The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-02
EFFICIENT COOKING.

EFFICIENT COOKING.
Henrietta D. Gould has gathered to
gether few old receipts that ar,
worthy of being considered by goot
food lovers everywhere. She says:
Good living and deep thinking have
ever gone hand in hand. Away will
thin blooded philosophers with faces
set against good things to eat. Ben
jamin Franklin said "You cannot gel
blood from turnip' after he had Civ
en- vegetarianism fair trial and re
turned to his mutton and the ripe ole
age that he enjoyed he attributed tc
porterhouse steaks and their delicate
accomplishments.
A dish that Franklin brought to
America from France he called Lit
tie turkeys" 1t is pork tenderloin
cut drought the middle, but not in
half, and filled with the same rich
dressing that you would use for stuff.
ing turkey. Sew Or tie together,
roll in spiced -four and bake twenty
minutes in a hot oven, in shallow
pan with enough water to cover the
bottom. Make a rich cream gravy
from the liquid drippings and pour a
little over each turkey" Serve with
baked spiced apples.
Other receipts from the cook books
of famous families are the following:
Queen Victoria's potage a la Refine.
One quart of rich chicken stock
freed from fat, season highly with
onion, salt and pepper. Crush the
yolks of three hard boiled eggs fine
and mix them with half cup of rolled
sifted cracker crumbs. Chop the
breast meat of the boiled fowl until it
is soft paste and add it to the egg
and cracker mixture. Add a pint Of
cream and then press all through a
sieve into the hot soup. Str and if.
after moments cooking, it is too
thick, thin with cream.
Mark Twain's famous potted fish:
Use about four medium sized mack
erel or three-pound catfish. Re-
move the flesh from them without
cooking; pick ou. the bones ard pack
the pieces of meat in layers with tn-
spices and salt sprink]ed between and
completely cover with vinegar. The
seasoning to be used is one third of
a cup Of salt and an equal quantity
of whole spices-cloves, peppercorns
and allspice in equal proportions.
Pack in unglazed stoneware jar (as
the vinegar destroys the glaze) cover
closely with a snug fitting lid and
cook in a moderate oven about two
hours. Remove the lid until cool then
recover and keep in cool cellar or
refrigerator. This is splendid rel
ish.
If DR.. Wiley had ever tasted Moth:
er McKinley's oyster fricassee he
would never have enuuire'l if oysters
had feelings. He, like the rest of us,
would have waived sentiment and
swallowed the mollusks.
She rolled the oysters in flour and
Drowned them in butter and when
they were fried to turn, poured hot
cream over them. In moment the
cream was thickened and the whole
was served with diamonds of buttered
toast and accompanied with fresh
crisp celery.
A person may dine out twice week
throughout the year and not encoun.
ter more than one loaf of good corn
bread in all that time nevertheless it
contains the essential elements OF
good living and is as wholesome as
delicious.
Pocohontas' own recipe was used by
the Colonists and here it is: One
open fire, a stone griddle, coarse
ground Indian corn meal. Salt the
meal and wet it with boiling water
Beat until smooth and add a little
melted fat. Pour in cold water until
the batter is the right thickness. Have
a griddle creased and smoking hot and
fry in little cakes. Cooked on a mod
ern range these same corn cakes, serv'
ed with the hunger sauce best known
to early settlers, are the best thing
known to satisfy an appetite, espec
tally if there is ample supply of but
ter and a deep pitcher filled with ma
pie syrup.