The Washington times., 1906-12-10
RUNLESS RECIPES
v. c. 7. US DEMAND
Prominence of Booze in
Cook Book Causes
Criticism.
BUT MEN ARE COMPLACENT
Ladies' Aid Society Members Are
Those Censured.

BOONVILLE. Ind, Dec. 10.-A cook
book, which was published for the La
dies Aid Society of the Methodist Epis-
cOpal Church Of this city, is receiving
a great amount of comment and criu-
cism on account of the disfavor the
book is receiving from The temperance
element in the church. The book con-
tains many recipes in which some of
the ingredients are whisky, brandy,
etc, and this has Mortified many OF
the W. G. T. L. workers.
Following are some OF the recipes;
Blackberry COrdial-PlaCe four gallons
blackberrIes ia preserving Kettle and
cook till scaIded through, strain. and
press out all the juice, put IN kettle
with the following spices, well broken
up and tied in a bag: Three ounces
allspice, three ounces cinnamon bark,
two ounces whole cloves; add one pound
OF loaf sugar to each quart of juice.
cook briskly fifteen minutes, remove
from the fire, let cook a little, and add
one pint of good brandy to three piuts
of juice.
Wine and Brandy.
Fruit cake-one and one-half cups
sugar three cups dark brown sugar,
four eggs Cheat white and yolk sepa-
ratelyJ, one-half cup sweet milk. one
half cup moiasses, TWO pounds seedless
raisins, two pounds currants. oue-half
pound figs chopped fine. one-nalf pound
citron tcut thin and chopped nneJ. TWO
teaspoons baking powder six glus
LnuF, one u two piuts nuts chopped
unel. one teaspoon nutmeg. one table
spoon cinnamon. one tablespoon cloves
one and half tablespoons mace, two
vine glasses brandy. OF one of wine
and one of brandy Mix -rutL well with
dicnts.
When the weekly meeting of the Aid
came thc temperance members were ont
Ia run force. They demanded that the
sale of the book be stopped and quite
an argument was soon In progress The
officers and committee on publication
cohlehded mat objections should have
been made before the book was pub
Hsned, and while the committee I'm
charge was compiling il. asserting that
Il would entail great loss 10 repubhsA
the book.
Blue Pencil Rum.
After a heated discussion it was de
Cided that the objectionable matter
would be blue penculed and erased.
This is now being done. and is proving
an endless task
Mrs. j. T. Bennett OF this place is
president of the Aid Society and had
gotten up All recipes went through
her hands. but the idea of ceusoring
some of the recipes would not do, and
they all got into type and then into
The book Mems wives who go bv the
cook book VIII certainly get gOoG food
for the pick of the town is printed
from cakes down 10 preserves. pickles,
Jeilles' and nearly every good thing 10
eat that can be- imagined
Men Are Chuckling.
The men of BoouyilIe are chuckIirg
away down ia their sleeves and think
ing of the good Christmas pies and
cakes that VIII bee turned out as a result
of the cook book.
The opinion of the people. generally
Speaking. is that he book i'm It's entirety
IS beyond rcUroacE. and that the Oh
Jeellons are but whms of bigoted yyo-
men. The ladies who had charge OF
The work are 20 be commended. and il
II treating them hearJlessIy TO have
tHrlf production mutilaJed ana their
friends embarrassed.