First Unitarian Society of San Francisco. Society for Christian Work

“ Put into a saucepan butter size of a pigeon's egg; add 1 pint of soup stock. When very hot add 3 onions, sliced thin, then a full 1/2 teacup of flour, stirring constantly that it may not burn. Add 1 pint boiling water, pepper and salt, and let boil one minute, then placing on back of range till ready to serve, when add 1 quart of boiling milk and 3 mashed boiled potatoes. Gradually add to the potatoes a little of the soup till smooth and thin enough to put into the soup kettle. ”

“ Take baker's bread and cut away the crusts, butter, and slice rather thick, lay 1 layer of bread and then cover with blackberries and some of the juice (which has been stewed with a little sugar) , then more bread and more berries. Over the top throw a glass of wine. Serve with hard sauce.
Rennet Pudding.
Buy a rennet from the butcher (it is the stomach of a very young calf) . Wash it thoroughly, and cut it in small pieces. Put it in a quart jar, and fill with sherry wine. When wanted to use, heat a quart of milk to blood-heat, and put it in the dish in which it is to remain. ”

“ The clock hath struck twelve upon the bell;
My mistress made it one upon my cheek—
She is so hot, because the meat is cold;
Methinks your man, like mine, should be your clock,
And strike you home without a messenger. ”

“ When cool add 3 eggs, not beaten. Mix well, and drop by spoonfuls in buttered tins. Bake in a quick oven twenty-five minutes. This makes fifteen puffs. When cool fill with whipped cream.
Ice Cream Cake.
1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, a little more than 2/3 cup of milk, 4 even cups of sifted flour, in which has been sifted 2 teaspoons of baking powder; flavoring and the whites of 5 eggs beaten stiff, added last. Cream the butter and sugar, add milk, then flour, with baking powder, flavoring and whites of eggs, the cake well-beaten as each ingredient is added. ”

“ Rub to a cream 1/2 pound butter and two large tablespoonfuls of flour. Strain the boiling milk with this and return to the stew-pan and boil again, taking care to stir to prevent lumps and burning. Grate the rind of one lemon, with juice and one tumbler of wine and mix thoroughly through the fish. Take one loaf of bread, removing all crust, and pass through the colander. Have dish very hot, putting fish and crumbs in layers, bringing crumbs on top. Place in hot oven for a few minutes. ”

“ Soak the cucumbers in strong brine over night; in the morning scald a few at a time in a little vinegar, covering tight and stirring often. As they are done, [80] put in bottles, with one or two peppers in each one, and pour over the following scalding vinegar and seal: To 3 quarts of vinegar add 4 cups of sugar, 1 handful of white mustard seed, 1 of stick cinnamon, half the quantity of whole cloves, and a small piece of alum. ”

“ SALADS. Boiled Salad Dressing.
3 eggs, 3 tablespoons dry mustard, 1 teacup of oil or cream, 1/2 cup vinegar, salt to taste. Mix eggs and mustard to a cream, then add oil drop by drop, vinegar drop by drop, salt to taste. Put on stove and stir all the time, and let it scarcely come to a boil. When cold, bottle and keep in a cold place.
By beating all the ingredients well together with an egg-beater it is as creamy as when oil is added drop by drop.
Dressing for Cold Slaw.
Yolks of 1 or 2 eggs, 3 tablespoons vinegar, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 of mustard, butter size of an egg. Cook like custard. ”

“ When the chicken has reached a boil, stir in a large glass of sherry with the egg, and serve hot.
Chicken Terrapin—No. 3.
Boil chicken in salted water. 1 quart of cold cooked chicken cut into dice; cooked livers of 1 or 2 chickens; 3 hard-boiled eggs; yolks of 2 raw eggs; 1 cup of chicken stock; 1 cup cream; slight grating of nutmeg; 1/3 teaspoon pepper; 1 level teaspoon salt; 4 tablespoons sherry; 3 tablespoons butter; 2 tablespoons flour; 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Chop hard-boiled eggs and add [20] to chicken; sprinkle with salt, pepper and nutmeg. ”

“ Cut green tomatoes in slices, and to every 16 pounds add 4 quarts vinegar, 5 pounds sugar, 1/2 pound white mustard seed, a teacup of flour of mustard, mixed with a little vinegar, 1 1/2 pound onions, cut very fine, 1/2 ounce of mace, 2 of cinnamon, 1 of allspice, 1/2 ounce of cloves, 5 of salt, 1/4 pound of black pepper, 1/4 pound of celery seed. ”

“ English Plum Pudding—No. 1.
1/2 pound of seeded raisins, same of currants, well washed and dried, grated rind and juice of 2 oranges, 1/2 a nutmeg grated, 1 tablespoon each of cinnamon, cloves and allspice, 1/2 a teaspoon of salt, 1/2 a pound of sugar, 1/4 pound of citron, 1/2 pound of suet, 1/2 pound of bread crumbs, 1/2 pound of flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder and 6 well-beaten eggs. Chop the suet very fine, after removing the skin, and put it, together with the flour and bread crumbs, into a large bowl; then add the spices, oranges and sugar. Mix thoroughly. ”

“ Divide butter in three or four parts and chill; chop one portion into the flour, mix with ice water, and roll in the remainder. Roll and fold several times. If it grows sticky, chill till it hardens.
Mock Mince Pie—No. 1.
2 pounds powdered crackers, 1 cup molasses, 1 of cider, 1 of chopped raisins, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 of clove, 2 of cinnamon, 1 of mace, 1 of nutmeg. This quantity makes two pies. Bake forty minutes.
Mock Mince Pie—No. 2.
1 cup bread or cracker crumbs, 1 of raisins, 1 of vinegar, 1 of sugar, 1 of molasses, 1 of water, 1/2 of butter, 1 of currants. Spice to taste. ”

“ Stir in 1 tablespoon ginger, 1/2 teaspoon saleratus, dissolved in a little hot water, and flour enough to roll out. Take small pieces at a time to roll out.
Rich Cookies.
Yolks of 6 eggs, 1/2 roll butter, 1 cup bar sugar, 2 1/2 cups flour. Put a little of the flour in a deep dish, then add some egg, some butter and some sugar; then more flour, more egg and more sugar and butter until the entire amount of ingredients have been used. Roll thin, flour pans well and put in the cookies, which have been cut into forms and feathered with whites of egg, sugar and grated almonds. Not too quick an oven. ”

“ Just before it boils put figs in and let all boil up together. Put in air-tight jars. Sugar for sweet pickles should always be rich brown sugar.
Sweet Pickled Peaches.
7 pounds peaches, 3 pounds brown sugar, 1 quart vinegar, 1 ounce cinnamon; 3 cloves in each peach. Make the syrup and cook peaches till tender; boil down syrup and pour over the peaches.
Sweet Tomato Pickle.
To 8 pounds of tomatoes, when skinned and cut in pieces, add 4 pounds sugar. Boil slowly until thick, then add a scant quart of vinegar, 1 teaspoon each of ground mace, cloves and cinnamon, and boil slowly again until thick. ”

“ Take out meat, strain broth and cut tongue in small pieces. 2 large teaspoonfuls of butter in pan, 3 of flour, and cook until brown. Juice of 1 lemon, 3 hard-boiled eggs, chopped, 1/2 lemon, sliced, wine and red pepper to taste. When very hot, serve. ”

“ Beat 2 cups of sugar with 1 cup of butter, 2 eggs, and 5 tablespoonfuls of milk. Mix 3 teaspoonfuls of baking powder and 1 of cinnamon with 2 cups of flour, and add as much more flour as necessary to make stiff enough to roll. Roll thin, cut out and bake quickly. ”

“ Shred up crab, not too fine, cut up onion and chili pepper and put in a pan with the 2 tablespoonfuls of water. Boil briskly fifteen minutes; then add 1/2 can of tomatoes. Boil ten minutes, or until soft. Strain, put juice back on fire. Add the butter, pepper and salt, and thicken with 1 tablespoonful of corn starch. Add crab and cream. When all is hot, serve with toast. ”

“ Huyler's, 88 Cocoanut Candy, 88 Cream Candy, 88 Corn Candy, 89 Honey Candy, 89 Molasses Candy, 88 Nut Candy, 88 Orange Drops, 89 Peppermints, 88 Taffy—No. 1, 90 " No. 2, 90 " Everton, 90 [93] Vinegar Candy, 89 Salted Almonds, 90 Salted Almonds (with oil) , 90 Creams— Banana Cream, 60 Bavarian Cream with Peaches, 61 Champagne Jelly, 61 Charlotte Russe, 61 Coffee Bavarian, 60 Coffee Jelly, 61 Duchess, 59 Lemon, 60 Pineapple, 59 Russian, 59 Spanish, 60 Entrees— Beef Loaf, 21 " Roll, 21 Cheese Sticks—No. 1, 26 " " No. 2, 26 Chicken Terrapin—No. 1, 19 " " No. 2, 19 " " No. ”

“ No. 2, 76 Isabella Grape Jam, 76 Orange Marmalade—No. 1, 75 Orange Marmalade—No. 2, 75 Pineapple Preserve, 76 Preserved Grapes, 77 Puddings— Apple Dumpling (baked) , 69 " Puddings, 69 " Pan-dowdy, 70 " Sago, 70 " Soufflé, 69 Apricot or Peach, 72 Batter, 64 Blackberry, 71 Boston Thanksgiving, 71 Burlington, 63 Chocolate, 72 Cracker, 66 Delmonico, 66 English Plum—No. 1, 67 " " No. 2, 68 Fig, 63 Indian, 66 Kiss, 64 Lemon Bread, 66 Orange Float, 64 Pancake with Fruit, 63 Plain Plum, 68 Poor Man's, 65 Poor Man's Rice, 66 Rennet, 71 Snow, 66 Sponge, 70 Strawberry Custard, 64 Suet—No. 1, 65 " No. ”