Seventh Day
Seventh Day
Not long after the last lesson in cookery, Mrs. Vernon was taken ill, and was for some time afterward very feeble, requiring to be…
Seventh Day: Gruel
Mix two tablespoonfuls white Indian meal into a thin paste with cold water; stir this into a quart of boiling water, in which has been…
Seventh Day: Stir
To one gill (or half a tumblerful) of wine, add one and a half tumblerfuls boiling water; flavor with nutmeg or lemon and sweeten slightly…
Seventh Day: Jelly
Soak two oz. tapioca five hours, or over night, in half a pint of cold water; put it over the fire with another half pint cold water, and…
Seventh Day: Arrowroot
One oz. arrowroot, mixed smooth in cold milk and stirred into one pint boiling milk, with one heaping teaspoon sugar, and a pinch salt…
Seventh Day: Broth
Boil an ordinary sized chicken in two quarts unsalted water, cracking the bones well before putting in the fowl. Cover it closely, and boil…
Seventh Day: Beef
Two lbs. beef cut up small into two quarts cold, unsalted water; stew until the beef falls to pieces; strain it out, add salt and one cup…
Seventh Day: Grace
Scrape or chop fine a little raw beef from a tender, juicy piece; season with pepper and salt, and spread on a thin slice of thinly…
Seventh Day: Mabel
The girls were delighted with the thought, and were in the kitchen half an hour before the time of serving, so as to be sure not to be…