Mary Jane's cook book

Peel carrots and cook until tender. Mash through a sieve, then measure. Add the beaten yolk of the egg, the melted butter and seasoning. Chill thoroughly. Shape into croquettes, dip in egg, then into crumbs and fry in deep, hot fat. Drain and serve very hot. K PLAIN PIE CRUST. Flour, 1 quart Lard, 3 tablespoons. Salt, 1 teaspoon. Butter, 1 tablespoon. Baking powder, 1 teaspoon. Cold water. Sift dry ingredients, cut in lard until well mixed, then add cold water, a little at a time, stirring and cutting with a knife till all is wet but not soft. Set on ice for 1 hour, then roll out with as few quick strokes as possible, dot over with the butter cut in tiny pieces, fold up and roll out again. Makes top and bottom crust for 2 pies. HOT WATER PIE CRUST. Flour, 3 cups. Boiling water, y2 cup. Shortening, 1 cup. Salt, 1 teaspoon. Baking powder, % teaspoon. Put shortening (any kind may be used) into a bowl and over it pour the boiling water. Beat with a fork until creamy. Then sift in the flour, salt and baking powder. Stir well together and roll out. This amount makes 2 pies. OLD-FASHIONED PUMPKIN PIE. Milk, 1 quart. Eggs, 4. Sifted pumpkin, 1 pint. Molasses, y2 cup. Ginger and allspice. Bake in one crust. • ENGLISH PUMPKIN PIE. Sifted pumpkin, 1 quart. Milk, 1/2 pint. Eggs, 6. Sugar, % pound. Butter, 14 pound. French brandy. 1 tablespoon. Madeira or sherry, 1 gill. Cut the pumpkin into large pieces, peel and put into cold water over a slow fire. Simmer without boiling till tender, then drain, put through a colander and afterwards through coarse muslin, squeezing out every drop of water. Then measure and add ingredients in order given, beating eggs till light and thick and creaming butter and sugar till soft before adding. When .well mixed, bake in puff paste. A. W., Medford. MINCE PIE. Boiled chopped beef, 2 quarts. White sugar, 2 quarts. Chopped apples, 6 quarts. Meat liquor, 2 quarts. Chopped citron, 1 pound. Salt, 10 teaspoons. Chopped raisins, 4 pounds. Cinnamon, 9 teaspoons. Whole seedless raisins, 2 Clove, 3 teaspoons. pounds. Lemons, 8. Currants, 2 pounds. Boiled cider, 1 cup. Brown sugar, 3 quarts. Apple jelly, 3 glasses. Grape jelly, 3 glasses. Mix all well together using juice of the lemons and grated rind of two. Let boil very slowly till whole raisins are cooked. Makes 12 quart jars. When pies are filled, dot with bits of butter, sprinkle over with sugar and a bit of nutmeg and put on top crust. H. M. H., Allston. SIMPLE MINCEMEAT. Chopped beef, 2 quarts. Sugar. Chopped suet, 1 cup. Lemon juice. Chopped apple, 4^/2 quarts. Lemon peel. Boiled cider. Clove. Raisins. Cinnamon. Currants. Nutmeg. Salt. Mace. Get beef from lower part of the round, boil until soft and chop fine, add suet and apples. Add remaining ingredients to suit your own taste, and mix quite soft with boiled cider, as boiling and keeping tend to diy it up. Vinegar and water may be used inste; the boiled cider. Boil all together till raisins an away in sealed jars. Mrs, G. E. DATE PIE. Dates, 1-3 pound. Milk. Egg, 1. Salt, a pinch. Stone dates and cook until soft in a little water. Press through colander and to the pulp add milk, beaten egg and salt. Bake like an ordinary custard pie. An Old New England Cook, Somerville. APPLE PIE.