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Things Mother Used to Make

by Lydia Maria Gurney

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  1. 1Author’s Foreword
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3=Breads=
  4. 4=Boston Brown Bread=
  5. 5=Brown Bread (Baked)=
  6. 6=Coffee Cakes=
  7. 7=Corn Meal Gems=
  8. 8=Cream of Tartar Biscuits=
  9. 9=Crullers=
  10. 10=Delicious Dip Toast=
  11. 11=Doughnuts=
  12. 12=Fried Bread=
  13. 13=German Toast=
  14. 14=Soft Gingerbread=
  15. 15=Huckleberry Cake= — =Quick Graham Bread=
  16. 16=Graham Bread (Raised Over night)=
  17. 17=Graham Muffins=
  18. 18=Sour Milk Griddle Cakes=
  19. 19=Sweet Milk Griddle Cakes=
  20. 20=Jenny Lind Tea Cake=
  21. 21=Real Johnny Cake=
  22. 22=New England Buns=
  23. 23=Nut Bread=
  24. 24=Oatmeal Bread=
  25. 25=Parker House Rolls=
  26. 26=Popovers=
  27. 27=Rye Muffins=
  28. 28=Breakfast Sally Lunn=
  29. 29=Sour Milk Biscuits=
  30. 30=Spider Cake=
  31. 31=White Bread=
  32. 32=Filling for Cookies=
  33. 33=Sugar Cookies=
  34. 34=Cream Cake=
  35. 35=Delicious Cake Without Eggs=
  36. 36=Feather Cake=
  37. 37=Old-time Gingersnaps=
  38. 38=Gold Cake=
  39. 39=Hermits=
  40. 40=Jumbles=
  41. 41=Nut Cake=
  42. 42=Oatmeal Cookies=
  43. 43=One, Two, Three, Four Cake=
  44. 44=Ribbon Cake=
  45. 45=Roll Jelly Cake=
  46. 46=Silver Cake=
  47. 47=Sponge Cake, No.1=
  48. 48=Sponge Cake, No. 2, Grandmother’s Rule=
  49. 49=Molasses Candy=
  50. 50=Butter Scotch=
  51. 51=Pop Corn Balls (Very Old recipe)=
  52. 52=Baked Apples, No. 1=
  53. 53=Baked Apples, No. 2=
  54. 54=Baked Sweet Apples=
  55. 55=Baked Apple Dumplings=
  56. 56=Fried Apples=
  57. 57=Bramberries=
  58. 58=Cream Puffs=
  59. 59=Floating Island=
  60. 60=Huckleberry Dumplings=
  61. 61=Coffee Jelly=
  62. 62=Lemon Jelly=
  63. 63=Strawberry Shortcake, No. 1=
  64. 64=Strawberry Shortcake, No. 2=
  65. 65=Eggs on Toast=
  66. 66=Plain Omelette=
  67. 67=Ham Omelette= — =New England Poached Eggs=
  68. 68=Fish Balls=
  69. 69=To Boil a Lobster=
  70. 70=To Dress Lobsters Cold=
  71. 71=Baked Mackerel=
  72. 72=Oysters on Toast=
  73. 73=Baked Shad=
  74. 74=Beefsteak Pie=
  75. 75=Beef Stew With Dumplings=
  76. 76=Dumplings=
  77. 77=New England Boiled Dinner=
  78. 78=Brunswick Stew=
  79. 79=How to Corn Beef=
  80. 80=Corn Beef Hash=
  81. 81=Breaded Pork Chops=
  82. 82=Potted Beef=
  83. 83=A Fine Way to Cook Veal=
  84. 84=Veal Patties=
  85. 85=A Breakfast Dish= — =Cracker Tea for Invalids=
  86. 86=Crust Coffee=
  87. 87=Grape Juice=
  88. 88=Mince Meat=
  89. 89=Home-made Potato Yeast=
  90. 90=Green Chopped Pickle, No. 1=
  91. 91=Green Chopped Pickle, No. 2=
  92. 92=Chili Sauce, No. 1=
  93. 93=Chili Sauce, No. 2=
  94. 94=Chili Sauce, No. 3=
  95. 95=Chow Chow, No. 1=
  96. 96=Chow Chow, No. 2=
  97. 97=Cold Catsup=
  98. 98=Corn Relish=
  99. 99=Home-Made Cucumber Pickles=
  100. 100=Quickly Made Cucumber Pickle=
  101. 101=Mixed Pickles=
  102. 102=Piccalilli, No. 1=
  103. 103=Piccalilli, No. 2=
  104. 104=Piccalilli, No. 3=
  105. 105=Tomato Catsup, No. 1=
  106. 106=Tomato Catsup, No. 2=
  107. 107=Pickled Watermelon Rind=
  108. 108=Pork Apple Pie=
  109. 109=Chocolate Custard Pie=
  110. 110=Cocoanut Pie=
  111. 111=Cranberry Pie=
  112. 112=Cream Pie=
  113. 113=Old-Time Custard Pie=
  114. 114=Frosted Lemon Pie=
  115. 115=Mock Mince Pie=
  116. 116=Pumpkin Pie, No. 1=
  117. 117=Pumpkin Pie, No. 2=
  118. 118=Rhubarb Pie=
  119. 119=Rolley Polys=
  120. 120=Cream Washington Pies=
  121. 121=Cream for Filling=
  122. 122=California Jam=
  123. 123=Canned Cherries=
  124. 124=Cherry Conserve=
  125. 125=Preserved Citron=
  126. 126=Currant Jelly=
  127. 127=Spiced Currants=
  128. 128=Cranberry Jelly=
  129. 129=Grape Conserve=
  130. 130=Grape Marmalade=
  131. 131=Grape Preserve=
  132. 132=Orange Marmalade=
  133. 133=Peach Marmalade=
  134. 134=To Can Peaches=
  135. 135=Pickled Peaches=
  136. 136=Ginger Pears=
  137. 137=Preserved Pears=
  138. 138=Way to Pickle Pears=
  139. 139=To Preserve Pineapple=
  140. 140=Quince Jelly=
  141. 141=Quince Marmalade=
  142. 142=Quince Sauce=
  143. 143=Raspberry Jam, No. I=
  144. 144=Raspberry Jam, No. 2=
  145. 145=To Keep Rhubarb Through the Winter=
  146. 146=Rhubarb Marmalade=
  147. 147=Rhubarb Jam=
  148. 148=Spiced Fruit=
  149. 149=Bread Pudding=
  150. 150=Steamed Chocolate Pudding=
  151. 151=Graham Pudding=
  152. 152=Hasty Pudding=
  153. 153=Baked Indian Pudding=
  154. 154=Orange Pudding=
  155. 155=Plum Pudding=
  156. 156=Queen’s Pudding=
  157. 157=Poor Man’s Rice Pudding=
  158. 158=Suet Pudding=
  159. 159=Tapioca Cream=
  160. 160=Cranberry Sauce=
  161. 161=Cream Mustard=
  162. 162=Egg Sauce, for Chocolate Pudding=
  163. 163=Pudding Sauce=
  164. 164=Salad Dressing=
  165. 165=Sauce, for Graham Pudding=
  166. 166=Connecticut Clam Chowder=
  167. 167=Massachusetts Clam Chowder=
  168. 168=New England Fish Chowder=
  169. 169=Lamb Broth=
  170. 170=A Good Oyster Stew=
  171. 171=Potato Soup=
  172. 172=Delicious Stuffed Baked Potatoes=
  173. 173=Creamed Potatoes=
  174. 174=Scalloped Potatoes=
  175. 175=Baked Tomatoes=
  176. 176=Fried Tomatoes=
  177. 177Dedication
  178. 178=Have in or Near Your Sink=
  179. 179=Homemade Shortening=
  180. 180=To Make Tea and Coffee=
  181. 181=A Use for Left-over Coffee=
  182. 182=Never Throw Away Old Underclothes=
  183. 183=That Leaky Hot-Water Bag=
  184. 184=To Keep Your Hands White= — =To Brown Flour=
  185. 185=Lemons and Fish=
  186. 186=To Try Out Lard=
  187. 187=How to Keep Eggs=
  188. 188=Save Your Old Stockings=
  189. 189=When Washing Lamp Chimneys=
  190. 190=To Remove Disagreeable Odors From the House=
  191. 191=To Lengthen the Life of a Broom=
  192. 192=To Clean Nickel Stove Trimmings= — =To Clean Zinc or Copper=
  193. 193=How to Prevent Button Holes From Fraying=
  194. 194=When Making a Silk Waist=
  195. 195=To Make Old Velvet Look New=
  196. 196=Onion Skins as a Dye=
  197. 197=To Remove Egg Stain From Silver= · =Put a Little Cornstarch in Sal…
  198. 198=To Keep Lettuce Crisp= · =To Keep Celery= · =To Keep a Piece of Sa…
  199. 199=Do Not Allow a Child to Eat Fresh Snow=
  200. 200=When Making Hermits or Cookies=
  201. 201=To Clean a Vinegar Cruet on the Inside=
  202. 202=To Make Tough Meat, or a Fowl Tender= · =To Remove Black Grease= —…
  203. 203=How to Add Salt to Hot Milk=
  204. 204=To Soften Boots and Shoes=
  205. 205=A Way to Cook Chops=
  206. 206=When Cooking Canned Corn= — =Salted Almonds=
  207. 207=Before Washing Colored Clothes=
  208. 208=To Remove Iron Rust From White Goods=
  209. 209=How to Make Starch=
  210. 210=When You Go Away From Home for a Few Days=
  211. 211=The Proper Way to Sweep a Room=
  212. 212=When Baking Cup Custards=
  213. 213=When Using Currants and Raisins=
  214. 214=Try Baking Beets, Instead of Boiling Them= · =When Making Grape Ju…
  215. 215=To Skin Beets=
  216. 216=To Keep Carnations= · =When Pies Are Ready to Bake= — =A Way to Ma…
  217. 217=When Threading a Needle= — =Make Your Own Baking Powder=
  218. 218=To Prevent Children From Losing Mittens=
  219. 219=Teach a Child to Hang Up His Own Coat and Hat=
  220. 220=To Keep Your Own Umbrella=
  221. 221=When Ironing Embroidery=
  222. 222=To Wash Small Pieces of Lace=
  223. 223=Never Throw Away Sour Milk=
  224. 224=Mark New Rubbers= — =Economical Hints=
  225. 225=To Mend Broken China=
  226. 226=To Clean Old Jewelry=
  227. 227=Dish Washing Made a Pleasure=
  228. 228=A Space Saver=
  229. 229=Another Space Saver=
  230. 230=If the Freshness of Eggs Is Doubtful=
  231. 231=When Bread Cooks Too Quickly=
  232. 232=To Remove the Odor of Onions=
  233. 233=Never Leave a Glass of Water or Medicine, Uncovered in a Room=
  234. 234=Weights and Measures=
  235. 235=When to Salt Vegetables=
  236. 236=What to Serve With Meats=
  237. 237=The Length of Time to Cook Meats=
  238. 238=The Length of Time to Cook Vegetables=
  239. 239=When Paring Tomatoes=

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