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Savouries and sweets suitable for luncheons and dinners

1886

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Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Put the juice of two lemons to half a pound of lump sugar, the whites of two eggs beaten to a froth. Mix the lemon juice and sugar and let the whole stand aside for half an hour, then add the rind of the lemons grated, and the yolks of three eggs ; line a flat dish with paste and bake in a slow oven. Castle Baskets. Foe Six Peesons. — 6 castle puddings as on page 45 ; J lb. of red currant jelly ; J lb. of sugar ; ^ lb. of apricot jam ; 1 gill of lemon juice ; f pint of cream ; 3 ozs. of angelicaCastle Baskets for handles. Make some castle puddings, as on page 45, and bake them ; let them stand till cold, then tui-n out of their moulds. CarefuUy scoop out the middles, cover the outside thickly with red currant jelly or apricot jam and roll in white or pink sugar ; put a dessertspoonful of jam into each case; make a whip of cream, sugar, and a few drops of lemon juice (make it the day before it is wanted, and let it be put on a sieve to drain) ; fill each case with cream well piled up. Cut some angelica into suitable strips and form handles to the baskets ; serve cold. I Price 2s. SHOWELL’S [Housekeeper’s Account Book POP THE YEAR 1886. WITH ENTIRELY NEW INTRODUCTORY HINTS OUSEHOLD ECONOMY. ' By Miss M. L. ALLEN, Author of “Breakfast Dishes,” “Savouries and Sweets.” “ A useful household diary.” — Graphic. “The arrangement is so complete that few establishments will fail to find it adequate.” — The Queen. London ; J. S. VIRTUE & Co., Limited, 26, Ivy Lane. Fifth Edition, Is. Limp cloth, Is. 6d, BREAKFAST DISHES For every Morning of Three Months. By Miss M. L. ALLEN. “ The question ‘ What shall we have for breakfast ? ’ is here answered in a practical way.” — The Queen. “A housewife armed with this little manual need never be at a loss to know what to order for the first meal of the day.” — The Literary World. “ The writer gives an appetising breakfast bill of fare for every morning extending over a period of three months. To housekeepers this little book is invaluable.” — Paper and Printing Trades Journal. “The book is a suggestive and useful one, and will no doubt prove acceptable to cooks and housewives anxious to break away from the existing stereotyped routine of the breakfast fare.” — Newcastle Weekly Chronicle. “ We have no hesitation in heartily commending this little book.” — Yorkshire Post. “A useful manual for young housekeepers and others.” — Bookseller. “ Supplies a long-felt want by housekeepers.” — Graphic. “ 1 he housekeeper must be hard to please who does not find something to suit both her taste and her purse.” — Dundee Advertiser. London-: J. S. VIRTUE & Co., Limited, 26, Ivy Lane. Orders received at all Booksellers. Royal i6mo, doth, 2s. (>d. , . art AS APPLIED TO DRESS, With special reference to Harmonious Colouring. INCLUDING CHAPTERS ON i autistic dressing of im- perfect FIGURES. ( COLOUR IN DYED FABRICS. COMBINATION OF COLOURS. COLOUR APPLIED TO DRESS. EFFECT OF COLOURS ON COMPLEXION. Etc., Etc. By Miss L. HIGGIN, Late of the Royal School of Art Needlework, South Kensington, “ We hail this prettily got-up little volume because its con- tents are at once practical and suggestive.” — The Queen. “ Treated in an exhaustive, but not tedious manner . . . worthy of careful study by every woman . . . exquisitely piinted.” — Lady's Pictorial.