Colonial recipes, from old Virginia and Maryland manors

N. B. — This pudding will be light or heavy just as sponge cake is light or heavy. The whites are to be stirred in gently and not allowed to stand, but be baked immediately and served immediately. It is a matter of calculation as well as of wrist. (The recipe for the famous old " Mint Brandy of Hampton " will be found in the chapter on " Mint.") GLEN ELLEN Glen Ellen, the stately old home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gilmor, was considered one of the most beautiful estates in Maryland. It lies in the Dulaney's Valley and joins Hampton, the estate of the Ridgelys. Mrs. Robert Gilmor was before her marriage the beautiful Miss Ellen Ward, and she was the mother of the late Mr. William Gilmor and of Judge Robert Gilmor. Through the kindness of Mrs. Nannie Keys Levering a few old family recipes from Glen Ellen and also from Waverly, the home of Governor and Mrs. George Howard, are given. Mrs. Levering is the wife of Mr. Leonidas Levering and the daughter of the late Mr. Robert Keys and Mrs. Rebecca Norris Keys, who as Miss Rebecca Norris of Baltimore was a great belle of her day, and was a woman of rare loveliness and charm. Blenden, the handsome country home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonidas Levering, was named for Blenden 56 Glen Ellen Hall, the magnificent ancestral estate of Mrs. Levering's family in England. SOFT GINGER BREAD {Glen Ellen) Two pounds flour, i pound butter, i pound brown sugar, i pint molasses, 6 eggs. Cream, butter and sugar together, then add flour and molasses alternately; half of the flour retained and beaten in alternately with the eggs. Grated lemon peel, allspice, cinnamon and ginger; 2 teaspoonfuls of soda in molasses. Mrs. Robert Gilmor, Glen Ellen. blackberry pudding (excellent) (Glen Ellen) Four tablespoonfuls of flour, -J pint of milk, yolks of 4 eggs, £ pound of butter, f pound brown sugar, nutmeg to taste, wine if you choose. Mix as a batter; add 1 pint of blackberries mixed in gradually. Bake in a greased dish faster than cake. Serve with " Nuns' Butter Sauce." Mrs. Robert Gilmor. Glen Ellen 57 BREAKFAST BREAD {Glen Ellen) Two eggs, i pound flour, butter size of an egg, I cake of yeast. Mix with milk as stiff as you can stir. Beat light and put in a covered pan until next morning, then bake in a hot oven. Mrs. Robert Gilmor. brown SOUP A knuckle of veal, 3 quarts of water. Let it simmer down for about 4 hours before seasoning, then put in thyme, parsley, a little mace, allspice, salt and pepper. Let simmer 2 hours more and thicken with browned flour. Beat the yolks of an egg with a tablespoonful of butter and stir in after removing soup from the fire. Mrs. William Gilmor. WAVERLY Waverly, the beautiful estate of Governor and Mrs. George Howard, was a wedding gift to Governor Howard from his distinguished father, General John Eager Howard of Revolutionary fame. It was at this beautiful place that the young couple began their married life, which proved to be a very happy one. Governor George Howard was not only a Governor of Maryland, but he was born the son of a Governor of Maryland, his father having been elected Governor the year before he was born. His mother was Margaret Chew Howard, and he spent his early life at Belvedere, the beautiful estate of his parents in Baltimore County.