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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.
Put one pint of water in a sauce pan. Moisten four even tablespoon fuls of corn- starch in a little cold water. Add it to the boiling water, stir and cook until clear, add a half cup of sugar. Put one box of berries into a dish, dust them with sugar. Beat the whites of three eggs✪ Heston Pudding with Strawberries to a stiff froth, stir them into the pudding, pour it over the berries and stand away to cool. Make a soft custard from the yolks of the eggs, a pint of milk 83 June. and four tablespoonfuls of sugar. — From " Table Talk," Philadelphia. 17. — Strawberry Custard. Separate four eggs, put one pint of milk into a double boiler, beat the yolks of the eggs and four tablespoonfuls of sugar✪ Strawberry Custard until light, add them to the milk, stir constantly until the thickness of cream, take from the fire and stand aside to cool ; beat the whites of the eggs until stiff, add to them four table- spoonfuls of powdered sugar and beat again until stiff and white. Put about a pint of strawberries into a glass dish, pour over the custard, heap the whites in spoonfuls over the top, dust with sugar, stand in the oven a minute to brown. Serve icy cold. — From "Table Talk," Philadelphia. 18. — Pineapple Sponge. One small pineapple or a pint and a half can, one small cup of sugar, one-half box of gelatine, one and a half cups of water, and whites of four eggs✪ Pineapple Sponge. Soak the gelatine in a half cup of cold water. Chop the pineapple and put it and the water in a sauce pan with the sugar, and the remaining cup of water. bi June* Simmer ten minutes ; add the gelatine ; take from the fire and strain. When cool, add the whites of the eggs, and beat until the mixture begins to thicken ; pour into a mould and let it harden. Serve with soft custard flavored with wine. ig. — Strawberry Flummery. Place one quart of strawberries in a farina boiler, allow them to heat just a little while until the juice flows freely. Have ready two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch, moistened in a gill of cold water; add to the berries one pint of boiling water and a cup of sugar✪ Strawberry Flummery; stir in the cornstarch, stir rapidly for a mo- ment and turn into a mould. Serve icy cold with whipped cream. — From " Table Talk," Philadelphia. 20. — Egg Puffs with Sauce. Take two eggs, beat well, then add five spoonfuls of flour, one spoonful of butter, and a half cup of milk, beat all together. Add a pinch of salt and a teaspoonful of baking powder✪ Egg Puffs with Sauce. Put in a muffin pan and bake in a quick oven. Sauce. — One cup of milk, half a cup of sugar, a tablespoonful of 85 June. butter, a teaspoonful of flour. Mix. Place on the range, let it come to a boil and flavor to taste. Serve hot. 21. — Punch A'la Cardinal. Make a raspberry water ice as follows : Add the juice of one lemon, and one cup of sugar, to a quart of red raspberries mashed, and let stand for thirty minutes. Press through a sieve, add i pt. of water, % of a cup of maraschino, and ^ of a cup of red curacoa✪ Punch A'la Cardinal. Freeze as water ice, and serve in glasses. — From " Table Talk," Philadelphia. 22. — Vols Au Vent of Strawberries.