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.

Beverages

5 recipes in this part of Mrs. W. H. Wilson's New Cook Book.

Bulgarian Tea

1/2 doz. lemons. 1 gal. tea. 2 cups sugar, or more if needed. 1 bottle Maraschino cherries with juice. 1 can pineapple chunks. If berries…

Chocolate

1/2 gal. milk. 2 cups sugar. 1/2 lb. Baker's chocolate. Put milk on in double boiler, with chocolate and sugar. Let thoroughly blend. It…

Cocoa

2 cups boiling water. 2 cups milk. 2 tablespoons cocoa. 1-3 cup sugar. Put milk on fire, leaving enough to moisten cocoa. Add cocoa to milk…

Hot Chocolate for Two

1 oz. chocolate. 2 heaping teaspoons sugar. 1 cup boiling water. 1 cup hot milk. Cook until smooth the sugar, chocolate and water and add…

Lemonade Sirup

4 cups water. 2 cups sugar. Juice 6 lemons. If rinds are good, wash and drop into boiling water. Let stand fifteen minutes. Boil all of the…

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