Snowdrift secrets

Put a pint of milk in a double boiler, add one pint of grated pumpkin; stir and cook for twenty minutes. Add one tablespoonful of flour, moistened in a little cold milk, and a half teaspoonful of salt; cook ten minutes longer. Take from the fire and when ready to use add another half pint of milk and four eggs beaten without separating with one cupful of sugar; add a tablespoonful of brandy and a teaspoonful of cinnamon. This will make three pies. Bake a half hour in a slow oven. OYSTER PIE Make Snowdrift Paste, and when very cold roll it out and cut two strips from the side, two inches wide. Cross these on the bottom of the pie dish; that is, do not line the bottom of the dish solidly. Turn in the dish twenty-five fat oysters that have been drained; sprinkle over a teaspoonful of salt, add a dash of Tabasco Sauce and put over the top a tablespoonful of Snowdrift, cut into pieces. Cover with the sheet of Snowdrift Paste, making a hole in the center. Trim the edges neatly, brush the top with a little milk and bake in a quick oven a half hour. Remember to use Salt with SNOWDRIFT CRANBERRY TART Fill a pie dish lined with Snowdrift Paste with cold stewed cranberries. Cover the top with strips of paste, dust thickly with sugar and bake in a quick oven a half hour. FRANGIPANES ^ Cupful Raisins 1 Cupful Sugar 2 Cupfuls Milk i Cupful Rice 1 Teaspoonful Vanilla Wash the rice, boil it for twenty minutes in plenty of water, drain and add it to the milk. Beat the eggs and sugar together until light, add them to the milk and add the vanilla. Line two deep pie dishes with Snowdrift Paste, cover the bottom with raisins, turn in the rice mixture and bake slowly for a half hour. MEAT PIE 1 Pound Cooked Meat 2 Tablespoonf uls Flour 1 Tablespoonful Onion Juice 1 Tablespoonful Chopped Parsley 2 Tablespoonf uls Snowdrift 1 Pint Stock or Water 2 Potatoes 1 Teaspoonful Kitchen Boquet <i Teaspoonful Salt Dash Tabasco Sauce Cut the meat into cubes of a half inch. Dice the potatoes, throw them into boiling water and boil five minutes. Put the Snowdrift and flour into a saucepan, add the stock or water, salt, onion juice and kitchen boquet, and boil. Put a layer of meat in the bottom of a baking dish, then a layer of the potatoes, and a dusting of salt, pepper and chopped parsley, and so continue until the materials are used; pour over the sauce, cover the top with Snowdrift Paste and bake in a moderate oven a half hour. This recipe will answer for all cold leftover meats. PUDDINGS COTTAGE PUDDING 1 Cupful Sugar * Cupful Milk Cupfuls Flour 2 Tablespoonf uls Snowdrift 2 Eggs 2 Teaspoonfuls Baking Powder Beat the Snowdrift, sugar and yolks of the eggs together until light; add the milk and the flour and baking powder sifted. Fold in the well beaten whites and bake in a greased square bread pan in a moderate oven three quarters of an hour. Serve with Lemon or Orange Sauce. DUTCH APPLE PUDDING 1 Cupful Milk 2 Eggs L Cupfuls Flour 2 Tablespoonf uls Snowdrift 3 Tart Apples 2 Teaspoonfuls Baking Powder