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The century cook book

1894

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Presented as published in 1894. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Boiled Frosting No. 2. Boil i cupful of sugar vath Yt. a cupful of water; boil without stirring until the syrup is thick, take from the fire and when partially cool add the beaten white of i ^g%. Liemon Icing. One cupful of sugar, the juice of i lemon, and i beaten tgg\ put on the stove and let come to a boil, stir until cool and use. CREAMS AND CUSTARDS Ice Cream No. 1. Put i quart of milk in the double boiler; let come to a boil and then stir in i coffee cupful of sugar, and 3 beaten eggs. Put in the freezer and when partly frozen add )^ of a pint of rich sweet creamIce Cream No. 1, then finish freezing. Ice Cream No. 2. Three quarts of milk, i quart of cream, 3 cupfuls of sugar, ^ cupful of flour, whites of 6 eggsIce Cream No. 2. Take a pint of the milk and put in the double boiler and let it come to a boil; mix tTie flour with some of the cold milk and stir into the hot milk, add the sugar and pour the mixture into the remainder of the cold milk; stir in the well beaten whites of 6 eggs, flavor to suit taste, and freeze. Ice Cream No. 3. One quart of rich milk, 7 eggs, yolks and whites beaten separately, 4 cupfuls of sugar, 2 quarts of sweet cream, six teaspoonfuls of flavoringIce Cream No. 3. Put the milk in a double boiler and heat almost to boiling; beat the yolks very light, add the sugar and heat a little longer; then, little by little, add the boiling milk, beating all the while; stir in the well beaten whites of the eggs, return to the boiler and cook until it is as thick as boiled custard, stirring steadily all the time. Take off the fire and when quite cold stir in the cream and flavoring, and freeze. Chocolate Ice Cream. Make a gallon of ice cream after any of the foregoing rules. Shave two bars of good 138 Creams and Custards 139 chocolate in a little milk, sweeten to taste, and add to the ice cream when partly frozen, and then finish freezing. Berry Ice Cream. Any kind of berries may be used for this. Mash thoroughly in a large bowl I quart of berries with i pound of sugar, rub through a colander, add i quart of sweet cream, and freeze. Very ripe peaches may be used instead of berries. Coffee Ice Cream. To 3 quarts of pure cream add one pint decoction of very strong coffee and 2 pounds of Berries. sugar, and freeze. Lemon Ice. Take the juice of 4 lemons, I pound of sugar and i quart of boiling water. Let cool, and just before freezing add the beaten whites of three eggs, and freeze. The Coffee Plant. Orange Jelly. Grate the peel of one orange, and pour over it one pint of boiling water; when cool add the juice of four oranges, two cupfuls of sugar, one box of gelatine dissolved in a pint of water, strain and put into a mould. Pineapple Jelly. Pare a medium-sized pineapple, grate, add to it one quart of water and boil for fifteen or twenty minutes; add to it one and one-half cupfuls of sugar, and two-thirds of a box of gelatine, dissolved in a little cold water. Strain through a flannel bag and put into moulds and set in a cold place. Lemon Jelly. Put one box of gelatine in a bowl, and Orange Jelly. 140 Creams and Custards