Chapter V: Foreword (4)

Mrs. C. A. Carscadin

One egg well beaten; two tablespoonfuls sugar, rounded; one tablespoonful butter, level; one pinch salt; one-half cup molasses; one and one-half cups flour, well sifted; one teaspoonful baking powder; one teaspoonful soda, level, dissolved in one-half cup boiling water. Steam in buttered tins two hours.

Sauce: Two eggs; one-half cup sugar; pinch salt; half teaspoonful vanilla; cream together and add one cup of whipped cream.

ICE-BOX PUDDING

Katherine T. Peck

Scant one-fourth cup unsalted butter; one cup granulated sugar; cream together. Add yolks of three eggs, one at a time, rind of one lemon, half; and juice of one lemon. Beat the whites of the three eggs and add last. Place mixture alternately with lady fingers, three dozen lady fingers will serve eight people. Put oil paper in bottom of dish to lift pudding out easily. Serve with whipped cream. Place in ice-box until thoroughly chilled. Can be made the night before.

ICE BOX CAKE

Mrs. J. F. Nichols

One dozen lady fingers; one tablespoonful sugar; three eggs, separated; one cake sweet chocolate. Melt chocolate in double boiler with tablespoonful warm water. Add mixture of yolks of eggs and sugar, well beaten, a little vanilla, and lastly well-beaten whites of eggs. Dip each lady finger in mixture, arrange in form which has been wet with cold water, and fill in. Place in ice box over night. Serve with whipped cream.

ICE BOX CAKE

Mrs. H. S. Mount

Three cakes sweet chocolate, three tablespoonfuls powdered sugar, three tablespoonfuls hot water, two dozen lady fingers. Melt chocolate, sugar and water in double boiler and add half beaten yolks of six eggs. Cook until thick. When cold add beaten whites of six eggs. Line a mold with lady fingers and pour half the mixture on them, then fill with lady fingers, repeating with the chocolate mixture. Made twenty-four hours before served. Just before serving, whip one-half pint cream and put on top of cake. Grate a little chocolate over all.

SPONGE PUDDING

Mrs. C. A. Carscadin

One-fourth cup sugar; one-half cup flour; one pint milk; one-fourth cup butter; five eggs. Mix sugar and flour, and add milk and cook until thick and smooth. Let cool, then add butter. Separate eggs, beat yolks until light and fold into mixture. Add whites beaten stiff, and pour into buttered dish. Stand dish in pan of water and bake in moderate oven one-half hour.

Sauce: One-fourth cup butter; one-half cup powdered sugar; four tablespoonfuls cream added slowly, one teaspoonful vanilla. Set mixture over pan of boiling water until creamy.

SUNSHINE PUDDING

Mrs. Carscadin

One-half cup flour; one-fourth cup sugar; one-fourth butter; one pint milk; five eggs. Mix sugar and flour; add milk; and cook until smooth in double boiler. Take off stove and add butter. Separate eggs, beat yolks and add. Beat whites until stiff and add. Butter pan, set in pan of water and bake.

Sauce: One-fourth cup butter; one-half cup powdered sugar; four tablespoonfuls cream, added slowly.

DATE PUDDING

Mrs. W. I. Clock

One cupful sugar; one cupful chopped nut meats; one cupful dates; two eggs; one-half cupful milk; one tablespoonful flour and one teaspoonful baking powder. Bake twenty or thirty minutes in moderate oven. When baking the pudding raises beautifully, but when done it falls in the center; this is the correct occurrence.

PEACH PUDDING

Mrs. E. Oliver

Butter pudding dish. Slice six large peaches in it. Batter: One cup sugar; one egg; one and one-half teaspoonfuls baking powder; butter size of an egg; three tablespoonfuls of milk; flour enough to make a soft batter. Pour over peaches and bake twenty minutes. Serve hot, with cream.

CREAM PUDDING

One cup nut meats; one cup dates; cut very coarse. One tablespoonful bread crumbs; one cup sugar; two eggs, beaten separately; add whites last. Bake twenty minutes in slow oven. Serve cold with whipped cream.

SOUR CREAM PUDDING

Mrs. William H. Fahrney

One cup brown sugar; two eggs; pinch of salt; one cup sour cream; one teaspoonful soda; two cups flour; three-fourths cup nuts. Bake.

Sauce: Cream one cup powdered sugar and one-fourth cup butter; add one egg; one teaspoonful vanilla or tablespoonful sherry wine.

APPLE PUDDING

Miss Flora Gill

One cup sugar; one cup flour; two eggs; one-half cup of sweet milk; fill a three-pint baking dish with sliced apples, two-thirds full. Add one-half cup of sugar, a little cinnamon, and some water. Bake until very tender. When still very hot pour over the top a cake batter made as follows: Beat one cup of sugar with yolks of two eggs; one tablespoonful soft butter, and milk and flour. Mix two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder with flour before adding to the batter. Fold in stiffly beaten whites of the eggs and add extract of vanilla. Bake half an hour in a moderate oven. Serve with prepared sauce.

LEMON PUDDING

Mrs. W. I. Clock

Mix three tablespoonfuls corn starch; three cups boiling water; two cups sugar; two egg yolks; juice of two lemons, little grated rind of one. Dissolve three tablespoonfuls of corn starch in a little cold water, add to the boiling water. Have saucepan in water bath. Add sugar and lemons, cook for twenty minutes. Remove from fire and stir in beaten egg yolks; set mixture in oven for two minutes and serve with cream.

SOUR MILK BLUEBERRY PUDDING

Mrs. C. S. Junge

One-half cup sugar; one-quarter cup butter; cream these. Two eggs well beaten; one-half cup sour milk; one-half teaspoonful soda; one cup flour with one cup blueberries. Bake thirty minutes and serve with sauce made with one cup of powdered sugar stirred with one tablespoonful of butter and flavored with vanilla.

CARROT PUDDING

Mrs. P. D. Swigart

One and one-half cups flour; one cup sugar; one cup suet; two cups raisins; one cup grated sweet potatoes; one cup grated carrots; one teaspoonful each salt and soda. Steam three hours; put three tablespoonfuls hot water on soda.

Sauce: Two yolks of eggs; one cup powdered sugar; cream the above. Last thing, add a cup whipped cream.

CARROT PUDDING

Mrs. Frederick T. Hoyt

One cup chopped raw carrots; one cup chopped raw potatoes; one cup chopped suet; two cups chopped raisins; one cup brown sugar; one cup flour; one teaspoonful salt, cinnamon and allspice; a little nutmeg; one teaspoonful soda in about two tablespoonfuls hot water. Mix well, put in mold, and steam two and one-half hours; serve with a good pudding sauce.

Pudding Sauce: One cup sugar; two egg yolks; one cup sherry wine; beat all until very light, add one pint cream, which has been whipped very stiff.

PRUNE PUDDING

Mrs. Eustace

Whites of five eggs beaten with one-half teaspoonful of salt; add one cup of powdered sugar sifted with one even teaspoonful cream of tartar. Add five large cooked prunes chopped. Bake twenty-two minutes in ungreased custard cups. Set in pan of hot water. Slow oven. Serve with whipped cream.

STEAMED MARMALADE PUDDING

Mrs. T. D. McMicken

One cup orange marmalade; one-fourth cup butter; one-third teaspoonful soda; two cups stale bread crumbs. Dissolve soda in a little hot water; combine marmalade, one egg, butter, soda, and bread crumbs. Pack in a mold. Steam one and one-half hours. Serve with marshmallow cream.

GRAHAM PUDDING

Mrs. R. H. Wheeler

One cup molasses; one cup sweet milk; two and one-half cups graham flour; one cup Sultana raisins; one saltspoonful salt; two teaspoonfuls soda dissolved in warm water. Steam in pudding mold two hours.

Sauce: One egg thoroughly beaten. Add one cup pulverized sugar; one cup whipped cream; one-half teaspoonful vanilla.

BROWN BETTY

Butter the inside of a baking dish, cover the bottom with a layer of tart apples, peeled and sliced. Sprinkle this with sugar and cinnamon or nutmeg and put over it a layer of crumbs, strewing it with bits of butter. Repeat the layers of apple and crumbs until the dish is full, making the top crumbs with an extra quantity of butter. Cover the pudding dish, put it in the oven, and bake slowly for twenty or thirty minutes; uncover, brown lightly; serve in the dish in which it was cooked, with either hard or liquid sauce.

SURPRISE PUDDING

Mrs. C. E. Upham

Four thin slices bread, buttered and cut in squares; one egg; one-third cup sugar; four tablespoonfuls molasses; three cups milk; turn all over bread. Let stand half an hour and mash well together; then bake one and one-half hours slowly. Be careful it does not turn to whey. If in a shallow pan, a big hour is long enough. Sauce: Beat white of one egg, then beat yolk; mix, add one cupful sugar, vanilla, and beat all together. Beating separately makes it very frothy.

CHERRY PUDDING

Mrs. P. D. Swigart

One-half cup sugar; one tablespoonful butter; one egg; one-half cup milk or water; one and one-half cups flour; one and one-half teaspoonfuls baking powder. Steam forty minutes, put cherries in cups, then the batter.

Sauce: One and one-half cups cherry juice; one tablespoonful butter; sweeten; thicken with corn starch.

SIMPLE HASTY FRUIT PUDDING

Mrs. C. S. Junge

One tablespoonful butter; two tablespoonfuls sugar; three tablespoonfuls flour; one teaspoonful baking powder; two tablespoonfuls milk; one egg. Turn this mixture over sliced peaches, bananas, oranges, blueberries, pineapples or plums and bake twenty minutes in moderate oven. Serve with cream or with hard sauce made by rubbing butter and sugar together.

ECONOMICAL PUDDING

Mrs. Minnie A. Watkins

Fill a mold with dry pieces of cake, alternating layers with bananas that have been scraped and cut lengthwise. Fill up mold with a boiled custard thickened with yolks of eggs. Put on ice. Serve cold with whipped cream. Also serve toasted Brazilian nut meats with it.

PHILADELPHIA RICE PUDDING

Mrs. B. Z. Bisbee

Wash well one-fourth cup of rice. Put in a baking dish with one quart of milk, four tablespoonfuls of sugar, lump of butter size of a walnut; flavor to taste with nutmeg and cinnamon. Bake in a very slow oven four hours; when it commences to brown on top stir well. Serve cold.

NOONDAY DESSERT FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN

Mrs. Minnie A. Watkins

Hot steamed rice served with rich canned peaches, and cream, either plain or whipped. Serve English walnut meats with same.

MOTHER'S RICE PUDDING

Mrs. F. E. Lyons

One quart milk; three tablespoonfuls rice; three tablespoonfuls sugar; one teaspoonful vanilla. Put in a very slow oven and bake from two and one-half hours to three hours. (If heated on top of stove before putting in oven, it will save time baking.)

HONEYCOMB PUDDING

Mrs. C. A. Bowman

One-half cup brown sugar; one-half cup milk; one cup molasses; one teaspoonful soda; two eggs; tablespoonful butter; one cup flour. Bake and serve with whipped cream or hard sauce.

INDIVIDUAL PUDDINGS

Miss Nora Edmonds

One-half cupful flour; one-fourth cupful sugar; one-fourth cupful butter; one pint of milk and five eggs. Mix flour and sugar, add milk and cook in double boiler until smooth. Remove from stove and put in butter. When cold add beaten yolks of eggs and fold in stiffly beaten whites last. Put in buttered pans and bake in water.

Sauce: One-fourth cupful butter; one-half cupful powdered sugar and four tablespoonfuls cream added.

TAPIOCA CREAM

Mrs. A. H. Schweizer

Soak one tablespoonful of pearl tapioca until soft in enough water to cover it. This will require several hours. Put it into a double boiler with a cupful of water and cook until the pearls are clear; drain off the water and stir in half a pint of grape juice heated, one tablespoonful sugar, and cook ten minutes longer. Serve with cream when cold.

ENGLISH PUDDING

Mrs. William Molt

One-half pound suet; one quart milk; two eggs; one pound currants; one pound raisins; one cup nut meats, chopped fine; two teaspoonfuls baking powder; one teaspoonful salt and flour enough to make a stiff batter. Steam for four to five hours. Serve with foam sauce.

Foam Sauce: White of one egg; enough confectionery sugar to make stiff and enough hot water to make it smooth.

ORANGE PUDDING

Mrs. H. B. Rairden

In bottom of pudding dish lay slices of cake; cover with slices of oranges. Make a custard of one small cup sugar; one tablespoonful corn starch; one pint of milk and a small piece of butter. Pour over the cake and oranges and bake.

ENGLISH PUDDING

Miss J. Eliza Ball

One cup molasses; one-half cup sugar; one-half cup butter; two eggs; one cup milk. Spice and fruit. Flour enough to make a stiff batter. Soda and cream of tartar or baking powder as preferred.

Liquid Pudding Sauce: Beat one egg and one cup of white sugar to a froth. Make a very thin batter with one pint of water and butter the size of an egg. Pour butter boiling hot over egg and sugar just as it goes to the table.

CHRISTMAS PUDDING

Mrs. Joel H. Norton

Chop the meats from one pound English walnuts; chop one pound figs; one pound raisins seeded; one cup suet. Rub the above well in flour; grate one nutmeg into three cups flour and one teaspoonful salt. Moisten with one cup milk. Dissolve well one teaspoonful soda in one cup molasses, and add last with one tablespoonful brandy. Dip a square of cloth in boiling water; then quickly flour center. Mold in form of a ball and tie securely with string. Boil three or four hours in boiling water in very large kettle or boiler. Hang up to dry and when thoroughly dry place in jar with an apple to keep from molding. Make a week or two before you wish to use it. Boil it in boiling hot water for one hour when ready to use. Any sauce will do, but whipped cream sweetened with maple sugar is delicious. Brandy can be poured over pudding and set on fire if you wish, if served at table.

NUT PUDDING

Mrs. R. E. P. Kline

Two cups flour; one-half cup sugar; two teaspoonfuls baking powder; one-half teaspoonful salt; two eggs well beaten; one cup milk; one and one-half cups English walnuts blanched and broken or chopped; one-third cup melted butter. Grease mold well and steam three hours.

Sauce: One and one-half cups sugar and three-fourths cup water boiled until it threads. Then pour over the well beaten yolks of three eggs, stirring all the time. When cool, add flavoring and two cups whipped cream.

NUT PUDDING

Miss Julia Hunt

Two cups boiling water; one and three-fourths cups brown sugar, boil ten minutes. Two and one-half tablespoonfuls (heaping) corn starch mixed well with one-third cup cold water; add to boiling syrup; boil a few minutes until mixture thickens, then add one-half cup broken walnut meats and vanilla. Pour into molds and chill. Raisins and currants may be added if desired. Serve with cream or whipped cream.

PUDDING SAUCE

Mrs. R. F. Morrow

One cup brown sugar; one-fourth cup butter; yolks of two eggs; one-half cup cream; cook to a custard. Add beaten whites, and one-fourth cup brandy.

PUDDING SAUCE

Mrs. Weatherell

Blend one tablespoonful butter, one cup sugar and white of one egg (do not beat egg separately). Dissolve one tablespoonful corn starch and a little salt and add to one pint of boiling water. Let cook ten minutes. Then add the butter, egg and sugar, and whip until foamy. Flavor to taste.

PUDDING SAUCE

Mrs. H. D. Sheldon

Two eggs; one cup powdered sugar; one cup cream; a pinch of salt. Beat eggs and gradually add sugar until a smooth creamy consistency. Just before serving add whipped cream.

FRUIT SAUCE

Mrs. May F. Kenfield

For steamed or baked puddings: One-half cup of butter and one and one-half cups of powdered sugar; cream together and add yolk of one egg. Then to this add a cupful of crushed strawberries or any fruit in season.

HARD SAUCE

Mrs. W. D. Hurlbut

Four tablespoonfuls butter; eight of powdered sugar; frothed white of one egg; half a glass of wine. Cream butter and sugar together; add wine, then white of the egg. Set in a cool place to harden. Grate nutmeg over top.

GRAPE SAUCE

Remove the pulps of the grapes from the skins, boil the pulp until the seeds can be separated, strain through a collander, add the skins, and boil five minutes, after which add two-thirds the amount in sugar. Boil twenty minutes, stirring constantly.

STRAWBERRY SAUCE

One-half cup butter; one cup sugar; then add one cup crushed strawberries. This can be made only in strawberry season.

FROZEN DISHES

"_Seek roses in December, ices in June._"
--BYRON.

NESSELRODE PUDDING

Miss Agnes Seiber

Three cups milk; one and one-half cups sugar; yolks five eggs; one-half teaspoonful salt; one pint cream; one-fourth cup pineapple syrup; one and one-half cup prepared French chestnuts. Make custard of first four ingredients, strain, cool, add cream, pineapple syrup and chestnuts; then freeze. To prepare chestnuts, shell, cook in boiling water until soft, and force through a strainer. Line a two-quart melon mold with part of the mixture; to remainder add one-half cup candied fruit cut in small pieces, one-quarter cup Sultana raisins, and eight chestnuts broken in pieces, first soaked several hours in Maraschino syrup. Fill mould, cover, pack in salt and ice, and let stand two hours. Serve with whipped cream, sweetened and flavored with Maraschino syrup.

MACAROON ICE CREAM

Mrs. G. Shelly

Roll until fine one-half pound dried macaroons; add one-half cup sherry wine, let stand three hours. Whip one and one-half pints heavy cream until solid, then fold in macaroons. Cook one cup of sugar and one-half cup water for two minutes; cool and add to one quart thin cream, combine mixtures, add three-fourths tablespoonful each vanilla and almond extracts and a pinch of salt. Freeze, pack in mold and let stand in ice and salt from two to three hours.

FROZEN PEACHES

Miss B. L. Chandler

One can or twelve large peaches, two coffee cupfuls sugar; one pint water and the whites of three eggs beaten to a stiff froth; break the peaches rather fine and stir all the ingredients together; freeze the whole into form.

STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM

Three pints thin cream; two boxes berries; two cups sugar; few grains salt. Wash and hull berries, sprinkle with sugar, cover and let stand two hours. Mash, and squeeze through cheese-cloth; then add salt. Freeze cream to consistency of mush, add gradually fruit juice, and finish freezing.

PEACH ICE CREAM

Mrs. R. J. Roulston

One quart peaches, one pint milk, two cups sugar, one pint cream. Put sugar in peaches and dissolve before sifting. Mix and rub through a potato ricer after sugar is dissolved. Add milk and cream. Freeze.

CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM

One quart thin cream; one cup sugar; few grains salt; one and one-half squares Baker's Chocolate or one-fourth cup prepared cocoa; one tablespoonful vanilla. Melt chocolate, and dilute with hot water to pour easily, add to cream; then add sugar, salt and flavoring, and freeze.

FIG ICE CREAM

Mrs. George Lomax

Three cups milk; one cup sugar; yolks five eggs; one teaspoonful salt; one pound figs, finely chopped; one and one-half cups heavy cream; whites five eggs; one tablespoonful vanilla; two tablespoonfuls brandy. Make custard of yolks of eggs, sugar and milk; strain, add figs, cool and flavor. Add whites of eggs beaten until stiff and heavy cream beaten until stiff; freeze and mold.

ICE CREAM

Mrs. Everett Maynard

One quart cream, one pint milk, two eggs, two cups sugar, one-half cup flour. Sift flour and sugar; beat eggs and milk and cook in double boiler. Strain, and add vanilla to taste.

PINEAPPLE CREAM

Two cups water; one cup sugar; one can grated pineapple; two cups cream; make syrup by boiling sugar and water fifteen minutes; strain, cool, and add pineapple, and freeze to a mush. Fold in whip from cream; let stand thirty minutes before serving. Serve in frappe glasses and garnish with candied pineapple.

MAPLE PARFAIT

Mrs. Earl Combs

One cup of maple syrup: three eggs; a pinch salt; two cups whipped cream; one teaspoonful lemon juice; beat eggs very light, bring maple syrup to boiling point: pour it on the eggs, beating while pouring. Cook all together until thick, then set aside to cool. When cool, add whipping cream, mix thoroughly, turn into mold, cover closely and bury in ice and salt for three hours.

ANGEL PARFAIT

Mrs. Frank A. Simmons

Boil together one-half cup sugar and one-half cup water until a soft ball can be formed. Whip whites of three eggs until foamy but not stiff; pour syrup in a fine stream over them, beating until cold. Add one tablespoonful vanilla. Fold in one pint thick cream, beaten stiff. Turn into a quart mold and pack in salt and ice for four hours. Serve in high glasses and decorate with candied cherries.

CAFE PARFAIT

L. E. Kennedy

One pint whipping cream; two tablespoonfuls black coffee; sugar to taste. Whip until stiff; put into a colander to drain. Pack in ice for three hours.

GRAPE PARFAIT

Put one cup of sugar over the fire with half a cup of grape-juice, bring to a boil and cook until it will spin a thread from the tip of the spoon. Have ready the yolks of three eggs, beaten well, pour the grape-juice syrup upon it, and add two cups of whipped cream. Turn into a mold, pack in ice, salt and leave for three hours.

FROZEN PUDDING

Mrs. K. T. Cary

Two-third quart milk, two tablespoonfuls flour, two tablespoonfuls gelatine, two eggs, one pint cream, two cups granulated sugar, one-half pound apricots or cherries, vanilla to taste. Soak gelatine in warm water two hours. Put milk in double boiler and scald. Stir eggs, flour and one cup of sugar together and add to milk. Cook twenty minutes. After it is cold add gelatine, cup of sugar, cream and vanilla. Freeze.

BISQUE

Mrs. Henry Thayer

One pint of cream whipped; three eggs beaten separately; one and one-half pints of sugar; one tablespoonful vanilla, stir gently together, put into ring mold and pack in ice and salt for five or six hours.

FROZEN FRUIT COCKTAILS

Peel, seed and chop three large oranges; shred or chop one fresh pineapple or a can of the fruit; peel and mince fine three bananas. Pour over all one cupful of grapejuice, sweeten the mixture to taste, and turn into a freezer. The fruit must not be frozen too hard, but it should be well chilled and partially congealed. Serve in fruit cocktail glasses, with or without whipped cream on top.

GRAPE WATER ICE

Boil one quart of water and one pound of granulated sugar for five minutes without stirring after the boil is reached. Add to this two cupfuls of grapejuice, the juice of two oranges and of two lemons, and the grated peel of one of each fruit. Turn into a freezer and freeze slowly.

PINEAPPLE SHERBET

Soak a tablespoonful of gelatine into two tablespoonfuls of cold water and pour over this one pint of boiling water. Set aside until cold. Add to it one cupful of sugar, one can of chopped or shredded pineapple, and half a pint of grapejuice. Freeze. Serve in sherbet glasses.

CHOCOLATE SAUCE FOR ICE CREAM

Mrs. E. Oliver

Two squares bitter chocolate; one cup hot water; one-half cup sugar; one teaspoonful vinegar; pinch of salt and flavoring, boil ten minutes.

TEA SHERBET

Mrs. A. H. Wagoner

Make half a pint of Ceylon tea; after five minutes standing, drain off the tea and put it aside until cold. Add one pint of grapejuice, half a cupful of white sugar, and turn it into a freezer. When half frozen, put in a dozen quartered Maraschino cherries, and continue to freeze until the mixture is so stiff that the dasher will not turn. Pack for an hour before using.

FRUIT SHERBET

One-half envelope Knox sparkling gelatine; one orange; one and one-half cups sugar; one lemon; three cups rich milk. Grate the outside of both orange and lemon. Squeeze out all the juice, add to this the sugar. When ready to freeze, stir in the milk slowly to prevent curdling. Take part of a cup of milk, add the gelatine. After standing five minutes, place in a pan of water (hot) until dissolved, then stir into the rest of the milk and fruit juice. Freeze. This makes a large allowance for five persons.

APRICOT SHERBET

Miss Maude Higgins

One quart apricots; one quart milk; one pound sugar. Put fruit through soup sieve. Then mix all together and freeze in ice cream freezer.

MILK SHERBET

Mrs. Harry Hankins

One and one-half quarts milk, one cup cream, one pint sugar. Partly freeze. Add juice of three lemons and two oranges, whites of two eggs, beaten stiff. Turn freezer slowly until frozen.

A DELICIOUS SHERBET

Whip one-half pint cream very stiff, sweeten with confectionery sugar; set away to chill. Chop fine one large banana, one orange, one-half cup English walnuts, one-half cup preserved pineapple, one-half large marshmallow. Just before serving beat the fruit and nut mixture through the cream and serve at once in sherbet cups with a cherry on top. Enough for six persons.

MAPLE MOUSSE

Yolks four eggs beaten very light; heat one cup of maple syrup in double boiler, when hot stir into the beaten yolks, and put back into double boiler and cook until thick. When cold mix lightly with one pint of cream whipped. Turn into mold and pack in ice and salt for four hours.

PEACH MOUSSE

Mrs. J. H. Shanley

Whip one pint of thick cream until it is fluffy; add one cupful of sugar and one teaspoonful vanilla. Mash up a pint can of peaches and mix them in with the cream. Pour this mixture into a mold that has been wet with cold water. Pack the mold in equal parts of chopped ice and coarse salt and let it stand for four hours, when it will be ready to use.

MAPLE MOUSSE

Mrs. T. D. McMicken

Two-thirds cup maple syrup; two eggs; one-third quart cream; beat yolks ten minutes, add syrup gradually and put in double boiler and cook twenty minutes. Beat whites till dry, pour cooked yolks and syrup over while hot, and set to cool. Whip cream and pour cold cooked syrup over, being careful to only fold in. Put in mold and pack in ice and salt, half and half, two or three hours.

GRAPE MOUSSE

Whip stiff one pint of cream, sweetening it as you whip it with three-quarters of a cup of powdered sugar. When the cream is stiff and firm, fold in half a cupful of grapejuice, pack the mixture in a mold in ice and salt, cover this closely, and let it stand for three or four hours.

CAFE MOUSSE

L. E. Kennedy

Yolks of five eggs; one-half cupful coffee; one cupful sugar; one pint whipped cream. Pack in freezer and let stand four or five hours.

CAFE MOUSSE

Genevieve Macklem

One pint of whipped cream, very stiff, one-half cup hot coffee, very strong; one-half cup sugar; two eggs, yolks beaten with sugar; pour coffee on yolks and stir until cool or beat. Pour this on whipped cream and add whites of two eggs well beaten. Pour into mold, cover tight, and pack in salt and ice for five or six hours.

ORANGE PUNCH

Juice of six oranges and grated rind of one. Mix with one pint water, one cup sugar and one cup cherries, bananas and chopped nuts. After this is well frozen, take out dasher and beat in one-half pint of whipped cream. Repack and let stand for three or four hours.

COCOA FRAPPE

Mix half a pound of cocoa and three cupfuls of sugar; cook with two cupfuls of boiling water until smooth; add to three and a half quarts of scalding milk (scalded with cinnamon bark); cook for ten minutes. Beat in the beaten whites of two eggs mixed with a cupful of sugar and a pint of whipped cream. Cool, flavor with vanilla extract, and freeze. Serve in cups. Garnish with whipped cream.

PINEAPPLE FRAPPE

Two cups water; one cup sugar; juice three lemons; two cups ice-water; one can shredded pineapple or one pineapple, shredded. Make syrup by boiling water and sugar fifteen minutes; add pineapple and lemon juice; cool, strain, add ice-water, and freeze to a mush, using equal parts ice and salt. If fresh fruit is used, more sugar will be required.

FROZEN EGG-NOG

Mrs. Will J. Davis

Put one quart of milk, a good sized stick of cinnamon; six cloves and six whole allspice in a double boiler and scald. Beat the yolks of a dozen eggs until thick and light, gradually adding two cups of sugar, beating constantly. Add one-half teaspoonful each of salt and nutmeg. Strain spices from milk and pour milk slowly into the egg mixture, continue beating. Cook over hot water, stirring constantly, until thick enough. Remove from stove, cool, then add three pints thick cream and freeze slightly. When about to serve add one-fourth cup each of Jamaica rum and cognac.

FRUIT PUNCH

Mamie Johnson

Two cups sugar; one-half cup orange juice; one cup water; one-half cup lemon juice; one cup strawberry juice; one cup pineapple juice and one-half cup maraschino cherries. Boil sugar and water to a syrup and add the fruit juices. Let stand twenty minutes and strain and chill. Add whole cherries. Sweeten to taste or weaken if necessary. Serve ice cold.

CRANBERRY PUNCH

Mrs. Frank Germaine

Stew one quart of berries until soft. Pass through a sieve; add to pulp juice of three oranges, one tablespoonful liquid from maraschino cherries and sugar to sweeten. Cook twenty minutes, cool and freeze. Garnish each cup with a teaspoon of whipped cream, candied cherries and a mint leaf. Set sherbet cups on plates and serve with lady fingers.

WATERMELON ICE

Mrs. Charles S. Clark

Put watermelon pulp in potato ricer and squeeze juice out of it. For one quart of liquid add juice of two lemons and sugar to taste. Freeze.

LEMON ICE

Sue C. Woodman

Juice four lemons; two cups sugar; strain juice into sugar; let stand two hours on ice; one pint milk or cream. Freeze.

LEMON ICE

Mrs. Alice Snively

Four cups water, two cups sugar, three-fourths cup lemon juice. Make a syrup of the sugar and water. Add lemon juice. Freeze.

ORANGE ICE

Four cups water; two cups sugar; two cups orange juice; one-fourth cup lemon juice; grated rind of two oranges. Make syrup by boiling water and sugar for twenty minutes; add fruit juice and grated rind; cool, strain and freeze.

ALMOND ICE

Two pints milk; eight ounces cream, two ounces orange-flower water; eight ounces sweet almonds; four ounces bitter almonds. Pound all in marble mortar, pouring in from time to time a few drops of water; when thoroughly pounded add the orange-flower water and half of the milk; pass this, tightly squeezed, through a cloth; boil the rest of the milk with the cream and keep stirring it with a wooden spoon; as soon as it is thick enough, pour in the almond milk; give it one boiling, take it off and let cool in a bowl or pitcher before pouring it into the mold for freezing.

FROZEN LEMONADE

Mrs. Frederick T. Hoyt

Boil one pound of sugar in one pint water for five minutes, add one pint of cold water, the grated rind of one lemon, and the strained juice of four. Turn into a freezer, and turn until frozen like snow, serve in lemonade glasses, and topped with a piece of candied or fresh lemon.

LEMON ICE

Belle Shaw

Juice of four lemons; whites four eggs; two cups sugar; two cups water; one tablespoonful gelatine. Add gelatine to whites of eggs; mix sugar, water and lemon juice together, then add to beaten whites of eggs, and freeze.

THREE-OF-A-KIND ICE

L. E. Kennedy

Three oranges; three lemons; three cupfuls sugar; the whites of three eggs and three cupfuls water. Freeze. This will serve twenty.

BREAD

"_Here is bread which strengthens men's hearts,
And, therefore, is called 'The Staff of Life.'_"

SPOON BREAD

Mary S. Vanzwoll

One cup buttermilk; one cup boiled rice; one-half cup corn meal; one egg; one tablespoonful melted lard or butter; one-half teaspoonful soda in water; salt. Bake in medium oven thirty minutes.

OATMEAL BREAD

Mrs. F. W. Bentley

One cake compressed yeast; one quart flour, half white and half oatmeal flour; one tablespoonful brown sugar; one teaspoonful salt; one tablespoonful drippings of bacon, melted (hot); one-half cup molasses; put in half water and half milk enough to make a stiff batter. Let it rise and mold into two loaves. Let rise to half its size, and bake in moderate oven thirty-five minutes.

NUT BREAD

Mrs. Stevens

Four cups flour; one cup sugar; two cups nuts; two and one-half cups milk; one egg; four teaspoonfuls baking powder; one teaspoonful salt. Mix dry ingredients together. Beat egg, add milk to egg and pour in the flour, stirring as little as possible. Make in two loaves and let stand covered twenty minutes. Then bake in moderate oven forty minutes.

NUT BREAD

Mrs. T. M. Butler

Sift four cups of flour, one cup of light brown sugar sifted three times, one cup of pecans chopped, four teaspoonfuls of baking powder; one teaspoonful salt. All dry mixture work with hands, add one and one-half cups of sweet milk, one egg beaten light, place in pans, let stand twenty minutes. Then bake forty-five minutes.

NUT BREAD

Mrs. H. D. Sheldon

Two cups of graham flour; one cup of white flour; three teaspoonfuls of baking powder; one teaspoonful salt; one-third cup sugar, sifted together. One tablespoonful melted butter; one and three-fourths cup of milk; one cup of English walnuts. Mix in order given. Bake in bread tin about an hour.

NUT BREAD

Mrs. W. F. Barnard

Three cups flour; four even teaspoonfuls baking powder; one cup sugar; one teaspoonful salt; one egg; one and one-half cups sweet milk; one cup nut meats. Bake slowly one hour.

NUT LOAF

Mrs. R. McNeil

Two cups of flour; three-fourths cup of sugar; one-half teaspoonful salt; three-fourths cup walnuts crushed; three teaspoonfuls baking powder; one egg. Beat egg with milk; add to the mixed and sifted dry ingredients, let rise half an hour, and bake.

GRAHAM BREAD

Mrs. John T. Gilchrist

One cup white flour; two cups graham flour; one teaspoonful salt; one teaspoonful soda; one-half cup dark molasses; one and one-half cups sweet milk; one cup seeded raisins. Bake in a slow oven for forty-five minutes.

RAISIN GRAHAM BREAD

Mrs. Clara A. Baldwin

One-half cup to one cup seeded raisins; one egg; two-thirds cup molasses; one rounding teaspoonful soda dissolved in a little hot water; two cups milk; four cups graham flour. Mix and bake one and one-half hours in slow oven.

RAISIN BREAD

Mrs. T. D. McMicken

One and one-half cups sour milk; one and one-half teaspoonfuls soda; one-fourth cup molasses; one-half teaspoonful salt; graham flour till stiff enough to drop from spoon. One-half cup raisins.

SOUTHERN BROWN BREAD

Sue C. Woodman

One and one-half cups sour milk; one level teaspoonful soda; scant cup brown sugar; two cups graham flour; one cup raisins; one teaspoonful salt; bake one hour.

BOSTON BROWN BREAD

Mrs. Emma C. Portman

Two cups milk, sour; two cups graham flour; one cup wheat flour; three tablespoonfuls molasses or sugar; one teaspoonful soda. Take pound baking powder cans, lard them well and fill two-thirds full; put on lids and set in a kettle which is half full of boiling water; put on the kettle lid and keep boiling three hours; replenishing often with boiling water.

BOSTON BROWN BREAD NO. 2

Mrs. M. A. Stewart

One cup sweet milk; one cup sour milk; one cup New Orleans molasses; one-half teaspoonful salt; one teaspoonful soda; one cup corn meal; two cups graham flour. Add a few raisins which greatly improve the flavor. Put in a five-pound pail, set in cold water (one quart). From time it commences to boil let cook for three hours.

MY MOTHER'S BROWN BREAD

Mrs. Grant Beebe

One cup molasses; one cup milk (sweet or sour); one cup of graham flour and one cup corn meal, stiff; two cups raisins, two eggs; two even teaspoonfuls soda; one tablespoonful brown sugar; one teaspoonful salt. Bake one hour in moderate oven.

JOHNNY CAKE

Mary S. Vanzoll

One cup sweet milk; two eggs; one dessert spoonful of sugar; one-half cup yellow corn meal; one-half cup flour to make like cake batter; one-fourth cup melted butter; salt; heaping teaspoonful baking powder.

CORN CAKE

Mrs. J. L. Putnam

Scald one cup white corn meal with one pint of milk; while hot add one tablespoonful of buttered bread crumbs, one of sugar and a little salt. The yolks and whites of three eggs beaten separately. Pour into a well buttered frying pan and bake twenty minutes in a hot oven.

CORN MEAL GEMS

Mrs. K. Larson

One-half cup corn meal; one cup flour; three teaspoonfuls baking powder; one tablespoonful sugar; one tablespoonful melted butter; one-half teaspoonful salt; three-fourths cup milk; one egg. Mix and sift dry ingredients; add milk gradually and egg well beaten and melted butter. Bake in hot oven in buttered gem pans for twenty-five minutes.

CORN GEMS

Josephine Hurlbut

Put two cups of corn meal into a bowl; pour over one cup of boiling milk; add a tablespoonful butter; cover the bowl, allow the mixture to stand until cool; add another cup of cold milk; the yolks of two eggs, well beaten; one-half teaspoonful salt; half cupful flour, and two teaspoonfuls baking powder. Beat thoroughly, then fold in the well beaten whites of two eggs. Bake in gem pans in a moderately quick oven thirty minutes.

BAKING POWDER BISCUITS

Mrs. H. B. Rairden

Thirteen tablespoonfuls flour; one teaspoonful salt; four level teaspoonfuls baking powder; one tablespoonful lard; mix together with milk enough to make dough.

PARKER HOUSE ROLLS

Mrs. H. R. Foster

Scald one pint of milk; one yeast cake put in warm water; two tablespoonfuls sugar; two tablespoonfuls butter; one teaspoonful salt; three cups flour; mix. Raise until double; then add flour to make soft dough. Raise again, and make in roll pans and raise again. Bake in hot oven.

OATMEAL GEMS

Mrs. Henry Crossman

Two tablespoonfuls left-over cooked oatmeal, beat in one egg, one-half cup sweet milk, one teaspoonful baking powder, one scant cup flour, pinch salt. Bake in hot oven in iron gem pans fifteen minutes.

LIGHT BISCUIT

Mrs. A. J. Atwater

Take a piece of bread dough that will make as many biscuit as you wish; lay it out rather flat in a bowl; break into it two eggs, one-half cup sugar; one-half cup butter. Mix this thoroughly with enough flour to keep it from sticking to hands and board. Knead well for fifteen to twenty minutes; make it into small biscuits; place in greased pan and let rise until they are even with top of pan. Bake in quick oven for half an hour.

POTATO BISCUIT

Mrs. H. S. Mount

One cup of milk; three potatoes (cooked and riced); one tablespoonful lard; one teaspoonful butter; one and one-half teaspoonful salt; two teaspoonfuls sugar. Let cool and add one cake yeast dissolved in lukewarm water. Two eggs well beaten; four cups flour; let raise three hours. Then roll out about one-half inch thickness. Butter, cut, turn over with silver knife and shape like parker house rolls. Raise two hours more and bake about ten minutes. Will make about fifty rolls.

SOUTHERN POTATO BISCUITS

Mrs. Granville Richardson

Three cups flour; three teaspoonfuls baking powder; one teaspoonful salt; one cup hot mashed potatoes; three tablespoonfuls butter or other shortening; one-half cup milk; one egg. Mash the potatoes through a strainer, add salt, milk, butter or shortening and then the egg well beaten. Beat until smooth, then sift in the flour and baking powder. Turn on a floured board, cut with small biscuit cutter, put into hot oven and bake twenty minutes.

"ABBIE'S" CORN BREAD

Mrs. Edward E. Swadener

One cupful corn meal; one cupful flour; one-third cupful sugar; one teaspoonful baking powder; salt. Put these through flour sieve, add one tablespoonful melted butter. Beat one egg very light in a cup, add enough milk to fill the cup, stir this in the flour; then add one-half cup more of milk. Use your judgment about quantity of milk. Bake either in one pan or in muffin pan.

MUFFINS

Mrs. John M. Stahl

Beat three eggs and add two cupfuls milk; one quart of flour; two heaping teaspoonfuls baking powder; one tablespoonful sugar; one teaspoonful salt; one tablespoonful melted lard put in the last thing. Bake twenty minutes in a hot oven. This makes eighteen muffins.

AFTERNOON TEA ROLLS

Mrs. C. N. Eastman

One cup hot mashed potatoes; one cup sugar; one cup melted butter; one cake compressed yeast; four eggs; one cup lukewarm water; flour enough to knead. Soak the cake of yeast in lukewarm water at noontime. Put sugar in bowl with mashed potatoes at same time. Then at night put these together. In the morning, add melted butter and eggs well beaten. Stir in enough flour to knead and let rise until light. Make into small tea rolls and let rise until very, very light. Bake twenty-five minutes in moderate oven. Cream powdered sugar and butter to a paste and spread on top of rolls just before serving.

OATMEAL MUFFINS

Dr. V. Racine

One and one-fourth cups cooked oatmeal; one and one-fourth cup bran flour; two heaping tablespoonfuls white flour; one heaping teaspoonful baking powder; one saltspoon salt; two heaping tablespoonfuls cocoanut; one-half cupful raisins (seeded); two eggs beaten light. Mix the eggs and cooked oatmeal; add the dry ingredients. The dough should be very stiff. If too moist, use more bran. Bake in your gem pans or muffin rings in a moderate oven.

BRAN MUFFINS

Josephine Hurlbut

Two cups bran; two cupfuls flour; two teaspoonfuls salt; two cupfuls sour milk or buttermilk; one-half cup sugar; one tablespoonful shortening; one egg; one and one-half teaspoonfuls baking soda; one teaspoonful baking powder; one-half cup water. Beat shortening, egg and sugar together until creamy; to the sour milk add the soda dissolved in boiling water; then the bran, flour, salt, baking powder and the egg and sugar mixture. Mix thoroughly and divide into buttered gem pans and bake in a hot oven for twenty minutes. Sweet milk may be used by substituting three teaspoonfuls of baking powder for the soda and baking powder specified above.

MUFFINS

Mrs. Harry M. Boon

One and three-fourths cups flour; one-half cup sugar; one egg; two teaspoonfuls baking powder and three-fourths cup milk. Stir all together and bake in muffin tins in hot oven.

MUFFINS

Mrs. Thomas H. Iglehart

Two cups milk; two eggs; three cups flour; three spoons baking powder; pinch salt. Beat eggs, add milk; then flour, into which baking powder has been put. Bake in hot oven.

BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Esther Blade

Beat one egg; add one cup sweet milk; two tablespoonfuls sugar; one pinch of salt; one and one-half cups of flour with two teaspoonfuls baking powder; one cup blueberries floured. Grease tins. Bake in hot oven about twenty minutes.

MUFFINS

Mrs. George D. Milligan

Big spoonful of shortening (butter or substitute); one egg; three tablespoonfuls sugar; one cup milk; two cups flour; three teaspoonfuls baking powder. Bake twenty or twenty-five minutes.

COLD WATER MUFFINS

Mrs. Edward E. Swadener

One-half pint of cold water put in a bowl and break two eggs in it, beat it until it froths; then add one cupful flour, one scant teaspoonful salt. Bake in a moderate oven forty-five minutes.

SALLY LUNN

Mrs. J. P. Cobb

One cup milk. Quarter cup butter; one-half cup sugar; two eggs beaten separately; teaspoonful baking powder (sifted in the flour); enough flour to make the batter. Bake in quick oven.

FRENCH COFFEE CAKE

Mrs. H. P. Sieh

One cup butter and lard mixed; one cup granulated sugar; two eggs; one cup milk; two cups flour (sifted); two teaspoonfuls baking powder; one teaspoonful vanilla; or one-half teaspoonful nutmeg to suit taste. Bake fifteen to twenty minutes.

Frosting: One-half cup granulated sugar; one tablespoonful flour; one tablespoonful butter; one tablespoonful cinnamon; mix all together and spread over top of cake before baking.

COFFEE CAKE

Mrs. Crouch

One egg; two tablespoonfuls each of butter and sugar; one cup milk; two cups flour; two teaspoonfuls baking powder. Put in pan, melt two tablespoonfuls butter and pour over the top, then sprinkle thickly with granulated sugar and cinnamon.

CINNAMON CAKE

Mrs. C. E. Upham

One scant cup sugar; two eggs; one teaspoonful salt; one tablespoonful fat or substitute; one cup milk; two cups flour; two teaspoonfuls baking powder. Bake twenty minutes; take out and spread butter on top; also cinnamon and sugar, mixed. Put back in oven one minute.

CINNAMON ROLLS

Mrs. A. J. Atwater

One quart bran; one pint graham flour; one teaspoonful salt; two teaspoonfuls baking powder; one-half teaspoonful soda; one pint sour milk; scant half pint molasses; one tablespoonful melted butter; one cup nut meats. Bake one hour.

BREAKFAST PUFFS

Mrs. E. N. Wilder

One pint sour milk; one teaspoonful soda; flour enough to make stiff enough to roll. Fry like doughnuts. Eat with syrup.

TOAST PATTY CASES

Mrs. A. J. Atwater

Cut the crust from a small loaf of baker's bread; divide into two or two and one-half inch slices; toast on all six sides. With a sharp knife cut around the inside edge of one side and carefully scoop out the bread, leaving a bottom and four toast sides. You can brush the inside with melted butter and brown if you wish or use as it is. Use as patty shells.

YORKSHIRE PUDDING

Mrs. J. L. Putnam

Sift one even teaspoonful of salt and one of baking powder twice with a pint of flour. Beat two eggs light and add to two cups of milk; turn in the sifted flour and mix quickly. Have ready in a roasting pan six tablespoonfuls of fat reserved from the drippings from the roast of beef. Set it upon the upper grating of the oven. When it begins to bubble hard, pour the batter into it and cook quickly. Cut into squares and serve with the roast.

YORKSHIRE PUDDING TO SERVE WITH ROAST BEEF

Mrs. C. A. Carscadin

Two cups of flour in a bowl with half a teaspoonful salt; beat three eggs and stir into the flour; add two cups milk; stir until smooth; turn into a pan with some beef drippings and bake thirty to forty minutes. If beef is placed on a rack put the pudding under the roast. Cut in squares and serve with the roast.

POPOVERS

Mrs. W. I. Clock

One cup of flour; one-fourth teaspoonful salt; seven-eighths cup of milk; two eggs; one-half teaspoonful of melted butter. Put all into a bowl together and beat for five minutes with egg beater. Grease muffin pan well, bake in hot oven for thirty minutes. Oven must not be hot before putting popovers in.

POPOVERS

Mrs. R. F. Morrow

Three eggs; one-half teaspoonful salt--beat light; one cup flour; one cup milk. Bake one-half hour in hot buttered tins. Makes eight popovers.

FRENCH PANCAKES

Mrs. Charles T. Daily

One cup flour; three eggs, very well beaten separately; a pinch of salt; milk enough to make a real thin batter. Have skillet very hot and greased and spread batter thin.

BANANA PANCAKES

Mrs. C. S. Junge

Mash three bananas to a pulp. Beat two eggs well. Add two teaspoonfuls of sugar and pinch of salt. In two cups of sour milk put small teaspoonful of soda. Mix all together and stir in enough flour to make a thin batter and bake on a griddle.

RAW POTATO PANCAKES

Mrs. E. R. Hornig

Peel and grate about eight medium sized raw potatoes, add one scant teaspoonful salt, two well beaten eggs. Mix thoroughly. Fry in lard on hot griddle to a rich brown color on both sides.

POTATO PANCAKES

Mrs. F. B. Woodland

Boil three medium sized potatoes. Dry and mash. Add two eggs, beaten; one cup flour; one cup milk; one-half teaspoonful salt; dash pepper; two teaspoonfuls baking powder. Fry in buttered pan.

BREAD PANCAKES

Mrs. E. R. Hornig

Cover half a small loaf of stale bread with sour milk, let stand over night. Add one tablespoonful salt, two teaspoonfuls soda, two eggs, and enough flour to make proper consistency. Fry on hot griddle.

SOFT WAFFLES

Mrs. Thomas Meeks Butler

Sift together one quart of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder; one teaspoonful of sugar; one-half teaspoonful salt; mix in one tablespoonful of butter, add two well beaten eggs. Beating the yolks together, then the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth. Add the yolks and one and one-half pints of milk. Add the whites of the eggs after mixing the whole into a smooth batter not too thin and pour into well greased irons.

WAFFLES

V. F. Hollenberger

Mix one pint flour: one pint milk to a smooth paste. Add small cup butter, barely melted. Add to this the well beaten yolks of three eggs, then the beaten whites. Just before baking, add one teaspoonful baking powder, beat well for two minutes, and bake on very hot iron.

WAFFLES

Mrs. J. F. Nicols

One pint of milk; one-half cup butter; three eggs; flour enough to make batter; salt; two heaping teaspoonfuls baking powder. Mix milk, butter, yolks of eggs--stir, then add flour and salt. Stir in beaten whites of eggs. Just before cooking add baking powder. Beat briskly.

WAFFLES

Mrs. Charles T. Daily

Two cups flour; two teaspoonfuls baking powder; one teaspoonful salt; three tablespoonfuls melted butter; one and one-half cups milk; three eggs. Sift dry ingredients, add yolks, well beaten, milk, butter and stiffly beaten whites. Beat well and cook on a hot waffle iron, well greased.

CARRIE WATKINS' WAFFLES

Bertha Z. Bisbee

Three eggs; two cups milk; three tablespoonfuls melted butter; three cups flour; one teaspoonful sugar; two teaspoonfuls baking powder; pinch of salt. Beat whites and yolks separately; add milk to yolks, then salt, sugar and butter, then flour and baking powder. When the iron is hot, fold in the well beaten whites of eggs and bake immediately.

GLORIFIED HOE CAKES

Mrs. Archy S. Corken

(This recipe won a $10.00 Tribune prize for wartime conservation recipes.)

Two cups yellow cornmeal; one teaspoonful salt; three and one-half cups buttermilk; cottage cheese; one cup flour; one tablespoonful sugar; one teaspoonful soda; green pepper. Sift together cornmeal, flour, salt and sugar into a bowl. Pour three cups buttermilk (or sour milk) over the sifted ingredients, and beat well. Dissolve one teaspoonful soda in one cup of sour milk and beat thoroughly into the butter. Spread on well greased hot griddle and fry until little bubbles cover the surface. Turn quickly. Have ready some cottage cheese seasoned with salt and pepper in which has been mixed chopped green pepper or pimento. Spread one-half inch thick on top of hoe cake. Cut cake into quarters and serve on hot plate. This recipe makes four griddle size cakes.

AMBER SYRUP

Mrs. Harry M. Boon

One cup brown sugar; two cups granulated sugar; two cups boiling water. Boil five minutes and when cool add ten drops vanilla. It is hard to distinguish this from maple syrup.

CAKES

"_Now, now the mirth comes
With the cake full of plums._"
--HERRICK.

MARSHMALLOW CAKE

Mrs. J. H. Shanley

One-half cup butter; one and one-half cups sugar; two and one-half cups flour; one-half cup milk; two level teaspoonfuls baking powder; five eggs; one teaspoonful vanilla. Bake in layers and spread with the marshmallow paste between layers and on top; also marshmallows cut in half.

Marshmallow Paste: Three-fourths cup sugar; one-fourth cup milk, boiled together six minutes. Melt one-fourth pound marshmallows, add two tablespoonfuls water; combine with the boiled sugar and milk, add vanilla and beat until stiff enough to spread.

GOLD CAKE

Mrs. Charles S. Daily

One and one-half cups sugar; three-fourths cup butter; four yolks of eggs; three whites of eggs; three-fourths cup milk; two cups flour; two teaspoonfuls baking powder; one teaspoonful flavoring. Cream butter and sugar, then add the beaten yolks of eggs, add flavoring to this, then add milk and flour alternately, first sifting flour and baking powder together. Beat the whites of eggs to a stiff froth and add last, folding them in gently. Bake in a loaf cake pan forty minutes in a modern oven.

COCOANUT CREAM CAKE

Mrs. H. S. Mount

One-half cup butter; one and one-half cup sugar; one cup cold water; three cups sifted flour (sifted three times); two heaping teaspoonfuls baking powder; whites four eggs beaten stiff; flavor with vanilla. Cream butter and sugar. Add one-third water and beat thoroughly; then add one cup flour and beat again. Add second one-third cup of water and second cup of flour and continue beating. Into last cup of flour add baking powder and add last one-third cup of water with the last cup of flour and beat thoroughly. Then flavor and fold in the beaten whites of eggs; carefully put in three layer tins. Grate a whole cocoanut. Whip one pint of cream. After cakes are cool put whipped cream on first layer, then cover with freshly grated cocoanut. Continue the same until the last layer is well covered with whipped cream, and then cocoanut.

ORANGE CAKE

Mrs. Martin K. Northam

One-third cup butter; one cup sugar; grated rind of one orange; one-half cup milk or water; one and one-half cups sifted pastry flour; two level teaspoonfuls baking powder; yolks of two eggs, beaten light; whites of two eggs, beaten dry. This makes two small layers.