Chapter XII: Plain Puddings and Pies

General Directions in regard to Puddings and Custards. Little
Girl’s Pie. Little Boy’s Pudding. Children’s Fruit Dumpling.
Birth-day Pudding. Children’s Boiled Fruit Pudding. English
Curd Pie. Fruit Fritters. Common Apple Pie. Plain Custard.
A Richer Custard. Another Custard. Mush, or Hasty Pudding.
Stale Bread Fritters (fine). To prepare Rennet. Rennet Custard.
Bird’s Nest Pudding. A Minute Pudding of Potatoe Starch.
Tapioca Pudding. Sago Pudding. Cocoanut Pudding (Plain).
New England Squash, or Pumpkin Pie. Ripe Fruit Pies. Batter
Pudding. Mock Cream. Bread Pudding. Sunderland Pudding.
An Excellent Apple Pie. Boiled Apple Pudding. Spiced
Apple Tarts. Boiled Indian Pudding. Baked Indian Pudding.
Rice Balls, or German Pudding. Apple Custard. Rhubarb Pie.
Plain Macaroni or Vermacelli Puddings. Green Corn Pudding.
Bread Pudding for Invalids, or Young Children. Plain Rice
Pudding, without Eggs. Another Sago Pudding. Oat Meal
Mush. Modes of Preparing Apples for the Table. Fruit Custards.
Modes of Preparing Rice for the Dinner or Tea Table.
Rice and Meat Pudding. Modes of preparing Dishes with Dry
Bread, or Bread so old as to be not good for the table, 104

CHAPTER XIII.

RICH PUDDINGS AND PIES.

Ellen’s Pudding, or Rhubarb Tart. Nottingham Pudding. Rice
Plum Pudding. Eve’s Pudding (the best kind). Baked English
Plum Pudding. A Boiled English Plum Pudding. Almond
Cheese Cake. Cocoanut Pudding. Arrowroot Pudding. Ground
Rice Pudding. Mrs. O.’s Pumpkin Pie. Cracker Plum Pudding
(excellent). Minced Pie. Marlborough Pudding. Orange, or
Lemon Pudding. Sweet Potatoe Pudding. Quince Pudding.
Paste for Puddings and Pies. Healthful Pie Crusts. Paste made
with Butter. Directions for making Paste. Puff Paste. Sauces
for Puddings. Liquid Sauce. Hard Sauce. A Healthful Pudding
Sauce. An excellent Sauce for Boiled Rice, 121

CHAPTER XIV.

PLAIN CAKES.

General Directions for Making Cake. Rose Butter. Directions for
Cleansing Currants. Frosting for Cake. Cake Frosting (another,
which is harder). Good Child’s Cake. Ginger Snaps.
Child’s Feather Cake. Best Molasses Gingerbread. Sponge
Gingerbread. Cider Cake. Cup Cake without Eggs. Cream
Cake without Eggs. Cream Tartar Cake, without Eggs. Fruit
Cake without Eggs. Drop Cake. Sugar Gingerbread (rich).
Sugar Gingerbread (plainer). Sponge Cake. Bridget’s Bread
Cake (excellent). Doughnuts. Cookies (plain). French Cake.
Walnut Hill’s Doughnuts. Cocoanut Cup Cake. Cocoanut
Sponge Cake. Lemon Cake.--No. 1. Gingernuts. Honey
Cake. New Year’s Cookies. Boston Cream Cake. Almond,
Hickory, or Cocoanut Cake. Caraway Cakes. Fruit Drop Cakes.
Dr. B.’s Loaf Cake. Fancy Cakes. Fried Curd Cakes. Wine
Cake. Egg Rusk. Citron Tea Cakes. French Biscuit (Mrs.
Dr. C.), 130

CHAPTER XV.

RICH CAKES.

Old Hartford Election Cake (100 years old). Raised Loaf Cake.
Mrs. H.’s Raised Wedding Cake (very fine). Yeast for the above
Cake. Fruit Cake, or Black Cake. Pound Cake. French Loaf
Cake. Portugal Cake. Golden Cake. Silver Cake. Shrewsbury
Cake. Queen’s Cake. Crullars. Lemon Cake.--No. 2.
Almond Cake. Lemon Drop Cakes. Jelly Cake. Cocoanut
Drops. Sugar Drops, 146

CHAPTER XVI.

PRESERVES AND JELLIES.

General Directions for making Preserves and Jellies. To Clarify
Syrup for Sweetmeats. Brandy Peaches. Peaches (not very
rich). Peaches (very elegant). To preserve Quinces Whole.
Quince Jelly. Calf’s Foot Jelly. To preserve Apples. Pear.
Pineapple (very fine). Purple Plum.--No. 1. To preserve
Oranges. Purple Plum.--No. 2. White, or Green Plum. Citron
Melon. Strawberries. Blackberry Jam. To preserve Currants
to eat with Meat. Cherries. Currants. Raspberry Jam.--No.
1. Raspberry Jam.--No. 2. Currant Jelly. Quince Marmalade.
Preserved Watermelon Rinds. Preserved Pumpkin, 153

CHAPTER XVII.

PICKLES.

To Pickle Tomatoes. To Pickle Peaches. To Pickle Peppers. To
Pickle Nasturtions. To Pickle Onions. To Pickle Gherkins.
To Pickle Mushrooms. To Pickle Cucumbers. Pickled Walnuts.
Mangoes. Fine Pickled Cabbage. An excellent Way of Preparing
Tomatoes to eat with Meat. To Pickle Martinoes. A convenient
Way to Pickle Cucumbers. Indiana Pickles. To Pickle
Cauliflower, or Brocoli, 165