Hilda's diary of a Cape housekeeper

Invalid, dish for. See Sheep’s brains Invalid’s pudding, 285 Jam, Cape gooseberry, 162 grape, 7, 59 lemon, 163 orange, 166 peach, 59 tomato, 59 Jam-pots, to clean, 39 January, 29 Jaundice, 282 Jelly, apple, 252 aspic, 250-1 blackberry, 248 currant, 248 Guava, 125 hen, 74 meat, 249 orange, 18 1, 286 port wine, 286 sav'oury or aspic, 249-51 Jerusalem artichokes, 83 Joints, time to allow to cook, 93 July, 16 1 “Jumbles” cake, 244 June, 141 “Kaffirfinks,” 4 Kidney disease, tonic for, 282 Kidneys and eggs, 106 and mashed potatoes, 211 Kill, to, calves, rabbits, poultry, 275-78 Kitchen-garden, a pretty, 68 Knee-halter, how to, a horse, 239 Kreeft. See Crayfish Lady cake, 181 Lamb, to do up cold, 165, 205 Lambs, 8 Laundrywork, 30 Leg of mutton a la Neapolitan, 213 for picnics, 236 Lemetjes. See Limes Lemon biscuits, 168 cheese, 13 1 cheese-cakes, 208 cream, 132 curds, 204 Lemon, jam, 163 sago, 182 solid, 130 Lemonade, 234 Lemons, 163 Lettuce, braised, 19 1 Library of cookery books, 90-1 Limes (lemetjes) sauce, 63 (lemetjes comfyt), to preserve, 63 Limpet soup. See Periwinkle Linseed poultice, 282 , Lobster, scalloped, 47 to kill mercifully, 273 Locusts, to destroy, 263-7 Loquats, 231 Lucerne, 67 Macaroni cheese, 180 ‘ ‘ Maggi, ” for soups, 93 Mango chutney, 104 Manure, poultry, 46, 102 Maps, old, 20 March, 81 Marinade, German, io6 Market, 64 Marmalade, 88. See Orange jam Marrow soup, 221 vegetable, preserve, 222 Mashed potato and kidneys, 21 1 May, 125 Mayonnaise sauce for bananas, 153 German, 198 Mealies, green, 58 Meat, indigestible with tea, 21 1 jelly, savoury, 249 Mebos, to ciystallize, 89 Medlar jelly, 127 Melon preserve, 64 Milan souffle, 132 Milk, sour, 194 thick, 194 to. sterilize, 29, n. Mince-meat, 223 pies, 224 Mock turtle ragout, 194 Moss bolletjes, 6 Mulberry fool, 248 Mustard, plaster and poultice, 282 Mutton, corned, 107 gravy for, 197 Mutton, Neapolitan leg of, 213 patties, 236 sauce for, 153 My Old Home, 1-24 Names of Cape fish, 261 Natal, 270-2 Neapolitan chicken, 164 leg of mutton, 213 Notes of Dishes, 109 on other parts of Africa, 268 November, 221 Nursing hints, 288-9 Nut cake, 203 October, 203 “Oidium” 1 18 Old-fashioned sweetmeat, 208 Ombersley sauce, 152 “ One man’s meat another man’s poison,” 212 Onions, preservative uses of, 83 Orange, baked, 141 in season, 192 jam, 166. 6’^^ Marmalade jelly, 182, 286 pudding, 182 salad, 156 tart, 141 trees and blight, 161 Orange River Colony, 268 Oranges and lemons, 286 Ostriches, 22, 243 Other parts of South Africa, 268 Overdose, laudanum, etc., 281 Ox-marrow, 72 Packing of fruit, value of careful, 112 Palestine soup, 83 Pangar fish, 142, 143 Paraffin stoves, 29 Parkyn, 72, 225 Parsley, to sow, 67 Parsnips, 57 Paste and pastry, 49, 207-1 1 cup, 209 for fruit tarts, 209 for meat pies, 210 for roly-poly, apple, or beefsteak pudding, 209 Paste, fourre polonais, 149 Pastry, Geneva, 148 Pastry, light, 210 lining for custard pudding, 210 short crust, 208 tough, to avoid, 93 Patties, mutton, 236 Peach, yellow, pickle, 59 Pears, baked, 84 colour of stewed, 85 in jelly, 85 preserving, 42 saffron, 42 stewed, and quince, 84 stewed, to make good red, 85 Pekelaar salad (snoek), 142 Penang, 66 Penguin egg savoury, 196 Periwinkle soup, 168 Pickle, cucumber, 61 red cabbage, 63 yellow peach, 59 Picnics, 11-13 dish for, 236