Lemon Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 tbl. spoon corn starch
• 2 tbl. spoons lemon juice
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup boiling water
• 2 tbl. spoons of butter

Method

1. 1

   Mix the corn starch, sugar and lemon juice, then add the cup of boiling water, stirring slowly.

2. 2

   Cook five minutes in a double boiler, stirring constantly.

3. 3

   Add two tablespoons of butter.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Atlanta women's club cook book (1921) by Atlanta woman's club, page 5. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LEMON SAUCE (FROM MASSACHUSETTS.) 1 tbl. spoon corn starch. 2 tbl. spoons lemon juice. Vi cup sugar. 1 cup boiling water. Mix the corn starch, sugar and lemon juice, then add the cup RECIPES FROM FAMOUS HOMES 15 of boiling water, stirring slowly. Cook five minutes in a double boiler, stirring constantly. Add two tbl. spoons of butter. Mrs. Channing H. Cox, — ^Wife of Massachusett's Governor. Boston, Massachusetts. ECLAIRS FILLED WITH SALAD (FROM GEORGIA.) 14 cup shortening. V2 cup boiling water. 1/2 cup flour. 2 eggs. Mix the ingredients ; bake, cool, cut into eclairs 4 inches long and % inches wide. Split the eclairs; line with lettuce leaf; fill each eclair with one boneless sardine mixed with 1/3 chopped hard- boiled egg and two tbl. spoons Mayonnaise. Mrs. T. W. Hardwick, — Wife of Georgia's Governor. Atlanta, Georgia. JELLIED APPLE SALAD. 1 cup diced apples. 2 tbls. sugar. 1/4 cup diced celery. 1/3 cup lemon juice. l/i cup chopped figs. 14 t-spoon salt. 2 tbls. gelatine. 2 red pimentos, cut in small 1/4 cup cold water. strips. 1 and 1/2 cups boiling water. Mix ingredients with mayonnaise. Soften gelatine with cold water. Dissolve with boiling water. Add ingredients to the gelatine mixture. Pour into mold. When congealed serve with Mayonnaise. Mrs. T. W. Hardwick, Atlanta, Georgia. "UNCLE REMUS" RECIPES. "I'se mighty glad you said dat," remarked Uncle Remus, smacking his lips, "kaze ef you hadn't said it, I'd 'a' been bleeze ter say it myse'f." (From "The Reason Why.") DEVILED SHRIMP. 1 can shrimp, or one pint fresh Mince shrimp and add tomatoes, shrimp. mixing thoroughly. 1 can tomatoes. A half cup tomato catsup is an 1 tbl. butter. improvement. Red or black pepper and salt to Cover the whole with crackei taste, crumbs and brown on Stew tomatoes and when nearly top. done, season. Mrs. Joel Chandler Harris, Atlanta, Georgia. FROZEN FRUIT CAKE. 1 cup white raisins. 1 cup macaroons. 1 cup chopped pecans. 1 pt. whipped cream. 1 cup lady fingers. 1 pt. boiled custard. Break lady fingers and macaroons in large crumbs. Put rai- 16 ATLANTA WOMAN'S CLUB COOK BOOK sins in whole. Cut nuts in quarters. Whip the cream slightly. Mix all together lightly with pint of boiled custard. To freeze : Put mixture in mold (with hole in center). Cover contents with waxed paper. Put lid on mold. Pack well. Let it remain packed three-and-one-half hours. When ready to serve, pour hot water over mold. Slide on platter. Pour glass of eggnog in hole in center. Mrs. Joel Chandler Harris, "Wren's Nest," Atlanta. Georgia. STEAMED HUCKLEBERRY PUDDING (FROM GEORGIA). 1 qt. berries. II/2 cups milk. 1 cup syrup (Georgia cane). % t-spoon soda. 1/2 t-spoon salt. Flour. "Wash and dry berries; flour them as if for fruit cake. Stir soda into syrup; add milk and salt; add flour sufficient to make very stiff batter. Carefully stir in berries — avoid breaking them ; put in greased steamer or mold ; steam three hours, and serve with hard sauce. Mrs. Hugh Dorsey, Wife of former Governor of Georgia. RICE WAFFLES. (FROM DELAWARE). 1 34 cups flour. 1 egg. 2 tbls. sugar. 2/3 cups cold cooked rice broken 4 t-spoons Royal Baking pow- up with fork. der. 1 1/2 cups warm milk. 1 tbl. melted butter. Mix and sift dry ingredients; add rice, milk, well-beaten egg yolk, butter, and egg white beaten stiff. Mrs. W. D. Denney, (Wife of Delaware's Governor). BAKED OYSTERS. (FROM ALABAMA). 3 pts. oysters. 1 t-spoon Worcestershire 1 pt. tomato catsup. Sauce. 1 cup cream. Pepper and salt to taste. Butter size of an egg. Open oyster shells, and boil oysters slightly in their own li- quid ; then combine this with sauce made of the remaining ingred- ients', place in oyster shells, and bake in oven, adding sauce from time to time, until all possible is used. Care must be taken not to have the oven too hot, or juice will burn on edges. Fancy shells may be used or ramekins. Mrs. Thos E. Kilby, (Wife of Governor of Alabama). FRUIT SALAD. 1 can pineapple. 1 stalk celery. 1 grape fruit. 1 cup pecan meats. 1 can white cherries. 2 lemons (juice). 1/2 box gelatine. RECIPES FROM FAMOUS HOMES 17 Cut celery, pineapple, and grapefruit in pieces. Add nuts chopped fine, cherries stoned, and juice of lemons. Use juice of pineapple and cherries. Put gelatine in i/i cup cold water, dissolve by setting cup in hot water. Stir into fruit and congeal. Serve with Mayonnaise. Mrs. Thos E. Kilby, (Wife of Governor of Ala). PRUNE WHIP. 1 lb. prunes. 1/2 cup sugar

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