Fowl cooked in pressure cooker under 20 pounds pressure will become tender in from 30 to 40 minutes.
Fowl, if nearly covered with boiling water and boiled 5 minutes, will become tender if cooked in fireless cooker for 5 or 6 hours.
SPICED FIGS
Wash
½ pound pulled figs, and soak 1 hour in
Cold water to cover. Drain, put in saucepan with
1 cup vinegar and
1 ½ cups sugar.
Put in a cheesecloth bag
1 tablespoon whole cloves and a
12-inch stick of cinnamon broken in pieces, and cook all for 50 minutes or until figs are tender.
SPICED JELLY
Put in saucepan
1 cup syrup strained from spiced figs or other spiced or sweet pickled fruit.
Bring to boiling point, add
¼ cup commercial pectin, boil ½ minute and turn into glasses or individual molds.
WAFFLES
Sift together
1 ½ cups pastry flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
½ teaspoon soda; add slowly
1 ¼ cups sour cream or rich sour milk or a mixture of the two, and 3 egg yolks, well beaten.