Rinse four ounces of sago thoroughly, then soak it in cold water half an hour--turn off the water, and put to it a pint and a half of fresh cold water. Let it soak in it half an ho...
2 ounces semolina. 1/2 pint water. 1 small onion. 2 eggs. 1/2 teaspoon of salt. 1/2 teaspoon sweet herbs. 1/4 teaspoon pepper. 1 ounce butter. Place the semolina, water, chopped on...
Wash eight or ten Scots collops over with egg batter; season and lay over a little forcemeat; roll them up and roast them; make a good ragout for them; garnish with sliced orange.
Twenty ripe tomatoes, six green peppers and four white onions chopped fine, two cups of best wine or cider vinegar, one cup of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of salt, two even teaspoonf...
Mix a pound of white sugar with just sufficient water to make a thick syrup. When the sugar has dissolved, drop in a pound of coriander seed, then drain off the syrup, and put the...
One cup sour milk, tablespoon of molasses, pinch of salt, half teaspoon soda, graham flour.--Mrs. Hugh Parry. * * *
Four ounces of ammonia, four ounces of white Castile soap cut fine, two ounces of alcohol, two ounces of Price's glycerine and two ounces of ether. Put the soap in one quart of wat...
One pound of fine sugar to a pint of juice; run it through a jelly-bag, and boil it for a quarter of an hour; when cold, skim and bottle it.
Select nice, smooth, firm tomatoes, one for each person; blanch them in the usual way, cut a slice from the stem end and remove the core and some of the seeds; set on the ice to ge...
Stir into a pint of good lively yeast a table-spoonful of salt, and rye or wheat flour to make a thick batter. When risen, stir in Indian meal till of the right consistency to roll...
Take a cocoa-nut, which by many is thought far superior to almonds; grate it the long way; put to it some thick syrup, mixing it by degrees. Boil it till it comes to the consistenc...
Let the gammon soak for twenty-four hours in warm water. Boil it tender, but not too much. When hot, score it with your knife; put some pepper on it, and then put it into a dish to...
1 1/2 pints water. 1/2 pint soaked lentils. 3 carrots. 1 turnip. 3 onions. 2 tomatoes. 1/2 teaspoon salt. 1 ounce butter. 1/2 ounce flour. Slice the vegetables, and boil with the l...
Cut your mutton in steaks, and put it into as much water as will cover it. When it is skimmed, add four onions sliced and four large turnips.
Take two pints of peas, one pound of bacon, two bunches of carrots and onions, two bunches of parsley and thyme; moisten the whole with cold water, and let them boil for four hours...
It is frequently necessary to make sandwiches several hours before they are needed. As they dry quickly they must be carefully wrapped or they will be unpalatable. Wring from cold...
Cut slices of brown bread about a half inch thick. Do not remove the crusts. Take a half pint of cottage cheese; press it through a sieve; add to it two tablespoonfuls of melted bu...
Have all the ingredients measured or weighed, the pans lined with paper or oiled, the nuts or fruit prepared, and the flour sifted before beginning to make a cake. Sift the baking...
Gather them while quite small and tender. Keep them in salt and water, till you get through collecting them--changing the water as often as once in four or five days. Then scald th...
1/2 pint soaked lentils. 1/2 pint water. 1/2 pint tomato juice. 1 onion. 1 teaspoon salt. 24 peppercorns. A pinch of mixed herbs. 1/2 ounce flour. 1/2 ounce butter. Simmer the lent...
Ingredients: Partridges, cauliflower, bacon, sausage, fowls' livers, carrots, onions herbs, stock, gravy, butter, Madeira. Cut a cauliflower into quarters, blanch for a few minutes...
Whites of eight eggs well beaten, one and a third cups sugar, one scant half cup butter, three cups sifted flour, one cup sweet milk, one-half teaspoon baking powder mixed in the f...
Two cups of tart cooking apples, chopped, a cup and a half of stale bread crumbs--bakers' bread is the best; four heaping tablespoonfuls of sugar, one generous tablespoonful of but...
Take out the crumb of three French rolls, by first cutting off a piece of the top crust; but be careful to cut it so neatly that the crust fits the place again. Fry the rolls brown...
Ingredients: Snipe, ham, larding bacon, herbs, Marsala, croutons, truffles, cocks' combs, mushrooms, sweetbread, tongue. Truss fourteen snipe and cook them in a mirepoix made with...
One-half box Nelson's gelatine, one pint boiling water, one and a half cups sugar, juice of two lemons. When mixture is cool add beaten whites of eight eggs, and beat until ready t...
2 pint cans of condensed milk 1/2 cupful of seeded raisins 1/2 pound of sugar 24 almonds that have been blanched and chopped 2 ounces of shredded citron 1/4 pound of candied cherri...
To a gallon of water put a quarter of a peck of berries, and three pounds and a half of Lisbon sugar. Steep the berries in water forty hours; after boiling a quarter of an hour, st...
Pare six or eight large potatoes, boil until done, and slice thin while hot. Peel and cut up a white onion in small bits and mix with the potatoes. Cut up some breakfast bacon in s...
Boil ten or twelve medium-sized potatoes, not too soft, cool a little, peel and slice; add pepper and salt, two tablespoons vinegar (be careful with vinegar not to make it too sour...