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Council cook book

1908

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Presented as published in 1908. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Four pounds apples, chopped and cooked; two pounds coffee sugar in one pint of cider; two pounds of beef (edge bone), cooked and chopped; one . pound suet, chopped; one pound raisins, chopped; one pound currants; one-half pound citron, chopped SPECIAL ART EXHIBITIONS During Winter and Spring in Ohr New Gallery Fine Selection of Mirrors, Framed and Unframed JEngrayines and Photo- etsphs Soitable for Gifts. Framing and Gilding Objects of Art at HELGESEN'S, 2239 FILLMORE St., near Clay PIES AND PASTRIES 127 very fine; one pint molasses; one pint brandy and port; grated rind and juice of two lemons; salt to taste; two and one-half teaspoons ground cloves; five teaspoons ground cinnamon; two teaspoons ground mace; one nutmegMince Meat. After standing a few days, add what taste dictates. Mock Mince Pie. One cup chopped raisins, one cup chopped nuts (almonds or walnuts), one cup sour cream, pinch of soda, sweeten all to' taste, yolks of two eggs, whites beaten to froth for meringueMock Mince Pie. Bake crust on t)ut- side of tin, then put it inside and put in the filling and meringue. Lemon Pie. Two eggs, juice and rind of one lemon, scant cup of sugar, two tablespoons of flour, cup of boiling waterLemon Pie. Mix all together but the whites. Boil in a double boiler until it thickens. Make a meringue of the whites beaten with two teaspoons of sugar. Lemon Pie Cream. Mix one tablespoon corn starch with four table- spoons water. Take the juice of three lemons, grated rind of one, one cup sugar, three-fourths cup water, and heat to boiling point, then stir in corn starch and cook a few minutes. Stir in one teaspoon butter and set away to cool. When cold, add yolk^ of four eggs well beaten. Pour all into pie crust that has not been previously baked, and bake in Borden's Pioneer Milk RICHEST PUREST BEST 128 COUNCIL COOK BOOK. moderate oven thirty-five minutes. Beat the whites for meringue, add four tablespoons powdered sugar, spread on top of pie, and set in oven a few minutes. Pumpkin Pie. Press through a sieve one pint stewed pump- kin; beat yolks of four eggs with one scant cup sugar till thick. Add one pint milk, the pumpkin, one-half teaspoon cinnamon, little mace, ginger, nut- meg, and clovesPumpkin Pie. Stir in the stiff-beaten whites last, and bake in rich crust, without cover. Apple Charlotte, Pare and chop fine twelve or eighteen large apples. Mix in a cup of sugar, some cinnamon, and currants. Grease generously an iron frying pan and arrange almonds around the edge. Line it with a dough made of one tablespoon drippings and one egg creamed with one-half cup sugar, pinch of salt, flour to roll. Let the dough come up on sides of pan. Put in some of the apples, then a layer of dough and, another layer of apples. Put dough on top. Bake one hour and turn out on plate. Sprinkle sugar on top. Sour Apple Pie. Slice six tart apples and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Cover pie plate with under crust, add apples, two tablespoons water, and cover with a thin crust. Bake in a moderate pven for forty-five minutes. specially considered in THE l*/>-#^ EVENING POST'S inimitable f f,/ £ Colored Comic Section. Deliver- ed by carrier 30 cents a month. Child PIES AND PASTRIES 129 Cocoanut Pie. Line a pie plate with puff paste and fill with the following custard: Butter size of an egg, creamed with one cup granulated sugar, one tablespoon flour, three-fourths cup grated cocoanut, one tablespoon milk, vanilla, pinch of salt, and the beaten whites of three eggsCocoanut Pie. r Peach Cobbler. Fill a shallow pudding dish with ripe peeled peaches, leaving in a few pits to increase the flavor. Half fill the dish with cold water, sweeten to taste, and cover with a rich pie crust. Bake in a moderate oven; serve hot or cold, with cream or wine sauce. Apricots or apples may be prepared in the same manner. Fritter Batter.