The right proportions are :
2 pounds light dough— atx)Ut a good
quart dipperful.
3 ounces butter or lard — ^ cup.
8 ounces jsugar — i cup.
Brush over with syrup when done and
dredge sugar.
656— Corned Beef Stew with Pota-
toes.
Called also hashed corned beef. Make
same as the lamb "gallimaufry" No. 618 ;
of equal quantities of corned beef with,
some fat upon it and po*-itoes all cut in
neat dice shapes.
Breakfast.
"Blackcap raspberries and currants (2
qts, 18 cents.)
Oatmeal (2 cents.)
Beefsteak (4 orders, 10 cents.)
Lamb chops (10 orders, 20 small chops,
2 lbs, 20 cents.)
Omelets with green onions (No. 89; 4
orders, 8 eggs, 10 cents.) _
Eggs poached and boiled (10 orders,
24 cents.)
Potatoes minced in cream (No. 534; 7
cents.)
German pufTs (No. 623; 18 large with
6 eggs, etc., 18 cents.)
Corn bread (buttermilk, no eggs, 8
orders, 3 cents.)
Graham batter cakes (no eggs, i qt, 7
cents.)
Milk (6 qts, 18 cents.)
Cream (3 pts, 30 cents.)
Butter (i lb, 20 cents.)
Syrup 4, bread 4, coffee, tea, sugar 14.
Total, $2 09; 26 persons; 8 cents a
plate.
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COOKING J^OR PROMT,
658--White Citron Cake
Eggs.
w.thout
1 small cup sugar — 6 ounces.
% cup butter — 4 ounces.
2✪ Chocolate Cake without Eggs cups milk — a pint (part of it should
be sour.)
2 heaped teaspoons baking powder.
5 cups flour — i]i pounds.
Yz pound citron cut small.
I teaspoon lemon extract.
Soften the butter, stir it up with the
sugar and the milk not too cold to mix.
Sift the powder in the flour. Mix and
beat well and add flavor and the citron
previously dusted with flour. Bake in
round mould or shallow tin and frost
over. Fine cake and favorite. If no sour
milk use pinch cream tartar or juice of
half a lemon to whiten it. Use no soda
in any cake that is to be white. Costs,
30 cents for 3^ pounds frosted without
eggs.
Dinner.
Soup, beef a TAnglaise (5 qts, 25 cents.)
Whitefish, Point Shirley Style (2 fishes,
4 lbs, 20 orders, with seasonings,45 cents.)
Boiled corned beef (^ lb, 5 cents.)
Boiled bacon and greens (trifle, 3 cents.)
Roast loin of beef (2 lbs, 30 cents.)
Roast lamb (3 lbs, 30 cents.")
Veal patties, bechamel, (ro with % lb,
veal, 12 cents.)
String beans with bacon (garden, 12
cents.)
Green peas (garden, 10 cents.)
Tomatoes and corn (20 cents.)
Potatoes (two ways, 7 cents.)
Sponge pudding, cherry sauce (No.
664; 1% lbs, with sauce, 19 cents.)
Cherry pie (i large, with i pt, pitted
cherries 6, sugar 3, crust 3; 12 cents.)
Raspberries and cream (i qt, berries,
8 cents.)
Cream 20, milk 12, butter, bread 11.
Crac> ers, cheese, pickles, condiments,
nuts, raisins, average 27 cents.
Coffee, tea, sugar 12.
Total, $3 19; 27 persons, nearly 12
cents a plate.
659— Beef Soup, a TAnglaise, or
English btyle.
It is a brown, strong soup with small
cut beef and vegetables in it.
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Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
The right proportions are :
2 pounds light dough— atx)Ut a good quart dipperful.
3 ounces butter or lard — ^ cup. 8 ounces jsugar — i cup.
Brush over with syrup when done and dredge sugar.
656— Corned Beef Stew with Potatoes.
Called also hashed corned beef. Make same as the lamb "gallimaufry" No. 618 ; of equal quantities of corned beef with, some fat upon it and potatoes all cut in neat dice shapes.
Breakfast.
"Blackcap raspberries and currants (2 qts, 18 cents.)
Oatmeal (2 cents.)
Beefsteak (4 orders, 10 cents.)
Lamb chops (10 orders, 20 small chops, 2 lbs, 20 cents.)
Omelets with green onions (No. 89; 4 orders, 8 eggs, 10 cents.) _
Eggs poached and boiled (10 orders, 24 cents.)
Potatoes minced in cream (No. 534; 7 cents.)
German pufTs (No. 623; 18 large with 6 eggs, etc., 18 cents.)
Corn bread (buttermilk, no eggs, 8 orders, 3 cents.)
Graham batter cakes (no eggs, i qt, 7 cents.)
Milk (6 qts, 18 cents.)
Cream (3 pts, 30 cents.)
Butter (i lb, 20 cents.)
Syrup 4, bread 4, coffee, tea, sugar 14.
Total, $2 09; 26 persons; 8 cents a plate.
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658— White Citron Cake without Eggs.
1 small cup sugar — 6 ounces. % cup butter — 4 ounces.
2 cups milk — a pint (part of it should be sour.)
2 heaped teaspoons baking powder.
5 cups flour — i]i pounds.
Yz pound citron cut small.
I teaspoon lemon extract.
Soften the butter, stir it up with the sugar and the milk not too cold to mix. Sift the powder in the flour. Mix and beat well and add flavor and the citron previously dusted with flour. Bake in round mould or shallow tin and frost over. Fine cake and favorite. If no sour milk use pinch cream tartar or juice of half a lemon to whiten it. Use no soda in any cake that is to be white. Costs, 30 cents for 3^ pounds frosted without eggs.
Dinner.
Soup, beef a TAnglaise (5 qts, 25 cents.) Whitefish, Point Shirley Style (2 fishes,
4 lbs, 20 orders, with seasonings,45 cents.) Boiled corned beef (^ lb, 5 cents.) Boiled bacon and greens (trifle, 3 cents.) Roast loin of beef (2 lbs, 30 cents.) Roast lamb (3 lbs, 30 cents.") Veal patties, bechamel, (ro with % lb,
veal, 12 cents.) String beans with bacon (garden, 12
cents.) Green peas (garden, 10 cents.) Tomatoes and corn (20 cents.) Potatoes (two ways, 7 cents.) Sponge pudding, cherry sauce (No.
664; 1% lbs, with sauce, 19 cents.) Cherry pie (i large, with i pt, pitted
cherries 6, sugar 3, crust 3; 12 cents.) Raspberries and cream (i qt, berries,
8 cents.) Cream 20, milk 12, butter, bread 11. Crac> ers, cheese, pickles, condiments,
nuts, raisins, average 27 cents. Coffee, tea, sugar 12. Total, $3 19; 27 persons, nearly 12
cents a plate.
659— Beef Soup, a TAnglaise, or English btyle.
It is a brown, strong soup with small
cut beef and vegetables in it.
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