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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.
One pint of milk, one tablespoonful of melted butter, three and one-half cups of flour, three eggs, two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one pint of strawberriesBatter Pudding with Strawberries. Beat the eggs, whites and yolks together until light, then add the milk, then the flour, and heat until smooth, then add the butter melted, salt and baking powder. Dredge the berries with flour, stir them into the pudding, and turn into a greased pudding mould. Cover, stand in a pot of boiling water and boil continu- ously for three hours. If the water evapo- rates in the pot, replenish with boiling water. Serve with hard sauce flavored with sherry.— From « Table Talk." 17. — Brazilian Pudding. Put 2 cups of stale bread crumbs into 1 qt. of milk ; beat with a No. 1 Keystone beater, the yolks of 4 eggs and y£ cup of sugarBrazilian Pudding until very light, then beat the whites until stiff and dry. Now add the yolks and sugar to the bread and milk and then stir in the whites. Butter a pudding mould, spread the bottom with raisins, pour in the mixture and bake in 68 May. a moderate oven \x/2 hours. Serve cold. —From "Table Talk," Philadelphia. 18. — Cocoanut Tarts. Put y2 lb. of sugar and i gill of water in a sauce pan, stir over the fire until the sugar is dissolved, then boil hard just one minute ; add i cup of grated cocoanut and boil 2 minutes longer. Stand away to cool, beat the yolks of 3 eggs and the white of one to a very light cream, add this to the cocoanut when cold and beat until light. If properly beaten it will look like a sponge cake batter. Have ready pie tins lined with a nice light paste ; fill with this mixture and bake in a quick oven 25 minutes. Beat the whites of 2 eggsCocoanut Tarts until light, add 2 tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar ; mix and heap over the top of the tarts, return to the oven a moment to brown. — From "Table Talk," Philadelphia. 19. — Vanilla Parfait. Whip 1^ pts. of cream until light and dry. After all the cream is nicely whipped add ^ of a cup of powdered sugar and a dessertspoonful of vanilla, mix carefully and pour into a mould that has a tight-fitting 69 May. cover. Put on the lid and bind the crevice with a strip of muslin dipped in suet ; pack the moulds in salt and ice, cover and stand away for 2 hours to quietly freeze. This is especially nice with frozen fruits. — " Table Talk." 20. — Strawberry Water Ice. One qt. of strawberry juice, the juice of 2 lemons, 1 lb. of sugar and 1 pt. of water; mix well and stand aside for 1 hour and then freeze it.— "Table Talk," Phila. 21. — Cerealine Blocks With Jelly. Put 1 pint of cream in a double boiler, add sufficient cerealine, about 1^ cups, to make a thick batter ; add a teaspoonful of salt and beat until smooth and light, turn into a square tin mould to cool ; when cold, turn out and cut into blocks. Drop quickly into smoking hot fat and cook until a golden brown. Drain on soft brown paper; dust with powdered sugar and serve with the following : Currant Jelly Sauce. — Put y2 tumbler of currant jelly into a bowl and beat until it is thoroughly aerated ; then mix in carefully the well-beaten white of one egg ; stand in a cold place until wanted. — "Table Talk." 70 May. 22. — Delmonico Pudding. Royal Fritters