New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-22
IN "ANTE.BELLUM" DAYS.
DISHES MOTHER USED TO MAKE FOR BABY
ROY

DISHES MOTHER USED TO MAKE FOR BABY
BOY.
Nex+ 10 the terrestrial pies so dear TO the heart
OF innocent childhood the apple turnovers that
mother used 10 make from the leftover crust on
baking day stand easily next and are doubtless
even dearer now in "Reminiscences. Who can ever
forget the rapture with which we watched ther
evolution-the flourish OF the white roling-pin inc
artistic convolutions made on the creamy crust by
the old black handled kitchen knife and then those
commIngled odors OF cinnamon. apple and the spicy
Glove and nutmeg they foated out OF the oven'
filling the old home kitchen with a perfume rarer
and sweeter far than any Of Sabean extraction.
Mothers pie crust not the pun paste or the
French chef nor yet the leathery compound dealt
out by Ern's fair daughters; but it was a nice
wholesome crust such as Oliver Wendell Holmes
and whittier and Bryant and Longfellow and you
and baby boy" revealed in. 1t was seldom short
ened with butter-that would have been extrava-
CANT and the crust would not have been so tender,
either. Half lard and half "drippings" went into
that crust and under her light touch 1t fattened
out into the big white disk that enveloped the pie
plate like a mantle OF charity. Then when the big
apple and pumpkin and mince pies were all finished
and tucked In the oven the turnover came in for
her attention.
How deftly she cut out the circles OF paste and
lined the old cracked kitchen saucer or the bright
little tin plate bought expressly from the perpa-
tetc ragman Tor 'baby BOY '!' HOW tnln sne pdieu
the mellow greetings brought up from the big bin
in the cellar! Then how thin she sliced the quar-
ers into the plate how lavishly she sprinkled over
them the yellow coffee sugar and how sweetly she
beamed on baby boy" she grated over all bit
OF nutmeg and sprinkled dust OF cinnamonl
Then she mostened the edges OF the crust. brought
them together with pinch, and there was the ap-
Pile all tucked out Of sight Just snugly as baby
boy" was tucked into his feather bed AT night on.
those were rare days for bapy ooys, anu anu t ne
pathway Of life
GINGERBREAD HORSES
Gingerbread horses and fat doughnut men were
also the prerogatives OF the old-fashoned baby
boy and here is a recipe for those horses that has
stood the OF a century. Put pint Of molasses
and a half-pound OF melted drippngs or butter in
a bowl and stir until they well blended. Add
half pint Of sour milk and stir In well. Then dis
solve level tablespoonful OF soda In half gill or
hot water ana STIR 1t through the mSiTre Mex
spoonful OF cloves and the rnd grated from one
Stir in -four TO make stH dough. Roll It ont on
the moulding board quite thin, cut out the horses
in freehand, with special attention paid TO flowing
name and tail. and lay them carefully far apart In
Bake in a moderate oven The doughnut gentle
dough may nave expessVs eyes given tnem Of
Zante enrrans speaking mouth curved IKE Cg
ency thread Of red yarn. and then laid carefully
In kettle OF boiling fat to expand and develop into
aldermanic proportions
ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT
Miss Hlnshelwood Sing sng.-You have probably
cooked your Fudge too long and stirred It too
long also Boil It only seven or ten minutes. until
II looks crumbly and II little is put in cold water
It will draw together but will not be brittle like
moasses candy. Set back on the range and beat
fey moments but not until 1t is so sun th3t 1t VIII
In and before II gets cold mark In squares.