I found these recipes in some photographs of the newspapers. I don’t have a date for them but will add it when the newspapers arrived in our cargo shipment.
Blackberry Cordial.
Blackberry cordial is an invaluable home-made drink for hot weather disorders of the stomach. To make it, squeeze blackberries enough to make a quart of juice, add it to a pound of loaf sugar and the dissolve, heating it slowly. Add to it one teaspoonfull of cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. Boil all together twenty minutes. On removing from the fire add a wineglass of brandy. Put in bottles while hot and seal. Use a teaspoonful for a glass of iced water.
Stringbeans for Winter Use.
String the beans and cut them up in as thin pieces as possible. In the bottom of a stone crock put a thick layer of salt, then layer the beans, till the crock is full, taking care that the top is covered with salt. Put the cover on, keep in a cool, dark place. I filled a three-gallon crock last fall and kept it in the cellar all winter. I used the last only a few weeks ago, and they were just as good as fresh beans.
