INDEX TO RECIPES

Small Economies, "Left-Overs" or "Iverich Bleibst"

162

The Many Uses of Stale Bread

164

"Brod Grummella" 165

"Croutons" and Crumbs 165

"Zweibach" 166

German Egg Bread 166

Creamed Toast 167

Bread and Rolls

167

"Bucks County" Hearth-Baked Rye Bread 171

Frau Schmidt's Good White Bread (Sponge Method) 173

Excellent Graham Bread 173

Graham Bread (An Old Recipe) 174

"Mary's" Recipe for Wheat Bread 174

Frau Schmidt's Easily-Made Graham Bread 175

Whole Wheat Bread 176

Nut Bread 176

"Frau" Schmidt's "Quick Bread" 177

An "Oatmeal Loaf" 178

"Aunt Sarah's" White Bread (Sponge Method) 179

Recipe for Pulled Bread 180

Aunt Sarah's "Hutzel Brod" 180

Aunt Sarah's White Bread and Rolls 182

Aunt Sarah's Raised Rolls 183

Clover-Leaf Rolls 183

"Polish" Rye Bread (As Baked in Bucks County) 183

Perfect Breakfast Rolls 184

An Old Recipe for Good Bread 184

Steamed Brown Bread 186

A Wholesome Bread (Made From Bran) 186

"Frau" Schmidt's "Hutzel Brod" 186

Aunt Sarah's "Quickly Made Brown Bread" 187

"Stirred" Oatmeal Bread 187

Nut and Raisin Bread 188

"Saffron" Raisin Bread 188

Raised Rolls 189

"Grandmother's" Pine Raised Biscuits 190

"Stirred" Bread 191

Potato Biscuits 192

Aunt Sarah's Potato Yeast 192

Raised Cakes

193

"Perfection" Potato Cakes 193

Mary's Recipe for Cinnamon Buns 194

"Kleina Kaffe Kuchen" 194

"Grossmutter's" Potato Cakes 195

Aunt Sarah's "Bread Dough" Cake 196

"Good, Cheap" Dutch Cakes 196

Recipe for "Light Cakes" (Given to Mary by a Farmer's Wife) 197

Butter "Schimmel" 197

"Bucks County" Doughnuts 198

Extra Fine "Quaker Bonnet" Biscuits 198

Bucks County Cinnamon "Kuchen" 199

Moravian Sugar Cakes 200

"Mary's" Potato Cakes 200

"German" Raisin Cake 201

"Kaffee Krantz" (Coffee Wreath) 202

"Mondel Krantz" 203

The Professor's Wife's Recipe for Dutch Cakes 204

Farmer's Pound Cake 204

German "Coffee Bread" 205

"Fast Nacht Kuchen" (Doughnuts) 206

"Kaffee Kuchen" (Coffee Cake) 207

"Streusel Kuchen" 207

Muffins, Biscuits, Griddle Cakes and Waffles

208

Sally Lunn (As Aunt Sarah Made It) 208

Aunt Sarah's Recipe for "Johnny Cake" 209

"Mary's" Breakfast Muffins 209

Rice Muffins 209

Indian Pone 210

"Pfannkuchen" (Pancakes) 210

"Extra Fine" Baking Powder Biscuits 210

"Flannel" Cakes Made From Sour Milk 211

"Flannel" Cakes With Baking Powder 211

Frau Schmidt's Recipe for Waffles 211

"Crumb" Corn Cakes 212

Grandmother's Recipe for Buttermilk Waffles 212

"Bread" Griddle Cakes 212

Never Fail "Flannel" Cakes 213

Waffles Made From Sweet Milk and Baking Powder 213

"Bucks County" Buckwheat Cakes 213

Delicious Corn Cakes 214

Rice Waffles (As Aunt Sarah Made Them) 214

"German" Egg-Pancakes (Not Cheap) 215

"Frau Schmidt's" Griddle Cake Recipe 215

Mary's Recipe for Corn Cakes 215

Aunt Sarah's Delicious Cream Biscuits 216

Mary's Muffins 216

"Corn Muffins" (As Made by Frau Schmidt) 217

Strawberry Short Cake (As Frau Schmidt Made It) 217

Perfection Waffles 218

Recipe for Making "Baking Powder" 218

Fritters, Croquettes, Dumplings and Crullers

219

"Kartoffle Balla" (Potato Balls) 220

"Boova Shenkel" 220

Rice Balls With Cheese 221

"Kartoffle Klose" 221

Rice Croquets (and Lemon Sauce) 222

Corn Oysters 222

Banana Fritters 223

Parsnip Fritters 223

Aunt Sarah's "Schnita and Knopf" 224

A Very Old Recipe for "Knopf" (or Dumplings) 224

"Kartoffle Kuklein" (Potato Fritter or Boofers) 224

Rosettes, Wafers and Rosenkuehen 225

"Bairische Dampfnudein" 226

"Heller Bluther Kuklein" 226

"Apyl Kuklein" (Apple Fritters) 227

Dumplings Made From "Bread Sponge" 227

"Leber Klose" (Liver Dumplings) 228

Frau Schmidt's "Old Recipe for Schnitz and Knopf" 229

"Brod Knodel," or Bread Dumplings 230

"German" Pot Pie 230

"Zwelchen Dampfnudeln" 231

Green Corn Fritters 231

"Mouldasha" (Parsley Pies) 232

Inexpensive Drop Crullers 232

Batter Baked With Gravy 232

"German" Sour Cream Crullers 233

Grandmother's Doughnuts 233

Fine "Drop Crullers" 234

Soups and Chowders

234

Vegetable Soup 235

"Marklose" Balls for Soup 236

Egg Balls for Soup 236

"Suppee Schwangen" 236

Cream of Oyster Bouillon 237

"German" Noodle Soup 237

Cream of Celery 238

Oyster Stew 238

Clam Broth 238

Turkey Soup 239

Cream of Pea Soup 239

Tomato Soup 239

"Frau" Schmidt's Clam Soup 239

Clam Chowder 240

Brown Potato Chowder 240

Bean Chowder 241

Bouillon 241

"Farmer's" Rice 241

Philadelphia "Pepperpot" 242

"German" Vegetable Soup 243

A Cheap Rice and Tomato Soup 243

Fish, Clams and Oysters

243

Boned Shad 243

Croquettes of Cold Cooked Fish 244

Shad Roe 244

Scalloped Oysters 245

Deviled Oysters 245

Planked Shad 246

Broiled Mackerel 246

Codfish Bails 246

Fried Oysters 247

Panned Oysters 247

Oysters Steamed in the Shell 248

A Recipe Given Mary for "Oyster Cocktail" 248

Oyster Croquettes 249

Frau Schmidt's Way of Serving "Oyster Cocktails" 249

Salmon Loaf 249

Creamed Salmon 249

Oyster Canapes 250

Meat

250

"Sauergebratens" (German Pot Roast) 251

"Hungarian Goulash" 252

Broiled Steak 252

Stewed Shin of Beef 253

Hamburg Steak 253

Meat Stew With Dumplings 254

Extending the Meat Flavor 255

Preparing a Pot Roast 256

Stuffed Breast of Veal 257

"Gedampftes Rinderbrust" 257

"Paprikash" 257

Beef Stew 258

Savory Beef Roll 258

Veal Cutlets 259

Meat "Snitzel" 259

Sirloin Steaks 259

Meat Balls 260

Veal Loaf 260

Sweet Breads (Breaded) 261

Fried "Liver and Bacon" 261

Beef Steak Served With Peas 261

Creamed "Dried Beef" 262

Creamed Sweetbreads 262

Meat Croquettes 262

Stewed Rabbit 263

Roast Lamb 263

"Gefullte Rinderbrust" (Stuffed Breast of Beef) German Style 263

Fried Peppers With Pork Chops 264

Boiled Ham 264

Sliced Ham 264

Roast Pork 265

Pork Chops 265

"Home-Made" Sausage 265

Aunt Sarah's Method of Keeping Sausage 266

Souse 266

Utilizing Cold Meat "Left-Overs" 267

Fowl

267

Roast Chicken or Turkey 267

Bread Filling (As Aunt Sarah Prepared It) 268

Fried Chicken With Cream Gravy 269

Stewed or Steamed Chicken 270

Vegetables

270

White Potatoes 270

Baked Potatoes 271

Various Ways of Using Small Potatoes 271

Scalloped Potatoes 273

Candied Sweet Potatoes 273

Sweet Potato Croquettes 274

Potato Chips 274

Fried Eggplant 274

Baked Stuffed Peppers 275

Chili (As Prepared in New Mexico) 275

Baked Cabbage 275

Crimson Creamed Beets 276

Buttered Beets 276

Pickled "Mangelwurzel" 276

German Steamed Cabbage 277

Bean "Snitzel" 277

Boiled Spinach 277

Fried Onions and Potatoes 278

Steamed Asparagus (Pine) 278

Pasture Mushrooms 278

Steamed Mushrooms (Delicious) 279

Stewed Tomatoes 279

Sweet Corn 280

Fried Tomatoes With "Cream Sauce" 280

Baked "Stuffed Tomatoes" 280

"Canned Tomatoes," Fried or (Tomato Fritters) 281

"Bucks County" Baked Beans 281

Cooked Hominy 282

Grated Parsnip Cakes 282

To make "Sauer Kraut" 283

Dumplings to Serve With "Sauer Kraut" 284

Parsley Dried to Preserve Its Green Color 285

Time Required to Cook Vegetables

285

Common Cream Sauce

286

Preparation of Savory Gravies

287

The Good Flavor of "Browned Flour"

287

Butter, Cheese and Suet

283

A Substitute for Butter (As Aunt Sarah Prepared It) 288

"Butter"—As It Was Made at the Farm, "By Aunt Sarah" 289

"Smier Kase," or Cottage Cheese 290

Uses of Sweet Drippings and Suet 291

Eggs

292

"Eierkuchen," or Omelette 292

Hard Boiled Eggs 292

Soft Boiled Eggs 293

An Egg and Tomato Omelette 293

Mushroom Omelette 294

A Clam Omelette 294

Deviled Eggs 294

Eggs in Cream Sauce 295

Aunt Sarah's Method of Preserving Eggs in "Water Glass" 295

To Test Fresh Eggs 296

Salads

297

Aunt Sarah's Salad Dressing 297

Dutch cucumber Salad 298

Carrot Salad 298

"An Old Recipe" for Chicken Salad 298

German Potato Salad 299

German Turnip Salad 299

"German" Salad Dressing 299

Mary's Potato Salad 300

Mary's Recipe for Salad Dressing 300

"Fruit" Salad Dressing 300

Grape Fruit Salad 300

"A Good, Inexpensive" Salad Dressing 301

Imitation "Lobster Salad" 301

"German" Horseradish Sauce 301

Mayonnaise Dressing (In Which Olive Oil is Used) 302

Mustard Dressing to Serve With Sliced Tomatoes 302

Chicken Salad 302

Pepper Hash 303

German Bean Salad 303

Meat Salads 304

Beverages

305

Coffee 305

Cocoa 305

Chocolate 306

Boiled Water 306

Tea 306

Iced Tea 307

Puddings

307

Rice Pudding 308

Frau Schmidt's Apple Dumplings 308

"Caramel Custard" as Mary Prepared It 309

Aunt Sarah's Bread Pudding 309

"Steamed" Bread Pudding 309

An Economical "Bread and Apple Pudding" 310

Cup Custards 310

Frau Schmidt's Graham Pudding 310

"Sponge" Bread Pudding (Sauce) 311

Aunt Sarah's Cottage Pudding (Sauce) 311

Apple "Strudel" 312

"Lemon Meringue" Pudding 312

Suet Pudding (Sauce) 313

Steamed Fruit Pudding (Sauce) 313

Cornmeal Pudding 314

Huckleberry Pudding 314

Tapioca Custard 314

Delicious Baked Peach Pudding 315

Caramel Custard 315

"Aunt Sarah's" Rhubarb Pudding 315

"Vanilla Sauce" for Rhubarb Pudding 316

Rice Custard 316

"Mary's" Cup Pudding (From Stale Bread) (Sauce) 316

"Buckwheat Minute" Pudding 317

Peach Tapioca 317

Aunt Sarah's Plain Boiled Pudding 317

Pudding Sauce 317

Apple Tapioca 318

Steamed Walnut Pudding 318

"Cornmeal Sponge" Pudding 318

Mary's Corn Starch Pudding 319

Apple Johnny Cake (Served as a Pudding) 319

A Good and Cheap Tapioca Pudding 319

"Gotterspeise" 320

Spanish Cream 320

Graham Pudding 320

"Pennsylvania" Plum Pudding (For Thanksgiving Day) (Sauce) 320

"Slice" Bread Pudding 321

Cereals

321

Oatmeal Porridge 321

Cooked Rice 322

Cornmeal Mush 323

Macaroni

324

Baked Macaroni and Cheese 324

Cakes

325

Cake Making 325

Frau Schmidt's Lemon Cake 327

Fine "Krum Kuchen" 328

Aunt Sarah's "Quick Dutch Cakes" 328

A Reliable Layer Cake 328

Boiled Icing 329

A Delicious "Spice Layer Cake" (Icing) 329

An Inexpensive Cocoa Cake 330

Aunt Sarah's Walnut Gingerbread 330

Aunt Sarah's "German Crumb Cakes" Baked in Crusts 331

"Sour Cream" Molasses Cake 331

Economy Cake 332

Ginger Cake 332

A Very Economical German Clove Cake (Icing) 333

Cake Icing for Various Cakes 333

Mary's Recipe for "Hot Milk Sponge" Cake 334

Cheap "Molasses Gingerbread" 334

Aunt Sarah's Extra Fine Large Sponge Cake 335

Angel Cake (Aunt Sarah's Recipe) 335

Aunt Sarah's Good and Cheap "Country Fruit Cake" 336

A "Sponge Custard" Cake 336

Custard 336

Grandmother's Excellent "Old" Recipe for Marble Cake 337

Mary's Molasses Cakes 337

Chocolate Icing for Molasses Cake 338

Hickory Nut Cake 338

"Light Brown" Sugar Cake 338

"Angel Food" Layer Cake 339

Mary's Chocolate Cake 339

Cocoa Filling 339

A Cheap Orange Cake 340

Frau Schmidt's Molasses Cake 340

Apple Sauce Cake 340

Icing 341

"Schwarz" Cake (and Chocolate Filling) 341

Apple Cream Cake 342

Apple Cream Pilling for Cake 342

A "Half Pound" Cake 342

A Delicious Icing (Not Cheap) 342

Cocoanut Layer Cake 343

The Filling 343

Gold Layer Cake 343

Sunshine Sponge Cake 343

An Inexpensive Dark "Chocolate Layer Cake" 344

Angel Cake 344

Mary's Chocolate Loaf (Made With Sour Milk) 345

Inexpensive Sunshine Cake 345

Mary's Recipe for Orange Cake and Filling for Cake 345

Roll Jelly Cake 346

Aunt Sarah's Cinnamon Cake 346

Gelb Kuchen (Yellow Cake) 347

Devil's Food Cake 347

A Cheap Cocoanut Layer Cake 348

Lady Baltimore Cake and Icing 348

An Inexpensive "White Fruit Cake" 348

A Good and Cheap "White Cake" 349

Chocolate Icing (Very Good) 349

Tip-Top Cake 349

Orange Cake and Filling 350

Cheap Sponge Cake 350

Caramel Cake and Icing 350

A White Cake 351

"Dutch" Currant Cake (No Yeast Used) 351

An "Old Recipe" for Coffee Cake 352

A "Cheap" Brown Sugar Cake 352

Frau Schmidt's "German Christmas Cake" 352

Aunt Sarah's "Shellbark Layer Cake" 352

Imperial Cake (Baked for Mary's Wedding) 353

A Light Fruit Cake (for Christmas) 353

English Cake (Similar to a White Fruit Cake) 353

Grandmother's Fruit Cake (Baked for Mary's Wedding) 354

An Old Recipe for Pound Cake 354

"Bucks County" Molasses Cakes (Baked in Pastry) 354

"Brod Torte" 355

A Delicious Chocolate Cake 355

Chocolate Icing 355

A White Cocoanut Cake 355

A Potato Cake (No Yeast Required) 356

A Citron Cake 356

Aunt Amanda's Spice "Kuchen" 356

A Good, Cheap Chocolate Cake 357

An Tee Cream Cake 357

Small Sponge Cakes 357

Small Cakes and Cookies

357

"Aunt Sarah's" Little Lemon Cakes 357

Oatmeal Crisps 358

Aunt Sarah's Ginger Snaps 359

German "Lebkuchen" (Icing) 359

Grandmother's Molasses Cakes 360

Angel Cakes (Baked in Gem Pans) 360

"Almond Brod" 360

"Grossmutter's" Honey Cakes 361

Lemon Wafers or Drop Cakes 362

Frau Schmidt's Sugar Cookies 362

Almond Macaroons 362

"Honig Kuchen" (Honey Cakes) 363

Frau Schmidt's Molasses Snaps 363

Hickory Nut Cakes 363

"Lebkuchen" 364

Fruit Jumbles 364

Brown Pfeffernussen 364

Small Oatmeal Cakes 365

Frau Schmidt's Recipe for "German" Almond Slices 365

"July Ann's" Ginger Snaps 366

Cocoanut Cookies 366

Chocolate Cookies 366

Small "Belsnickel" Christmas Cakes 367

"Pennsylvania Dutch" Kisses 367

Little Crumb Cakes 367

Delicious Vanilla Wafers (As Mary Made Them) 368

Macaroons (As Aunt Sarah Made Them) 368

"Springerles" (German Christmas Cakes) 368

Oatmeal Cookies 369

Peanut Biscuits 369

Plain Cookies 370

Walnut Rocks 370

Cinnamon Wafers (As Aunt Sarah Made Them) 370

Zimmet Waffles (As Made by Frau Schmidt) 371

"Braune Lebkuchen" 371

Peanut Cookies 371

Pies

372

Flaky Pie Crust 372

Aunt Sarah's Lemon Pie 373

The Professor's Wife's Superior Pastry 373

Mary's Lemon Meringue (Made With Milk) 374

Apple Tart 375

Raisin or "Rosina" Pie 375

Snitz Pie 376

Mary's Recipe for "Plain Pumpkin" Pies 376

Chocolate Pie 376

"Pebble Dash," or Shoo Fly Pie (As Aunt Sarah Made It) 377

Vanilla Crumb "Crusts" (the Crumbs for Crusts) 377

"Kasha Kuchen" or Cherry Cake 378

"Rivel Kuchen" 378

Aunt Sarah's Lemon Meringue 378

A Country Batter Pie 379

Pumpkin Pie (Aunt Sarah's Recipe) 379

White Potato Custard (Aunt Sarah's Recipe) 380

"Rhubarb Custard" Pie 380

"Lemon Apple" Pie 380

Green Currant Pie 380

A Country "Molasses" Pie 381

A Mock Cherry Pie 381

Aunt Sarah's Custard Pie 381

Plain Rhubarb Pie 382

Mary's Cream Pie 382

Apple Custard Pie 383

Lemon Pie With Crumbs 383

Aunt Sarah's Butter Scotch Pie 383

Green Tomato Mince Meat 383

Orange Meringue (a Pie) 384

Grandmother's Recipe for "Mince Meat" 384

"Twentieth Century" Mince Meat 385

A "Dutch" Recipe for Pumpkin Pie 385

Mary's Cocoanut Custard Pie 386

Grape Pie 386

Sour Cherry Pie 386

Aunt Sarah's "Strawberry" Pie 387

"Florendine" Pie 387

Aunt Sarah's "Cheese Cake," or Pie 387

"Frau" Schmidt's Lemon Pie 388

Pickles

388

Spiced Cucumbers 388

Mixed Sauce to Serve With Meats 389

Pepper Relish 389

Pickled Red Cabbage 389

Mustard Pickles 390

Aunt Sarah's Cucumber Pickles 390

"Rot Pfeffers" Filled With Cabbage 391

An Old Recipe for Spiced Pickles 391

Aunt Sarah's Recipe for "Chili Sauce" 392

Tomato Catsup 392

Pickled Beets 393

Marmalades, Preserves and Canned Fruits

393

"Frau" Schmidt's Recipe for Apple Butter 394

Cranberry Sauce 394

Preserved "Yellow Ground Cherries" 395

"Wunderselda" Marmalade 395

Aunt Sarah's Spiced Pears 395

Peach Marmalade 396

Aunt Sarah's Ginger Pears 396

Pear and Pieapple Marmalade 397

Grape Butter 397

Canned Sour Cherries 397

Candied Orange Peel 397

Aunt Sarah's "Cherry Marmalade" 398

Aunt Sarah's "Quince Honey" 398

Pickled Peaches 398

Currant Jelly 398

Pineapple Honey 399

Preserved Pineapple 399

Grape Conserve 399

Mary's Recipe for Rhubarb Jam 400

Apple Sauce 400

Rhubarb Marmalade as "Frau Schmidt" Made It 400

Grape Fruit Marmalade 401

Orange Marmalade 401

Cherry "Relish" 401

Canned Peaches 402

Pear Conserve 402

Lemon Honey 402

Canned String Beans 403

Preserved "German Prunes" or Plums 403

"Bucks County" Apple Butter 404

Canned Tomatoes 404

Euchered Peaches 405

Aunt Sarah's Method of Canning Corn 405

Dried Sweet Corn 406

Preserved Cherries 407

Frozen Desserts

407

Aunt Sarah's Frozen "Fruit Custard" 407

Sherbet 407

Ice Cream (A Simple Recipe Given Mary) 408

Frau Schmidt's Ice Cream 408

Maple Parfait 408

Ice Cream Made by Beating With Paddle 409

Aunt Sarah's Recipe for Frozen Custard 410

Pineapple Cream 410

Mary's Recipe for Peach Cream 411

Lemon Sherbet 411

Frau Schmidt's Frozen Custard 411

Caramel Ice Cream 412

Cherry Sherbet 412

Grape Sherbet 413

Wines and Syrups

413

Unfermented Grape Juice 413

Vinegar Made From Strawberries 414

Boiled Cider for Mince Pies 414

Lemon Syrup 414

Egg Nogg 414

Rose Wine 415

Dandelion Wine 415

Dandelion Wine (Made With Yeast) 416

Grape Fruit Punch 416

A Substitute for Maple Syrup 416

Salted Almonds or Peanuts

416

Peanut Butter 417

A Club Sandwich 417

Candies

417

Walnut Molasses Taffy 417

Cocoanut Creams 418

Fudge (As Made by Mary) 418

A Delicious Chocolate Cream Candy 418

Mary's Recipe for Molasses Taffy 419

Recipe for Making Hard Soap Without Boiling

419

To Imitate Chestnut Wood

420

Measures and Weights

422

Cooking Schedule

423