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"A Stitch In Time Saves Nine" "Woman's work is never done"
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Mrs. McAbee's Favorite
Recipes * * * * * *
Pigeon Pie (12 plovers may
be substituted) - Dress, clean & truss 6 pigeons and saute in salt
pork fat
until entire surface is seared. Put in a kettle, cover with boiling
water, add 1/2 tsp
peppercorns, one onion, stuck with eight cloves, eight
slices of carrot, parsley, 2 stalks celery;
simmer 5 hours.
Remove pigeons, strain liquid, thicken with 4 tbsp butter and 3 tbsp
flour.
Reheat pigeons in sauce, arrange in a pastry case and cover
with pastry top. Bake. This dish
is best served to at a lady's luncheon, as men have no appreciation for
delicate entrees.
Quail on Toast -
Dry-pick them,
singe, cut off heads, and legs at first joint, draw, split down the
back,
soak in salt and water for 5 or 10 minutes. Drain and dry with a
cloth, lard with bacon, rub
salt over them, place on broiler and turn often, dipping 2 or 3 times
into melted fat; broil about 20
minutes.
Have ready as many slices of buttered toast as there are birds.
Serve each bird breast
upward on each slice.
Mince Pie -
Boil a piece of beef weighing 6 pounds, and a beef's tongue weighing 6
pounds,
6 hours. Then skin the tongue, chop it and the beef fine; add 5 pounds beef suet chopped fine,
5 pounds raisins stoned, 3 pounds dried currants, one and one-half pound
citron, 4 pounds brown
sugar, one pint good molasses, one quart brandy, one quart wine; 1/2 cup
each of cinnamon, salt
allspice and cloves, three nutmegs and a tablespoon of mace. Mix
all well together, & let stand
over
night. Mix apples stewed when you make the pies, as the meat keeps
better without apple.
Keep it in a stone jar. You should
have about a third as much apple as you have of the mince
for a batch of
pies.
Apple Pudding
- A loaf of stale bread, steamed twenty minutes
before dinner, sliced, spread
with stewed apple, and a little butter,
strewn with sugar and browned lightly in a quick over,
makes as good a
pudding as any one would like, with either hard or liquid sauce.
Cream of Tarter Drink
- Two tablespoons of cream of tarter, the
grated rind of a lemon,
half a cup of loaf sugar, and one pint of boiling
water. This is a good summer drink for invalids
and is cleansing to
the blood.
************** Mrs. McAbee Shares Her Philosophy on Women's
Rights. ************
I believe that a woman's place is in the home. A
well-ordered home sets the foundation for the family. I may be a bit old
fashioned in my thinking, but after cleaning, cooking, canning, caring for
children, tending to the chickens and the garden, there simply is not
enough time left in the day to get involved in a political movement.
Last summer a woman came to town. She spoke on Women's Suffrage at a tent
meeting. My neighbor, Mrs. Thorne, who already wears the pants in her
family, attended the meeting. Mr. Thorne drove her to the meeting. Can
you imagine?
Mrs. Thorne said the tent was packed with women who wanted political and
social justice and equal rights with men. The last thing I want is to be
equal with men. Where has your femininity gone ladies?
Why women want to get involved in politics is beyond my comprehension.
Politics is a man's job. Men excel in "shooting the breeze," "passing the
buck," and "blowing hot air," which to me are traits well suited to that
of a politician.
The tent may have been packed with women wanting equal rights, but I heard
the tent was small, and that is why it was so packed. The proper women of
our fair community were where they belong, at home, tending to their
household duties and their children.
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