Pickled Beef, page 249

To one hundred pounds of beef, 4 ounces of pulverized saltpeter, 4 quarts of sugar, 8 quarts of salt. Mix saltpeter, sugar and salt together. Put layer of mixture in the barrel. Rub each piece of beef with the mixture and make layer of meat compact, leaving no space between the pieces. Put a layer of the mixture between each layer of meat. Weight heavily and cover closely.

Mt. Vernon Cook Book, Second Edition, 1908, Thompson Company Printers, Carthage, Mo.

Sweet Crackers, page 266

Two and a half cups of sugar, 1 cup of lard, 1 pint of of {sic} sweet milk, 2 eggs, 5 cents worth of carbonate ammonia dissolved in 1/3 cup of luke warm water, 1 teaspoonful of lemon extract. Make a stiff dough, knead well, roll very thin and bake in a quick oven.

Strawberry Short Cake, page 269

Two cups flour, 1/4 cup sugar, 4 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 1/2 teaspoonful salt, 1/4 teaspoonful ground nutmeg, 1 egg, 1/3 cup butter, 1 1/4 table-spoonfuls lard, 1/3 cup milk. Mix dry ingredients together, then add beaten egg then the milk.

Mt. Vernon Cook Book, Second Edition, 1908, Thompson Company Printers, Carthage, Mo.

Jelly Roll, page 264

Four eggs, one cup sugar, one cup of flour, 1/4 teaspoonful of salt. Beat the eggs and sugar together until very light, then add the flour. Beat five minutes then bake in a bread tin in a hot oven. When done spread the jelly over it then roll while warm. Do not cut until cold.

Mt. Vernon Cook Book, Second Edition, 1908, Thompson Company Printers, Carthage, Mo.

Salad Dressing, page 94

Take the yolks of three hard cooked eggs, add salt and mustard to taste, mash fine, add one table-spoonful sugar, 1 table-spoonful melted butter, mix thoroughly, and dilute by adding one pint of vinegar, pour over cabbage or lettuce and slice the white on top.

Banana Cake, page 179

Whites of 5 eggs, 1 cup butter, 1 cup rich milk, 2 cups sugar, 3 1/2 cups flour, 2 spoonfuls of baking powder. Bake in layers. Slice bananas thin, lengthwise, and put a layer of this on the cakes, spreading each with cream which has been thickened and whipped. Serve the day it is made.

Ginger Snaps, page 200

Stir 1 teacup of butter, 2 table-spoonfuls of ginger, 2 table-spoonfuls of soda into 1 pint of boiling molasses; let the mixture cool, and then add sifted flour enough to make a soft dough; roll out thin, make it into cakes of the size of a half dollar, and bake immediately. Ice one side with the following: Two and a half cups of sugar, 2/3 of a cup of water; boil until it candies; then add the whites of 3 eggs, slightly beaten, stirring briskly until it seems perfectly smooth and white. Add juice of 1 lemon.

Mt. Vernon Cook Book, Second Edition, 1908, Thompson Company Printers, Carthage, Mo.