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 cider✪ Mince 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.
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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 taste✪ Graham 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 taste✪ Temperance 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
vanilla✪ Russian 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.)
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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, butter✪ Citron 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.
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AND HOW TO COOK TEEM. 139
MERINGUE PUDDING.
BY MBS. M. C. BUTLEB.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
BY MBS. SAMUEL F. MILLER.
(Wife of Associate Justice of the United States.)
TWO 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 — cinnamon, cloves and allspice, with preponderance of cinnamon ; one-half ounce white pepper, two nutmegs, juice of choice lemons, one quart brandy, one quart cider.
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 before using.
GRAHAM PUDDING.
BY MBS. W. H. H. MILLER.
(Wife of the Attorney-General of the United States.)
TWO 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, onehalf teaspoon of cloves, nutmeg to taste. 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.
JELLY.
BY MBS. JERE. M. BUSK.
(Wife of the Secretary of Agriculture.)
TO one package of Cox's gelatine add one pint of cold water. When dissolved, add one pint of of hot water, two cups of sugar, juice of six lemons. Stir slowly until well dissolved, then strain into molds.
TEMPERANCE PUNCH.
BY UBS. W. H. H. MILLER.
(Wife of the Attorney-General of the United States.)
ONE dozen lemons, one-half dozen oranges, prepared in the nsual way; one pint of of cranberries heated till the juice can all be easily extracted, and after cooling poured in with the lemon and oranges; water and sugar to taste.
RUSSIAN CREAM.
BY MRS. JERE. M. RTJSK.
(Wife of the Secretary of Agriculture.)
COVER 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 vanilla. 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.
FRUIT PUDDING.
BY MBS. PHILIP H. SHERIDAN.
(Widow of the Geueral of the Armies of the United States.)
CITRON PUDDING.
BY MBS. JOHN A. LOGAN.
(Widow of the late Senator from Illinois.)
ONE quart of fresh milk, one pint of stale bread crumbs (grated), four eggs, coffeecup of powdered sugar, less than one-half pound of citron (cut fine), juice and rind of one lemon, butter. 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.
MERINGUE PUDDING.
BY MBS. M. C. BUTLEB.
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