Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-13
:. .Rs M. A. WILSON

tcoprt0m, ifni;tsF Gir i;tosFs reservedj
1 BoUT four hours ride along a hne
"A ..,d out from Louisville, KY.
,.,.rJ an old time plantation. The
yisiteG1 G~oss state is famous for its beau,
B,uie ,romen. its fine horses and good
uat;rg Here, as In few other places
foVIs g. the South. cooking Is real art.
ID tus Most entertained with wonder
81 n,d time chicken dinner, ana aiter
ihh iha meal was finished, j visited tne
s.nokhouse to pay my respects ana pra,te
old Aunt Dinah for her marveious COOK
Ing. .. horr IN slavery and
"a now nearly eighty years OF age sot
py i,,st as spry as kitton; after
sneas,;ne sne the fact that the younger
penration were ms indispensable as the
kea,her' this fine old soul, who can
Wi.sar read nor write, gave me many
S SS.,,cious recipes which / am bringing
W.y'Wy NV NANNY cooked for Gineral Lee,
.,a stars above, chile, them sure wuz
~. days Thar war great bustlin
sv ua bust,in' in dem times. Company
g.. snu hreakfust. dinnah and suppah, fur
~ i' asm days. everybody who wuz eny-
hrar had dinnah at high noon. But,
glu ~ d,c,or 'scuse me mint please
e. GOOD fur muffin Liz hain't brought In
ua aa tindlin's. / jes' allus hab beaten
Mscrit TO- tea and aims to start them
- 'I once, 10 ef you've a mind to sot
while, I'll git to wurk.'
with this final admonitlon, Aunt
D,nah reached for her big stone. pan
As she calls her yellow mixing bowl,
and began sitting flour, making ana
baking over q hundred beaten biscuits.
Her recipe is much too large for you,
% / have reduced 1t in size.
Place in mixing bowl
Three -tourths cup Of outtermilk,
Ouo teaspoon of salt, ...
One.hay lepeI teuspoon OF odktng
Three tablespoons Of melted lard.
spr with a spoon to dissolve thor.
ourhly and then add three cups OF sifted
SoSr and work to dough like bread
dough. Beat with n rolling pin for
Svs minutes. Fold and turn the dough
and then put it through the food chop
per five times. Beat again for three
minutes. The dough should break off
very snappily and have lot of little
fne blisters. Roll out about one quar-
TOR inch thick and then cut with bis
emit cutter and mark both sides of the
biscuit with the fork. Place on bak-
ing sheet and bake In n hot oven until
A delicate brown this usually takes
twenty minutes. These biscuits are
much like the water cracker, dry and
mealy when cold.
Ye Ocde- Tyne Floating Island
Place two cups of milk In saucepan
and add
Nine tablespoons of sugar,
Sir tablespoons of cornstarch.
Dissolve the starch, bring to boil
and cook slowly for ten minutes. Re-
move and let coo! and then flavor with
One teaspoon of camilla,
One. fourth teaspoon OF lemon er-
tract.
Let cornstarch cook one-half hour,
then turn into glass dish. Now place
on fat dish
Whites of tro eggs.
Beat with wire spoon until stiff and
then add D.
-Four tablespoons Of thick, rich pre-
serves, esq.,. 'r.s- DO.
Three tablespoons of sugar.
Whip until this meringue will hold
Its shape. Pile high on the cold GUS
tard and dust very lightly with CHINA
mon and dot with tiny bits of preserve
here and there. Serve with sponge
cake.
Dinah's Recipe for Puff Pudding
Rub seven custard cups well with
butter and dust with sugar, and then
Get in baking pan. Now place in a
bowl
One and three. tourths cups OF milk,
Too tablespoons of melted butter,
Three level tablespoons Of -four,
-Four lercl tablespoons of sugar,
Beat with egg beater until a smooth
batter. Now put in yolks Of two eggs
and heat again. Whip the white of two
eggs until very stiff and fold into the
batter. Fill into the prepared cups
about two thirds full. Bake in a quick,
must be served hot with butter.
hot oven for twenty minutes. They
Fairy Butter
Place in bowl
Six tablespoons of butter or three
ounces,
One. half cup of po,odercd sugar,
Pinch Of nutmeg.
Beat with a wooden paddle or spoon
until a fluffy creamy mixture and then
add
Ono tablespoon Of boiling toater,
One teaspoon of camilla estrdot,
and beat again. Then whip white of