Chapter II: Part 2

Two eggs, ten tablespoons vinegar, one tablespoon water, two pinches of salt, one-half scant teaspoon mustard, one and one-half teaspoons sugar, one tablespoon oil; mix yolks with oil and other ingredients; let boil; beat whites of eggs and mix.

_Mrs. Shipley_

TOMATO SAUCE

Take one pint of canned tomatoes, add an onion well minced, one-half a teaspoon of salt, a little pepper. Put together in a saucepan over the fire. After cooking gently for twenty minutes add two tablespoons of butter into which you have worked a heaping tablespoon of flour until it has become smooth. Let it cook gently for a few minutes; rub through a sieve or fine colander, and serve hot; nice for meats or fish.

_Mrs. H. Kline_

RUM SAUCE

Boil one cup milk with one cup sugar; add one teaspoonful cornstarch wet with cold milk. Just before removing from fire add one teaspoonful rum. Serve hot.

_Mrs. Wolff_

FRENCH PUDDING SAUCE

Four ounces of butter, one-fourth ounce brown sugar, yolk of one egg, one gill of wine, nutmeg. Beat butter to a cream, stir in sugar, add yolk and wine. Place on stove, stirring until it simmers. Grate nutmeg over sauce before sending to table.

_Mrs. Goldberg_

FOAMING SAUCE

Beat one-half cup of butter to a cream; add one cup of granulated sugar and stir until it is white and foaming; just before serving pour over it one cup of boiling water or milk; stir one minute; flavor to taste.

_Mrs. Wolff_

VANILLA SAUCE

The whites of two eggs and yolk of one, one-half a cup of powdered sugar, one teaspoonful of vanilla, three tablespoonfuls of milk. Beat the whites of eggs to a stiff froth, next beat in the sugar and then the yolk of the egg and the flavor. Serve immediately for light puddings.

_Mrs. A. Brown_

CREAM SAUCE

One-half a cup of butter beaten until very light, one cup of powdered sugar, one-half a cup of cream. Set the dish in hot water and stir until it is all creamy. It will only take a minute or two; flavor to taste.

_Miss Eva Sternberg_

EGG SAUCE

The whites of two eggs beaten to a stiff froth, one and one-half cupfuls of sugar, four tablespoonfuls of sweet milk; flavor with vanilla.

_Mrs. Sternberg_

CREAM SAUCE (COLD)

Stir to a cream one cup of sugar and one-half cup butter, add one cup cream (cold); flavor to taste. Stir well and set in a cool place.

_Mrs. M. Cohen_

LEMON SAUCE

One cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one egg (beaten light), one lemon (juice and grated rind), one-half cup boiling water. Cook in double boiler until it thickens.

FRUIT SAUCE

Two-thirds cup of sugar, one pint raspberries or strawberries, one tablespoonful melted butter, one cup hot water. Boil all together, slowly removing the scum as fast as it rises. Strain through a sieve. To be eaten with dumplings or apple pudding.

_Mrs. M. Cohen_

CHEESE-SALAD DRESSING

Work two tablespoonfuls of soft grated cheese until it is smooth. Season with salt, paprika, and moisten thoroughly with vinegar and oil. This is delicious on egg or lettuce salad.

_Mrs. Goldberg_

PUDDINGS

CARROT PUDDING

One cup grated carrots, one cup grated potatoes, one-half cup butter, one and one-half cup flour, two cups raisins or part currants, one teaspoon cinnamon, one of cloves, one-half teaspoon nutmeg, one and one-half teacup sugar, one teaspoon soda dissolved in the potatoes. Mix above together, and put in a greased covered can to steam in hot water for three hours. Serve with wine sauce.

_F. Baron_

PLUM PUDDING

Three-fourths of a pound of chopped suet, one pound flour, one pound dark brown sugar, one pound of raisins, one pound currants, one-half pound citron cut fine, six eggs, tablespoon of allspice (ground), one whole nutmeg (ground), one wine-glass of brandy or whiskey. Steam six hours. This is large enough to serve for ten. Serve with hard or soft sauce.

_Mrs. M. N. Heckscher_

DATE PUDDING

One cup of brown sugar, one cup of suet minced finely, one cup of fine bread crumbs, three eggs, one teaspoon salt, three-fourths pound of dates chopped fine, one-half tumbler brandy or whiskey, two teaspoonfuls cinnamon. Steam in a buttered mould for two hours.

_Mrs. H. J. Sower_

MACAROON PUDDING

Two glasses of milk, one-fourth box of Cox gelatine. Boil together, stirring yolks of two eggs beaten together with one-half cup of sugar. Mix with the above. Boil ten minutes, stirring constantly. Take from fire and add one teaspoon vanilla and the whites of two eggs beaten stiff. Put in mould and drop in ten cents’ worth of macaroons (broken). Serve with whipped cream.

_Mrs. J. Levy_

DELICIOUS PUDDING

Take stale sponge-cake; slice. Put a layer of the cake in a pudding-dish and put a teaspoonful of jelly or preserves on each piece of cake, then another layer of cake. Repeat until dish is full, then pour fresh berries of any kind over same. Make the following custard and pour overall. Bake in a hot oven until light brown. Custard: Three eggs, one-half cup of sugar, beat well; add one teaspoon vanilla, two cups or more of milk.

_Mrs. K. L. Simon_

MARROW PUDDING

Extract one-fourth pound marrow from marrow bones. Take this, add one pound flour, a little water, one pinch salt, form a batter, which divide into four very thin layers. Each layer to be separated by fine-chopped apples, raisins, citron, cinnamon, chopped walnut, or almonds, sugar, preserves, and juice of a lemon, according to taste. Then bake in a moderate oven. If desirable, a chocolate icing may be used on the top layer.

_Mrs. M. Harris_

STEAMED PUDDING

One cup molasses, one cup suet, one cup brown sugar, one cup raisins, one cup milk, one egg, one teaspoonful each of cinnamon, cloves, and allspice, three cups of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a little salt. Steam three hours. Sauce: ten tablespoons milk, one-half cup sugar, yolks of two eggs; put this in double boiler, and let boil until it thickens. Beat whites of eggs and stir in custard just before using; add two tablespoons brandy or any flavor you prefer.

_Miss Ray Mayer_

CABINET PUDDING

Ten cents candied cherries, one cup chopped almonds, one tumbler claret wine, one dozen macaroons, seven eggs, two tablespoons gelatine, sugar to taste. Put claret on to boil; stir in yolks of eggs and sugar. Soak gelatine in cold water about ten minutes and add all ingredients to wine; add lastly beaten whites. Line dish with macaroons and cherries and pour mixture over them.

_Miss Ray Mayer_

COTTAGE PUDDING

One cup sugar, one cup of milk, one egg, a lump of butter the size of an egg, one pint flour, salt, one heaping teaspoon of Royal baking powder. Bake in hot oven. Sauce: one cup sugar, one egg, one teaspoonful flour, a small piece of butter; mix, add boiling water, and let come to a boil; flavor with vanilla.

_Mrs. S. Newburger_

STEAMED SUET PUDDING

One-fourth of a loaf of stale bread soaked in water and squeezed dry, one-fourth of a loaf crumbed, one-fourth pound suet chopped fine, one cup seedless raisins, one cup of currants, one-half wine-glass whiskey, two eggs, one-half pound brown sugar, one-fourth cup molasses, one teaspoon cinnamon, one of allspice, enough flour to make it like a ginger-cake dough; add teaspoon Royal baking powder, add fruits last, dredged with flour. Boil three hours. Can serve with hard sauce or brandy sauce.

_Hattie Bondy_

PLUM PUDDING

One pound bread crumbs grated, one pound carrots grated, one pound flour, one pound suet chopped fine, one pound raisins, one pound currants, one pound brown sugar, one-half pound citron, one cup molasses, one teaspoonful of all kinds of spices; mix with brandy and water; salt to taste. Boil eight hours.

_Eva Bernstein_

APPLE TAPIOCA

DURKEE’S FLAKE TAPIOCA.

Soak one cup tapioca in one quart water over night. Cut up greening apples into quarters and halves, fill dish; one cup sugar, flavor with nutmeg or vanilla, one pinch of salt, mix in tapioca with this, and put little bits of butter on top. Bake; serve with sugar and cream.

_Miss Ray Mayer_

FROZEN PUDDING

Beat the yolks of three eggs with three-fourths cup of powdered sugar to a cream; add the three whites stiffly beaten, one-half pint of sweet cream whipped, two tablespoonfuls of rum, one-fourth pound of grated macaroons; mix all together, put in a mould, and freeze.

_Mrs. J. Muhlfelder_

MOCHA ICE-CREAM PUDDING

Yolks of two eggs, three-fourths cup of powdered sugar, one pint cream whipped, five cents’ worth each of preserved cherries and pineapple cut-up, one tablespoon of mocha essence; grate four macaroons, and after the mixture is in form sprinkle same over top. Beat the eggs, sugar, and mocha essence up light, stir in whipped cream and fruit; freeze four hours. This is enough for a two-quart melon.

_Miss Ray Mayer_

ROTHE GRÜTZE

Raspberries, currants; boil together, then strain through cheesecloth; put back to boil with sugar to sweeten; thicken with cornstarch and let stand to harden.

_Mrs. Fragner_

DESSERTS

SHERRY DESSERT

Four eggs, powdered sugar to taste, three-fourths tumbler of sherry wine, one-half pint of cream whipped, one-half pound macaroons. Beat eggs, yolks and whites separately. To beaten yolks add sugar and sherry. Cook this in a double boiler until thick, stirring constantly; when thick let cool. Add whites of eggs beaten stiff, mix with yolks, sugar and sherry, break macaroons and mix with above; flavor with vanilla, sweeten to taste. Serve with whipped cream, flavored, on top. This may be served in punch glasses with a cherry added to each glass. Very rich dessert.

_E. L._

BLOW BALLS

One pint of milk; when boiling stir in one cup of flour to thicken, take from the fire; when cool add one tablespoon sugar, a little salt, and five eggs to thin to a batter. Drop with teaspoon into hot fat or butter; fry until a light brown. Serve with vanilla sauce or cream.

_Mrs. H. A. S._

STRAWBERRY CHARLOTTE

Take eight lady-fingers, one quart strawberries, one-half pint cream, two cups of sugar; mash one cupful of the berries, split the lady-fingers, moisten with the juice of the crushed berries, and use to line a serving-dish; place in the bottom of dish a layer of berries, season with fine sugar. Whip cream to a froth, add a layer of it, then another of the fruit and sugar, and so on, until all the fruit and cream is used. Place on ice and serve very cold.

_Mrs. S. F. Breslauer_

FRUIT TAPIOCA

Soak over night in cold water two tablespoons of small tapioca; next morning drain and cook in a double boiler with four cups of boiling water. Let boil until tapioca is transparent. Then add one-half teaspoonful of salt, one pound of dates stoned, one cup of raisins seeded, one-half pound figs, and one cup of sugar. Cook one hour and fifteen minutes; lastly add one teaspoon vanilla; pour in a mould. Let cool; serve with whipped cream.

_Miss Violet Sondheim_

RICE CREAM

Boil ten ounces of rice for ten minutes, pour off the water, add one quart and a half of fresh milk; cook slowly until rice is tender. Reduce the rice to a pulp by beating or pass through a press. Dissolve an ounce of gelatine in a little water, add to the rice; stir all together. Place on fire, sweeten carefully. When mixed set to cool. Then stir the beaten whites of two eggs, flavor with vanilla, sherry or brandy; pour in a mould and chill for eating.

_Mrs. M. Mathias_

BAKED BANANAS

Remove one side of peel from each banana and lay lengthwise in an earthen dish, the exposed side up. Stick fruit with a fork; squeeze over each banana a little lemon juice, and on each place one teaspoon of sugar, a lump of butter, and a little grated nutmeg. Add a little water in the bottom of pan to keep from burning, add one teaspoon sherry to each banana. Bake half an hour in a moderate oven.

_Mrs. J. Ottenberg_

RASPBERRY SAGO

Wash one-half pint of sago, cover with one and one-half pint cold water; soak one hour. Cook in double boiler until sago is clear and transparent. Have carefully picked red raspberries half filling a glass dish. When the sago is cool pour over the raspberries. Set away to cool. Serve with sugar and cream. Other fruits, such as strawberries, peaches, etc., may be used in place of raspberries.

_Mrs. F. L. Levy_

ITALIAN CREAM

Soak one-half box of gelatine in cold milk for one-half hour. Let one quart milk come to a boil in double boiler. Beat yolks of eight eggs and one and one-half cup of sugar together. When milk boils pour same on eggs, sugar, and gelatine; return to boiler and let boil until it begins to thicken; then pour this on the beaten whites.

_Miss Ray Mayer_

A DELICIOUS COMPOTE

Make a rich syrup of sugar and water and add one spoonful of port wine, and a few thin slices of lemon with the rind on; drop in pears that have been peeled and quartered. When soft remove fruit, then add in same syrup plums, when soft remove them, then add peaches, and when soft turn all over fruit that had previously been cooked. Cool and serve together.

_Mrs. A. Kiersky_

JUNKET

Take two quarts of new milk and warm it until it is about blood heat. Pour into a glass or china bowl. Stir into it two tablespoonfuls of prepared rennet, two tablespoonfuls powdered loaf sugar, one small wine-glass pale brandy. Let it stand until cold and eat with sugar and rich cream. Half the quantity can be made.

_Mrs. M. Cohen_

BROMANGELON

FRUIT SALAD

Dissolve one package of orange bromangelon in one pint boiling water. Let cool to a thin syrup. Cut oranges shapes of tiny baskets. Scrape out pulp of orange and use in salad, also one-half cup nuts and figs, candied cherries, bananas, and pineapple if desired, all cut fine. Stir all into the bromangelon, which has been partly congealed; place in baskets. Serve with whipped cream.

_Mrs. H. J. Sower_

PINEAPPLE FRAPPÉ

Dissolve one package lemon bromangelon in one pint boiling water. Let cool to a consistency of a syrup, then whip with an egg-beater to a consistency of whipped cream, add one teacup shredded pineapple and one teacup candied cherries cut fine. Stir all together and congeal on ice in mould; serve with macaroons.

_Mrs. K. F. Soloman_

MINT JELLY

Dissolve one package of lemon bromangelon and juice of one or two lemons to taste in one pint boiling water. Cool to consistency of syrup. Add the strong tea of one cup of fresh mint, pour in individual moulds, and set on ice to congeal. Serve with roast lamb.

_Mrs. L. S. Rosenberg_

CELERY SALAD

Dissolve one package lemon bromangelon in one pint of boiling water; when cool place on ice. Chop fine one cup of celery and one cup of walnuts together. When bromangelon is of syrup thickness, pour into a square pan the depth of one-half inch; on this place a layer of celery and nuts. Fill the pan, alternating, having the bromangelon on top. Set on ice to congeal. Serve with mayonnaise dressing.

_Mrs. M. Levy_

WINE BROMANGELON

One package lemon bromangelon, one package orange bromangelon, one pint boiling water, one pint Rhine wine, one pony glass cognac, one-half pony glass fine Jamaica rum, a little cinnamon bark. Boil the bark; with the water in which the bark has been boiled dissolve the bromangelon. When perfectly dissolved add the wine, brandy, rum. Set away to cool.

_Mrs. H. Frauenthal_

CHOCOLATE BROMANGELON WITH RICE

Cook one teacup rice in steam cooker, sweeten, and season well; add small piece of butter. Pour in mould or dish and let cool. Dissolve one package chocolate bromangelon in one pint boiling water according to directions on package; pour over rice when same begins to thicken. When congealed serve with whipped or plain cream. The rice receives a very delicious flavor from the chocolate.

_Mrs. J. Silvester_

CHOCOLATE BROMANGELON PIE

One package of bromangelon (chocolate) dissolved in one pint of boiling water. Cool, add one-half pint cream; whip with egg-beater; pour into a baked pie crust and cover with whipped cream.

_Mrs. E. F. Cohen_

CHERRY HILL FRUTTI

Dissolve one package of cherry bromangelon in one pint of boiling water. When cooled to a thick syrup whip to a consistency of whipped cream and add one cup of nut meats, figs and cherries cut fine. Stir all together. Set on ice to congeal. Serve with cream and lady-fingers.

_Mrs. D. Baum_

PIES AND PUFF PASTE

PUFF PASTE

One cup flour; mix in water with knife until about the consistency of a soft pie dough; roll out; take suet and spread on with a knife; fold dough, but first sprinkle with flour. Roll again, and spread with butter quite thick; sprinkle flour, fold again and roll; then a fourth time roll, and spread with butter; then roll and put in dish.

_Miss Ray Mayer_

PUFF PASTE

One-half pound butter, one-half pound flour. Blend half the butter with flour and mix thoroughly. Add one-half cup ice water. Dredge board with flour and roll out mixture. When rolled add remainder of butter in little pieces; fold and roll lightly and thin. Fold again and place on ice four hours.

_R. L. S._

PIE CRUST

One cup fat or butter, four cups flour; work fat well into the flour until fine as sand; sprinkle over a teaspoonful salt, and bind together with ice water. Water should be poured in slowly and carefully, and in quantity only enough to work flour into a stiff paste. Handle lightly, and when mixed roll out to a one-fourth inch thickness.

_Miss Ray Mayer_

PREPARING FRUITS FOR PIE

Apples should be peeled, sliced thin, and sugared to taste before being put in pie crust. Peaches should also be peeled and sugared. Raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, cherries, and currants should be dusted with flour as well as sweetened before being put in the crust. Gooseberries and cranberries should be stewed and sweetened before being put in the crust. To all fruits one to two tablespoonfuls of water should be added. In the fruit pie use fruit generously; that is, have plenty of the fruit filling, which wholesomely serves as an antidote to the rich pastry.

_Mrs. O. Newman_

ORANGE PIE

Grate two good-sized oranges (yellow pulp, all except the leathery centre skin); add to this a cup of sugar, the yolks of three eggs, and three tablespoons of thick cream. Bake with only one crust. Make a meringue of the whites of the eggs beaten stiff with a little sugar; spread over the pie and set in a moderate oven for a few minutes.

_Mrs. Israel_

PUMPKIN PIE

One heaping cup pumpkin strained, one cup milk, one egg, a pinch of salt, three-fourths teaspoon ginger, three tablespoons molasses, three-fourths cup brown sugar. Mix ingredients and pour on partially baked crust, then bake.

_Miss Ray Mayer_

LEMON MERINGUE PIE

Stir one heaping teaspoon of flour into one cup of sugar. Into the yolks of three eggs stir the juice and grated rind of a lemon; then add the lemon and sugar and half a cup of cold water. Put in the crust and bake. When baked cover with a meringue made of whites of the eggs beaten with a little sugar. After putting on the meringue let the pie stand a few minutes in a moderate oven.

_Mrs. R. Kohn_

COCOANUT PIE

One-half cup desiccated cocoanut soaked in one cupful of milk, two eggs, one small cupful of sugar, butter size of egg. This quantity makes enough for one small pie. Nice with a meringue on top.

_Mrs. M. Cohen_

PASSOVER DISHES

DISHES TO BE MADE OF A. GOODMAN & SON’S MATZOTH AND MATZOTH MEAL

MATZOTH SHALET

Soak two matzoths, squeeze out, add one cup of sugar, cinnamon, sliced apples, a few raisins, almonds, four eggs, one-half cup of matzoth meal. Mix well, grease pan well, and on top of shalet put small pieces of butter. Bake until light brown.

_Mrs. A. Herz_

MATZOTH BALLS

Soak one or more matzoths according to amount of balls wanted; when soft squeeze out. Now cut into small pieces or chop one small onion. Let brown in one large spoonful of fat; then add your matzoths, which have been squeezed out; remove from fire; add salt, pepper, two eggs, and one-fourth cup meal. Mix well; when cold make into balls.

_Mrs. H. J. Sower_

MATZOTH CAKE

Twelve eggs, separate them; take yolks of eggs, beat with one tablespoon powdered sugar to each egg, one cup matzoth meal, one-half cup chopped almonds, grated rind and juice of one lemon. After mixing well, add the beaten whites of the eggs. Bake in a slow oven.

_Mrs. S. Neuburger_

MATZOTH PANCAKE

Soak two matzoths in milk until soft, a little salt, four eggs. Mix well. Fry in butter.

PANCAKE NO. 2

Take one cupful matzoth flour, mix with boiling water, four eggs, a little salt. Fry in butter.

_Mrs. Albert Soloman_

FILLED MATZOTH KLOESSE

Prepare a dough as for soup balls. Make round flat cakes with your hands and fill with seeded prunes; place one flat cake over the filled one; press edges firmly together and roll until perfectly round. Boil them in salt water. Let water boil hard before putting in kloesse. Heat goose fat, cut up an onion, and let brown; pour this over the kloesse and serve hot. The kloesse are nice without any filling.

_Mrs. H. J. Sower_

MATZOTH FRITTERS

Soak two or three matzoths in water, when soft squeeze out, add four eggs, a pinch of salt, one-half cup sugar, one-half teaspoonful cinnamon and one apple sliced very fine. Have your fat or butter very hot and drop in a tablespoonful at a time to brown. They are very nice served with any stewed fruits.

_Mrs. H. J. Sower_

BREAD, FRITTERS, ETC.

BOSTON BROWN BREAD

One cake Fleischmann’s yeast, one and three-fourths pint water, two cups graham flour, one-half cup sifted rye flour, two and one-half cups sifted wheat flour, one and one-half cup sifted corn meal, one tablespoonful butter, one teaspoonful salt, three-fourths cup molasses. Heat one pint of the water to boiling, and pour it over the corn meal and salt; let stand to scald a few minutes. Then add the butter, melted, one cup of water (cold), molasses, graham, rye, and wheat flours, and lastly the yeast, previously dissolved in the remaining half cup of lukewarm water; mix thoroughly; half fill well-greased baking-tins having covers, and set to rise for about two hours, or until within an inch of the top. Then grease and put on covers, and bake in moderate oven for three hours and a half; take off covers and bake for another half hour. This recipe, carefully followed, makes the original Boston brown bread. An ordinary three-pound lard-pail makes a good baking-tin for this purpose. This recipe makes sufficient for two pails. The entire process takes about six hours.

_Mrs. Shipley_

ENTIRE-WHEAT BREAD

One cake Fleischmann’s yeast, one cup lukewarm water, one cup lukewarm milk, three pints entire-wheat flour, two teaspoonfuls sugar, one teaspoonful salt. Put milk, salt, and sugar into bowl; add to it water in which the yeast has previously been dissolved. Then add the flour gradually, reserving a little for use in kneading. This dough should be kneaded thoroughly, but must be kept soft. After kneading set in a warm place to rise for from two to two and one-half hours. When light, turn out on a floured kneading-board, divide into two equal parts and knead again thoroughly. Place in well-greased pans and set to rise for from three-quarters of an hour to an hour. When well risen bake for one hour in a slower oven than is required for white bread. After bread is baked, remove from pans, and cool by contact with the air on all sides. One tablespoonful of butter may be added with the sugar, if desired. If set over night, use one-half cake of yeast. In summer, use the liquid cold; in winter, tepid. The entire process takes four hours.

NOTE.--Entire-wheat bread may be made by following any good bread recipe and substituting whole-wheat flour for the ordinary wheat flour.

_Mrs. Shipley_

WHITE BREAD--QUICK METHOD

Two cakes Fleischmann’s yeast, three and one-half quarts sifted flour (equal to three pounds unsifted flour), one quart lukewarm water, one teaspoonful salt, two tablespoonfuls sugar, one tablespoonful lard or butter. Dissolve the yeast in half of the water, and in the other half dissolve the salt and sugar. Mix thoroughly the water containing the yeast, salt, and sugar, then stir in gradually three quarts of the flour. Now work in the lard or butter, and make a moderately stiff dough. Knead well for ten or fifteen minutes; then set aside in a warm place, free from draught, to rise until light, which will be in from two to two and a half hours. Cover with cloth or paper to prevent crust forming on top. When light, make into loaves with the hand, place in well-greased pans and set to rise again for forty-five minutes. When light, bake in a hot oven for from three-quarters of an hour to an hour. The extra pint of flour will be needed to keep kneading-board well floured while kneading and forming into loaves. This makes three one-and-one-half pound loaves. The whole process takes about four hours. Half milk and half water may be used instead of all water, if a richer loaf is desired. Young housekeepers who have never done any baking have been eminently successful by following this recipe.

_Mrs. Shipley_

ORANGE, APPLE, OR BANANA FRITTERS

Yolks of four eggs, beaten with four tablespoons of sugar. Stir into this the juice of half a lemon; add enough flour to thicken like a batter; add beaten whites. Dip in one slice of fruit at a time. Take up with a large spoon and lay in hot fat. Fry a nice brown. Sprinkle pulverized sugar on top, and serve with a vanilla sauce.

_Mrs. Sig. Sondheim_

POPOVERS

One egg well beaten, one cup of sweet milk, one cup of sifted flour, one teaspoonful baking powder, one teaspoon salt; beat all lightly. Drop in buttered gem pans, and bake quickly in a hot oven.

_Mrs. H. A. S._

WAFFLES

Two cups flour, two cups milk, one-half cup melted butter, two teaspoons sugar, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, one teaspoon salt, two eggs with whites and yolks beaten separately. Have iron hot and well buttered.

_Mrs. Joe Newman_

CREAM WAFFLES

Three tablespoonfuls of cornstarch and one cup of flour stirred smoothly, then add one teaspoon salt. Gradually mix in one pint of sour cream, one well-beaten egg, and a small teaspoon of soda dissolved in water; pour on buttered irons.

_Mrs. J. Newman_

CORN FRITTERS

One pint grated green corn, one egg, small cup of flour, one-half cup butter, salt and pepper to taste. Bake on a griddle.

_Miss Ray Mayer_

POTATO PANCAKES

Six raw potatoes grated, two slices of bread soaked in milk and let boil one minute; two eggs, salt, thicken with flour. Fry in hot butter.

_Miss Ray Mayer_

QUICK BISCUITS

Two cups of flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, butter the size of a walnut, pinch of salt, enough milk to make a soft dough to drop off of spoon on buttered pan. Hot oven.

_Mrs. H. A. S._

DOUGHNUTS

Two eggs, one cup of sugar, one cup of milk, flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, and salt. Beat eggs and sugar well, add the milk and flour alternately and enough of the latter to make a light biscuit dough. Roll out and shape. Fry in plenty of butter or lard.

_Mrs. Mack_

PLAIN MUFFINS

Four cups flour, four teaspoonfuls baking powder, two teaspoonfuls salt, four tablespoonfuls butter, two cups milk. Sift flour, salt, and baking powder into a bowl; add butter, and knead with the back of a fork until it becomes mealy. Add milk and stir until it becomes a batter. Bake in greased pans in a hot oven twenty-five minutes.

_Adele J. Strauss_

SIMPLE HOT CAKES

One cup of flour, one egg beaten very light, milk enough to make the flour light, one-half teaspoonful salt, one and one-half teaspoon baking powder, one tablespoon sugar.

_Mrs. Preston_

CAKES

_It is recommended that Royal baking powder be used where any is required._

FRUIT CAKE

Brown one pound flour; cream together one pound of sugar and one of butter, then add eight beaten eggs and one cup of molasses, one-half cup whiskey, one cup sour cream, a tablespoon each of mace, cinnamon, cloves, allspice and grated nutmeg. Stir in one pound of browned flour and one-half teaspoon of soda dissolved; gradually add one pound of seeded raisins, one pound of washed and dried currants, one pound citron cut in small pieces, all fruit being lightly dredged with flour. Bake in well-buttered paper laid in deep pans. This cake should be baked in large loaves. Be careful your oven is not too hot. Bake three to four hours.

_Mrs. S. Bornstein_

PLUM CAKE

One pound powdered sugar, one pound butter, one pound flour, five pounds raisins, one pound currants, one pound citron, ten eggs, two teaspoonfuls cloves, one teaspoonful mace, one-half glass brandy or whiskey, one-half glass cider, wine-glass curaçoa, one-half cup molasses (small). Cream butter and sugar together; beat yolks and whites separately. Line pans with buttered paper.

_R. L. S._

DELICATE CAKE

Mix well together two cups of sugar and three-fourths cup of butter, stir in one cup of milk and the whites of eight eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Stir together three cups of flour and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Flavor with vanilla. Beat ten minutes after putting all the ingredients in. Pour in a loaf tin in which you have laid buttered paper. Bake one hour in a carefully heated oven.

_Mrs. E. M. Loeb_

POTATO CAKE

Mix one cup of butter and two cups of sugar and one of cold mashed unseasoned potatoes; add one-half cup of grated chocolate, four eggs, one cup of chopped walnuts, one-half cup milk, teaspoonful each of nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves. Sift two teaspoons of baking powder with two and one-half cups of flour. Stir all together. Bake the cake in square tins.

_Mrs. B. Manheimer_

CHEESE CAKE

The dough to be made the same as pie crust. Two cups of flour, one teaspoon baking powder, a pinch of salt (sift), butter the size of an egg, one egg, one-half cup powdered sugar, little milk; all of the above beaten together, which will form the dough. One pound pot cheese, one cup of cream, one tablespoon melted butter, one cup granulated sugar, one tablespoon flavor; separate yolks and whites of four eggs, dropping each yolk separately in the ingredients, stirring; beat whites and add last; stir in a little cinnamon and a few currants. Bake three-quarters of an hour in a moderate oven.

_Mrs. D. Sine_

JELLY ROLL OR LAYER CAKE

Take eight eggs and two cups of sugar; beat for half an hour, then add two cups of sifted flour, with one-half teaspoon baking powder; also add two tablespoonfuls of cold water. Bake in large tins, spread with jelly while hot and roll; or bake in jelly tins and spread with jelly. Cover with sugar or boiled icing.

_Miss L. Mayer_

POUND CAKE

Rub one pound of butter and one pound of powdered sugar to a cream. Add the grated peel of a lemon, a wine-glass of brandy, and the yolks of nine eggs, one at a time. And last one and one-fourth pound of sifted flour and the beaten whites of the nine eggs. Bake slowly.

_Mrs. I. O. Stern_

QUICK CINNAMON CAKE

Two tablespoons butter, pinch salt, one and one-eighth cup granulated sugar, three eggs beaten lightly, one-half cup milk, one and three-fourths cups flour, teaspoon vanilla, one teaspoon baking powder. Before putting in oven mix some butter and cracker crumbs together; sugar, cinnamon and chopped nuts may be added. Bake in flat roasting pan.

_E. L._

DEVIL’S CAKE

One tablespoon butter, one scant cup sugar; mix together. Yolks of two eggs, two squares of chocolate dissolved in one-half cup hot water; add to the above. Mix two cups of flour with two scant teaspoons baking powder, one-half teaspoonful soda dissolved in one-half cup sour milk or one-half cup hot water, one-half teaspoon vanilla; mix well. Frosting: whites of two eggs, one teaspoonful cold water, one teaspoon lemon extract; whip together; add enough confectioner’s sugar (not powdered) to spread over cake while cake is still in pan, although cooled.

_Minnie A. Lardan_

SPONGE CAKE

Four eggs, one full cup sugar mixed; one cup milk, let come to a boil; two cups flour mixed with four teaspoons baking powder added, with eggs and sugar; then add hot milk and vanilla flavoring. Chocolate filling is fine if cake is baked in layers.

_Minnie A. Lardan_

CHOCOLATE CAKE

Cream one-half cup butter with one and one-half cup sugar, then add gradually yolks of four eggs, one at a time. Beat mixture thoroughly, then add one-half cup milk, beating all the time. Next two squares Baker’s bitter chocolate in five tablespoons boiling water, when dissolved add to the batter, stirring constantly. Now add slowly one and three-fourths cup of sifted flour; give, all a vigorous beating, add beaten whites of four eggs; stir carefully into mixture, then teaspoon vanilla, and lastly one heaping teaspoon baking powder. Bake in moderate oven one hour. This cake should be baked with one flame, and do not light oven until cake is almost ready for baking. It should rise slowly.

_Mrs. S. F. Breslauer_

CHOCOLATE CAKE

One-fourth cup butter, one and one-half cup granulated sugar, four eggs beaten quite a while before mixing with sugar, three-fourths cup milk, one cup cocoa and sugar mixed, two cups flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, one teaspoon vanilla.

_Mrs. L. S. Firetag_

GINGERBREAD

One cup dark cooking molasses, one cup sour cream, one egg, one teaspoonful soda dissolved in a little warm water; one teaspoonful salt, one heaping teaspoonful ginger. Use enough flour to make about as thick as cup cake. To be eaten warm.

_Mrs. M. Cohen_

MOCHA CAKE

Four eggs separated, beat yolks well with one cup powdered sugar, beat in whipped whites, one cup flour, one teaspoon baking powder, two tablespoon coffee extract. This makes two layers. Filling: one-half pint cream flavored with coffee extract and sweetened, to which add chopped nuts.

_F. B._

ANGEL CAKE

The whites of eleven eggs beaten to a stiff froth, nine and one-fourth ounces sugar, five and three-fourths ounces flour, one teaspoonful cream tartar sifted with the flour. Don’t butter the cake-form. Bake about forty minutes.

_Mrs. D. Sine_

SCHLOSSER CAKE

One-half cup butter, one cup sugar, three eggs, two teaspoons baking powder, two cups of flour, flavor with vanilla and bitter almonds. This makes a very stiff dough. Flatten out, then take a quart of blueberries, cherries, apples, or any fruit is nice. Heat fruit and thicken with cornstarch. Place half of the dough in a pan, then spread with the fruit, then dough and fruit, etc.; lastly, add chopped almonds.

_Mrs. F. C. Mock_

ALMOND CAKE

Four eggs, beat whites to snow; one cup of grated almonds, three-fourths cup matzoth meal sifted, three-fourths teaspoon baking powder, rind and juice of one lemon. Bake in slow oven one-half hour. Serve with whipped cream.

_H. M._

FRENCH CRACKERS

Six eggs, twelve tablespoonfuls sweet milk, six tablespoonfuls butter, one-half teaspoonful soda. Mould with flour, pounding and working half an hour. Roll thin, bake in rather quick oven.

COFFEE CAKE (BLACK)

One cup brown sugar, one-half cup strong cold coffee, two cups of flour, one cup of raisins, one-fourth cup nuts, one teaspoonful cinnamon, one-half cup molasses, one-half cup butter, one cup currants, one-half cup citron, one teaspoonful soda, two eggs, and a little brandy. Mix well all together.

_Mrs. M. Wolff_

CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE

Beat together the yolks of four eggs with two cups of powdered sugar. Then take one-fourth pound of grated chocolate and one cup of milk; boil this together. When cool mix with the egg and sugar, add one cup of sifted flour, one teaspoon baking powder, flavor with vanilla. Beat the four whites and mix all together. This makes two layers. Filling: One cup of chopped walnuts, one whole egg, one cup of milk, one tablespoon of granulated sugar; boil together until thick, when cool spread between layers.

_Mrs. J. Muhlfelder_

BREAD TORTE

Yolks of eight eggs, two cups of granulated sugar, one-fourth pound grated almonds, one wineglassful wine and brandy mixed, one teaspoonful cinnamon, one teaspoonful cloves, one cup of grated bread crumbs, two teaspoonfuls baking powder, eight whites beaten very stiff. Grease pan or oil paper. Bake slowly.

_Mrs. G. B._

CRACKER TORTE

One cup powdered sugar, one tablespoon melted butter, three yolks of eggs, whites of six beaten to a froth, one-fourth teaspoon cloves, one of cinnamon, one cake of sweet chocolate, one cup of chopped almonds, one cup of cracker meal, one teaspoon baking powder. Bake in layers. Filling: one tablespoon flour, two of sugar, yolks of three eggs, one-half pint sweet cream; beat eggs with flour, stir into it cream; boil up, add one-half cup chopped almonds. Bake day before using and cover closely.

_Mrs. M. Kohn_

NUT TORTE

One cupful nuts grated, six eggs, six tablespoons powdered sugar, not quite one-half cup grated bread crumbs, one-half teaspoonful baking powder, one teaspoonful vanilla. Beat yolks of eggs with sugar until light; add nuts, then crumbs, then beaten whites and vanilla. Bake in spring form. Spread with whipped cream.

_Miss Ray Mayer_

ALMOND TORTE

Yolks of eight eggs, eight tablespoons of powdered sugar; beat for about one-half hour; one-half pound almonds blanched and grated, rind of a lemon, juice of one-half lemon, two tablespoons of cracker meal sifted; add one teaspoonful Royal baking powder, add whites stiffly beaten, pinch of salt. Bake in moderate oven in a spring form. This can be cut in half and filled with whipped cream.

_Mrs. S. M. Bondy_

SACHENTORT

One-fourth pound sugar, one-fourth pound sweet butter, one-fourth pound grated almonds (with peel), yolks of six eggs beaten for one-half hour; then add four cakes of Huyler’s sweet chocolate grated, and last the six whites beaten. Frosting: one-fourth pound granulated sugar, small lump of butter, four cakes chocolate, four tablespoons water. Let it boil well.

_Mrs. R. L. Dannenberg_

NUT TART

Nine eggs; beat whites and yolks separately. Beat yolks with one tumbler of sugar, add rind and juice of one-half lemon, also of one small orange; add one-half pound ground almonds, add whites and almonds alternately a little at a time. Put in a well-buttered spring form. When finished cover with a chocolate icing. Icing: three tablespoons cocoa, one cup sugar, seven tablespoons milk, a few drops vanilla, one teaspoon butter, put on fire in double boiler, stirring constantly for ten minutes. Then put on cake. This quantity makes a large cake.

_Mrs. S. Brown_

LEMON TART

Make a sponge of two eggs, one-half cup of sugar, one-half cup of flour, one-half teaspoon baking powder, one of vanilla; bake in a spring form. Filling: the juice of three lemons, one cup sugar. Let boil to a syrup, separate eight eggs; mix yolks well with two tablespoonfuls of cold water. Beat whites stiff; now stir yolks into the boiling syrup, stirring until it thickens. Remove from the fire and add the syrup to the beaten whites; pour over the cake and put in a hot oven until a light brown.

_Mrs. H. A. S._

FIG TARTS

Put one pint figs in one pint hot water; let stew gently for three hours. Use porcelain-lined dish. If water boils down, add enough to keep figs stewing; when nearly cooked add one cup of sugar; remove from fire; add juice of a good-sized lemon. Have ready some tiny shells of puff paste and fill with the figs. A teaspoonful of whipped cream added to each tart makes it very rich.

_Mrs. B. Sondheim_

ALMOND STRAWS OR TARTS

Sift together and thoroughly mix one pound of pastry flour, one teaspoon of salt, one teaspoonful baking powder, blanch and pulverize one-half pound of almonds; mix the almonds with the flour ingredients and work in one-half cup of butter and lard mixed. Mix with ice water as in making pastry; cut in the shapes you wish and bake in a hot oven.

_Mrs. E. G. R._

SCHAUM TORTE

Whites of six eggs, two cups of sugar; stir one-half hour; one teaspoon vanilla, one tablespoon vinegar. Bake in very moderate oven. Whip cream very stiff for top or cut cake, put cream between layers.

_Mrs. F. C. Mock_

POTATO TORTE

One and a half cups of sugar, nine to ten eggs, one cup of potato flour, one-half a lemon; beat whites of eggs very stiff.

_Mrs. F. C. Mock_

DAINTY FINGERS

Beat together one-half a pound of sugar and one-half a pound butter; add five eggs, the whites and yokes beaten separately; one teaspoon of mace, one-half wine-glass of brandy, and one-half pound flour. Stir well together and drop in lady-finger pans for baking to a delicate brown. When done and while warm fasten the fingers together, painting with the white of an egg upon the flat side.

_H. A. O._

OATMEAL COOKIES

Stir one cup of butter in one cup of sugar; add a beaten egg, one teaspoon of salt. Stir in gradually two cups of white flour, two cups of oatmeal, adding also one teaspoon of soda dissolved in two tablespoons of milk. When you have the dough well mixed, roll it thin, cut into shapes, and bake in a moderate oven.

_Mrs. J. J. Asch_

HONEY CAKES

One cup of honey, one cup sugar, four pieces of chocolate grated, five eggs, one-half teaspoonful each of cloves, allspice, and cinnamon. Thicken dough with three cups of flour and three teaspoons of baking powder. Bake in a moderate oven.

_Mrs. M. Wolff_

CINNAMON DROPS

Stir one-half pound of brown sugar with two eggs till well beaten; add one ounce of cinnamon, quarter teaspoon of salt, and then flour very finely sifted; enough flour to make the dough stand. Stir all thoroughly and drop from a small spoon upon a pan which you have dredged with flour. Bake a few minutes in a well-heated oven.

_Mrs. A. Monheim_

SUGAR COOKIES

One-half pound butter, one cup sugar, four cups flour, four teaspoons baking powder, two eggs. Mix butter, sugar, and the flour with baking powder, and add one egg at a time. Beat two eggs, spread thinly on top of cookies, and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.

_Mrs. L. S. Firetag_

GINGER WAFERS

One-half cup of butter, one-half cup of sugar, one-half cup molasses, one-half cup cold coffee, one teaspoonful soda dissolved in a little water, one tablespoonful ginger, flour enough to make a stiff dough. Roll out thin; bake in quick oven.

_Mrs. A. Ottenheimer_

WALNUT COOKIES

One cup of brown sugar, two eggs, one cup of chopped walnuts, one cup of flour, one-half teaspoonful baking powder. Drop with a teaspoon in a buttered pan.

_Mrs. H. J. Sower_

MANDELHAUFCHEN

One-half pound almonds cut lengthwise, not blanched, fifteen dates cut lengthwise (remove pits), whites of three eggs beaten to snow, one cup powdered sugar, vanilla to taste. Mix all well together. Bake in a moderate oven on tins which have been well buttered, and cracker-dusted. Drop dough with a teaspoon about one inch apart.

_A. G._

LEBKUCHEN

Four eggs, one large cup of granulated sugar; cream well together. One-half pound almonds cut fine, not blanched; one-half teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves and allspice; vanilla to taste, one-half pound citron cut fine, one and one-half cup of flour, one-half teaspoon baking powder. Bake in a moderate oven.

_A. G._

DATE AND ALMOND CAKES

One-half pound dates, one-half pound almonds cut lengthwise, whites of four eggs, one cup of granulated sugar. Beat whites of eggs very stiff, add sugar, dates, and almonds. Grease pan with butter, sprinkle with cracker dust, drop with teaspoon. Bake in a very slow oven.

_Mrs. Langstadter_

CITRON SQUARES

One-fourth pound raisins, one-half pound almonds, one-half pound citron chopped fine; four whole eggs, one large cup granulated sugar, ground allspice and cinnamon, flour enough to make stiff batter. Beat eggs and sugar together, add almonds, citron, raisins, spices, last of all flour. Grease pan with butter, spread batter rather thin, bake in slow oven. When finished and while hot cut in diamond shape.

_Mrs. Langstadter_

CHOCOLATE DROPS

Two cakes (one-half pound) sweet chocolate, whites of four eggs, one-half pound almonds. Beat whites of eggs very stiff, add chocolate (which has been grated) and almonds chopped fine. Grease pan with butter, sprinkle with cracker dust and drop with teaspoon. Bake in slow oven.

_Mrs. Langstadter_

COOKIES

Rub to a cream one-half pound sweet butter and one glass sugar, add two eggs, one tablespoon whiskey, two heaping tumblers flour, one-half teaspoon baking powder. Mix well, and leave on ice over night. In the morning roll out dough very thin, cut into shapes and place in buttered tins. Brush the top of each with yolk of egg and place a blanched almond in the centre. Bake light brown.

_Mrs. R. Paris_

ICINGS AND CAKE FILLINGS

TUTTI-FRUTTI ICING

Boil one pound of sugar in a gill of water until the syrup hairs. Take from the fire, add slowly the beaten whites of two eggs; beat all together, adding also one-half pound of blanched chopped almonds, quarter of a pound of fine raisins swelled in hot water, and quarter of a pound of citron cut in little pieces.

_Mrs. J. I. Jonas_

MAPLE FILLING

Boil a cup of maple syrup until it threads from the spoon. Then beat until cool, beating in the white of an egg.

NUT FILLING

Boil together one cup of water and one cup of sugar until it makes a heavy thread. Take from the fire and add little by little and with constant stirring the whites of two eggs. Beat till cool, stirring in one cup of chopped nuts, walnuts, hickory, or mixed nuts.

_Mrs. A. M. Soloman_

CARAMEL FILLING

Mix two cups of heavy brown sugar with three-fourths cup of butter, then add one-half cup of cream. Boil until it becomes ropy, then add one tablespoonful vanilla. Put the pan in cold water and stir until the filling thickens. Spread between layers of cold cake.

_Mrs. Cohen_

CHOCOLATE ICING

Mix the yolks of four eggs with one square of chocolate grated, one tablespoonful of cream or milk, and one cup sugar. Boil until it grows hard.

_Mrs. N. Greenabaum_

CLEAR ICING

Stir together one-half pound of powdered sugar, the whites of two eggs, then add the juice of one-half a lemon. Stir till clear; use at once.

_Mrs. A. J. F._

SOUR-CREAM FILLING

Add the white of one egg to a cup of thick sour cream; to keep the cream from turning to butter while whipping. Whip, sweeten to taste, and flavor with vanilla, spread upon cool layers of cake. Chopped nuts, as butternuts, pecans, or hickory, are nice mixed with the filling.

_Mrs. Hyman_

LEMON FILLING

Yolk of one egg, small cup of sugar, rind and juice of one lemon, half cup of shredded cocoanut, a little milk. Boil about ten minutes, stirring constantly. Spread between layers after it has cooled.

_R. L. S._

FILLING FOR ORANGE SHORTCAKE

Peel and seed two large oranges and chop fine; add one-half peeled lemon, one cup sugar. Spread between layers of shortcake while it is hot.

_Mrs. M. Cohen_

ICES

FROZEN LADY-FINGER PUDDING

Beat together three heaping tablespoonfuls of granulated sugar and yolks of six eggs. When beaten to a froth beat in one pint of cream, add one dozen lady-fingers cut in pieces half an inch long sprinkled with or dipped rapidly in some wine like sherry. When all are stirred together put in a mould, cover tight, and freeze.

_Mrs. Sondheim_

PEACH CUSTARD FROZEN

In a double boiler heat one and one-half quarts of rich milk; when hot stir in one and one-half cups of sugar, the beaten yolks of six eggs. When the custard thickens, set aside to cool. From a quart of fine ripe peaches take the skins and stones; crush with sugar to sweeten to your taste, stir into the cool custard and freeze.

_Miss Edna Asch_

BURNED-ALMOND ICE-CREAM

Sweeten to your taste a custard of four eggs and one pint of milk. Take half a pound of blanched almonds and brown them in a saucepan with six tablespoons of sugar. Pound to a paste, and add little by little one quart of cream. Mix with the custard and put in a freezer. After it is frozen pack in a mould or serve without moulding.

_Mrs. H. J. Sower_

CHOCOLATE PARFAIT

Add one cup of thick boiled chocolate and half a cup of sugar to one quart of thick cream. Whip to a froth, pour into a mould, and freeze.

_Mrs. W. Reinstein_

CAFÉ FRAPPÉ

Strain a quart of strong black coffee into one quart of cream, sweetened to taste, and freeze half stiff. Serve in glasses with a tablespoon of whipped cream on each glass.

_Mrs. H. J. Sower_

BISCUIT GLACÉ

One-half pint cream, whipped, six eggs; beat whites to a stiff froth; five scant tablespoons sugar boiled in same amount of water slowly for twenty-five minutes. Stir hot syrup into stiff froth, then beat yolks well and mix; then boil in double boiler for ten minutes, stirring all the time, and doing the same while cooling by placing pot in basin of cold water. When cool add one teaspoon of vanilla, mix with cream; place in freezer and pack with salt and ice. Let stand from five to six hours before serving.

_Mrs. Shipley_

CREAMED ICE

One pint cream whipped, one pint milk boiled with a pinch Irish moss and one cup of sugar. Let this stand until cold, then strain and mix together and freeze; flavor with one teaspoon vanilla. Freeze slowly at first.

_Mrs. R. L. Dannenberg_

CHOCOLATE ICE-CREAM

Add four ounces of grated chocolate to one cupful of sweet milk. Mix it thoroughly with a quart of thick sweet cream. Flavor with vanilla; sweeten with a cupful of sugar. Beat again and freeze.

_Mrs. M. Cohen_

MOCHA BISQUE

One pint of cream whipped to a stiff froth, add yolks of two eggs and half a cup of powdered sugar, flavor with one tablespoon mocha essence. Mix into the above grated macaroons. Sprinkle a few grated macaroons into the bottom of a buttered melon mould, and freeze.

MAPLE MOUSSE

One cup maple syrup, yolks of two eggs beaten. Boil eggs and syrup together and stand over night. Beat one-half pint cream with whites of two eggs, add to cold mixture and pack in ice and salt for four hours. Chopped nuts may be added.

_R. L. S._

PICKLES, PRESERVES, ETC.

MUSTARD PICKLES

For six gallons: one hundred large pickles, cut two hundred small ones, three heads cauliflower, one peck white onions peeled, two quarts beans, one-half dozen corn, two red peppers; put each in salt water over night separately; dry all, put in layers. Two pounds best mustard, four ounces mixed spices, two gallons vinegar; let boil twenty minutes with spices and pour over the vegetables. Next morning pour over a little salad oil and cover with cloth and cover.

_Miss Ray Mayer_

CHILI SAUCE

Thirty large ripe tomatoes peeled and cut, ten onions cut, six red peppers, seven tablespoons sugar, three tablespoons salt, ten cups of vinegar. Boil two hours.

_Miss Ray Mayer_

INDIAN CHUTNEY

Put together two quarts of chopped apples, two quarts of green tomatoes, one pound of raisins, three cups brown sugar, one cup lemon juice, one small onion chopped, three cups vinegar, one-half a cup salt, one teaspoon cayenne, one tablespoon ginger. Mix and let stand in an earthen dish over night; next morning boil till tender.

_Mrs. Freeman_

CHOW-CHOW PICKLES

Have four large cabbage-heads, one peck of green tomatoes, one quart of onions, one dozen cucumbers, and three green peppers. Chop fine, mix in two handfuls of salt, tie in a strong cheesecloth bag, and drain over night; next morning add one ounce of celery seed, one ounce of mustard seed, half a box of mustard, one pound of sugar. Put in a preserving-kettle, cover with cider vinegar, put over fire, and cook slowly till the pickles are tender, but not till they lose form. If needed, add more vinegar while cooking.

_Mrs. I. Lesser_

SWEET BEET PICKLES

Cook the beets till tender, slip off the skins, and cut into slices; place in glass jars, fill up with spiced syrup boiling hot, and seal.

_Mrs. Silverman_

CITRON-MELON PRESERVES

Peel and slice the melon thin or in small quarters and remove the seeds. To every pound of citron allow one pound of sugar and one-fourth of a pound of ginger-root. Put the melon in water enough to cover; add to this two teaspoons of soda, boil until tender, set to cool. When cold soak in a strong alum water one hour. Make a syrup of one pint of water and two pounds of sugar. Beat the white of one egg to a stiff froth; add this to the sugar and water, stir, let boil, and skim off the egg. As the egg clears the sugar and water, add the ginger-root and melon and cook in this syrup till clear. Put in glass jars (not too full) and cover with the syrup.

_Mrs. I. J. Gordon_

TOMATO CATSUP