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Original White House Cookbook

1887

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Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Beat together until smooth six eggs and a pint sifted flour ; melt one ounce of butter and add to the batter, with one ounce of sugar and a cup of milkFrench Griddle-Cakes ; beat until smooth ; put a tablespoonful at a time into a frying pan slightly greased, spreading the batter evenly over the sur- face by tipping the pan about; fry to a light brown; spread with jelly, roll up, dust with powdered sugar and serve hot. RAISED BUCKWHEAT CAKES. Take a small crock or large earthen pitcher, put into it a quart of warm water or half water and milk, one heaping teaspoonful of salt ; then stir in as much buckwheat flour as will thicken it to rather a stiff batter; lastly, add half a cup of yeastRaised Buckwheat Cakes; make it smooth, cover it up warm to rise over night; in the morning add a small, level teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little warm water ; this will remove any sour taste, if any, and increase the lightness. Not a few object to eating buckwheat, as its tendency is to thicken the blood, and also to produce constipation ; this can be remedied by making the batter one-third corn meal and two-thirds buckwheat, which makes the cakes equally as good. Many prefer them in this way. BUCKWHEAT CAKES WITHOUT YEAST. Two CUPS of buckwheat flour, one of wheat flour, a little salt, three teaspoonfuls baking powder; mix thoroughly and add about equal parts of milk and water until the batter is of the right consistencyBuckwheat Cakes Without Yeast then stir until free from lumps. If they do not brown well, add a little molasses. BUCKWHEAT CAKES. Half a pint of buckwheat flour, a quarter of a pint of corn meal, a quarter of a pint of wheat flour, a little salt, two eggs beaten very light, one quart of new milk (made a little warm and mixed with the eggs before the flour is put in), one tablespoonful of butter or sweet lard, two large tablespoonfuls of yeast. Set it to rise at night for the morn- ing. If in the least sour, stir in before baking just enough soda to correct the acidity. A very nice, but more expensive, recipe. SWEDISH GRIDDLE-CAKES. One pint of white flour, sifted; six eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately to the utmost; one saltspoonful of salt; one saltspoonful of soda dissolved in vinegar; milk to make a thin batterSwedish Griddle-Cakes. BREAD — BISCUITS, ROLLS, MUFFINS, ETC. 253 Beat the yolks light, add the salt, soda, two cupfuls of milk, then the flour and beaten whites alternately; thin with more milk if neces- sary. COEN MEAL FRITTERS. One pint of sour milk, one teaspoonful of salt, three eggs, one table- spoonful of molasses or sugar, one handful of flour, and corn meal enough to make a stiff batter; lastly, stir in a small teaspoonful of sodaCorn Meal Fritters, dis- solved in a little warm water. This recipe is very nice made of rye flour. CREAM FRITTERS. One cup of cream, flve eggs — the whites only, two full cups prepared flour, one saltspoonful of nutmeg, a pinch of saltCream Fritters. Stir the whites into the cream in turn with the flour, put in nutmeg and salt, beat all up hard for two minutes. The batter should be rather thick. Fry in plenty of hot, sweet lard, a spoonful of batter for each fritter. Drain, and serve upon a hot, clean napkin. Eat with jelly sauce. Pull, not cut, them open. Very nice. CURRANT FRITTERS. Currant Fritters