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The new home cook book

1896

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Presented as published in 1896. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Prepare drawn butter, and to this add three or four hard boiled eggs sliced or chopped. FISH SAUCE. One-quarter of a pound of fresh butter ; one tablespoon of finely chopped parsley, a little salt and pepper and the juice of two lemonsFish Sauce. Cream the butter; mix all well together, adding at the least a teaspoon of mayonaise. Less lemon juice may be used if preferred. FISH SAUCE. Mrs. Bausher. Make a drawn butter very smoothly, mix with some finely cut pickle; add two tablespoonfuls of salad dressing well mixed, prepared from egg, oil and mustard, viz.: yolk one egg; one teaspoon mustard and oil, till thickens. VALUABLE RECIPES. 131 TOMATO SAUCE. Mrs. C. S. Horseman, Rockford, 111. Thirty-six ripe tomatoes, six green peppers, two onions chopped fine, two cups of sugar, two tablespoons of salt, two teaspoons of ground cloves, two teaspoons of mustard, two teaspoons of cinnamon, two cups of vinegarTomato Sauce, and boil half a day. GEEEJT TOMATO SAUCE. Mrs. Houghteling. One peck of green tomatoes, cut in very thin slices; sprinkle with salt ; press with a plate and leave to drain twenty-four hours. Then place in a porcelain kettle in layers with the following mixture : Six large onions cut in slices, one small bottle of mustard, one-quarter pound of mustard seed, two teaspoons cloves, four teaspoons black pepper, two teaspoons ginger, four teaspoons allspice. Cover with vinegar and simmer two hours, or until the tomato looks clear. All the spices should be ground. OYSTER SAUCE. Mrs. L. T. Take oysters out of their liquor and throw them into cold water; put the liquor over the fire with the beards of the oysters, and boil with a bit of mace and lemon peel ; then strain the liquor ; take the oysters out of the water ; drain, and put them with the strained liquor into a sauce- pan, with sufficient butter and milk for your sauce; dust into this flour; let it boil up; add a squeeze of lemon juice, and serve hot. 132 THE HOME COOK BOOK. ONION SAUCE. Boil three or four white onions until they are tender, and then mince them fine ; put one-half pint of milk over to boil; add a piece of butter half size of egg, and a little salt and pepper ; stir in the minced onion and a table- spoon of flour, which has been moistened with milk ; let it cream over boiling water. CHILI SAUCE. Mrs. Henry M. Knickerbocker. Twenty-four large ripe tomatoes, six green peppers, four large onions, three tablespoons salt, eight tablespoons brown sugar, six teacups vinegarChili Sauce. Chop the peppers and onions very fine ; peel the toniatoes and cut very small ; put all into a kettle and boil gently one hour. CHILI SAUCE. Etta C. Springer. One peck ripe tomatoes boiled one hour; add a cup of salt, one quart of vinegar, one ounce whole cloves, one ounce cinnamon, one ounce allspice, one ounce ground v/hite mustard, one quart onions sliced, a little celery, a little horse radish, one-half pound of sugar, six red peppers. CHILI SAUCE WITH SPICE. Mrs. Lamkin. Eighteen tomatoes (ripe ones) ; one green pepper chopped fine; three onions, if that flavor is desired; two tablespoons of salt ; one-half cup of sugar, two cups of VALUABLE RECIPES. 133 vinegar, one teaspoon of each kind of spice ; stew slowly; tomatoes to be sliced. Good without onion. CHILI SAUCE. Mrs. E. H. Dennison, Highland Park, 111. Chili Sauce with Spice