Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-12-17

yulet1de, the famous "bOarS head"
- omitted, and the Christmas pie
became known mince pie However, many old
observances were kept, including the mistletoe
and holly and Christmas day for family
gatherings with feast prepared by the women
of the house.
1t is quite possible that we would not like
their favorngs today. They used variety of
spices, wines and seasonings in even their plain
est dishes; but as everything was prepared in
the home, either under the supervision of the
mistress or by her own hands, the mixtures were
wholesome.
Everything turned to account in the sea-
with view to future use so in this way
preparations for the holiday going long
before the day.
In cherry time, a supply was carefully packed
IN hay and kept for Christmas.
The Christmas cookies, with corander seed
in them, were baked six months before and kept
10 earthenware jar in the cellar.
Mince Meat Recipe.
The rich plum pudding and cakes were made
early in the fall and put away to mellow and
ripen.
The mincemeat was then made, the recipe for
which was recently found in old Philadelphia
cookbook. We copy all but the spelling: -Four
pounds veal four pounds suet, two pounds rails
ins pound currants six apples, some
water and sack half pound, more of sugar.
threefourths pound cloves, mace, nutmeg and
cinnamon some candied orange peel lemon peel
citron and blanched almonds"
They made a puff paste for their pies differ
ent from ours. One recipe called for -four
pound butter, ten eggs and some milk or water
Some housewives made their winter supply cf
rfnce pies before Thanksgiving and reheated
them before using.
For the lemon tarts. the lemons had to be first
soaked in salt water for two days Then every
day for fourteen days they put into fresh
cQld water. When they were made, apples, or
anges and sugar added.
A few days before Christmas the mistress went
to market, the maid carrying the basket. She
would get her turkey, cranberries celery, oysters
and little pig for roasting whole
The day before Christmas the real excitement
began. The stufing was made, and such stufing!
Bread crumbs, beef suet, liver lemon peels, nut
meg savory, pepper salt, cream and eggs The
little pig, only four five weeks old, was filed
to his utmost capacity with mashed potatoes or
apples.
Not the least to be considered were the green
decorations Ground pine for festoons and
wreaths mistletoe to hang, and holly everywhere
were the necessities.
When Christmas morning came the excitement
was at the highest pitch. The housewife her
daughters and her maids we're up early. The
brick oven was heated and the mince pies put In
The turkey was dredged with -four and put on
the spit with small unwilling child to watch
and turn it it Drowned.
Another child was set to cracking nuts and
polishing apples.
Roasting the Little Pig.
The little pig put before the fire to roast
In the dripping pan, in which were three bottles
of red wine for basting.
While the things were cooking long table,
the length of the room, was spread with the
white linen cloth, napkin. china and silver or
pewter
In the middle of the table was the famed
Christmas bowl. Here are the quaint directions
for making it:
Break nine sponge cakes and half pound OF
inacaroons in deep dish pour over one pint
raisin wine, half pint sherry Leave them to
soak Sweeten with two ounces OF powdered
sugar candy and pour over one pint and half
of custard. Stick with two ounces sliced almonds
Place on stand and ornament with Christmas
evergreens
The tapkard with the Christmas brew was put
on the table and all the siabubs, jellies, pickles.
lemon tarts red apples nuts, the cookies and the
cherries fresh from the hay.
The freplaces were now blazing, and the red
berries and green leaves of the holly were shin
ing in the light.
The mistletoe was waiting for the unwary. and
the good smell of the brown turkey, savory stuf
hng and appesauce was everywhere
Don Their Best Frocks.
After the housewife and her daughters had
seen to everything they hurried to put on their
best Powered silks with white whims around
their necks and the most secret beautifiers
their faces.
Then the dinner being nearly cooked, they took
the little Drowned pig, raised him gently and put
two small loaves of bread under him, and added
more wine; anchovy, bundle of sweet herbs
and half lemon put into the sauce, which
was poured over him hot. They had him sitting
On his launches looking lfelike Then they put