1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
A Dry Talk. 
Many housekeepers are skeptical as 
to the possibilities of dried fruits and 
vegetables, and one woman of my ac¬ 
quaintance said she would “as lief eat 
so many chips as dried peaches,” and so 
would I after I tasted 'the leathery 
things she hastily cooked for supper. I 
had seen her dump a quart of something 
that looked brown and dry into a sauce 
pan, pour boiling water over the mass 
and cook whatever it was furiously for 
half an hour, out I never dreamed any¬ 
one could spoil good material like that. 
It is really surprising how little some 
people know about cooking after all. A 
grocer told me last Summer that a town 
woman who had done her own work 
most of her life, and was an intelligent 
woman, was on the point of buying 
some tomatoes when she remarked that 
it was so much trouble to peel them. He 
asked her if she had ever tried scalding 
water, and she never had. The next 
time she came into the store she told 
him his discovery was remarkable, and 
he allowed her to think that slipping off 
the skins was a new idea. This seems 
incredible, but it is an actual fact. 
If dried fruits are to reach the table in 
their prime they must be well soaked. 
If you want prunes for dinner you must 
begin the day before to get them ready, 
and just so with all dried things. One 
of my neighbors begins at 9:30 in the 
morning to bake beans for dinner, and 
solemnly assures me they are delicious. 
I am perfectly willing to take her word 
for it without the pleasure of eating' 
them, but my baked beans must be soak¬ 
ed over night, parboiled next morning, 
and generally fussed over before they 
reach the supper table at six. With good 
dried corn the country woman has no 
need to sigh for the canned product, for 
with long soaking and slow cooking it 
is delicious, and costs much less than 
the factory products. I have never 
eaten factory dried corn that equaled 
the home grown, but some may prefer it. 
Always use earthenware vessels to 
cook dried fruits and vegetables if pos¬ 
sible. The food tastes better, and one 
is less apt to want to hurry the cooking 
if it is in a large crock in the oven or 
on the back of the stove. Then too there 
is rarely any danger of scorching, and 
the busy woman may place the crock 
in the oven with perfect confidence and 
go afiout her work. Surely there is 
nothing more encouraging to the busy 
farmer than to be able to finish a few 
chores without the feeling that supper* 
is spoiling because he does not go at 
once. With a pot of beans simmering 
to perfection in the oven, a crock of de¬ 
licious peaches or prunes beside it, 
baked potatoes and good bread and but¬ 
ter, what more could any mortal want? 
Supper may be served at four or wait 
till six, except the baked potatoes, and 
nothing harmed by waiting. Where tho 
hour is uncertain the potatoes may be 
fried instead of baked and, with the 
coffee, can be prepared while the mem 
are getting ready for supper. 
Always use plenty of water, adding as 
it disappears, and always cook the fruit 
in the water it was soaked in. Wash 
the pieces well and then cover with 
clean cold water—never under any cir¬ 
cumstances use boiling water. Soak 
dried corn 12 hours and cook six or 
longer, till the water has almost evap¬ 
orated. Season with butter, pepper, 
salt and add several spoonfuls of rich 
cream. Dried peaches, apricots or 
prunes should be soaked over night and 
cooked slowly most of the next day. 
Sweeten to taste. Never allow them to 
boil. Soak dried apples over night ancl 
keep covered with water on the back 
part of the stove all next day. The juiee 
strained and slightly sweetened is an 
excellent drink for invalids if allowed 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use“Mrs.Wins- 
low’s Soothing Syrup” for your children 
while teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
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to become quite cold. For keeping 
dried fruits, use Mason jars with the 
covers screwed tightly down. 
HILDA RICHMOND. 
Honey Cakes. 
L/ebkuciien or Wiute Peppernuts.— 
One-half pound shelled, peeled (by the 
use of hot water) and dried almonds are 
cut into quarters and browned lightly 
on paper in oven. Then stir for he If an 
hour together four eggs with half pound 
granulated sugar. Add one teaspoonful 
each of ground cinnamon, cardamom, 
grated nutmeg and cut citron or sugared 
orange peel, one-half pound finest flour, 
and the almonds prepared as above. 
Work batter w r ell and roll out into one- 
half to one-quarter inch thick, cut into 
pieces about 114x3 inches and bake in 
buttered pans and moderate heat. Leb- 
kuchen or Brown Peppernuts: Melt 
gradually equal parts of pure white 
honey and granulated or lump sugar. 
Mix in quartered almonds, coarsely 
crushed cloves, ground nutmeg, carda¬ 
mom, ginger, pepper and sliced citron; 
work thoroughly and add enough flour 
to make thick batter. Roll out to about 
one-fourth inch thick, cut into oblong 
pieces and bake. When done glaze with 
thin honey-water and ornament with 
pieces of citron or almond-halves. 
Wisconsin. mrs. t. h. 
Two Tested Recipes.—I take pleas- 
use in furnishing you with two of these 
recipes, although they are for the in¬ 
experienced not so easy to make. I am 
a retired pastry cook, and you can de¬ 
pend on reliability; they are recipes 
which I always used and they pleasecj 
seme of our Presidents and other not¬ 
ables. Lebkuchen: Four quarts syrup 
or honey (liquid, no wax), one-half 
pound lard, eight pounds flour. Boil the 
syrup or honey, take from the fire and 
mix in the flour and lard very well; you 
cannot work the dough too much. When 
cold use for every five pounds of this 
dough, one-half ounce carbonate of am¬ 
monia (this means the kind you buy in 
drug stores or bakers’ supply houses, it 
comes in hard lumps), dissolve it in a 
little water; add one-half teaspoonful of 
ground cloves, allspice, mace and ani¬ 
seed. Work everything very well to¬ 
gether and bake in moderate heat in 
any flat shape desired, not over one- 
fourth inch thick. After they are baked 
they are iced. Baseler honey kuchen: 
Two pounds liquid honey (no wax), 
three-fourths pound sugar, one pint 
boiling water, three-fourths pound fine- 
chopped blanched almonds, one-half 
pound citron, three ounces of mixed 
ground spice (like in first recipe), one- 
half ounce ammonia, 3% pounds flour. 
New York. L. g. w. r. 
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You wear a coat. Why? 
To keep the cold out? No; 
to keep the warmth in. 
What of the body that has 
no warmth—the thin, poor 
body that lacks the healthy 
flesh and fat it needs ? 
For such we say that Scott’s 
Emulsion provides the right 
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SCOTT BOWNE, 400 Pearl Street, New York. 
What Shall We 
Have for Dessert? 
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