Mrs. W. H. Wilson's New Cook Book

Mrs. Wilson's plain-spoken new cook book — farina to fruit cake in level measures and few words.

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Cereals

4 recipes

Eggs

7 recipes

Soups

21 recipes

Entrees

9 recipes

Meats

37 recipes

Sandwiches

6 recipes

Breads

25 recipes

Salads

33 recipes

Vegetables

150 recipes

Frozen Desserts

8 recipes

Beverages

5 recipes

Candy

18 recipes

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Highlights

Cheese Straws

1/2 lb. cream cheese. 1 egg. 3 tablespoons water. Salt and cayenne pepper. Flour to make soft dough. Mix all well; grind cheese…

Strawberry Charlotte

1/2 box gelatin. 1 quart berries. 2 cups sugar. 1 cup pineapple juice (water will do). Pick, wash and cap strawberries. Let stand…

Pineapple and Cocoanut Cream

1 grated cocoanut and milk. 1 cup sugar. 1 quart cream. 1 can pineapple cut fine. Put cocoanut milk and juice of pineapple on…

Eggs and Bacon with Cream Sauce (Slices bacon cup milk)

6 slices bacon. 1 cup milk. 6 hard-boiled eggs. 1 tablespoon butter. 1/2 teaspoon flour. Dash cayenne. Make sauce with butter…

Creole Sauce (Can Campbell's tomato soup)

1 can Campbell's tomato soup. 1/2 onion, minced fine. 1/2 green pepper, cut fine. 1 tablespoon butter. Put butter in saucepan…

Farina

1 cup farina. 4 cups liquid. Cook half hour. Serve with cream and sugar.

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