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The Landmarks club cook book

1903

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Presented as published in 1903. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Five ripe bananas ; remove skin and pound with five ounces white sugar. Whip half pint cream to stiff froth; add the mashed fruit and half glass brandy, juice of half lemon. Mix well and add one ounce of gelatineBanana Cream that has been dissolved. Beat gently for a few minutes, put in mold, set on ice. Serve with whipped cream. A little chopped pineapple improves it. Mrs. E. Wolters. BANANA FLOAT. One box of gelatine dissolved in a teacupful of cold water. Boil three pints of milk with two-thirds cupful of sugar. Take enough hot milk to thoroughly dissolve the gelatine, then boil all together ten minutes. When cool, not stiff, break six ba- nanas with a fork ; stir in and then put on ice. Serve with cream which has been flavored to taste. Miss Maurice. BURNT ALMOND CHARLOTTE. Dip the ends of almond wafers in caramel, then in chopped nuts. Dry and fasten one to another with caramel. Dissolve caramel in cupful of hot water, add one-third of a package desserts. 155 of gelatine, half a cup of sugar and three-quarters of cup of crushed almonds. Cool. Fold in the whip from three cups of creamBurnt Almond Charlotte and turn into a mold. Mbs. Hugh W. Vail. COEEEE CREAM. * Yolks of three eggs, well beaten, with three tablespoons of fine sugar; one tablespoon cornstarch. Add little by little one pint of weak coffeeCoffee Cream. Put on stove and let come to a boil, be- ing careful to stir constantly. Let cool in small glasses and serve with whipped cream which has been slightly sweetened. Carrie T. Waddilove. DUCHESS CREAM. Three-fourths cup tapioca ; soak over night in cold water, then drain off and cover with boiling water ; then add two cups sugar, juice of two lemons, one can grated pineapple, and just before taking off the stove add the whites of two eggsDuchess Cream well beaten. Serve cold with pure sweet cream. Elisabeth Kerckhoff. GOTTER SPElSA. Cook apples with sugar and white wine until you have a nice apple sauce. Place in dish macaroons or remnants of cake, spreading them with the apple sauce. Then make a corn- starch custard with two or three yolks of eggs. Whip the whites light ; color with fruit coloring or syrup ; pour custard over apples when cool. Lastly, pile the pink floats of egg that have been sweetened. Mrs. Mary J. Schallert. HAMBURG SPONGE. Pleat the juice of one lemon and quarter cup sugar. Add the beaten yolks of four eggs and quarter cup sugar. Cook over hot water until thick. Add quarter package gelatine softened in cold water. Reheat and fold in the beaten whites of four eggsHamburg Sponge. Pour into a'border mold. When cold, fill the center with whipped cream. Garnish with candied or fresh cherries. 11 Mrs. C- F. A. Last. 156 LANDMARKS CLUB COOK BOOK. LEMON CREAM SPONGE. Four eggs, one cup sugar, two lemons, quarter box of gela- tine soaked in a teacup of cold water for an hour. ‘Beat the yolks with four tablespoons of sugar, add the juice and grated rind of the lemons, two tablespoons of hot water, tLemon Cream Spongehe balance of the sugar and place in a double boiler until it is like soft custard, adding the gelatine just before removing from the fire. When it is cold and begins to set, add the whites of the eggs beaten stiff, and whip all together until smooth. Wet a mold in cold water and pour in the mixture. Serve with cream or a soft custard. This is nice molded with wine jelly. Mrs. W. H. Burnham, Orange. LEMON JELLY.