2 1/2 squares (ounces) chocolate
1/3 cupful sugar
3 1/2 cupfuls milk
Few grains of salt
1 1/2 cupfuls boiling water
Shave the chocolate and add to the milk. Place over hot water and scald until the chocolate is melted. Add the water, sugar, and salt and cook one hour. Beat well with an egg-beater and serve in chocolate cups with whipped cream, or 2 marshmallows to each cup.
Plain Syrup Stock
2 quarts water
6 pounds sugar
Boil together 5 minutes. Can hot in sterilized jars. Allow 1 tablespoon to a person in sweetening any fresh fruit drink.
Orangeade
2 cupfuls sugar
3/4 cupful orange juice
1 quart water
1/4 cupful lemon juice
Boil the sugar and water 10 minutes with the orange rinds. Remove the rinds, chill the syrup, add the fruit juices and dilute to taste. serve very cold with a bit of orange or mint as a garnish. This makes 10 small glasses.
Dumplings
2 cupfuls bread or whole wheat flour
4 teaspoonfuls baking powder
1/2 teaspoonful salt
1 1/2 tablespoonfuls shortening
3/4 cupful milk and water in equal parts
Mix the dry ingredients, and work in the shortening with your finger tips. Add the liquid gradually. Toss on a floured board and pat out to 1/2" in thickness. Shape with a biscuit cutter, place in a colander or steamer, set over boiling water or the liquid designated and steam 12 minutes. Serve at once.
French Toast
12 slices of white bread (24 hours old)
3 cupfuls milk
1 egg
1 teaspoonful sugar
Few grains of salt
Let the bread stand in the milk, egg, sugar, and salt for a few minutes to become soft. They fry on a hot griddle, well-oiled with beef drippings, lard, or vegetable cooking oil. Fry quickly, so that the toast will be crisp on the outside and soft on the inside.
Cheese Croquettes
3 tablespoonfuls butter
1/2 cupful flour
1 cupful milk
1 egg
1 1/4 cupfuls chopped American cheese
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon paprika
Make a white sauce of the butter, flour, salt, paprika and milk. Mix together the cheese and the egg, add to the sauce and cook until the cheese is melted, then chill. Shape into balls, egg, and fry according to general directions.
Peanut Stuffing for Duck
2 cupfuls whole wheat bread crumbs
1 cupful peanuts, chopped
salt & pepper
3 tablespoonfuls melted peanut butter
1/2 teaspoon onion juice
Few grains of paprika
Hot cream to moisten
Mix the ingredients in the order given, making the stuffing rather moist.
Potato Pancakes
1 pound grated raw potatoes
1 finely chopped raw onion
1 egg
1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoonful baking powder
1 teaspoonful salt
A little pepper
Drop by spoonfuls in hot fat, flattening with a spoon and browning on each side.
Creamed Potatoes
3 cupfuls cold cooked potatoes cut in dice
2 cupfuls milk
1/2 teaspoon onion juice (optional)
2 tablespoonfuls butter
2 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
Make a white sauce of the butter, flour, seasonings and milk; add the potato, and let stand to become very hot.
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