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The household gas cookery book

1900

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Presented as published in 1900. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
E hL fi I' Lem°n peel or vanilla may be substituted for the essence of almond, if preferred that of thTrke^ °f ^ CUStard must correspond with . Currant Snow.— Dissolve half an oz of melatinn solS aaddUPfUl f fh0t Water‘, Wh6n ‘his h&as dis- o ved, add a pint of water and two ounces of suvar Squeeze ,n the juice of half a lemon . Take white! of four eggs, beat them to a stiff froth, and stir it fnto vioJslv^nfvi!- nri>W 3 t half a pint of red currants (pre- i y Packed and thoroughly dried) Put intn a mould and set on ice. When firm urn out and serve with whipped cream. Black currants may be treated in the same way if liked. y tea Pinfof mil? iCr*f m - — 1 n g red i e n Cs required : Half a fruit or am ,8 °f rasPberry J'uice made from fresh little more ff’f TT? °f SU£ar if Jam is used, or a lemon i t; VrrSh frUlt ls used > thinly cut rind of i a few’rh f °f Creum’ a cupful of milk for soaking, enVp .u P ,of cochineal, and f ounce of gelatine Sout fit/6 31'"6 m SU*dent milk to covegr ft Tot about fifteen minutes, then dissolve gently over the sgu£;r Tnaaestthe h3lf Pinj °f milk> iemoT rted and sugar in a stew-pan, and stir gently over the mas Strain ‘intht th® rind’ and P°ur into a basin, itrain in the gelatine, allow to cool a little then add and the338 PrevjouHy whipped, the raspbety jute fuldanhd fddhmea Jarm ‘S used’ take one tablespoon- and steaks P?' • °/ Water’ koiI UP’ reduce a little, cold water ’ Wh r "t*0 * mouId previously rinsed in and sera Th£ \T’ tU,r" °ut on to a cold dish 1 with a thin iTh S T n would be improved if masked ha thin layer of jelly and decorated with cherries DeCOrate With fresh ^uit when fn befSsthrourS'? h‘ “ Rub HaT a P°Und of straw- eiries through a hair sieve and mash them into a L 162 THE HOUSEHOLD. pulp; soak half oz. of gelatine in a teacupful of milk, and dissolve gently over the gas ; strain into the straw¬ berry pulp, add the juice of half a lemon, and two ozs. castor sugar. Whip half-pint cream stiffly, and mingle all well together. Then pour into a mould previously wetted and stand in a cool place, i he op of the mould should be decorated with a little clear jelly and some strawberries. Arrowroot Cream. — Take an ounce of arrowroot and mix it until smooth with a little milk. Boil a quart of milk into which has been placed a small piece of cinnamon and a little nutmeg, and the rrrated rind of half a lemon with quarter of a lb. ot loal sugar. Stir this until it boils, when pour in the arrowroot and keep it boiling and stirring a t e time for five minutes. Let it cool somewhat, and then stir into it the yolk of an egg. This should be served cold. Anples with Custard. — Take four large appies, pare, core, and slice them. Fry them in butter, and when they are brown on one side, turn them over. Put them in a pie dish, and pour over them a custard made of two eggs, a cupful of cream or milk, sug and cinnamon to tasteApples with Custard. Bake, and serve wi sugar.