FoodNet

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1887

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Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Orange Baskets 205 Ambrosia 205 Ice-Cream, Lemon or Vanilla 205 Strawberry Ice-Cream 206 Peach Ice-Cream 206 Coffee Cream 206 Chocolate Ice-Cream 207 Turn Frutti 207 Salted Almonds 208 After-Dinner Croutons 208 Candied Cherries 209 Iced Currants 210 Orange Water Ice 210 Grape Sherbet 210 To Make Tea 21 1 Iced Tea 21 1 To Boil Coffee 21 1 Chocolate 212 CHAPTER XVII. — CONFECTIONERY. Barley Sugar 217 Sugar a la Creme 217 Cocoanut Candy 217 Red or Pink Coloring 218 Ginger or Cinnamon Tablet 218 Chocolate Caramels 21S Vanilla Toffee 219 Stuffed Dates 219 Creamed Walnuts 220 Walnut Taffy Peanut Candy 2^o CHAPTER XVIII. — COOKERY FOR THE SICK. • 223 . 223 . 224 Mutton Broth . Beef Tea . A Nourishing Omelet xviii CONTENTS. PAGE Gruel 224 Arrowroot Ground-Rice Milk 225 Flour Caudle . 225 Panada 225 Milk Toast (for Invalids) 226 Irish-Moss Blancmange 226 Calves’-Foot Jelly . . . 226 Egg Mulled in Tea or Coffee 227 Raspberry Vinegar 227 Apple Water 227 Barley Water 228 CHAPTER XIX. — HOME REMEDIES. Herb Teas 231 Pennyroyal Tea 232 Elder Tea 232 Slippery-Elm Tea 232 Flaxseed Lemonade ......... 232 Calamus Candy 233 Delightful Cough Candy 233 Excellent Cough Mixture 234 Gargle for Sore Throat . 234 Salve 234 Brown Salve 234 Balsam Liniment 235 For a Gathering 235 Borage 235 “Thieves’ Vinegar” 236 Scent Sachets. No. i 236 Scent Sachets. No. 2 236 INDEX TO LITERARY SELECTIONS AND QUOTATIONS. PAGE Dinner Scene from “Riquet a la Houppe:” Mrs. Anne Thackeray Ritchie 3 Quotation from “ The Ballad of Bouillabaisse : Thackeray 7 The Trout: A. B. Street r5 Kisses at Market: Anonymous 29 Beefsteak Pudding. “Martin Chuzzlewit:” Dickens . 32 Mutton and Turnips : Charles Lamb 3& Roast Pig : Charles Lamb ...»•••• 43 Bacon and Eggs : Father Prout's Relics 45 The Sabbath Supper Chime: Puck 49 On Tripe. • “The Chimes : ” A'cfa 50 Sam Lawson’s Turkey. “ Oldtown Folks : ” Mrs. Stowe . 59 Roast Goose. “A Christmas Carol :” Dickens ... 65 Stuffed Peacock : Pierre Blot 67 Pigeon Pie. “The Sketch-Book :” Trzwzg- .... 71 On Game. “Steven Lawrence, Yeoman:’’ Mrs. Annie Edwards 75 The ’Possum: Arkatisaw Traveller 77 “Toss us up an Omelet.” “The Maid of Croissey:” Mrs. Gore 83 Quotation from Essays : R. W. Emerson . . . .87 Description of Dairy. “Adam Bede:” George Eliot . . 89 The Mushroom: Campbell 93 Asparagus: Charles Lamb 96 The Maize. “ Hiawatha : ” H. IV. Longfellow ... 97 Cabbage. “My Summer in a Garden:” C. D. Warner . 103 The Onion. “My Summer in a Garden:” C. D. Warner 105 Celery : John Burroughs 106 xix XX INDEX TO SELECTIONS. PAGE Extract from “Aunt Cindy’s Dinner:” Sarah Winter Kellogg 137 Scene from “Mary Powell Mrs. Manning . . . 146 Quotation from “Locusts and Wild Honey Burroughs 147 Scene from “ Margaret Sylvester Judd . . . .155 Scene from “Margret Howth Mrs. R. II. Davis . .157 Frumenty. “ Essays of Elia : ” Lamb 160 An Apple Pudding. “We Girls : ” Mrs. Whitney . . 163 Apple Dumplings : Charles Lamb 196 Strawberries: Dr. Boteler and John Burroughs . . .171 Blackberries: Charles Mackay 172 Pumpkin Pie. “The Pumpkin G. Whittier . . .182 Mince Pie. “Legend of Sleepy Hollow :” Irving . . 186 The Party. “Donald and Dorothy :” Mrs. Dodge . . 191 Jessie’s Bargains : Mrs. H. P. Spofford 215 Scene from “ My Precious Betsy : ” Morton . . . 223 Poem on Herbs: Shenstone 231 Quotation from “The Culprit Fay:”/. R. Drake . . 233 CHAPTER 1. SOUPS. V UNIVERSAL COOKERY BOOK.