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TRIED RECIPES
Autumn Soup

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four leeks the same of two heads of |
celery, and lettuce; wash and throw |
them into boiling broth, add pint Of |
young peas, a little sugar and pepper,
two large spoonfuls of -four mixed |
thinly and smooth with a tablespoon |
to render 1t smooth. After boiling one |
and one half hours pour 1t into the tur.
cen with little "crusts" of bread fried |
i'm drippings. The last should be care. |
fully dried in the hot closet so that |
they shall be crisp and not greasy.
Parmesan Puffs
Put four ounces of finely grated
bread-crumbs. four ounces Of grated
| Parmesan cheese, two ounces of fresh
butter little salt, and cayenne into
mortar; pound them thoroughly. Bind
| the mixture together with well-beat-
en- egg; make it up into balls the size
of large walnut. Egg and bread
crumb these: fry until they are lightly
Drowned The fat must not be quite
boiling when the puffs are put in, or
they will be too highly colored. Drain
them; serve very hot, piled on a nap
kin. Time, four or five minutes to fry
Sufficient for five or six persons
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| Cracker Pudding
| The following recipe, as will be seen,
contains no molasses, although some
use both molasses and sugar. About
six crackers one quart milk, soak we'll.
One egg, scant cup of sugar about a
cup Of raisins. Spice to taste with nut.
meg, cinnamon and little salt. II
rounding cup of sugar. Serve with or
without sauce.
Orange Cake
Cream one quarter cup butter, add
gradually one cup sugar, two we'll
beaten eggs, one half cup milk add one
and two thirds cups -four and two and
one half teaspoons baking powder sift-
ed together. Bake in large tins.
Spread with orange filling and cover
top with orange frosting.
Orange Filling
Mix together one half cup sugar, two
and one half tablespoons -four, grated
rind of one half orange, one half cup
orange Juice, one half tablespoonful
lemon juice, one egg slightly beaten,
one teaspoon butter. Cook 10 minutes
in double boiler, stirring constantly.
Cool before spreading.
orarSe Frosting
To grated rind of one orange add
half teaspoon lemon Juice, two table.
spoonfuls orange juice and let stand Is
minutes. Strain; add gradually to
yolk of an egg beaten slightly. Stir
in confectioners' sugar until of right
consistency to spread.
Oyster Plant (saisify)
, Wash, scrape, and cut into slices a
half-inch thick, either crosswise, or
: lengthwise but crosswise Is prefera-
BILE. Throw at once into water made
: slightly sour wit ha little vinegar, to
keep from discoloration. Boil in salted
water until soft, then drain Off the
water and pour over the vegetable a
white sauce made as follows: Put two
tablespoonfuls Of butter into sauce
I pan, stir until melted and bubbling,
0 then stir in at once two tablespoonfuls
t of -four, with a little salt; when per.
g fectly smooth, pour into q cupful of
e hot milk, stirring all the time until
e smooth and creamy, but do not let boil
d Take from the fire, beat until glossy
}. and pour over the cooked plant
Satisfy Fritters
Cook as above until done; mash. sea
son with butter, pepper and salt, shape
into small fiat cakes, roll In -four, OF
dip in beaten egg and roll In cornmeal
or bread crumbs. and fry In little but
ter, browning the sides as they are
turned.
!, Pumpkin jelly
a After peeling and seeding tho pump
). kin (not squash) cut In one-inch cubes
a and cook over slow fire with as little
A water AZ possible to begin with. until
!. soft and dry. Mash fine, season with
sugar. little salt and spice. as YOU
@ would for pie: spread this mixture OF
:, large plates and keep In warm place
a near range, or In the hot sunshine
until the extra moisture leaves It, ther
:, turn out on the bread board and kneat
with the hands. like dough, which will
work out the air spaces. Pack with Z
vegetable masher in a stone crock
. sprinkle with sugar, cover, and SCI
I" away in cool, dry place. An uppel
Z shelf in a cool pantry is a good place
> to store it. When ready to use. tak'
for each pie one heaping spoonful O
n the jelly, sprinkling the space made
u by the spoon with sugar add to the jel
m ly one egg and milk enough to prepare