The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-11-23

wives of admiras are as rule splendid
cooks, and the following from Mrs. Admiral
Selfridge is rich and luscious. 1t is a spiced
gravy for turkey or goose, and it reads
Take the gibets and put into three pints of
water; when it bois add pinch of salt, skim,
and add few cloves, whole pepper corns, and
ground orange peel, and chopped half onion; let
it boil one hour; then toast half dozen crackers
very brown, add half glass of red wine. let it
boil until the gibets are perfectly tender then
add piece of butter half the size of an egg; put
into spider, with two spoonfuls of flour, and
brown well; while quite hot pour into the gravy
and stir well; when smooth, pour back again
into the pot. Let it all simmer for few min
utes, and when it is done strain braid the liver,
and put in. Mrs. F. o. SELFRIDGE."
MRS. GEN. DRUMS FAMOUS LOBSTER SOUP.
From the Navy next went to the Army, and
I picked out as representative Mrs. Gen. Drum.
She is famed a cook and as a hostess, and her
lobster soup makes her many friend. She
makes it as follows and she has written out these
directions Tor you:
boil fresh lobster. or one dozen crabs; when
cooked pinch them and chop the meat very fne
Have one quart of white stock, to which add some
milk or cream. Let it boil ten minutes: then add
the lobster or crabs. Let it simmer few min
utes; add salt, pepper, and pinch of mace or bay
leaf thicken with two ounces of butter and lit
tie -four
tar sauce, which is made as follows:
zone half pint mayonnaise dressing, one table
spoonful of capers, very little onion, three small
cucumber pickles, parsley one olive, and tea
spoonful of French mustard, or more according
to taste.''
NEW ENGLAND SQUASH PIE.
Mrs. Col Ernst is noted New England house
wife, and her squash pie is one of her specialties,
She warrants it good if properly carried out, and
it will be an addition to any Thanksgiving treat.
1t reads as follows:
''One small SQUASH; boil tender with sufficient
water to steam it and rub through sieve; one
pint of milk, one egg to each pie-equaling three
| eggs to pint-beat the eggs very light; sweeten
to taste with brown sugar; add pinch Of salt,
two grated nutmegs. Stir all well together and
place on the deep plates already prepared with
the pastry. Sft little sugar over the top OF
each to assist in the browning. Bake in mod
erately hot oven for about one hour"
DELICIOUS OYSTER SOUP.
| Another recipe from the same source for oyster
| soup is truly delicious:
1.-TWO quarts of strained oysters; boil three
pints of milk braid up two teaspoonfuls of flour
with one ounce of butter, one teaspoonful of
| white pepper, two teaspoonfuls of salt. Let the
| milk come to boil, then add the mixture and
toss in the oysters. Let them boil up once-no
| longer-add teacupful of rich cream Before
dishing add two wineglasses of Madeira. This
|
! ing. MRS. w. III. ERNST.
MRS LOGAN fuckers CRANBERRY JELLY.
Cranberry sauce is an important THANKSGIVING
item, and the following recipe for cranberry
Jelly has been tested again and again and has
never been found wanting. Mrs. Gen. Logan's
daughter, Mrs. Maj. Tucker, gives it to me. 1t
reads:
Boil one quart of cranberries with sufficient
water to prevent them from burning; strain
III IN foEtn
boil until thick Pour into mould and set aside
until cold when it can be turned out.
MARY LOGAN TUCKER"
MRS. SENATOR DoLPH's DESSERTS.
Mrs. Senator Dolph is thoroughly posted on the
culinary department of her household she mas
written out for me two recipes, for spice cake
and one for snow pudding. Either VIII be iouno
delicious. The spice cake is made as iollows;
"One cup water, one cup butter, one cup syrup
or New Orleans molasses, one and one-half cups
sugar, three cups flour, three eggs, two teaspoon
fuls moderately fulD yeast powder, two tea
spoonfuls (heapng) ground cinnamon, one tea
snoonful moderately fulD ginger. one-half tea
spoonful allspice, one-quarter, or less, teaspoon
full each cloves, mace. and nutmeg
Here is the recipe for snow puddlng
"Soalz one-half box gelatine in one-half pint o.
Gold water for an hour. Then add one pint boil
ing water; stir till dissolved; add one cup of suga
and the iuice of two lemons. When partly con
pealed whip in the whites of two eggs. Prepare
the gelatine over night. To be served witt
whipped cream or custard.
AUGUSTA NJ. DOLPH."
ATHANKsGIvING MENU.
Here is a menu of a Thanksgiving dinner, writ
ten out for me by the authoress, Catharin
Owens. 1t is certainly good enough dinner 10
any one, and it is a specimen OF one OF the pes
dinners of Washington:
OYSTERS ON ICE.
TRANSPARENT SOUP.
BAKED BLACKFIsH.
SMALL GERMAN POT % Es.
Tossed in Oiled Butter and just Flecked VIII
Very Finely Chopped Parsley.
SoRBET.
BRAIsED TURKEY. GREEN YEAS
ROAST DUCKS. CHICKEN PIE
BOILED TONGUE.
APPLE PIE. SALAD
SAITED ALMONDS.
CRYsTALIZED ALMONDS.
COFFEE. FRUIT.
ETC.
AlBs. GEN. sHERIDAN's BRoILED LOBSTER.
Mrs. Sheridan has given some of the finest din
ners that Washington has ever known. She
the daughter OF Gen. Rucker, and when Ger
Sheridan was the head of the Army her hom
was one of the most famous of the Capital. Sh
superintended everything connected with it heI
self and was one of the most accomplishe
: housewives, as well as one of the most beautiful
, women of the Army circle. l copy her recip
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