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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
847 
Apple Butter Without Cider. 
In answer to £. W. inquiring about 
making apple butter without cider, I can 
tell the R. N.-Y. readers how we make 
it out in Ohio. Wash the apples, and 
cut out all bad or rotten places, till we 
have two sugar barrels full of cut ap¬ 
ples. They are cooked in a heavy oak 
barrel by steam through a three-quarter 
inch copper pipe. When cooked to pieces 
they are mashed through a box sieve of 
one-eighth inch mesh galvanized wire, in¬ 
to another heavy oak barrel, the two 
barrels thus worked into one. We have 
a coil of three-quarter inch copper pipe 
to set in this barrel through which hot 
steam passes to cook the butter to the 
proper thickness, no stirring or danger 
of burning. Before cooking much we stir 
in about 100 pounds of granulated sugar 
and soon have about 40 gallons of ex¬ 
cellent apple butter. We consider three 
pounds of sugar to the gallon about the 
right amount. Of course, sweet cider 
would save the sugar, but we don’t have 
it. This method may not suit many of 
The R. N.-Y. readers, but we find the 
product suits a boarding-school company 
all right. w. l. a. 
Wash apples suitable for pies, remove 
any worm spots or other defect, cover 
with water and cook till mostly dry; then 
press through colander, getting all the 
good pulp; return this to the kettle and 
season with sugar and spices to suit 
taste, and cook slowly till thick. I like 
a little lemon juice, though some don’t 
like it. The original recipe calls for 
parings and cores of the apples used in 
pies, but farmers with “apples to burn’’ 
have no need of such economy. All here 
belong to the Apple Consumers’ League. 
AN OLD READER. 
Apple butter without cider is very good 
made in this way: As I used only specked 
and otherwise defective apples for this, 
they had to be peeled by hand, and well 
washed. I filled the kettles with the ap¬ 
ples, putting in water to prevent their 
being too dry, and they cook tender quick¬ 
er if the kettles are covered. As soon 
as they begin to break I beat them well 
with a large spoon or fork, repeating un¬ 
til all are fine, then draw the kettles a lit¬ 
tle off the edge of the stove to let the air 
get under, as they do not scorch so eas¬ 
ily. Let them evaporate this way until 
quite thick; then put an asbestos mat 
under each kettle, which does away with 
the laborious stirring which is unneces¬ 
sary. Put two pounds of sugar to each 
gallon of the thick fruit—less will do— 
and add ground cinnamon when nearly 
done if liked; I sliced lemons into part of 
mine to vary the flavor. To test if done 
take some out on a saucer and draw a 
spoon through it; if no syrup drains out 
it is done. _ subscriber. 
Virginia Mincemeat. —Boil until ten¬ 
der one large beef tongue that has laid 
in salt water over night. When cold re¬ 
move skin and unnecessary fat and grind 
or chop very fine. Separate two pounds 
of nice beef suet from skin and strings, 
and grind to a fine powder; six pounds of 
well-flavored tart apples; four pounds of 
seeded raisins; the same quantity of 
cleaned currants. Mix all together, add 
the grated rind and juice of four lem¬ 
ons, four grated nutmegs, two teaspoon¬ 
fuls of ground cloves, two tablespoonfuls 
of ground cinnamon, one of mace, V/ 2 
pound of white sugar, one pound of 
citron ground fine, one pound of al¬ 
monds blanched and pounded in a gill of 
rose water. Mix all these ingredients 
together and moisten with three pints of 
fruit syrup or sweet pickle. The origi- 
inal recipe calls for wine and brandy, 
which are never used in R. N.-Y. recipes. 
I usually make this about November 1; 
then it is ripe for Thanksgiving. 
_ E. F. y. 
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The simple little riightgtHVn shown in 
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