The tender, young stalks of rhubarb are now ready to use and will be an agreeable change from canned and dried fruits. Those who are fon...
Recipes
Practical Recipes – May 1895
White House Pudding – Take one quart of dry cake (crumbled fine), one cupful of molasses, two eggs, one cupful of raisins, one cupful...
Spring Vegetables – May 1895 Lettuce Spinach Recipes
Spinach, French Fashion – Boil in the usual manner; when tender, drain in a colander and let cold water run over it for a minute R...
Make Your Own Cook Book
Many cook books are made, but for practical purposes, few of them are worth the labor and material put into them. The very fact that ther...
Christmas Sweetmeats
Stuffed Raisins These are among the season's novelties; their preparation is a matter of time. Take fine large table raisins, lay in a bowl,...
Christmas Candies
1892 - The foundation for nearly all cream candies is fondant, and when one has succeeded in making that well, little trouble will be experien...
Loaf Cakes
Choice Fig Cake. One cupful of butter, two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of milk, four eggs, three cupfuls of flour, one-half cup of cornstarc...
A Thanksgiving Dinner and How to Serve it
My loyalty to New England makes me feel that I do not want to vary from the old regulation menu for a Thanksgiving dinner, even if that were n...
Cranberries
November, 1895 A Thanksgiving dinner without cranberries seems incomplete. Following are a few recipes: Cranberry Roll Stew a pint of cra...
Thanksgiving Goodies
Choose a couple of fat, plump chickens, and, after picking, singeing, drawing and washing them clean, carve into pieces, severing the joints n...
Oysters in October
Although oysters may with safety be eaten in September, or in any month in which the letter R is found, it is only when October comes with ...
Quinces
This fruit is the last on the long list which has claimed the house-keeper’s attention for canning and preserving since the first of ...
Peaches
September, 1895 Peaches Canned without Sugar – Pare and stone the fruit, weigh it and put in a kettle with a half pint of water to e...
From The Tomato Vine
September, 1895 Tomato Butter – For this take sixteen pounds of nice tomatoes, one quart of vinegar, eight pounds of sugar. Boil a...
How To Cook Vegetables
There are comparatively few housewives who know that many vegetables are better for being cooked in the oven than by the ordinary method of...
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