If good and complete bill-of-fare din-
ners for 50, rolls and bread baking and
all can be done on one good stove is it
not like taking a steam hammer to drive
a nail to furnish a house like the Sum-
merland House at Unitah City, that
rarely has more than 75 boarders with :
A 3 oven and 3 fire range.
Two charcoal broilers for steaks and
fish.
Two steam jackets for boiling meat and
vegetaWes.
A brick oven.
A hard coal batter cake range.
A hard roal toast range.
A steam closet for steaming puddings.
A steam stock boiler.
A steam boiler for cooking eggs.
A steam carving table.
Steam coffee and tea urns.
COOKING FOR PROMT,
i6q
A steam "bammeree."
Steam closets for warming dishes and
breads,
A steam engine and 2 engineers.
Eighty-five help to seventy-five guests.
A money-losing capacity second to no
hotel of its size in the land.
August 26.
1092— A Rich Fruit Cake for the
Landlady.
This is an English wedding cake of
equal quality with the black cake of the
second birthday supper and the bride's
cake of the wedding breakfast, but all
three are different.
I pound sugar.
i}^ pounds butter.
10 eggs.
i^ pounds flour.
Mix the above like pound cake, then
add:
I ]4 pounds seedless raiiins.
i]4 pounds currants.
I pound citron.
8 ounces almonds, blanched.
J tablespoon mixed ground spices.
Half pint of brandy.
I lemon, juice and grated rind.✪ Rich Fruit Cake
Bake in molds lined with buttered
paper. Takes from i to 2 hours' accord-
mg to depth. This cake cannot be cut
while fresh without crumbling, but be-
comes moister and firm with a few days*
keeping.
Cost : 9 pounds $1 60, or 18 cents a
pound; with 3 pounds frosting added
$1 90, or 16 cents a pound.
[End of the
August 27.
1093— Tomato Catsup for the^
lady.
Land*
Known to be good.
j^ bushel tomatoes.
3 ounces allspice.
2 ounces cloves.
I ounce cayenne.
I tablespoon black pepper.
1 cup salt.
2 heads garlic.
2 large onions.
I quart vinegar✪ Tomato Catsup.
Take ripe tomatoes slice them up,
take out bad spots but not peel them,
boil on stone until soft and then strain
through a seive. Tie the spices in a
piece of thin muslin. Put them in and
the remaining ingredients and boil 3
hours or longer, if not thick enough.
Use whole spices; keep the catsup in
glass, bottles or jars sealed tight.
1094— Chili Sauce for the Landlady-
Known to be good.
24 large ripe tomatoes.
6 green peppers.
4 large onions.
3 tablespoons salt.
8 tablespoons brown sugar.
6 teacups vinegar✪ Chili Sauce.
Chop the peppers and onions very fine.
Peel the tomatoes and cut up very small
Put all into a kettle and boil gently an
hour. Keep in glass jars well sealed.
Eight Weeks.]
{Continued from page i66.)
and I went behind a door to watch
what she would do. Of course she
would not touch them, only walked
around the table and viewed them on
both sides ; nothing further took place
that evening. I know the female
mind is quick to act, but there was a
problem that seemed too much for
her, and took all night to consider.
But it was all right next morning,
for she took a stick and raked them
into a gallon apple can, put in a small
lump of concentrated lye, filled up
with soap suds and let them stew for.
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Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
If good and complete bill-of-fare dinners for 50, rolls and bread baking and all can be done on one good stove is it not like taking a steam hammer to drive a nail to furnish a house like the Summerland House at Unitah City, that rarely has more than 75 boarders with :
A 3 oven and 3 fire range.
Two charcoal broilers for steaks and fish.
Two steam jackets for boiling meat and vegetables.
A brick oven.
A hard coal batter cake range.
A hard coal toast range.
A steam closet for steaming puddings.
A steam stock boiler.
A steam boiler for cooking eggs.
A steam carving table.
Steam coffee and tea urns.
A steam "bammeree."
Steam closets for warming dishes and breads,
A steam engine and 2 engineers.
Eighty-five help to seventy-five guests.
A money-losing capacity second to no hotel of its size in the land.
August 26. 1092—A Rich Fruit Cake for the Landlady.
This is an English wedding cake of equal quality with the black cake of the second birthday supper and the bride's cake of the wedding breakfast, but all three are different.
I pound sugar.
i}^ pounds butter.
10 eggs.
i^ pounds flour.
Mix the above like pound cake, then add:
I ]4 pounds seedless raiiins.
i]4 pounds currants.
I pound citron.
8 ounces almonds, blanched.
J tablespoon mixed ground spices.
Half pint of brandy.
I lemon, juice and grated rind.
Bake in molds lined with buttered paper. Takes from 1 to 2 hours' according to depth. This cake cannot be cut while fresh without crumbling, but becomes moister and firm with a few days* keeping.
Cost : 9 pounds $1 60, or 18 cents a pound; with 3 pounds frosting added $1 90, or 16 cents a pound.
[End of the
August 27. 1093—Tomato Catsup for the lady.
Land*
Known to be good.
j^ bushel tomatoes.
3 ounces allspice.
2 ounces cloves.
I ounce cayenne.
I tablespoon black pepper.
1 cup salt.
2 heads garlic. 2 large onions. I quart vinegar.
Take ripe tomatoes slice them up, take out bad spots but not peel them, boil on stone until soft and then strain through a seive. Tie the spices in a piece of thin muslin. Put them in and the remaining ingredients and boil 3 hours or longer, if not thick enough. Use whole spices; keep the catsup in glass, bottles or jars sealed tight.
1094—Chili Sauce for the Landlady—Known to be good.
24 large ripe tomatoes.
6 green peppers.
4 large onions.
3 tablespoons salt.
8 tablespoons brown sugar.
6 teacups vinegar.
Chop the peppers and onions very fine. Peel the tomatoes and cut up very small Put all into a kettle and boil gently an hour. Keep in glass jars well sealed. Eight Weeks.]
{Continued from page i66.)
and I went behind a door to watch what she would do. Of course she would not touch them, only walked around the table and viewed them on both sides ; nothing further took place that evening. I know the female mind is quick to act, but there was a problem that seemed too much for her, and took all night to consider. But it was all right next morning, for she took a stick and raked them into a gallon apple can, put in a small lump of concentrated lye, filled up with soap suds and let them stew for.
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