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Sunday, February 20, 2022

Mrs. Owens' Cook Book (part 6: pp 250 – 299: Beverages; Preserves & Jellies; Pickles; Confectionery)

Here we continue Mrs. Owens' Cook Book and Useful Hints for the Household.  140 years on the shelf, now, and clearly it's had some practical use during all that time. Check out the rest of this book, in its many parts, here, here, here, here, and here.






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pp 250, 251:
PUDDINGS
Suet Pudding (1); Suet Pudding (2);
Thickened Rice; 
Washday Pudding;
FAMILY BEVERAGES
Tea


pp 252, 253:
FAMILY BEVERAGES
Coffee (1); Coffee (2);
Coffee for Festivals;
Vienna Coffee

pp 254, 255:
FAMILY BEVERAGES
Iced Tea; 
Baker's Premium Chocolate;
Egg Chocolate;
Baker's Breakfast Chocolate;
Cocoa Shells;
Bottled Soda-Water;
Raspberry Nectar; Imperial (part 1)



pp 256, 257:
FAMILY BEVERAGES
Imperial (part 2);
Cream Beer; Sugar Beer;
Corn Beer; Ginger Pop;
Spruce Beer


pp. 258, 259:
FAMILY BEVERAGES
Lemon Beer;
Home Brewed Beer; Cream Soda;
Sham Champagne;
Strawberry Sherbet;
Portable Lemonade (part 1)


pp 260, 261:
FAMILY BEVERAGES
Portable Lemonade (part 2);
Pine Apple Syrup; 
Orange Syrup; Currant Wine;
Rhubarb Wine;
Blackberry Wine;
Elderberry Wine (part 1)


pp 262, 263:
FAMILY BEVERAGES
Elderberry Wine (part 2);
Ginger Wine;
Cream Nectar;
PRESERVES AND JELLIES
Jam


pp 264, 265:
PRESERVES AND JELLIES
Fruit;
To Can Strawberries, Raspberries, 
Blackberries, Plums, Cherries
Or Any Small Fruit;
Lemon Butter; Apple Preserve


pp 266, 267: 
PRESERVES AND JELLIES
Apple Butter; 
Cooking Apples;
Apple Jelly;
Michigan Fruit Jellies, and 
Also Apple Butter;
Compote of Apples–Baked (part 1)


pp 268, 269:
PRESERVES AND JELLIES
Compote of Apples–Baked (part 2);
Jellied Apples; 
Baked Sweet Apples;
Boiled Apples; Apple Croutes;
Apple Meringue;
Fried Apples (part 1)


pp 270, 271:
PRESERVES AND JELLIES
Fried Apples (part 2);
Crab Apple Preserves; 
Strawberry Preserves;
Grape Preserves; Grape Jelly;
Citron Preserves;
Preserved Watermelon Rinds

I confess, I'd like to try these, next time I buy a watermelon or two…

pp 272, 273:
PRESERVES AND JELLIES
Quince Preserves; Apple Marmalade;
Peach Marmalade;
Quince Marmalade;
Plum Butter;
Wild Plum Preserves



pp 274, 275:
PRESERVES AND JELLIES
Wild Plum Jelly;
Wild Plum Marmalade;
Preserved Orange Peel; 
Preserved Cherries;
Cranberry Preserves;
Pear Preserves;
Peach Preserves (part 1)


pp 276, 277:
PRESERVES AND JELLIES
Peach Preserves (part 2);
Damson Plum Preserves;
Plum, or Egg Tomato Preserves;
Tomato Preserves; 
Currant Jelly (1);
Currant Jelly (2) (part 1)


pp 278, 279:
PRESERVES AND JELLIES
Currant Jelly (2) (part 2);
Gelatine Jelly;
Dried Apple Jelly;
Apple Jelly; Canned Pumpkin;
To Keep Grapes Fresh For Winter;
Dried Apple Sauce;
Cranberries (part 1)



pp 280, 281:
PRESERVES AND JELLIES
Cranberries (part 2);
PICKLES
Cucumber Pickles (1);
Cucumber Pickles (2) (part 1)


pp 282, 283:
PICKLES
Cucumber Pickles (2) (part 2);
Cucumber Pickles (3);
String Beans; Pickled Walnuts;
Pickled Cherries;
Silver Skin Onions;
Nasturtions [sic] (part 1)

Who'd have considered pickling a bunch of flowers? Nasturtiums? neato!

pp 284, 285:
PICKLES
Nasturtions (part 2);
Pickled Cauliflower;
Pickled Red Cabbage;
Pickled Tomatoes;
Green Tomato Pickles;
Jackson Pickles;
Higdom (part 1)
"Higdom" appears to be a zesty, sweet green tomato relish. Another one I may need to try

pp 286, 287:
PICKLES
Higdom (part 2)
Piccalilli; Mangoes;
Chow Chow



pp 288, 289:
PICKLES
Mixed Pickles;
Sweet Tomato Pickle;
Sweet Cucumber Pickles (1);
Sweet Cucumber Pickles (2);
Ripe Cucumber Pickles;
Watermelon Rinds (part 1)


pp 290, 291:
PICKLES
Watermelon Rinds (part 2);
Pickled Plums, Grapes, or Peaches;
Sweet Crab Apples;
Whole Pears Pickled;
VINEGAR
Honey Vinegar;
Clover Bloom Vinegar (part 1)


pp 292, 293:
VINEGAR
Clover Bloom Vinegar (part 2);
Apple Vinegar; Potato Vinegar;
Currant Vinegar;
CONFECTIONERY
Molasses Candy (1);
Molasses Candy (2) (part 1)


pp 294, 295:
CONFECTIONERY
Molasses Candy (2) (part 2);
Maple Caramels;
Chocolate Caramels (1);
Chocolate Caramels (2);
Chocolate Caramels (3);
Snow Candy; Cream Candy;
Butter Scotch


pp 296, 297:
CONFECTIONERY
Another [butterscotch];
Mock Nongat [sic];
Fruit Candy;
Chocolate Cream Candy;
Lemon Taffy;
Delicious Tomato Figs (part 1)


pp 298, 299:
CONFECTIONERY
Delicious Tomato Figs (part 2);
Iced Currants;
Peach Paper
PIC-NICS
Suggestions for menu




The last part of the book, with all the hints & tips, and the Index, can be found here.























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