Watch Night Reflections In A Silent Prayer
A diaristic voice recalls a watch night scene filled with fear and faith. The speaker contemplates their Christian hope and the hush before the new year, wishing for private study of spiritual titles as the congregation gathers in prayer.
Lost in the Pine Woods on New Year's Eve
Clemence, a 17 year old from a white cottage with Dr. Randolph, roams in search of holly berries. She becomes lost in a cold pine forest and seeks shelter in an abandoned coalburner hut as night falls. Meanwhile Edward Singleton, nicknamed Ned, arrives by train wreck and heads toward the same village through the woods, unaware of Clem’s peril.
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Clem and Ned Save Clem in Forest Hut on New Year's Eve
Ned Singleton discovers Clem in a hut after losing a shortcut. He shelters her with his coat as she sleeps among holly berries. Dr. Randolph arrives, Clem is saved, and Thanksgiving turns to celebration as they return home for New Orleans Times-Democrat.
New Year’s Resolutions Fall to Everyday Strife
The Chicago Times Herald surveys how early after New Year the world breaks its resolutions. Nellie remains irritable, Willie teases more, and mother frets. despite vows to change, domestic habits revert to old habits as the old ways reappear.
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Sunday School Lesson Summaries from Luke and Related Texts
Review of lessons I through XII covering Jesus dining with a Pharisee and the kingdom, the Great Supper, the lost sheep and coin, the prodigal son, the unjust steward, the rich man and Lazarus, the ten lepers, sober living, the rich young ruler, Bartimaeus, Zacchaeus, and the pound. Emphasizes divine love, repentance, faith, and preparedness for the kingdom.
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Egg Mince Meat Preparation
Mix six finely chopped hard boiled eggs with twice as much beef suet and a pound of currants. Add minced lemon peel and juice half, plus candied orange and citron slices. Season with nutmeg mace salt and sugar. Pack into a jar and store for use.
Mutton Stew Simmered With Aromatics And Gravy
A butchered mutton is skinned and laid to stew in a pint and a half of water with a large onion studded with cloves and a spoonful of tarragon vinegar. Boil add thyme parsley pepper and salt. Cook three hours turning often. Add gravy from bones at intervals.
Pickled Mushrooms From Small Button Varieties
Instructions describe preparing small button mushrooms by rubbing with flarmel and salt, stewing briefly, shaking to dry, then adding pepper mace and vinegar. Heat until moisture evaporates, then bottle the mushrooms. Signed Jennie G.
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Fricasseed Eggs With Toasted Bread
Very hard boiled eggs are sliced and fried bread is browned in butter. A stock gravy seasoned with pepper salt and onion is brought to a boil then used to dip the egg slices in raw egg and crumbs before pan frying. The egg slices stew briefly, then served atop the fried bread with gravy.
Crumpet Batter Method From Early Cookbook Instructions
Mix three cupfuls warm milk with half cupful yeast and salt, add flour to form batter. Let rise until light, beat in melted butter and a pinch of soda dissolved in hot water, fill muffin rings, and rest fifteen minutes before baking.
Union Cake Directions for Layered Cake
A recipe combines two thirds cup butter one cup milk two cups sugar three cups flour four eggs a third teaspoon soda and two thirds teaspoon cream of tartar. Split into three parts and mix one portion with seeded raisins citron and currants to form layered cake.
Curried Tripe and Onions Slice Method
A recipe instructs frying Bermuda or white onions in olive oil or butter until brown. Stir in curry powder and add half a pound of cold boiled tripe. Cover and shake to prevent burning, then serve when onions are cooked.
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Chicken Gallosch with Potatoes and Paprika
A recipe instructions says dice two medium raw potatoes and roast chicken. Heat oil or butter, add potatoes, cook five minutes, then add paprika water and salt. Stir, cover to finish until potatoes are done, then serve.
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Sand Tarts From Delia Recipe
Cream brown sugar with butter then beat egg yolks light. Stir in flour with baking powder to form a firm paste. Roll thin and cut. spread stiffly beaten egg whites over top, sprinkle granulated sugar and blanched almonds, bake quick.
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Mock mince pie recipe from old kitchen notes
A dated beverage and bake method mixes water vinegar molasses sugar raisins and spices. It instructs boiling the mixture then adding soda crackers to form two crust pies attributed to MKS W T 8.
Readers Seek Best Cheap Meat Stew Recipe Tips
A reader requests contributions from contributors for the best inexpensive meat stew recipe. She notes limited means and her husband’s fondness for stews and asks for practical, affordable, tasty ideas from readers.
Fricadelles Recipe From Mrs H
Mix one pound chopped veal or cooked meat two eggs butter bread crumbs chopped onion moisten with warm water season with salt pepper and chopped celery form into small balls and fry brown Mrs H
Minced Meat on Toast Modern Recipe
A compact old time recipe by Mamie McK instructs to chop leftovers, simmer with hot water flour butter salt pepper and table sauce, heat through but not overcook, then pour over toasted bread slices.
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Parsnip Fritters From Mrs Tompkins Recipe
Scrape and halve parsnips then boil until tender in salted water. Mash smooth, remove woody bits, add a beaten egg per four parsnips, season, and thicken with flour. Drop batter into hot lard and fry brown. Drain on paper or in a colander.
Potato Pancakes from Lexington Recipe
Grate six potatoes seasoned with salt and pepper. Add three eggs, a tablespoon flour, a splash of milk and a pinch of baking bones. Mix and fry as pancakes in deep fat. Lexington.
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How to prepare a larded grouse with butter and crumbs
Clean and wash the grouse. Lard the breast and legs. Skewer through legs and tail, tie with twine. Salt, rub with butter, dredge with flour. Bake twenty to thirty minutes, serve on hot dish with bread sauce, top with fried crumbs and parsley.
Stewed Duck and Peas from Frugal English Cookery
Take cold roast duck chopped small and fry with butter and ham until brown. Stir in flour, add onions, parsley, cloves and two pints of gravy. Simmer quarter of an hour, add a pint of cooked green peas, then stew gently half an hour. Season with cayenne salt and sugar. Remove dusk and plate with peas in the center.
Tomatoes a la Creme
One pound ripe tomatoes pare and slice or use a quart can of cooked ones. Stew until smooth with salt pepper and a knob of butter. Stir in a cup of cream thickened with a spoonful of flour just before boiling. Pour over toast and serve hot. MKS X.
Dutch Omelet Instructions from Mrs D L
Break eight eggs into a basin season with pepper and salt add two ounces of butter cut small and beat well. Melt one ounce of butter in a pan then add eggs and stir constantly drawing from the sides to cook evenly. When the underside browns turn onto a dish and serve over a moderate fire.
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Egg Pudding From Old-Time Kitchen Guide
Let a quart of milk boil in a double boiler. Stir nine tablespoonfuls of flour with one pint cold milk, add to the boiling milk and cook well. Beat twelve egg yolks with six tablespoonfuls sugar and three of melted butter. Off heat, mix in eggs and sugar. Fold in stiffly beaten whites, bake in a buttered dish set in hot water for one hour, serve with sauce.
French white sauce recipe note from Anna G
Instructions describe making a white sauce by simmering two pints of stock with parsley cloves bay leaf savory herbs and mushrooms. Season with salt but avoid pepper to prevent a dusky color. Serve with bread rice custard or a light pudding. Miss Anna G.
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