Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-17

Deng substituted for the pagan
II yIetide, the famous "boar's head"
~ omitted, and the Christmas pie
became known as mince pie. However, many old
observances were kept, including the mistletoe
ana 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 havorngs today. They used a 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 was turned to account in the sea-
son with view to future use so in this way
preparations for the holiday were going on long
before the day
In cherry time, a supply was carefully packed
in hay and kept for Christmas.
The Christmas cookies, with coriander seed
in them, were baked six months before and kept
In an 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
rpen
The mincemeat was then made the recipe for
which recently found in an old Philadelphia
cookbook We copy all but the spelling: -Four
pounds veal, four pounds suet two pounds rails
'ns, one pound currants, six apples, some rose
water and sack half pound no more of sugar
threefourths pound cloves. mace nutmeg and
'lIl"dinoi, SOME Ca'uled orange peel lemon peel
ritron and banched almonds"
lney hlaue pun paste lot the'r pes differ
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Some housewives made their winter supply cf
mnce pies before Thanksgiving and relocated
them before using
For the lemon tarts the lemons had to be first
soaked in salt water for two days. Then every
dav for fourteen DAVIS tbe, were r,,+ into frosr
cold water Ubon tbo,,' ryoro r,,.Lfs ,,r,Ios NV
AMOS and sroar ,noro .adaod
4 r. Io,,. 1,,e-n, l,r,i~+.- ., -+,.,o .
n market the maid carrvinp tho haska, Sbo
ro,,1d ,o+ bo-, +,rl,o,, ,r.,,,bor.r,es ,,r ,,..t
and . littIa Mo for roaetfn, whole
rho dow barora Crhrist,,,os tl,7 ~ooI c,,itc,o,+
boa Tho et,17ir,,, ,..s r,,io and s,,ol t,,lt,.
1}rood cr,,robs baaf s,,e+ H,,ar Ia,,o, na.ts r,,
,ro, so,,o,,, ,o.n,,cr s,It .,.,.r, .,,a a,,, rrt
IittIo nig onlv four mr. five weeks ola VOC fuaa
IN his utmost caDacitv with mashed nntatoos mr.
nrIas
Not tho foaet tn bo considered wore rho groom
decorations CrouDd nine for fsstoons and
v,ro,tbs r,,enotoa +o bare and roIlv a,,er,r,bora
wara the necessities
Wbar christmas roornino came +be ovcitar7ont
uae Of t,a biqbee+ mitch The honsoyrira her
dourhtore and hor r,oids ware nm oarlv Tho
IT. ,, ,o. 1.oo+,a md tlo ,,i,,o nice, ,,,+ ~
Tho +url,e,, was drodqod with -four and Tut On
the spit with a small unwilling child to watch
and turn it as it Drowned
Another child was set to cracking nuts and
polishing apples
ROASTING the Little Piu
Tho little MIG was nut before the fire IN r0ast
in tho drinning nan in which were three hotties
of rod y,ipa for hae+iro
vn,la tbo tbincs ,yoro oool;nc = loro table
tho length of the room was snread with fine
white liner cloth nankin china and silver or
nawter
In Tho middle of tho ,obIo Voc tho farpea