Physicians of the present day place strong emphasis upon the value of fruits judiciously used as a part of the daily diet. This volume has been prepared for the purpose of suggesting to housekeepers various ways of supplying this recognized need.
Apple Fritters Pare and core apples, cut in round slices. For each eight apples, mix one-fourth cupful of sugar and four tablespoonfuls lemon juice. Let apples stand in this mixture for one hour. D...
Apple Foam 2/3 cupful apple sauce. 2 tablespoonfuls finely. 2 egg whites. Chopped preserved ginger. 3 tablespoonfuls powdered sugar. Beat the whites of egg until very stiff, add the ...
Apple Marmalade Wash, core and cut apples in slices; put in kettle, add enough water to keep apples from burning. Cook slowly until mushy, press through sieve, add equal amounts of sugar and app...
Apple Indian Pudding 2 cupfuls quartered apples cupful corn meal. 1/2 cupful molasses 1/2 cupful brown sugar 4 cupfuls milk. 2 tablespoonfuls butter 1 teaspoonful salt cinnamon and nutmeg. ...
Fried Apples And Onions 3 apples 6 onions bacon fat. Fry the onions until almost tender, then add the sliced apples. Serve with baked potatoes. Fried Apples With Sausage 1/2 lb. sausag...
Dutch Apple Pie 3 pints sweet milk 2 eggs. 2 tablespoonfuls flour. Pinch of salt 2 quarts sweet apples sugar to taste and nutmeg. Pare, core and slice the apples and cook until tender; the...
Core eight apples, arrange in baking dish, fill cavities with butter and sugar. Bake until tender, basting with sugar and water. When done, arrange in serving dish; sprinkle with granulated sugar. ...
4 lbs. apples. 3 cupfuls water. 4 lbs. sugar. Juice And rind of a lemon. Wash, pare and quarter apples; keep in water until ready to use. Cook sugar and water five minutes; add apples, coo...
Crab-Apple Pie Slice the apples but do not peel them. Fill the pie with them and cover with bits of butter and one and one-half cupfuls of sugar. Do not add any other seasoning, as the crab-apples ...
Pear Chips 4 pounds pears 2 pounds granulated sugar. 1/8 pound of Canton preserved ginger. 2 lemons. Weigh the pears after peeling and coring, cut them into eighths, sprinkle the sugar ove...
Cut a dozen Bartlett pears in halves, leaving the stem on one half, pare and remove the cores. Make a syrup of one cupful and a half, each, of sugar and water and the juice of one lemon; skim, put in ...
Peach Cocktail Peel and dice ripe fruit, allowing one peach for each glass. Add a few drops of lemon juice, four maraschino cherries cut in halves and three tablespoonfuls of the juice. Peac...
Baked Peaches Pour boiling water over peaches until the skins slip off easily. Place them in a pan, sprinkle with sugar, pour water over them to the depth of half an inch. Bake until tender and sli...
Frozen Peach Roll Line a mold about two inches deep with vanilla ice cream. Fill with sliced peaches, cover with vanilla ice cream. Put on the lid, bind the edges with a strip of buttered cloth, pa...
2 cupfuls flour. 1/2 teaspoonful salt. 2 1/4 teaspoonfuls baking powder. 1 egg, sugar and milk. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt, add the yolk of the egg, well beaten, and e...
Peach Popovers 2 cupfuls of flour. 2 well beaten eggs. 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder. Milk enough to make batter to drop from a spoon. 1/2 teaspoonful salt. Butter deep iron gem pans ...
A New Peach Pie 6 medium sized peaches. 1/3 cupful flour. 1/2 cupful butter. 4 tablespoonfuls water. 1 cupful sugar. Few grains nutmeg flaky pastry. Line a deep pie plate with pas...
Peach Pudding No. 1 Butter a baking dish, slice into it enough peeled peaches to nearly fill it and add four tablespoonfuls boiling water. Sift together two cupfuls pastry flour, half a teaspoonful...
Individual Peach Pudding Allow half a canned peach for each individual pudding dish. Make a batter by pressing through a colander two extra peach halves, adding a well-beaten egg-yolk, quarter cupf...
Plums In Rice Border Cook half cupful rice in milk until tender and quite dry, adding a pinch of salt when it is half done. Make it rather sweet with powdered sugar and pour into a border mold to s...
Quince Custards Pare, core and slice two quinces and two apples, cover with one pint of cold water and simmer gently until the fruit is very tender, then strain. Return the liquid to the fire and a...
Quince Preserve Pare, core and weigh the fruit, put in preserving kettle with one pint of water to every pound of fruit, and boil ten minutes, or until tender enough to pass straw through them. If ...
Frozen Apricots Remove the skins from one quart of canned apricots and cut them in small pieces; add the juice, one quart of water and two cupfuls of sugar and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Fr...
1/2 cupful apricot jam or juice. 1/2 cupful water. 1 teaspoonful cornstarch. 1/2 cupful sugar. 1 tablespoonful lemon juice. Few grains salt. Rub the cornstarch smooth with a little o...
1 cupful sugar. 1/2 box sparkling gelatin. I pound apricots juice of one-half lemon whites of 2 eggs. Soak gelatin in one-fourth cupful of cold water. Cook apricots until soft. Strain, add to...
Put one quart of apricots through a colander, add the same amount of water, the yolks of four eggs well beaten, sugar enough to make sweet, one pint of cream and then the stiffly-beaten whites of the ...
Orange And Onion Salad 2 oranges. Lettuce. 1/2 Spanish onion. French dressing. Peel and slice the oranges; slice the onion and mix. Arrange on lettuce leaves. Serve with French dressing...
Orangeade Make a syrup, boiling one cupful of sugar and two cupfuls of water twelve minutes, add one-half cupful of orange juice. Cool, and dilute with ice water to suit the taste or pour over crus...
Steamed Orange Pudding Pour a cupful and a half of scalded single cream, or rich milk, over one cupful of grated bread crumbs. Add two tablespoonfuls of butter, and let stand fifteen minutes. Beat ...
Wash well two pounds of oranges. Place them in granite saucepan, having fruit well covered with water. Boil them for three hours, turning the oranges often. Let them cool in the water. When cool, cut ...
Grapefruit Marmalade (From Skins) Remove the brown spots from the skins, run the skins through the food chopper. Measure the quantity. Put in a kettle with water enough to a little more than cover ...
Lemon Cheese Pie Four eggs, one pound cottage cheese, one lemon, one and one-half cupfuls sugar. Beat the whites and yolks of the eggs separately. To the beaten yolks add the sugar, beating thoroug...
Boil two cupfuls of sugar and four cupfuls of water until a rich syrup is formed. Add one cupful lemon juice. Dilute with ice water. Irish Moss Lemonade Pick over and soak four tablespoonful...
Gelatin, six cupfuls boiling water, two-thirds cupful sugar, five tablespoonfuls condensed milk, one egg, one-half cupful lemon juice (two medium sized lemons.) Use amount of gelatin ordinarily requir...
Lemon Pie Filling No. 1 Let a slice of bread (the crust removed and the bread crumbled fine) soak in a cupful of water; beat until smooth, then add a cupful of sugar, the grated rind and juice of a...
Pineapple Cream 1 can sliced pineapple 1 cupful heavy cream 1/4 cupful powdered sugar. 1/2 teaspoonful vanilla 1/4 cupful very finely chopped walnuts. Drain the syrup from the pineapple. Whip...
Pineapple Souffle Four tablespoonfuls of crushed pineapple, one cupful of milk, half a teaspoonful of butter, four eggs, two ounces of flour and two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Melt the butter in a...
Frozen Pineapple Pudding Scald one pint of milk in a double boiler; add one tablespoonful of flour smoothly blended with a little cold milk and stir until slightly thickened; then cover and cook fo...
1 cupful pearl tapioca. Juice 1 lemon. 1/2 cupful cold water. 1 1/2 cupfuls sugar. 1 can pineapple. 3 egg whites. Soak the tapioca over night in plenty of water. Drain and add cold w...
Pare and grate a pineapple and drain off the juice. Mix the juice with the beaten yolk of an egg, a pinch of salt, a tablespoonful of melted butter, two cupfuls of sifted flour and enough water to mak...
Peel and remove eyes from pineapple. Cut into small pieces. To one quart of pineapple allow one pint of water and one-half pound of sugar. Boil sugar and water for fifteen minutes, then cook pineapple...
Fruit Jelly One package gelatin, two large cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of shredded pineapple, two lemons, four oranges cut fine, half pound chopped walnuts, half cupful preserved ginger, half poun...
Pineapple Jelly With Soft Custard Beat yolks of three eggs, three tablespoonfuls sugar, salt. Pour over this one pint hot milk. Cook slowly until it thickens. Soak three-quarters box gelatin in one...
Banana Cream Rub five large bananas smooth with five tablespoonfuls of white sugar, beat one-half pint of cream to a stiff froth, add the fruit and a tablespoonful of lemon juice. Mix and add half ...
Banana Compote Slice bananas, oranges and pineapple into a large dish. Mix thoroughly and sweeten to taste. Line sherbet cups with strips of banana, fill the center with the fruit mixture and place...
1 cupful flour 1 egg yolk 1 teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoonful salad oil or butter. 1 egg white 6 large bananas. Fat for frying sugar. Mix flour with egg yolk, salt, and oil or butter. Add suffic...
Banana Ice 3 cupfuls sugar. Juice of 3 lemons 3 cupfuls water juice of 3 oranges. 3 large bananas. Make a syrup by boiling the sugar and water five minutes; when cold add to it the fruit j...
Peel four not overripe bananas, cut them into round slices (not too thin), melt one ounce of butter in an omelet pan. When hot, put the bananas in and stir them in the butter for a few minutes, then s...
Peel one dozen bananas, pass through a sieve, add five tablespoonfuls sugar, three sponge-cakes crumbled fine, three tablespoonfuls lemon juice, a pint of cream, five tablespoonfuls strawberry jam tha...
Watermelon And Pineapple Cocktails Use twice as much chilled diced watermelon as shredded pineapple. Place in cocktail glasses; pour a little juice in and garnish with a sprig of mint. Canta...
Citron Melon Preserve Cut open the melon as you would a watermelon, take out inside, just use the rind, peel and cut in cubes or in small pieces. To every pound of citron allow one pound of sugar a...
Rhubarb Pie Make and bake the pie crust, or line the pie plate in the usual way and brush the crust with white of egg, then turn in the following mixture: two cupfuls of cut-up rhubarb, two cupfuls...
Rhubarb Bread Pudding Pour boiling water on stale bread crumbs and let them soak until soft, then drain, and to a pint of crumbs add one well-beaten egg, one tablespoonful of sugar and a grating of...
Two cupfuls of flour, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, one-fourth cupful of sugar, two small teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one egg, one cupful of milk and one cupf...
Raspberry Souffle Rub one quart of raspberries through a sieve, add three-quarters cupful of sugar and the stiffly beaten whites of six eggs. Mix lightly, turn into a buttered baking dish and bake ...
Nests Of Rice With Raspberry Jam Cook one-half cupful of rice in two cupfuls of milk until tender and the liquid is absorbed. Add two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one-half teaspoonful of salt and the b...
Raspberry Nectar Dissolve two cupfuls of sugar in the same amount of cold water; add the grated rind of one orange, taking care to use the yellow part only, as the white rind imparts a bitter taste...
Blackberry Charlotte Soak two tablespoonfuls of granulated gelatin in one-half cupful of blackberry juice. Add one-half cupful hot juice, to which has been added one cupful of sugar. Add one-fourth...
1 pint ripe blackberries. 1/2 cupful sugar. 1 pint water. 1 tablespoonful cornstarch. Whipped cream. Simmer together the blackberries and water. Do not stir. Mix cornstarch with just a ...
Blackberry Gelatin Make a blackberry jelly pouring a thin layer in a shallow square pan. Allow the mixture to partly set, then arrange very large and ripe blackberries in rows on the jelly. Pour ov...
1 quart blackberries 1 pound sugar. Mash the berries, add sugar and stew for one half hour. Seal while hot. Blackberry And Apple Jam 2 quarts mashed blackberries. 1 quart tart apples. ...
Sift two cupfuls of flour with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and one-half teaspoonful of salt; rub in two rounded tablespoonfuls of butter and moisten with about one cupful of milk to which has be...
Preserved Strawberries Strawberries granulated sugar. Use only fresh, clean fruit, and do not wash. Hull the berries, and for each cupful of fruit measure one cupful of granulated sugar, put in ...
Baked Custard With Strawberry Sauce Beat slightly four eggs, whites and yolks together. Add one quart of fresh milk, four tablespoonfuls of sugar, a pinch of salt and one teaspoonful of vanilla. Ba...
Strawberry Omelet Use any good omelet recipe, leave out pepper and add one teaspoonful of sugar and either water or the juice of the fruit instead of milk. When ready to fold spread with fruit well...
Wash and hull large strawberries, allowing six or eight to a person; cut fresh ripe pineapple in strips about one quarter inch thick and one inch long, insert in the berries to replace the hulls. Arra...
4 pounds of strawberries 2 1/2 pounds of sugar. Hull and mash the berries; add sugar, cook thirty minutes, stirring very often. When thick turn into jelly glasses and cover. Jelly Russe 1...
To one and one-half cupfuls of strawberry juice add the juice of three oranges and two lemons. Sweeten with about one cupful of sugar and one quart of cold water, and chill. Strawberry Syrup. S...
One quart of water, two and one-half cupfuls of sugar, one and one-half cupfuls of strawberry juice, strained. Prepare like lemon ice. Iced Strawberry Fool Crush one pound of fresh strawbe...
cream one-half cupful of butter with six tablespoonfuls of sugar, add two well-beaten eggs, one cupful of flour, pinch of salt, one-half teaspoonful of baking powder, one tablespoonful of strawberry-j...
Bring honey to boiling point, pour slowly, while beating constantly, onto egg yolks, beaten until thick and lemon colored. Cook one minute, remove from fire, and stir occasionally until cool. Add salt...
1 box strawberries. 1 1/4 cupfuls sugar. 2 egg whites. Few grains salt. 3 tablespoonfuls cornstarch. Hull the berries, crush and combine with one cupful of the sugar and let stand for a...
Preserved Gooseberries Twelve pounds of gooseberries, eight pounds of sugar, one quart of water. Let the sugar and water boil twenty minutes, stir in the fruit and cook gently until fruit is tender...
Cut the tops and stems from a quart of gooseberries, add one cupful of water and simmer until soft, then drain off the water and rub the berries through a colander. Put two cupfuls of the pulp in a do...
Elderberry With Apple For Jelly Cut up apple peelings and cores and cover them with hot water; then remove the coarse stems from about one-third as many elderberries and place them on top of apples...
Cranberry Marmalade. To Serve With Meats Wash three quarts of cranberries, barely cover with water and cook until the berries are tender. Press through a sieve and add to this juice and pulp six po...
Two cupfuls cranberries, one cupful seeded raisins, one cupful dry breadcrumbs, one and one-half cupfuls flour, three-quarters cupful honey, one teaspoonful salt, one cupful beef suet, one teaspoonful...
Bar-Le-Duc Currant Jelly Clean and pick overripe currants, detaching the stems; to each pound of fruit allow a pound of granulated sugar. Pour the sugar on the currants, set in a cool place and let...
Two cupfuls of currants and one cupful of sugar. Cook one minute and add one teaspoonful of vanilla. Pour into a deep pie plate with crust, sprinkle with flour and cover with top crust. Currant...
Spiced Grapes Seven pounds of grapes, four pounds of sugar, one pint of vinegar, one tablespoonful each of cinnamon and cloves, one teaspoonful allspice. Boil slowly two hours and put into jars. ...
Grape Juice Jelly Soak an envelope of granulated gelatin in half a cupful of cold water for five minutes, then dissolve it and three-quarters of a cupful of granulated sugar in two cupfuls of boili...
Cherry Water Ice Weigh the fruit and sugar; allow a pound and a half of loaf sugar to each pound of fruit, half of a pint of water and the white of one egg. Stone the cherries before weighing, plac...
Cherry Gelatin Soak one tablespoonful granulated gelatin in one-fourth cupful cold water, dissolve in one-fourth cupful boiling water, and add one and one-half cupfuls cherries, which have been sto...
1 quart sour cherries. Few drops almond extract. 1 cupful granulated sugar. 3 tablespoonfuls flour few grains salt. Rich pie crust. Mix together the sugar, salt, and flour, line a pie-p...
Butter a mold and fill two-thirds full ripe cherries. Make a batter of one-quarter cupful butter, one-half cupful sugar, one well beaten egg, one-half cupful milk, one and one-half cupfuls sifted flou...
I. How To Cook Apples
