Soak apricots over night in cold water. When soaked add raisins, lemon juice, orange sliced very thin, with slices cut in small pieces, and corn syrup. Bring to boiling point and simmer for about one and one-quarter hours. Add nuts 15 minutes before taking from fire.
Fruit and Peanut Butter (for Sandwiches) (11)
Dates, 1/4 cup Figs, 1/4 cup Peanut butter, 1/2 cup Salt, 1/2 teaspoon Lemon juice, 1-1/2 tablespoons Raisins, 1/4 cup Corn syrup (light), 2 tablespoons
Wash figs, raisins, and dates, and put through food chopper. Add salt, peanut butter, lemon juice, and corn syrup, and mix well.
Pitted plums, 1 pound (2 dozen plums) Raisins, 1/3 pound Cold water, 1/2 cup Walnuts, 1/8 pound (1/4 cup) Oranges, 2 Corn syrup, 1/3 cup
Wash and cut plums in pieces: add chopped raisins, orange pulp and peel, cut very fine; corn syrup and water; boil until it is of the consistency of marmalade (about one and one-half hours of slow cooking). Add walnuts five minutes before removing from fire.
Barley, 1/2 cup Boiling water, 3 cups Salt, 1/2 teaspoon Left over gravy, 3/4 cup
Soak barley over night. Drain. Cook in boiling salted water until tender. Drain. Add left over gravy and bake for 20 minutes in a moderate oven. If one has a meat bone, or left over bits of meat, these may be boiled with the barley to give it flavor.
Beef, lower round, 1 pound Red kidney beans, 1 cup Onion, 1 Canned tomatoes, 1 cup, or 2 or 3 fresh tomatoes Salt pork, 2 ounces
Wash the beans and soak them over night. Cut the pork into small pieces and try out the fat. Cut the beef into small pieces and brown it in the pork fat, then add the vegetables with water enough to cover. Cook just below the boiling point for about three hours.
Milk (hot), 1-1/3 cups Bread crumbs, 1-1/3 cups Butter, 1 tablespoon Eggs, 4 Cheese, 1/3 pound (1-1/3 cups grated or 1 cup cut in pieces) Salt, 1/2 teaspoon
Mix the water, bread crumbs, salt, and cheese; add the yolks thoroughly beaten; into this mixture cut and fold the whites of eggs beaten until stiff. Pour into a buttered dish and cook 30 minutes in a moderate oven. Serve at once.
Corned beef (cold, left over), 1-1/2 cups Dice potatoes (cooked), 2-1/4 cups Turnips (cooked), 1 cup Onion, chopped fine, 1 small Carrots (cooked), 1/2 cup Water, 3/4 cup Fat, 3 tablespoons