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Title: The bride's cook book;
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Davenport, Laura, Mrs. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Cookery, American cbk
Publisher: Chicago, The Reilly & Britton co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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uta slice of orange in each glass. 198 THE BRIDES COOK BOOK Raspberry Cup. Mash and strain i pint of red currants; strain andpour the juice over shaved ice in cups; add i tea-spoon-ful of pineapple juice to each cup, and put on the topseveral fresh red raspberries. Raspberry Shrub. Place the raspberries in a stone jar; cover with thebest cider vinegar; let stand until morning; strain. Toone pint of juice; add i pint of sugar, i stick of cinna-mon, 6 whole cloves and boil for 10 minutes. Put in jaror bottles and seal while hot. An excellent drink ismade by adding half a glass of water to half a glass ofthe shrub. Mrs. P. M. Ford. Strawberry Wine. Mash your strawberries and currants. To every 3quarts of strawberry juice, add 3 pints of currant juice,and for every quart of the combined juices add 1 poundof loaf sugar and l quart of water; strain and put intoa clean, sweet cask. Leave uncorked until fermented,then put in bottles and seal. This wine is very niceserved with chopped ice. 199
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BREAD, CAKES AND CEREALS BREAD Yeast is a plant, and the most favorable temperaturefor its growth is 65° to 68° F. Sugar is added to hastenfermentation. Dough made from yeast and flour is saidto be light when it has doubled its bulk. If too light,the bread will be full of large holes, if not light enough,it will be soggy. If it is desired to bake the breadsame day it is set, more yeast must be used. The loavesshould continue to rise for the first 10 minutes afterbeing put into the oven; it should brown during the next20 minutes and during the last 15 minutes the heatshould be reduced. As biscuits and rolls are thinner,they may be baked in a hotter oven than is used forbread. The crust will be tender if the loaf is rubberwith melted butter as soon as taken from the oven. Teast. Boil 6 medium sized potatoes until soft; drain andmash. Add hot water to the water in which the potatoeswere boiled until you have a quart. Stir into this, Y^ ofa cup of flour which has been moistened with suf

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