The New England Frugal Housewife

Take damsons when they are first ripe, pick them carefully, wipe them clean, put them into snuff[?] bottles, stop them up tight so that no air can get to them, nor water; put nothing into the bottles but plumbs; put the bottles into cold water, handthem over the fire, let them heat slowly, let the water boil slowly, for half an hour, when the water is cold take out the bottles, set the bottles into a cold place, they will keep twelve months if the bottles are stopped tight, so as no air nor water can get to them. They will not keep long after the bottles are opened; the plumbs must be hard. American Cookery Amelia Simmons 1796 Albany New York

Strawberry Preserve. Take 3 pounds of large fair strawberries, free from steams or hulls, 4 pound sugar,1 pound raisins, place these in an earthen pot, first a sprinkle of sugar, then a laying of strawberries, another of raisins, and so alternately till the whole are placed in the pot, set it away in a cool place; if the weather should be very warm, frequently sprinkle sugar upon them, by which they will be preserved fresh and good. Apple Preserve. Take half a peck of large russet sweeting otherwise a fair sweet apple, pare and core them; take 2 quarts of soft grapes, boil them in 1 pint water till soft, squeeze out the juice, and to this the juice of one quart currants well squeezed; to this aft 3 pound sugar, also 4 whites of eggs, and the shells beat fine, scald and scum clean, then add one pint brandy, strain it thro' a piece of flannel, then add the apples, and one fresh orange cut fine; boil gently half an hour over a moderate fire, put them in a stone or earthen had, se...

Six pound flour, 2 pound honey , 1 pound sugar, 2 ounces cinnamon, 1 ounce ginger, a little orange peel, 2 teaspoons pearl-ash, 6 eggs; dissolve the pearl-ash in milk, put the whole together, listen with milk is necessary, bake 20 minutes. American Cookery Amelia Simmons 1796 Albany New York

Buck-wheat Cakes. One quart buck-wheat flour, 1 pint of milk or new beer, 3 spoons molasses, 4 d. yeast, stir well together, wet the bottom of the pan with butter or lard, and when the pan is hot put in the cakes, when done pour over butter and milk. Federal Pan Cake. Take one quart of boulted rye flour, one quart of boulted Indian meal, mix it well, and stir it with a little salt into three pints milk, to the proper consistence of pancakes; fry in lard, and serve up warm. American Cookery Amelia Simmons 1796 Albany New York

Election Cake. Thirty quarts flour, 10 pound butter, 14 pound sugar, 12 pound raisins, 3 doz eggs, one pint wine, one quart brandy, 4 ounces cinnamon, 4 ounces fine colander seed, 3 ounces ground alspice; wet the flour with milk to the consistence of break over night, adding one quart yet; the next morning work the butter and guar together for half and hour, which will render the cake much lighter and whiter; when it has rise light work in every other ingredient ecvept the plumbs, which owkr in when going in the oven. Independence Cake. Twenty pound flour, 15 pound sugar, 10 pound butter, 4 dozen eggs, one quart wine, 1 quart brandy, 1 ounce nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, mace, of each 3 ounces, two pound citron, currants and raisins 5 pound each, 1 quart yeast; when baked, frost with loaf sugar; dress with box and gold leaf. New Years Cake. Take 14 pound flour, to which add one pint milk, and one quart yeast, put these together over night, and let it lie in the sponge till morning...

One pound flour, quarter pound butter, two eggs beat, one glass wine, and nutmeg to make it palatable. American Cookery Amelia Simmons 1796 Albany New York