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Lowney's cook book

1907

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Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
2 eggs 1 cup milk 2 teaspoons baking powderRice Griddle Cakes Pour scalded milk on to rice ; let stand over niglit. Add dry ingredients, eggs well beaten, and last of all, cold milk. Beat well and cook as Griddle Cakes. Hominy Griddle Cakes Substitute hominy for boiled rice, and cook as Rice Griddle Cakes. Sweet Milk Griddle Cakes 1^ cups flour or entire wheat 1 cup milk 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 egg 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons melted butterSweet Milk Griddle Cakes Mix and sift dry ingredients, add yolks well beaten, milk, whites well beaten, and melted butter. Cook as Griddle Cakes. Buckwheat Cakes 2 cups buckwheat ^ yeast cake I cup corn meal or white flour ^ cup lukewarm water 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups warm water I cup molasses 1 teaspoon soda Mix buckwheat, corn meal, and salt ; add dissolved yeast cake, molasses, and water ; beat well. Let rise over night. In the morning beat, add soda, beat, and fry. A pitcher is the most convenient dish for raising these cakes. Flannel Cakes 1| cups Indian meal 4 tablespoons butter li cups flour I yeast cake dissolved in one 1 teaspoon salt quarter cup lukewarm water 2 tablespoons sugar 3 cups scalded milkFlannel Cakes BREAD 169 Soald meal with milk ; add butter, and when lukewarm, add remaining ingredients ; let mixture rise over night. In the morning cook as Griddle Cakes. Waffles 2 cups flour 3 tablespoons melted butter 2 teaspoons baking powder 1^ cups milk 1 teaspoon salt 3 eggsWaffles Sift dry ingredients ; add yolks well beaten, milk, butter and stiffly beaten wdiites. Beat well and cook on hot waffle iron. The waffle iron should be heated fifteen or twenty minutes before using and greased thoroughly with salt pork fat. FRITTERS Batter for Fruit Fritters 1 cup flour grated rind 1 lemon 2 tablespoons sugar 2 eggs ^ teaspoon salt ^ cup milk Mix and sift the dry ingredients ; add beaten yolks, lemon rind, and milk. Beat, cut, and fold in the beaten whites of eggs and use for all kinds of fruits. Apple Fritters Core and pare apples, cut in round slices. For each eight apples, mix one fourth cup sugar and four table- spoons lemon juice. Let apples stand in this mixture for one hour ; dip in fritter batter ; fry in hot fat ; drain on brown paper. Sprinkle with sugar. Banana Fritters Remove skins from four bananas. Cut each one in four equal parts. Sprinkle with four tablespoons sugar, four tablespoons lemon juiceApple Fritters, or wine, and let stand one 170 lowney's cook book hour. Dip in fritter batter; fry in deep fat; drain on brown paper. Serve. Orange, Peach, and Pear Fritters Are all made in the same way as Banana Fritters. Cumquat Fritters Wash cumquats; cut in halves; let stand in fritter batter one hour ; fry in deep fat ; drain on brown paper. Corn Fritters 1 cup corn few grains cayenne 1 cup flour 1 egg 2 teaspoons salt i cup milk 1 tablespoon olive oil Beat egg ; add remaining ingredients. Drop by spoon- fuls into deep fat. Fry six to eight minutes. Drain and serve hot. Canned corn may be used if fresh corn is not available. Cauliflower Fritters Separate the flowerets of cold, cooked cauliflower. Sprinkle with salt and pepper; dip in olive oil, then in fritter batter; fry in deep fat. Celery, Parsnip, and Salsify Fritters Cut cold, cooked vegetables in small pieces. Prepare the sauce as Cauliflower Fritters. Tomato Fritters Corn Fritters