Miscellaneous
Salted Almonds
1 pint water 1/2 cup salt 1 cup almonds 2 teaspoons butter or oil Blanch the almonds. Heat the salt and water, and when boiling add the…
Croûtons
Cut some slices of stale bread about half an inch thick. If the croûtons are required for soup they should be cut into dice, but if for…
Bread-Raspings
All pieces of bread should be put aside in a clean bowl, and when enough has been saved to fill a good-sized baking-tin, they should be…
Uncooked Curd, or French Cottage Cheese
The French make cheese from sour milk without heating it. They pour the milk into earthen molds which have holes in the bottom. A very fine…
Buttermilk Cheese
To make the buttermilk cheese, heat buttermilk gradually to about 130 or 140 degrees F. Allow it to cool, and strain it. As the curd will…
Cheese Wafers
Butter thin crackers, and sprinkle thickly with grated cheese. Put in the oven, and bake until the cheese is melted and the crackers are a…
Celery Relish
1 quart can tomatoes 1 quart celery--chopped very fine 1 pint onions--chopped very fine 2 tablespoons salt 1/4 cup lemon juice Cook the…
Savory Beet
1 slice onion 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon Harvey's sauce 1/2 beet or 1 small one 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard 3 tablespoons cream 3…
Chili Sauce
1 pint condensed tomato 1/2 cup lemon juice 4 tablespoons brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon cloves 4 tablespoons grated onion…
Piccalilli
Take one-half peck green tomatoes, two cabbages, nine onions, twelve cucumbers, six green peppers and one-quarter pound mustard seed. Chop…
To Make Fresh Curd
Take one pint of milk and one dessertspoon of essence of rennet. Warm the milk to blood heat on the fire, remove, and then add the rennet…
Plain Pastry
1 1/4 cups pastry flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/3 to 1/2 cup butter 1/4 cup ice water Mix in the order given. All the materials must be as cool…
Pumpkin Pie
1 cup baked pumpkin 2 cups milk 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon molasses To…
Cherry Pie
1 pint canned or stewed cherries drained 1/2 cup cherry juice 4 tablespoons flour 1/2 to 3/4 cup sugar Pastry Prepare plain or nut meal…
Vanilla Cream Pie
2 cups milk 1/2 cup flour 1/2 cup sugar 1 tablespoon butter 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla 2 tablespoons powdered sugar Pastry…
Cocoanut Cream Pie
1 pint of milk 1/2 cup cocoanut 1/4 cup sugar 2 tablespoons powdered sugar 1/2 cup flour Steep the cocoanut in one and one-half cups of the…
New England Apple Cream Pie
1 cup diced apples 1 cup water 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind 1 cup cream 2…
Apple Tart (Quart apples quartered Sugar)
1 quart apples quartered Sugar Pastry Peel and put the apples in a deep pie dish, sprinkle with sugar, cover with a pastry crust, and bake…
Pastry Strips
Roll out pastry into oblong shapes, spread with a paste made as follows: 1/2 cup seeded dates 1/2 cup seeded raisins 1/4 cup chopped…
Peach Cobbler
2 quarts drained canned peaches 1 1/2 cups sugar 3 tablespoons butter Biscuit dough Place the peaches, sugar and butter in a deep pan…
Vegetable Marrow Tartlets
Vegetable marrows, about 1 1/2 pounds 1 tablespoon of sugar 1 teaspoon of ginger 1/2 pint of milk 1 tablespoon of flour Peel and remove the…
Treacle Tart
3 tablespoons of golden syrup Paste 2 ounces of bread crumbs 1/2 ounce of butter Make the paste according to the recipe for "Paste, Puff…
Mince Pie
Mince-meat Paste Prepare the paste according to recipe for paste, and use the mince-meat prepared according to either recipe for mincemeat.
Mince-Meat No. 1
1 pound of raisins 1 pound of currants 1 1/4 pounds of apples 1/4 pound each of candied citron, orange and lemon 1 pound of sugar 1…
Mince-Meat No. 2
1 pound of raisins 1 pound of sultanas 1 pound of apples (after they are cored) 8 ounces of pine kernels 8 ounces of chestnuts 12 ounces of…