Catsups And Sauces
Cucumber Catsup
Three dozen cucumbers and eighteen onions peeled and chopped very fine; sprinkle over them three-fourths pint table-salt, put the whole in…
Currant Catsup
Four pounds nice fully-ripe currants, one and a half pounds sugar, table-spoon ground cinnamon, a tea-spoon each of salt, ground cloves and…
Gooseberry Catsup
Nine pounds gooseberries, five pounds sugar, one quart vinegar, three table-spoons cinnamon, one and a half each allspice and cloves. The…
Tomato Catsup (Half bushel tomatoes four)
Half bushel tomatoes, four ounces salt, three ounces ground black pepper, one ounce cinnamon, half ounce ground cloves, one drachm cayenne…
Tomato Catsup (Take one bushel of firm ripe)
Take one bushel of firm ripe tomatoes-the Feejee Island, known by their pink or purple color, and the "Trophy," are the best and richest…
Bread Sauce (Place a sliced onion and six)
Place a sliced onion and six pepper-corns in half a pint of milk over boiling water, until onion is perfectly soft; pour it on half a pint…
Bread Sauce (Half pint grated bread crumbs)
Half pint grated bread crumbs, one pint sweet milk, and one onion; boil until the sauce is smooth, take out onion and stir in two spoons…
Cranberry Sauce
After removing all soft berries, wash thoroughly, place for about two minutes in scalding water, remove, and to every pound fruit add…
Celery Sauce
Scrape the outside stalks of celery and cut in pieces an inch long, let stand in cold water half hour, then put in boiling water enough to…
Cream Sauce (Heat one table-spoon butter)
Heat one table-spoon butter in a skillet, add a tea-spoon flour, and stir until perfectly smooth, then add gradually one cup of cold milk…
Curry Powder
An ounce of ginger, one of mustard, one of pepper, three of coriander seed, three of turmeric, one-half ounce cardamom, quarter ounce…
Chili Sauce
Twelve large ripe tomatoes, four ripe or three green peppers, two onions, two table-spoons salt, two of sugar, one of cinnamon, three cups…
Caper Sauce
To a pint of drawn butter, add three table-spoons of capers. Serve with boiled or roast mutton. Another method is the following: Fifteen…
Caper Butter
Chop one table-spoon of capers very fine, rub through a sieve with a wooden spoon, and mix them with a salt-spoon of salt, quarter of a…
Drawn Butter
Rub a small cup of butter into half a table-spoon flour, beating it to a cream, adding, if needed, a little salt; pour on it half a pint…
Green Tomato Sauce
Cut up two gallons of green tomatoes; take three gills black mustard seed, three table-spoons dry mustard, two and a half of black pepper…
Hollandaise Sauce
Beat half a tea-cup butter in a bowl to a cream, add yolks of two eggs, one by one, then juice of half a lemon, a pinch of cayenne pepper…
Lemon Sauce (Cut three slices of lemon into)
Cut three slices of lemon into very small dice, and put them into drawn butter, let it come just to boiling point, and pour over boiled…
Mayonnaise Sauce
Mix in a two-quart bowl one even tea-spoon ground mustard, one of salt, and one and a half of vinegar; beat in the yolk of a raw egg, then…
Mint Sauce
Take fresh, young mint, strip leaves from stems, wash, drain on a sieve, or dry them on a cloth.;, chop very fine, put in a saucetureen…
Oyster Sauce
Set a basin on the fire with half pint oysters, from which all bits of shell have been picked, and one pint boiling water; let boil three…
Onion Sauce
Boil three or four white onions till tender, mince fine; boil half pint milk, add butter half size of an egg, salt and pepper to taste, and…
Roman Sauce
Put one tea-cup water and one tea-cup milk on fire to seald, and when hot stir in a table-spoon flour, previously mixed smooth with a very…
Tartare Sauce
Yolks of two eggs, gill of salad-oil (or melted butter), salt-spoon salt, half a salt-spoon pepper, a table-spoon good cider vinegar, half…
Tomato Sauce
Stew ten tomatoes with three cloves, and pepper and salt, for fifteen minutes (some add a sliced onion and sprig of parsley), strain…
Prepared Mustard
Take three tea-spoons ground mustard, one of flour (two if the mustard seems very strong), half tea-spoon of sugar; pour boiling water on…
To Prepare Horse-Radish For Winter
In the fall, mix the quantity wanted in the following proportions: A coffee-cup of grated horse-radish, two table-spoons white sugar, half…