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The New York receipt book

1882

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Presented as published in 1882. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Cabbage or Lettuce Salad. — 1 small firm head cabbage, or 3 heads let¬ tuce, chopped or sliced fine; 1 cup sweet milk, boiling hot; a little less than a cup of vinegar, 1 spoonful butter, 2 eggs well beaten, 1 spoonful white sugar, 1 teaspoonful essence of celery, condiments and oil to suitCabbage or Lettuce Salad. Heat the milk and vinegar in separate vessels. When the vinegar boils, put in the butter, sugar, and seasoning. Boil up once and stir in the chopped vegetables. To the hot milk add the eggs ; cook one minute after they begin to thicken . Pour cus¬ tard over salad, stir quickly, cover and set to cool suddenly. Serve cold, and garnish with slices of cold boiled eggs, cresses, or beets. Worms are expelled, stomach-ache cured, and sour stomach and wind colic are prevented by the use of Castoria. It is harmless and better than narcotic syrups, paregorics or laudanum. How Children bad “ Fun.” On a summer day, they went to play, Down the road to Deacon Jones’ pastime; Dick climbed the tree, Yic looked so gay; The hours were spent in fun and laughter, That night, those youngsters yelled with pain, Yes, the funny Dick and Victoria; The gripes were of the green apple kind, But quie&ly snared by Oastorte* M. BARftgUM Is now the owner of over twenty Elephants, including Jumbo, from the London Zoo, and two Baby Elephants. The following is what the great showman says of Centaur Liniment* Jumbo. 43g Fifth Ave>) New York, May 7, 1875. “ Among my vast troop of teamsters, equestrians, horses, camels, a..d elephants, there are always some which are lame, wounded, galled and strained. My doctors and veterinaries all assure me that nothing has proved so prompt and efficacious a remedy for men and animals as Cen¬ taur Liniment. If you could secure me a live^ Centaur, 1 will The Baby, give you my check for $100,000.” Truly yours, $6,000 Thrown Away. Germantown, Pa., April 21, 1878. “ gentlemen.- You shall have mine tanks. My vrow she has been aching and Bufferin' very bad mit pains all up her back and m both her legs for more nor 4 years She did holler sometimes and we tmnk was going to die. W c h . i 8, 4 and 5 goot doctors here and lu Philadelfy. It was no goot. I take her to Turkish baths, which helps a leetle. I then take her to Germany, and bath her 5 months in Weisbaden. We comes back here, and uses very many tmg». S was all the time pretty near the same. Ben we hear of c“ta“ We tried em. She git better. We keep trying em She git well. No more rtenmatta, no more pain. SI* dollars only did it W » cure her 6s* thousand dollar* fiM I paid before S fcnosd at*"* tios Cerda IMmti Tse !»s alias t«*s “ «AMM WUMm m Pickles, Jellies, etc. Spiced Currants. — 5 lbs. currants, 4 lbs. sugar, 1 pint vinegar, 4 teaspoon¬ fuls cinnamon, 5 ditto clovesSpiced Currants. Boil 3 hours; no pepper or salt. Delightful with venison or mutton. Tomato Catsup — Take 1 peck tomatoes, K lb. pepper, M lb. allspice, % lb. white mustard-seed, 2 ounces of cloves, 6 spoonfuls salt, half gallon vinegarTomato Catsup. Boil slowly 6 hours. Cool and then bottle. Pickled Peaches. — Take out of free stone peaches the pits; fill with large and small mustard seeds, mixed with grated horse radish; tie up; pour on a hot syrup, made of 1 lb. brown sugar to a quart vinegarPickled Peaches. Seal from air