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She stood staring at Bridgie with horrified eyes. "Bridgie, how could you? What do you mean by it? What did you bring, and how was it made up?" "A chicken, and pies, and apples, and a tin of toffee. Everything you liked and some little rolls and a pot of butter.
"Well, our carrots are beautiful, ain't they, and our parsnips will be ever so good when we dig them," put in Dick, and Dolly murmured his assent from behind the bone he was picking. "I helped make the pies with my pumpkin," called out Robby, with a laugh which he stopped by retiring into his mug. "I picked some of the apples that the cider is made of," said Demi.
Put them up in stone jars, strewing among them some of the best brown sugar. With the stones extracted, dried cherries will be found very good for common pies. Take ripe barberries, and having stripped them from the stalks, mash them, and boil them in their juice for a quarter of an hour.
Mix the whole well together, press it into a deep pan, and keep it covered in a dry cool place. A little citron, orange, and lemon peel, should be put into each pie when made. The above quantity of mince meat may of course be reduced, in equal proportions, for small families. Mince pies without meat, are made in the following manner.
A little brandy soon, however, put me all to rights; and by the time I reached Strasbourg, I was perfectly well again, and able to do ample justice to her Splendid Pies! I attended high mass in the great Cathedral of Strasbourg, and was surprised and pleased at the sight of 10,000 soldiers, in review order, drawn up within its walls. Nothing can surpass the beauty of the view from this cathedral.
He ordered a great hamper of foodstuffs the most delicate kind of tinned goods, two perfect hams, tongues, Strassburg pies, chocolate, cakes, biscuits, and, as a last thought, half a dozen bottles of old liqueur brandy. It was to be carefully packed, addressed to Mrs. Morran, Dalquharter Station, and delivered in time for him to take down by the 7.33 train.
It delighted Adrian to see them quaffing his burgundy, and stuffing down his truffles, and his choice pies from Strasbourg, and all the delicate dishes which many of them looked at with wonder, and tasted with timidity.
Such an arrangement consists in giving a lot of grown-up children a small pie in exchange for a gold piece; and, like children of a smaller growth, they prefer the pie to the gold piece, not suspecting that they might have a couple of hundred pies for it." "What is this all about, Bixiou?" cried Couture. "Nothing more bona fide. Not a week passes but pies are offered to the public for a louis.
He was approaching his idol, which was not a heathen stock or stone, but a sweet little woman. In regard to the currants, he ventured dubiously "They might do for pies." In regard to herself, his eyes said, in spite of his purpose to be merely friendly, that she was too good for the gods of Mount Olympus.
Remove from the fire and when nearly cool, stir in a pint of good brandy and one pint of Madeira wine. Put into a crock, cover it tightly and set it in a cold place where it will not freeze, but keep perfectly cold. Will keep good all winter. Chef de Cuisine, Astor House, N. Y. MINCE PIES. No. 2. Two pounds of lean fresh beef, boiled and, when cold, chopped fine.
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