Burlington Vermont 1875

February 4th 1875

Cooking Greens. – This is the simplest of dishes, and yet it is not always a well served one.  Greens should be properly boiled; the water should be soft, and a tablespoonful of salt added to a large-sized pot of it, which should be boiling hot when the greens are thrown in.  It should be kept boiling until they are done, which can be told by their sinking to the bottom of the pot, and then they should be skimmed out as quickly as possibly into a colander, so that all the water will run out.  Press them with a small plate, and then turn upon a platter; add a large piece of butter, and cut up fine.  Serve smoking hot. 

This series of recipes are from two little books that have 365 recipes, one for every day of the year, from 1900 and 1903.  The first is;

365 Dinner Dishes: A Dinner Dish for Every Day of the Year.

Selected from Table Talk, Good Housekeeping, Boston Cooking School Cook Book, and Others, 1903.

365 Desserts: A Dessert for every Day of the Year.

Selected from Marion Harland, Mr. Lincoln, Good Housekeeping, Table Talk and Others, 1900.

February

4th – Celery Cooked in Stock. 1903

Cut celery into two inch lengths; cover them with stock and simmer until tender; season with a little onion juice, salt and pepper.  Drain them and keep the celery hot while you thicken the stock with a tablespoonful of flour and one of butter.  Add the celery; mix gently and serve. 

Orange Pie. 1900

Beat a cupful of powdered sugar and a large tablespoonful of butter together until light.  Moisten 2 even tablespoonfuls of cornstarch with a little cold milk; cook and stir 1 minute; then pour it quickly on the butter and sugar; add grated yellow rind and the juice of an orange; mix and add 1 egg well beaten; peel another large juicy orange; cut into thin slices and then cut each slice into quarters.  Line a “Washington Pie” plate with light paste and bake in a quick oven until done.  Stir the orange slices quickly into the custard mixture, fill the baked crust with this, and place in a quick oven a few minutes to brown.  While it is browning beat the whites of 2 eggs until light; add 2 tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar and beat until stiff.  Spread this over the pie; dust thickly with powdered sugar and stand again in the oven until a light brown. – From “Table Talk,” Philadelphia.