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Kirmess cook book

1907

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Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
This IB a mixture of chocolate and coffee which is often served for luncheons or afternoon receptions . To prepare it mix together one cupful of Huyler's grated chocolate and one cupful of sugar. Add two tablespoonfuls of boiling water and stir at the side of the fire until the chocolate and sugar have entirely dissolved. Gradually blend with this one cupful of boiling water and three cupfuls scalding hot milk. Turn into a double boiler, cover and cook for ten minutes, then add one pint of clear strong drip coffee. Cook for five minutes longer, or it may now, if necessary, be kept at the side of the fire until needed. At the proper time take off, and add and blend a little of it with the well beaten yolks of two eggs, stir in one-half of a teaspoonful of vanillaChooa and serve at once, dropping a teaspoonful of whipped cream into each cup. This quantity will serve from twelve to eighteen cupfuls, according to the size of the cup. BOILED COFFEE. Mrs. Sceley's Cook Book. Use as much ground coffee as is needed, allowing one tablespoon of coffee to one cup of boiling water. Place on the range, and when it comes to a boil, un- cover and remove from the fire. Let it stand two or three minutes, then cover it, and replace over the fire. 458 KIRMESS CCMDK BOOK. The instant it boils^ remove and let it stand five minutes. It is then ready to serve. Sometimes an egg is beaten up and with a little cold water is mixed witti the coffee before the boiling water is poured on. This is to clear it. BLACK COFFEE. Place six tablespoons of ground coffee in the strainer of a drip coffee-pot Pour over it three cups of boiling water. Let it stand a minute or two after it has drained and then serve. The coffee must be ground very fine and the water must be boiling. CAFE AU LAIT. Make strong black coffee and, while hot, add to it one-third as much scalding milk. Cover and set in boil- ing water until needed. ICED COFFEE. Set aside cafe au lait until cold. Fill tumblers half- full of cracked ice; sugar to taste, and pour in the coffee. Put whipped cream on top. COFFEE ENOUGH FOR FIFTY AFTEB-DINNEB CUPS. Mrs. T. R. Chambers. One pound Mocha and Java, equal parts, wet with cold water, and add three eggs. Turn on four quarts of cold water and bring to a boil for fifteen minutes. RUSSIAN TEA. Mrs. F. L. Sherwood, Hoboken. Pour just enough boiling water over three generous tablespoons of English breakfast tea to cover it. Let it stand a minute, then draw the water off. Pour in BEVERAGES, 469 half a pony of Jamaica mm and three pints of boiling water. Leave it to steep for three or four minutes. Serve in cups with thin slices of lemon^ powdered sugar, and a decanter of Jamaica rum on a tray. TEA. I Mrs. Seeley's Cook Book. First scald the teapot and then allow one teaspoonful of tea for each cup of boiling water, and an extra one for the pot. Let stand for a few minutes and then serve. English breakfast tea should stand at least five minutes before it is served. ICE TEA. Mrs. Seeley's Cook Book. Strain the liquid from the leaves within a few min- utes after it is poured on. Set away until cold. Half- fill glasses with cracked ice ; add a slice of peeled lemon, a squeeze of lemon juice (if desired), and granulated sugar to taste. ROOT BEEB. Marion Harland.