The Latest and Best Cook Book: A Comprehensive Treatment of the Subject of Cookery, Ancient and Modern, Cooking Utensils, Etc., with Abundant Instructions in Every Branch of the Art...including Over 800 Valuable Recipes |
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Page 300 - Or seeks the den where snow-tracks mark the way, And drags the struggling savage into day. At night returning, every labour sped, He sits him down the monarch of a shed ; Smiles by his cheerful fire, and round surveys His children's looks, that brighten at the blaze; While his lov'd partner, boastful of her hoard, Displays her cleanly platter on the board : And haply too some pilgrim, thither led, With many a tale repays the nightly bed.
Page 12 - THERE is no horizontal Stratification of society in this country like the rocks in the earth, that hold one class down below forevermore, and let another come to the surface to stay there forever. Our Stratification is like the ocean, where every individual drop is free to move, and where from the sternest depths of the mighty deep any drop may come up to glitter on the highest wave that rolls.
Page 189 - Cake. — One pound of flour, three-quarters of a pound of sugar, half a pound of butter, half a pint of milk, five eggs, two quarts of hickorynuts, one teaspoonful of soda, and two of cream tartar. Cocoanut Cake. — One pound of grated cocoanut, one pound of sugar, one-half pound of butter, six eggs, three-quarters of a pound of flour. Flavor to taste. New Year's Cake.
Page 227 - Slice it into a colander, and sprinkle each layer with salt ; let it drain two days, then put it into a jar, and pour boiling vinegar enough to cover, and put a few slices of red beet-root.
Page 188 - ... beat the butter to a cream; stir in the sugar and arrowroot gradually, at the same time beating the mixture; whisk the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth; add them to the other ingredients, and beat well for twenty minutes...
Page 175 - ... pour it into a mold, and set in a cool place to stiffen. Tapioca Blanc-mange. — Take one pint of new milk, half a pound of the best farina-tapioca soaked in water four hours, three-fourths of a cupful of sugar, two teaspoonfuls of almond or vanilla extract, a little salt. Heat the milk, and stir the soaked tapioca. When it has dissolved, add the sugar. Boil slowly fifteen minutes, stirring all the time ; take from the fire, and beat until nearly cold. Flavor and pour into a mold dipped in cold...
Page 150 - Stew and sweeten ripe, juicy apples. Mash smooth, and season with nutmeg. Fill the crust, and bake until just done. Spread over the apple a thick meringue, made by whipping to a stiff froth the whites of three eggs for each pie, sweetening with a tablespoonful of powdered sugar for each egg. Flavor this with vanilla ; beat until it will stand alone, and cover the pie three-quarters of an inch thick. Set back in the oven until the meringue is well set.
Page 64 - ... a little cream, if you have it. Catsup is an additional relish to the gravy. SMOTHERED CHICKEN. — Dress your chickens; wash and let them stand in water half an hour to make them white ; cut them open at the back ; put into a baking-pan, sprinkle salt and pepper over them, putting a lump of butter here and there ; cover tightly with another pan the same size, and bake one hour; baste often with butter. FRIED CHICKEN. — Prepare the chicken as for stewing; dry it, season with salt and pepper,...
Page 114 - Rice Fritters. BOIL a quarter of a pound of rice in milk till it is pretty thick; then mix it with a pint of cream, four eggs, some sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg, six ounces of currants washed and picked, a little salt, and as much flour as will make it a thick batter.
Page 186 - ... soda. Flavor with a little grated nutmeg and a teaspoonful of vanilla. Silver Cake. — Whites of twelve eggs, five cupfuls of flour, three cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of butter, one and onehalf cupfuls of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls of cream tartar, one teaspoonful of almond extract. Gold Cake. — Substitute the yelks for whites of eggs, and flavor with vanilla, then make it same as preceding recipe. Lincoln Cake. — Two cupfuls of sugar, half a cupful of butter,...