The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-06

cold. This quantity will make two
cakes of three layers each.
From "Shirley,' on James River,
the home of the descendants OF that
Robert Carter who was called KING
Carter because of his enormous grants
of land from the Crown, comes this
recipe for creamed chicken.
cone pound cold chicken or turkey,
cut as for salad, two hard boiled eggs,
two ounces butter rubbed in two table,
spoonfuls of flour; cover the chicken
with milk, say one pint, and let it get
hot; stir in the butter and flour, salt,
red and black pepper, and one glass OF
sherry. When ready to serve stir in
the eggs chopped fine and serve at
once, very hot.
From Brandon, an old manor on the
James River, comes this recipe for
bread cake, sometimes called election
cake, but under any name one of the
best and most wholesome of dark
cakes.
cone and half pounds Of flour,
pound of sugar, 8 ounces of butter,
3 gills of milk, II pint of yeast and
eggs. Work the butter and sugar to-
gether, put the yeast in the flour and
one-half the butter and sugar and also
the milk, and beat it all some time.
Set it where it will rise overnight. In
the morning, if well risen, add the rest
of the butter and sugar and the eggs,
well beaten. Some desire currants,
raisins and little nutmeg or mace.
Beat all well together, then set to rise
again. 1t must be very light when you
put it in to bake.
iich hot hnc a
favorite for generations in the Mar
shall family, and was often eaten by
Chief Justice Marshall, of Revolu-
tionary times, in his home, Oak Hill:
F'Spiced currants-Six pounds of
eurrants, pounds of brown sugar, 2
tablespoonfuls of ground cinnamon and
9 tablespoonful of cloves. Boil twenty
minutes Seal while hot.
The preceding recipes are from Vir-
ginian estates. Here are some from
Maryland. "Soft gingerbread - is an
old family recipe from Glen Ellen, the
home of the Gilmors.
'FTwo pounds of -four, / pound of
butter, l pound of brown sugar, ! pint
of molasses, eggs. Cream butter and
sugar together, then add flour and mo-
lasses alternately; half of the flour to
be retained and beaten in alternately
with the eggs. Grated lemon peel, all
spice, cinnamon and ginger, tea
spoonfuls of soda in molasses.o
This is a blackberry pudding mark
ed excellent: sfFour tablespoonful
of flour, u pint of milk, the yolks of
eggs; 4 pound of butter, q pound
of brown sugar, nutmeg to taste, wine
if you choose. Mix as a batter, and
add l pint of blackberries mixed IN
gradually Bake in creased dish
faster than cake. Serve with butter
sauce
From Glen Ellen also comes this sim
pie breakfast bread:
E'Two eggs, / pound of -four, butter
the size of an egg, * cake of yeast.
Mix with milk as stiff as you can stir.
Beat light and put in covered pan
until next morning, then bake in a hot
oven.
Olive oil often gets ftaste'' in hot
weather Here is a delicious salad
dressing made with sour cream:
cone cup of thick or sour cream,
yolk of one hard boiled egg, dessert
spoonful of vinegar, pinch of salt and
saltspoonful of mustard. Mash the egg
well, add the vinegar. mustard and
salt; then the cream; stir well. - TINS
comes from Belmont, an oId manor
house built by Caleb Dorsey in 1888,
in Maryland His descendants still
hold the house and the family recipes.
A real Southern corn bread, from The
Rocks. the home for generations of the
Lewis family, and the repository OF
many letters and other relics Of Revo-
lutionarv times. is the following:
"One-half pint eornmeal (white),
two-thirds cup of sweet milk. two
thirds cup sour milk. one teaspoonful
soda, three eggs, piece of lard one
half the size of an egg: melt the lard;
beat the eggs very light before using.
Bake in pans.
The great great-nephew of General
Ohio Holland Williams of Revolution
arv times contributes this glorious
recipe for "tea punch: