Atlanta women's club cook book

Wash gooseberries, put in kettle with water and cook over slow fire until berries are soft enough to mash easily, strain and press through jelly bag. To every pint of juice add one pound sugar. Cook rapidly for ten minutes, skimming well while boiling. Turn into glasses and seal when cold. Mrs. L. P. Bellamy. CRANBERRY JELLY. ^ 1 qt. cranberries. 1 pt. sugar. 1 pt. cold water. Cook berries in water until soft, strain through sieve. Then add sugar and boil five minutes. Mrs. J. P. Averill. GRAPE JELLY. Grapes. Water. Sugar. Stem ripe grapes and put into a preserving kettle, let come to boil, mash and strain. Put juice on to boil for twenty minutes, then add three-quarters of a pound of sugar to every pint of juice. Skin while boiling, let cook fifteen minutes. Put in glasses and cover. Green grape jelly may be made the same way, but will require a pound of sugar to a pint of juice. Mrs. J. B. Withers. QUINCE JELLY. Quinces. Sugar. Water. Cut ripe quinces in slices, put in a kettle and cover with cold water ; boil until soft, strain, and put in preserving kettle. To every pint of juice add three-quarters of a pound of sugar. Boil until it jells. (Miss) Annie J. Head. PINEAPPLE JELLY. Apples. Sugar. Pineapple. Water. Take tart apples, cut up without peeling and drop into water to prevent them turning dark. Add peeling and cores of one oi two pineapples; boil all (covered with water) until apples are quite tender, strain juice through a jelly bag, add measure for measure of juice and white sugar. Boil quickly for ten minutes in shallow vessel. Put in glasses while hot. Mrs. J. L. Minson. CAKES, FILLINGS, ICINGS AND COOKIES. Mrs. Henry A. Manning, Chairman. CAKES. There are two classes of cake — the sponge and the butter cake. The first is less fattening and best for children. All our cakes are variations made on the true sponge or on the cup cake recipes. Cakes have much food value, which should be remembered in planning a meal. M. P. Means. SCRIPTURE CAKE 11/2 cups of Judge, 5:25 last 6 cups Jeremiah, 17 : 11 clause. 2 cups Jeremiah, 6 :20. 2 cups Nehum, 3:12. 1 cup Numbers, 17 :8. 41/2 cups I Kings, 4:22, first clause. A pinch of Leviticus, 2 :13. 2 tbls. I Samuel, 14:25, last. II Chronicles, 9:9. season to taste. 1/2 cup Judges, 4 :19, last clause. 2 tbls. Amos, 4:5, first clause. Method — Follow Solomon's prescription fov making a good boy, Proverbs 23:14, and you will have a good cake. Emily E. Rice. ANGEL CAKE. 12 egg whites. 10 oz. flour. Generous pinch of salt. 4 oz. granulated sugar. 2 level t-spoons cream of tartar. 1 t-spoon vanilla. Have everything ready before breaking the eggs, and proceed rapidly. Have eggs thoroughly chilled and avoid having even small particles of the yolk of the egg in the whites. Weigh sugar and flour, sifting each on a separate piece of paper. Beat eggs, after adding salt, till large bubbles disappear ; sift in cream of tartar until eggs are dry and stiff. (If beaten too long the cake will be dry and tough) . Fold in (not beat in) the sugar and then the flour by