Atlanta women's club cook book

Cut celery, pineapple, and grapefruit in pieces. Add nuts chopped fine, cherries stoned, and juice of lemons. Use juice of pineapple and cherries. Put gelatine in i/i cup cold water, dissolve by setting cup in hot water. Stir into fruit and congeal. Serve with Mayonnaise. Mrs. Thos E. Kilby, (Wife of Governor of Ala). PRUNE WHIP. 1 lb. prunes. 1/2 cup sugar. Whites of 5 eggs. 1/2 cup cream. Cook prunes well, put through potato masher, add sugar, and fold in well beaten whites of eggs. Put in pan, set in larger pan. Place over gas flame on hot stove. Steam 2 hours, keep water boiling rapidly all the time. Serve in same pan with whipped cream. Mrs. Thos. E. Kilby, (Wife of Governor of Alabama) , ANGEL CAKE (FROM ARKANSAS.) 1 dozen eggs (whites). 1 t-spoon vanilla. 11/2 cups sugar. 1 t-spoon cream of tartar. 1 cup flour. Sift sugar eight times, the last time into the beaten whites and stir until smooth. Sift cream of tartar into the flour and sift flour eight times, the last time into the mixture. Fold in gently, but do not beat. Put in ungreased pan and bake slowly 50 minutes. When done, the cake should be turned down on the edge of two cups until thoroughly cold before removing from pan. Mrs. L. C. McRaye, (Wife of Governor of Arkansas). ORANGE ICE-CREAM. (FROM CALIFORNIA). 1 pt. California orange juice. 1 pt. plain cream. 1 pt. whipping cream. Sugar to taste. Mix ingredients, freeze and pack for at least two hours. Mrs. W. D. Stephens, (Wife of Governor of California). FRENCH SALAD DRESSING (FROM CONNECTICUT.) Vinegar. Black pepper. Piece of ice. Paprika. Salt. Mustard. Red pepper. Put good sized piece of ice in bowl. Put into tbls. a salt spoon of salt, a little red pepper and black pepper, paprika, and mustard. Mix this with oil until smooth. Pour this over the ice. Take 4 tbls. of oil to 1 of vinegar. Pour over the ice until thick. Mrs. Everett L. Lake, (Wife of Governor of Connecticut). OATMEAL COOKIES. 3 cups uncooked oatmeal. 1 cup raisins (chopped and 1 cup flour. floured). 1 cup sugar. i/p cup buttermilk. % cup lard. 1 level t-spoon soda. 1 egg. Spices to suit taste. Mix ingredients and drop from a t-spoon upon a greased platter. Cook in a moderate oven, from fifteen to twenty minutes. The dough must be very stiff or the cookies will run together. Mrs. Everett L. Lake, (Wife of Governor of Connecticut.) THOUSAND ISLAND DRESSING. (FROM MISSOURI). 1 bottle small pickled onions. Paprika. 1 box pimentos. Salt. 8 eggs (hard boiled). Cayenne pepper. Grind eggs in meat chopper, slice pimentos and cut up onions fine. Mix all together, adding salt, paprika and cayenne to taste. Mayonnaise. Yolks of two eggs. 1 lemon (juice). I cup of chili sauce. 1 cud olive oil. Beat egg yolks, add olive oil drop by drop ; when it thickens add lemon juice, continue beating and adding oil until all oil is used. Add with the chili sauce to the above ingredients. Sliced green pepper improves this dressing. Mrs. Hortense S. Hyde. (Wife of Governor of Missouri) . FEATHER PUDDING. 6 eggs whites. 1 cup sugar. Coloring. Whipped cream. Beat egg whites well ; sift in sugar, still beating. Pour hall in pan and color other half pink. Set the pans in another pan of hot water and bake half an hour. Serve with whipped cream.