Category: Cooking & Drinking

The royal baker and pastry cook

Apple Snow 29 Asparagus on Toast 39 Bannocks 7 Barley Water 42 Batter, Fritter, Plain 8 Beans, Kidney, Brown Sauce 39 Beans, String 39 Beef, Braised 34 Beef, Corned, and Turnips 35 Beef Stew, Brown 35 Beef Tea 42 Beefsteak, Broiled 34 Beefsteak, or Chops, Panned 34 Beefsteak P...

Chapters

1. Part 1

2. Part 2

Apple Snow 29 Asparagus on Toast 39 Bannocks 7 Barley Water 42 Batter, Fritter, Plain 8 Beans, Kidney, Brown Sauce 39 Beans, String 39 Beef, Braised 34 Beef, Corned, and Turnips...

3. Part 3

=DO NOT BUY BAKING POWDER LOOSE OR IN BULK.=—(What is meant by loose is weighed out in any quantity asked for.) All examinations made by Boards of Health, Government Chemists, a...

4. Part 4

In using shortening for biscuits, especially through the winter season, with some limitation, good, sweet home-made lard may take the place of butter. Butter will color slightly...

5. Part 5

=Soft Waffles.=—1 quart flour, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sugar, 2 teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, 1 large tablespoon butter, 2 eggs, 1½ pints milk. Sift together flour, salt, s...

6. Part 6

2 cups sugar, 1½ pints milk, 3 large tablespoons corn-starch, yolks of 5 eggs, 1 tablespoon good butter, 2 teaspoons extract vanilla. Bring the milk to a boil; with the sugar ad...

7. Part 7

=Wedding= (or =Bride=) =Cake=.—4 cups butter, 4 cups sugar, 10 eggs, 4 pints flour, 6 cups currants, washed, dried, and picked, 3 cups sultana raisins, 3 cups citron, ½ cup cand...

8. Part 8

The old-fashioned fruit short cakes were generally made with flour, soda, sour milk, and shortening, and were restricted to the strawberry season. We now use Royal Baking Powder...

9. Part 9

=Fine Peach Pudding.=—Fill pudding-dish with whole peeled peaches, pour over 1 pint water, cover, and bake till peaches are tender. Drain off juice and let cool. Add to it 2 cup...

10. Part 10

=Tapioca Custard.=—Put 2 tablespoons fine tapioca in double boiler with 1 pint milk, cook and stir till tapioca is transparent. Add yolks 2 eggs beaten with 3 tablespoons sugar,...

11. Part 11

=Oyster Pie.=—1 quart oysters, drained; pepper, salt, and butter to taste. 1 quart flour, 2 tablespoons lard, 1 tablespoon salt, mix with water for pie crust. Butter plate, then...

12. Part 12

=Sharp Brown Sauce.=—1 tablespoon butter, 1 tablespoon flour, 3 tablespoons vinegar, 1 tablespoon tomato catsup, ⅔ cup stock. Make same way as brown sauce, add salt and pepper t...

13. Part 13

=Barley Water.=—Wash 2 tablespoons pearl barley, scald with boiling water, boil 5 minutes, strain. Add 2 quarts cold water, simmer till reduced ½. Strain, add lemon juice to tas...