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.

Soups

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

Brown Stock

3 pounds meat. 3 pepper corns. 1 bay leaf. 1 sprig parsley. 1 teaspoon salt. 2 quarts cold water. 3 cloves. 1 teaspoon thyme. 1 pt. chopped…

White Stock

1 large chicken. 1 teaspoon salt. 1 onion. 2 qts. water. 1/2 cup celery, chopped fine. Cut chicken into pieces, put in the two quarts of…

Oyster Soup

1 pt. oysters. 1 pt. white sauce. 1 pt. sweet milk. Make sauce; add milk. Put into this a little grated onion and celery, not enough to…

Oyster Bisque

1/2 pt. celery. 1 pt. oysters. 1 tablespoon flour. 1 pt. water. 1 qt. milk. 1 tablespoon butter. Salt and pepper to taste. Chop celery fine…

Oxtail Soup

1 oxtail. 1 lb. lean beef. 4 carrots. 3 onions. 4 qts. of water. Thyme, parsley, pepper and salt. Cut tail at joints. Fry brown in good…

Cream Soups

I find this the most satisfactory way to make any kind of cream soups. Use the following proportions: 1 pt. sweet milk. 1 heaping…

Cream of Potato Soup

1 pt. sweet milk. 1 cup creamed Irish potatoes. 1 pt. cream sauce. 1 small onion, grated. 1 stalk celery, cut fine. 2 yolks of eggs. Have…

Almond Bisque

2 pts. milk. 1/2 pt. blanched almonds, browned and ground. 1 heaping spoon flour. 1 tablespoon butter. Cook butter, flour and milk until…

Cream of Sphaghetti

1 cup spaghetti, small pieces. 3 cups white stock. 1/2 onion, grated fine. 1 pt. cream sauce. Cook spaghetti in boiling, salted water…

Cream of Tomato Soup

1 qt. can of tomatoes. 1 cup water. 1 pt. cream sauce. 1 pt. milk. Turn tomatoes into spider. Stew with one cup of water until soft enough…

Cream of Asparagus Soup

1 can asparagus. 2 pts. water or white stock. 1 pt. cream sauce. Cook asparagus in water ten minutes. Before putting asparagus in water…

Vegetable Soup

1 qt. stock. 1 cup tomatoes. 1/2 cup Irish potatoes. 1/2 cup celery. 1 onion. 1/2 cup rice. 4 pods okra. 1 cup cabbage. 1 carrot. Chop all…

Chicken Gumbo

1 chicken. 1 doz. pods okra. 3 ears corn. 1 onion. 3 qts. water. 6 large tomatoes. 2 Irish potatoes. Cut chicken ready to fry. Put four…

Fish Chowder

3 slices salt pork. 6 small Irish potatoes. 4 small onions. 2 lbs. fish (cod or haddock.) 1 qt. can tomatoes. Salt and pepper. Cut pork…

Noodles

1 egg. 1/2 teaspon salt. Flour to make dough. Roll thin. Cut in very narrow strips with sharp knife. Drop in boiling water. Cook twenty…

Fish Au Gratin

1 cup white sauce. 3 lbs. fish. 1/2 cup Sherry wine. Boil fish until tender. Pull to pieces and take out all dark parts and bones. Put in…

Fish Pudding

2 lbs. red snapper. 2 eggs. Grated onion to taste. 1 pt. white sauce. Cook fish until tender and well done in water with a little salt…

Panned or Deviled Oysters

2 tablespoons butter. 2 doz. oysters. Pepper and salt. Wash, wipe and dry oysters. Put butter in spider. When melted put in oysters. Dust…

Scalloped Oysters

1 pt. oysters. 1 cup cream sauce. 1 cup bread crumbs. Wash and drain oysters. Put in baking dish one layer of oysters. Spread with sauce…

Scalloped Oysters in Tomato Sauce

1 pt. oysters. 1 scant cup tomato juice. 1/2 cup white sauce. Make white sauce. Add tomato and season to taste. Add a little minced green…

Lobster a La Newburg

1 large lobster. 1 pt. white sauce. Yolks 2 eggs. 1/2 cup wine. 1 can button mushrooms. 1/2 lb. pecans. When lobster is cooked and cold cut…

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