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The Cook County cook book

1912

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Presented as published in 1912. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
RICH COFFEE. — Beat 1 egg thoroug-hly in your cup, put in sugar, then pour in boiling hot coffee and stir briskly until th« egg is well cooked without settling. — Mrs. Conklin, 914 N. 5th Ave., Maywood^ 111. COFFEE FOR SIX.— Mix thoroughly 1 tablespoon of well beaten egg with 1 large tablespoon of ground coffee. Then add 5 tablespoons more of coffee and mix with a little cold water. Pour in a coffee pot with enough cold water to allow 2 small cups to each person. Let stand a little while before putting over fire. Heat slowly, letting it just come to a boil. Take from fire and settle with 1 tablespoon of waterPulled Candy. — Mrs. A. Morgan, 429 19th Ave., Maywood, 111. ACORN COFFEE.— Dry them thorughly in a cool oven, shell and cut them into pieces the size of coffee-berries. Roast like ordinary coffee until they become a cinnamon brown. Pound or grind the coffee, add a little butterAcorn Coffee and put into air-tight bottles. Prepare in the same way as ordinary coffee. Nice for invalids. — Mrs. C. J. Jeffries, Winnetka, 111. BARLEY COFFEE.— Roa-st barley until well brown and boil a tablespoon of it in a pt. of water for 5 minutes, strain and add a little sugar if desiredBarley Coffee. — Mrs. E. D. Kelley, Winnetka, 111. o CRUST COFFEE.— Brown entire wheat bread until quite ^ hard and crush with a rolling pin; place J4 cup in coffee pot; pour over 1 pt. of boiling water and boil 5 minutes. Add 1 pt. of milk, let heat and add 1 tablespoon of sugarCrust Coffee. Let settle 2 or 3 minutes and pour. — Mrs. C. J. Jeffries, Winnetka, 111. OATMEAL COFFEE.— Mix common oatmeal and water ^to form a cake; bake and brown it, powder it, and boil in water 5 minutes. Good for checking obstinate vomiting. — Mrs. C. J. Jeffries, Winnetka, 111. DANDELION CORDIAL.— Scald 4 qts. of freshly picked and washed dandelion blossoms with 4 qts. of boiling water; skim off flowers through a colander, using care not to squeeze 572 CANDY the flowers; dissolve a cake of yeast in as little water as pos- sible and add 1 teaspoonful to the liquor, 4 qts. of sugar, juice of 2 lemons, 1 orangeDandelion Cordial and let stand for 3 days. Strain through a cheese cloth or other fine fabric. Pour into a keg and let stand loosely corked. This will make 1 gallon.— Jane Parker, 803 So. 2nd Ave., Maywood, 111. APRICOT DRINK.— Peel a dozen apricots, take out the stones and pour on them a quart of boiling water; allow them to stand for 1 hour, then strain off the clear liquid and sweeten with % lb. of sugarApricot Drink. — Mrs. Dan ^Mather, Hubbard Woods, Til. BRAN DRINK.— Pour 1 qt. of hot water on 3 tablespoons of fresh bran and when cool add sugar to suit taste and the juice of 3 lemonsBran Drink. — Mrs. Lew Karlan, Forest Park, 111. BEEF JUICE.— Take a thick end of steak from the round and free it from all fat and membrane. Broil it over hot coals from 6 to 8 minutes — long enough to heat it through and start the juices. Cut it in strips and pass it through a juice extractor. Season juice with a little saltBeef Juice and serve at once. If it is to be rewarmed at any time heat it in a double boiler in which the water is only simmering, as beef juice is spoiled for invalids if albumen is coagulated. — Mrs. Karl Arnold, Glenview, 111.