San Rafael cook book, 1906

(Prom an old English recipe handed down in the Morris family.) 1 beef's tongue well boiled, skinned and chopped fine; 2 pounds of beef suet and 8 pounds of tart apples, both chopped fine; 1 pint of molasses, 3 pounds of sugar, 4 tablespoons of cinnamon, 2 nutmegs, 2 tablespoons cloves, a little salt sprinkled on the tongue; 1 quart of rich boiled cider (which should be boiled down till it is as thick as syrup) — 1 quart after boiling. Put everything together and set over a kettle of boiling water till the suet melts ; then add 4 pounds of raisins; stoned, % pound of citron cut very small, and 2 pounds of currants.. Wine or brandy if you like, and more sugar if you like it sweeter. GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING MINCE MEAT. Mrs. W. F. Jones. Boil 1 fresh beef tongue and 1 beef heart until tender, in as littlewater as possible, and salt well when half done. Lean beef can beused, but it is not so nice, for it is apt to be fibrous. Prepare the heart and tongue, and chop very fine. Measure, and iise twice as many chopped apples as meat, and % as much chopped suet as meat. T quart of boiled cider, or 1 gallon of cider boiled down to a quart, 1 quart syrup from sweet pickles, that from clingstone peaches is best; 1 pint of best brandy; 1 pint sherry; the grated rind and juice of S lemons and 2 oranges, 2 nutmegs, 2 tablespoons cloves, 2 tablespoons cinnamon, salt, 4 pounds seeded raisins, 2 pounds currants washed thoroughly, 1 pound citron chopped fine; brown sugar and syrup totaste. Cook altogether in a preserving pan, stirring frequently. If toodry, add more syrup. More spices can also be added if liked. Put hot in fruit jars and this will keep indefinitely. When making the pies, add a tablespoon of brandy or wine to each pie. Jelly is a great improvement and the skimmings from jelly will do just as well and serves to make it rich. I have used a qt. to this quantity and then less sugar is required. Chopped figs, dates and walnuts may be added and sometimes a part of the stock in which the meat was cooked. MINCE MEAT WITHOUT MEAT— Mrs. A. A. Smith. Take 2 lbs. finely chopped suet, 4 lbs. grated bread crumbs, i lbs. currants, 4 lbs. raisins, 5 lbs. brown sugar, 1V& lbs. peel, lemon, orange and citron, shaved fine, 6 lbs. of chopped apples weighed after being ■chopped; 2 tablespoons cinnamon, 2 of cloves, 1 of mace, 1 of salt and 2 quarts of boiled cider. The ingredients are blended without cooking, ■and put away in jars set in a cool place. This mince will keep al] •winter. E. B. MARTINELLI ATTORNEY NOTARY PUBLIC OFFICE WILKINS BLOCK SAN RAFAEL JAMES W. COCHRANE ATTORNEY AT LAW 707 Fou RTH Street. San Rafael AND 111-112 SIXTH FLOOR CROCKER BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO Telephone Main 32 JOHNSON HARDWARE CO. Ranges, Hardawre, Paints, AND SEWING MACHINES 408 B Street . San Rafael E. H. CONWAY PLUMBING Phone Red 21 306 B STREET San Rafael HANSEN & LUND LUMBER CO. (incorporated) Dealers in all kinds of Lumber, Windows, Doors, Blinds, Hardware, Sewerpipe, Lime, Plaster, Cement Pure Prepared Paints, Oil and Leads, and everything in the Building Line Office on A St., opp. Narrow Gauge Depot Telephone Ren 71 San Rafael, Cal. Pickles, Catsups, Etc. OIL CUCUMBER PICKLE— Miss Parsons, Tamalpais. 100 small cucumbers the size of a finger, sliced across in quarters; 1 quart small onions (1 incti in diameter) sliced very thin. Put the above into a colander in layers, sprinkling in 14 pint of salt. Put on them a heavy weight and let drain 6 hours. Put into a large pan the following: S tablespoons of olive oil, 1 tablespoon of celery seed, 1 dessertspoon of black pepper; mix well, toss in the cucumbers and onions, and mix: again. Pack in Mason jars, fill with cold vinegar, and seal (without cooking). Makes about 5 pints. OLD OLIVE OIL PICKLES OR CUCUMBER MANGOES— Miss C. T.. Hoag.