Direct from the 1904 World 's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, comes this delightful little book, a collection of recipes for the food served at the Fair 's Eastern Pavilion that also serves as an excellent introduction to the culinary arts... of the past and the present.In addition to instructions on canning, how to glac fruits, how to blanch almonds, and other useful kitchen tips plus suggested menus for meals throughout the year you ll find an array of mouth-watering recipes including: Miss Dodd 's Turkish Soup (and other soups) Lobster Timbale (and other seafood dishes) Shoulder of Mutton with Oysters (and other meat dishes) Chicken Stuffed with Chestnuts (and other fowl) Delmonico Hashed Potatoes (and other vegetable dishes) Compote of Apples (and other stewed fruits) Lemon Custard (and other desserts, pastries, and puddings) Molasses Wedding Cake (and other cakes) Orange Granite (and other frozen puddings and ices) French Breakfast Rolls (and other breads and biscuits) Beauregard Eggs (and other egg concoctions) meat and fish sauces pudding sauces and more.American journalist SARAH TYSON RORER (1849 1937) was a pioneering figure of the culinary arts who served on the staffs of both Ladies Home Journal and Good Housekeeping magazines, and was principal of the Philadelphia School of Domestic Science.

"A few of the choice recipes used at the Eastern Pavilion, at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904"--Preface.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...add first the yolks and then the whites, turn the mixture into a baking-dish, and bake in a quick oven until a nice brown. CORN FRITTERS Score twelve ears of sweet corn and press out the pulp. Add to it a half-cup of milk, the same quantity of flour, and three eggs well-beaten. Season with salt and pepper. Fry in smoking hot lard or drippings. Brown on one side, then turn and brown the other. Drain on brown paper, and serve very hot. LADY'S CABBAGE Put one quart of chopped white cabbage in a kettle of boiling water, add a teaspoonful of salt, and boil twenty minutes, drain, turn into a heated dish, pour over Cream Sauce, and serve. Delicious. More delicate than cauliflower. COLD SLAW Put one quart of finely cut cabbage into a bowl. Put two lablespoonfuls of vinegar in a saucepan to boil. Beat two eggs until light, add to them a half-cup of sour cream and an ounce of butter. Stir this into the vinegar and cook until boiling hot and slightly thickened, add salt and pepper, pour over the cabbage, mix, dish and stand aside until cold. Sweet milk may be used in the place of the sour cream, but the dressing is not so rich. TO BOIL SWEET CORN Husk the corn just before the time of boiling. Have a large kettle full of boiling water, throw in the corn and boil five minutes after it begins to boil, and serve immediately on a corn cloth. Do not salt the water in which it is boiled. CAULIFLOWER Trim off the outside leaves of a nice fresh cauliflower, tie it in a piece of cheese-cloth, and put it into well salted boiling water; boil for twenty or thirty minutes. Be careful to take it out as soon as tender, or it will fall into pieces Serve either with Drawn Butter or Cream Sauce. CAULIFLOWER au GRATIN Boil as in preceding recipe. Drain and separate the...