The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-22
Choice Recipes.

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this purpose are raspberries and black
currants, because they contain such
large proportion of juice. Take two
pounds of either of these fruits. fresh
and ripe. Lay them on a sieve and
bruise them carefully, so as to extract
as much juice as possible. Put two
pounds OF loaf sugar into a saucepan
with a teacupful of cold water, and,
when it is dissolved, add the fruit
juice. Let all boil together for ten
minutes, then drop the mixture as
evenly and regularly as possible upon
oiled or buttered paper, and dry the
drops or lozenges in a cool oven
When quite hard remove them from the
paper with the point of a knife. For
hoarseness or simple sore throat
these drops will be found excellent.
Pumpkin Preserves.-Takc a good,
sound, ripe pumpkin. peel, and cut in
inch squares. Let stand over night in
weak solution of alum water, and in
the morning spread on platters set in
the sun for two hours, or in a warm
oven. Then take three-quarters of a
pound of sugar to a pound of pumpkin,
some raisins, and lemon or two.
Cook till pumpkin can easily be pierced
with straw, then skim out and cook
juice till thick enough to keep, as other
preserves. If properly made it can't
be told from citron.
Egg Pie.-Make two very thin cakes
OF Indian meal, flour, and soda. just as
for corn bread, and wet it with sour
milk, and bake them in quick oven.
Make a gravy of one teaspoonful of
butter, the same of flour, cup of mi Tx
and salt and pepper. When it is boil
ing, drop in cold, sliced, hard-boiled
eggs; leave them in long enough to
heat, but don't let them boil up, or
they will fall to pieces. Butter one of
the hot Indian cakes, lay it in round
pan or dish, pour on the gravy and
eggs, and lay on the other cake, but
tering it on the top and sprinkling on
pepper and salt.
A Delicious Side Dish-Cut the REM
nants of cold boiled or roast
ed chicken in small pieces. Make a
sauce of one pint of cream, two ounces
OF butter. the yelk of one egg, beaten,
and tablespoonful of cornstarch or
arrowroot, seasoning with salt and
white pepper, little sugar, one tea
spoonful of anchovy sauce, and one bav
leaf. Put the pieces of chicken in this
sauce, in stewpan and simmer half an
hour. Stew some rice soft in milk.
seasoning with salt and pepper. Put
the chicken in the center of dish,
place the rice around it as a border.
and serve.
Green Corn and Peach Pudding
One cup of the pulp of green corn,
which is obtained by cutting the kern
els with silver knife and pressing out
the pulp with the knife, being careful
that the kernals arc not loosencd from
the cob, one cup of sliced ripe peaches,
crushed slightly, two tablespoonfuls of
sugar, and one cup of water. Mix thor
oughly. put in an earthcn pudding dish.
placing thin slices of peach on the top.
Bake from twenty minutes to half an
hour IN moderate oven. Serve cold.
Sweet Pickles.-Eight pounds of
fruit, four pounds of the best brown
sugar, one quart of vinegar, and one
cup of mixed whole spices, stick Gin
namon, cassia buds, allspice, and cloves
less of the latter than of the former.
Tie the spices in a bag, and boil with
the vinegar and sugar. Skim we'll,
then add the fruit. Cook ten minutes.
or till scalded and tender. Skim out
the fruit and put into stone jars. Boil
the sirup five minutes longer and pour
over the fruit. The next day pour off
the sirup and boil down again, and do
this for three mornings. Keep the bag
of spices in the sirup.
Cranberry Sauce.-Pick over and
wash the cranberries. and put in the
preserving kettle, with half pint of
water to one quart of berries: now put
the sugar-granulated is the best-on
the top of the berries: set on the fire
and stir about half an hour; stir often
to prevent burning; they will not need
strajning, and will preserve their rich
color cooked in this way. Never cook
cranberries before putting in the sugar
Less sugar may be used if you do not
wish them very rich.
Orange Pie-Take four good-sized
oranges, peal, seed and cut in
very small pieces. Add a cup of sugar
and let stand. Into quart of nearly
boiling milk stir two tablespoonful Of
corn starch, mix with little water and
the yolks of three eggs. When this is
done let it cool, then mix with the
oranges. Put tin simply lower crust.
Make frosting of the white of the eggs
and one-half cup of sugar. Spread it
over top of pies, and place for few
seconds In the oven to brown.