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The Memorial Hall cook book

1919

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Presented as published in 1919. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Two cups granulated sugar, % cup milk, 2 tblspns. butter, 2 oz. unsweetened chocolate, % tspn. vanillaChocolate Fudge. Put sugar and milk over the fire until boiling point is reached; add butter and allow to boil until syrup will form in soft balls, when tried in cold water. Take from fire, add chocolate and vanilla and beat until it snaps, pour in buttered dishes; when partly cooled cut in squares. — Mrs. George W. Hellings. 115 Motor Trucks and Cooking Every ingredient called for by the excellent recipes in this Cook Book is transported long distances by modern motor trucks. The result is that the house- wife can be more certain of constantly obtaining fresh sup- plies of all cooking essentials. Aided by such Cook Books as this and by modern transpor- tation facilities, the woman of today is a better cook and a more efficient housekeeper than was possible a generation ago. 116 KNOX GELATINE is GUARANTEED to please or money back. A Fine Fudge One lb. each of brown and white sugar, 1 cake chocolate, xk lb. butter, 1 large can evaporated milk, pinch of cinnamon and salt, va- nilla. Nuts may be added. — Mrs. W. R. Pugh. Walnut Fudge One cup granulated sugar, 1 cup light brown sugar, 1 cup milk, 1 cup walnuts, small piece butter. Cook 5 to 10 minutes, beat until creamy and pour on buttered tins. — Mrs. John R. Howarth. Marshmallows One envelope Knox Sparkling Gelatine, 1% cups water, 2 cups granulated sugar, pinch of salt, and 1 tspn. vanilla. Soak gelatine in % of the water five minutes. Boil the remaining water and sugar until the syrup spins a thread. Add the soaked gelatine and when partially cool, add the salt and flavoring. Beat until white and thick. Dust granite pans thickly with powdered sugar, and pour the mix- ture into a depth of 6 inches. Cool, turn on board, cut in squares, and roll in sugar. Nuts, dates, chocolate or cocoanut may be added. This recipe makes about 100. — Mrs. W. R. Pugh. Peanut Brittle One cup sugar, 1 cup of any kind of crushed nuts, a piece of but- ter the size of a walnut. Put sugar over a slow fire, let melt only, then stir in the butter, then the nuts. Take from the fire, and put on buttered tins to cool. — Mrs. F. L. Miller. Peppermint Creams Put over fire 2 cups sugar, % cup boiling water and when boiling rapidly put in % of tspn. cream of tartar. When the syrup strings, take from the fire and add 1 tspn. of peppermint and beat until it begins to grain. Drop quickly on waxed paper or buttered paper. — Mrs. George W. Hellings. Sea Foam One lb. brown sugar,A Fine Fudge % cup water, white of 1 egg, 1 cup of Eng- lish walnuts. Boil sugar and water together, until it spins a thread. Stir slowly into the stiffly beaten white of egg; beat until it begins to thicken, then add nuts. Continue beating until it is thick enough to drop from spoon on oiled paper. — Mrs. F. L. Miller. Walnut Candy Bring to a boil 1 cup molasses and 1 lump of butter, size of a walnut. Add 1 cup of brown sugar. Boil 20 minutes, stirring con- stantly; add V2 tspn. cream of tartar, V2 tspn. baking soda. Add 1 qt. chopped nutsWalnut Candy and pour in buttered tins. — Mrs. George W. Hel- lings. 117 Hunt's Jenkintown Theatres AUDITORIUM York Road Below Greenwood Avenue HUNT'S THEATRE (Odd Fellows' Hall) Leedom and Summit Avenue Direction Supervision HUNT'S THEATRES, INC. F. H. ERICHSON Devoted to the Presentation of High Class Photo Plays