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Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide

1882

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Presented as published in 1882. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Use the white wheat graham if possible. Equal parts of graham and corn meal stirred into sour buttermilk or other sour milk, with a little butter 350 DOMESTIC GUIDE. added ; soda and salt and i or more spoons of sugar. Try them, and if they are sticky the milk is too sour. Add i or 2 eggs or a little water. This is not a precise recipe, but I think no one will have trouble with it, as it can be varied con- siderably and still be good. CUSTARDS, ETC. APPLE MERINGUE. Pare, slice, stew and sweeten 6 tart juicy apples. Mash very smooth or rub through a sieve. Season with nutmeg or lemon peel. Line a generous sized plate with an under crust, and bake first. Whip the whites of 3 eggs, with 3 table^spoonfuls of pulverized sugarApple Meringue, till it stands alone. Fill the crust with apples, and then spread the eggs smoothly over the top. Return to the oven and brown nicely. If you put your eggs in a dish of cold water a while before breaking them they will beat up nicer. ITALIAN CREAM. Put the juice of i lemon and the rind of 2 to I quart of thick cream. Sweeten with half a pound of sugar, and let it stand for half an hour. Add i ounce isinglass dissolved in half a pint of water. Stir till perfectly smooth and free from lumps. Strain the whole mixture through a fine sieve, and then beat together for several minutes. Put into a mold, ';nd when cold and perfectly set turn upon a dessert dish. COOKING DIVISION. 3$ I SNOW CREAM. Sweeten a pint of cream very sweet, flavor with vanilla or lemon, as you prefer, and let it stand where it will get very cold. When nearly ready for dessert beat new-fallen snow into the cream till stiff enough to stand alone. Serve at [once. APPLE PUFFETS. Two eggs, I pint milk, sufficient flour to thicken as waffle batter, i ^ tea-spoonfuls baking powder. Fill a tea-cup alternately with a layer of batter and apples chopped fineApple Puffets. Steam i hour, and serve hot with flavored cream and sugar. You can substi- tute any fresh fruit or jams you like. VELVET CREAM. Take a package of gelatine and soak it in a cup of cold water till nearly dissolved, and then place on the stove till heated through and thoroughly smooth, having added sufficient sugar to sweeten a quart of cream. Strain through a fine sieve, and add the cream when nearly cold, stirring until well mixed. Flavor, of course. Almond is very deli- cate. Turn into a mold, and it will harden in a few minutes in cold weather. Some people use a cup of white wine instead of water, but it will be more apt to curdle. LEMON BUTTER. For tarts, i pound pulverized sugar, whites of 6 eggs and yolks of 2, 3 lemons, including grated rindsLemon Butter and juice. Cook 20 minutes over a slow fire, stirring all the while. 352 DOMESTIC GUIDE. JELLIES. LEMON JELLY. Dissolve y2 box of gelatine in i cup of cold water, grate 2 lemons, take off the thick skin and grate the pulp. Put 3 tea-cups of water into a porcelain kettle, add 3 even cups of sugarLemon Jelly, let it boil a few minutes, then add the pulp and grated rind of the lemons, also the dissolved gelatine. Put in a mold and set in a cool place. WINE JELLY. Wine Jelly