Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book eBook

Mary Wilson (poet)
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 468 pages of information about Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book.

Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book eBook

Mary Wilson (poet)
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 468 pages of information about Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book.

  Five tablespoons of brown sugar,
  One teaspoon of cinnamon,
  Three-quarters teaspoon of allspice.

Place in a hot oven and bake for forty minutes.  Baste every ten minutes with

  Six tablespoons of vinegar,
  Three-quarters tablespoon of boiling water.

Use the liquid in the pan, after baking the ham for making gravy, by browning three tablespoons of flour, then adding the liquid left in the pan and sufficient boiling water to make one and one-quarter cups of gravy.  Season.

HAM LOAF

Chop the left-over ham very fine.  Measure and add to one and one-half cups

  One and one-half cups of cold cooked oatmeal,
  Two onions, grated,
  One teaspoon of paprika,
  One-half cup of bread crumbs,
  One cup of cream sauce,
  One tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce.

Mix and then pour into well-greased loaf-shaped pan and then place this pan in a larger one containing warm water.  Bake for forty minutes in a moderate oven.  Serve with hot tomato sauce.

ENGLISH HAM PIE

Cut the remainder of the fresh baked ham into neat pieces, laying aside all the small bits.  Pare and cut in dice sufficient potatoes to measure one quart.  Chop fine sufficient onions to measure one cupful.  Place the potatoes and onions in a saucepan and add sufficient boiling water to cover.  Cook until tender and then drain.  Now prepare a pastry as follows:  Place

  Two cups of flour,
  One teaspoon of salt,
  Two teaspoons of baking powder.

in a bowl.  Sift and then rub in six tablespoons of shortening.  Mix with one-half cup of ice-cold water.  Roll out and then line a shallow pan with pastry.  Place a layer of potatoes and onions and then a layer of the meat.  Season well and cover the meat with a second layer of the potatoes.  Season and then add two cups of highly seasoned gravy.  Place top crust in position and fasten the edges tightly by pinching together firmly.  Brush the pastry with cold water and then bake one hour in a slow oven.

CHEESE LOAF

  Three cups of fine bread crumbs,
  One and one-half cups of cottage cheese,
  One and one-half cups of very thick cream sauce,
  One large onion, minced fine,
  One and one-half teaspoons of salt,
  One teaspoon of paprika,
  One teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce.

Mix thoroughly and then mould into shape.  Pack into well-greased pan and set this pan in a large bake pan, with hot water to one-quarter of the depth of the bake pan.  Bake in a moderate oven for fifty minutes.

BARBECUE OF BOILED HAM

Cut cold boiled ham into very thin slices and then place in a chafing dish and add

  One-half glass of currant jelly,
  Three tablespoons of vinegar,
  Four tablespoons of water,
  One-half teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce,
  One-quarter teaspoon of paprika.

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