Put the sugar and gelatine into the
milk and set over a slow fire or at the side
and stir frequently until the gelatine^ is
dissolved. ^ When it shows signs of begin-
ning to boil, take off and strain into a pan
and set away on ice or otherwise make it
cold. ^ While it is cooling stir up and
flavor it and add the cup of cream cold.
It will set like jelly when quite cold ; may
be set in cups or molds and turned out,
or cut in squares and served with Svveet-
ened cream. Not essential to have cream
but needs rich milk. May be flavored
with orange or lemon peel boiled m it or
with extracts.
1067— If— A Bundle of Suppositions.
If the colonel and his young wife desire
to indulge in meals a little more expensive
than their neighbors*, as has been the de-
sire of wealthy epicures in all times, they
can do so by only eating oatmeal ana
cream, for if they only take a large^ cup-
ful each of oatmeal mush requiring i
cent's worth each of oatmeal to make,
and take 2 cups each of delicious cold
cream to eat it with, the cream at city
price will cost 30 cents for the two and it
will be 16 cents a plate or the average of
our highest-priced dinners, for a very in-
complete meal, and as their one maid
servant will inevitably cost them the
same rate, they will be at an_ expense of
24 cents a meal each for provisions alone,
and not much provisions either; but if
they will take their i cent's worth of oat-
meal with 2 cents' worth of milk that will
be a different affair and much better for
their health and temper.
jC4.
SAN FRANCISCO HOTEL GAZETTE'S
To be extravagant with buckwheat
cakes let them have all the cakes they can
eat, which if raised with yeast will only
cost them 2 cents each, and put between
them J^ cup of line creamy butter at the
city price of 40 cents a pound or 5 cents
the Vq. cup, and ^ cup more of pure Ver-
mont maple syrup at $1.40 a .gallon, or
5 cents the y^ cup, and their plate of
cakes will cost 12 cents each for material
alone, which is higher than the avera;^e
of any breakfast or supper that we have
set out in this book; but if they will take
elegant silver drips which can be bought
now at 60 cents a gallon or 4 cents a cup
and restrict themselves to restaurant al-
lowance of ^ ounce of butter or even
forego it altogether, their cake breakfast
need not cost more than 4 or 5 cents each
person.
It is very likely that the colonel's young
wife would be able to prevail on the i
butchei to cut out tenderloin steaks for
her, such as they used to get by favor
at our Summer house, but it would be
much against his will as it spoils the loin
and he would be obliged to charge her at
least 40 cents a pound. 1 aking a quarter
pound each and a can of best button
mushrooms at 40 cents and ^ cup butter
for the sauce, and rolls, butter and coffee,
they will have managed to spend 40 cents
each for the miterial for a breakfast and,
allowing in a selection of this sort that 10
cents more will feed the girl it is 50 cents
each for the meal and $1.50 for the three
meals of one day, a sum that with careful
management and good cooking might
provision them for a whole week at a
Summer house after the method which
these iDreceding pages have shown ; for if,
instead of the 40-cent steak and 40-cent
mushrooms or peas, she will take a pound
of steak at 10 cents and 10 cpnts worth of
peas — either gree
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Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Put the sugar and gelatine into the milk and set over a slow fire or at the side and stir frequently until the gelatine is dissolved. When it shows signs of beginning to boil, take off and strain into a pan and set away on ice or otherwise make it cold. While it is cooling stir up and flavor it and add the cup of cream cold. It will set like jelly when quite cold ; may be set in cups or molds and turned out, or cut in squares and served with Sweetened cream. Not essential to have cream but needs rich milk. May be flavored with orange or lemon peel boiled m it or with extracts.
1067— If— A Bundle of Suppositions.
If the colonel and his young wife desire to indulge in meals a little more expensive than their neighbors, as has been the desire of wealthy epicures in all times, they can do so by only eating oatmeal ana cream, for if they only take a large cupful each of oatmeal mush requiring i cent's worth each of oatmeal to make, and take 2 cups each of delicious cold cream to eat it with, the cream at city price will cost 30 cents for the two and it will be 16 cents a plate or the average of our highest-priced dinners, for a very incomplete meal, and as their one maid servant will inevitably cost them the same rate, they will be at an expense of 24 cents a meal each for provisions alone, and not much provisions either; but if they will take their i cent's worth of oatmeal with 2 cents' worth of milk that will be a different affair and much better for their health and temper.
jC4.
To be extravagant with buckwheat cakes let them have all the cakes they can eat, which if raised with yeast will only cost them 2 cents each, and put between them J^ cup of line creamy butter at the city price of 40 cents a pound or 5 cents the Vq. cup, and ^ cup more of pure Vermont maple syrup at $1.40 a .gallon, or 5 cents the y^ cup, and their plate of cakes will cost 12 cents each for material alone, which is higher than the average of any breakfast or supper that we have set out in this book; but if they will take elegant silver drips which can be bought now at 60 cents a gallon or 4 cents a cup and restrict themselves to restaurant allowance of ^ ounce of butter or even forego it altogether, their cake breakfast need not cost more than 4 or 5 cents each person.
It is very likely that the colonel's young wife would be able to prevail on the i butchei to cut out tenderloin steaks for her, such as they used to get by favor at our Summer house, but it would be much against his will as it spoils the loin and he would be obliged to charge her at least 40 cents a pound. 1 aking a quarter pound each and a can of best button mushrooms at 40 cents and ^ cup butter for the sauce, and rolls, butter and coffee, they will have managed to spend 40 cents each for the miterial for a breakfast and, allowing in a selection of this sort that 10 cents more will feed the girl it is 50 cents each for the meal and $1.50 for the three meals of one day, a sum that with careful management and good cooking might provision them for a whole week at a Summer house after the method which these preceding pages have shown ; for if, instead of the 40-cent steak and 40-cent mushrooms or peas, she will take a pound of steak at 10 cents and 10 cents worth of peas — either gree