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The new home cook book

1896

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Presented as published in 1896. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Grate the rind, add juice of three lemons, one pound sugar, two ounces butter, three eggsPic mC Lemon Buttee ; mix together, let come to boil ; stir all the time. LEMON BUTTEE. Mrs. D. S. Munger. Beat six eggs, one-fourth pound butter, one pound sugar, the rind and juice of three lemons; mix together and set it in a pan of hot vater to cook. Very nice for tarts, or to eat with bread. 262 THE HOME COOK BOOK. PEACH BUTTER. Mrs. M. L. Take pound for pound of peaches and sugar; cook peaches alone until they become soft, then put in one- half the sugar, and stir for one-half an hour ; then the remainder of sugar, and stir an hour and a half. Season with cloves and cinnamonPeach Butter. TOMATO BUTTER. Mrs. Johnson. Nine pounds peeled tomatoes, three pounds sugar, one pint vinegar, three tablespoons cinnamon, one tablespoon cloves, one and one-half tablespoons allspiceTomato Butter ; boil three or four hours until quite thick, and stir often, that it may not burn. APPLE JELLY. Mrs. J. H. Brown. Take nice green apples that will cook nicely; quarter the apples without paring, put them in a pan or kettle and cover over with water, and keep them covered ; let them boil slowly until entirely done ; then put in a bag and drain (not squeeze) them. Put a pound of white sugar to a pint of juiceApple Jelly. This is very easily made in the winter; is best made day before using. APPLE JELLY EOR CAKE. Mrs. P. B. Ayer. Grate one large or two small apples, the rind and juice of one lemon, one cup sugarApple Jelly for Cake ; boil three minutes. VALUABLE EECIPES. 263 APPLE JELLY. Mrs. N. P. Iglehart. Take juicy apples (Ramboes, if possible) ; take the stem and top off, and wash them nicely, then cut up in quarters and put cold water on them, just enough to cover them : boil them soft, afterward strain them through a jelly bag; then take two pints at a time with two pounds of crushed sugar; boil twenty minutes, then do the same with the other juice ; to be economical, pare and core the apples ; don't strain so close, but that you can, by adding a little more water, use the apples for sauce or pies. CEAB APPLE JELLY AND JAM. Mrs. Ludlam, Evanston. Remove stems and blossoms from the apples ; let them scald and pour off the first water; next put them in plenty of water and let them cook slowly ; as they begin to soften dip off the juice for jelly, straining it through flannel. One pound of juice to a pound of sugar for jellyv Next add more water; let apples stew very soft ; strain through a sieve, which takes out cores and seeds ; to this pulp add brown sugar, pound for pound ; it needs careful cooking and stirring. • GKAPE JELLY. Anonymous. Allow fourteen ounces of sugar to a pint of juice ; boil fifteen minutes alone ; add sugar and boil five minutes. 264 THE HOME COOK BOOK. LEMON JELLY. Mrs. W. Guthrie. One paper of gelatine; let it stand one hour in warm water; then add one quart of boiling water, the juice of three or four lemons and a pint and a half of sugar. LEMON JELLY. Mrs. P. B. Ayer. Grate the outsides of two lemons, and squeeze the juice; add one cup sugar, one-half of butter, yolks of three eggs ; beat the three last ingredients thoroughly, then add the juice and grated rind, and put it over your fire, stirring until thick; mould to fancy. ORANGE JELLY. Mrs. J. P. Hoit.