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Presented as published in 1890. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Salad of Corn-Salad.— Pare oft the outer stale leaves and the roots from lqt. of Corn- Salad, wash in several waters, drain in a cloth, and arrange in a salad- bowl. Season with salt and pepper diluted in 1 salad-spoonful of vine- gar and lj salad-spoonfuls of sweet oil. Mix well when about to serve, but not before. Salad of Corn-Salad with Beetroots. — Arrange 1 pint of Corn-Salad and three medium-sized boiled beetroots cut in slices in a salad-bowl, and season the same as for Salad of Corn-Salad. Salad of Corn-Salad with Hard-boiled Eggs.— The same as for Salad of Corn-Salad, but when about to serve garnish with two hard-boiled eggs cut into quarters. CORNUCOPIAS. — Vessels of this shape are great favourites with artistic confectioners, as indicating hospi- Fig. 529. Corn-Salad. Fig. 530. Cornucopia Moulds. Cornflour Timbale. — Make a smooth batter with Cornflour and boiling- water, stir it over the fire, and boil for ten minutes ; tality as well as abundance. The term is derived from two Latin words signifying “ horn ” and “ plenty.” In For details respecting Culinary Processes, Utensils, Sauces, etc., referred to, see under their special heads. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL COOKERY. 445 Cornucopias — continued. heathen mythology Ceres, the goddess of agriculture, is generally represented holding a “horn of plenty” filled to overflowing with corn and fruit. To make these of paste or nougat, special moulds are required (see Figs. 530 and 531), which can he obtained of most manufacturers of confectioners’ utensils. Fruit stands made in glass and silver for holding fruits (see Fig. 532) as if pouring from Cornucopias are not un- common. For instructions in this kind of work reference should he made to Gum-paste. Cornucopia Biscuits. — Put in a basin ilb. of caster sugar, two eggs, and | saltspoonful of salt ; work these together with a spoon for ten minutes, stir in gradually 2oz. of flour, add 4 dessert-spoonfuls of orange-flower waterCornucopia Biscuits, and work the paste ten minutes longer. Butter a baking-sheet, drop the paste on in small round drops with a spoon, put them at once into the oven before they spread too much, let the heat be moderate, and keep them in it for six minutes; take them out, detach the biscuits, and twist them, one at a time, upon a pointed wooden tool that is used for that purpose to give them a Cornucopia or sugar-loaf shape. Put them away in a dry place, and when ready to serve fill them with whipped cream and strawberries, and ornament the outsides with icing. Cornucopia of Glacees Fruits. — Make some nougat-paste, and mix in 12oz. of almonds cut in fillets and 6oz. of caster sugar ; oil a Cornucopia-mould and line it with the nougat-paste ; when it is firm, remove the mould, and put the Cornucopia on a Cornucopias — continued. dish with the pointed end turned up. It must be supported underneath with a stem made of nougat-paste. Ornament the opening of the Cornucopia with leaves formed out of almond-paste or gum-paste ; arrange in the hollow pre- -tOS si Fig. 533. Cornucopia of Glacees Fruits. served and fresh fruits glacees with syrup boiled to the crack (see Sugar-boiling). When grouping the fruits, cut out some imitation leaves in candied angelica ; do not stick them on with gum or sugar, as they would be difficult to remove when serving. See Fig. 533. CORNWALL PUDDING. — See Puddings.