One cup of brown sugar,
Five tablespoons of shortening,
Cream well and then add
One and three-quarter cups of flour,
Four teaspoons of baking powder,
One cup of milk.
Beat to thoroughly mix. Add one cup of seeded raisins; pour in a well-greased and floured loaf-shaped pan and bake forty minutes in moderate oven.
REAL OLD VERMONT OYSTER SOUP
For six people.
Drain one dozen oysters free from the liquid, then strain the liquid into a saucepan. Wash and look carefully over the oysters to remove all bits of shell. Chop the oysters very fine and then return them to the oyster liquid. Add one tablespoon of butter and a tiny pinch of thyme; then heat to the scalding point and add two and one-half cups of scalding hot milk. Let come to a boil, remove from the fire and serve. Scald the milk in a double boiler.