The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-29
FOR THE. TABLE.


Wek after week the offerings of berries I'M the
plrket. Summer gives place to autumn. ann
atumn Is already past its prime, vet the sun
y Is seemingly 1nexhaustible; raspberries
lack berries, Strawberries aud huckleberries
re sui e1ceHent and more or less abundant.
huekIeDeTries nave never been brought very
prominently before the notice of Californians.
perhaps because those who know say that ours
are smaller souTer and In eyery respect in
ferior TO the Eastern article. but they answer
The purpose very we'll for those who know mn
better. ~
Ahey grow In great profusion In Marin
COunty' ana even In the hills back OF Berkeley
auu Hleomont. where fOeks. of quail are at
present waxing plump and juicy on their fruita-
ran olei. needless OF the Nemesis which
awaits them when the days of feasting are over,
the hano OF The law Is relaxed and the hunter
ued4ihg oeath, is upon their track; then shall
we eat huckleberries EiearIously and in our
turn tatten upon the fat.
But uil then, shall we take our berries In an
ethef form? They are hardly good enough TO
De loved Tor themselves alone but cake made
from them "a recipe for which has already been
gwen Is very good, pudding even more so, and
sFlqdlecakes, where Daught but the tickled
paiate Is TO be considered, are characterized by
juvenile members as ''grear'; they are also
pheasant addition TO gingerbread.
FOR all these things huckeberries require
Tue same PREPARATION carefully looking over TO
remove the leaves, overIipe fruit and stems
The pudding IS simple in the extreme and is
made by sitting With one pint of -four, one tea
spoonful of yeast powder, and half a teaspoon
ful OF salt; with this mix heaping half pint
OF huckleberries by shaking the bowl about
then add milk enough 10 make rather soft
batter, about half pint TO the given quantity
OF Hour, pour this into buttered mold and boil
Tor an hour and half, or II may be cooked in
bag; in which case the bag must be dipped in
boiling water, the pudding poured into it, tied
loosely and dropped at once into a kettle with
plenty OF water boiling bTiskly. Ii is best to
put plate at The bottom OF the kettle 10 pre-
vent the pudding sticking there and burning,
and il is necessary TO have a supply of boiling
water at hand to replenish the contents of the
kettle without stopping the ebullitiOn for mo-
ment Boil the same length OF time as when
IN a mold.
The sauce 10 accompany this is made by ru b.
bing two tabespOOnfuls of warmed-not
melted-butter with one cup OF sifted powdered
sugar and when thoroughly mixed, adding
Two tablespoonful OF boiling water, heating
I'LL tile same is firm aud white. 1t can be
favored with lemon OF orange Juice nutmeg or
WINE
There is also another sauce for huckieberry
pudding. which is, in the words of Its maker,
'fearfully and wonderfully made, aud never
SEPARATION than development and was pro-
duced In California in The very early ffties,
wien restaurant cooks commanded salary of
$3.50 month. and Harvard graduates received
prop0rtionate prices as dish washers, when
apple dumplings were made from the dried
article, when butter was conspicuous by its
absence and lard or bacon fat look its place
Then was THIS article manufactured, and amid
the applause OF lis .parakers christened Eu-
reka' sauce. AS near as can be given these are
the lngrt dents, though In all probability some
have been overlooked: MolaSses, sugar, butter
Tor bacon fap lemon juice, wine or brandy,
nutmeg, cinnamon. and little -four for thick
enlng, and when a just proportion is MAIN
tanned the result is said to give entire satisfac-
tiun.
The grtddle- cakes are best made with sour
milk, to a pint of which, when 1t is solid, allow
ateaSpoenIul OF soda and half the quantity of
salt oift soda and salt with about pint of
-four, add cup Of hucklebeTries and if the
batter is not stiff enough add more -four, only
keeping IN mind that only a thin batter is
needed. Fry these cakes by dropping them
upon hot eriddie, lightly creased and heated
gradually. Serve them with butter and sugar.
Last upon the list Is the gingerbread, which
Is better made plain for this purpose. This,
too, is best made with sour milk or cream, of
Which beat one cup with an equal quantity of
mOlaSses ana also of brown sugar; and here
MAY q ulSt cSSlOu OS UldQ0 10 inquire why Drown
sugar is so difficult an article TO procure? For
many things the real dark sugar is indispen-
sable, yet an order for it Will produce all shades
of white and OF cream color, but the article
needed it kept ~ few groceries.
One cup, then, OF brown sugar, one OF mo-
lasses and one OF sour cream, or where milk is
used, d bit of butter the size OF an egg; to this
add four scant cups Of -four in which have been
sifted one tablespoonful OF ginger, one tea
spoonful Of cinnamon, one of soda, and half
that quantity OF salt, and with which has been
mixed one pint OF huckeberries. Pour this
into a good-sized pan, lightly creased and lined
at the bottom with piece of brown paper to
prevent the cake from breaking when removed
from the pan, as the berries Will have ten
dency TO cause it TO do.
Bake this 10 a moderate oven without dis.
turblng It, as ii is tender construction. and a
jar is fatal 10 it until it is quite doue and of
nut-brown color. Do not let it blacken or it
Will emDitter the whole cake.