How to Cook in Casserole Dishes

The 1912 case for the casserole - sixteen kinds of recipes for cooking and serving in one dish.

Preserve Recipes

16 recipes in this part of How to Cook in Casserole Dishes.

Apple Jam

Water Lemon Peel, quarter, and core the apples, then put them into an earthenware pan with enough water to cover and the rind and strained…

Black Currant Jelly

Black currants Raspberries 6 Water Sugar To every four pounds of black currants allow one pound of raspberries. Pluck the roughest of the…

Cranberry Preserve

I quart cranberries 1½ teaspoonful carbonate of I pint (2 cups) water soda Sugar Pick over the berries, put them into an earthenware pot…

Currant Bar-Le-Duc

Red or white currants Sugar Secure the largest sized currants, red or white, and stem them without breaking. To each pound allow three…

Fig and Rhubarb Jam

4 lbs. rhubarb 3 lbs. sugar 2 lemons I lb. figs 1/4 pint (1/2 cup) water Wash and dry the rhubarb and figs and cut them into small pieces…

Ginger Pears

I lb. crystallized ginger 7 lbs. sugar 4 lemons 6 oranges Peel the pears, cut them into small pieces, put them into an earthenware pan with…

Grape Conserve

I lb. shelled walnuts 3 juicy oranges Remove the stems, skins, and seeds from the grapes, then cook the pulp in a casserole till tender and…

Green-Gage Jam

Water Stone the green-gages, and add some of the kernels J

Lemon Marmalade

3 lbs. lemons 2 quarts (8 cups) water 2 oranges Sugar Wipe the lemons and the oranges carefully. Pare the skin very thinly from the lemons…

Preserved Huckleberries

Huckleberries Sugar Lemons Wash and drain the huckleberries, then weigh, and to each pound allow three-quarters of a pound of sugar and the…

Preserved Carrots

Lemons Almond extract Wash, but do not scrape, five pounds of young carrots, boil them till tender in boiling salted water, then drain…

Prune Marmalade

2½ lbs. large prunes 6 large apples 1/2 lb. (I cup) sugar I lemon 2 tablespoonfuls orange flower water Wash the prunes and soak them over…

Pumpkin Preserve

I lb. (2 cups) sugar 2 lemons I teaspoonful powdered ginger Water Peel, slice, and remove the seeds from the pumpkin, then weigh it. For…

Quince Marmalade

Cold water Wipe the quinces with a damp cloth, but do not peel them; cut them in slices and put them into an earthenware pan with enough…

Raspberry Jam

Sugar Take equal quantities of raspberries and sugar. The raspberries must be ripe and dry. Put them into

Tomato Preserve

Red currant juice Choose ripe, sound, well-colored tomatoes and rub them through a sieve; put the juice and the purée into an earthenware…

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