Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-13
Apples for Food.

Apples are now considered to contain
far more brain food than any other fruit
or vegetable, and to be much more nutri
tious than potatoes, which enter so large
ly into the component parts of every
meal. At present, apples are principally
used in the form of buildings, pies, tarts,
and sauce, and are also eaten raw, in
which state they are more wholesome
than when mingled with butter, eggs and
flour. But they are very delicious when
simply baked, and served at every meal;
and substituted for pickles and such con-
diments, they would surely be found
beneficial. Sweet baked apples are most
desirable addition at the breakfast and
tea table, and are far more healthful, ap-
propriate and sustaining than half the
dishes usually esteemed essential at such
times. Served with milk and bread, they
make the best diet that young children
can partake of, and are very satisfying in
their nature.
Baked apples, without meat, are far
more substantial food than potatoes can
possibly be made, and to us the delicious
aroma and flavor are always most appetiz-
ing. We would rather go without our daily
bread than our daily baked sweet apples.
Yet, although there is such an abundant
crop Of apples this season, we presume
there are many families who will not use
barrel of them for the table this season,
but will devour at least six barrels of pota-
toes. Let US beg of them to equalze the
two little more, and purchase at least
three barrels of apples to five ofpotatoes
They will find that less flour, eggs, sugar
and butter will be consumed in a family
when a plentiful supply Of apples is stored
the COLLAR Ono of tho CT tod
physicians of Philadelphia eats two raw
apples every evening before he retires to
rest, and thinks that they not only sup
ply food to his brain, but keep the whole
system in a healthy condition. For years
l have followed his advice, and am con-
tdent that the fruit has been of great SER
vice to me.
There are dozens of recipes for prepar-
ing apples for the table, but almost all of
them require the addition of butter eggs,
etc, but to us either baking, boiling or
steaming them make the most palatable
dishes. Our family favorite is prepared
thus: Wipe the apples perfectly clean,
dipping them FIRST into boiling water then
with "cOrer" remove all the seeds and
stem, by punching it through the apple.
Place the fruit into a deep baking dish,
put tablespoonful of white sugar into
the middle of each apple, turn a teacup
of boiling water, with three tablespoon
fuis of sugar dissolved in it. Bake in
slow oven until quite soft, taking care
not to burn the skins. Take out into
dish and serve with cream; milk will do,
but 1t is poor substitute for the richer
article; concentrated milk, however, is
equally good.
The apples can also be pared, cored
and sweetened, and placed in a deep dish
on the upper part of the stove; large
teacup of boiling water poured over them,
and plate laid over the dish. Boil them
until soft, and there is no trouble about
removing the skins when eating them.
Sweet apples can be treated in this way,
using molasses instead of sugar, if prefer
red; and they will be delicious in flavor.
Picked apples are almost as appetizing
as picked peaches, and are easily pre-
pared. Take one pound of coffee crushed
sugar, No. /, and dissolve it in one quart
of cider vinegar; add to it one tablespoon
full of whole cloves, two of allspice ber-
ries, and two of stick cinnamon, broken
fine. Boil and skim it for twenty min
utes. Put into the syrup small sweet ap-
pies, let them cook until a broom straw
will run through them, but do not let the
skins break badly, Skim out into lar,
and turn over the boiling liquor. Small
sour apples can be used, if desired, and
the Siberian crab apple makes delicious
relish if thus prepared.
The ingenious housewife can invent
ways of cooking apples; if the skillful
French cooks have discovered three hun
dred and sixty-five ways of cooking an
egg, surely our inventive brains can dis
cover two hundred ways of cooking APP
pies.
Apple short-cake is "dainty thing TO
set before ones king" and most husbands
appreciate it. Fair friends, let US cult
vate the use Of apples for food, and not
let them decay in our cellars for want of
appreciation.-Cor. Country Gentleman.