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8  Pickled Oysters (Miss B. M.  To 2 qts Oysters put 2 tablespoons salt, let come to a boil, then put Oysters into a bucket cold water for about five minutes; drain them, put them in a jar.  Add to Oyster liquor, black pepper, 2 or 3 pieces mace, 1 1/2 cups vinegar, 2/3 wineglass of wine; let boil a few minutes & pour over Oysters.  
Gingerbread without Eggs is recommended by a woman of frugal mind, in view of the advancing prices of these most necessary ingredients of cake.  Mix one tablespoonful of butter with half a cup of sugar and stir in two-thirds of a cup of molasses and half a cup of sour milk.  If you have no sour milk, add a dessertspoonful of vinegar to a cup of sweet milk.  To this mixture add half  a teaspoonful of cinnamon, a small tablespoonful of ginger, half a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little water, and enough sifted flour to make a rather stiff batter; then add half a cup of currants or seeded and chopped raisins.  Bake in a deep pan.

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8 Pickled Oysters (Miss B. M. To 2 qts Oysters put 2 tablespoons salt, let come to a boil, then put Oysters into a bucket cold water for about five minutes; drain them, put them in a jar. Add to Oyster liquor, black pepper, 2 or 3 pieces mace, 1 1/2 cups vinegar, 2/3 wineglass of wine; let boil a few minutes & pour over Oysters. Gingerbread without Eggs is recommended by a woman of frugal mind, in view of the advancing prices of these most necessary ingredients of cake. Mix one tablespoonful of butter with half a cup of sugar and stir in two-thirds of a cup of molasses and half a cup of sour milk. If you have no sour milk, add a dessertspoonful of vinegar to a cup of sweet milk. To this mixture add half a teaspoonful of cinnamon, a small tablespoonful of ginger, half a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little water, and enough sifted flour to make a rather stiff batter; then add half a cup of currants or seeded and chopped raisins. Bake in a deep pan.