cooking recipe info

FONDANT.

Two cups sugar, nine tablespoonfuls water; when it begins to boil, put
in one-fourth teaspoonful cream of tartar; do not stir after it begins
to boil: In four minutes try by dropping in water; if it balls, take off
the stove and let it cool until it wrinkles on top when moved; then stir
until you can mold it with the hand. Put in flavor and coloring after
you mold it. This will make any kind of candy by using nuts and flavors
of different kinds. Lay on greased paper.

ROCK COOKIES.

One cup dates, one cup figs, one cup English or common walnuts, one and
one-half cup brown sugar, one-half cup butter, one teaspoonful cinnamon,
one-half teaspoonful allspice, one tablespoonful baking soda dissolved
in one tablespoonful boiling water, two eggs, three cups flour. Mix well
and drop from a spoon on to a well-greased pan, and bake in a slow oven.
Cut nuts, figs and dates in small pieces.

SEA FOAM.

Two cups brown sugar, one-half cup water. Boil until it forms a soft
ball; add one-half cup nuts cut fine and a little vanilla. Beat until it
creams up; drop on greased pan or paper.

WHITE PULLED CANDY.

Two cups sugar, one cup water, one tablespoonful vinegar, one
teaspoonful butter. Cook until it hardens in water, pour out, and when
cool pull until white.

TOMATO SAUCE

Put a tablespoonful butter and one of flour in a saucepan; mix until
smooth, add one-half pint strained tomatoes, a bay leaf, one-fourth
teaspoonful celery seed. Stir constantly until boiling; add one-half
teaspoonful salt, one-quarter teaspoonful paprika. Strain and use.

HELPFUL HINTS

Dredge your cake tins with flour and your cake will not stick to the
pan.

Wooden spoons are the best to use when making cakes.

A little butter added to cake frosting greatly improves it.

Moisten grease spots with cold water and soda before scrubbing, as it
lightens the task.

To polish hardwood floors, use equal parts of vinegar, turpentine and
olive oil, thoroughly mixed: Rub in and polish with soft cloth.

To remove mildew stains, cover spots with lemon juice and salt and let
dry in the sun.

Place a piece of wax paper over a knife when cutting butter.

If raisins and currants are rolled in flour before putting in a cake,
they will not sink to the bottom.

When cutting fresh bread, have the knife very hot.

Put a pinch of salt in the whites of eggs to make them whip better.

Stains on knives, however obstinate, will disappear if rubbed with a
piece of raw potato.

Put a slice of potato in the deep fat when frying doughnuts.

If potatoes are pared and laid in cold water just before boiling, they
will be much whiter.

Rice will absorb three times its measure of water and a large quantity
of milk or stock.

One ounce of butter equals two level tablespoonfuls.

One ounce of flour equals four tablespoonfuls.

Allow two level teaspoonfuls of baking powder to each cup of flour when
no eggs are used.

COFFEE.

One cup ground coffee, seven cups cold water, one-fourth an egg.

Scald
granite-ware pot, dilute the egg with one-half cup of the cold water,
stir into the coffee and mix thoroughly. Add the rest of the water and
bring to a boil slowly. Remove to back of stove, add one tablespoonful
of cold water, and allow it to stand a few minutes.

COMMITTEE JULEP.

Five lemons, two oranges, two cups water, one bunch fresh mint, three
bottles ginger ale, one and one-half cup sugar; ice. Squeeze the juice
from lemons and oranges, add leaves from mint, sugar and water. Let
stand thirty minutes, add a large piece of ice and ginger ale. Serve in
small glasses.

ROLLED OATS.

Remove any husks or pieces from one cup of rolled oats. Put two and a
half cups of water, one teaspoon of salt and oats into a pan that fits
into a cooker pail. Boil until slightly thickened, stirring frequently;
put pan over a cooker pail of boiling water and put into a cooker for
from four to twelve hours. This is the ideal way to prepare rolled oats,
as it is almost impossible to cook it too long.

VEAL LOAF.

Three pounds of raw veal chopped very fine, butter size of an egg, three
eggs, three tablespoonfuls cream or milk. Mix the eggs and cream
together. Mix with the veal four pounded crackers, one teaspoonful
black pepper, one large tablespoonful salt, one large teaspoonful sage.
Mix well together and form into a loaf. Bake two and one-half hours,
basting with butter and water while baking. Serve cut in thin slices.