three tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar. Prune Pudding. Prunes, large and nice one cup; Eggs wh ites of five: Cream of tartar one-half teaspoonf ul; Sugar one-half cup. Cook the prunes till soft in as little water as possible, then rub through a colander. Beat the whites of i-be eggs to a stiff froth and add to the strained prunes. Mix the sugar and cream of tartar thoroughly and sift them into Ihe prunes. Bake it a few minutes in a moderate oven to cook the egg. It may be served with whipped or sweetened cream, or a custard may be made of the yolks of the eggs for a sauce. — Miss RANDAiiii. Lemon Pudding. Sugar one-half pound or one cupful Butter one-quarter pound or half a cupful Eggs three Lemon one Cracker one (if desired) 86 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Cream the butter and sugar together, add the eggs beaten light, then the juice and grated rind of the lemon. The cracker may be rolled anil sifted and added if desired. It %vill give the pudding more consistency. —Mrs. Ford. liemon Rice Pudding. Kice one cupful; Milk one pint; Butter. one large tablespoon fnl; Sugar one cupful; Eggs four; Powdered do . four tablespoonfuls; Lemon one. Boil the rice in salted water seventeen minutes. Add the milk and butter to the rice while hot. Then add the sugar and the yolks of the four eggs, well beaten, with the grated rind and a teaspoonful of the lemon juice. Bake this. Beat the whit es to a stiff froth, add the remainder of the lemon juice and, gradually, four tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar. Spread this over the pudding when done, and brown lightly. — Mrs. Oliver. Chocolate Pudding. Chocolate, gi-ated. two ouucrs; Milk, boiled one quart; Corn starch. . .one teaspoonful; Eggs four; Vanilla half teaspoonful. Boil the milk, add the chocolate, and boil five minutes. Add the corn starch smoothed in a little cold milk. Cool a little, and add the eggs except the whites of two, which are reserved for frostmg. Add the vanQla. Bake slowly for half an hour. Wlien done, fi-ost with the whites of the two eggs beaten to a stiff froth, to wliich four table- spoonfuls of sugar have been added gradually. Brown the frost- ing hghtly. — Mrs. Frank Clement. Tipsy Parson Pudding. Pour over slices of slightly stale cake, (sponge is best), wine and water enough to cover. When soaked, drain off the water. Make a steamed custard and pour over it. Serve cold. The wine may be omitted and the custard flavored with vanilla or lemon. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 87 This pudding may be ornamented mth the white of one of the eggs used in the custard, beaten stiff and dropped over the top. Half a dozen cocoanut macaroons may be placed around the edge. Danish Pudding. Pearl tapioca one cup; Cold water one pint; Boihng water one pint; Sugar one-half cup; Salt one-half teaspoonful; Jelly, ciuTant or some acid jelly one cupful. Soak the tapioca in the cold water over night. In the morning put it into a double kettle with the boihng water, and cook an hour, or until transparent; stir often. Add the sugar, salt and jelly. Stir well and put into a mould to cool. Serve with cream and sugar. — Mrs. Bemis. Saratoga Pudding. Tapioca one coffee cup; Water two quarts; Sugar (white) one cup; Raisins (stoned) one cup; Lemon one; Apples (chopped) . . . one quart. Soak the tapioca in the water over night. In the morning add the apples, then the sugar, then the juice and grated rind of the lemon. Lastly the stoned raisins. Bake, in a covered dish, in a slow oven, two hoiu's. — Mrs. Huli;. Tapioca Cream. Tapioca one-half cup; Milk one quart; Eggs five; Sugar one cup. Soak the tapioca in water thi-ee or four hom-s. Have just water enough to keep it covered. Boil the milk in a double kettle, add the tapioca and cook till it is perfectly soft. Then add the yolks of the eggs, beaten up with the sugar. Cook ten minutes longer. Turn it into the dish in which it is to be served, and beat into it gently with a silver fork the whites of the eggs, which have been beaten to a froth. Flavor with vanilla. Serve very cold. 88 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Snow Pudding (No. 1.) Eggs six; Corn starch . .six tablespoonf uls; Sugar one tablespoonf ul; Lemon juice of one; Salt a little; Water one quart. Dissolve the corn starch in a little cold water. Poui* a quart of boiling water over it. Add the whites of the eggs beaten stiff. Stir well, set it in a basin of boiling water, or double kettle, cook ten minutes. Tiu*n into a mould and put away to harden. Make a steamed custard for sauce, of the yoliis of the eggs, a pint or a pint and a half of milk, two-thii-ds of a cup of sugar, and a teaspoonful of vanilla or any flavoring preferred. (See rule for Steamed Custard.) Turn the pudding when cold into a dish and pom* the custard around it before servjtig. Snow Pudding (No. 2.) Lemon juice of one; Gelatine or Cooper's prepared isin-glass .... half- ounce; Sugar (white) half-pound; Eggs two; Water one pint. Dissolve the gelatine or isin-glass in the boiling water. Let it stand till cool. Add the lemon juice, sugar and whites of the eggs (well beaten). Beat till it thickens. Set it on the ice or in a cool place until it hardens. It may need to be beaten for an hour. For sauce, make a steamed custard, (see rule) of the yolks of the eggs and a pint of milk. When cold, flavor mth wine. — Mrs. Ford. German Pudding. Eggs ten ; Gelatine . . . four teaspoonfuls; Lemons, three small or two large; Sugar one-half pound; Water one cup; Boil the water and dissolve in it the sugar and gelatine. Add the yolks of the eggs well beaten, the juice of the lemons, and the rind of one. Let this come to a boil. When a little cool add the whites of the eggs beaten stiff. Beat all together and cool. — Miss Niebuhr. A NEW DAILY FOOD. Foaming Sauce. Sugar one cup (heaped) ; Butter one-half cup; Egg one; Lemon one; Water three tablespoon fuls. Cream the butter and sugar, add the egg well beaten, then the juice and half the grated rind of the lemon. Last, the three table- spoonfuls of water, which must be boiling, stirred in slowly. Molasses Sauce. Molasses one cup; Butter a tablespoonful; Vinegar or cider, one-quarter of a cup ; more if desired. Boil the molasses (it should be very nice) until it thickens a little. Add the vinegar or cider, and boil up again; stu' in the but- ter and serve warm. (Good with apple dumpHngs or boiled rice pudding.) Creamy Sauce. Butter one-half cup; Powdered sugar, sifted one cup; Wine four tablespoonfuls; Cream or milk two tablespoonfuls. Cream the butter. Add gradually the sifted sugar. Then add, gradually, beating all the time, the four tablespoonfuls of wine, then the two of cream or milk. When this is beaten well, and just before serving, place the bowl in hot water and stir until smooth or creamy. — Mrs. Dillingham. Hard Sauce. Sugar (powdered) ten tablespoonfuls; Butter (nice) two tablespoonfuls. Beat to a perfect cream. Add the white of one egg beaten to a stiff froth. Flavor with wine, brandy or lemon or vanilla extract, or grate a little nutmeg over the top. 90 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Chapter X.— PIES, Pie Crust (No. 1). Sifted flour five cups; Butter one cup ; Lard one cup; Ice water one cup; Salt to taste. This will keep well in a cool place. — Miss. Smith. Pie Crust (No. 2). Flour six cups; Butter, at first one cup; Lard, at first one cup; Salt one teaspoonful. Chop the shortening, flour and salt together in a chopping tray. (It is a good plan to wash the butter the day before. Many cooks do this also for cake, as they think it makes it Ughter. ) Then wet with ice water. Roll out about an inch thick, and with a knife spread little bits of additional butter all over it, and roll it again. Do this three times, always dredging flour over the butter before folding the paste. After rolling in the butter three times in this way, make the paste into a long roll and lay it on the ice or in a very cool place for an hour or more. Cut a piece from the end of the roll and roll out lightly a thin crust of the size of the plate. Chopping the shortening in obviates the necessity of handling the paste, which makes it heavy. — Mrs. Hood. PuiF Paste. Butter one pound; Flour one pound; Egg yolk of one; Lemon juice of one; Salt a pinch. Wash the butter the night before. Make a hole in the middle of the flour; put in the yolk of the egg, the juice of the lemon and the salt. Mix this with ice water; then put in the butter and roll out four times. Set the paste on the ice for an hour before rolling out for the plates. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 91 Mince Meat (No. 1). Meat, round of beef three pounds; Suet one pound; Apples three pounds; Cinnamon two teaspoonfuls; Allspice two teaspoonfuls; Cloves two teaspoonfuls; Nutmeg one; Cider three cups; Sugar three pounds; Molasses one cup; Raisins one and one-half pounds; Currants one pound; Citron one-half pound; Salt to taste; Lemons grated rind and juice of two; or Vinegar, best cider one-half cup. Boil the meat till tender, in a small quantity of water, so that there will be only one or two cupfuls of liquor. Chop the meat very fine. Peel, slice and chop the apples. Chop the suet, and remember that it is impossible to get any of these ingredients too fine. Chop the citron, stone the raisins, grate the rind of the lemon and squeeze out the juice, wash the currants. Boil together in a porcelain lined kettle the cider, molasses, sugar and suet. Also the vinegar if you use it instead of lemons. It gives a more pronounced taste to the mince. Pour these hot upon the other ingredients which must first be well mixed. This will keep a long time with the addition of a little brandy. If at any time you fear its spoiling, put it into a preserv- ing kettle and set it on the back of the range and let it scald through. If you wish, spread a few bits of butter on each pie before you cover it, a little additional salt, and a few teaspoonfuls of sugar. If anything seems to be lacking in mince meat, it is usually either sugar or salt. The juice of preserved fruit or jelly may be added to the 92 A NEW DAILY FOOD. mince meat, to which the saying, "the more good things the better, " is particularly applicable. Mince Meat (No. 2). Beef (second cut from the neck) five pounds; Suet (chopped tine) three-quarter pound; Raisins (stoned) one and one-half pounds; Apples (peeled, sliced and chopped) five pounds; Cinnamon two teaspoonfuls; Allspice two teaspoonfuls; Cloves two teaspoonfuls; Mace one teaspoonful; Nutmeg (grated) one; Cider one quart; Sugar to taste. Boil the cider down one-half, and add the juice the meat was boiled in, and a little of the fat. Then add the other ingredients, with wine and brandy to taste. —Mrs. ARNOiiD. Mince Meat (No. 3). Chopped meat two pounds; Chopped apples four pounds; Suet (freed from strings and chopped) one pound; Raisins (stoned and chopped) one pound; Currants (cleaned) one pound; Citron (chopped) one-quarter pound; Sugar (brown) three pounds; Cider three pints; or Brandy one pint; or Wine one bottle; Nutmegs one and one-half; Cloves (ground) one tablespoonful; Cinnamon (ground) one tablespoonful; Allspice two tablespoonfuls; Mace one-half teaspoonful; Salt two tablespoonfuls; Lemons juice and grated rind of three. The meat must be boiled tender and chopped very fine. It is A NEW DAILY FOOD, 93 desirable to have but little of the meat liquor left, which may be added to the mixture. Cook all together twenty minutes, except the wine or brandy, which must be added last. If a richer prepar- ation is desired, another pound of raisins and currants each may be added, and a pound of sultanas and half a jDound of citron. — Mrs. OiirvTjR. Apple Pie. Bake a sliced apple pie in a deep pie plate. Heap the apple lip, as it shrinks, as it softens. Allow six tablespoonf uls of sugar and one of molasses to a pie. Spread little bits of butter and a pinch of salt over the top. Flavor with nutmeg or cinnamon. Cut a narrow strip of crust for the edge, dip it in water and j^ut it be- tween the two crusts, pressing the upper one down. This forms a paste which joins the two crusts firmly and prevents the juice from escaping, — a good expedient for all juicy pies. Gooseberry Pie This may be made in the same way as cranberry pie, using gooseberry instead of cranberry sauce (see rule). Cocoanut Pie. Cocoanut (grated), one, or cocoanut (desiccated), two cups; Milk one pint; Sugar one cup ; Lemon one-half grated rind and juice; Eggs four; Butter one tablespoonf ul; Crackers (pounded and sifted) two. If desiccated cocoanut is used, soak it for two hours in the milk, and use only half as much sugar, as the desiccated cocoanut is sweetened. Bake in a deep dish lined witli nice paste without upper crust. The whites of two of the eggs may be reserved for frosting. Beat them to a stiff froth, sweeten with three tablespoonf uls of powdered sugar, add a little lemon juice, and after the pie is baked pile the frosting over it in little mounds. Return it to the oven and brown lightly. 94 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Rhubarb Pie. Rhubarb (chopped).. . .one cup; Sugar. . .one and one-half cups; Eggs three. Mix the rhubarb, sugar and yolks of the eggs. Bake in a deep plate without an upper crust. When done, frost with the beaten whites of the eggs, mixed with three or four tablespoonfiils of sugar. Brown lightly. Cranberry Pie. Fill a deep plate lined with crust with cranberry sauce (see rule) and bake till the crust is done. A few strips of pie crust crossed over the top will improve its appearance, and a little powdered sugar may be sifted over it just before serving. Squash Pie. Squash one large pint; Sugar two and a half cups; Milk one quart; Butter two tablespoonfuls; Cracker Crumbs three tablespoonfuls; Eggs four; Ginger one teaspoonful; or Extract lemon one teaspoonful; Salt one teaspoonful. Peel, steam till soft and strain the squash. To a large pint add the sugar, spice and cracker crumbs, which must be rolled tine and sifted. Boil the milk and melt the butter in it. Add it to the squash, etc., one-half at a time. When well mixed, add the eggs well- beaten. Bake in a deep plate, with a nice undercrust. Raisin Pie. Raisins one pound; Lemon one; Sugar one cup; Crackers three. Boil, stone and chop the raisins, roll the crackers fine, mix all and bake with two crusts. This makes three pies. —Mrs. J. O. Bemis. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 95 Lemon Pie (No. 1). Eggs four; Lemons one large or two small; Powdered sugar, eight tablespoonfuls for pie, four for frosting; Butter (melted) one large tablespoonful. Beat the yolks of the eggs by themselves. Grate the rind and strain the juice of the lemons into them and add the eight spoon- fuls of sugar. Beat all together until very light. Then add the melted butter. Pour into a deep plate lined with crust, and bake. When done, frost with the whites, which must be beaten to a stiff froth and sweetened with the four tablespoonfuls of sugar. Brown in the oven. — Mrs. White. Lemon Pie (No 2). Lemons one large or two small; Sugar one cup; Milk one cup; Eggs three; Cornstarch or white flour three teaspoonfuls. Mix the juice of the lemons and the grated rind with the sugar. Smooth the flour or cornstarch with a little of the milk, and mix all together. Bake in a deep pieplate, lined with nice paste. When done, frost with the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth, and three tablespoonfuls of sugar. Brown slightly. 96 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Chapter XL— CAKE. Directions Regarding Cake. An old-fasliioned tea -cup holds half a pint. A goblet or ordinary tumbler about the same. "A pint is a pound all the world round." A piece of butter "the size of an egg is one tablespoonf ul. " Use the same vessel for measuring the ingredients to be used in anything you are cooking, that the proportion may not be changed. Baking powder or yeast powder is cream of tartar and soda mixed in the proper proportion of two parts of the former to one of the latter. It is a saving of trouble to use the chemicals thus; and baking powder should be mixed and sifted with the dry flour. If however the cream of tartar or soda are used separately, the former should be mixed with the dry flour and the latter dissolved in a Httle hot water, or in the milk, if milk is used. Prepared flour is flour with the baking powder already mixed with it. Before making cake get all the ingredients called for in the recipe, ready to your hand. Currants, which are very dirty usually, should have been thoroughly washed and dried. Raisins should have been stoned. Have a cup of water at your side when stoning raisins and drop the stones into it. This washes the Angers at the same time and prevents their becoming sticky. This can be done whenever there is a little time of leisure or waiting in the kitchen. Sift the flour. In mixing cake the butter and sugar should first be beaten together till they look like cream. This should be done with a wooden spoon, as an iron one is apt to discolor the cake. It saves a good deal of strength to beat cake with the hand, and this may be done in cool weather. But in summer the heat of the hand makes it heavy. Beat the eggs, yolks and whites separately, and add the yolks A NEW DAILY FOOD. 9' to the butter and sugar, then the whites. Next add half the milk, and when this is well mixed half the flom-, then the rest of the milk and the remainder of the flour containing the baking powder. If fruit is used, save out a third of the flour to mix it with. It is less Hkely to sink to the bottom of the pan. Add flavoring. This is a good general method to follow, unless otherwise directed in the recipe. Grease the pans well. The cake is more certain to tiun out easily if the pan is lined with a well greased paper. Have a brisk but not too hot an oven. Have your tire just right, so that you need not touch it till the cake is done. The old proverb that ' ' There is more in baking than there is in making,' applies here. If it is mixed ever so care- fully and not properly baked, it is labor and material wasted. Do not move it, if you can help it, till it is done. If it begins to brown before it is properly raised, cool the oven a little by removing the cover from the stove a little way — just a crack. The cake will shrink from the sides of the pan when it is done. Try it also with a broom straw, and when no dough sticks to the straw it is safe to consider it baked sufliciently. Turn it carefully from the pan upon a toast rack or clean broiler. Let it cool before j)utting it away in the cake-box. Fruit cake needs a long, slow baking. It is safe to leave it in the oven half an hour after you think it is done. All cakes containing molasses bmii more easily than sugar Fruit Cake (No. 1). Floiu" One pound; Sugar one pound; Butter one i)ound; Fggs ten; Eaisins three pounds; Citron one-half pound; Wine one gill; Nutmeg one; Cloves .... one-half teaspoonful; Allspice . . one-half teaspoonful; Cinnamon one teaspoonful. Beat sugar and butter to a cream, add the brandy. Beat the eggs very light, strain and add them. Add two thii'ds of the flour. Mix the fruit with the rest of the flour and add it with the spices. The juice and grated rind of a lemon improves 98 A NEW DAILY FOOD. this cake. Bake in well greased pans, lined with paper, also well greased, in a moderate oven from one and one-half to two hours. — Mrs. Arnold. Wedding Cake. Sugar (brown) .-.one pound; Butter one pound; Flour one pound ; Eggs ten; Citron three pounds; Stoned Raisins four pounds; Currants four pounds; Molasses (darkest) one-half pint; Mace, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg (a little more cloves and mace) one ounce each; Brandy one gill. Mix as in the ^jreceding recipe. —Mrs. J. Bolton. Cleveland Fruit Cake Sugar one pound; Butter three-quarters pound; Citron one-half pound; Currants one pound; Raisins (stoned and chopped) one pound; Flour one pound; Molasses one-half cup; Eggs eight; Spices all kinds. Bake four hours. —Mrs. Clement. Apple Fruit Cake Molasses two cups; Sugar, brown one cup; Floiu' four cups; Eggs three; Raisins (chopped) . . one pound; Butter one cup; Soda one teaspoonful; Cloves one teaspoonful; Nutmeg one; Citron one-half pound; Salt a little; Dried apples three cups. Soak the dried apples over night and in the morning stew them in one (;up of the molasses. Add them to cake when mixed as by tlirections for other fruit cake. This will keep well.— Miss Smith. A NEW DAILY FOOD, 99 Cup Cake. An old reliable and generally useful rule for cake, and one easily remembered, is the old-fashioned One, two, three, four cake. Only instead of three put three and a half, and remember that there are two ones. Of butter one cup; Milk one cup; Sugar two cups; Flour, three and a half cups; three does not make it quite stiff enough; Eggs four; Baking powder two teaspoonfuls: This should be mixed according to the preceding directions, and is good as a plain cake; or it may be made into currant cake by adding a cup of currants; or raisin cake by adding a cup of raisins; marble cake by adding to one-half of the batter, spices of all kinds and a small half cup of molasses, and putting into the baking pan in alternate layers; or fruit cake by adding spices, molasses and raisins to all the batter; or layer cake, by baking in Washington pie pans, when a little less baking powder should be used. The dullest servant, if she cannot read, can easily learn this, rule. French Cake (Reliable and Good.) Sugar two cups; Butter one-half cup,' Flour three cups; Milk one cup; Eggs three; Baking powder, two teaspoonfuls. — Mrs. Clement Spanish Bun. Eggs four; Butter three-quarter cup; Sugar two cups; Milk one cup; Cinnamon one tablesj)oonful; Flom* two cups; Baking powder one and one-half teaspoonfuls. Reserve the white of one egg for icing. Cream the butter and sugar; add the well-beaten yolks of the eggs, then the whites beaten 100 A NEW DAILY FOOD. to a froth, then half the milk, then half the flour, then the rest of the milk and the rest of the flour. Last, the spice. Bake in a shallow pan. When done, spread over it a thin icing made of the white of the egg and two teaspoonfuls of sugar, and half a teaspoouful of cinnamon. — Miss Fairbanks. Corn Starch Cake. Sugar two cups; Butter one cup; Flour two cups; Corn Starch one cup, dissolved in Milk one cup; Baking powder three teaspoonfuls; Eggs whites of six. —Mrs. Winslow. Watermelon Cake. For the white part: Butter one-third cup; Sugar one cup; Milk one-quarter cup; Flour one and one-quarter cup; Soda ... one-quarter teaspoon ; Cream of Tartar three-quarter teaspoon; or Baking powder one teaspoonful: Eggs whites of four. For the red part: Butter one-thii-d cup ; Eggs yolks of four; Bed Sugar one cup; Milk one-quarter cup; Flour two cups; Baisins, stoned and quartered one cup; Baking powder two even teaspoonfuls. Put the red part in the centre of a round pan, scatter the raisins through it to kx^k like the seeds, and put the white around the edge. -Mrs. Oliver. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 101 Walnut Cake. Sugar oue aud oue-half cups; Butter one-half cup; Milk oue-half cup; ■ Eggs three; Cream of tartar one teaspoonful; Soda one-half teaspoonful; Walnut meats one cup; Flour two cups; Vanilla one-half teaspoonful. Mix as in cup cake, adding the walnuts, broken very fine, last. — Miis. F. W. Emery. Harlequin Cake. Cream one cup butter; add two cups sugar; mix well; add three eggs, the yolks and whites beaten separately; sift one tea- spoonful of cream of tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda, with three cnps of flour; add alternately mth one cup of milk. Divide it into foui' parts: color one part with two squares melted choco- late, one part with pink coloring and leave two i^ai'ts uncolored. Bake separately, and when done put together with lemon jelly. Pink Coloring. Cochineal one-half ounce; Alum one-half ounce; Cream of tartar one-half ounce; Salts of tartar one-half ounce. To the first three ingredients add half pint boiling water. Let it stand on the stove two minutes; then add the salts of tartar gradually. Add one-half pound sugar, and strain through a cloth. Lenion Jelly. Sugar one cnp; Lemon grated rind and juice of one; Flour, two tablespoon fuls, stirred into a well-beaten egg; AVater one cup. Mix all and cook till thick and smooth like cream. 102 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Sponge Cake (No. 1). Sugar. . . three-quarters pound; Eggs six; Lemon one; Flour one-half pound; Water one-half tumbler or cup. Dissolve the sugar in the water by setting it upon the back of the range. Beat the eggs very light, and add them to the sugar and water. Then beat fifteen minutes. Add the grated rind of the lemon, and three-teaspoonfuls of lemon juice. Last, the flour (sifted). —Miss Smith. Sponge Cake (No. 2). Simple Old sure. Eggs three; Sugar one cup ; Flour one cup; Baking powder one and one-half teaspoonfuls; Lemon juice and grated rind of one. Sift all together, l>ut the eggs and lemon, which add last. Beat well, and bake quickly in one loaf. Chocolate Cake. Butter one cup; Sugar two cups; Milk one cup; Eggs five, except the whites of two; Flour three and one-half cups; Cream of tartar one teaspoonf ul ; Soda one-half teaspoonful; Lemon extract one teaspoonful; Fri»eat two minutes; Then cold water one cup, with Soda one teaspoonful, l)eat one minute; then Lemon one-half grated lind and juice; Flour two cups, beat three minutes. Obsei-ve the time exactly, and V)ake in rather deep cup-cake pans in a good oven. —Mrs. J. O. Bemis. Almond Cake. Butter one and one-half cups; Sugar one and one-half cups; Milk one and one-half cups; Flour two and one-half cups; Eggs (whites only) four; Cream of tartai* one and one-half teaspoonfuls; Soda one-quarter teaspoonful; Almonds . . two dozen, placed over the top of the cake. The almonds must be blanched by soaking three minutes in boiling water ; then put them into cold water and rub off the skins. Flavor with essence of almond. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 105 JeUy Roll. Eggs six; Sugar two cups; Flour two cups; Milk, .one large tablespoonful; Baking powder two teaspoonfuls. Put in the pans very thin. Do not bake too long. Lay it be- tween cloths when done to keep it moist tiU cool. Spread with jeUy, roll and place in napkins to kee^) it in shape. This may be flavored with the grated rind of a lemon or a few drops of lemon extract. — Mrs. Hull. Ribbon Cake. Sugar two and one-half cups; Butter one cup; Flour two and a half cups; Milk one cup; Eggs four; Baking powder two heaping teaspoonfuls; Raisins one cup; Currants one cup; Molasses. one tablespoonful; Si)ices all kinds to taste. Mix as in previous directions. Separate the batter into three parts. To one j^art add the fruit, molasses and spices, and bake the three parts in pans of corresponding size. Put the dark layer between the other two with a little jelly between the layers. Press lightly together. Frosting may be added if deshed. — Mrs. Stroud. Bride Cake. Eggs six (whites only) ; Flour two and one-half cups; Butter one-half cup; Sugar one and one-half cups; Milk one-half cup; Baking powder one and one-half teaspoonfuls; Cream the butter and sugar; add the milk; then the flour, mixed with the baking powder; the whites of the eggs, well beaten^ last. Flavor with rose or almond. 106 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Angel's Food, or White Sponge Cake. Eggs whites of eleven ; Sugar, powdered or sifted granulated, one and one- half cups; Flour one cu] > ; Vanilla one teaspoonful (scant): Cream of tartar one teaspoouf ul; Sift some flour four times; then measure out the cupful; add the cream of tartar and sift again. Beat the whites to a stiff froth. Add the sugar lightly, then the flom* very gently, then the vanilla. Do not stop beating till the cake is in the pan. Bake forty minutes in a moderate oven in an angel cake pan with a hole in the centre, that must be kept for that purpose alone, and must not be Turn the pan upside down to cool. When cool cut round the edge with a knife and remove. White Cake Sugar, powdered two cups: Butter one-half cup; Milk one-half cup; rioui' two cups; Eggs ... whites of foiu-; Baking powder one and one-half teaspoonfuls; Almond to taste. Bake in a brisk but not too hot oveu. — Mrs. Oliver. Washington Cake. Butter three-quarter cup; Sugar one j^ound: Flour one pound: Eggs six; Milk one cup; Baking powder one teaspoonful (scant). Mix as in previous directions. —Mrs. Waterman. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 107 Cream Pie (No. 1). Eggs , three; Flour one cup; Sugar one cup; Milk two tablespoonfuls; Baking powder one and one-half teaspoonfuls; Salt alittle; Flavoring vanilla or lemon. Mix as in previous directions for cake, and bake in jelly cake pans; place between the layers the Cremn. Milk one pint; Sugar one (scant) cup; Floiu' one-half cup; Eggs two; Salt alittle. To the boiling milk add the other ingi-edients, all beaten to- gether; boil until it thickens; flavor -svith vanilla or lemon. —Mrs. Clement. Cream Pie (No. 2). Eggs three; Sugar one cup; Flour one cup; Cream of tartar.. one teaspoonful mixed with the flour; Soda one-half teaspoonful, dissolved in Warm water three teaspoonfuls. Bake in three layers. FilUny. Milk one pint; Eggs one; Flom- one tablespoonf ul ; Sugar two tablespoonfuls. Scald the milk and add the other ingredients. Flavoi- ^^ith vanilla. —Mrs. J. D. Winslow. Cream Layer Cake. Eggs three; Powdered sugar one cup; Flour one and one-half cups; Water three tablespoonfuls; Baking powder two teaspoonfuls. 108 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Filling. Milk one pint; Sugar one-lialf cup; Butter two tablespoonfuls; Corn Starch one tablespoonf ul. Mix as in Cream Pie No. 1. — Miss HuiiL. Cream Cakes. Butter one-half cup; Water one cup; Flour one cup; Eggs three. Boil the water and butter together, then stir in the flour. Set it away to cool. When cold add the eggs without beating. Butter a pan very shghtly and drop a large spoonful of the batter at intervals. Bake in a quick oven twenty minutes. Filling. Milk two cups; Eggs two; Sugar one cup; Flour two tablespoonfuls: Salt a little. Scald the milk and add the other ingredients. —Mrs. CiiEMENT. Eng-lish Cheese Cakes. Make a nice puff paste (see rule) roll out and cut into cakes with a cooky cutter. Bake brown and fill with Ijtinoii Filling. Sugar (gi-anulated).two pounds; Butter nine ounces; Eggs (whites only) twelve; Lemons eight or ten. Grate the rinds and squeeze out the juice of the lemons. Beat the eggs to a froth, mix altogether and boil in a double kettle or a jar set in a pan of water, till it thickens. Stir often. — Mrs. Krahnstover. It is a good idea to have one or two dozen clean cork stoppers to put between the crusts before baking. When done, separate the crusts; remove the cork and fill the vacant space with the lemon jelly. Wash and dry the corks after using and keep covered from dust for the next time. — Mrs. K. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 109 Blueberry Cake. Blueberries one cup. or more if desired ; Sugar one cup; Milk one cup (scant) ; Eggs two; Butter one teaspoonf ul ; Baking powder three teaspoonf uls; riour for a stiff batter. — Mrs. Frank CiiEivrENT. Chocolate Layer Cake. Butter one cup; Sugar two cups; Flour (prepared) two and a half cups; M^ilk one cup; Eggs five; Grated Chocolate (Baker's) one-half cake; Vanilla two teaspoonfuls. Bake in Washington-pie plates and put l^etween the layers the FiUuHj. Baker's chocolate, one -half or three-quarter cake (melted) ; Sugar two cups, dissolved in l)oiling water; Eggs whites of two, lieaten a little. Boil all together; when cool add Vanilla four teaspoonfuls; Cocoanut one cupful (if desired). — Mrs. Searles. Wafers (Very nice). Butter one cup; Sugar two cups; Milk one-half cup: Lemon juice of one; Nutmeg one; Soda one teaspoonf ul; Flour enough to roll out. Roll the dough very thin, sprinkle gTanulated sugar over them and press it in with the rolling-pin. Cut in rounds and bake quickly. 110 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Plain Cake for Layer Cake. Sugar one and a half cups; Butter oiio-lialf cup; Water one cup; Flour two and a half cups; Baking x^owder tAvo teaspoonfuls; Eggs three (white of one reserved for icing) ; Lemon gi-ated rind of one, if convenient. —Mrs. Huiiii. Orange or Lemon Filling. Water two cups; Corn Starch three tablesj^oonfuls; Oranges juice of three, grated rind of two; or Lemons two; Sugar one cup ; Butter one tablespoonful; Eggs yolks of three; Add the corn starch dissolved in one-half cu]3 of the cold water, to the rest of the water when it boils; add the rest of the ingi-edi- ents; cook all together ten minutes or until it thickens. Chocolate Filling. Bakers chocolate. ..one square; Sugar one cup; Eggs yolks of two; Milk .... one-third cup (boiled). Stir the chocolate and sugar into the boiling milk, then add the egg well beaten. Simmer ten minutes; flavor with vanilla. Let it cool before using. — Miss Smith. Filling for Layer Cake. Raisins, stoned and chopped fine one cup; Eggs whites of two well beaten. Mix; add the juice of one or two lemons. Orange Cake Filling. Oranges gi-ated rind and juice of two; Eggs whites of two; Sugar enough to stiffen the above. —Mrs. Harris. A NEW DAILY FOOD. Ill Orange Cake. ( To be baked in layers. ) Eggs five; Sugar two cups; Powdered sugar for frosting Sweet milk one-half cup; Baking powder one teaspoonlul; Flour two cups; Butter one teaspoonful or size of a walnut; Orange one. Grate the rind of the orange and reserve the whites of two eggs for the filling. Sweeten this with the powdered sugar and spread between the layers. Strawberry Short-Cake. Milk(soiu') one cup; Butter size of a walnut; Soda, one-third of a teaspoonful dissolved in a Httle of the milk. Mix lightly and bake in a quick oven. Mash and sweeten a pint and half of berries. When the cake is baked, split it and butter each part. Si»read the strawberries between the layers and serve immediately, Strawberries mashed and sweetened may be spread between any layer cake. Then garnish the top with whole strawbenies. — Mrs. C. C. Dillingham, New Years Cakes. Butter one and one-quarter pounds; Lard one pound; Sugar two pounds; Luke warm water one pint; Soda one teaspoonful; Caraway seed five teaspoonfuls; Flour, about six pounds, or enough to make it suffici- ently stiff to roll out. Cream the butter and sugar, add the flour, th-op in the caraway seeds, then add the water and the soda dissolved in a little hot water. Roll about half an inch thick and cut with a wooden cake cutter. —Mrs. Arnold. 112 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Orange Short-Cake. Make a crust as for strawberry short-cake, and spread sliced oranges, from whicli the seeds and as much as possible of the pulp have been removed, between the layers. A little grated or desic- cated cocoanut may be mixed with the orange for variety. —Mrs. T. S. Dillingham. Barnard Cake. Butter one cup; Sugar three cups; Elour . . .four and one-half cups; Eggs four. Milk one cup; Soda one teaspoonful; Lemon juice and rind of one. Sugar Cookies (Rich). Butter two-thii-ds of a cupful ; Sugar two-tlmxls of a cupful; Flour one heaping cupful; Cinnamon (gTOimd) one teaspoonful; Mace or nutmeg (gTound) one-half teaspoonful; Egg one; Cold water one teasiwonful. Cream the sugar and butter, add the egg and spice, then gTad- ually tlie flour. E(^ll as thin as possible, cut into cookies and bake. —Mrs. Emery. Sugar Cookies. Sugar two cups; Butter one cup; Eggs two; Milk one-half cup Baking powder one and one-half teaspoonfuls; Nutmeg (grated) one; Elour to roll stiff. Mix as for cake, add as much flour as is needed, roll very thin, out out, scatter a little sugar over the top before putting in pans, and press it down with the rolling-pin. —Mrs. Winslow. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 113 Jumbles. Flour thiee-quiirfcer pound; Sugar one-half pound; Butter six ounces; Eggs two; Nutmeg and rosewater to taste. Mix as for cake; roll them out with your ]iands, dip tliem in sugar, and bake in round rings. — Mrs. Ford. Boston Cookies. Molasses two cups; Sugar one cup; Butter one cup; Milk one cup; Soda two teaspoonfuls; Floui- five cups; Eggs two; Ginger one tiiblespoonful. Melt the butter in the molasses, poui- them upon the sugar mixed with the spice and a small part of the flour. Add the eggs, well beaten; dissolve the soda in the milk; and add, then the rest of the flour. Bake in gem pans. —Mrs. Wtnslow. Soft Gingerbread. Butter, lard or nice beef drippings one cup; Sugar one cup; Molasses two cups; Sour milk one cup; Eggs two; Soda one teaspoonful; Ginger one tablespoonful; Cloves, cinnamon and allspice, one-haK teaspoonful of each, if desii-ed; Flour to make a batter as thick as cup cake. Put the sugar, one or two cups of flour and the spices in n dish, and mix. Melt the shortening in the boiled molasses and add gradually. Then add half the milk, then a little more flour, then the other half of the milk, with the soda dissolved in it, lastly the eggs and sufficient floui* to make it of the right consistency. Gingerbread as well as cake depends upon proper mixing and thorough beating for its lightness. — Mrs. Ford. 114 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Gingerbread. Molasses one cup; Boiling water one cup; Lard or butter one tablespoonlul; Ginger one tablespoonlul; Baking soda one teaspoonful; Salt a little; Flour as much as can be stirred into the molasses. Mix the flour and molasses, then add the soda dissolved in a little boiling water, then the ginger, salt and shortening. —Mrs. Cummings. Hard Sugar Gingerbread. Butter one cup; Sugar two cups; Egg 9ne; Milk three-( quarters cup; Ginger one teaspoonful; Soda one-half teaspoonful. Mix rather stiff; add flour to roll out. — Mrs. Oliver. Ginger Snaps (No. 1). Molasses one cup; Sugar one cup; Butter three-quarters cup; Soda one teaspoonful; Water (hot) one-third cup; Ginger two teaspoonful s; Flour sufficient to roll out. Boil the sugar and molasses together one minute. Add the butter, then the soda dissolved in the hot water, then the ginger and flour. Will roll out very thin. —Mrs. Bemis. Ginger Snaps (No. 2). Butter two-thii-ds cup; Xiard tAN o-thirds cup; Sugar (brown) one cup; Molasses one pint; Ginger two tablespoonfuls; Flour one quart (at first) ; Soda two teaspoonfuls, dissolved in Milk four tal^lespoonfuls; Spice a little of all kinds; Pepper one-half teaspoonful (if liked). After mixing, add flour enough to roll out. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 115 Molasses Cake. Molasses one large eiip; Warm water one-lialf cup; Sliortening one-half cup; Baking powder one teaspoonfnl; Ginger one-half teaspoonfnl; Cinnamon one-half teaspoonfnl; Nutmeg one-half one; Flour to make a batter. —Mrs. Horace C. Fardon. Doughnuts. Sugar one and one-half cups; Butter one-half teaspoonfnl; Milk one cuj); Eggs two; Baking powder tlu-ee teaspoonfuls; Nutmeg one and one-half; Flour enough to roll out. Mix as for cake, cut out, and fry in plenty of hot lard. Tiy a piece of the dough ; if it rises quickly to the top of the lard, and does not scorch, the heat \nl\ be right. When it rises, turn the doughnut over. Tliey should be rolled about one-quarter of an inch thick. Sift powdered sugar over them before you put them upon the table. Frosting. Easily made. Egg white of one; Powdered sugar, one large cup; Corn Starch one teaspoonfnl. Beat the egg a little — not till white, stu* in the sugar gi-adually, then the com starch. When smooth, spread it on your cake. —Mrs. J. D. Winslow. Gelatine Frosting. Gelatine one teasi)oonful ; Water one-thii*d of a cup; Sugar (powdered) sufficient to thicken; Vinegar (nice) one-half teaspoonful. Dissolve the gelatine in the water on the back of the range. 116 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Add the sugar, gTiidually, mid the vinegar. This hardens quickly and is easily made. It is tliick enough when it will just spread smoothly without running. —Mrs. Clement. Frosting (No. 3). This is usually made by beating the whites of eggs to a stiff froth. For a meringue, add very slowly a tablespoont'ul of powdered sug-ar to an egg. For a stiff frosting add gradually to the beaten whites suffici- ent powdered sugar to make it stiff enough to spread smoothly, but not to run. A teaspoonful of lemon juice or nice vinegar lielps it to harden. Chocolate Frosting. Eggs whites of two; Sugar (powdered) one-half cup; Cho3olate one square or six tablespoonfuls; Vanilla one teaspoonful. Melt over the fire, the choc )late and sugar in two tablesjDoon- fuls of water. Wlien smooth add the egg. Frosting (No. 5), For the white of ons egg, add teaspoonful of lemon juice and one teaspoonful of powdere 1 sugar. Beat thoroughly, then add another teaspoonful of sugar, and so on till the frosting is thick enough to cut with a knife and leave its mark. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 117 Chapter XI I.— PRESERVES. Preserves. Jellies should be made from the juice (only) of fruits. Equal quantities of juice and sugar, heated separately, and then boiled together hard and ceaselessly for twenty minutes, is a good general rule. Jam is made from the juice and pulp of fruit— all that can be squeezed through a sieve. Equal quantities of pulp and sugar boiled together till quite tlu'ck. It must be stirred constantly. Ti-y it on the ice to judge when it is thick enough. Canned preserves require about two cups of sugar to a cup of water. Boil the syrup by itself, adding a cup of water once or twice as it boils away. Skim it carefully. Add the fruit and boil till tender. The cans should be filled with boiling Iwt preserve, entii-ely full, and closed immediately, air-tight. Lay the cans on the side and if they are not tight they will probably leak. Glasses for jellies and preserve^s should be immersed in hot water before filling. A silver spoon or forlv put into a glass will draw the heat from the hot liquid and present the glass from breaking. Setting the glasses upon a wet towel will serve the same puipose. duince Preserve. Of nice orange quinces take equal quantities of fruit and sugar. Peel the quinces and cut into quarters or eighths. Boil them, in water enough to cover them, till they are tender. Take them out one by one and lay them upon a platter. Make a syrup of the water and sugar by boiling them together, skimming if necessary. Return the cjuince to the preserving ket- tle and boil all three-quarters of an hour longer. Put into a stone jar, spread a brandied paper over the preserve and co^•er close- Tie a piece of wrapping paper over the cover of the jar. Brandied Peaches. Lay the peaches for a few moments in a kettle of Doiling water. Then they may be held in a dry towel and peeled off smoothly. 118 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Make a syrup in the proportion of one-lialf pound of sugar to one pound of fruit. Boil a few minutes. Put the fruit in jars and pour over them equal parts of the syrup and white brandy. —Mrs. Harris. Rhubarb Jelly. Cut up the rhubarb without peeling. Stmm it till very soft. Then lay it on a hair sieve to drain over night till all the juice is out. It may be pressed a little at last. To a pint of juice allow a scant pound of sugar. Boil the juice, and skim. Heat tlie sugar in tlie oven while the juice is boiling. Add the hot sugar to the juice, and boil till it forms jelly when tried. This looks and tastes like giiara jelly, and keeps well. Delicious Apple Sauce. Place a layer of peeled and (Quartered apples in a bean pot; sprinkle a little sugar over them; then put in another layer of a]>ples which sweeten as before; continue till the pot is about two- tliirds full. Cover tightly and l^ake three or four hours. Put no water in them, but do not let them bake diy. Take them from the oven while moist and juicy, and do not alhnv them to Ijake too fast. Tasteless, insipid apples become in this manner rich in color and flavor. Sunday Apple Sauce. Core and 1)ake, tilling the holes with sugar, seven or eight apples. Wlien veiy soft strain them into a small pudding dish. Grate in the rind of a lemon, and spread over the top the white of an egg- beaten to a stiff frost and mixed with half a cup of powdered sugar. Brown slightly. To be eaten cold. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 119 Cranberry Sauce. Wash and pick over the craiibenies ftirefiilly; cover the bottom of a porcelain-Hned kettle Avith water, put in the l)erries Avith two- thirds tlie quantity of sugar. Poiu* over them a teacu])ful more of water and boil slowly till every ben-y is l)r()ken. Gooseberry Sauce. Follow dii-ections for Cranbeny Sauce. This or the preceding rule will make a good filling for pies. 120 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Chapter XilL— CANDY. Cocoanut Cream Candy (No. 1). Wattu- three-quarter cuj); Sngur three cups. Boil ten minutes Avithout stirring. Just before taking from the fii-e add one and one-half cups of cocoanut and a little cream of tartar. Beat until cold. Spread over buttered paper. — Miss Clifford. Cocoanut Cream Candy (No. 2.) Sugar two cupfuls; Water one-third of a cup; Lemon or vanilla . . . one teaspoonful, (more, if desired. ) Boil the water and sugar less than five minutes, till it is stringy. When ct)ld beat with a fork till it has a creamy appear- ance. Flavor with lemon or vanilla and stir in cocoanut till it is thick enough. Pour into a platter to liarden.— M. F. Shillauer. Chocolate Caramels (No. 1.) Sugar one cup; Molasses one cujj; Milk one-quarter cup; Butter o)ie tablespoonful; Chocolate. . .six tablespoonfuls; Vanilla two teaspoonfuls. Boil tlie sugai- and molasses together ft)r fifteen minutes, add the chocolate, butter and milk and boil fifteen minutes more. Try in cold water. When it ^vill harden take it fiom the fire. Add the flavoring and pour into a buttered platter. Mark off into squares before it is quite cold. — M. F. SniliLABER. Chocolate Caramels (No. 2). Sugar one cu}); Butter one-half cup; Molasses one cup; Chocolate, .(me-quarter pound. Boil from thirty to forty minutes or until brittle, when put in water. Flavor with vanilla. — Miss Smith. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 121 Cream Peppermint Candy. GraiiTilated sugar tlii-ee cups ; Hot water one ciip; Cream of tartar one-quarter teaspoonful. Mix these, and put them upon the fire. Boil hard ten minutes. Do not stir it till you take it from the fire. Then drop eight or ten th-ops of oil of peppemient into it. Heat it until it creams and will drop on paper. -^ii«s Smith. Lemon Candy. Sugar two cups; Water one cup; Vinegar tln-ee-quarters cup; Butter oi^^' tablespoonful; Essence of lemon one teaspoonful. Boil the sugar, water and vinegar together. Put in the butter when nearly done, and the lemon after it is taken from the fire. Tiy in a cup of water, when it will harden ; turn into a well-gi-eased platter. When nearly cool, mark off into squares. -M. F. SHILIiABER. Hoarhound Candy. Hoarhound tea (strong) one cup; Sugar two pounds; Water one-half cup; Cream of tartar one-cpiarter teaspoonful. Dissolve all together. Boil hard. Turn upon a plate thin. Cut while hot. French Candies. A 1 confectioner's sugar must be used in making these candies. It must be rolled and sifted. Place the whites of two eggs in a tumbler, and mark the amount. Pour this into a dish and add the same of cold water, and a scant teaspoonful of vanilla. Stii- these well together, and have ready about two pounds of the sugai-; add this slowly, stimng 122 A XEW DAILY FOOD. with a silver spoon. A little more or less sugar must be used ac- cording to the size of the eggs. Have ready, Cocoanut, grated one; English walnuts, shelled one-half pound; Almonds, shelled one-lialf pound; Dates, stoned one-half pound. Take a part of the mixture on to the bread-board and knead a little more sugar into it, then roll it out half an inch thick. Cut off small i)ieces mth a silver knife, and shape with tlie hands into balls; set this aside to harden for cliocolate drops. Cut off other pieces, and shaping tliem with the hands place halves of the walnuts on each side. Eoll the almonds in pieces of the dough, and then in gTanu- lated sugar, shaping them nicely. Stone the dates and fill the opening with the dough, then roll in granulated sugar. Place some more of the dough upon the board and knead into it as much cocoanut as it will hold, then roll and cut into squares. The broken pieces of nuts may be chopped and mixed with the co- coanut, and moulded into the dough and cut into squares. Melt lialf a cake of Baker's chocolate on the back of the stove — do not let it boil. Drop the balls which were reserved at first into this, dip them out witli a silver fork and place them on a paper to harden. This makes delicious candy. —Mrs. W. H. Sawyer. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 125 Chapter XIV.— MISCELLANEOUS. Cream Toast. Milk one pint; Butter one half cup; Salt one-half teaspoonful; Flour one tablespoonful. Boil the milk, add the flour, smoothed in a little cold milk. Stir it until it thickens. Add the butter, stu^ it until it melts; add the salt. Dip slices of nicely browned toast, one by one, into this cream. When they are well soaked put them into a dish, pour the cream over them, cover and serve hot. Water Toast. Boiling water one )nnt; Butter one cup; Floui- one tablespoonful; Salt one-half teaspoonful. Smooth the flour in cold water, stir it into the boUng water till it thickens. Add the butter, stirring till it is melted; then the salt and pour over the toast. Serve hot in a covered dish. Boiled Biscuit. Soak half a dozen nice fresh pilot biscuit in wate^ a little salted, over night. In the morning steam them in a perforated steamer till thoroughly heated through. Stir two-thirds of a cup of butter into them till it is melted J salt to taste and serve hot. Noodles. Add gradually to two or three eggs (not beaten), sufficient flom- to make a very stiff batter. When too stiff to stir with a spoon, mould Avith the hands. Cut the dough in two. If there are any small holes in it mould it still longer until it is entirely smooth. Eoll out vei-y thin, and leave the paste on the moulding-board till perfectly dry, or it may be spread ux3on a clean cloth to dry. When dry, cut into narrow strips. These requii*e about five minutes to boil, and are excellent to thicken soups, or may be boiled in salted water to eat with meat, when squares of fried bread may be spread over the top, after they are put in the dish in which they ai-e to be served. 124 A NEW DAILY FOOD- Boston Baked Beans Dried pea beans one quart ; Salt pork one pound; Granulated sugar or molasses. ... .two tablespoonfuls; Salt and pepper Put on the beans in plenty of cold water and let them come to a boil. Parboil until the skins "wrinkle, " changing the water two or three times. Drain and wash thoroughly. Put in a deep "Boston bean pot," and lay the pork, scored, over the top. Put in sugar and salt, and pour o^ er them boiling water enough to cover them. Bake from eight to twelve hours, keeping a cover over the top until an hour before serving. Add more boiling water once ©r twice. To serve, remove the jiork first, then pour out the beans. Do not dip out with a spoon. Split Peas (Boiled). Wash a cupful of spHt peas. Put them to soak over night in twice the quantity of water that will cover them. In the morning boil them till they are soft and the water is nearly boiled away. Season with salt and melt a tablesi3oonful of butter in them. Turn into a mould wet with cold water. When cold, it can be turned out into a i)latter and cut into slices like cheese. Instead of the butter, a slice of pork may be boiled with the peas, if pork is liked. French Toast. Soak slices of bread, with the crusts trimmed off", in a batter made of two eggs and half a pint of milk, then fry in a buttered frying-pan. This may be eaten for dessert with a sauce made as follows: Two eggs and a cup of powdered sugar beaten to a froth. Just before sei-ving, add nearly a cup of boiling milk and flavor with vanilla. This is a good sauce for any pudding, and easily made. A NEW DAILY FOOD. 125 Welsh Rarebit (No. 1.) • Cheese one cupful; Butter one large tablespooiiful; Milk or cream two or three teaspoonfuls; Egg one; Pep])er Salt Mustard Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the cheese cut small, then the milk or cream. Stir often till the cheese is melted. Add the beaten egg and seasoning. Pour on to some sHces of buttered toast in a hot dish. Serve hot. — Mrs. Oliver. Welsh Rarebit (No. 2). Select the richest and best American cheese, the milder it is the better, as melting it brings out the strength. To make five rarebits, take one pound of cheese. Grate it, and in\t it into a por- celain-lined saucepan. Add ale enough to thin the cheese suffi- ciently, say about a wineglassful to each rarebit. Sth until all is melted. Have ready a slice of toast, A\ith the crust trimmed off, for eacli rarebit. Put a slice on each plate, pour over each slice the melted cheese, and serve hot. A poached egg may be carefully placed on the tojj of each rarebit. —Mrs. Krahnstover. Welsh Rarebit (No. 3). Cheese one pound; Milk one cup; Mustard. . one-haK teaspoonful; Butter one lump; Egg one; Pepper and salt to taste. Heat the butter, milk, and mustard through. Add the pepper and salt. Grate or cut into small pieces the cheese, and stir it into the heated milk. When melted, sth in the egg. Let it boil up, and ixiur over small pieces of toast. Serve hot. Lemonade. To every doz-en lemons put half a dozen oranges. Sweeten to tiiste. —Mrs. Jones. 126 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Cheese Kelish. Commou crackers two and one-half, rolled fine; Grated cheese three tablespoontuls; Milk one cup. Heat milk in a saucepan ; add the other ingTetlients ; then a small piece of 1 )utter. Pepper and salt to taste. Should be served at once. — Mrs. Oliver. liiver Pudding. Beef liver one pound; Bread one pound; Suet one cup; Almonds (bitter) six; Almonds (sweet) six; Salt and pepper to taste. Chop the liver and suet, carefully removing the fibre and skin. Pour boiling water over the bread. When thoroughly moistened, squeeze out the water. Remove the skins from the ahuonds, and <;ut them in slices. Add the pepper and salt, and beat all together into a smooth paste. Bake in a well-})uttered dish an hour and a half. —Mrs. C. Golderman. Hominy Cakes. Hominy one pint; Eggs two; Salt aUttle. Boil the hominy three hours in a double kettle. When cool, mix with the well beaten eggs. Floiu- the hands thoroughly, and roll the hominy into balls and fry in hot lard. —Mrs. Horace C. Fardon. Claret Cup. This is something delightful for cultivated palates. Take one bottle of claret (not twenty-five cent claret), the rind of half a lemon, a few cloves, half a stick of cinnamon, and sufficient sugar to sweeten. (Do not make it too sweet). Let it just boil in an agate-ware saucepan. Tlien take one pint of cream, and the yolks of two fresh-laid •eggs, and beat them to a froth. 0%er this pour the boiling claret A NEW DAILY FOOD. 127 very gently, continuing the beating. Stir for ten minutes so that it may not curdle. Remove the clo^ es, cinnamon and lemon peel, pour into a claret jug, and serve while warm. After a dance, this, if properly made, is nectar itself. —Mrs. Krahnstover. Scotch Panada. Soda biscuit six; Sugar two teaspoonfuls; Salt a pinch; Nutmeg a little. Scatter a little sugar and a gi-ain of salt over each cracker. Cover A\-itli boiling water and gTate the netnieg over all. Cover the dish and let it stand in a wann place till the crackers are slightly soaked. This is nice for an invalid. — An Old Nurse. Beef Tea Have the l)eef chopped very fine; co^er it with cold water and let it stand for an hour and a half. Tlien set it u^jon the back of the range and let it simmer till the juice of the meat is all extracted. Skim off all the fat and season. — A Physician. A good Brine for E utter. "Water two quarts; Clean white salt one quart; Wliite sugar one pound; Saltpetre one teaspoon. Mix. When it has stood an hour, strain tlu-ough a flannel cloth and poiu" over the butter. Less salt may l)e enough but as much should l>e used as the water will take up. — Mrs. Oliver. To Renovate Black Kid Gloves or French Kid Boots. Stir a few drops of ink and sweet oil together, and apply the mixture to any spots that are rubbed or white. To Wash Blankets. Dissolve a bar of soap in hot water. Put this into a tub of luke warm water, throw into the water a large handful of borax. Soak the blankets in this over night. Rinse in three clean w^aters. 128 A NEW DAILY FOOD. Do not wiiug them out, but let two persons take liold of eitlier end and sbake them thoroughly. If there be any soiled spots a thread should be sewed around them, as they cannot be distinguished when wet. A little soap may be rubbed upon these spots. Turn them once in a while as they hang upon the line. Take a good drying season for washing bed clothing. To Clean Combs and Brushes. Immerse them in water in which a little ammonia or a little borax has been put. Shake them thoroughly and diy as quickly as possible. ADDENDA. Sabylon Pudding. Eggs, yolks only ten; Sugar eighteen teaspoonfnls; Marsala wine eighteen half egg-sheUfuls. Mix; boil until thick, stirring constantly. Serve cold in little cups. Orange Cake. Butter one-half cup; Sugar two cups; Eggs fo^^i'; Milk one-half cup; j^lour two cups; goda one teaspoonful; Cream of tartar one teaspoonful. Beat yolks and whites of eggs separately, reserving the whites of two for frosting. Bake in layers. Fill with orange tilling, for which see rule. —Mrs. Harris. s.^Ah ^ '^ ADVERTISEMENTS. REED & BARTON, MANUFACTURERS OF FINE \^\\t ^jjare and J aiirg |)a0d IN GOLD AND SILVER PLATE. 37 UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK. SIDWELL, S. RANDALL, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. 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