Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-01-20
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SUGGESTIONS FOR COOKS.

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teaspoon salt, one-half teaspoon
cloves. one teaspoon cinnamon, one
cupful of cleaned raisins or currants.
Dissolve one teaspoon soda in a little
warm water. add to one cup sour apple
sauce. letting it foam over contents in
bowl. Add one and three fourths cups
-four. Bake As minutes.
POTATO PUFF.-Two cups hot
mashed potato. three level tablespoon
fuls hot milk. two level tablespoonful
butter, one-haif level teaspoon salt,
one-eighth level teaspoon pepper, yolks
two eggs and whites two eggs. Put
the potato into saucepan and add the
milk butter, salt and pepper. Beat
until creamy and add the egg yolks.
we'll beaten, and stir over the fire for
minute. Remove from the fire. beat
the whites Of the eggs stiff and fold
them in carefully. Turn in buttered
baking dish and bake until light and
brown. Do not smooth the top.
VEGETABLE SALAD. -Four medi-
UNI sized cold boiled potatoes, two
small cold boiled beets. one stalk cell
cry. one round tablespoon finely
chopped onion, one lead lettuce, salad
dressing. Have all ingredients very
cold. Cut the potatoes and beets into
small dice, and the celery into small
pieces. Mix the potato, beet. celery
and onion, and moisten with the salad
dressing. Arrange the lettuce in a
salad dish, add the vegetables and
more dressing if necessary. Either
a French or a boiled dressing may be
used.
APPLE PUDDING Four cups stale
bread crumbs, three-fourths cup melt
ed butter. four cups sliced apple. sug-
ar, lemon juice, two thirds cup cold
water. Add the melted butter to the
bread crumbs, stirring it with fork.
Butter baking dish, add a layer of
crumbs. then layer Of apple. Sprin-
kle the apple with sugar and a few
drops of lemon juice. Repeat until
crumbs and apple are used. having
crumbs on top. Add the water and
bake for one hour. Serve hot with
cream.
LEMON PUDDING. One quart of
sweet milk. one pint Of bread crumbs,
ono c,1nf,1l IF arror q hmm Of huttor
the size of an egg, yolks of four eggs.
grated rind of lemon bake one-half
hour. then take the whites Of the eggs.
one cupful of sugar and the juice of
the lemon. Beat the whites until
stiff ; add the sugar and lemon juice
spread it On the pudding: place in
the oven and brown. f.
MOLASSES COOKIES. large
cup Of butter and lard mixed. one
cup of sugar, two-thirds of a cup of
molasses, one.half cup Of hot water in
which one level teaspoonful of soda
has been dissolved, one teaspoonful
each Of cinnamon, ginger and cloves,
and flour for stiff dough. Roll out,
cut into shapes and bake quickly.
RATSIN PIE.-Put over the fire in
a saucepan a cup Of water. a cup
of seeded raisins. a cup of sugar and
pinch of grated nutmeg. Thicker
this mixture. after boiling a few min.
utes, with little corn starch or -four,
and bake with top crust. cutting Sits
in this to let out the steam.
MOLASSES NUT TAFFY. Boil q
quart of molasses until little dropped
in cold water Is brittle. add a sale.
spoonful of baking soda and stir in as
many broken English walnuts or hick.
DRY nuts as desired. Pour into 9
CREASED tin and when cold break into
pieces.
APPLE SNOW CAKE FILLING
Crate one large peeled apple. add {
cup of powdered sugar. the beater
whites of two eggs and beat for a.
long as you can to make it very light
Twenty minutes is not too Ions
Spread on cake layers.
MINCE MEAT.-Select five pound
of lean beef from neck, rump or round
Cover with boiling water. add one tea
spoonful salt, and simmer gently unit
very tender Free from fat and bone
put through food chopper. thel
weigh. For three fall pounds adj
two pounds of beef suet, and ri.
pounds of tart apples, pared an
chopped fine. one quart Of cold bee
liquor. six pounds graduated sugar
three pints boiled cider. or fruit juice
-four pounds of seeded raisins. tire
. pounds cleaned currants. half poun
|; chopped citron. two ounces Of choppe
candied lemon peel. two ounces Q
chopped candied orange peel. two tes
spoonfuls salt. one teaspoonful blac
, pepper. cinnamon and cloves. to taste