Pour one quart of boiling water over four tablespoonfuls of whole flaxseed and steep three hours. Strain and sweeten to taste, and add the juice of two lemons. Add a little more water if the liquid seems too thick. This is soothing in colds.
Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book, by Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln, Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Pie Crust Glaze
In making any pie which has a juicy mixture, the juice soaks unto the crust making it soggy and unfit to eat, to prevent this:
Beat an egg well and with a brush or bit of cloth, wet the crust of the pie with the beaten egg, just before you put in the pie mixture.
For pies which have a top crust also, wet the top with the same before baking, which gives it a beautiful yellow brown. It gives beauty also to biscuit, ginger cakes, and is just the thing for rusk by putting in a little sugar.
Dr. Chase's Recipes by Alvin Wood Chase, M.D., Ann Arbor, MI 1864
Beat an egg well and with a brush or bit of cloth, wet the crust of the pie with the beaten egg, just before you put in the pie mixture.
For pies which have a top crust also, wet the top with the same before baking, which gives it a beautiful yellow brown. It gives beauty also to biscuit, ginger cakes, and is just the thing for rusk by putting in a little sugar.
Dr. Chase's Recipes by Alvin Wood Chase, M.D., Ann Arbor, MI 1864
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