Title: The Woman Suffrage Cook Book, Containing Thoroughly Tested and Reliable Recipes for Cooking, Directions for the Care of the Sick, and Practical Suggestions, Contributed Especially for This Work.
Author: Burr, Hattie A.
Publisher: Boston: Mrs. Hattie A. Burr




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THE
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Cook Book.





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LIBRARY


Michigan State University


Gift of
Mary R. Reynolds





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SECOND EDITION.

THE
WOMAN SUFFRAGE COOK BOOK,

CONTAINING THOROUGHLY TESTED AND RELIABLE RECIPES FOR COOKING, DIRECTIONS FOR THE CARE OR THE SICK, AND PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS,

CONTRIBUTED ESPECIALLY FOR THIS WORK.

EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
MRS. HATTIE A. BURR,
12 WAYNE STREET, BOSTON.


In what thou eatest and drinkest, seeking from thence
Due nourishment, not glutoneous delight,
So mayest thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop
Into thy mother's lap; or be with ease
Gathered, not harshly plucked; for death mature.


MILTON.


IN AID OF THE
FESTIVAL AND BAZAAR,
DECEMBER 13-19, 1886.
"COUNTRY STORE,"
APRIL 21-26, 1890.
BOSTON.





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COPYRIGHT, 1886,
BY HATTIE A. BURR.





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> PREFACE.


THIS little volume is sent out with an important mission. It has been carefully prepared, and will prove a practical, reliable authority on cookery, housekeeping, and care of the sick, especially adapted to family use. While many of the receipts are original, it is not claimed that all are so; but each has been thoroughly tested, and is vouched for as reliable by the contributor whose name is appended.


Among the contributors are many who are eminent in their professions as teachers, lecturers, physicians, ministers, and authors,--whose names are household words in the land. A book with so unique and notable a list of contributors, vouched for by such undoubted authority, has never before been given to the public.


Grateful acknowledgments are due to the kind friends,--many of them in distant homes,--who have so willingly contributed of their knowledge and experience for the accomplishment of this undertaking. I believe the great value of these contributions will be fully appreciated, and our messenger will go forth a blessing to housekeepers, and an advocate for the elevation and enfranchisement of woman.


HATTIE A. BURR.


BOSTON, NOVEMBER 25, 1886.





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> CONTRIBUTORS.



Mary A. Livermore,..........................Melrose.

Lucy Stone,.................................Boston.

Mrs. Ednah D. Cheney,.......................Boston.

Mrs. Jane L. Patterson......................Boston.

Mrs. Abby Kelley Foster,....................Worcester.

Mrs. Zilpha H. Spooner,.....................Plymouth.

Rev. Ada C. Bowles..........................Abington.

Rebecca Moore,..............................London, Eng.

Mrs. Oliver Ames,...........................Boston.

Mary J. Safford, M. D. .....................Boston.

Abigail Scott Duniway,......................Portland, O.

Mrs. H. H. Robinson,........................Malden.

Mrs. Harriette R. Shattuck,.................Malden.

Mrs. A. A. Miner,...........................Boston.

Frances Willard,............................Evanston, Ill.

Mrs. J. Blackmer,...........................Springfield.

Sarah R. Bowditch (Mrs. William I.),........Brookline.

Marie E. Zakrzewska, M. D. .................Boston.

Lillie Devereux Blake,......................New York.

Clara Berwick Colby,........................Beatrice, Neb.

Elizabeth L. Saxon,.........................Beatrice, Neb.

Anna Ella Carroll,..........................Washington, D. C.

Mrs. C. C. Hussey,..........................East Orange, N. J.

Mrs. Benj. F. Pitman,.......................Somerville.

Mrs. William C. Collar,.....................Boston.

Sarah R. May (Mrs. Samuel),.................Leicester.

Mary R. Daniell (Mrs. M. Grant),............Boston.

Julia Ward Howe,............................Boston.

May Wright Sewall,..........................Indianapolis, Ind.

Cora Scott Pond,............................Boston.

Rev. Annie H. Shaw,.........................Boston.

Mrs. Matilda Joslyn Gage,...................Fayetteville, N. Y.

Emily A. Fifield,...........................Boston.



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Abby Morton Diaz,...........................Boston.

Clemence S. Lozier, M. D. ..................New York.

Cora L. Stockham,...........................Chicago, Ill.

Mrs. Mary F. Curtiss,.......................Boston.

Mrs. J. W. Guiteau,.........................New York.

Mary Gay Capen,.............................Boston.

Annie Jenness Miller,.......................Washington, D. C.

Mrs. S. H. Richards,........................Weymouth.

Miss Harriet B. Hicks.......................Needham.

Dr. Vesta D. Miller,........................Needham.

Miss Mary Willey,...........................Boston.

Paul Gates,.................................Ashby.

Mrs. L. Clementine Gates,...................Ashby.

Mrs. Marcia E. P. Hunt,.....................Weymouth.

Angelina Ricketson,.........................New Bedford.

Miss Josephine P. Holland,..................Foxborough.

Mrs. Martha J. Waite,.......................New Bedford.

Mrs. Mary S. Tarbell,.......................Ayer.

Mrs. Mary C. Ames,..........................Boston.

Louisa G. Aldrich,..........................Fall River.

Mrs. C. M. Ransom,..........................Newton.

Miss Emma A. Ransom,........................Newton.

Mrs. Elizabeth W. Stanton,..................New Bedford.

Mrs. Harriet M. Turner,.....................Boston.

Dr. Caroline E. Hastings,...................Boston.

Mrs. Emma P. Ewing,.........................Ames, Iowa.

Mrs. Susie C. Vogl,.........................Boston.

Miss Hattie E. Turner,......................Boston.

Miss C. Wilde,..............................Boston.

Miss J. S. Foster,..........................Philadelphia.

Mrs. Elizabeth Groshan,.....................Beachmont.

Julia A. Kellogg,...........................Somerville.

Martha B. Pitman,...........................Somerville.

Mary Cross Harris,..........................Worcester.

Alice Stone Blackwell,......................Boston.

Miss Lucy Goddard,..........................Boston.

Mrs. Alice A. Geddes,.......................Cambridge.

Mrs. S. J. G. Beck,.........................Freeport, Me.

Mrs. Emma E. Foster,........................Worcester.

Mrs. S. J. Vincelette,......................East Douglass.

Mrs. Mary J. Buchanan,......................Boston.

Mrs. Sarah M. Perkins,......................Duxbury.

Mrs. Alice M. Southwick,....................Uxbridge.

Mrs. Forrest W. Forbes,.....................Westboro'.

Carrie A Sargent,...........................Haverhill.

Mrs. N. W. Lyon (Mrs. Thomas S.),...........Topeka, Kan.

Mrs. H. Andrews,............................Fitchburg.



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Rev. Louise S. Baker,.......................Nantucket.

Sara T. L. Robinson,........................Lawrence, Kan.

Mrs. Mary F. Crowell,.......................Dennis.

Mrs. Ruth F. Elwell,........................Boston.

Mrs. Ellie A. Hill,.........................Natick.

Miss C. Wellington,.........................Lexington.

Hulda B. Loud,..............................Rockland.

Sarah A. Loud,..............................Rockland.

Emma M. E. Sanborn, M. D. ..................Andover.

Mrs. Jessie F. A. Banks (Mrs. Louis A.),....Boston.

Mrs. Ellen W. E. Parton,....................Newburyport.

Mrs. M. M. Wolford,.........................Ayer.

Mrs. Mary J. Willis,........................Ayer.

Helen V. Austin,............................Johnstown, Pa.

Mrs. Allie E. Whitaker,.....................Boston.

Anna B. Taylor, M. D. ......................Charlestown.

Miss L. A. Hatch,...........................Boston.

Mrs. Dr. C. A. Carlton,.....................Salem.

Mrs. O. A. Cheney,..........................Natick.

Mrs. M. L. T. Hidden,.......................Lydon, Vt.

Mrs. S. R. Urbino,..........................Boston.

Mrs. F. D. Osgood,..........................Boston.

Mrs. Josie Currier (Mrs. S. E. D.),.........Boston.

Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland,................Arredondo, Fla.

Catherine H. Birney,........................Washington, D. C.

Mrs. H. O. Hawkins,.........................Taunton.

Mrs. L. W. Jones,...........................Malden.

Miss A. E. Newell,..........................Boston.

Miss L. F. S. Barnard,......................Boston.

Mrs. S. W. Fuller,..........................Boston.

Dr. Lelia G. Bedell,........................Chicago, Ill.

Emily S. Bouton,............................Toledo, O.

Miss M. L. Moreland,........................Fitchburg.

Mrs. Dr. Flavel S. Thomas, M. S. ...........Hanson.

Dr. Alice M. Eaton,.........................Chelsea.

Miss E. B. Plympton,........................Woburn.

Mrs. M. F. Walling,.........................Cambridge.

Mrs. S. C. Lincoln,.........................Somerville.

Mrs. Harriet C. Batchelder,.................S. Framingham.

Mrs. M. E. Sammett,.........................Dedham.

Miss M. A. Hill,............................Haverhill.

Mrs. B. J. Stone,...........................Westborough.

Mrs. E. J. Harding,.........................S. Weymouth.

Rebecca Howland,............................Fairhaven.

Alice B. Stockham, M. D. ...................Chicago, Ill.

Mrs. Judith W. Smith,.......................Boston.

Amanda M. Lougee,...........................Boston.



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Mrs. Martha A. Everett,.....................Dover.

Louise V. Boyd,.............................Dublin, Ind.

Mrs. D. W. Gage,............................Oberlin, O.

Miss Jerusha S. Hall,.......................Dennis.

Mrs. H. A. Foster,..........................Somerville.

S. Louise Simonds,..........................Belmont.

Mrs. S. C. Wrightington,....................Fall River.

Sarah R. Sargent,...........................Malden.

Ella C. Elder,..............................Florence.

Anne B. Rogers..............................Rockport.

Mrs. M. C. Whittier,........................Fitchburg.

Mrs. Richardson,............................Fitchburg.

Mrs. D. B. Whittier,........................Fitchburg.

Mrs. Augusta Rich,..........................Osterville.

Mrs. Sarah E. M. Kingsbury,.................Needham.

Mrs. Mariana T. Folsom,.....................San Antonio, Texas.

Mrs. D. P. Washburn,........................Needham.

Mrs. Elizabeth C. Crosby,...................Nantucket.

Helen B. W. Worth,..........................Nantucket.

Mrs. Eliza B. Burgess,......................Nantucket.

Linda S. Barney,............................Nantucket.

Katherine Starbuck,.........................Nantucket.

Sarah S. Swain,.............................Nantucket.

S. Adelaide Hall, M. D. ....................Watertown.

Mrs. E. R. Abbott,..........................Andover.

Mrs. B. M. Nichols,.........................Foxborough.

Miss Harriet Lemist,........................Boston.

Mrs. E. E. Kelsey,..........................Somerville.

Jane Hosmer,................................Concord.

Jennie W. Smith,............................Boston.

Jennie S. Harrison,.........................Plymouth.

Mrs. M. Angelo Foster,......................Watertown.

Minnie I. Estes Churchill,..................Brockton.

Martha Anderson,............................Boston.

Mary F. Holmes,.............................Oxford, Me.

Mrs. Esther A. Jobes,.......................Billings, M. T.

Mrs. Mary H. Hunt,..........................Hyde Park.




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> CONTENTS.



PAGE

Bread and Yeast................................1

Breakfast and Tea Cakes........................6

Eggs and Omelets..............................20

Soups.........................................23

Fish, Oysters, and Clams......................28

Meats.........................................32

Vegetables and Side Dishes....................41

Salads, Pickles, etc..........................45

Puddings......................................55

Pies..........................................69

Desserts, Creams, etc.........................74

Cakes.........................................78

Preserved and Canned Fruits, Jellies, etc. ..105

Cooking for, and Care of Invalids............113

Miscellaneous................................121

Eminent Opinions on Woman Suffrage...........144




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> INDEX



PAGE.

> BREAD AND YEAST.


Bread (2).........................................................1

Brown Bread (3)...................................................2

Iowa Brown Bread..................................................2

Steamed Brown Bread...............................................3

Oatmeal or Rice Bread.............................................3

Raised Bread......................................................3

Pure Salt Rising Bread............................................4

Yeast (4)......................................................4, 5

> BREAKFAST AND TEA CAKES.


Breakfast Gems....................................................6

Indian Cake.......................................................6

Bannock...........................................................6

Squash Biscuit (2)................................................7

Washington Tea Biscuit............................................7

Breakfast Cakes...................................................7

Albany Breakfast Cakes............................................7

Huckleberry Breakfast Cake........................................8

Katie's Breakfast Cake............................................8

Breakfast Oatmeal.................................................8

Corn Cake (2).....................................................8

Berry Cake.......................................................78

Best Corn Cake....................................................9

Delicious Corn Cake...............................................9

Doughnuts (4).................................................9, 10

Breakfast Gems...................................................10

Buttermilk Gems..................................................10

Graham Gems (5)..............................................10, 11

Jennie's Sally Lunn Gems.........................................12

Oatmeal Gems (2).................................................12

Cornmeal Griddle Cakes (2)...................................12, 13

Snow Griddle Cakes (2)...........................................13

Squash Griddle Cakes.............................................13

Pone (2).........................................................13

Mother's Buns....................................................13

Muffins (3)......................................................14

Graham Muffins (2)...........................................14, 15

Oatmeal Muffins..................................................15

Raised Muffins...................................................15

Rye Muffins......................................................15

Pancakes.........................................................16

Rye Pancakes.....................................................16

Popovers.........................................................16

Water Puffs......................................................16

Cornmeal Rolls...................................................16

Parker House Rolls...............................................16

Rye Rolls........................................................17

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Sally Lunn.......................................................17

Squash Cakes.....................................................17

Corn Muffins.....................................................17

Strawberry Shortcake.............................................18

Rhubarb Toast....................................................18

Golden Toast.....................................................18

Waffles (2)..................................................18, 19

> EGGS AND OMELETS.


Breakfast Dish...................................................20

Water-lily Eggs..................................................21

Omelet (4)...................................................21, 22

Plain Egg Omelet.................................................22

> SOUPS.


Soups............................................................23

Bean Soup........................................................23

Beef Stew........................................................24

Chicken Soup.....................................................24

Excellent Veal Soup..............................................25

Mock Turtle Soup.................................................25

Pea Soup.........................................................25

Potato Chowder...................................................26

Potato Soup (2)..............................................23, 26

Rebel Soup.......................................................26

Red Bean Soup....................................................26

Tomato Soup (2)..................................................27

White Soup......................................................142

> FISH, OYSTERS AND CLAMS.


Mauve, or Soft Clam Soup.........................................28

Boston Fish Chowder..............................................28

To Broil Whitefish...............................................29

Fish Balls.......................................................29

Lobster Soup.....................................................29

Escalloped Oysters...............................................30

Macaroni and Oysters.............................................30

Salmon Hash......................................................30

Stuffed Lobster..................................................30

To Cook Terrapin.................................................31

> MEATS.


Cooking Meats, and Length of Time Required.......................32

Irish Stew, or Pot Pie...........................................33

Veal Loaf, or Frigandelle........................................33

To Broil Beefsteak...............................................33

Roast Beef, with Yorkshire Pudding...............................34



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Roast Beef Dinner...............................................142

Boiled Tongue....................................................34

Chicken Croquettes (2).......................................34, 35

To Fry Spring Chicken and make Gravy as Mother did it...........35

To Broil Chickens................................................35

Chicken Jelly....................................................35

Deviled Kidneys..................................................36

Fricandelles.....................................................37

Scalloped Mutton.................................................37

Newburyport Housekeeper's Way to Glorify Cold Mutton.............37

Sausage Meat.....................................................38

Baked Sausage....................................................38

New England Sausages.............................................38

Scalloped Meat...................................................39

Veal Loaf (3)................................................39, 40

Veal Sausage.....................................................39

Curry of Mutton..................................................40

Job's Turkey....................................................143

> VEGETABLES AND SIDE DISHES.


Boiling Vegetables, length of time required......................41

Carrots..........................................................41

Red Cabbages.....................................................41

Macaroni á l'Italian......................................41

Scalloped Onions.................................................42

Fried Tomatoes...................................................42

Noodles..........................................................42

Home-made Macaroni...............................................43

Boiled Potatoes..................................................43

Escalloped Potatoes..............................................43

Spiced Potatoes..................................................43

Baked Tomatoes...................................................44

Tomato Bisque....................................................44

Egg Tomatoes.....................................................44

Willow Brook Farm Corn Patties..................................143

Corn Custard.....................................................76

> SALADS, PICKLES, &c.


Catsup...........................................................45

Plum Catsup......................................................45

Tomato Catsup (4)........................................45, 46, 47

Cold Tomato Catsup...............................................47

Centennial Pepper Hash...........................................47

Chow-Chow........................................................47

Cucumber Catsup..................................................48

Piccalilli (2)...................................................48

Sweet Pickled Cabbage............................................49

Fruit Pickle.....................................................49

Pickled Peaches or Pears.........................................49

Pickled Pineapple................................................50

Shaker Pickles...................................................50

Tomato Pickle....................................................50

Green Tomato Pickle..............................................51

Salad Dressing (4)...........................................51, 52

Newburyport Chicken Salad........................................52

Lobster Salad....................................................52

Mayonaise Salad..................................................53

Tomato Salad.....................................................53

Chili Sauce (3)..................................................54

Pepper Sauce.....................................................54

> PUDDINGS.


Apple Batter Pudding.............................................55

Apple Dumplings..................................................55

Apple Pudding....................................................55

Sago and Apple Pudding...........................................56

Apple Snow Pudding...............................................56

Apple Folly......................................................56

Baked Pie Plant..................................................56

Berry Pudding....................................................57

Last Century Blackberry Pudding..................................57

Strawberry or Blueberry Pudding..................................57

Dark Bread Pudding...............................................57

Steamed Bread Pudding............................................58

Chocolate Pudding................................................58

Cottage Pudding (2)..............................................58

Cracked Wheat Pudding............................................58

Delicious Pudding................................................59

Egg Sauce........................................................59

Fruit Sauce......................................................59

Fruit Pudding....................................................59

German Puffs.....................................................60

Graham Pudding (2)...............................................60

Honey Comb Pudding...............................................60

Indian Pudding (2)...............................................61

Old Time Baked Indian Pudding....................................61

New Jersey Indian Pudding........................................62

Kiss Pudding.....................................................62

Orange Souffle...................................................62

Plum Duff, Navy Receipt..........................................63

Plum Pudding.....................................................63

Belle's Favorite Pudding.........................................63

Every-Day Plum Pudding...........................................64

Thanksgiving Plum Pudding........................................64

Popover Pudding..................................................65

Pudding..........................................................64

Pudding Sauce (2)............................................64, 65

Rice Pudding.....................................................65

Sponge Pudding...................................................65

Steamed Pudding..................................................65

Frosted Tapioca Pudding..........................................66

Indian Tapioca Pudding...........................................66

Snow Pudding (3).............................................66, 67

Apple Truffles...................................................67

Delicate Indian Pudding..........................................68

Raspberry Pudding................................................68

Raspberry Sauce..................................................68

> PIES.


Pastry...........................................................69

Pastry for Apple or Mince Pies...................................69

Sliced Apple Pie.................................................69

Cream Pie (2)....................................................70

Currant Pie......................................................70

Lemon Pie (3)................................................70, 71

Mince for Pies...................................................71

Mince-Pie Meat (2)...........................................71, 72

Mince Pie without Meat or Apple..................................72

Vermont Pumpkin Pie..............................................72

Squash Pie.......................................................73

Washington Pie (3)...............................................73

> DESSERTS, CREAMS, ETC.


Charlotte Russe..................................................74

Raspberry Cream..................................................74

Bavarian Cream...................................................74

Tapioca Cream (3)................................................75

Baked Custard....................................................75

Plain Custard....................................................76

White custard....................................................76

Peach Sherbet....................................................76

Pineapple Sherbet................................................77

Nice Table Syrup.................................................77

Chocolate Blanc Mange............................................77

Ice Cream........................................................77



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> CAKES.


Angels' Cake.....................................................78

Bangor Cake......................................................78

Bradford Cake....................................................79

Chocolate Frosting...............................................79

Cake.............................................................79

Cakes for Children...............................................79

Caramel Cake.....................................................79

Chocolate Cake (2)...........................................79, 80

Citron Cake......................................................80

Cocoanut Cake....................................................80

Cocoanut Cookies.................................................81

Soft Molasses Gingerbread........................................81

Coffee Cakes.....................................................81

Cookies..........................................................82

Cream Cookies....................................................82

Fruit Cookies....................................................82

Lep Cookies......................................................82

Molasses Cookies (2).........................................82, 83

Guess Gingerbread................................................83

New Bedford Cookies..............................................83

Spiced Cookies...................................................83

Sugar Cookies (3)............................................83, 84

Cornstarch Cake..................................................84

Coraline Cake....................................................84

Cream Cake (3)...............................................84, 85

French Cream Cake................................................85

Cup Cake.........................................................86

Delicate Cake (2)................................................86

Dough Cake.......................................................86

Drop Cakes.......................................................87

Eggless Cake.....................................................87

Mother's Election Cake...........................................87

English Lunch Cake...............................................87

Feather Cake (2).............................................87, 88

French Cake......................................................88

Frosting.........................................................88

Boiled Frosting..................................................88

Fruit Cake (4)...................................................89

Lowell Fruit Cake................................................90

Plain Fruit Cake.................................................90

Gingerbread......................................................90

Invalid's Gingerbread...........................................116

Molasses Gingerbread (3).........................................91

Short Gingerbread................................................91

Ginger Snaps (3).........................................90, 91, 92

Graham Crackers..................................................92

Graham Wafers....................................................92

Hedge Cake.......................................................92

Hermit Cakes (2).............................................92, 93

Jelly Roll.......................................................93

Loaf Cake........................................................93

Magic Cake.......................................................93

Marble Cake (3)..................................................94

New Jersey Molasses Cake.........................................94

Mother's Cake....................................................95

Nut Cake.........................................................95

Park-Street Cake.................................................95

Plum Cake........................................................96

Polka Cake.......................................................96

Pound Cake.......................................................96

Irish Wedding Cake...............................................96

Queen's Cake.....................................................97

Raisin Cake......................................................97

Ribbon Cake......................................................97

Smith Cake.......................................................97

Spice Cake (2)...................................................98

Sponge Cake (5)..............................................98, 99

Berwick Sponge Cake..............................................99

Eureka Sponge Cake...............................................99

Mrs. Holt's Sponge Cake.........................................100

Rocky Mountain Sponge Cake......................................100

Superior Sponge Cake............................................100

Swiss Cake......................................................100

Vanilla Crisps..................................................101

Vanilla Wafers (2)..............................................101

Walnut Cake (2).................................................101

Washington Cake (St. Louis, 1780)...............................102

Wedding Cake....................................................102

Welcome Cake....................................................103

White Cake......................................................103

White Mountain Cake (2).........................................103

Belle's White Mountain Cake.....................................104

> PRESERVED AND CANNED FRUITS, JELLIES, ETC.


Fruit Canning Made Easy.........................................105

To Can Fruit in Wide-Mouthed Bottles............................106

To Can Baked Apples.............................................106

To Can Barberries...............................................106

To Cook Cranberries.............................................107

Apple Jelly.....................................................107

Barberry and Apple Jelly........................................108

Orange Jelly....................................................108

Delicious Grape Jelly...........................................109

Transparent Jellies, No.1.......................................109

" " No.2.......................................110

Marmalade.......................................................110

Lemon Butter....................................................110

Plums to Eat with Meats.........................................110

Quince Preserve (2).............................................111

Spiced Crabapple................................................111

Spiced Grapes...................................................112

Tropic Delicacy.................................................112

Grape Jelly (2)............................................108, 112

> COOKING FOR AND CARE OF INVALIDS.


Suggestions in Care of Invalids.................................113

Important Rules.................................................114

Beef Tea (2)....................................................115

Raw Beef Sandwich for Invalids..................................116

Barberry Jelly..................................................116

Egg Lemonade....................................................116

Extract of Beef.................................................116

Koumiss.........................................................117

Milk Porridge...................................................117

Weak Tea........................................................117

Toast-Water Lemonade............................................117

Foamed Egg......................................................118

Tonics and Condiments for the Sick..............................118

Cracked or Rolled Wheat.........................................118

Baths...........................................................119

> MISCELLANEOUS.


Table of Weights and Measures...................................121

Slipcoat Cheese.................................................121

Hints for Preserving the Health.................................122

Protest against Pepper, Soups and their Value...................122

Plain Living and High Thinking..................................123

Communion Wine (2).........................................124, 125

Brine for Beef or Hams..........................................124

Pickle for Meat.................................................124

Hard Soap.......................................................125

Soft Soap.......................................................125



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Directions for Treatment of Accidental Burns, Scalds and Cuts...125

Cleansing Blankets..............................................126

Washing with Kerosene...........................................127

Washing made Easy...............................................127

Wash for Chamois Skins..........................................127

To Wash Blankets................................................127

To Cleanse Soiled Ribbons and Laces.............................128

To Remove Mildew and Ink Spots..................................128

To Destroy Ants.................................................128

Wigglers........................................................128

To Preserve the Complexion......................................129

Disinfectants...................................................129

Preserving the Health...........................................132

Hints to Housekeepers......................................132, 133

The Make-Shifts of Mrs. Orderly Poore...........................134

Eminent Opinions on Woman Suffrage..............................144




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> BREAD AND YEAST.



Bread.

Boil one pint or one quart of milk, according to the quantity of bread required. Pour it on the flour, and stir with a spoon until of the consistency of what our grandmothers called "popped robins." Add cold water, mixing with the hand. When cool enough not to scald the yeast, add a cup, and knead until it will not stick to the board,--about half an hour. Let it rise over night. Make into loaves or breakfast biscuit; let it rise again and bake.


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Bread.

Dissolve an ounce cake of Fleischmann's, or some other good compressed yeast, and a teaspoonful of salt, in a quart of lukewarm wetting--either milk, or water, or milk and water in equal proportion--and gradually stir in flour with a wooden spoon until the dough is of sufficient consistency to be turned or lifted from the bowl in a mass. Add flour as desired, until it can be worked without sticking to the molding board or the fingers, then put in a warm earthen bowl, well greased, cover with a bread towel and blanket, and set to rise till light, which, if kept at a temperature of 75°, will be in about three hours. As soon as sufficiently light, form into loaves or rolls, put into greased pans, cover as before, and again set to rise for an hour, or until light,