This section is from the book "Capital City Recipes", by First Presbyterian Church (Raleigh, N.C.). Woman's Auxiliary. Also available from Amazon: Capital City Cook Book, A Collection Of Practical Tested Receipts By Many Of The Best Housekeepers.
Shank of Beef or 10-cent Soup Bone.
Cold Water - Quarts, ......................................3
Okra - Quart, ..................................................1
Tomatoes - Pint, ..............................................1
Corn and Butter Beans at your discretion.
Irish Potatoes, ................................................2
Salt and Pepper, Walnut Catsup or Worcestershire Sauce.
Crack the bone in several places and put on about 7 o'clock in the morning with cold water; set on back of stove and let it come slowly to a simmer; at 9 or 10 o'clock mince very fine the okra and tomatoes and throw them in the soup-pot. You can put in corn and butter beans at your discretion. Cut the Irish potatoes into the soup and let all simmer slowly but steadily until dinner time. Before taking off season with the salt and pepper and a tablespoonful of catsup or sauce.
Grown Fowl, ................................................1
Cold Water - Quarts, ...................................3
Raw Eggs (yolks), ........................................2
Sweet Milk - Cup, .........................................1/2
Rice - Tablespoonfus . . . ...............................2
Butter - Tablespoonful, ..................................1
Season with chopped Parsley, Pepper and Salt.
Put chicken on and let cook slowly until the meat drops from the bone; take out the chicken and add rice. About 10 minutes before serving add the other ingredients.
Oysters - Quarts, ............................................1
Milk - Quarts, ..................................................1
Butter - Heaping tablespoonfuls, ...................2
Powdered Crackers - Heaping tablespoonfuls,
2 Juice of one Lemon.
Mace - Blades....................................................4
Salt and Pepper to taste.
Heat milk and oyster liquor in separate sauce-pans; work the butter into the cracker crumbs, pour on this the boiling milk, stirring smoothly, and add hot oyster liquor. Just before serving pour in the oysters and let boil up. When taken up add lemon juice.
Potatoes-Quart,................................... 1
Water-Pint, .......................................... 1
Milk-Quarts, ........................................ 2
Butter-Tablespoonfuls,......................... 1
Chopped Parsley-Tablespoonfuls . ....... 1
Salt to taste.
Boil potatoes until soft. The water will then be reduced to one-half. Mash the potatoes in the water and pass the whole through a sieve, when there should be one quart of the potato and water. Add the milk and return to the fire. When the soup is boiling, stir in the butter, adding salt to taste, cook until creamy.
Mrs. Paul Lee
 
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