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365 desserts

1900

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Presented as published in 1900. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Bake 30 minutes in a moderate oven. When cool ice with the following : Break the white of 1 egg into a bowl ; add *4 the white in water and 1 teaspoonful of lemon juice ; stir in confectioner's sugar until it pours thickly from a spoon. Beat until perfectly smooth. Ice the pie and stand away to harden. — From "Table Talk," Philadelphia. 7. — Cocoanut Bread Pudding. Cover 1 cup of cocoanut with 1 quart of milk and soak 2 hours ; add 2 cups of bread crumbs and 3 eggs beaten lightCocoanut Bread Pudding without separating. Mix well, turn into a greased pudding dish and bake ^ of an hour in a moderate oven. Serve cold with hard or any sauce. — From "Table Talk," Phila- delphia. 8.— Spanish Puffs. One cup of boiled milk, 1 cup of flour, 4 eggsSpanish Puffs, boil the milk well, add the flour and stir until very smooth ; add the eggs, 1 at a time, do not beat but stir them in well. Drop in boiling lard and fry. Serve with maple syrup. 49 April. g. — A Sponge Pudding. Butter a mould ; strew it thickly over with dried currants; fill the mould ^ full with small sponge cakes soaked in wine; fill it up with a rich custard, which must be cold. Cover the mould carefully and boil an hour. Turn out and serve with custard poured over it. 10. — Plain Batter Pudding. One quart milk, 4 eggs, 6 spoonfuls of flour, a little saltPlain Batter Pudding ; bake 20 minutes. 11. — Charlotte Russe. Cover % box of gelatine with ^ cup of cold water and let it stand for y2 hour ; dis- solve over hot water. Scald 1 cup of milk, add 1 cup of granulated sugar and stir until it is dissolved and the milk looks blue. Beat 1 egg very light, add to the milk stirring all the while. Take from the fire, add to the dissolved gelatine and stir again. Flavor with 1 teaspoonful of vanilla and put away to cool. Whip 1 pt. of creamCharlotte Russe, add it to the cooled custard, turn it into a mould previously wet with cold water and stand away to 50 April. harden. When ready to use, turn out and cover with stale macaroons. — From " Table Talk," Philadelphia. 12. — Boiled Fruit Pudding. One quart crushed wheat, i teaspoon ful cinnamon, y teaspoonful cloves, 2 cupfuls sugar, 2 eggs, ]/2 lb. suet chopped fine, 1 tea- spoonful cream of tartar, y^ teaspoonful soda, y cupful molasses, ^ lb. raisins chopped fine, citron and 2 teaspoonfuls extract of lemonBoiled Fruit Pudding. Boil 2 hours. 13. — Half Hour Pudding. Boil iy pts. of milk, pour it over as many stale pieces of bread as it will soften ; let it stand 10 minutes, and add 1 unbeaten egg, 1 tablespoonful of sugar, a little butter, salt and nutmeg, 1 teaspoonful of cream of tartar, y teaspoonful of soda; beat all well to- gether and add the rest of the milk, then stir in y2 cup of currants Half Hour Pudding dusted with a little flour. Pour into a buttered bowl and steam y2 hour. Serve with a sauce. It is very nice without the currants. 51 April. 14. — Banana Fritters. Banana Fritters