Mrs. William H. Nash

“ One cup butter, two cups sugar, one cup sweet cream. Melt the sugar and pour over the butter. Stir while it melts. After it is cold, cream it and stir in the sweet cream; after putting in the cream and mixing thoroughly, add an even teaspoon of soda. Beat three eggs, yolks and whites together, and put in, but do not mix until you have added some flour. Mix them as soft as possible, taking them up from the table with a knife. The less flour the better. ”

“ Whites of three eggs beaten very light, one-fourth cup butter and one cup sugar beaten to a cream, one cup milk, three cups flour, two spoons baking powder. Stir eggs in last and bake in layers.
For the cream, take the yolks of two eggs, one cup milk, one-half cup sugar, two tablespoons cornstarch, butter size of a hickory-nut. Beat the yolks, then add the other ingredients and boil. Flavor to taste when cool. Do not spread on layers until cool. ”

“ He must wait until she has learned the new conditions in her new world. Without a scientific explanation of why the boiling point is reached at lower temperature here than at lower altitude, or whether this one fact accounts for the necessity of different proportions of ingredients in cookery, the Ladies of the Congregational Church gracefully bow themselves before the public with a genuine blessing to every family. Poor cooking is responsible for much of the wretched health of women and children, and much of the drinking habit among men. ”

“ Take half a pound of dates, remove stones, put in a piece of the candy paste and roll each one in granulated sugar.
For Fig Candy, split half a pound of figs, place a layer of the dough on a board (first sprinkle well with powdered sugar to prevent its adhering) , then a layer of figs, again a layer of dough, and cut in squares.
Nuts of any kind may be made up into candy by using the meats for the foundation or inside of little balls of paste, and then roll in coarse sugar; set each kind out in a cool place to harden. ”

“ When the potatoes are done, mash them fine, add one pint of flour, one tablespoon ginger, and one-half cup sugar; mix thoroughly, then, having added more water to make up for what has boiled away, turn on the water in which the potatoes and hops were boiled, boiling hot, stirring it well. ”

“ One chicken, smothered; when cold, cut in small pieces; do not use a chopping knife. Prepare as much celery as chicken, two medium-sized cucumber pickles cut up; also, the whites of the eggs left from the dressing. This part of salad may be mixed at once, as it does not hurt to stand, and the dressing poured over just before it is used.
DRESSING — Yolks of four hard-boiled eggs mashed to a smooth paste, one-half teaspoon salt, one-half teaspoon pepper, two of mustard, two of sugar, four of salad-oil, one small teacup of good vinegar. Pour over chicken, and mix with a fork ”

“ Scald a pint of corn meal until of the consistency of mush; when cooked, cool with sour or buttermilk until about as thick as batter cake dough; then add one-half teaspoon each of salt and soda, two eggs, and a teaspoon of butter. Beat well and bake quickly. ”

“ Rub together till white one teacup butter and two of sugar; beat two eggs and stir into the mixture with a little flour. Grate in a nutmeg. Dissolve one teaspoon soda in one cup milk. Add flour to roll easy. ”

“ It is a well-established fact that in a high altitude the science culinary has its local and peculiar laws. It is commonly held that a different proportion of ingredients is necessary, as well as a different length of time. ”

“ Beat the yolks of four eggs half an hour; add five ounces pulverized sugar, then one quart cold, new milk; add a teaspoon lemon extract, fill the cups and set them in a pan half filled with warm water. Place the pan in a rather cool oven and gradually increase the heat. In about twenty minutes dip a teaspoon in one of the custards to see if it is firm. ”

“ In the morning, boil steadily until about an hour before dinner, when season to taste, and add one large onion, part of a carrot, little cabbage, one tomato, part of a turnip, one potato, all chopped very fine. ”

“ Be this as it may, it is well established that the husband, who has recently brought his wife from the East, is not in healthy employment when he reminds her of the superior quality of his mother's cooking. ”

“ Beat the eggs very light, add the milk and salt. Pour into a hot skillet in which a large tablespoon of butter has been melted. When partly cooked, remove from fire and bake in oven until firm. Place a hot platter on top of omelette, invert quickly, and serve at once.
CHILI SAUCE.
Fifty large, ripe tomatoes, six green peppers, six red peppers, eight onions and six garlics, eight tablespoons salt, eight tablespoons sugar, twelve cups vinegar, celery, cloves, cinnamon and allspice to taste. Chop peppers and onions very fine. Peel and chop the tomatoes. Boil two hours; stir while boiling. ”