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Page 140
... sugar , and a quarter of a pound of flour . ( Another ) Five eggs , three tea cups of flour , two of sugar , and a little cinnamon . Pound Cake - One pound of sugar , one pound of butter , one pound of flour , nine eggs , and one nutmeg ...
... sugar , and a quarter of a pound of flour . ( Another ) Five eggs , three tea cups of flour , two of sugar , and a little cinnamon . Pound Cake - One pound of sugar , one pound of butter , one pound of flour , nine eggs , and one nutmeg ...
Page 208
... Sugar . MAKING MAPLE SUGAR . - The sugar - maple is a beautiful tree , reaching the height of seventy or eighty feet , the body straight , for a long dis- tance free from limbs , and three or four feet in diameter at the base . It grows ...
... Sugar . MAKING MAPLE SUGAR . - The sugar - maple is a beautiful tree , reaching the height of seventy or eighty feet , the body straight , for a long dis- tance free from limbs , and three or four feet in diameter at the base . It grows ...
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... sugar , 1 pound ; butter , 34 pound ; four yolks and two whites of eggs ; rose- water , one wine glassful . Roll thin with fine powdered sugar , and bake on tins . BLACK CAKE ( That Will Keep A Year ) Sugar , 1 pound ; butter , 1 pound ...
... sugar , 1 pound ; butter , 34 pound ; four yolks and two whites of eggs ; rose- water , one wine glassful . Roll thin with fine powdered sugar , and bake on tins . BLACK CAKE ( That Will Keep A Year ) Sugar , 1 pound ; butter , 1 pound ...
Contents
A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY | 29 |
BEN FRANKLIN AND POOR RICHARD | 68 |
WHAT DID THEY SAY? | 133 |
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