The Home Messenger Book of Tested Receipts: Total Abstinence : Respectfully Dedicated to the Patrons and Friends of the Detroit Home of the Friendless |
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Page 180 - ... your cake as you stir it), and add your sugar ; beat the butter and sugar to a cream ; add the yolks of the eggs, then the milk, and lastly the beaten whites of the eggs and flour. Spices and liquors may be added after the yolks of the eggs are put in, and fruit should be put in with the flour. The oven should be pretty hot for small cakes, And moderate for larger.
Page 5 - Obs. — This is a delicious soup, within the reach of those ' who eat to live ; ' but if it had been composed expressly for those who only ' live to eat,' I do not know how it could have been made more agreeable ; as it is, the lover of good eating will ' wish his throat a mile long, and every inch of it palate.
Page 150 - ... two molds of medium size, soak half a box of gelatine in half a cupful of water for two hours. Add one and a half cupful of boiling water, and strain. Then add two cupfuls of sugar, one of orange juice and pulp, and the juice of one lemon. Stir until the mixture begins to cool, or about five minutes; then add the whites of six eggs, beaten to a stiff froth. Beat the whole until so stiff that it will only just pour into molds lined with sections of orange. Set away to cool. STRAWBERRY CHARLOTTE....
Page 260 - ... by the patient. Under this mode of treatment each case improved immediately, and none were over eight days in making a complete recovery ; and I firmly believe in each it was prevented from spreading by the treatment adopted.
Page 113 - EVE'S PUDDING. If you want a good pudding, mind what you are taught. Take of eggs six in number, when bought for a groat ; The fruit with which Eve her husband did cozen, Well pared and well chopped, at least half a dozen ; Six ounces of bread ; let Moll eat the crust, And crumble the rest, as fine as the dust; Six ounces of currants, from the stems you must sort, Lest you break out your teeth and spoil all the sport.
Page 238 - In this ratio, the pickle to be increased to any quantity desired. Let these be boiled together until all the dirt from the sugar rises to the top and is skimmed off. Then throw it into a tub to cool, and when cold, pour it over your beef or pork, to remain the usual time, say four or five weeks.
Page 226 - In the morninsf pour the strained juice into the preserving kettle without measuring; let it come to a boil and boil thoroughly for three or four minutes, then pour in half as many pounds of sugar as you had pounds of currants. For instance, a peck of currants will probably weigh twelve pounds; therefore use six pounds of sugar. The moment the sugar is entirely dissolved the jelly is done. To make sure of the sugar being entirely dissolved see that it begins to jelly on the ladle. It will look thick...
Page 114 - Six ounces of sugar won't make it too sweet, Some salt and some nutmeg will make it complete; Three hours let it boil, without any flutter, But Adam won't like it without wine and butter.
Page 240 - For laces, cambrics, etc., an extra quantity of the powder is used ; for crinolines, requiring to be made stiff, a strong solution is necessary. Borax being a neutral salt, does not in the slightest degree injure the texture of the linen. Its effect is to soften the hardest water, and therefore it should be kept on every toilet table. To the taste it is...