Christopher House Guild Cook Book
To be a good cook means the knowledge of all fruits, herbs, balms and spices, and of all that is healing and sweet in field and groves, and savory in meats; means carefulness, inventiveness, watchfulness, willingness and readiness of appliances. It means the economy of your great-grandmothers and the science of modern chemists. It means much tasting and no wasting. It means English thoroughness, French art and Arabian hospitality. It means, in fine, that you are to be perfectly and always ladies (loaf-givers) and to see that every one has something nice to eat. - Ruskin
| Title | Christopher House Guild Cook Book |
| Author | Christopher House Guild |
| Publisher | Christopher House Guild |
| Year | 1912 |
| Copyright | 1912, Mrs. Theodore Nelson Johnson |
| Amazon | The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life |
Christopher House Guild Cook Book
The earliest known Cook Book was printed in Venice in 1475
Compiled By Christopher House Guild Of The First Presbyterian Church Evanston, Illinois
Beverages- He knew no beverages but the flowing stream Boiled Coffee Mix 1 cup freshly ground coffee with 1 egg-white and mashed shell and 1 cup cold water. When thoroughly mixed put into a well-scal...
- Bread
- All things are possible to diligence and skill White Bread 4 quarts flour 1 quart milk, 1 quart water - mixed and lukewarm 1 tablespoon lard 2 yeast cakes 1 scant teaspoon salt...
- Bread. Part 2
- Boston Brown Bread 1 cup white flour 1 cup corn-meal 2 cups rye or graham flour 2/3 cup molasses 1 egg 1 pint sweet milk 1 teaspoon salt 1 heaping teaspoon soda 1 cup seeded ra...
- Bread. Part 3
- Pettyjohn's Nut Bread 1/3 package Pettyjohn's break-fast food 1 pint milk 1/2 cake yeast Let rise, then add 1/2 cup English walnuts, cut, and enough white flour to make right consistency to k...
- Muffins
- Bran Muffins 2 cups bran flour 1 cup white flour 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar 2 cups buttermilk 2 tablespoons molasses Mix dry ingredients; dissolve soda in molasses...
- Breakfast Cakes
- Spider Corn Cake 3/4 cup corn-meal 1 tablespoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon soda (scant) 1/4 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon salt Beat 1 egg, add 1/2 cup sweet milk. 1/2 cup sour milk. Stir this into ...
- Breakfast Cakes. Continued
- Maryland Biscuits 10 cups sifted flour 1 cup lard 1 teaspoon salt 1 very small pinch soda Make into a stiff dough with ice water and beat with a hatchet 1 hour. - Mrs. Ingram Waffle...
- Soups
- One morning in the garden bed The onion and the carrot said Unto the parsley group: 'Oh, when shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, hail or rain?' 'Alas!' replied in tones of pain T...
- Soups. Continued
- Corn Soup Boil 1/2 can corn with enough water so that after it is strained it will make 1 pint, then add 1 pint milk and thicken with butter the size of small egg and 2 teaspoons sugar; salt and pe...
- Canapes
- Cut bread into slices 2 inches thick; then cut either into rounds or 4 1/2 inches long by 3 inches wide; remove part of bread from center, leaving a 1/2 inch wall. Butter and brown in oven. Cav...
- Oysters
- Oyster Bisque 1 quart oysters 1 quart milk Salt and pepper to taste 1 large tablespoon butter Boil oysters in their liquor until edges curl; strain liquor from oysters and add scalded milk to...
- Fish
- He was a brave man who first ate an oyster Codfish Balls 1 cup raw salt fish 2 cups potatoes 1 teaspoon butter 1 egg, well beaten 1/4 saltspoon pepper More salt if needed Wa...
- Fish. Part 2
- Cucumber Sauce Beat 1/2 cup heavy cream until stiff, add 1/4 teaspoon salt, few grains pepper and gradually 2 tablespoons vinegar; add 1 cucumber pared and chopped. - Mrs. C. H. Barry Sal...
- Fish. Part 3
- Fish Turbet Steam a fine white fish; remove the bones, add salt and white pepper. Dressing 1 quart sweet milk; beat and thickened with 1 small cup flour. While hot, stir in 1 cup butter; ...
- Meats
- I am one that am nourished by my victuals and would fain have meat. Two Gentlemen of Verona How To Broil Steak Properly Trim the steak, cutting out a portion of the suet. Place the stea...
- Meats. Continued
- Boiled Ham Wash and scrub well, cover with cold water, add 1 pint vinegar and 2 or 3 bay leaves, boil constantly until the skin will pull off readily. Cover with a thick paste made of cracker crumb...
- Chicken
- Cream Of Chicken 4 lbs. chicken, boiled tender 4 sweet-breads boiled in salted water 1 can mushrooms. If small, do not cut Stir together 4 tablespoons butter and 5 of flour; scald 1 quart cre...
- Turkey With Spanish Dressing
- Prepare the fowl in the usual way and make the dressing as follows: Melt a tablespoon butter and fry 2 large onions until a light brown, add1/2 lb. hamburg, fry until done, add 4 slices bread, minced,...
- Roasted Duck
- After the duck is picked, drain and thoroughly wash, cut the neck close to the back and beat the breast bone flat; tie wings and legs securely and fill with potato stuffing prepared as follows: Cook 1...
- Fish And Meat Sauces
- All things come to him who waits on himself Horseradish Fluff To serve with game or roast beef. Grate fresh horseradish. To 1/2 cup put 1 teaspoon vinegar, a good sized pinch of salt; s...
- Vegetables
- Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred thereof Solomon Sweet Potatoes Flambes Au Marrones Use cold boiled sweet potatoes cut in small squares. Pile up o...
- Vegetables. Part 2
- Corn Timbales Beat 2 eggs until very light. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt, pinch black pepper and 3/4 cup milk. Beat in 1 can Kornletor or grated corn. Pour into buttered cups and bake like a custard, 20 t...
- Vegetables. Part 3
- Rice With Cheese Boil the rice tender in plenty of salted water; drain and put into a pudding dish; alternate layers of rice and grated cheese until the pan is full. Have a layer of cheese on top. ...
- Salads And Salad Dressings
- The imaginary relish is so sweet that it enchants my sense. Troilus and Cressida Pineapple Cucumber Salad 1 large can Hawaiian pineapple, cut in small cubes 1 cucumber, cut in cubes 2/3...
- Salads And Salad Dressings. Part 2
- Banana Salad Cut bananas in 2 pieces lengthwise, put on lettuce leaf, cover with salad dressing and sprinkle thickly with chopped nuts. Serve with toasted cheese crackers. Waldorf Salad E...
- Salads And Salad Dressings. Part 3
- Asparagus Salad No. 1 Serve a few tips of asparagus on lettuce leaves, and use French dressing and cream cheese on the plate. Asparagus Salad No. 2 Use the tips on lettuce as above, but i...
- Salads And Salad Dressings. Part 4
- New Salad Cut off crusts of white bread (fresh), cut in diamond shape and toast a light brown. On 1/2 of each piece, grate the yolk of hard boiled egg, on other half white of egg minced fine, and t...
- Salads And Salad Dressings. Part 5
- Cheese Salad Mash fine cold yolks of 3 hard boiled eggs; rub them with 1 cup finely grated cheese, 1 tablespoon mustard, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon white pepper. When mixed well, add 2 tablespoo...
- Sweetbreads
- Glazed Sweetbreads Place sweetbreads, prepared as directed below, in a saute pan with butter and a few slices onion. Saute them for a few minutes on both sides, then place them in the oven to finis...
- Eggs
- Eggs In Tomato Cases Scoop out the centers of as many large tomatoes as there are people to serve. Drain them, then sprinkle the inside with tarragon vinegar, salt and pepper. Drop carefully in eac...
- Timbales
- Egg Timbales Beat 4 eggs slightly, mix with 1 cup chicken or veal stock, or milk or cream, season with few drops onion juice. 1/4 teaspoon salt, a very little celery, salt and paprika and 1 tablesp...
- Entrees
- Deviled Crabs 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 3/4 cup white stock, add yolks 2 eggs 2 tablespoons sherry wine 1 cup chopped crab meat 1/4 cup mushrooms finely chopped Pepper an...
- Entrees. Continued
- Cheese Souffle Put 1 tablespoon butter in saucepan, add 1 heaping tablespoon flour; when smooth add 2 cups milk, 1/2 tea-spoon salt, few grains cayenne; cook 2 minutes, add the yolks of 3 eggs, wel...
- Puddings
- The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Shakespeare Marshmallow Pudding 1/2 lb. marshmallows cut in small pieces 3/4 pint cream whipped 1/4 lb. English walnuts broken Prepa...
- Puddings. Part 2
- Lemon Dumplings 1/2 lb. stale bread crumbs 1/4 lb. chopped suet 1/4 lb. sugar 1 lemon and 1 apple, grated 2 tablespoons butter 2 eggs Mix all together; put a tablespoon mixture in small...
- Puddings. Part 3
- Chocolate Pudding 12 tablespoons bread crumbs 6 tablespoons grated chocolate 1 quart milk 4 eggs, keeping out whites of 2 for the meringue 1 teacup sugar Boil crumbs, milk and sugar and ch...
- Souffle
- Prune Souffle Stew 24 prunes until very soft, remove the pits and chop skins and pulp fine. Beat the whites 6 eggs to a stiff froth, adding gradually 6 tablespoons granulated sugar. Stir in the pru...
- Marshmallow Puddings
- Marshmallow Pudding No. 1 Take an unfrosted angel cake, bake in round pan with hole in middle; cut some of the cake out of the center so it will have a wall similar to a ring mould. Fill with the f...
- Charlotte Russe
- Angel Charlotte Russe 1 tablespoon Knox's gelatine 1/4 cup cold water 1/4 cup boiling water 1 cup sugar 1 pint thick cream 1/2 dozen rolled stale macaroons 2 dozen marshmallows, cut in small pie...
- Puddings And Sauces
- Peach Snow Balls Fresh peaches, pealed, soaked sometime in any liquor (cognac or rum), dried thoroughly, rolled in white icing, then shredded cocoanut. Garnish the dish with maiden hair ferns. - Mr...
- Puddings And Sauces. Continued
- Raisin Puffs 1 egg 1/4 cup butter 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 tablespoon sugar 1 cup flour 1/2 cup sweet milk 1/2 cup raisins, stoned and chopped fine; flavor with vanilla ...
- Mince Meat Pie
- 2 lbs. meat after it is cooked, chopped (take about 4 1/2 lbs. beef) 1 lb. suet, chopped 4 lbs. apples (not too fine) 2 1/2 lbs. sugar 2 lbs. raisins 2 lbs. currants 1 lb. citron, chopped ...
- Pumpkin Pie
- 1 1/2 cups canned pumpkin 2/3 cup sugar 2 tablespoons molasses 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 dessertspoon ginger 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 egg, well beaten Add 1 cup milk and 1/2 cup cream, scalded ...
- Pies And Pastry
- Had I but known- it would have been my fate To bear of mundane burdens all this weight. This day's defeat- this agony of night, This vague unrest- this longing after light, I tcould have let that- th...
- Frozen Desserts
- And like the snow falls on the river, a moment white; then melts forever. - Burns. Lemon Ice Cream 2 cups sugar Juice and grated rind 3 lemons 1 quart cream and milk in even proporti...
- Cakes
- Sweet cakes and short cakes, ginger cakes and honey cakes, and the whole family of cakes. - Irving. Good Cake For Common Use Cake 3/4 cup butter 2 cups sugar 1/2 cup milk ...
- Cakes. Part 2
- The Jelly Beat whites of 2 eggs stiff, add juice and rind of 1 orange and add sugar to the thickness of jelly. Put this between loaves and frost the top. - Mrs. J. W. Sweet Mocha (Coffee) Fr...
- Cakes. Part 3
- Fruit Cake 3/4 lb. butter 1 lb. light brown sugar 12 eggs beaten separately 1 tumbler New Orleans molasses 1 pint sherry wine and brandy mixed 1 lb. flour, not browned 2 tablespoons cinnamon ...
- Doughnuts
- An optimist and a pessimist - The difference is droll - The optimist sees the doughnut The pessimist sees the hole. 1 cup sugar, 1/2 tablespoon butter - cream 2 eggs 1 cup milk 4 small c...
- Cookies
- 1 cup sugar 1 cup butter 1 cup thick, sour milk 1 egg 1 teaspoon soda in the milk Flavor with vanilla and a little nutmeg. Flour enough to roll out nicely, without being too stiff. ...
- Cookies. Continued
- Sponge Cake 3 eggs, well beaten 2 cups flour 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 1/2 cup water Cup flour beaten in well, then add to it 1/2 cup water, then 1 more cup flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder...
- Candy
- A wilderness of sweets. - Milton. Maple Fudge 4 cups light brown sugar 1 cup milk Butter size of walnut 1 cup English walnuts Cook until soft ball may be formed in cold water, beat u...
- Egg Dishes
- Egg Vermicelli 2 hard boiled eggs 3 slices toast 1 cup white sauce Chop the whites of the eggs and add to white sauce, season and pour over toast. Rub the yolks through a strainer over top...
- Luncheon Dishes
- Such and so various are the tastes of men. Spiced Salmon 1 cup vinegar, or 1/2 vinegar and 1/2 water 6 cloves 8 Allspice 2 inch stick cinnamon Let spices and vinegar boil 5 minute...
- Toast
- Cheese Toast With Bacon This dish may be made of any variety of bread, but it is particularly good when made of Boston brown bread. While the bread is being toasted, melt 3 level tablespoons butter...
- Sandwiches
- Who peppered the highest was surest to please. - Goldsmith. Sandwiches Cut thin slices of white bread, also thin slices of either beef, lamb, ham, chicken or turkey. Butter bread and lay a...
- Pickles And Preserves
- Variety is the very spice of life that gives it all the flavor: - Cowper. English Chow-Chow 1/4 peck small white onions 50 small cucumbers 1 1/2 dozen large cucumbers sliced 1/2 Pint...
- Pickles And Preserves. Part 2
- Small Cucumber Pickles Pour boiling water over 1/2 bushel small pickles fresh from the vines. When water has cooled and on the same day, drain pickles and sprinkle dry salt over them - 1/2 pint sal...
- Pickles And Preserves. Part 3
- Orange Marmalade 6 oranges and 3 lemons unpeeled; cut as thin as possible cross-wise with sharp knife. Remove all seeds. To 1 pint sliced fruit add 1 1/2 pints water and boil 1/2 hour. Let stand 24...
- Pickles And Preserves. Part 4
- Sweet Tomato Pickle Slice green tomatoes and boil in ginger water till the wild taste is removed. Then to 2 lbs. tomatoes put 1 lb. sugar and 1 pint vinegar. Spice very highly with mace, cloves, an...
- Pickles And Preserves. Part 5
- Quince And Cranberry Jelly 1/2 peck quinces, put on with just enough cold water to cover, cook until soft enough to squeeze. To this add 2 or 3 pints cranberries, all quince cores and plenty of ski...
- Pickles And Preserves. Part 6
- Red Or Black Raspberry Jam To every 4 lbs. berries add 1 pint currant juice; 3/4 lb. sugar to 1 lb. berries and to each pint juice allow 1 lb. sugar. Cook the berries and juice together 20 minutes;...
- Recipes For Invalids And Infants. Individual Cream Soups
- Let good digestion wait on appetite and health on both. - Shakespeare. Queen Soup 1 tablespoon Robinson's bar-ley, dissolved in a little cold milk 1/2 cup chicken or veal stock 1/2 c...
- Individual Tray Recipes
- Toast Water 2 slices stale bread cut in 1/3 inch slices, crust removed. Put in pan and bake in slow oven till thoroughly dried and well browned. Break in small pieces, add 1 cup boiling water, cove...
- To Take Rust Spots Out Of White Goods
- Hold the stain over the nose of a boiling teakettle and drop on lemon juice. The spot will immediately disappear. If it is a bad stain repeat the operation. Equal parts of ammonia and turpentine wi...
- Table Of Weights
- 2 cups butter (packed solidly)....................... = 1 pound. 4 flour (pastry)....... =1 2 granulated sugar...... =1 2 2/3 powdered ....... =1 3 1/2 confectioners' sugar....
- "New Process" Gas Range
- IN selecting a Gas Range convince yourself that you are buying an appliance giving extreme satisfaction at all times, labor and fuel saving, thoroughly sanitary and convenient in every operation and d...
- Salads - Their Importance
- Socially speaking, good breeding and good salads are almost synonymous terms. One of the brightest club-women in America happily expressed this idea when she wittily said: In good society a woman is ...
- Advertising
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- Advertising. Continued
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