Mrs. Charles H. Gibson's Maryland And Virginia Cook Book - Containing Numerous Valuable Receipts For Aid In Housekeeping (Paperback)

MRS. CHAIZLES H. GIBSONS Maryland and Virginia Cook Boolz. CONTAINING NUMEROUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS FOR AID IN HOUSEKEEPING. -- 1894 - MRS. ANNE HOLhlES POIVELL, A practical housekeeper for fifty years, and to whom I am indebted for so much valuable information, is this book most affectionately dedicated. Ralelife Manor, Tdbot a., Md., December, 1894. - PREFACE. IN the selection and arrangement of the recipes contained in this volume, the compiler has chosen those known to her, from actual and long experience, to be the best and most economical. Every one knows how desirable and important it is to both health and comfort, that the food fir the daily use of a family and its guests should be properly prepared. Phy- sicians mill tell you that all food which is not properly pre- pared and cooked is both indigestible and unhealthy, and is often the source of many of the ailments we complain of. 0 p recipes in this book have been selected with the greatest care, and mill aid all housekeepers in preparing wholesome food and tempting delicacies for their daily requirements. In other words, it is the art of c-g made wy. A fair trial of them will conviTce anyone that the wide field embraced within this book comprises all that is useful and valuable, both to the lady of the house and her cook, who, if unskilled, mill find the assistance herein rendered of great comfort. Most of the recipes are my own, or such as I have .used for years, and taken from old books that have never been printed, and were known only to some of the best house- keepers in Maryland and Virginia. Those who have con- tributed to fill these pages are known to me as excellent housekeeper, whose recipes I am glad to add to my own.placing 111p book before the public 1 feel that I have a right to claiin a like indlgerice to tliose who, before lue, have given to the worlcl the 1enefit of their experience, ancl I feel conficlent tlitt lily Cool Book, being the result of an experience of twenty years, will meet wit11 a just reward. BREAD . Potato Rolls .......................... Brandon Corn Bread ............... Batter Bread ......................... Drop Biscuit .......................... Crumpets .............................. Flannel Cakes ........................ Quick Biscuit ........................ Ratcliffe Rusks ...................... Rusks ................................ 9, Bath Rusks ........................... Ratcliffe Rolls ....................... Brentford Rolls ..................... Ratcliffe Loaf Bread. No . 1 ...... Spoon Rolls .......................... Puffets .................................. White of Egg AluiXns ............ Cream Muffins ....................... Water Aluffins ..................... . hiuffin Bread ......................... S Mu5ns .................... 12. 13. 20. Delicious Corn WafEes ............ Turks Heads ........................ Washingtons Breakfast Cakes ... Journey Cake ........................ Bachelors Loaf .................... Soft Brown Bread .................. CONTENTS . PAGE. Brown Bread ..................... 14, 21 Gems ................................... 14 Rice Waffles .......................... 14 Hominy Waffles ..................... 14 Quick Waffles ....................... 14 Waftles ................................ 15 Half-Meal Griddle Cakes ......... 15 Potato Cakes ......................... 15 Sally Lunn ........................ 15, 16 Sally Lunn withoutYeast, ...... 16 Irish Lunn .......................... 16 Graham Bread .................. .16, 21 Maryland Biscuit ................... 17 Bread Cakes .......................... 17 Aunt Clarissys Corn Slappers ... 17 Mnsh Bread .......................... 17 Tea Bread ............................ 17 Milk Toast ........................... 18 Rice Cakes ..............