Breadmaking secrets and a perplexed housewife asks
A reader shares a detailed breadmaking method using flour milk yeast and warm water with Anastasia and a later correspondent asks for a full beginner’s breadmaking guide. The exchange promises further tips from "A Starter in Breadmaking" and recounts a homemaker’s tale of learning by trial and error.
Mothers Proud: Bottled Feeds and Healthy Twins
A mother writes about raising two babies thirteen months apart, praising bottle feeding and careful hygiene. She notes both children are healthy, the younger is months old, and she cleans bottles and nipples meticulously, hoping to share her tips with readers.
Contributed Recipes From Brookfield to Calaveras Ravioli Notes
A collection of old time recipes includes corn bread batter and eggs and household tips. It shares a corn bread method praising its appeal, then shifts to a ravioli style dough and filling with mushrooms beef gravy and tomato sauce, attributed to Mr. Rattagliato of Calaveras county and signed A. B.
Warm plates and serving sets aid convalescents
The article describes hot water heated plates and related vessels to keep meals warm for invalids. It covers plate designs with a water tube, a tight screw cap, and optional tin covers, noting hospitals use them widely. It also mentions chop plates, insulated pots, and small heat-retaining devices for milk, broths, and chocolate to ease nursing work.
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Dresden
Rhubarb Prepared With Sugar Then Cooled In Syrup
Cut rhubarb into half inch pieces and layer with sugar one half cup per fruit. Let stand overnight. In morning boil the collected juice ten minutes and simmer rhubarb briefly. Remove as soon as tender to keep shape, then serve with the syrup poured over. Windsor reader contributes.
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Rs. J. B
Windsor
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Dated Home Cleaning and Pie Recipe From Mrs E. L.
A historical snippet describes a javelle water cleaner using chloride of lime with washing soda and soda, boiled then bottled for cleaning and bleaching. It also offers a lemon pie recipe: two eggs beaten with sugar, four Mixwell, milk, lemon rind and juice in two pies, baked in a paste-lined dish.
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E. L
Massachusetts
Miscellaneous Recipes from Marion Harland
A collection of kitchen instructions for sauces dressings desserts and preserves. The text includes a souring method for mo lasses mixture a yolk based sauce with oil and lemon juice a gooseberry pastry and a gooseberry filling method baked in a pastry shell with puff paste and a final glaze.
Cooking guidance for handling young and ripe produce
Instructions describe washing rough skin with a towel, scraping ripe fruit with a blunt knife, soaking in cold water, salting, and draining. The process continues with drying briefly, then salting again and serving plain. A method for cracking each item with a wooden tool and arranging in a dish with a final pour is included.
Defying Dust the Box Couch Remedy
A housekeeper shares a simple fix for dust seeping into a box couch. She lines the lid edge with oilcloth and covers the bottom with yellow paper to create a removable, washable closure. The method lets the couch store summer gowns and white waists without wrapping.
Cheese and Egg Crusty Fondant with Fried Dumplings
A kitchen technique combines grated cheese with crushed bread and milk soaked crumbs to form a fondant bake in a brisk oven. Whipped egg whites fold in, butter and cayenne season, then bake until puffed and crusty. A second dish simmers milk and butter with flour, adds eggs sugar and cinnamon, and is dropped into hot fat for served fritters.
Spinach with hard boiled egg and white sauce
Boil spinach until dry, chop and mix with butter flour to form a base. Cook briefly then fill warm buttered pans with spinach. Bake briefly to keep hot, turn onto platter, top with sliced hard boiled egg and spoon white sauce around.
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Griffin
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