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1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Lemon Rice. — Thickly peel a large Lemon ; cut the peel into shreds, and boil them in a little water till soft. Boil Jib. of well-washed rice in lqt. of new- milk with a little caster sugar added ; when very soft, turn the rice into a mould and set it in a cold place. Strain the boiled Lemon-peel, pour over 1 teacupful of fresh water, put in a stewpan with the strained juice of one LemonLemon Rice and caster sugar to taste, and let it stew gently for two hours. Turn the rice into a dish, pour the syrup and shreds of Lemon- peel over, and serve. Lemon Rings. — Cut some Lemons in slices, then with a knife carefully cut out all the pulp close to the white pith. Boil the rings in salted water and, when soft, finish as directed for Dried Lemon Slices. Lemon Rocks. — Rub Jib. of loaf sugar on the rind of two Lemons, then pound in a mortar, and pass it through a fine wire sieve. Whisk the whites of two eggs to a stiff froth, then mix in the sugar and beat the whole for twenty minutes or half-an-hour. Spread a sheet of buttered paper over a baking-tin, drop the mixture on it in small quan- tities with a table-spoon, leaving them just as they fall, and place them in a moderate oven until dry. Take the rocks off the paper while warm. Lemon Roll Cakes. — Slightly warm, without oiling, 2oz. of butter, and beat it together with 2oz. of caster sugar ; dissolve 1 table-spoonful of dry yeast in about J teacupful of warm milk, then mix it and the butter in Jib. of Hour, adding as much more warm milk as will be required to form a light dough. Beat the dough thoroughly and mix with it the grated peel of one Lemon, a few pieces of finely- shred Lemon-peel, and two well-beaten eggs. Divide the dough into two equal-sized portions, put them on a floured paste-board, and mould them into long thin rolls. Place on a baking-sheet, put them in a warm place until well risen, then bake in a moderate oven. When cooked the rolls should be of a pale yellow colour. Dust lightly over with caster sugar, and serve. Lemon Sauce. — (1) Put 2oz. of sugar into a saucepan with the finely-chopped rind of a Lemon; pour in 1 breakfast- cupful of water, boil for five minutes, and serve as required. (2) Prepare 1 pint of butter sauce, and mix with it the juice and pulp of one large Lemon freed from seeds. Boil and finely pound a chicken’s liver and mix it with the sauce. This sauce is generally served with boiled fowl. For details respecting Culinary Processes , Utensils, Sauces, drc., referred to, see under their special heads. TEE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL COOKERY. 851 Lemons — continued. (3) Mix 1 table-spoonful of arrowroot 'smoothly with a small quantity of cold water, then stir in about 1 pint of boiling water, and pour it into a lined saucepan. Sweeten to taste with loaf sugar that has been rubbed on the yellow rind of one Lemon, and squeeze in the Lemon- juice. Stir the sauce over the fire until thickened and boiling, when it will be ready for serving. Lemon Sauce for Boiled Fowls. — (1) Select a large Lemon, peel it, cut it in slices, pick out all the pips, and cut each slice into small square pieces. Boil a fowl’s liver, chop and add it to the Lemon, pour h pint of hot melted butterLemon Sauce for Boiled Fowls over it, stir well, and serve in a sauceboat with the fowl.