Thursday, May 29, 2008
Candy Recipes - Chocolate Recipes
Stir a cupful of flour into a cupful of water and half a cupful of
butter, boiling together; remove from fire, beat in an ounce of melted
chocolate, and, one at a time, three large eggs. Shape with forcing bag
and rose tube. Bake, cut off the tops and put into each cake a
tablespoonful of strawberry preserves. Cover with whipped cream
sweetened and flavored.--_Janet McKenzie Hill--Ladies' Home Journal._
Recipes
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Recipes Tried and True
PLAIN STUFFING.
Take stale bread; cut off the crust; rub very fine, and pour over it
as much melted butter as will make it crumble in your hand. Salt and
pepper to taste. To this you can add one good-sized onion (chopped
fine), a cup of raisins, or a little sage.
Fish Recipes
Recipes Tried and True
Put the steak on to fry, with a little butter. At the same time put
the mushrooms on in a different skillet, with the water from the can
and one-half cup extra; season with pepper and salt, and thicken with
a tablespoonful of flour. Take the steak out, leaving the gravy, into
which put the mushrooms, cook for a few minutes, and pour all over the
steak.
Bill Austin
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Vegetable Recipes - Recipes for Vegetables
1 bunch Beetroot—2d.
2 Onions—1/2d.
1 oz. Flour
Mashed Potatoes
Pepper and Salt
1 1/2 oz. Butter
1/2 pint Milk
1 dessertspoonful Vinegar—3d.
Total Cost—51/2 d.
Time—Half an Hour.
Peel and cut the onions into dice, put them into a frying-pan with the butter, and fry, but do not let them brown; sprinkle in the flour, pour in the milk, and stir until it boils. Season with salt, pepper, and vinegar. Boil the beetroot carefully, and when cold, peel and slice up. Put it into the sauce and simmer for half an hour. Make the mashed potatoes into a border on a hot dish, and put the beetroot in the centre; boil up the sauce, pour it over, and serve.
Cajun Recipes
Bread Recipes
Make a batter using half pound sifted flour and
three good sized eggs with a cupful of milk. This makes a very thin
batter. When smooth and free from lumps, bake in a well buttered frying
pan, making the cakes about eight inches in diameter. As soon as brown
on one side turn. When cooked on both sides remove to a hot serving dish
and sprinkle with sweetened pineapple. Bake the remainder of batter in
the same way, piling in layers with the pineapple between the cakes. Cut
in triangular pieces like pie and serve very hot.
Rice Recipes
Fish Recipes
Take some mackerel, open and
remove bones. Season with butter, pepper, and salt. Place the fish on a
gridiron and broil over a clear fire. Put a part of the butter in a
saucepan and stir it over the fire until it is richly browned, squeezing
into it a little lemon juice. Place the fish on a hot dish, arrange some
sprigs of parsley around it, and pour over it the butter sauce, and
serve hot.
Love Quotes
VEGETABLE Recipes
"Cheerful cooks make every dish a feast."
--MASSINGER.
Famous Quotes
Always have the water boiling when you put your vegetables in, and
keep it constantly boiling until they are done. Cook each kind by
itself when convenient. All vegetables should be well seasoned.
Snacks Recipes