_The following recipe for Suet Pudding has been unfailing in my family for forty years past. Sincerely yours,

One cup mola.s.ses; one cup suet, chopped fine; one cup sweet milk; one cup fruit; one teaspoon salt; a piece of soda size of a pea; flour to make it as stiff as pound cake. Steam three hours.

QUEEN PUDDING.

Prom MRS. L. C. GILLESPIE, of Tennessee, Lady Manager.

One quart of sweet milk; one pint of grated bread crumbs; one teacup of white sugar; four eggs, and b.u.t.ter the size of hen's egg. Beat yolks of eggs with the sugar until very light; cream b.u.t.ter and add to eggs and sugar; then stir in bread crumbs and after these ingredients are well mixed, pour in the milk, stirring all thoroughly. Bake in porcelain pan or granite iron, under a good fire with a well heated oven. Twenty minutes is sufficient time to bake it. You do not want it baked until it is stiff and hard, but it must quake as you lift it from the oven. You now cover the top of the pudding, first with a half gla.s.s of jelly cut in very thin slices, and over this you put the whites of the four eggs, beaten to a stiff froth, to which you add and beat in two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Put the pudding again into the stove, this time in the top, where the whites of the eggs may brown quickly. Serve cold, with cream whipped and flavored with vanilla.

This, properly baked, is a delicate, delicious pudding.

STEAM PUDDING.

From MRS. JOHN S. BRIGGS, of Nebraska, Lady Manager.

One quart flour, one coffeecup chopped raisins or currants, one teacup chopped suet, one teacup half filled with mola.s.ses, finish with brown sugar, one teaspoon soda, two teacupfuls sweet milk, a little salt, mix and steam three hours.

_Steam Pudding Sauce_--Three-quarters of a cup of b.u.t.ter, one and a half cups of sugar, one egg, juice and grated rind of a lemon all well beaten together. Just before serving, pour on the beaten mixture one pint of boiling water.

STEAM PUDDING.

From MRS. CLARA L, MCADOW, of Montana, Lady Manager.

Four cups flour, four spoons baking powder, one-half can cherries, little salt, stir a stiff batter; steam one and a half hours.

BAKED HUCKLEBERRY PUDDING.

From MRS. NELLIE B. PLUMER, of Pennsylvania, Alternate Lady Manager.

Two cups light brown sugar, one cup b.u.t.ter and lard mixed, one cup sour milk, four eggs, one teaspoonful of soda, one quart huckleberries. Make the dough as thick as jelly cake; bake three- quarters of an hour in a moderate oven. Use wine or b.u.t.ter sauce as preferred.

MINNIE'S LEMON PUDDING.

From MRS. H. J. PETO, of Arizona, Alternate Lady Manager.

Two lemons, two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch, one and one-half cup granulated sugar, three eggs. Grate rind of one lemon; squeeze juice and pulp of two lemons; beat yolks of the eggs with a portion of the sugar, then add balance of sugar and the grated rind and lemon juice; mix the cornstarch with a little water; add boiling water, stirring constantly until thick and clear; add the ingredients previously mixed and stir until thoroughly incorporated with the starch; pour into a pudding dish, cool a little, then set into the oven for a few minutes to brown; beat the whites of the eggs stiff; add a little powdered sugar and put over top of pudding; brown slightly. May be served warm, but is delicious if set on ice until thoroughly cold.

CUP PUDDING

From MRS. MARIE J. GASTON, of South Dakota, Alternate Lady Manager.

One-half cup of sugar, one cup flour, one-half cup cold water, one egg, one tablespoonful of b.u.t.ter, two level teaspoonfuls baking powder, a pinch of salt. Grease cups and put in the bottom of the cups a little fruit, such as dried currants, cherries, etc., or a little preserves; pour in the batter, filling the cups a little more than half full; set them in a steamer and steam forty minutes. This will make five cups. Served with the following sauce:

_Pudding Sauce_--Six tablespoonfuls pulverized sugar, two tablespoons of b.u.t.ter, one egg; beat altogether with an egg beater; flavor with vanilla. When ready to serve, add one cup of boiling water.

ITALIAN ROLL

From MRS. F. H. DANIELL, of New Hampshire, Alternate Lady Manager.

Mix together one-half pound fine flour and from four to five ounces of sifted sugar; put in a sauce pan and bring to the boiling point, one- half pint of new milk and one-quarter pound fresh b.u.t.ter; stir in gradually the flour and sugar; beat well four fresh eggs, add them with the grated rind of a lemon, stirring until the mixture is thick like dough. Put it on a pasteboard and when cold roll to the desired thickness, about one-quarter of an inch thick; lay any kind of jam over the paste, roll it into a bolster-like form and bake. Serve cold, whole, or in slices nearly an inch thick. Time twenty to twenty-five minutes to bake.

CHAPERONE PUDDING.

From MRS. ANNIE L. Y. ORFF, of Missouri, Alternate Lady Manager.

One pint nice, fine bread crumbs to one quart of milk; one cup sugar; yolks of four eggs beaten light; grated rind of one lemon; b.u.t.ter size of an egg; bake until done, but not watery. Whip the whites of four eggs beaten stiff; beat in a teacup of sugar; then add the juice of one lemon; pour over pudding; eat cold.

APPLE PUDDING.

From MRS. IDA L. TURNER, of Texas, Lady Manager.

Pare and core ten good sized apples. Stew them to a pulp, with sugar enough to sweeten; thickly b.u.t.ter the sides and bottom of an earthen baking dish and press all around them crumbs from the inside of a loaf of bread, having them nearly an inch thick. Mix with the apples a tablespoonful of b.u.t.ter and one egg, beaten; put the apples into the dish without disturbing the crumbs; over the surface put a layer of crumbs, dotted with bits of b.u.t.ter, and bake the pudding until brown; turn a platter over the pudding dish, quickly turn both upside down so the pudding will slip out on platter. Dust with powdered sugar and serve hot.

BAKED APPLE DUMPLING.

From MRS. SCHUYLER. COLFAX, of Indiana, Alternate Lady Manager-at- Large.

Pare and core tart apples; fill the centers with sugar, b.u.t.ter and a small pinch of cinnamon or a little grated nutmeg. Make a rich, light pie crust, roll, cut in squares, fold a square around each apple, put them into a b.u.t.tered pan. Now cream together half a cup of b.u.t.ter and a cup of sugar, and put over the whole, when they are ready for the oven, pour a little cold water into the pan, and bake slowly an hour and a half or two hours.

FOAM SAUCE.

From MRS. CARRINGTON MASON, of Tennessee, Alternate Lady Manager.

Three teacupfuls of pulverized sugar; one of b.u.t.ter; three tablespoonfuls of flour; one teacupful of boiling water. Beat b.u.t.ter, sugar and flour together thoroughly; stir into the boiling water; let it boil up and flavor with vanilla, and serve immediately.

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SPONGE CAKE.

From MRS. ISABELLA BEECHER HOOKER, of Connecticut, Lady Manager.

_The recipe I send for Sponge Cake was one constantly in use twenty- five years ago, when this picture was taken, and so might well be used in connection with that recipe, which is the only one in which I fell a personal interest._

_It gives me pleasure to oblige you, and I am cordially yours for womankind, also for mankind._