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Statesmen's dishes; and how to cook them

1890

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Presented as published in 1890. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
BY MBS. SAMUEL F. MILLER. (Wife of Associate Justice of the United States.) £WO pounds raw beef, chopped fine; two pounds suet, chopped fine; four pounds good tart apples, two pounds currants, two pounds raisins, two pounds citron, two pounds brown sugar, one quart good New Orleans molasses, four ounces of salt, one and one-half ounces mixed spices — cinna- mon, cloves and allspice, with preponderance of ciunamon ; one-half ounce white pepper, two nut- megs, juice of choice lemons, one quart brandy, one quart ciderMince Pies. Mix dry parts with salt — that is, meat, suet and spices. Then put in apples, then fruit, then liquors, then sugar. Make two, and if possible six, weeks be- fore using. £• fa fi^£&^ 132 STATESMEN'S DISHES; GRAHAM PUDDING. BY MBS. W. H. H. MILLER. (Wife of the Attorney-General of the United States.) |WO and a half cups of graham flour, one cup of molasses, one cup of milk, one-half cup % of melted butter, one egg, one cup of raisins, one teaspoon of soda, one teaspoon of cinnamon, one- half teaspoon of cloves, nutmeg to tasteGraham Pudding. Steam in mold three hours. Serve with pudding sauce of butter, sugar, etc. This is something like other plum pudding, with this difference — it is healthy. AND HOW TO COOK THEM. 133 JELLY. BY MBS. JERE. M. BUSK. (Wife of the Secretary of Agriculture.) JO one package of Cox's gelatine add one pint _ of cold water.. When dissolved, add one pint .wwitrtf of hot water, two cups of sugar, juice of six lemons. Stir slowly until well dissolved, then strain into molds. 134 STATESMEN'S DISHES; TEMPERANCE PUNCH. BY UBS. W. H. H. MILLER. (Wife of the Attorney-General of the United States.) pNB dozen lemons, one-half dozen oranges, prepared in the nsual way; one pint of W* cranberries heated till the juice can all be easily extracted, and after cooling poured in with the lemon and oranges; water and sugar to tasteTemperance Punch. AND HOW TO COOK THE3I. 185 RUSSIAN CREAM. BY MRS. JERE. M. RTJSK. (Wife of the Secretary of Agriculture.) ^OVEE one package of gelatine with cold water. When dissolved, add one cup of new milk, one cup of sugar ; heat to boiling point, stirring frequently, then set away to cool. Whip one quart of thick cream until light, beat the whites of six eggs, and add both to the mixture ; when cool, flavor with vanillaRussian Cream. Place the jelly in the bottom of the molds, and when stiff and cold add the cream ; turn out of mold and serve in slices. 136 STATESMEN'S DISHES; FRUIT PUDDING. BY MBS. PHILIP H. SHERIDAN. (Widow of the Geueral of the Armies of the United States.) ctfyruoftz fib *%*«4. +6 AND HOW TO COOK THEM. 137 ufU- ***>*c- &uL<~* — *****£ &**£_ 138 STATESMEN'S DISHES; CITRON PUDDING. BY MBS. JOHN A. LOGAN. (Widow of the late Senator from Illinois.) bNE quart of fresh milk, one pint of stale bread crumbs (grated), four eggs, coffeecup of pow- dered sugar, less than one-half pound of citron (cut fine), juice and rind of one lemon, butterCitron Pudding. Beat the yolks and sugar together; add by degrees the bread crumbs, milk and the rind of the lemon. Pour in a buttered dish ; then drop in the citron and a piece of butter over all. Bake half an hour. When cold cover with the meringue made of the four whites, a cup of powdered sugar, the juice of the lemon; brown slightly and serve. ^ ^uyp^<^^ AND HOW TO COOK TEEM. 139 MERINGUE PUDDING. BY MBS. M. C. BUTLEB.