A few years ago the idea was that nothing could be made from cereals except porridge. This idea
has been long since vastly changed, as can readily be seen by the following recipes :
DAINTY BREAKFAST DISH
1 cup Purity Food. 4 cups boiling water.
Salt to taste.
Stir the cereal into the boiling water, add salt and boil 5 minutes over direct lieat. Put in double
boiler and cook ^ an hour.
FRIED PURITY FOOD
When the cereal in above recipe is cold, slice it, dip into beaten egg and fry. Serve with syrup. It
can be made into attractive shape for frying by letting the cereal cool in a baking powder tin. Turn out
and cut in slices.
BOSTON BROWN BREAD
2i cups sour milk.
i cup molasses.
2 cups Purity Food.
1 cup Purity Flour.
1 teaspoon salt,
li teaspoons soda.
Mix sour milk, molasses, cereal, flour and salt; add the soda dissolved in 1 tablespoon of warm water.
Beat thoroughly, turn into a well-buttered mould and steam'4: hours. These are nice steamed in baking
powder or -^-pound coffee cans, which makes round slices. Serve with baked beans.
PURITY FOOD IN COMBINATION WITH FRUITS
2 cups boiling water.
i teaspoon salt,
i cup Purity Food.
5 tablespoons cream.
White of 1 egg beaten stiff.
li cups berries (strawberries or raspberries
preferred.)
Whipped cream.
Cook cereal as for Dainty Breakfast Dish. When cooked, add the cream and cook 2 minutes.
Remove from fire and add the white of 1 egg beaten stiff and the berries.
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PURITY FOOD CUSTARD
2 cups milk. ,
4 tablespoons Purity Food,
i cup sugar.
2 eggs.
Vauilla flavoring.
Cook the cereal in the milk for at least 30 minutes. Beat the eggs and sugar until light. Add
them to the hot mixture, stir and cook about 3 minutes as you would a soft custard. Serve with cream
or cream sauce. This may be put in a large dish or in individual moulds.
PURITY FOOD PUDDING, No. 1
1 pint milk.
2 cups Purity Food (cooked and warm).
i cup sugar.
2 squares chocolate.
Vanilla.
Mix cereal thoroughly with milk and heat. Add sugar, salt and melt:d cliocoiate. Put in a large
mould, or individual moulds. Serve cold with cream.
PURITY FOOD PUDDING, No. 2
Melt i cup of butter, mix it with 4 tablespoons Purity Food. Add 1| pints of boiling milk. Cook
this in a double boiler to a thick mush. When cool, mix with it the yolks of 3 eggs, 5 tablespoons sugar,
grated rind of a lemon, and the whites of 3 eggs beaten stiff. Butter a pudding dish, pour in °the
pudding, place it in a pan of boiling water, and bake it in a moderate oven for 1 hour.
PURITY FOOD GEMS, No. 1
1 cup Purity Flour.
4 teaspoons baking powder.
2 tablespoons melted butter.
2 eggs.
i teaspoon salt.
i cup Purity Food.
1 cup milk.
Mix and sift the flour, salt and baking powder, then add the cereal. Beat the yolks of eggs, add the
milk and combine the mixture. Then add the melted butter and the whites of eggs beaten'"until stiff.
Turn into buttered gem pans and bake in a hot oven 25 minutes. Serve with maple lyrup.
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PURITY FOOD GEMS, No. 2
2 cups Turity Food.
2 tablespoons Purity Flour.
2 J teaspoons baking powder.
4 tablespoons cream or fat.
1 cup sweet milk.
A little salt.
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Presented as published in 1917. 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
A few years ago the idea was that nothing could be made from cereals except porridge. This idea has been long since vastly changed, as can readily be seen by the following recipes :
DAINTY BREAKFAST DISH
1 cup Purity Cereal. 4 cups boiling water.
Salt to taste.
Stir the cereal into the boiling water, add salt and boil 5 minutes over direct lieat. Put in double boiler and cook ^ an hour.
FRIED PURITY FOOD
When the cereal in above recipe is cold, slice it, dip into beaten egg and fry. Serve with syrup. It can be made into attractive shape for frying by letting the cereal cool in a baking powder tin. Turn out and cut in slices.
2i cups sour milk.
i cup molasses. 2 cups Purity Food.
1 cup Purity Flour. 1 teaspoon salt, li teaspoons soda.
Mix sour milk, molasses, cereal, flour and salt; add the soda dissolved in 1 tablespoon of warm water. Beat thoroughly, turn into a well-buttered mould and steam'4: hours. These are nice steamed in baking powder or -^-pound coffee cans, which makes round slices. Serve with baked beans.
PURITY FOOD IN COMBINATION WITH FRUITS
2 cups boiling water. i teaspoon salt, i cup Purity Food. 5 tablespoons cream.
White of 1 egg beaten stiff. li cups berries (strawberries or raspberries preferred.) Whipped cream.
Cook cereal as for Dainty Breakfast Dish. When cooked, add the cream and cook 2 minutes. Remove from fire and add the white of 1 egg beaten stiff and the berries.
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PURITY FOOD CUSTARD
2 cups milk. ,
4 tablespoons Purity Food, i cup sugar.
2 eggs.
Vanilla flavoring.
Cook the cereal in the milk for at least 30 minutes. Beat the eggs and sugar until light. Add them to the hot mixture, stir and cook about 3 minutes as you would a soft custard. Serve with cream or cream sauce. This may be put in a large dish or in individual moulds.
PURITY FOOD PUDDING, No. 1
1 pint milk.
2 cups Purity Food (cooked and warm). i cup sugar.
2 squares chocolate. Vanilla.
Mix cereal thoroughly with milk and heat. Add sugar, salt and melted chocolate. Put in a large mould, or individual moulds. Serve cold with cream.
PURITY FOOD PUDDING, No. 2
Melt i cup of butter, mix it with 4 tablespoons Purity Food. Add 1| pints of boiling milk. Cook this in a double boiler to a thick mush. When cool, mix with it the yolks of 3 eggs, 5 tablespoons sugar, grated rind of a lemon, and the whites of 3 eggs beaten stiff. Butter a pudding dish, pour in °the pudding, place it in a pan of boiling water, and bake it in a moderate oven for 1 hour.
PURITY FOOD GEMS, No. 1
1 cup Purity Flour.
4 teaspoons baking powder.
2 tablespoons melted butter. 2 eggs.
i teaspoon salt. i cup Purity Food. 1 cup milk.
Mix and sift the flour, salt and baking powder, then add the cereal. Beat the yolks of eggs, add the milk and combine the mixture. Then add the melted butter and the whites of eggs beaten until stiff. Turn into buttered gem pans and bake in a hot oven 25 minutes. Serve with maple lyrup.
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PURITY FOOD GEMS, No. 2
2 cups Turity Food.
2 tablespoons Purity Flour.
2.5 teaspoons baking powder.
4 tablespoons cream or fat. 1 cup sweet milk. A little salt.
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Dropped DoughnutsOatmeal MuffinsDainty Breakfast DishBoston Brown BreadPurity Food Gems, No. 2Purity Food Gems, No. 1Purity Food CustardPurity Food Pudding, No. 1Purity Food Pudding, No. 2