the same, forming as it were a basket with a
handle, the same as you make orange baskets.
Take all the ripe portion and put aside in an
earthen bowl and trim the handle and basket
in good shape. Remove the seeds from the
pulp and with a silver spoon chop and mash
the pulp of a large watermelon, add i cup
powdered sugar, stir until the sugar is dis-
solved, turn into a freezer and freeze. When
ready to serve put back into the watermelon
rind and serve at once. It will require the
ripe portion of two melons to fill the basket
full, in a small family a basket might be made
from half the rind, making a long handle,
take from the bottom a slice to make it stand
even.— "Table Talk."
13. — Huckleberry Shortcake.
Beat 2 tablespoon fuls butter to a cream
with y2 cup of sugar; add 1 egg unbeaten,
and beat the mixture very light ; add 4 ta-
blespoonfuls milk and % of a cup of flour,
to which has been added 1 teaspoonful bak-
ing powder ; mix quickly and lightly. Bake
in well greased, deep pie-plates for 20 min-
utes in a moderate oven. The berries must
be slightly cooked with a little sugar to start
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the juice, then spread on the cakes. — " Table
Talk."
14. — Peach Sherbet.
Take a qt. can of fine peaches, rub
through a sieve. Add 1 pt. water, 1 cup
sugar, and 1 cup orange juice. Freeze like
a punch and serve in glasses, adding a table-
spoonful of champagne to each glass when
served. — From "Table Talk."
15. — Ambrosia.
Slice l/z doz. oranges and place a layer of
them in a glass dish. Strew over it powdered
sugar and then a layer of dessicated cocoa-
nut. Repeat alternate layers of fruit and
cocoanut until the dish is full. — From "Ta-
ble Talk," Philadelphia.
16. — Batter Pudding With Peaches.
Beat 2 eggs without separating until very
light ; add ^ pt. milk then 3 cups flour ; beat
until smooth. Add a tablespoonful melted
butter, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder; beat
again and stir in carefully 6 peaches, pared
and cut into squares. Pour this into the
mould and boil continuously for 2 hours. —
From "Table Talk," Philadelphia.
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17. — Pudding A'La Zouave.
Blanch ^ lb. almonds, pound them in a
mortar, a few at a time, adding ^ lb of butter ;
then add 4 well beaten eggs, y2 pt. milk, ]/2
pt. sugar, and a glass of raisin wine. Mix
this until it forms a smooth paste, then stir in
1 lb. grated apples, these ingredients being
properly mingled, put it into a well buttered
mould and bake 1 hour. The raisin wine is
simply water in which raisins have been
steeped for two hours, then cover and stand
in a cool place 24 hours. — From "Table
Talk," Philadelphia.
18.— Baked Peach Pudding.
Boil y2 cup rice until tender in plenty of
boiling salted water, drain, put in a farina
boiler with 1 cup peach juice. Cook until
the juice is nearly or quite absorbed, then
stir into it 1 cup granulated sugar, and 2 ta-
blespoonfuls butter and yolks of 2 eggs, stir
until the sugar is dissolved. Grease a pud-
ding dish, put in a layer of rice then a layer
of peaches and so on until the dish is filled.
Bake 30 minutes. — "Table Talk."
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19. — Tapioca and Peach Jelly. ✪ Frozen Plum Pudding
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the same, forming as it were a basket with a handle, the same as you make orange baskets. Take all the ripe portion and put aside in an earthen bowl and trim the handle and basket in good shape. Remove the seeds from the pulp and with a silver spoon chop and mash the pulp of a large watermelon, add i cup powdered sugar, stir until the sugar is dissolved, turn into a freezer and freeze. When ready to serve put back into the watermelon rind and serve at once. It will require the ripe portion of two melons to fill the basket full, in a small family a basket might be made from half the rind, making a long handle, take from the bottom a slice to make it stand even.— "Table Talk."
13. — Huckleberry Shortcake. Beat 2 tablespoon fuls butter to a cream with y2 cup of sugar; add 1 egg unbeaten, and beat the mixture very light ; add 4 tablespoonfuls milk and % of a cup of flour, to which has been added 1 teaspoonful baking powder ; mix quickly and lightly. Bake in well greased, deep pie-plates for 20 minutes in a moderate oven. The berries must be slightly cooked with a little sugar to start
August.
the juice, then spread on the cakes. — " Table Talk."
14. — Peach Sherbet. Take a qt. can of fine peaches, rub through a sieve. Add 1 pt. water, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup orange juice. Freeze like a punch and serve in glasses, adding a tablespoonful of champagne to each glass when served. — From "Table Talk."
15. — Ambrosia.
Slice l/z doz. oranges and place a layer of them in a glass dish. Strew over it powdered sugar and then a layer of dessicated cocoanut. Repeat alternate layers of fruit and cocoanut until the dish is full. — From "Table Talk," Philadelphia.
16. — Batter Pudding With Peaches.
Beat 2 eggs without separating until very light ; add ^ pt. milk then 3 cups flour ; beat until smooth. Add a tablespoonful melted butter, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder; beat again and stir in carefully 6 peaches, pared and cut into squares. Pour this into the mould and boil continuously for 2 hours. — From "Table Talk," Philadelphia.
August*
17. — Pudding A'La Zouave.
Blanch ^ lb. almonds, pound them in a mortar, a few at a time, adding ^ lb of butter ; then add 4 well beaten eggs, y2 pt. milk, ]/2 pt. sugar, and a glass of raisin wine. Mix this until it forms a smooth paste, then stir in 1 lb. grated apples, these ingredients being properly mingled, put it into a well buttered mould and bake 1 hour. The raisin wine is simply water in which raisins have been steeped for two hours, then cover and stand in a cool place 24 hours. — From "Table Talk," Philadelphia.
18.— Baked Peach Pudding.
Boil y2 cup rice until tender in plenty of boiling salted water, drain, put in a farina boiler with 1 cup peach juice. Cook until the juice is nearly or quite absorbed, then stir into it 1 cup granulated sugar, and 2 tablespoonfuls butter and yolks of 2 eggs, stir until the sugar is dissolved. Grease a pudding dish, put in a layer of rice then a layer of peaches and so on until the dish is filled. Bake 30 minutes. — "Table Talk."
August*
19. — Tapioca and Peach Jelly.
Records on this page
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