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The Rural cook book

1907

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Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Preserved Ginger. — Clean and wash some fine green ginger roots, let them lie several hours in cold water, drain and place the roots in ^ kettle of boiling water, cook 30 minutes; drain and rinse off with cold water; return the ginger to the kettle, cover with fresh boiling water and cook until the ginger is soft; drain and put in cold water. Next day drain the roots in a sieve and weigh them ; allow for each pound one pound of sugar and one-half pint of water ; boil sugar and water five minutes, add the ginger, boil a few minutes, remove and poor the ginger in a bowl. Twelve hours later drain off the syrup, boil it three r and pour it over the ginger ; repeat this twice more. Then drain off the syrup, place over the fire, boil to a soft ball, add the ginger, cook t minutes and fill into jars. THE RURAL COOK BOOK. 135 Canned Baked Apples. — Select good tart cooking apples; wash, remove the blossom end, but do not peel. Arrange in a baking pan with hot water to half fill the pan. Sprinkle with sugar, bits of sweet butter, and a dash of any spice if desired, and bake until tender. Can while hot, using the juice ii) which they were baked. Stand the jar in hot water 30 minutes before wanted for use, and you will have perfect baked apples for breakfast. Fears canned the same way are fine, or pears with thinly . sliced quince scattered among them. Canned Porter Apples. — Wipe, quarter, core and peel the apples, then weigh them. Make a syrup by boiling for 10 minutes one-third the weight of the apples in granulated sugar with water, the proportion being 254 cupfuls of water to one pound of sugarCanned Porter Apples. Cook the apples slowly in the syrup until soft; do not crowd them. Skim out the apples carefully into jars, cover with the boiling syrup, and seal. Apple Ginger.— Tie a little ginger root in a bag. A quarter of a pound will do for eight pounds of apples. Fut the bag of ginger into three pints of cold, dear water. When the water is highly flavored add about three-quarters of a pound of sugar to every pound of apples. The three pints of water will be sufEcient for six pounds of sugar. Add the juice of two lemons, laying aside the yellow peel cut in shredsApple Ginger. Clarify the syrup by allowing it to cool after it has cooked five minutes and mixing the white of two eggs and the shells in the cooled syrup. Return the syrup to the fire, let it boil up once, and then draw to the back of the stove. A scura will cover it. Strain into a clean saucepan, add the yellow peel of the lemons and put in quarters of apples. As soon as cooked, lift them out and put in more. Place the apples into jars and pour the syrup over them, Apple Orange Marmalade.— Core and slice 20 large tart apples. Allow for every quart one pint of water. Add the thin peel of one orange, cover and boil until tender. Place a sieve over a bowl, pour in the apples and let drain without disturbing. Allovf for each pint one pound of sugar. Peel four large orangesApple Orange Marmalade, remove white part and seeds and set aside. Boil apple juice till very thick, add orange cut into small pieces and cook until a drop retains its shape on a plate. Put in glass jars and cover like jelly. The apple pulp may be used in pies. Preserved Apples. — Pare and core fine, ripe pippins, and cut them into quarters. Weight and to each pound allow one pound of granulated sugar and a half pint of boiling water, the grated rind of one and the juice of two lemonsPreserved Apples. Boil the sugar and water until clear (about three minutes), skimming the scum from the .surface, add the juice and rind of the lemons, then the apples, and simmer gently until they are clear and {ender, but not broken, then stand aside to cool. When cold, put them into jars, cover isa THE RURAL COOK BOOK.