Atlanta women's club cook book

Mrs. Hortense E. Hyde, (Wife of Governor of Missouri). BRIDAL CAKE. (FROM GEORGIA). II eggs (whites). V2 t-spoon almond extract. 1 1/2 cups sugar. 1/2 t-spoon cream of tartar. 1 cup flour. Beat whites stiff, add sugar, spoonful at a time, beating all the while. Add flavoring; then flour, little at a time, in which cream of tartar has been sifted. Bake in tube pan about 1 hour. When cold, remove from pan and slice in layers, or can be baked in layers. CREAM FILLING. 2 tbls. gelatine. 1 pt, whipped cream. 14, cup cold water. 1 cup pulverized sugar. 3 eggs (whites). 1 t-spoon vanilla. Add gelatine to cold water; dissolve over hot water. Add pulverized sugar to cream, then gelatine, and well beaten egg whites ; stir until it thickens. Then pin a collar of buttered paper around the first layer so that it stands above the top of cake 1/2 inch. Spread a layer of cream on cake, filling in the collar. Alternate layer of cake and collar until all cakes are used. Cover with plain icing. Set away until cold when collars may be removed. Mrs. Allen D. Candler. — Wife of former Governor of Georgia. SAUSAGE. (FROM GEORGIA). 66 lbs. lean pork. 1/3 cup red pepper. 33 lbs. fat pork. 2 1/2 cups salt. 5/12 cup black pepper. 3 1/3 cups sage. Cut meat in oblong strips, one to two inches thick, three to five inches long. In grinding, alternate fat and lean meat in order to secure thorough mixing. Work well through meat the seasoning, or same can be sprinkled over meat before grinding. Casings of unbleached domestic should be made 3 to 5 inches wide and 10 to 15 inches long, sewed up all but one end. Fill with sausage and tie with strong cord. One pound of casings stuffs 50 lbs. of sausage. Mrs. J. E. Hays, State Federation President Women's Clubs. PIMENTO MOUSSE SALAD. 1 pt. cream. Red pepper. 2 pimentos. Salt. 1 cup cold water. Grated cheese. 1 package gelatine. Add gelatine to cup of cold water and let stand half hour. Dissolve by setting in pan of boiling water. Whip cream stiff, add pimentos mashed fine, salt and red pepper to taste. Stir dissolved gelatine in mixture set on ice until congealed. Serve with grated cheese and mayonnaise. Mrs. J. E. Hays, State Federation President. DATE AND NUT PUDDING. (FROM TENNESSEE). 1 cup chopped nuts. 2/3 cup flour. 1 cup chopped dates. 2 eggs. 1/2 cup sugar. 1 t-spoon baking powder. Cream sugar and butter, sift baking powder in flour, add eggs beaten separately and lightly, add nuts and dates last and slightly floured, bake as you would cake, when cold, slice and eat with whipped cream. Mrs. A. A. Taylor, Wife of Governor of Tennessee. SNOW CAKE. Whites of 8 eggs. 1 cup corn-starch. 2 cups sugar. 2 cups flour. 1 cup butter. 3 t-spoons baking powder. Cream Filling, Whip one pint whipped cream until it resembles ice cream in appearance, make quite sweet, then flavor with vanilla, spread the layers of cake with grated pineapple, then cover thickly with the cream. This filling should be freshly made. Mrs. A. A. Taylor, Wife of Governor of Tennessee. COCOANUT DUCHESS POTATOES. 3 cups hot mashed potatoes. 6 tbls. milk. 3 egg yolks. 1/4 t-spoon pepper. 1 t-spoon salt. 3 egg whites.