Ebook - Recipes Tried And True (1894 Cookbook).txt

throw in two or three ounces of sugar, and one-half pound of salt. In

very hot weather rub meat well with salt; let it stand a few hours

before putting into the brine. This draws the blood out.

TO CURE BEEF. MRS. S. A. POWERS.

FOR FIFTY POUNDS.--Saltpetre, one ounce; sugar, one and three-fourths

pounds; coarse salt, three and one-half pounds; water, two gallons;

boil together; let cool; pour over meat. Keep the meat under the

brine.

VEGETABLES.

Cheerful cooks make every dish a feast."

-MASSINGER.

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.

BEETS.

Boil the beets in salted water until tender. When cold, skin; cut in

thin slices, and dress with white pepper, salt, oil, or butter, and

vinegar; or pour over them a French dressing, and toss with a silver

fork until every piece is coated with the dressing.

STRING BEANS, WITH ACID DRESSING. MRS. W. H. ECKHART.

Cook wax beans in salted water with a little salt pork. When the

beans are tender, take out and drain. Let a few bits of breakfast

bacon brown in a skillet, then put in a half pint of good vinegar and

a spoonful of sugar (omit the sugar if you prefer the pure acid); let

boil; add an onion, sliced fine; pour over the beans, and mix well

before serving.

BAKED BEANS. MRS. S. A. POWERS.

Pick over and wash well one quart of small white beans; soak over

night. In the morning, pour off the water and cover with cold water.

After boiling one-half hour, drain them, and cover again with cold

water. Boil until cooked, but not broken. Put them in a baking dish.

In the center place one pound salt pork (which has been parboiled and

well gashed), one tablespoonful of molasses, one dash of cayenne

pepper, black pepper to taste, and, if necessary, a little salt.

Ordinarily the pork should salt the beans. Cover with part of the

liquor in which the pork has been parboiled, and bake three hours.

COLD SLAW, WITH ONION. MRS. E.

Slice cabbage fine on a slaw cutter. To a dish of cabbage use one

large onion, also sliced fine. Mix with good vinegar; salt, pepper

and sugar to taste.

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