1 cup scalded vinegar, ^ cup melted butter, i cup milk or cream,
4 eggs thoroughly beaten, i even tablespoonful mustard, salt and
sugar, pinch of cayenne pepper. Mix mustard, sugar and salt to-
gether, add butter, then mix milk and eggs together, then mix all
thoroughly. Scald the mixture over boiling water until thick.
Mrs. Hattie Gardner.
LOBSTER SALAD.
2 hard boiled eggs, 2 small onions, 2 cucumber pickles, 2 lob-
sters, chop each separately, then mix all together with J^ cup of
vinegar, y^ teaspoonful pepper, J^ teaspoonful salt, i teaspoonful
mustard✪ Lobster Salad. A little red pepper if you wish.
Mrs. E. S. Robinson.
Y EAST.
BOllKO K>lATO YEAST.
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CANDY.
CREAM CANDY.
2 cupfuls white sugar, J^ cupful boiling water. As it begins to
boil add i teaspoonful cream of tartar✪ Cream Candy. Boil until brittle. When
cool enough work over a hook, and add flavoring while working.
Marie Kelly.
VINEGAR CANDY.
Cup of vinegar, 2 of white sugar. Boil till it will break brittle
when dropped in cold water. Pour into a buttered dish and cut
before it gets hard. Nice with nuts for a change. Any kind will do.
MOLASSES CANDY.
1 cup sugar, add 4 tablespoonfuls water. Let it boil until sugar is
thoroughly dissolved. Then add i cup molasses, butter size of an
egg, a pinch of cream tartar. Work when cool.
Mrs. H. H. Smith.
SWEET WILLIAM CANDY.
2 cups sugar, 1 cup water, yi cup molasses. Butter size of an
egg, I full teaspoonful of cream tartar.
84 MACHIAS COOK BBOIC.
PEANUT CANDY, No. i.
2 cups sugar, i cup butter, J4 cup vinegar, J^ cup molasses,
I quart peanut?^ i teaspoonful soda.
PEANUT CANDY, No. 2.
3 cups molasses, 2 cups peanuts, i cup sugar. A small piece of
butter, 2 teaspoonfuls of soda.
CONNECTICUT NUT CANDY.
2 cups sugar, 2 tea«poonfu1s cold water. Stir until it dissolves
and turns brown, like molasses. Stir in i pound of nuts.
Mrs. Charles F. Clarke.
FUDGE.
Take ^ cup of milk, 2 tablespoonfuls of Walter Baker's Cocoa,
% pound of powdered sugar, dissolve thoroughly and boil until it
hardens in cold water, then add butter size of an egg, and a dash
of vanilla.
Nellie P. Spaulding.
BROWN SUGAR FUDGE.
4 cups brown sugar, i cup cream, 2 cups chopped walnuts.
Flavor Mrith vanilla. Beat hard after removing.
Mrs. Jared Crane, St. Albans, Vt.
CHOCOLATE FUDGE.
3 cups powdered sugar, 3 squares chocolate, i cup cream, butter
size of an egg. Flavor with vanilla. Beat hard after removing.
Mrs. Jared Crane, St. Albans, Vt.
CHOCOLATE CARAMELS.
1 cup molasses, i cup sugar, 2 squares of chocolate, }4 cup of
milk^ j{ cup of butter, i pound or less of chopped walnuts.
CANDY. 85
TO CREAM DATES AND WALNUTS.
The white of i egg well beaten, add J4 the quantity of <:old
water, add enough confectioner's hugar to mould easily. Use this
mixture for dates, nuts or any cream candies ; flavor. Dates are
also very nice filled with walnuts, peanuts, or cheese.
Mrs. W. H. Allen.
CHECKERBERRY DROPS.
I pint sugar, 5 tablespoonfuls water boiled 4 minutes, 2 table-
spoonfuls glucose, y^ teaspoonful cream of tartar, 15 drops oil of
chetkerberry, stirred into mixture after boiling. Drop on tin or
paper.
PEPPERMINTS.
1 cup sugar, y^ cup water, boil, stirring often twenty minutes.
Take from the stove and add ^ teaspoonful cream tartar and
peppermint to taste.
KISSSES.
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1 cup scalded vinegar, ^ cup melted butter, i cup milk or cream,
4 eggs thoroughly beaten, i even tablespoonful mustard, salt and
sugar, pinch of cayenne pepper. Mix mustard, sugar and salt to-
gether, add butter, then mix milk and eggs together, then mix all
thoroughly. Scald the mixture over boiling water until thick.
Mrs. Hattie Gardner.
LOBSTER SALAD.
2 hard boiled eggs, 2 small onions, 2 cucumber pickles, 2 lob-
sters, chop each separately, then mix all together with J^ cup of
vinegar, y^ teaspoonful pepper, J^ teaspoonful salt, i teaspoonful
mustard. A little red pepper if you wish.
Mrs. E. S. Robinson.
Y EAST.
BOllKO K>lATO YEAST.
Jl lAi^t vUvi jHnjilv^N j\.ut\i» washevl anvi boiled till broken in
suuut ;nv\c:!k I cuj* IvV><' hv^p$ bo/.ovl in i quart oi water. Drain
.ukI uuiNh jvlAtvHTN Avid the hv^p »'Ji:er auvi enough hot water to
SiiAxi^ I'.iVbtr^ a" :^e jv:a;o through. anJ j:ut i: on to boil.
Whcu N"' u.^ idvl ^^ cur .Vur aUvi >^ cul' sugar winch bjts been
>fcvt tv^ A ^iiKx^th i^»fci.:<' >fcuh cv\d wa:er.
%% *** •*■.■• J
v\ i* >^^*-x '^ '^ v;.* 'u \* V '- :- > >^i>: v " r-.c ic"::r tven
M. 's I ..:c , ii: < / ^x & rock.
^ .. ^^ -ta ^ ^. A. ....^^
. » « » * >. ...»
CANDY.
CREAM CANDY.
2 cupfuls white sugar, J^ cupful boiling water. As it begins to
boil add i teaspoonful cream of tartar. Boil until brittle. When
cool enough work over a hook, and add flavoring while working.
Marie Kelly.
VINEGAR CANDY.
Cup of vinegar, 2 of white sugar. Boil till it will break brittle
when dropped in cold water. Pour into a buttered dish and cut
before it gets hard. Nice with nuts for a change. Any kind will do.
MOLASSES CANDY.
1 cup sugar, add 4 tablespoonfuls water. Let it boil until sugar is
thoroughly dissolved. Then add i cup molasses, butter size of an
egg, a pinch of cream tartar. Work when cool.
Mrs. H. H. Smith.
SWEET WILLIAM CANDY.
2 cups sugar, 1 cup water, yi cup molasses. Butter size of an
egg, I full teaspoonful of cream tartar.
84 MACHIAS COOK BBOIC.
PEANUT CANDY, No. i.
2 cups sugar, i cup butter, J4 cup vinegar, J^ cup molasses,
I quart peanut?^ i teaspoonful soda.
PEANUT CANDY, No. 2.
3 cups molasses, 2 cups peanuts, i cup sugar. A small piece of
butter, 2 teaspoonfuls of soda.
CONNECTICUT NUT CANDY.
2 cups sugar, 2 tea«poonfu1s cold water. Stir until it dissolves
and turns brown, like molasses. Stir in i pound of nuts.
Mrs. Charles F. Clarke.
FUDGE.
Take ^ cup of milk, 2 tablespoonfuls of Walter Baker's Cocoa,
% pound of powdered sugar, dissolve thoroughly and boil until it
hardens in cold water, then add butter size of an egg, and a dash
of vanilla.
Nellie P. Spaulding.
BROWN SUGAR FUDGE.
4 cups brown sugar, i cup cream, 2 cups chopped walnuts.
Flavor Mrith vanilla. Beat hard after removing.
Mrs. Jared Crane, St. Albans, Vt.
CHOCOLATE FUDGE.
3 cups powdered sugar, 3 squares chocolate, i cup cream, butter
size of an egg. Flavor with vanilla. Beat hard after removing.
Mrs. Jared Crane, St. Albans, Vt.
CHOCOLATE CARAMELS.
1 cup molasses, i cup sugar, 2 squares of chocolate, }4 cup of
milk^ j{ cup of butter, i pound or less of chopped walnuts.
CANDY. 85
TO CREAM DATES AND WALNUTS.
The white of i egg well beaten, add J4 the quantity of <:old
water, add enough confectioner's hugar to mould easily. Use this
mixture for dates, nuts or any cream candies ; flavor. Dates are
also very nice filled with walnuts, peanuts, or cheese.
Mrs. W. H. Allen.
CHECKERBERRY DROPS.
I pint sugar, 5 tablespoonfuls water boiled 4 minutes, 2 table-
spoonfuls glucose, y^ teaspoonful cream of tartar, 15 drops oil of
chetkerberry, stirred into mixture after boiling. Drop on tin or
paper.
PEPPERMINTS.
1 cup sugar, y^ cup water, boil, stirring often twenty minutes.
Take from the stove and add ^ teaspoonful cream tartar and
peppermint to taste.
KISSSES.