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Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus

1911

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Presented as published in 1911. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
add the butter and set aside to cool. When cool beat the eggs, light, add sugar, the lemon juice and grated rind, and whip in a great spoonful at a time, the stiffened cornstarch and milk. Bake in a buttered dish and eat cold. LITTLE STEAMED PUDDING— Cream one-quarter cup butter with one-half cup of sugar, add one-quarter cup milk, then one cup of flour sifted with two teaspoons of baking pow- der and a pinch of salt, and last fold in the stiffly beaten whites of three eggsLittle Steamed Pudding. Have some small molds or cups buttered, fill half full with the batter, cover with buttered paper, and steam three-quarters of an hour. Serve hot with a sauce. NEW HAMPSHIRE INDIAN MEAL PUDDING— Bring a quart of milk to a boil, then sprinkle in slowly about a cup and a quarter of yellow meal, stirring constantly. (An exact rule for the meal cannot be given, as some swells more than others.) As soon as the milk is thickened take from the fire and cool slightly before adding three-quarters of a cup of molasses, half a tea- spoonful salt and a tablespoonful gingerNew Hampshire Indian Meal Pudding. Beat the mixture until smooth, and lastly turn in a quart of cold milk, stirring very little. Pour into a well greased pudding dish and set in a very slow oven. This pudding needs about five hours of very slow baking to insure its becoming creamy, instead of hard and lumpy. The batter, after the cold milk is added should be about the consistency of pancake batter. Serve with cream or maple syrup. ORANGE PUDDING— Take one cup of fine stale bread- crumbs, not dried, and moisten them with as much milk as they will absorb and become thoroughly softened. Beat the yolks of four eggs with the whites of two, add four tablespoons of sugar and the grated peel of one orangeOrange Pudding, using of course only the outer cells. Stir this into the softened crumbs, then beat the other two whites until stiff and fold them into the mixture. Turn it Into a well buttered mold and steam it two hours. Turn out into a hot dish and serve with orange sauce. PEACH TAPIOCA— Prepare a dish of tapioca in the usual way, into a buttered pudding dish put a layer of cooked and sweetened tapioca, then a layer of peaches, fresh or canned. Next add another layer of tapioca, then more peaches, and so on until the dish is full. Flavor with lemon and sprinkle three- fourths of a cup of sugarPeach Tapioca over all, then bake in a very hot oven until a light brown. DESSERTS 127 RASPBERRY DUMPLINGS— Wash one cup of rice and put into the double boiler. Pour over it two cups of boiling water, add one-half teaspoon of salt and two tablespoons of sugar and cook thirty minutes or until soft. Have some small pudding cloths about twelve inches square, wring them out of hot water and lay them over a small half pint bowl. Spread the rice one- third of an inch thick over the cloth, and fill the center with fresh raspberriesRaspberry Dumplings. Draw the cloth around until the rice covers the berries and they are good round shape. Tie the ends of the cloth firmly, drop them into boiling water and cook twenty min- utes. Remove the cloth and serve with lemon sauce.