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Mrs. Wilson’s Cook Book

by Mary A. Wilson

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Mrs. Schlorer’s Mayonnaise and Olive-Naise

Manufactured By

The Schlorer Delicatessen Co. — Philadelphia, Pa

Sauce, apple, my ideal, 114
  artichoke, Hollandaise, 220
  banana, 229
  batardi, 382
  Bearnaise, 195
  blackberry, sweet spiced, 81
  Bohemian, 384
  brown, 383
  Canadian, 384
  caramel, 79
  celery, 194
  cheese, 196, 272
  cherry, 81
  chili, 438
  chocolate, 82, 83
  cider (champagne sauce), 382
  cream, 384
    horseradish, 195
  creole, 198
  cucumber, 197
  custard, 79
  English mustard, 199
  fish, 231
  fruit, 79
    custard, 82
  herb, 198
  Hollandaise, 173, 199
  horseradish, 384
  lemon, 80
  Maintenon (for au gratin dishes), 195
  Mexican chili, 385
  mint, 199
  mushroom, 197
  mustard, 196, 445
  olive, 191
  onion, 194
  orange, 83
  oyster, 197
    cocktail, 370
  parsley, 197
  pear, 250
  pimento cream, 194
  prune, 122
  pudding, 82
  ravigotte, 167, 200
  rhubarb-fruit, 123
  saboyon, 81
  supreme, 194
  sweetened cream, 80
  tartare, 198, 459
  tomato, 383, 476
  to serve with fish (boiled fish), 172
  vanilla, 80
  Virginia, 319

Sauces, 193, 382

Sauerkraut, 440
  to can, 441

Sautéing, 215, 232

Scallions à l’italienne, 303

Scalloped corn, 77

Scones, 45
  English, delicious, 45
  Irish, 47
  Scotch, 46

Scotch oat bread, 14
  orange marmalade, 116
  rabbit, 375
  scones, 46

Scrapple, the, 434

Seasonings, French, 179

Selection of menus for family of ten persons, 456

Series of dinners, 404-405
  menus for one week (breakfasts), 401
    (luncheon), 402

Shad, baked, 174
  planked, 174

Shake, cream coffee, 391

Shank, 309

Shell fish, 165

Shortcake, 95
  apricot, 97
  banana, 96
  huckleberry, 98
  old Virginia, 97
  peach, 96
  rhubarb, 124

Shoulder clod, 309

Shrimp, 294
  salad, 293

Sirloin, 310
  steak, 295

Sling, currant, 390

Small fruit cake, 463
  pound cake, 67

Snapper, stewed, 294
  turtle and, 292

Snow pudding, 232, 435

Soft chocolate cookies, 70
  cookies, 60
  gingerbread, 57
  shell crabs, 171

Some soups using the turkey stock, 348
  suggestive menus, 338

Souffle, fish, 304
  macaroni, 106
  of spinach, 145
  orange, 117
  pea, 137
  potato, 419
  squash, 139

Soup, 237
  bean, 148
  cabbage, 248
  celery, 245
  clear, 241
    tomato, 472
  fish, 242, 244
  French pea, 152
  fruit, 154
  herbs, fagot of, 152
    how to prepare fagot of, 179
  mock turtle, 150
  mulligatawny, 151
  ox tail, 151
  oyster, real old Vermont, 352
  pea, 468
  turkey (Italian), 348
  vegetable, 240

Soups, cream, 246
  fish, 243

Sour cream cucumber dressing, 284
  milk gems*, 39
  rabbit, 78

Southern spoon bread, 42
  style cobbler, 68

Spanish bun, 27, 376
  kidney stew, 158
  macaroni, 328
  omelet, 178, 280
  pot roast beef, 339
  steak, 452

Spiced apples, 112
  oysters, 408
  prunes, 118

Spinach, 143
  à la bourgeois, 147
  à la mode, 144
  balls, 146
  nests, 145
  pudding, 144
  salad, 146
  (Scotch style), 147
  souffle of, 145
  with Hollandaise sauce, 145

Sponge cake (one egg), 49
    (three eggs), 50
    (two egg), 49
  method, 5

Squab, planked, 367

Squash, 138
  au gratin, 138
  baked, 140, 206
  biscuit, 141
  cakes, 139
  Italienne, 140
  pie, 140
  souffle, 139

Steak, 295
  braised rolled flank, 320
  broiled hamburg, 295
  planked, 320
  round, 295
  rump, 295
  sirloin, 295

Spanish, 452

Steamed oysters, 414
  roly-poly pudding, 101
  salt oysters or clams, 266

Stew, beef, 312
  dumplings for, 100

Spanish kidney, 158
  to prepare a, 244

Stewed pears, 252
  snapper, 294

Sticky cinnamon buns, 20

St. Nazaire buns, 21

Stock pot, how to prepare, 147
  some soups using turkey, 348
  to make the, 238

Straight dough Vienna, 9

Strawberry custard tart, 217
  ice cream, 395
  parfait, 398

String beans, Italian style, 74

Stuffed pepper mangoes, 443
  tomatoes with chicken salad, 429

Suey, chop, 321

Sugarless candy, 455

Suggestive Colonial menu, 480
  menu for family home wedding, 25 persons, 7 o’clock dinner, 369
  menus, 465

Summer drinks, 389

Sunshine sauce for vegetables, 144

Supper, 328, 337, 338
  buffet, 370
  country, 478
  for evening affair, 372
  New Year’s, 474

Supreme sauce, 194

Swedish rice pudding, 110

Sweet biscuits, 45
  doughs, 26
  potato biscuit, 417
    cakes (Georgia style), 418
    cookies, 416
    croquettes, 415
    nests, 415
    pineapple, 418
    pone, 358
    pudding (Kentucky style), 417
  potatoes, 415
  red pepper marmalade, 440
  spiced blackberry sauce, 81

Sweetbread patties, 162

Sweetbreads, braised, 158
  polaska, 164

Sweetened cream sauce, 80

Swiss butter, 297
  crumb cake, 53
  onion and potato pancakes, 224

Syrup, orange, 115
  preserve in, 116

T

Talls, braised ox, 377

Tamales, chicken, 207

Tapioca, honey raisin, 210

Tartare sauce, 198, 459
  for fried fish, 173

Tart, strawberry custard, 217

Tarts, pear, 250

Tea, how to brew a cup of, 386
  Parisian, 389

Temperature, oven, 6

Tenderloin, pork, 319

Tennessee turkey hash, 206

Terrapin, 294

The batter, 120
  canapé, 176
  fore quarters, 308
  real secret, 87
  stock pot, 238

Thousand Islands dressing, 130

Tiger-eye sandwiches, 280

Time for roasting meat in gas broiler, 157

Toast, cinnamon, 406
  French, poached egg on, 132
  minced giblets on, 345
  tomato, 429

Toasted cheese sandwiches, 372, 465

To barbecue fish, 432
  boil fish, 229
    lobsters, 172
  broil fish, 231
    lobster, 172

To can sauerkraut, 441
  cook rhubarb for pies, 123
    turtle and snapper, 293
    veal, 289
  dry corn (Lancaster County recipe), 424
  make a cocktail, 411
    brioche using bread dough, 25
    noodles, 105, 204
    the famous French bread, 10
      meringue, 90
      stock, 238
  melt chocolate for dipping, 454
  pan broil, 157
  prepare a stew, 244
    brains, 290
    breaded cutlets, 289
    corn flour, 407
    fish for frying, 313
    individual plum puddings, 472
    loaf, 9
    macaroni, 256
    the mushrooms, 372
  roast loin, 158
  stuff dates with ginger, 128
  use fondant for dipping, 455

Tomato canape, 273
  cases, omelet in, 141
  cream of, 247
  dumplings, 428
  egg custard, 425
  fritters, 143, 426
  marmalade, 439
  omelet, 425
  purée, 247
  sauce, 383, 476
  toast, 429

Tomatoes, 425
  and eggs, pardue, 425
    string beans, 427
  au gratin, 426
  baked, 426
    Chelsea, 142
    (cold), 429
    eggplant and, 427
  country style, 142
  roast, 427

Tom Tiddle gingerbread, 464

Tongue, cold spice, 316

Tripe and oysters, 168
  creole, 292
  fried in batter, 291
  pickled, 292, 317

Try this dressing on plain lettuce, 302

Tuna fish à la king, 371, 471

Turkey, 343
  au gratin, 346
  croquettes, 346
  meat biscuits, 345
  pot pie, 348
  preparing the, 460
  soup (Italian), 348
  stocks, some soups using, 348
  (terrapin style), 347
  utilising the leftover, 346

Turkish coffee, 389

Turtle and snapper, 292
  to cook, 293

Two-layer cake, 54

U

Utilizing the leftover turkey, 346

V

Vanilla ice cream, 396
  pudding, 187
  sauce, 80

Veal, 288
  croquettes, 289
  roast shoulder of, 290
  to cook, 289

Vegetable garnish, 289
  purée, 248
  soup, 240

Vegetables, 72
  a few pointers about, 136
  à la jardiniere, 376

Vermont rhubarb griddle cakes, 125

Vienna, dough, straight, 9

Vinaigrette, artichoke, 221
  asparagus, 286

Virginia broiled oysters, 412
  griddle cakes, 341
  sauce, 319
  style baked ham, 476

W

Waffle batter, 37

Waffles, 35

Wassail, an English, 477

Water ice, 397
  icing, 25

Weight, diet to reduce, 399

Welsh cheese pudding, 263
  rarebit, 272

West Indies sweet potato pudding, 416

What these breakfasts eliminate, 402

Wheat bread, entire, 11

Whip, fruit, 83

White fruit cake, 65
  mountain icing, 59
  potatoes, 419
  pound cake, 66

Whole wheat muffins, 378

Why dough falls, 2

Wild game filling, 344

Winter menu, 338

Y

Yankee mush, 437
  oyster pie, 409
  pancakes, 380

Yearling, 323

Yeast, home-made, 8

Yeast-raised cake, how to make, 23

Ye Kentucky corn dodgers, 436
  olde-tyme mincemeat, 363
    pork pie, 445
  old-time oyster pye, 341-342
    Virginia batter bread, 436

Yesterday’s bran bread, 379

Yorkshire pudding, 442


A Table for Use of the Economical Housewife

Converting Dry Measure Into Lbs. and Oz

¼ pk.1 qt.1 pk.1 bu.
Apples3 lbs.1 lb. 8 oz.11¼ lbs.45 lbs.
Beans, Lima3 lbs. 8 oz.1 lb. 12 oz.14 lbs.56 lbs.
Beans, String1 lb. 8 oz.12 oz.6 lbs.24 lbs.
Beans, Wax1 lb. 8 oz.12 oz.6 lbs.24 lbs.
Carrots3 lbs. 2 oz.1 lb. 9 oz.12½ lbs.50 lbs.
Cranberries2 lbs.1 lb. 1 oz.10 lbs.40 lbs.
Kale12 oz.6 oz.3 lbs.12 lbs.
Onions3 lbs. 9 oz.1 lb. 12 oz.12½ lbs.50 lbs.
Parsnips3 lbs. 2 oz.1 lb. 9 oz.12½ lbs.50 lbs.
Peas, dried3 lbs. 12 oz.1 lb. 14 oz.11¼ lbs.45 lbs.
Peas, green, unshelled3 lbs. 8 oz.1 lb. 12 oz.14 lbs.56 lbs.
Potatoes, Irish3 lbs. 12 oz.1 lb. 14 oz.15 lbs.60 lbs.
Potatoes, Sweet3 lbs. 4 oz.1 lb. 10 oz.13½ lbs.54 lbs.
Tomatoes3 lbs. 12 oz.1 lb. 14 oz.15 lbs.60 lbs.
Turnips3 lbs. 12 oz.1 lb. 14 oz.15 lbs.60 lbs.
Cherries3 lbs. 8 oz.1 lb. 12 oz.14 lbs.56 lbs.
Peanuts1 lb. 6 oz.10 oz.5½ lbs.22 lbs.

The law provides that apples, cucumbers, cabbage, pears, peaches may be sold by numerical count.

Boiling

MEATSVEGETABLES
TimeTime
Muttonperpound,20minutes.Potatoes20to 30 min.
Corned Beef″″30″Asparagus20to 25 ″
Ham″″20″Peas15to 20 ″
Turkey″″25″String Beans20to 30 ″
Chicken″″20″Lima Beans30to 40 ″
Fowl″″20″Spinach15to 20 ″
Tripe″″40″Turnips30minutes.
Beets1hour.
FISHCabbage20minutes.
TimeCauliflower20″
Codfish″″15to 18 min.Brussels Sprouts25″
Halibut″″15to 18 min.Onions30″
Bluefish″″15to 18 min.Green Corn20″
Lobster″″30to 40 min.Rice20″

Baking

MEATS
Time
Beef, ribs, rareperpound,15minutes.
Beef, ribs, well done″″20″
Round of Beef″″20″
Mutton, leg, rare″″18″
Mutton, leg, well done″″20″
Mutton, loin, rare″″15″
Lamb, well done″″20″
Veal, well done″″25″
Pork, well done″″25″
Chicken″″20″
Goose″″25″
Fillet, hot oven45minutes.
Braised Meats1½hours.
Turkey, 8 pounds2hours.
Birds, small, hot oven15to 20 min.
Ducks, tame1hour.
Ducks, wild, very hot oven25minutes.
FISH
Large Fish1hour, about
Small Fish20to 30 mins.

Broiling

Time
Steak, 1 inch thick8to 10 min.
Steak, 1½ inch thick10to 15 ″
Mutton Chops, French8minutes.
Mutton Chops, English10″
Spring Chicken20″
Quail8to 10 min.
Grouse15minutes.
Squabs10to 15 min.
Shad, Bluefish, Trout15to 25 ″
Small Fish5to l0 ″

Weights and Measures

4gills=1 pint.
2pints=1 quart.
4quarts=1 gallon.
16ounces=1 pound.
½kitchen cupful=1gill.
1kitchen cupful=½pint or 2 gills.
4kitchen cupfuls=1quart.
2cupfuls of granulated sugar}= 1 pound.
2½cupfuls of powdered sugar
1tablespoonful of sugar = ½ oz.
1tablespoonful of butter =
Butter size of an egg =2 oz.
1cupful of butter =½ pound.
4cupfuls of flour}= pound.
1quart
16tablespoonfuls of dry material=1 cupful.
16tablespoonfuls of liquid=1 cupful.

Proportions

5 to 8 eggs to 1 quart of milk for custards.
3 to 4 eggs to 1 pint of milk for custards.
½ teaspoonful of salt to 1 quart of milk for custards.
1 teaspoonful of vanilla to 1 quart of milk for custards.
2 ounces of gelatine to 1¾ quarts of liquid.
8 level tablespoonfuls of cornstarch to 1 quart of milk.
8 level teaspoonfuls of baking-powder to 1 quart of flour.
2 teaspoonfuls of baking-powder to 1 cupful of flour.


Range shown is Novelty Fortune E 318

Spacious Broiling Oven, White Enamel Pan with Rack. White Enamel Splasher. Spacious Cooking Top. Pouch feed for Coaling fire without removing lids. Duplex Grates. Deep Ash Pit. Large Gas Oven. Front Oven Burner. Large Gas Cooking Top. Burners operate from front of range. Full 18” coal oven. Drop oven doors enamel trimmed. Nickelled Brackets. Beautiful—Sturdy—Efficient.

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