2 tbls. gelatine. 2 red pimentos, cut in small
1/4 cup cold water. strips.
1 and 1/2 cups boiling wate✪ Eclairs Filled with Saladr.
Mix ingredients with mayonnaise. Soften gelatine with cold
water. Dissolve with boiling water. Add ingredients to the
gelatine mixture. Pour into mold. When congealed serve with
Mayonnaise.
Mrs. T. W. Hardwick,
Atlanta, Georgia.
"UNCLE REMUS" RECIPES.
"I'se mighty glad you said dat," remarked Uncle Remus,
smacking his lips, "kaze ef you hadn't said it, I'd 'a' been bleeze
ter say it myse'f." (From "The Reason Why.")
DEVILED SHRIMP.
1 can shrimp, or one pint fresh Mince shrimp and add tomatoes,
shrimp. mixing thoroughly.
1 can tomatoes. A half cup tomato catsup is an
1 tbl. butter. improvement.
Red or black pepper and salt to Cove✪ Deviled Shrimpr the whole with crackei
taste, crumbs and brown on
Stew tomatoes and when nearly top.
done, season.
Mrs. Joel Chandler Harris,
Atlanta, Georgia.
FROZEN FRUIT CAKE.
1 cup white raisins. 1 cup macaroons.
1 cup chopped pecans. 1 pt. whipped cream.
1 cup lady fingers. 1 pt. boiled custard✪ Frozen Fruit Cake.
Break lady fingers and macaroons in large crumbs. Put rai-
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sins in whole. Cut nuts in quarters. Whip the cream slightly.
Mix all together lightly with pint of boiled custard. To freeze :
Put mixture in mold (with hole in center). Cover contents with
waxed paper. Put lid on mold. Pack well. Let it remain packed
three-and-one-half hours. When ready to serve, pour hot water
over mold. Slide on platter. Pour glass of eggnog in hole in
center.
Mrs. Joel Chandler Harris,
"Wren's Nest," Atlanta. Georgia.
STEAMED HUCKLEBERRY PUDDING (FROM GEORGIA).
1 qt. berries. II/2 cups milk.
1 cup syrup (Georgia cane). % t-spoon soda.
1/2 t-spoon salt. Flour✪ Steamed Huckleberry Pudding.
"Wash and dry berries; flour them as if for fruit cake. Stir
soda into syrup; add milk and salt; add flour sufficient to make
very stiff batter. Carefully stir in berries — avoid breaking them ;
put in greased steamer or mold ; steam three hours, and serve with
hard sauce.
Mrs. Hugh Dorsey, Wife of former Governor of Georgia.
RICE WAFFLES. (FROM DELAWARE).
1 34 cups flour. 1 egg.
2 tbls. sugar.
2/3 cups cold cooked rice broken 4 t-spoons Royal Baking pow-
up with fork. der.
1 1/2 cups warm milk. 1 tbl. melted butter✪ Rice Waffles.
Mix and sift dry ingredients; add rice, milk, well-beaten egg
yolk, butter, and egg white beaten stiff.
Mrs. W. D. Denney,
(Wife of Delaware's Governor).
BAKED OYSTERS. (FROM ALABAMA).
3 pts. oysters. 1 t-spoon Worcestershire
1 pt. tomato catsup. Sauce.
1 cup cream. Pepper and salt to taste.
Butter size of an egg✪ Baked Oysters.
Open oyster shells, and boil oysters slightly in their own li-
quid ; then combine this with sauce made of the remaining ingred-
ients', place in oyster shells, and bake in oven, adding sauce from
time to time, until all possible is used. Care must be taken not
to have the oven too hot, or juice will burn on edges. Fancy shells
may be used or ramekins.
Mrs. Thos E. Kilby,
(Wife of Governor of Alabama).
FRUIT SALAD.
1 can pineapple. 1 stalk celery.
1 grape fruit. 1 cup pecan meats.
1 can white cherries. 2 lemons (juice).
1/2 box gelatine✪ Fruit Salad.
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2 tbls. gelatine. 2 red pimentos, cut in small
1/4 cup cold water. strips.
1 and 1/2 cups boiling water.
Mix ingredients with mayonnaise. Soften gelatine with cold
water. Dissolve with boiling water. Add ingredients to the
gelatine mixture. Pour into mold. When congealed serve with
Mayonnaise.
Mrs. T. W. Hardwick,
Atlanta, Georgia.
"UNCLE REMUS" RECIPES.
"I'se mighty glad you said dat," remarked Uncle Remus,
smacking his lips, "kaze ef you hadn't said it, I'd 'a' been bleeze
ter say it myse'f." (From "The Reason Why.")
DEVILED SHRIMP.
1 can shrimp, or one pint fresh Mince shrimp and add tomatoes,
shrimp. mixing thoroughly.
1 can tomatoes. A half cup tomato catsup is an
1 tbl. butter. improvement.
Red or black pepper and salt to Cover the whole with crackei
taste, crumbs and brown on
Stew tomatoes and when nearly top.
done, season.
Mrs. Joel Chandler Harris,
Atlanta, Georgia.
FROZEN FRUIT CAKE.
1 cup white raisins. 1 cup macaroons.
1 cup chopped pecans. 1 pt. whipped cream.
1 cup lady fingers. 1 pt. boiled custard.
Break lady fingers and macaroons in large crumbs. Put rai-
16 ATLANTA WOMAN'S CLUB COOK BOOK
sins in whole. Cut nuts in quarters. Whip the cream slightly.
Mix all together lightly with pint of boiled custard. To freeze :
Put mixture in mold (with hole in center). Cover contents with
waxed paper. Put lid on mold. Pack well. Let it remain packed
three-and-one-half hours. When ready to serve, pour hot water
over mold. Slide on platter. Pour glass of eggnog in hole in
center.
Mrs. Joel Chandler Harris,
"Wren's Nest," Atlanta. Georgia.
STEAMED HUCKLEBERRY PUDDING (FROM GEORGIA).
1 qt. berries. II/2 cups milk.
1 cup syrup (Georgia cane). % t-spoon soda.
1/2 t-spoon salt. Flour.
"Wash and dry berries; flour them as if for fruit cake. Stir
soda into syrup; add milk and salt; add flour sufficient to make
very stiff batter. Carefully stir in berries — avoid breaking them ;
put in greased steamer or mold ; steam three hours, and serve with
hard sauce.
Mrs. Hugh Dorsey, Wife of former Governor of Georgia.
RICE WAFFLES. (FROM DELAWARE).
1 34 cups flour. 1 egg.
2 tbls. sugar.
2/3 cups cold cooked rice broken 4 t-spoons Royal Baking pow-
up with fork. der.
1 1/2 cups warm milk. 1 tbl. melted butter.
Mix and sift dry ingredients; add rice, milk, well-beaten egg
yolk, butter, and egg white beaten stiff.
Mrs. W. D. Denney,
(Wife of Delaware's Governor).
BAKED OYSTERS. (FROM ALABAMA).
3 pts. oysters. 1 t-spoon Worcestershire
1 pt. tomato catsup. Sauce.
1 cup cream. Pepper and salt to taste.
Butter size of an egg.
Open oyster shells, and boil oysters slightly in their own li-
quid ; then combine this with sauce made of the remaining ingred-
ients', place in oyster shells, and bake in oven, adding sauce from
time to time, until all possible is used. Care must be taken not
to have the oven too hot, or juice will burn on edges. Fancy shells
may be used or ramekins.
Mrs. Thos E. Kilby,
(Wife of Governor of Alabama).
FRUIT SALAD.
1 can pineapple. 1 stalk celery.
1 grape fruit. 1 cup pecan meats.
1 can white cherries. 2 lemons (juice).
1/2 box gelatine.
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