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The Common sense recipe book

1898

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Presented as published in 1898. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Peel and slice some cooking apples, and stew them, putting a small cupful of water and the same of moist sugar to a quart of sliced apples; add half a nutmeg and the peel of a lemon grated; when they are tender, set them to cool. Line a shal- low tin pie-dish with a rich pie paste, or light puff paste; put in the stewed apples half an inch deep; roll out some of the paste; wet it slightly over with the yolk of an egg, beaten with a little milk, and a tablespoonful of powdered sugar; cut it in very narrow strips and lay them in crossbars, or diamonds, across the tart; lay another strip round the edge; trim off the outside neatly with a sharp knife, and bake in a quick oven until the paste loosens from the dish. COGOANWIS CUSTARD Pir: One pint milk, two eggs, half a cupful sugar, half a grated nutmeg, one cupful “White Moss” cocoanutCoconut Custard Pie. Beat the eggs and sugar together until light, then add the milk, nutmeg and cocoanut. Line two pie dishes with plain paste, fill them with this mixture, and bake in a quick oven for thirty minutes. “When fatigued,.a small glassful of VIN MARIANI works wonders.”—Aichard Mansfield. 183 James M. Aird mss revne™ ‘* Triticomina’”’ BREAD (Patent: <S_ Telephones 1025, 1340, 6488, 5052 LEMON: PLE, Juice of a lemon, a cup of water, a cup of milk, a tablespoon of cornstarch, yolks of four eggs, and the white of one, a table- spoon of butter. Mix this together. Bake with one crust. When done beat the three whites and two tablespoons of sugar to a stiff froth, and brown lightly. COCOAN UY were: One-half pound “White Moss” cocoanut, three-quarters of a pound of white sugar, six ounces of butter, five eggs (the whites only), two tablespoonfuls rose water, one teaspoonful nutmeg. Cream ithe butter and sugar, beat till very light, and add the rose water, then add the cocoanut with as little and light beating as possible, finally whip in the stiffened whites of the eggs with a few skilful strokes, and bake at once in open shells. Eat cold, with powdered sugar sifted over them. These are very pretty and delightful pies. BANANA PIE. Line a deep pie tin with rich paste and bake in a quick oven; watch and press down with a knife if the crust rises. When done fill with sliced bananas, sweeten well, add the juice of a lemon, ice the top. Place in the oven to brown the top slightly. Very nice. Poli Wo TR LPT Ee Beat the yolk of one egg and one-half cup of sugar until light and foamy, then beat in one cup of apple sauce that has been strained through a fine strainer, season to taste with lemon Superior Quality alone Sells EAGLE BAKING POWDER 184 All grocers sell WHITE MOSS COCOAN UT, but remember the bestiis always put up in Packages of 4, 3, 4 orl pound. extract. Bake with an under crust ina quick oven. Make a meringue of the white of the egg, spread it over the pie as soon as it is done and brown lightly. COCOANUTA CREAM SE UE: One tablespoon of “White Moss” cocoanut stirred thoroughly into one-half cup of sugar, then add the well-beaten white of one egg, one cup of sweet cream, one-half cup of milk, a little salt, one-quarter teaspoonful of vanilla, bake as you would a custard pie. LEMON CREAM PIES. Two teacups of powdered sugar, two tablespoons of butter, yolks of two eggs, juice and grated rind of two lemons, two teacups of boiling water, two tablespoons of cornstarchLemon Cream Pie; mix the cornstarch with a little cold water, then stir into the boiling water; cream the butter and sugar, then pour the boiling mixture over them. ‘When quite cool add the leraon and beaten yolks; bake in one crust. This will make two pies. When done, add the well-beaten whites with one tablespoon of sugar. Brown in the oven. COCOANUT, PLE: