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The Blue grass cook book

1904

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Presented as published in 1904. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Cook before putting in pastry. CRANBERRY PIE Miss Mary Bashford 1 teacup of sugar, 1 teacup of cranberries, or cherries, ^ teacup of raisins, 204 PASTRY 1 tablespoon of butter, 1 tablespoon of flour. Cream butter, add flour, then sugar and cran- berries. Put mixture in raw crust and bake with top. Cook 30 minutes in slow oven. CREAM PIE (No. 1) V. C. G. 1 quart of sweet milk, 2 eggs, 9, tablespoons of flour. Mix the flour with some of the milk and let the remainder come to a boil. Beat the eggs light; put in the flour, and pour the boiling milk on these. Sweeten to taste and strain. Cook till thick as custard, stirring all the time. When cold, flavor with essence of lemon. Bake a crust made of rich puff^ paste, and when cold, fill with the custard. The success of this depends on the cooking, and many good cooks slip a sharp knife under the crust here and there while it is cooking to make it light as possible. 205 THE BLUE GRASS COOK BOOK CREAM PIE (No. 2) Miss Mary Bashford 4 eggs — yolks only, leaving whites for a meringue, 1 pint of cream instead of butter, 3 kitchen spoons of flour, f pint of sugar. Flavor and bake. Meringue on top. Make lemon pies the same way, using juice of 5 lemons. IRISH POTATO PIE 1 pint mashed potatoes, ■^ pint cream, 4 eggs, f pound sugar, 1 orange, 1 cup of butter. Cook and mash the potatoes. Beat the eggs together, add sugar and butter and beat well. Then pour in the cream and add the potatoes and stir well. Flavor with the juice of 1 orange. Bake in paste and cover with meringue of well- beaten whites of 2 eggs and 2 tablespoons sugar. 206 PASTRY LEMON PIE (Nrt 1) Mrs. R. H. Hanson 1 cup of buttermiBaked Apple Dumplingslk, 1^ cups sugar, 4 eggs, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 tablespoon cornstarch. Juice and rind of 2 lemons. Beat the yolks and reserve the whites for the meringue. Add the other ingredients and cook in, a porce- lain pan till thick. Fill the shells, spread the meringue on top and brown in the oven. LEMON PIE (No. 2) Miss Mary Bashford 6 eggs, using 2 whites, 2 lemons, if juicy — more, if dry, 1 pint of sugar, ^ pint of butter, 1 spoon of sifted flour. Add lemon juice last. Cook and add meringue. 207 THE BLUE GRASS COOK BOOK MINCE MEAT FOR PIES (No. 1) R. V. J. 4 pounds of fresh, tongue, 3 pounds of suet, 8 pounds of chopped apples, 3 pounds of currants, 4 pounds of seeded raisins, 6 pounds of white sugar, 2 pounds of citron, cut in small pieces, 4 lemons, grated rind and juice, 1 ounce of cinnamon, ^ ounce of cloves, ^ ounce of allspice, 4 nutmegs, grated, 1 quart of Madeira wine, 1 pint of cider, 1 quart of brandyMince Meat for Pies (No. 1) or good whisky. Boil the tongue in salted water until tender, and when cold, chop fine. Remove every particle of membrane from the suet and chop it fine, and mix with the tongue with enough salt to remove the fresh taste. To this, add the apples, sugar, fruit, spices and other ingredients. Mix all together and cover close. «08 PASTRY If too dry when ready for use, moisten with a little sweet cider. MINCE MEAT FOR PIES (No. 2) Mrs. Henri/ C. Buckner 5 pounds of beef tongue, cooked and chopped fine, 4s pounds of suet (be careful to remove strings), 2 pounds of raisins, 2 pounds of cherry preserves, 1 pound of damson preserves, 1 pound of peach preserves, Mince Meat for Pies