Atlanta women's club cook book

Mrs. J. E. McRee, (The Daffodil.) SCRAMBLED EGGS WITH CALF'S BRAINS. 4 eggs. 1/2 cup milk. 1/2 t-spoon salt. 1/3 t-spoon pepper. 2 tbls. butter. 1 calf's brain. Par-boil calf's brain and cut in small pieces. Beat eggs slightly using silver fork; add salt, pepper, milk and calf's brains. Place butter in hot chafing dish and when melted pour in the mixture. Cook until creamy and constantly stir and scrape the bottom of pan. To prepare calf's brains: Soak one hour in cold water to cover. Remove membrane, and par-boil 20 minutes in boiling salted, acidulated water. Drain, put on cold water; as soon as cold, drain again, and separate in small pieces. Mrs. D. F. Stevenson. CREAMED OYSTERS. 1 pt. oysters. 1 rounded tbls. flour. 1 tbls. butter. 2 cups milk. Melt butter, put flour in butter and when thoroughly blended add liquor from oysters and milk. Let cook until thick and then add oysters. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve on toast. Mrs. E. H. Sims. LOBSTER A LA NEWBERG. 3 eggs. 1/2 pt. cream. 1 gill of wine. 1 tbls. butter. Cut lobster in small pieces, put in chafing-dish with butter, season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour wine over this and cook ten minutes. Add beaten yolks of eggs and the cream and then let all come to a boil. Mrs. H. E. West. OYSTERS A LA D'UXELLES. 1 pt. oysters. 1/2 t-spoon salt. 2 tbls. chopped mushrooms. Y2 t-spoon lemon juice. 2 tbls. butter. Few grains cayenne. 2 tbls. flour. 1 egg yolk. Clean oysters, heat to boiling point and drain. Reserve liquor and strain through double thickness of cheesecloth ; there should be % cup. Cook butter and mushrooms 5 minutes, add flour and oyster liquor gradually, then cook 3 minutes. Add seasonings, oysters, egg. Serve on crackers or pieces of toasted bread. One tl3ls. of sherry wine may be added. Mrs. D. F. Stevenson. BEVERAGES. Mrs. A. C. Plage-Chairman. Beverages have little food value with the exception of milk and cocoa and are used chiefly as regulators of body temperature, and to introduce water into the system. Tea and coffee should never be used by anyone under twenty-five years of age except by a doctor's prescription. Cocoa is a mild stimulant also and should not be given regularly to children. Mary P. Means. DELICIOUS ICED TEA. 1 qt. strong tea. 1 dozen lemons. 1 qt. mineral water. 1 cup (or more) sugar. Mrs. Hugh Willet, State Chairman Tallulah Falls School. 12 lemons. 6 oranges. 12 limes. 4 cups cold water. Extract juice from fruit NORMAN PUNCH. 1 qt. sugar syrup. 2 cups strong tea. 8 cups sweet cider. Make sugar syrup by boiling 4 lbs. sugar in 4 cups water until sugar is thoroughly dissolved. Stir all ingredients well and when ready to serve, add slices of pineapple and orange, strawberries in season and a few mint leaves. This recipe will fill about 50 small punch glasses. Mrs. Walter S. Campbell. GRAPE JUICE. To one gallon of grapes after freed from stem and washed add 3 pts. water. Let come to boiling point and boil two minutes. Strain through cloth and sweeten to taste, return to fire and boil five minutes. Strain again. Put in bottles and seal immediately. Mrs. G. C. Chick, Lexington, Ky. A REFRESHING DRINK. 1/2 glass orange juice. 1 t-spoon ginger ale. Sugar to taste. Crushed ice. Mrs. LeRoy Rogers.