Giblet Pie

Some goose or duck giblets, water, onion, black pepper, a bunch of sweet herbs, a large teacupful of cream, sliced potatoes, plain crust, salt.

Line the edge of a pie dish with a plain crust. Stew the giblets in a small quantity of water with the seasoning till nearly done. Let them grow cold, and, if not enough to fill the dish, lay a beef, veal or two or three mutton steaks at the bottom. Add the giblets that the liquor was boiled in. Lay slices of cold potatoes on the top and cover with the crust; bake for 1 1/2 hours in a brisk oven.

Peach Pie

Puff or short crust, peaches, sugar.

Line a dish with a nice crust, skin the peaches, remove the stones, and put the fruit into the dish, with a little sugar and water. Cover with crust and bake a golden brown.

Rhubarb Pie

Rhubarb, a little lemon peel, sugar, water, short crust.

Use a deep pie dish, wipe the stalks with a clean, damp cloth, cut into pieces about an inch in length, mince the lemon peel, line the edge of the dish with the crust, then fill the dish with rhubarb, sugar and lemon, adding a cup of water. Cover with crust, making a hole in the middle. Bake about 3/4 of an hour.

Gooseberry Pie

Top and tail the berries, line the edge of a deep dish with short crust. Put the berries into it with at least 6 ounces of moist sugar and a little water. Cover with upper crust and bake from 1/2 to 3/4 of an hour.

Damson Pie

Damsons, 1/4 lb. moist sugar, crust.

Line the edge of a deep dish with crust, place a small cap in the middle, fill the dish with the fruit, sprinkling the sugar over; cover with crust and bake about 3/4 of an hour. If puff paste is used, just before it is done remove from the oven and brush over with the white of an egg, beaten to a froth. Sift a little white sugar over and return to the oven till finished.

Cocoanut Pie

One cup grated cocoanut, 1/2 pint milk, 2 crackers, 3 eggs, butter, salt, rind of 1/2 lemon, sugar if desired, puff crust.

Make a nice puff crust, line a dish and bake; when done, set aside to cool; soak the cocoanut in the milk, pound the crackers well, whisk the eggs, and grate the rind of the half lemon. Mix all together, adding a little salt, sugar and butter. When well mixed place in the pie-dish, and put in the oven to slightly brown.

Cocoanut Potato Pie

Three eggs, one large potato, 1/2 cup cocoanut, 1 pint milk, 1 tablespoonful butter, sugar to taste, and a little salt.

Boil and mash the potato and add the sugar, butter and salt, then the beaten eggs, and lastly the milk, in which part of the cocoanut has been soaked. Reserve the white of an egg for frosting; add to it the rest of the cocoanut and spread a little red sugar over the top.