Cookbooks and Cooking

Civic League Cook Book

While considering the many good things to be found inside the covers of this book, don't forget to instil into the minds of your children the habit of thrift and of saving their earnings. It will add to their usefulness and your happiness in the years to come. We receive depos...

Chapters

4. Part 4

GOOSEBERRY SAUCE.--One pint green gooseberries, one tablespoon of butter, one saltspoon of grated nutmeg, four tablespoons soup stock, one half teaspoon of salt. Cook the gooseb...

2. Part 2

SAUCE FOR OYSTER PATTIES.--One cupful of solid oysters. Melt two large tablespoons of butter in a stew pan, blend in two heaping tablespoons of flour and rub smooth; add one sca...

12. Part 12

CLARET FREEZE.--Claret wine to taste. Fill glass half full of chopped ice, add wine and sweeten to taste with cherry syrup. Add sliced lemon or pineapple, rose leaves, or Marasc...

3. Part 3

STUFFED BEEF STEAK.--Prepare a dressing as for chicken, of one cup of bread crumbs moisten with one tablespoonful of melted butter, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, salt an...

10. Part 10

STRAWBERRY SPONGE.--One quart strawberries, one half package Knox gelatine, one and one half cups water, one cup sugar, juice of one lemon, whites of four eggs. Soak gelatine un...

8. Part 8

SUNSHINE CAKE.--Whites of ten eggs, yolks of six, one level teaspoonful of cream of tartar, one and one half cupfuls of sugar, sifted, one cupful of flour, sifted twice, the gra...

11. Part 11

STRAWBERRY MOUSSE.--Dissolve one tablespoonful of granulated gelatine in one quarter cupful of water by placing the bowl containing it in a pan of hot water; when smooth add thr...

6. Part 6

PIMENTO SALAD.--Select sweet, red or green peppers, steam them till the skin cracks, then skin and seed. Place on the ice and shred with cold boiled fish, or shell fish or with...

9. Part 9

BROWN COOKIES.--Mix two cups of brown sugar with one cup of lard, add one cup of cooking molasses, and one cup of boiling water with two teaspoons of soda dissolved in it, one t...

13. Part 13

MARSH MALLOWS.--Three cups white sugar, sixteen tablespoons hot water. Put on stove and boil until it forms a soft ball when dropped in water. Have ready one package Knox's gela...

1. Part 1

While considering the many good things to be found inside the covers of this book, don't forget to instil into the minds of your children the habit of thrift and of saving their...

7. Part 7

ORIENTAL CHUTNEY.--Peel and core three pounds of tart apples. Mix with a pound of stoned tamarinds, three quarters of a pound of seeded raisins, a head of garlic, two pods of re...

5. Part 5

PEANUT SANDWICHES.--Shell and skin freshly roasted peanuts and roll them to fine crumbs on a pastry board. Add salt to taste and mix the powdered nuts with enough fresh cream ch...

14. Part 14

CHOKE CHERRY WINE.--To one gallon of fruit allow two gallons of water, mash fruit to get the juice, let stand nine days, then press through a fruit press. When the juice is all...

15. Part 15

In laundry work different methods must be used for different fabrics. The texture and color of a garment must be considered before method of laundering is decided on. As laundry...