DRIED PUMPKIN, FOR PIES.
527. Cut a pumpkin in half lengthwise, take out the seeds, pare off the rind, and cut it in slices about an inch thick. String it on fine twine and hang it in a dry place.
In the winter stew and use it as green pumpkin. The cheese-shaped pumpkin is the best kind for drying.
TO PREPARE SALÆRATUS.
528. Put the salæratus in a vessel, add enough cold water to dissolve it, then pour off the liquid into a bottle and cork it. Be careful to pour it off gently as a great deal of sediment settles at the bottom of the vessel in which it is dissolved.
Carbonate of ammonia is much nicer than salæratus; it is prepared in the same manner; be careful to keep the bottle corked, and keep it in a cool place.
It may be used in all the receipts where salæratus is directed; but only half the quantity is necessary—thus: if one table spoonful of the salæratus is required, half a table spoonful of ammonia will be sufficient.
LEMONADE.
529. One quart of lemon-juice,
Nine quarts of water,
Eight pounds of white sugar.