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THE AUXILIARY COOK BOOK

THE AUXILIARY COOK BOOK

PRICE, FIFTY CENTS PUBLISHED BY THE AUXILIARY SOCIETY OF THE HEBREW SHELTERING GUARDIAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK ORPHAN ASYLUM 1909 As the tender bud requires the sunshine, air, and water for its development, so the child, to unfold all its powers and inborn faculties, requires the sunshine of kindness and sympathy, an atmosphere of love and a rich spiritual and physical nourishment. Who can administer all these elements so essential for the blossoming of the child’s soul more tenderly than a mother?

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INTRODUCTORY

INTRODUCTORY

This valuable Cook Book is the product of the zeal and energy of the ladies comprising the Auxiliary of the Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society of New York Orphan Asylum, who have labored in a noble cause for the benefit of their Cottage Fund. In compiling this work the members have exercised the greatest care in contributing their best and tried recipes, and have attached their signatures thereto. The Household Hints will form a valuable addition to every home. The Committee extend their sincere

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DIRECTIONS FOR SOUPS

DIRECTIONS FOR SOUPS

Iron, agate, or porcelain kettles should be used for making soups. Meats for soups should be put to cook in cold water, boiled gently, and the required quantity of salt added at first, to extract the juices of the meat and cause the scum to rise. Allow one quart of water, one teaspoon salt for each pound of meat. Remove all scum carefully before vegetables are added. All grease should be removed before the vegetables are added. It is well to cook meat the day before the soup is wanted, that the

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GUMBO SOUP

GUMBO SOUP

Have bouillon quantity required for family. Take giblets, end of wings, and necks of poultry. Then add sliced gumbo, also one tomato, one or two Chili peppers. Stew all this for a few moments, then add little by little bouillon, and let boil one and one-half hour. Serve soup with a bowl of dry rice. E. L. S....

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MOCK BISQUE SOUP

MOCK BISQUE SOUP

One good lump of butter, one big tablespoon flour; let this brown. Add milk as much as is needed for soup. Now take one can of tomatoes; boil; pass through a colander; season with salt and pepper, and sweeten with a pinch of soda; before serving, mix with milk....

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OX-TAIL SOUP

OX-TAIL SOUP

Two pounds of beef and two ox tails, one large onion, celery, two carrots, one turnip and parsley; boil in one gallon of water for three hours, slowly but steadily; season, strain. You may then add noodles, rice, or any other thing you like, such as peas, dumplings, etc. Mrs. Jake Brown...

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JULIENNE SOUP

JULIENNE SOUP

Cut carrots and turnips into quarter-inch pieces the shape of dice, also celery into thin slices, asparagus tips, peas, and string beans cut into small uniform pieces. Cover all this with water and season well with salt and pepper; let cook until tender. In another saucepan have your soup stock to boiling-point, to which add the cooked vegetables; more seasoning if necessary. Serve hot. Mrs. H. J. Sower...

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RICE SOUP

RICE SOUP

May be made with either beef or mutton stock, also by adding all kinds of vegetables. Boil one-half cup of rice in double boiler. Strain the soup; add the rice and let boil one-half hour longer. Mrs. Greenberg...

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TOMATO SOUP

TOMATO SOUP

One can tomatoes, one teaspoon celery salt, one teaspoon salt, sprig of parsley, one pint hot water, one onion, one-fourth cup butter, one and one-half tablespoon flour, one teaspoon sugar, cup milk. Boil tomatoes with onion and water twenty minutes; heat butter and flour together; add milk while hot; strain tomatoes into hot milk and flour; then add all the other ingredients. Serve with croutons or rice. Mrs. Shipley...

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OYSTER SOUP

OYSTER SOUP

Take as much milk as you want soup. Let come to a boil; stir in one-half cup of fine cracker meal, add one quart of fresh oysters, a lump of butter. Let come to a boil but once. Then remove from the fire; season with salt and pepper; serve with oyster crackers. Mrs. Haines...

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CREAM TOMATO SOUP

CREAM TOMATO SOUP

One-half can tomatoes, a piece of butter the size of an egg, one-half teaspoon of saleratus or soda, two tablespoons of cracker meal, salt to taste. Boil tomatoes one-half hour; strain; then put on the fire, add the butter, cracker meal, and soda. Heat one cup of milk to each plate of soup, which pour into the tomatoes; after the soda sizzles add salt to taste. Mrs. Max Kohn...

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NOODLE SOUP

NOODLE SOUP

Have your soup boiling, put in desired quantity of GOODMAN’S noodles, and boil for ten minutes uncovered....

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EGG BALLS FOR SOUP

EGG BALLS FOR SOUP

Boil five eggs till hard, that is, about twenty minutes, and then put them in cold water. Peel, cut the whites in rings, mash the yolks with two raw yolks, add one-half a teaspoon of salt, a few drops of onion juice, a dash of cayenne. Form into small balls like marbles, and drop into boiling soup two minutes before the soup is taken off the fire; add also the rings made from the whites of the eggs. Mrs. A. Herz...

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SUET BALLS FOR SOUP

SUET BALLS FOR SOUP

Have half a cup of suet finely chopped and freed from skin. To this add one-half teaspoon of salt, pepper as you wish, and half a cup of flour. Mix and add ice water, a few drops at a time, while you stir. When you have a stiff paste, not wet and soggy, but merely sticking together, form in little balls like small marbles, drop in boiling soup, and cook from five to seven minutes before serving. Mrs. A. M. Solomon...

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MEAT BALLS FOR SOUP

MEAT BALLS FOR SOUP

One pound fine-chopped meat; add two eggs, salt, pepper to taste, one onion chopped fine, parsley, bread crumbs to keep together; fry; strain soup, and put in balls before serving. Miss Ray Mayer...

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BREAD FINGERS FOR SOUP

BREAD FINGERS FOR SOUP

Cut off the crusts of stale slices of bread, cut the bread in fingers about four inches long and three-quarters of an inch wide; lay in a dripping-pan and toast a golden brown in a moderate oven. R. I. F....

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THINGS WORTH KNOWING ABOUT FISH

THINGS WORTH KNOWING ABOUT FISH

Fish that has white flesh requires about ten minutes to the pound in boiling and fifteen minutes in baking. The old idea that fish is a “brain” food was long since proved to be without foundation, but it has not yet been proved that an overdiet of fish does not lead to skin troubles. Never buy a fish that has dull eyes, white gills, or soft, spongy flesh. When a fish is fresh, the eyes are bright, the gills red and the flesh firm and odorless. Lobsters and crabs, if alive, should be lively, or,

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SOAKING SALT FISH

SOAKING SALT FISH

By bad soaking the fish is sometimes spoiled, made flabby and tasteless, and voted a failure, when, if properly cooked and treated, it would be appetizing. Use cold water or milk, and keep while soaking in a cool place. Mrs. H. A. S....

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BROILED MACKEREL

BROILED MACKEREL

Follow the directions for soaking given in the foregoing recipe. Wipe the fish dry; brush it lightly with olive oil; lay it on the broiler with skin side up first, then broil quickly. Lay on a hot platter, squeeze one-half lemon over it and send it to the table at once. A few sprigs of watercress or crisp red radishes go well with broiled mackerel. Mrs. E. F. Jones...

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CODFISH BALL

CODFISH BALL

One cup of soft boiled potatoes mashed while hot and fresh into half a cup of shredded codfish. Fish and potatoes should be well mashed together, seasoned with one tablespoon of butter and a beaten egg, dropped into a pan of boiling-hot lard or fat, and fried until a delicate brown. When lifted from fat, they should drain a moment on brown paper and go to the table hot. Mrs. A. Cooper...

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CODFISH SPANISH STYLE

CODFISH SPANISH STYLE

One tablespoonful oil, onions, parsley, a little flour, tomatoes and Chili. Fry this all together; add enough water to make as much gravy as you wish; season to taste; add codfish and let boil until tender. E. L. S....

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SCHARF FISH

SCHARF FISH

One kitchen spoonful of lucca or olive oil. Let same get very hot; add a chopped onion; let brown; then add two tablespoonfuls of flour; also brown this. Now slowly stir in three cups of cold water so as not to lump. When this is stirred smoothly add chopped parsley, one toe of garlic, salt, pepper, and a large tomato cut in quarters. Now add your sliced fish and let boil until tender. Serve cold. Mrs. H. A. S....

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FISH AU GRATIN

FISH AU GRATIN

Trout, blue, or any whole fish may be used. Have onion, garlic and parsley chopped finely together. Line bottom of dish with cracker crumbs, parsley, etc.; put your fish in dish and repeat the parsley, crumbs, etc. Then pour over this one cup of white wine or sherry, one cup of bouillon, pepper, salt, one tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce; put small pieces of butter on top. Bake in hot oven from thirty to forty minutes. Before serving garnish with round slices of lemon and finely chopped parsle

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MACKEREL WITH HACHEE SAUCE

MACKEREL WITH HACHEE SAUCE

Cut fresh mackerel in pieces about three inches square; flatten with a wet knife; place in buttered pan, season with salt, pepper, and a little lemon juice. Cover with buttered paper, bake ten minutes. Sauce: Mix a teaspoon each of hashed mushrooms, small onions and parsley in a cup of vinegar with cayenne pepper; heat until vinegar is almost absorbed, then add four tablespoonfuls of soup stock and the chopped mushrooms. Boil gently; add a tablespoonful capers, two chopped gherkins; simmer until

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FILET OF SOLE À LA MOUQUIN

FILET OF SOLE À LA MOUQUIN

Thoroughly wash and pick over a pound of spinach, put it over the fire with no more water than clings to the leaves and cook for ten minutes. At the end of that time drain the spinach and chop it fine. Have ready thin filets of flounders, halibut, or whitefish. Cover them with acidulated warm water—a slice of lemon in the water is all that is wanted—and add a slice of onion, a sprig of parsley and a bit of bay leaf. Simmer for ten minutes and drain. Put the minced spinach into the bottom of a bu

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FILETS OF HADDOCK

FILETS OF HADDOCK

A medium-sized fish is bought and cut in filets. Then it is washed, dried, cut into strips, and covered for an hour with salt, pepper, minced parsley, olive oil, and a teaspoonful of anchovy sauce. At the end of that time the fish is rolled in flour, then is brushed with beaten egg, dipped in bread crumbs and rolled into little rolls tied with a thread. The rolls are then fried in deep fat. The fish is served with slices of lemon sprinkled with parsley. Mrs. H. Moss...

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OYSTER CANAPÉS

OYSTER CANAPÉS

One cup cream, four tablespoonfuls bread crumbs, one tablespoon butter, one pint of oysters, paprika, a little nutmeg and salt. Boil the cream, add the bread crumbs, then the butter. Chop the oysters fine; add oysters, then season, add a little chopped parsley. Serve hot on buttered toast with olives and a little gherkin. Mrs. Joe Newman...

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LOBSTER À LA AMERICAINE

LOBSTER À LA AMERICAINE

Boil live lobster (that has been thoroughly washed) in the following for forty minutes: two quarts water, parsley, onions, thyme, one bay leaf, pepper, salt. Remove lobster, separate it, leaving meat in shell. Chop one onion, one bay leaf, thyme, red pepper, garlic, parsley; melt one tablespoon butter and cook the above chopped herbs until yellow; thicken with flour, add enough water to make plenty of sauce, pepper, and salt. Place lobster in this; cook twenty minutes. Serve on large platter, ve

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LOBSTER À LA NEWBURG

LOBSTER À LA NEWBURG

Three lobsters, one-half cup sherry, one cup of cream, one tablespoonful butter, yolks of three eggs. Boil live lobsters twenty minutes in salt water; when cool pick out the meat, put it in the wine and butter, and let cook three minutes, always stirring; then add cream, and let scald; add salt, pepper and yolks of the eggs. Mrs. D. Tim...

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DEVILED CRABS (FOR TWELVE)

DEVILED CRABS (FOR TWELVE)

Pick twelve crabs or one can crab meat, one-half teaspoon salt, one-half pint cream, one and one-half tablespoon butter, one tablespoon flour, chopped parsley, a little cayenne. Put cream into double boiler; when it is scalded add butter and flour after it has been rubbed together till smooth; add parsley, then crab meat; fill shells, put bread crumbs on top, with small piece of butter. Bake until light brown. Mrs. Shipley...

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BROWN FRICASSEE OF OYSTERS

BROWN FRICASSEE OF OYSTERS

Melt one-fourth cup of butter; in this cook two slices of onion, a sprig or two of parsley, three slices of carrot and one-fourth of a green pepper pod cut in strips until browned. In the meantime scald one quart of oysters and drain carefully; cook one-third cup flour in the butter with the vegetables until well browned; add one cup of oyster liquor and one-half cup of cream. Stir constantly until the sauce thickens, then strain over the drained oysters; let heat over boiling water. Serve hot i

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OYSTER OR LOBSTER COCKTAIL

OYSTER OR LOBSTER COCKTAIL

Cut the boiled lobster into cubes with a silver knife and for each glass allow a tablespoonful of Chili sauce, a tablespoonful of tomato catsup, a teaspoonful of lemon juice, two teaspoonfuls of horseradish, and a few drops of Worcestershire sauce. Serve the lobster around the glasses containing the sauce or in the sauce as preferred. Use low cocktail glasses in cracked ice. Mrs. Baum...

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DRY OYSTER STEW

DRY OYSTER STEW

Take six to twelve oysters, cook them in one-half pint of their own liquor, season with salt and white pepper and butter; cook for five minutes, stirring all the time. Serve in bowls or soup plates. Mrs. Marx...

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BROILED OYSTERS

BROILED OYSTERS

Dry a quart of oysters in a cloth; dip each oyster in melted butter well peppered, then in beaten egg or in cracker crumbs; broil on a wire broiler; from three to five minutes. Dip over each a little melted butter. Serve hot with slices of lemon. Mrs. Blum...

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ROAST CLAMS IN SHELL

ROAST CLAMS IN SHELL

Roast in a pan over a hot fire or in a hot oven. When they crack open, empty the juice into a saucepan, add the clams, with butter, pepper, and a little salt. Mrs. Hirsch...

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SOFT-SHELL CRABS

SOFT-SHELL CRABS

Take out the sand-bags and pull out the spongy substance from the sides. Wash and wipe dry; roll in cracker meal which has been seasoned, then dip in a beaten egg. Then have a deep frying-pan ready filled with seething hot butter, and fry brown. Serve very hot and garnish. Mrs. Greenberg...

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ROAST SNIPE

ROAST SNIPE

After drawing and cleaning the birds fill each one with a piece of well-buttered bread; season with salt and pepper. Fasten a piece of bacon around each bird, catching it together. Place the birds in a shallow pan, and almost cover with port wine. To this add a tablespoon of butter. Baste every ten minutes. Bake one-half hour in a steady oven. Mrs. Erlanger...

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BROILED QUAIL

BROILED QUAIL

Dress and rinse the quail in cold water; wipe dry. Open them down the back. Lay on a wire frame in shallow pan, with breast turned down. Cook slowly in gas stove under the flame. Dissolve three tablespoons butter in one-half cup water in a pie plate. When the quail are cooking turn them in this butter every five minutes in order to baste and make juicy. When cooked through turn the birds over and brown the breasts. When finished pour melted butter over them, and season with salt and pepper. Serv

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CHICKEN WITH RICE

CHICKEN WITH RICE

Procure a young fowl, prepare it as for fricasseeing and put it into a pot, with a sliced onion, a red pepper cut into pieces and salt and hot water enough to keep it from burning. Simmer the fowl slowly for about an hour. Then turn in two cupfuls of canned tomatoes and cook very slowly for another hour. At the end of that time add a cupful of rice and cook slowly for three-quarters of an hour longer, until the chicken is very tender and the rice done. Season with parsley minced very fine and se

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CHICKEN CURRY

CHICKEN CURRY

Chop two large onions, fry in butter till brown; add a young chicken which has been cut in small pieces, one tablespoon curry, three fresh tomatoes or one cup canned tomatoes, salt and pepper to taste. Cover and let simmer for one hour. Then add one cup milk; let boil up once. Bank the rim of a platter with boiled rice and pour the curry in the centre. Mrs. Buxbaum...

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ROAST TURKEY

ROAST TURKEY

Select a fat turkey, draw, singe, and wash it. Save the giblets; wash and clean them and put them on in water to boil. Dress the turkey, season with salt and pepper, and before placing in the oven pour over it hot melted butter to close the skin. Pour in a little water and roast about two and a half hours, basting frequently. Chop the giblets when tender. Brown a little butter and flour, add salt, pepper, the chopped giblets and the water in which they have been cooked. To this add the gravy in

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ROAST GOOSE

ROAST GOOSE

A goose should be prepared the same as turkey, only no butter should be used as there is always a great deal of fat, most of which must be removed from the pan before the water is added....

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ROAST DUCK

ROAST DUCK

Ducks require the same treatment as geese....

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POULTRY DRESSING

POULTRY DRESSING

Bread crumbs broken fine and seasoned with salt and pepper, onion juice, and chopped parsley. For ducks and geese add a little sage. Butter should be added to give smoothness. Add two well-beaten eggs and mix thoroughly....

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CHICKEN CASSEROLE

CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Cut up the chicken in portions, using liver, gizzard, and heart also. Have a stone casserole with a cover (or a good-sized covered saucepan). Place in the bottom of the casserole a good-sized piece of butter, with this add an onion or two cut in small pieces, one carrot, half a turnip, a bit of parsley, a bit of celery top, which give a delicious flavor. First put in butter, a few bits of the onion, and the pieces of chicken; cook flat on the bottom of casserole for five minutes to become a gold

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PRESSED CHICKEN

PRESSED CHICKEN

Cook a fowl in just water enough to keep it from burning until the meat loosens from the bones. After it has cooled pick it to pieces and mix the light and dark meat. Boil till hard two eggs; slice thin and add to the picked up chicken. Boil down the water in which the chicken was cooked till it fills a small teacup; add a little pepper, butter and salt. Mix all with the picked up chicken; put in a mould or bowl; put on a weight to press, and set in a cool place. When time to serve tip the chick

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CROWN ROAST OF MUTTON

CROWN ROAST OF MUTTON

In the centre of your crown roast lay chopped mutton or lamb well seasoned and mixed with bread crumbs, one-third crumbs, two-thirds meat; salt the roast and bake, basting often and allowing an hour and a quarter to one and one-half hour. Serve with green peas and mashed potatoes. Mrs. Haines...

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BEEFSTEAK EN CASSEROLE

BEEFSTEAK EN CASSEROLE

Use two pounds of round steak cut one and one-half inches thick. Heat a frying-pan, rub over the surface with fat from the meat. Fry steak on both sides. Put the meat into the casserole; put in also twelve or more each of carrots and turnips cut into shapes of marbles or balls; also add one dozen small onions, nicely peeled, a tablespoonful of kitchen bouquet, a generous pint of soup stock; cover and let cook gently for one and one-half hours. After cooking one hour salt and add a little more st

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FRICASSEE TRIPE

FRICASSEE TRIPE

To one pint of boiling milk or cream add one pound of boiled tripe which has been cut into pieces one inch square, season with chopped onion, one teaspoonful minced parsley, one-half teaspoon salt, pepper, a little cayenne, three pieces of mace. Let simmer for fifteen minutes; thicken with two tablespoonfuls of flour stirred into one tablespoon of butter. Serve on thin toast. Mrs. M. Steinberg...

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BAKED CALF’S LIVER

BAKED CALF’S LIVER

Dust with flour two pounds of liver; leave liver whole. Lay in a deep pan, season with pepper, salt, and chopped onion. Lay across the top several slices of bacon, add two cups of tomatoes juice, with which baste the liver while it is baking. Bake in a moderate oven until liver is tender enough to pierce with a fork. Before serving squeeze the juice of a lemon over the whole. Mrs. H. Lang...

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KIDNEY STEW

KIDNEY STEW

Wash very thoroughly two beef kidneys, remove the skin and fat. Cut in thin slices and put in a quart of cold water. Parboil, throw out the water, put in fresh water, and boil gently for two hours. Then season with salt and pepper and thicken with flour to form a smooth gravy. Serve on a platter surrounded by a wall of mashed potatoes or on pieces of toast. Mrs. Jonas...

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POT ROAST

POT ROAST

Rib, sirloin, or rump can be used. Have bone removed and meat rolled. Put meat into a round-bottom pot. Brown the beef on one side, then on the other. Then add one pint of boiling water, and a piece of suet; salt when half done. Cover tight, cook tender. When done pour out the liquor, and thicken with browned flour, a tablespoon or more stirred into the gravy to which you may have to add more water. When thickened, strain and add a little pepper. Mrs. Roose...

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BROILED CHOP FOR INVALID

BROILED CHOP FOR INVALID

French a rib chop by scraping the long part of the bone until all the fat is removed. Lay on clean buttered paper the shape of the chop and cut double, fold the paper over so as to form a case; place on a pan and broil for six minutes. Serve at once. Mrs. Sontheim...

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BURGEAU (FRENCH)

BURGEAU (FRENCH)

With lamb, veal, or chicken, cut into small pieces all vegetables in season, take potatoes, cut same as meat, put into pot and cover with water, let boil three or four hours, then add can of tomatoes and same of green peas, then let simmer one hour more. Thicken with a little brown flour. Mrs. Fragner...

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BEEF TONGUE WITH OLIVES

BEEF TONGUE WITH OLIVES

Wash clean a tongue and let stand in boiling water for ten minutes. Then put in a casserole without peeling, add different vegetables and small pieces of salt pork. This may be left out if not desired. Salt and cover with water, and one glass of white wine. Let cook gently for two hours; now peel tongue, strain the sauce and thicken with flour; return tongue to the gravy and ten minutes before serving add one pint of pitted olives. Mrs. H. A. S....

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BOILED TONGUE

BOILED TONGUE

Wash a tongue well, rub with salt, then put on to boil; after boiling ten minutes remove from fire, and take off the skin, put on again in clear water and let boil slowly until tender. Season tongue with whole allspice, pepper, also onions, a little vinegar to taste. When boiled soft add thin slices of lemon and thicken with ginger snaps. Mrs. Max Kohn When breading chops, cutlets or frying fish use A. Goodman &amp; Son’s Matzoth Meal....

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FISH

FISH

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MASHED POTATOES

MASHED POTATOES

Peel potatoes of uniform size, cover with boiling water, and cook until tender, salting the water in which they are cooked when the potatoes are about half done. Drain off the water, then with a fork or wire potato-masher beat to a fluff in the same saucepan in which they have been cooked. When entirely free from lumps add for every pint of potatoes about one-third of a cup of hot milk, a tablespoonful of butter, and salt and pepper to season. Whip until as light as a feather. Heap in a hot dish

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SCALLOPED TOMATOES

SCALLOPED TOMATOES

Season one can tomatoes with one teaspoonful onions, chopped; two dashes pepper, one teaspoonful salt. Begin by covering bottom of baking dish with bread crumbs, spread with bits of butter and a layer of tomatoes. Follow with a second layer of bread crumbs and tomatoes. Cover the top with buttered crumbs and bake in oven until a light brown. Mrs. Niprut...

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HASHED BROWN POTATOES

HASHED BROWN POTATOES

Chop cold boiled potatoes and season them to taste with salt, pepper, and a little onion juice. Put a couple of tablespoonfuls of drippings in the frying-pan, turn in the potatoes, press them into a solid cake, and cook them very slowly until they are covered on the under side with a brown crust. Turn them out onto a plate with the brown side upward. Mrs. Israel...

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SUCCOTASH

SUCCOTASH

Cut from the cob enough green corn to fill a pint measure; then take two-thirds of a pint of Lima beans; let them stew in enough water to cover them. When tender season with butter, pepper, and salt; if too thin, thicken with flour. Mrs. Solomon...

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SPINACH

SPINACH

Pick over your spinach carefully and wash in several waters. Let boil for fifteen minutes. Drain, then chop very fine; season with salt. Put on a pan, add a little fat or butter, rub a teaspoonful flour in same, add the spinach, also a little soup stock. Just before serving add the beaten egg; garnish with hard-boiled eggs. Mrs. Hirsch...

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GREEN PEAS

GREEN PEAS

If canned peas are used, heat, add a teaspoonful of sugar, some chopped parsley and a teaspoonful flour to thicken, a piece of fresh butter. Mrs. Frank...

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OYSTER PLANT

OYSTER PLANT

Scrape the roots and lay in cold water at once; cut in thin slices; put into a stew-pan with enough salt water to cover them. Stew until tender. Pour off the water, add milk and let boil for ten minutes, add butter, salt, and pepper, and thicken with flour. Mrs. Ball...

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ROAST SWEET POTATOES

ROAST SWEET POTATOES

Pare, cut lengthwise, salt, and put them around roast meat or poultry of any kind. Roast three-quarters of an hour or until brown. Mrs. Freedman...

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STEWED TOMATOES

STEWED TOMATOES

Let tomatoes cook slowly for ten minutes. Season with salt, pepper, a lump of butter, and a teaspoonful of brown sugar. Do not allow them to cook but a few minutes longer; if the sauce is too thin, thicken with a little corn starch. Mrs. Goodman...

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STEWED BEETS

STEWED BEETS

Boil first, then scrape and slice them. Put beets into a stewing-pan with a piece of butter rolled in flour, some boiled onion and parsley chopped fine, a little vinegar, salt, and pepper. Let stew one-quarter of an hour. Mrs. M. Cohen...

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BAKED BEETS

BAKED BEETS

Beets retain their sugar if baked instead of boiled. Turn with a knife frequently, as fork allows juice to run out. Remove skin, slice, and serve with butter, salt, and pepper on slices....

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RICE AND OKRA

RICE AND OKRA

Wash one quart of okra pods and slice. Then strain three-fourths of a cup of canned tomatoes, pressing the pulp through a sieve. Put this all into a pot with two cupfuls of meat stock, a large onion sliced, a red pepper cut fine (remove the seeds), salt and white pepper. Let simmer for three-quarters of an hour. In the meantime boil one cup of rice; drain and dry the rice in the oven with the door open; add last one tablespoon of powdered gumbo to the okra, turn around the rice, which is heaped

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MACARONI

MACARONI

To cook GOODMAN’S macaroni properly have plenty of salted water boiling, then boil the macaroni rapidly (uncovered) until tender, which generally takes twenty to twenty-five minutes. Always put the macaroni in boiling water and never add cold water while boiling....

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BOILED MACARONI

BOILED MACARONI

Break the package of GOODMAN’S macaroni in convenient lengths into a deep vessel, nearly filled with boiled salted water. Boil till tender, stirring occasionally from the bottom. When cooked, drain off the water through a colander, then add one-half cup milk; place on the fire till it boils, then stir in a little flour, add a piece of butter and serve....

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MACARONI WITH MILK

MACARONI WITH MILK

Boil GOODMAN’S macaroni in salted water for ten minutes, then drain and blanch in cold water. Boil some milk and water in equal proportion, then put in the macaroni, which should be just covered. If in boiling, the liquid should diminish, add some warm milk. When done put in saucepan with a little butter on top and put in the oven to brown. Mrs. Grunthal...

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ITALIAN SPAGHETTI

ITALIAN SPAGHETTI

One tablespoonful of butter, one of flour, one teaspoonful of salt, and one-quarter teaspoonful of pepper. When melted and mixed add three-quarters cup of strained tomatoes and stir until smooth; add one tablespoonful of meat juice and stir until dissolved. Put layer of GOODMAN’S boiled macaroni (one-half pound in all), the sauce and grated cheese in a heated dish and stand in open oven for five minutes. Mrs. B. Smidth...

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NOODLES

NOODLES

Have boiling water ready; put in the desired quantity of GOODMAN’S noodles; allow to boil uncovered for ten minutes; drain through colander. Shake well to allow all water to escape; then place in baking dish, over top sprinkle matzoth meal and lumps of butter put in oven, and slightly brown. Serve. Mrs. F. Levy Miss Ray Mayer...

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MUSHROOM FRICASSEE

MUSHROOM FRICASSEE

Sauté three pounds of fresh mushrooms, a few at a time, in butter until half done. Then cook a tablespoonful of flour in a tablespoonful of butter, then add a cup of cream; when this comes to a boil, add the mushrooms. Cook slowly for fifteen minutes; flavor with a tablespoon or two of sherry or Madeira wine. Mrs. Solomon...

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EGGS AU GRATIN

EGGS AU GRATIN

Butter individual ramequins and put a layer of sliced hard-boiled eggs into the bottom of each. Dot the top with dabs of butter and sprinkle with grated cheese. Add another layer of eggs, butter, and cheese, and so on, until the dish is filled. Sprinkle the top with buttered crumbs and bake until they are brown—about ten minutes. Mrs. H. J. Sower...

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CELERY AND OYSTERS ON TOAST

CELERY AND OYSTERS ON TOAST

Three stalks celery, one quart oysters (drain off some liquor). Cut celery in small pieces, boil till tender in salt water. Let oysters come to a boil; season to taste. Make a rich cream sauce, quite thick. Mix all together, oysters, celery, and cream sauce (season). Fry slices of bread in hot butter and serve on same. E. L....

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CALVES’ BRAINS À LA VINAIGRETTE

CALVES’ BRAINS À LA VINAIGRETTE

Wash the brains carefully in lukewarm water, rejecting all the small membranes, then soak for an hour in cold water to which a tablespoonful of vinegar and a good pinch of salt have been added. Then drop into boiling water or veal broth, seasoned with a little onion and a blade of mace. Simmer about eighteen minutes, drain, and serve with sauce vinaigrette. This consists of the yolks of two hard-boiled eggs chopped and pressed through a sieve, a tablespoonful chopped parsley, and a tablespoonful

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MINCED CHICKEN ON TOAST

MINCED CHICKEN ON TOAST

Have ready slices of hot toast spread with butter and covered with a well-seasoned mixture of minced chicken and mushrooms moistened with a little white sauce. Cut the slices in rounds with a biscuit-cutter, and on each place a poached egg that has also been cut round. Over the whole turn a cream sauce thickened mainly with the yolks of eggs. For the sauce cook together a level tablespoonful of flour and a tablespoonful of butter, and add a cupful of hot milk. When the sauce is limpid stir in th

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CHICKEN TIMBALES

CHICKEN TIMBALES

Take the white meat of a chicken and chop very fine; use a little cream to dampen. Heat one pint of milk, add to this a small piece of butter, thicken with flour, add the chicken, take from the fire, add cream, a little bread crumbs, pepper, salt. Line the forms with truffles or mushrooms, and fill with the mixture. Bake one-half hour. Serve with either cream or tomato sauce. Mrs. H. A. S....

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STUFFED PEPPERS

STUFFED PEPPERS

One roasted chicken, one and one-half cup of cracker crumbs, one cup of Edam cheese grated, one onion, six tomatoes, slice of butter, one can mushrooms, one pint olives; chop all fine; season. Remove seeds from twelve large peppers, then stuff. Bake slowly for one hour; serve hot with potato chips....

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ENTRÉE SURPRISE

ENTRÉE SURPRISE

Make a puff paste; roll out thin; fill with brains, oysters, shrimps, or sweetbreads; fry in hot fat until a light brown; season meats first before filling dough. Serve hot with slices of lemon....

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SCALLOPED TOMATOES

SCALLOPED TOMATOES

Pare and slice some large tomatoes. Put in a pudding-dish, a layer of bread crumbs, season with bits of butter, pepper, salt, and a little sugar. Put on this a layer of tomatoes. Repeat the process until the dish is nearly full with tomatoes on top. Strew with bread crumbs, cover, and bake one and one-half hour. Remove cover and brown before serving. Miss Ray Mayer...

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TO CHOOSE AND PREPARE SWEETBREADS

TO CHOOSE AND PREPARE SWEETBREADS

In picking out sweetbreads choose the larger, plumper, and fleshier. Be careful that they are perfectly fresh; of all meats they stand keeping least well. Rinse and put them in lukewarm water to lie fifteen minutes, then cover with slightly salted cold water. The sudden change of temperature blanches them. Cut the sweetbreads apart, cut out the pipe, and take off the skin. They are now ready for creaming or other cooking. Mrs. J. I. Asch...

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CREAMED SWEETBREADS

CREAMED SWEETBREADS

Carefully choose a pair of fresh sweetbreads, trim off their fat, and follow the above directions for parboiling. Cut them in small pieces, and simmer twenty minutes in only enough water to make a steam. Then add a cup of rich milk, rub smooth a tablespoon of flour and a tablespoon of butter; moisten with some of the milk from the saucepan, add a pinch of salt; stir all together over a moderate fire until the flour thickens. Serve with French peas. Mrs. Sig. Sondheim...

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SWEETBREADS WITH OYSTERS

SWEETBREADS WITH OYSTERS

Wash free from skin and pipes; blanch them according to directions in foregoing recipe. Take three dozen oysters, three pair of sweetbreads. Put the sweetbreads in a saucepan, add the liquor from the oysters, add also two tablespoons of butter, and set to simmer till the sweetbreads are done. When done pour in half a cup of cream into which a tablespoon of flour has been stirred. Bring to a boil, drop in the oysters, and heat through or until the edges curl. Mrs. H. J. Sower...

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SWEETBREADS WITH TOMATOES

SWEETBREADS WITH TOMATOES

Stew a quart of tomatoes. When they are cooked put through a sieve; you will then have a thick sauce. Have your sweetbreads prepared according to foregoing directions. Lay them in the tomato sauce, add salt, pepper, and nutmeg to taste, and set over fire. As the sauce heats add half a cup of butter into which you have stirred a tablespoon of flour. Let the sweetbreads cook in a gentle simmer in the tomatoes about forty minutes. Serve on buttered toast or without, as you prefer. Mrs. M. Lichtenst

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FRICASSEED SWEETBREADS

FRICASSEED SWEETBREADS

Cut sweetbreads into slices and let them simmer in rich gravy for three-quarters of an hour. Add one well-beaten egg, two tablespoonfuls of cream, and one teaspoonful of chopped parsley. Stir all together for a few minutes and serve immediately. Mrs. M. Cohen...

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WELSH RABBIT

WELSH RABBIT

Put one pound of fresh American cheese cut in small pieces in the chafing-dish over flame or hot-water pan. As it melts press and stir with the back of a spoon. When nearly soft add two tablespoons of butter, red pepper, salt, and mustard to taste; then add half a cup of cream; stir until smooth. Add two well-beaten eggs, stir hard for a moment. Put cover on the dish. Let mixture rest with flame turned on for two or three seconds, then put out the flame; leave a few seconds longer without stirri

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FONDUE

FONDUE

Mix together seven ounces of cheese cut fine, two ounces of rolled cracker or bread crumbs, two ounces of softened butter. Pour over this one pint of sweet milk which has come to a boil, and stir. Next add yolks of three eggs beaten and a little salt. Keep warm till dissolved, then add beaten whites of eggs stirred in lightly with a fork. Grease a pudding-dish, pour the mixture into this. Bake twenty minutes in an upper oven. Serve at once. Mrs. J. Bauman...

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RAMEQUINS

RAMEQUINS

Beat three eggs into an ounce of melted butter, that is, butter should be soft, not brown. Then add two ounces of grated American cheese. Bake in small individuals and serve hot in ramequins. Mrs. R. De Lue...

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SPANISH OMELET

SPANISH OMELET

Add a little finely chopped onion, squares of tomatoes, and Chili peppers cut in small pieces. Use as many eggs as wanted. Season to taste. Mrs. H. H. Dittenhoefer...

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JELLY OMELET

JELLY OMELET

Omelets spread with jelly, currant, grape, or crab apple are all tasty and wholesome. Mrs. F. Hurtig...

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STUFFED EGGS

STUFFED EGGS

Boil six eggs hard; when cold cut in halves. Remove yolks. Cut a small piece from the bottom so they will stand; put the yolks in a bowl, mash into a paste, and season with salt, a pinch of cayenne, a little mustard, a little sugar, vinegar, cream, and olive oil. Be careful not to add too much vinegar. Fill the whites and pile on top. Serve on crisp lettuce leaves with mayonnaise. Miss H. Asch...

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EGGS À LA FRANÇAISE

EGGS À LA FRANÇAISE

Make a cream sauce with a small piece of butter, a little flour, and milk. Season well. Break an egg in a custard cup, pour the sauce over the egg and sprinkle the top with grated Swiss cheese. Bake au bain Marie in an even oven until a light brown. Mrs. D. Strauss...

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EGGS WITH TOMATO SAUCE

EGGS WITH TOMATO SAUCE

Melt three tablespoonfuls of butter. Cook in this two slices of onion, a little parsley, and a small piece of green pepper. When browned slightly add two tablespoons of flour. Cook until frothy. Add a cup of tomatoes (cooked). Stir until it boils, then strain. Put one or two tablespoonfuls of sauce in each ramequin. Break an egg over the sauce. Cook in a hot oven for five minutes, or until the egg is set. Put a little of the sauce kept hot over the eggs and serve at once. Mrs. H. A. S....

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CHICKEN AND MUSHROOMS

CHICKEN AND MUSHROOMS

Melt two tablespoons butter. When hot add two tablespoons of chopped onion and one-half can of mushrooms finely chopped. Let cook five minutes, add one cup of milk into which one and one-half tablespoon of flour has been stirred. Cook all together. When thick and smooth add one cup of chicken meat, cut into small pieces or dice. Heat through, season with salt and pepper. Serve on buttered toast or in ramequins. Mrs. Strauss...

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SUGGESTIONS FOR SALADS

SUGGESTIONS FOR SALADS

To keep the salad-oil cruet clear and sweet add a tablespoonful of salt to a quart of oil. The oil will not taste of the salt, as the latter will not dissolve but will sink to and settle at the bottom of the cruet. In mixing salads the oil should be added first and thoroughly spread before adding the other ingredients and mixing. Salads which are very moist and cooling—particularly cucumber—should have an extra pinch of pepper added to counteract the chilling effect on the eater’s stomach. Cold

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LOBSTER SALAD

LOBSTER SALAD

Remove the meat of a lobster, reserving the creamy fat adhering to the body shell and coral. Shred the lobster with a silver fork. Cut the tender white part of celery into pieces the same size, allowing one-third as much as the amount of meat. Arrange the crisp leaves of lettuce in an oval platter with the larger green on the outer edge decorated with the claws. Mix the meat and celery with enough mayonnaise to moisten and heap in the centre the coral, pounded and passed through a sieve and mixe

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VEGETABLE SALAD

VEGETABLE SALAD

Take cold vegetables which have been boiled, such as cauliflower, asparagus, beans, peas, and potatoes; cut into small pieces, season well with salt, paprika, and a little mayonnaise; serve on lettuce leaves with mayonnaise; garnish with hard-boiled eggs; cut into quarters and olives. Mrs. M. Wolff...

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SARDINE SALAD

SARDINE SALAD

Boil one-half a dozen eggs for half hour. Take from fire and let stand in cold water until cold. Remove shells and cut in half; remove yolks, put into a bowl, and rub to a cream; add one-fourth teaspoonful dry mustard, dash of cayenne, salt, and a little lemon juice and twelve sardines scraped fine, after removing skin and bone. Mix smooth and fill empty shells or halves of eggs. Cover sides and bottom of salad dish with crisp lettuce leaves and lay the half eggs on top with mayonnaise in the ce

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WALNUT SALAD

WALNUT SALAD

With a silver fork rub a cream cheese and a tablespoonful of butter to a paste, add salt and cayenne; if not soft enough, a little sweet cream. Make into small flat balls; on each press the two halves of an English walnut; lay on the white heart leaves of lettuce and put on ice. On the instant of serving pour over French dressing and serve with thin buttered bread which has been put in the oven and crisped. Edna Asch...

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HERRING SALAD

HERRING SALAD

Two herring; skin and soak until salt is out; take meat off the bones; cut into small pieces, with one cold boiled potato, one pickle, one-half onion, one small apple, and a little chopped almonds. Mix well one tablespoonful vinegar, a little water, sugar, pepper; pour into salad and mix well. Dressing of salad: beat the milcher with a little pepper, vinegar, and very little sugar; chop two hard-boiled eggs, the white and yellow separate, and a little parsley. Mrs. S. F. Breslauer...

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OYSTER SALAD

OYSTER SALAD

Cook the oysters in their own liquor, allowing them to boil up but once; then let get very cold, cut into small pieces (do not chop). Cut up bits of celery and about one-half cup of capers; add same to the cut-up oysters; mix all with mayonnaise. Serve on lettuce leaves with mayonnaise spread on top; garnish with olives. Mrs. H. J. Sower...

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OYSTERS IN GRAPE-FRUIT BASKETS

OYSTERS IN GRAPE-FRUIT BASKETS

Cut grape-fruit so as to form a basket with handle on one side. Scoop out the pulp and clip edge into points with scissors. Place eight small oysters in each basket and cover them with a sauce made of equal portions of lemon juice, grated horseradish, tomato catsup, and speck mustard. Place on shaved ice on plate and serve. Mrs. M. Mathias...

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CABBAGE SALAD

CABBAGE SALAD

One head white cabbage chopped very fine, three hard-boiled eggs; add two tablespoons salad oil, two teaspoons white sugar, one teaspoon salt and one of pepper, one tablespoon made mustard, one teacup vinegar. Miss Ray Mayer...

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COLD SLAW

COLD SLAW

Cut out core of head of cabbage and chop it quite fine. For dressing break two eggs into small saucepan. Put into them one heaping teaspoon salt, one heaping teaspoon sugar, one small teaspoon mustard, two dashes of pepper. Stir this together and beat the egg a little. Add gradually (stirring all the time) a little less than one-half cupful of vinegar. Stir all together. Put in double boiler and let come gradually to a boil. Stir constantly; cook until quite thick. Take from stove. Add dash of c

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TOMATO SALAD

TOMATO SALAD

Strain one pint of tomato juice. Add one teaspoon salt, saltspoon pepper, one teaspoon onion juice. To this add one-fourth box gelatine. Put aside for half an hour to dissolve. Stir all together, put on stove, let come to a boil, take off, and pour into small cups. Set it in a cold place to harden. Arrange two or three small lettuce leaves on a plate, turn the tomato jelly in the centre of the leaves, and use French or any other dressing....

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WALDORF SALAD

WALDORF SALAD

Sour crisp apples cut in thin slices, finely chopped celery, blend lightly with a fine oil mayonnaise; garnish with feathery tops of celery and scatter with halves of English walnuts....

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EGG SAUCE

EGG SAUCE

Boil two eggs from eight to ten minutes; lay in cold water. Now chop egg very fine. Beat two heaping tablespoons of butter into one tablespoon of flour and one teaspoon salt. When butter and flour are well mixed pour over them a cup of boiling water. Cook two or three minutes until flour thickens, stir in the chopped eggs, and serve. Mrs. Stern...

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MAÎTRE D’HÔTEL SAUCE

MAÎTRE D’HÔTEL SAUCE

Beat three tablespoons of butter till it creams; add the juice of a small lemon, salt, a dash of cayenne, three tablespoons of minced parsley. This sauce is nice with either broiled chicken or fish. Mrs. Jenny Lichtenstein...

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HOT HORSERADISH SAUCE

HOT HORSERADISH SAUCE

In an earthen dish put four tablespoons of fresh grated horseradish, four tablespoons of finely powdered cracker crumbs, add half a cup of cream, a teaspoon each of sugar and salt, two dashes of pepper, two teaspoons of vinegar, and one teaspoon of made mustard. Set over a kettle of boiling water when you have stirred all together. Heat and serve hot with plain boiled beef. Mrs. Jonas...

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MAYONNAISE DRESSING

MAYONNAISE DRESSING

Six eggs, one cup vinegar, juice of two lemons, two tablespoons of mustard meal, one-half tablespoon of flour, two teaspoons sugar, one-half teaspoon salt, one-fourth teaspoonful cayenne pepper, one cup cream. Boil in double boiler, put in a mason jar. It will keep for months. Miss Ray Mayer...

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JELLY SAUCE FOR MEATS

JELLY SAUCE FOR MEATS

In an earthen saucepan melt over a slow fire a tumbler of some jelly, either currant or grape. When it is melted and warm, stir in a tablespoon of butter. Let all come to a boil, pour into a hot dish, in which it is to be served, add a tablespoon of claret or red wine and serve at once. This sauce goes well with mutton or lamb. Mrs. Katz...

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SAUCE TARTARE

SAUCE TARTARE

After you have made a mayonnaise add a tablespoonful of chopped cucumber pickles, a few capers, a few chopped olives. Stir or beat; if too thick thin with a little vinegar, or lemon juice. Mrs. I. Harris...

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BOILED MAYONNAISE

BOILED MAYONNAISE

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...

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TOMATO SAUCE

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...

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RUM SAUCE

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...

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FRENCH PUDDING SAUCE

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...

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FOAMING SAUCE

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....

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VANILLA SAUCE

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...

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CREAM SAUCE

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...

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EGG SAUCE

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...

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CREAM SAUCE (COLD)

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...

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LEMON SAUCE

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....

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FRUIT SAUCE

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....

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CHEESE-SALAD DRESSING

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...

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CARROT PUDDING

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...

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PLUM PUDDING

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...

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DATE PUDDING

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...

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MACAROON PUDDING

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...

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DELICIOUS PUDDING

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...

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MARROW PUDDING

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...

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STEAMED PUDDING

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...

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CABINET PUDDING

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....

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COTTAGE PUDDING

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...

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STEAMED SUET PUDDING

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. Hat

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PLUM PUDDING

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...

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APPLE TAPIOCA

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...

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FROZEN PUDDING

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...

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MOCHA ICE-CREAM PUDDING

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....

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ROTHE GRÜTZE

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...

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SHERRY DESSERT

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 i

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BLOW BALLS

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....

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STRAWBERRY CHARLOTTE

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...

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FRUIT TAPIOCA

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...

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RICE CREAM

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...

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BAKED BANANAS

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...

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RASPBERRY SAGO

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...

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ITALIAN CREAM

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...

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A DELICIOUS COMPOTE

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...

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JUNKET

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...

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FRUIT SALAD

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...

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PINEAPPLE FRAPPÉ

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...

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MINT JELLY

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...

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CELERY SALAD

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...

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WINE BROMANGELON

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...

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CHOCOLATE BROMANGELON WITH RICE

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...

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CHOCOLATE BROMANGELON PIE

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...

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CHERRY HILL FRUTTI

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...

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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...

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PUFF PASTE

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....

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PIE CRUST

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....

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PREPARING FRUITS FOR PIE

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

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ORANGE PIE

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...

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PUMPKIN PIE

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...

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LEMON MERINGUE PIE

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...

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COCOANUT PIE

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

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MATZOTH SHALET

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...

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MATZOTH BALLS

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...

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MATZOTH CAKE

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...

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MATZOTH PANCAKE

MATZOTH PANCAKE

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

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PANCAKE NO. 2

PANCAKE NO. 2

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

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FILLED MATZOTH KLOESSE

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...

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MATZOTH FRITTERS

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....

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BOSTON BROWN BREAD

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 y

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ENTIRE-WHEAT BREAD

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

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WHITE BREAD—QUICK METHOD

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 wel

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ORANGE, APPLE, OR BANANA FRITTERS

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...

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POPOVERS

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....

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WAFFLES

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...

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CREAM WAFFLES

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...

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CORN FRITTERS

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...

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POTATO PANCAKES

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....

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QUICK BISCUITS

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....

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DOUGHNUTS

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...

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PLAIN MUFFINS

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...

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SIMPLE HOT CAKES

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

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FRUIT CAKE

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-but

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PLUM CAKE

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....

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DELICATE CAKE

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...

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POTATO CAKE

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...

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CHEESE CAKE

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; s

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JELLY ROLL OR LAYER CAKE

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...

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POUND CAKE

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...

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QUICK CINNAMON CAKE

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....

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DEVIL’S CAKE

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 spre

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SPONGE CAKE

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....

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CHOCOLATE CAKE

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 last

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CHOCOLATE CAKE

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...

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GINGERBREAD

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...

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MOCHA CAKE

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....

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ANGEL CAKE

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...

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SCHLOSSER CAKE

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...

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ALMOND CAKE

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....

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FRENCH CRACKERS

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....

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COFFEE CAKE (BLACK)

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...

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CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE

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 lay

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BREAD TORTE

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....

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CRACKER TORTE

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. Mr

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NUT TORTE

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...

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ALMOND TORTE

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...

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SACHENTORT

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...

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NUT TART

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. The

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LEMON TART

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.

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FIG TARTS

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...

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ALMOND STRAWS OR TARTS

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....

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SCHAUM TORTE

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...

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POTATO TORTE

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....

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DAINTY FINGERS

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....

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OATMEAL COOKIES

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...

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HONEY CAKES

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...

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CINNAMON DROPS

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...

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SUGAR COOKIES

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...

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GINGER WAFERS

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...

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WALNUT COOKIES

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...

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MANDELHAUFCHEN

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....

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LEBKUCHEN

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....

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DATE AND ALMOND CAKES

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...

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CITRON SQUARES

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....

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CHOCOLATE DROPS

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....

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COOKIES

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...

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TUTTI-FRUTTI ICING

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...

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MAPLE FILLING

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....

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NUT FILLING

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...

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CARAMEL FILLING

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...

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CHOCOLATE ICING

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...

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CLEAR ICING

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....

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SOUR-CREAM FILLING

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...

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LEMON FILLING

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....

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FILLING FOR ORANGE SHORTCAKE

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...

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FROZEN LADY-FINGER PUDDING

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...

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PEACH CUSTARD FROZEN

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...

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BURNED-ALMOND ICE-CREAM

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...

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CHOCOLATE PARFAIT

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...

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CAFÉ FRAPPÉ

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....

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BISCUIT GLACÉ

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 bef

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CREAMED ICE

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...

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CHOCOLATE ICE-CREAM

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...

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MOCHA BISQUE

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....

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MAPLE MOUSSE

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....

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MUSTARD PICKLES

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...

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CHILI SAUCE

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....

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INDIAN CHUTNEY

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...

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CHOW-CHOW PICKLES

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 vin

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SWEET BEET PICKLES

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...

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CITRON-MELON PRESERVES

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

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TOMATO CATSUP

TOMATO CATSUP

Wipe with a damp cloth and core one bushel of ripe tomatoes. Place over the fire with three pints of water, two handfuls of peach leaves, and one dozen onions cut fine. Boil two hours. Strain; add one-half gallon of vinegar, two ounces each of ground allspice, black pepper, and mustard, one ounce of ground cloves, two grated nutmegs, two pounds brown sugar, and one pint of salt. Boil two hours longer, stirring all the time. Bottle when cold. Mrs. J. T. Asch...

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CRANBERRY CATSUP

CRANBERRY CATSUP

Cook together ten pounds of berries, one quart of vinegar, five pounds of brown sugar, three tablespoons of cinnamon, two of allspice, one tablespoon each of salt and cloves, and one-fourth of a teaspoon of cayenne. Boil slowly till thick, then strain and bottle. Mrs. M. S....

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CUCUMBER CATSUP

CUCUMBER CATSUP

Peel and chop three dozen cucumbers and half as many onions very fine, add one teacup of mustard seed a quarter of a teacup of black pepper, and one ounce each of cloves and allspice. Mix well and cover with vinegar. Mrs. A. Rosenthal...

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PICKLED CAULIFLOWER

PICKLED CAULIFLOWER

Wash, soak, and take off the leaves of the cauliflower. Break the flowers into small twigs. Parboil the twigs in brine, drain, lay in a crock, and pour over boiling spiced vinegar. Mrs. Kaufman...

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BRANDIED CHERRIES

BRANDIED CHERRIES

Have perfectly ripe and sound sweet cherries. Keep stems by cutting short. Drop the cherries a few at a time in a boiling syrup made of one pint of water and one-half pound of sugar. When they have boiled three to five minutes, lift out and lay on plates; allow to cool and dry as they cool. They should be perfect in form. Make a second syrup twice as sweet as the first; use a pound of sugar to a pint of water. When syrup boils clear, set aside to cool. Carefully pack the cherries in glass jars.

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MIXED MARMALADE

MIXED MARMALADE

Crush two and one-half pounds of currants and pitted cherries, add two pounds of seeded raisins, the yellow peel of four oranges chopped fine, and three pounds of sugar. Cook gently till the fruit is a marmalade, adding a little water if needed; add the juice of the oranges just before the marmalade is ready to leave the stove. Cook ten minutes after putting in the juice. Miss E. Asch...

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CRANBERRY JELLY

CRANBERRY JELLY

Two quarts cranberries. Soak over night, then take water to cover; boil and strain; to each pint of juice one pound of sugar, let boil down, put in wet moulds, and let stand twenty-four hours. Miss Ray Mayer...

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SPICED PEARS

SPICED PEARS

Take two teaspoons of whole cloves, one tablespoon of allspice, one tablespoon of cinnamon. Crush them slightly and boil one minute in a quart of vinegar and a pint of sugar mixed. Take a fine variety of pear, halve, take out seeds, boil in water until tender, finish the cooking in the spiced syrup, cooking not too soft. Place in small stone jars and cover well with syrup. Tie a cover over the jar. Spiced peaches are made the same, except do not cook first in water. The syrup will cook them suff

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BOILED CHESTNUTS WITH PRUNES

BOILED CHESTNUTS WITH PRUNES

Scald the chestnuts. Heat a little goose-grease, put in the chestnuts with a few prunes and an onion, a little cinnamon, considerable water, and let boil until tender, then stir in a little sugar, flour, and vinegar, and let boil....

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TUTTI-FRUTTI

TUTTI-FRUTTI

One quart best alcohol, equal amount fruit and sugar; that is, one pineapple cut in small pieces, four large oranges, four lemons (both peeled). These cut into slices or small pieces; weigh, and the same amount of sugar, add alcohol. Uncooked other fruits, such as strawberries, cherries (pitted), plums, apricots, peaches, may be added; always use as much fruit as sugar. Put in a large stone jar. Mix as different fruits are added. By Christmas it will be fine. This is fine added to grape-fruit du

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CREAM CHEESE AND RIPE OLIVES

CREAM CHEESE AND RIPE OLIVES

Stone and chop the olives fine and beat in with a little cream or Neufchâtel cheese, adding sweet cream to moisten and salt and paprika to season. Green olives or pimentoes may be used in the same way. Spread on slices of whole-wheat or brown bread and press together....

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NUT-AND-CHEESE SANDWICHES

NUT-AND-CHEESE SANDWICHES

Mix with a half roll cream or Neufchâtel cheese a quarter cup chopped or pounded nuts. Add salt and pepper to season and spread....

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CREAM CHEESE, CURRANT JELLY, AND NUTS

CREAM CHEESE, CURRANT JELLY, AND NUTS

Blend cream cheese with a spoonful currant jelly and spread one slice of bread with this. Spread a second slice with chopped nuts, and press together....

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OTHER CREAM CHEESE COMBINATIONS

OTHER CREAM CHEESE COMBINATIONS

Among those frequently noticed and used are cream cheese and crisp lettuce leaves, cream cheese and sliced tomatoes, cheese and chopped dates or figs, cheese and chopped spinach, seasoned with lemon juice and mayonnaise, cheese and the yolks of hard-boiled eggs rubbed through a sieve, cheese and sliced cucumber, cheese and minced preserved pineapple, cheese and preserved ginger. Mrs. H. J. Sower...

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PRESERVED-GINGER SANDWICHES

PRESERVED-GINGER SANDWICHES

Chop preserved ginger very fine, moisten with some of the syrup of cream to a consistency for spreading and put between small rounds of bread....

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EGG SANDWICHES

EGG SANDWICHES

Remove the yolks of two hard-boiled eggs and rub smooth. Season with a little salt, paprika, mustard, and lemon juice or vinegar to stiffen. Mayonnaise is still better. Add the chopped whites and spread between slices of buttered bread....

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TONGUE-AND-TOMATO SANDWICHES

TONGUE-AND-TOMATO SANDWICHES

Cut tongue in delicate slices, or mince fine, and place with thin slices of raw tomato seasoned with salt and pepper, between thin rounds of buttered bread....

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OYSTER SANDWICHES

OYSTER SANDWICHES

Cook the oysters in their liquor about two minutes, stir into a stiff mayonnaise and spread between slices of sandwich bread. Another way to make these hearty yet dainty sandwiches is to fry large oysters, placing one between bread slices....

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SANDWICH À LA MARS

SANDWICH À LA MARS

Take equal quantities of almonds and walnuts and chop them fine. Moisten with a little French dressing, then spread on thin slices of buttered bread. Add a crisp leaf of lettuce to each slice, cover with the other buttered slice, press together gently, trim off the brown crust and cut diagonally in two. Mrs. William Reinstein...

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CELERY SANDWICH

CELERY SANDWICH

Chop and then pound to a paste the yolks of five hard-boiled eggs, a small piece of butter, a little salt, a teaspoonful of anchovy sauce, a teaspoonful of curry powder, a teaspoonful of bread crumbs, and a tablespoonful of French dressing. The paste should have the consistency of butter. Spread it between thin slices of buttered bread, placing a lettuce leaf in each sandwich. Trim and cut in the usual manner....

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FISH SANDWICHES

FISH SANDWICHES

Any cooked fresh fish picked into bits, well seasoned with salt and pepper and moistened with mayonnaise, makes an excellent filling for a sandwich. A little chopped pickle is also an addition....

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NASTURTIUM SANDWICHES

NASTURTIUM SANDWICHES

These are dainty and appetizing. Cut your bread in thin slices, and butter. Take nasturtium leaves or blossoms that have been laid in cold water a few moments to crisp, sprinkle with salt, bruise lightly with a wooden spoon, and place between the slices of buttered bread....

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LETTUCE SANDWICHES

LETTUCE SANDWICHES

An entire leaf of lettuce is seldom used nowadays in a sandwich. Instead the leaf is cut into ribbons with scissors, put between thin slices of white bread, well buttered, and seasoned with mayonnaise, French dressing or salt only as preferred. Lettuce should be crisp before using. Mrs. William Reinstein A delicious sandwich is made by creaming together equal parts of American cheese and butter, seasoning it well with paprika, spreading it on bread, and sprinkling the layer with minced watercres

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GRAPE WINE

GRAPE WINE

Pick grapes from stems, wash, and put through sieve. Then take pulps and skins, pour on as much water as you wish wine, and let stand a few days to ferment; then strain. Pour this water on juice and let stand ten to twelve days to work. Then remove the foam. Take to one gallon two pounds sugar. Place in jug and let ferment. Miss Ray Mayer...

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CHERRY SYRUP

CHERRY SYRUP

Have ripe, juicy, acid cherries; stone them and pound and break one-eighth of the stones. Cook all together until cherries are soft and juice free. Squeeze through a bag. To every pint of juice add one heaping cup of sugar; let boil fifteen minutes. Put in bottles or jars; seal for use. Keep in a cool place. Mrs. P. Levy...

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CIDER CUP

CIDER CUP

One quart of cider, two bottles of soda water, one bottle of lemonade, one heaping tablespoonful of granulated sugar, a sprig of mint, and two inches of cucumber. Cut the cucumber into slices without peeling it. Place it in a pitcher with the sugar, cider, and mint. Allow it to stand, on ice if possible, for two hours. Then add the lemonade and soda water and a few pieces of ice, removing the mint. H. J. S....

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CIDER CUP

CIDER CUP

Have in a pitcher cracked ice. Over the ice pour a quart of sweet cider and a bottle of club soda; drop in a few pieces of mint, and, if you have them, a few thin slices of such fruits as bananas, apples, pears, etc. Serve at once. Mrs. E. O. G....

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EGG-NOG

EGG-NOG

Beat the yolk of one egg very light; add one wine-glass of whiskey drop by drop until the egg is cooked; next put in one tablespoonful of rum, one glass of rich milk or cream, and last the white of the egg beaten to a stiff froth. Nutmeg to taste. Mrs. H. J. Sower...

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GINGER PUNCH

GINGER PUNCH

Chop one pound of ginger, then add two cups of sugar, and one pint of water. Boil together fifteen minutes. When cool add one cup of orange juice and strain. This will flavor eight or ten cups of water. Mrs. A. Horwich...

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STRAWBERRY PUNCH

STRAWBERRY PUNCH

Stem one quart of ripe strawberries, crush them with half a pint of raspberries, and strain the juice through a sieve. Make a syrup with two cupfuls of sugar and one and a half cupfuls of water. Mix with the juice and syrup a large glass of port wine and keep on ice for several hours. Serve in small glasses with lady-fingers. H. J. S....

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MILK PUNCH

MILK PUNCH

To a pint of new milk add two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Stir and dissolve the sugar; lastly add two tablespoons of wine. Mrs. M. Soloman...

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CURRANT WATER

CURRANT WATER

One pound of ripe red currants, half a pound of lump sugar, half a pound of granulated sugar, and six cupfuls of water. Stalk and pick over the currants, then mash them with a wooden spoon, adding as you do so one cupful of water. Now put the fruit into a preserving-pan with the granulated sugar. Stir it over the fire until it begins to simmer, then rub it through a sieve. Put the lump sugar into a saucepan with one and a half cupfuls of boiling water; let the sugar dissolve slowly, then boil it

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TAFFY

TAFFY

One cup molasses, one cup granulated sugar, piece of butter size of an egg, teaspoon vinegar, pinch bi-carbonate soda, peanuts, cocoanuts, or nuts of any kind may be added to this. Boil molasses, sugar, butter, and vinegar together until same cracks in cold water. When nearly finished, add soda and nuts; pour in buttered pan. E. L....

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BUTTER TAFFY

BUTTER TAFFY

Two cups of white sugar, three-fourths cup of vinegar (not too strong), three-fourths cup of butter. Boil until brittle; pour into buttered pan. Miss Ray Mayer...

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CHOCOLATE CREAMS

CHOCOLATE CREAMS

Dip plain creams shaped from fondant into melted sweet chocolate and they become chocolate creams. This dipping must be done quickly. Nothing is better for holding the creams while dipping than a long hat-pin. Place on oiled paper to harden. Mrs. H. Goodman...

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RAW FONDANT

RAW FONDANT

The white of one egg, add an equal quantity of ice water (this may be exactly ascertained if the white of egg is first measured in a glass); one teaspoon of extract. Beat until the mixture is light, then add gradually one pound or more of confectioner’s XXX sugar. Work with a spoon until smooth and firm. Mrs. Hirschberg...

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COOKED FONDANT

COOKED FONDANT

Place over the fire four cups of XXX sugar, one cup of water. Stir with a wooden spatula until the sugar is dissolved—no longer. Boil ten minutes or until it threads. Remove saucepan. Test the fondant by rubbing a little between the fingers. If it balls, turn into a bowl. When partly cooked, add flavoring; then beat until stiff enough to knead with the hands like bread. The fondant may be shaped into balls, squares, or any form. A little experience will enable one to do this readily. If vegetabl

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NOUGAT

NOUGAT

To make the most delectable of candies, melt over the fire in a porcelain-lined dish one pound of fine white sugar with two tablespoons of water. Have ready one-half a pound of almonds blanched and chopped. When the syrup begins to turn yellow, add the nuts. Stir for five minutes; add a little grated lemon peel and pour at once into a well-oiled flat pan. When partly cooled, mark with a greased knife into bars. Mrs. J. H. Sower...

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PEANUT CANDY

PEANUT CANDY

Melt slowly in a saucepan one pound of heavy wet brown sugar; add no water. Shell one quart of freshly roasted peanuts and chop them a little. When the sugar is cooked to a thick syrup, shake a little salt over the peanuts, and stir them in. Pour in shallow buttered tins, and let cool. Mrs. A. Cohen...

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MENUS FOR DINNER

MENUS FOR DINNER

Grape-Fruit Relishes Cream of Asparagus Soup Baked Bluefish—Sauce Hollandaise Roman Punch Turkey—Cranberry Jelly Potatoes Spinach Lettuce Salad Charlotte Glacé Cakes Fruits Black Coffee E. F. S. Oysters on Half Shell Salted Almonds Olives Bouillon en Tasse Stuffed Tomatoes on Lettuce Leaves Dressed Squab Potatoes Parisienne Cauliflower Asparagus—Mayonnaise Nuts Small Cakes Ices Fruits Black Coffee Claret or White Wine Mrs. H. J. S. Hors-d’Œuvre Radishes Olives Celery Saut

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MENUS FOR LUNCH

MENUS FOR LUNCH

Lamb Chops Baked Potatoes Salad Cheese Crackers Nut Cake Tea E. F. S. Fried Fish Potato Balls Omelet Fruit Cake, Jelly, or Jam Tea or Coffee Cold Meats or Poultry Pickles Fried Potatoes Preserves Cookies Tea or Coffee...

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BREAKFAST MENUS

BREAKFAST MENUS

Fruit Oatmeal Boiled Eggs Bread Butter Coffee Mrs. Joe N. Fruit Omelet Rolls Butter Coffee Fruits Hot Cakes Fried Fish Toast Coffee...

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MENUS FOR RESTRICTED WHIST

MENUS FOR RESTRICTED WHIST

Cream Cheese on Lettuce Leaves French Rolls Butter Balls Fruit Cake Coffee H. I. S. Tongue Sandwiches Olives Fancy Cakes Coffee H.I.S. Lobster à la Newburg in Ramequins Hard-boiled Eggs Served in Lettuce Nest Cheese Straws Salted Almonds Orange Layer Cake Coffee...

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ITEMS OF INTEREST AND VALUE

ITEMS OF INTEREST AND VALUE

There is nothing like spring sunshine for bringing out scratches and blemishes on the furniture and marks of wear and tear on carpets and upholstery. Possibly the housekeeper’s eye is quickened by the approach of housecleaning paraphernalia, but certain it is that the room that has worn a respectable air through the winter with the first ardent glance of old Sol will suddenly reveal no end of defects. For restoring furniture there are several excellent preparations to be found in the market, and

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TO PREVENT BREAKING GLASS

TO PREVENT BREAKING GLASS

In opening a jar of fruit with a knife always insert the blade between jar and rubber. Prying against the thin edge of the cover bends it out of shape, perhaps ruining it for future use, and is likely to break the glass....

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TO CUT PLATE GLASS

TO CUT PLATE GLASS

To cut a piece of plate glass it is thought a diamond-cutter is necessary, but it is not. If the glass is not very thick it can be cut with a pair of scissors, a large pair being preferable. While cutting hold the glass beneath half a foot or more of water, and it can be readily cut any shape desired. A round piece of glass has been cut out of a good-sized pane in just this manner. The scissors do not have to be extra sharp. “ Success. ”...

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TO REMOVE FRUIT-STAINS

TO REMOVE FRUIT-STAINS

Stained table linen follows the return of the fresh-fruit season as surely “as night follows day.” For removing such stains there is nothing more effective than the sulphur bleach. Lay a spoonful of sulphur on a plate, and sprinkle with a few drops of alcohol. Over this place a tin funnel with the point upward. Touch a lighted match to the alcohol; wet the stained linen, and hold the spot over the opening in the point of the funnel. The sulphur fumes will remove the most obstinate stain, seldom

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SICKLY PLANTS

SICKLY PLANTS

Nitrate of soda will rapidly improve the appearance of house plants that have become sickly. A piece about the size of a marble is enough for a plant taking a twelve-inch pot....

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TO KILL INSECTS

TO KILL INSECTS

A good solution to kill all insects is to take two pounds of alum and dissolve it in three or four quarts of boiling water; let it stand on the stove until the alum is all melted, then apply it with a brush while very hot to the wainscoting and floor and wherever the vermin abound. It is also good to use on pantry shelves and bedsteads, and is a sure cure for the pests of fleas that are apt to swarm a closed house after a damp spell in the summer time....

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FINE DARNING

FINE DARNING

In darning a shirtwaist or other garment where it is important that the place shall not be seen, do the work without putting a piece under the hole and use very fine thread. If the darning is done well, the spot will be as strong as the fabric around it and when it is ironed will be scarcely noticeable. The edges of the material, of course, must be drawn together in their original position. In mending any fabric, the direction of the threads should follow, as much as possible, the lines of the w

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THE SAND-BAG AS A WARMER

THE SAND-BAG AS A WARMER

A sand-bag as a warmer is said to be greatly superior to a hot-water bottle, which many people prize so highly. Get some clean, fine sand; dry it thoroughly; make a bag about eight inches square of flannel, fill it with dry sand, sew the opening carefully together, and cover the bag with cotton or linen cloth. This will prevent the sand from sifting out, and also enable any one to heat the bag quickly by placing it in an oven or on top of a stove. The sand holds the heat for a long time. “ Healt

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USES FOR TURPENTINE

USES FOR TURPENTINE

There are few housekeepers who are not familiar with some of the numerous uses of turpentine, and as its odor is clean and wholesome it has the advantage over many remedies whose odors are offensive. Turpentine and soap will remove ink-stains from linen. A few drops added to water in which clothes are boiled will whiten them. It will exterminate roaches if sprinkled in their haunts. Turpentine will remove wheel-grease, pitch, and tar. A few drops on a woollen cloth will clean tan shoes nicely. C

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THINGS TO AVOID

THINGS TO AVOID

Avoid biting the thread; it is harmful to the teeth. Never leave matches where rats can get at them. To remove ink-stains from clothing, soak the spot in sour milk. Salt and vinegar will be found excellent for scouring copper kettles. Keep an oyster shell in your tea kettle to prevent the forming of crust. Delicate glass can be safely washed in very hot water if slipped in edgewise. Fill vases one-fourth full of sand to prevent them from being knocked over and broken. A little powdered charcoal

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IN CASE OF FIRE

IN CASE OF FIRE

If smoke is seen pouring out from under a door, do not rush and open that door. Remember that by so doing you cause a draught which will fan smouldering timbers into flame. Shut and keep shut all doors and windows, or other air-channels. If you have not a hand pump or fire grenades handy, collect as many pails or jugs of water as possible outside the closed door of the room which is afire. Meantime, remember that smoke is almost as dangerous to life as fire. A soaking-wet towel knotted round the

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WOMAN

WOMAN

It takes a hundred men to make an encampment, but one woman can make a home. I not only admire woman as the most beautiful creature that was ever created, but I reverence her as the redeeming glory of humanity, the sanctuary of all the virtues, the pledge of all perfect qualities of heart and head. It is not just nor right to lay the sins of men at the feet of woman. It is because women are so much better than men, that their faults are considered greater. A man’s desire is the foundation of his

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A WOMAN’S HOUSEWORK AS A PHYSICAL-CULTURE SCHOOL

A WOMAN’S HOUSEWORK AS A PHYSICAL-CULTURE SCHOOL

America possesses thousands of girls who find a large part of their physical culture to perfection in “helping mother,” and they are not blushing because they do so. For them the vista of possibilities is long and alluring. For the arms, fingers, and wrists, they find washing and wiping dishes admirable; perhaps water helps to make supple the joints, which is an advantage that dish-washing has over the drying. However, there is a fine elbow movement in the wiping, too. Bed-making is still taught

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KEEP YOUNG

KEEP YOUNG

A beautiful woman, who combines in her person a greater number of charms than do most fascinating women, gives her formula for keeping young and handsome in spite of a life of constant study, hard work, and comparatively no play: “Vigilance and determination and perhaps a little self-sacrifice are the price I pay for being considered a good-looking woman,” she says. Remember, this beauty can act and is entitled to be called a star of the first magnitude. “I am ever on the alert and when I discov

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THE CARE OF THE HANDS

THE CARE OF THE HANDS

Many a woman who gives time and thought to the art of pleasing, who bemoans natural shortcomings or physical defects, is unconscious of the power and fascination that a well-developed and well-cared-for hand wields in a most subtle fashion. Very often the soul speaks through the hand when a halting tongue refuses speech. Conceal natural instincts as you will, the hands ofttimes betray them. Hide them, transform them, the hand, still true to nature, defies your efforts. Lavater says: “The hand, w

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YOUR “LAUGH” LINES

YOUR “LAUGH” LINES

It was long the popular belief that wrinkles are caused chiefly by sorrow and care. Up pops somebody in this twentieth century to denounce that theory and to declare that the merry folk are far oftener afflicted than the sorrowful and that laughter more frequently furrows the face than tears. It is a rather happy suggestion; not that wrinkles are welcome, but that cheerfulness is a heaven-sent gift and should be received with grateful hearts. Let laughter ring out loud and long. It is infectious

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LOTION FOR THAT “TIRED” FEELING

LOTION FOR THAT “TIRED” FEELING

Take one-quarter pint of alcohol—the recipe can be doubled or tripled if desired—one ounce each of spirits of camphor and ammonia, two and a half ounces of sea salt and one pint of boiling water; mix thoroughly and always shake before using. If a woman comes in tired from a day’s shopping, a long walk, or any other wearying exertion, apply the tonic to the face and arms, and it will magically remove all of that “tired” feeling and put one in fine condition for the evening. Another delightful and

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ONE SIDE OF THE FINANCIAL QUESTION BETWEEN MAN AND WIFE

ONE SIDE OF THE FINANCIAL QUESTION BETWEEN MAN AND WIFE

The philosophy of clothes is a serious study, and instead of being frowned upon by men, who invariably associate it with wild extravagance, it should be incorporated as first among the bylaws of home life. Women in many cases are largely responsible for the troubles and misunderstandings which arise, brought about, as they often are, on the very threshold of married life. When a husband admires the stylish appearance of his bride’s traveling gown she is apt to be tempted by the irresponsible imp

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SHOULD HE MARRY?

SHOULD HE MARRY?

The Man— Who goes home to grumble and growl; Who thinks he can keep house much better than his wife; Who cannot remember his wife’s birthday nor the anniversary of their marriage; Who believes that no one below the status of an angel should be his helpmate; Who decides his wife is “fixed” for the season if she has one new gown; Who imagines a woman’s bonnet should cost about $1.95; Who fancies that his wife exists for the comfort and convenience of his mother and sisters; Who provides himself wi

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SHOULD SHE MARRY?

SHOULD SHE MARRY?

The Woman— Who buys for the mere pleasure of buying; Who expects a declaration of love three times a day; Who anticipates in married life a good easy snap; Who thinks it cheaper to buy bread than bake it; Who would rather die than wear the same bonnet the second season; Who wants to refurnish her house every spring; Who stays at home only because she has no other place to visit; Who would rather nurse a pug dog than a baby; Who thinks she can get $5,000 worth of style out of a $1,000 salary; Who

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DON’TS UP TO DATE

DON’TS UP TO DATE

FOLLOW RULES AND BE HEALTHY AND WISE, IF NOT OTHERWISE Don’t exercise after you feel exhausted. Don’t fail to laugh at your husband’s jokes. Don’t treat your family to a morning view of hair-curlers. Don’t neglect the daily bath if you want a radiant complexion. Don’t forget that diet, quiet, and sleep are the hand-maidens of beauty. Don’t be afraid of sunshine and fresh air; they give bloom and color. Don’t wear the high collar. It ruins the line and curve of the neck and hardens the flesh and

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